this morning on "world news now," round two for republicans. >> 11 candididates vying for airtime. donald trump was still a big draw. but was he upstaged by the only woman in the pack and did he make nice with jeb bush? ever ready, it's very high an energy, donald. the best moments of the night coming up. and another powerful earthquake puts chile on edge. a rising death toll this morning and a million people out of their homes amid the threat of a tsunami. the quake so powerful it was felt nearly 900 miles away. then a texas teen and his homemade clock ignite a fierce debate about racism and terrorism after he's arrested. authorities say it looked like a bomb. now the president weighing in. then cameras taking you where you've never wanted to go before into the jaws after a

crocodile. that's "the mix" on this thursday, september 17th. from abc news, this is "world news now." good morning. we begin with the latest republican showdown three hours of feisty confrontations, zingers and odd exchanges into it was definitely entertaining and informational. 11 candidates faced off at the ronald reagan presidential library in simi valley with donald trump taking center stage and direct fire. he also threw the first punch. abc's brandi hitt has the highlights from southern california. brandi, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, kendis. good morning, reena. donald trump was attacked on all sides of this debate is taken here. and some of the candidates were a little hesitant at first. others fired right at him. and, of course, the donald fired back. >> first of all, rand paul shouldn't even be on the stage. >> reporter: the fireworks were immediate first between donald trump and senator rand paul. >> his visceral response to

attack people on their appearance short, tall, fat, ugly, my goodness that happened in junior high. >> i never attacked him on his look. and believe me, there's plenty of subject matter right there. >> reporter: trump the front-runner among the 11 gop presidential hopefuls was clearly the main target in their second debate. >> we're not talking about real issues. mr. trump, we don't need an atrentis in the white house. >> he wanted gambling in florida. >> i didn't. >> yes, you did. >> totally false. >> you wanted and didn't get it because i was as opposed to casino gambling before you during and after. >> more energy tonight. i like that. >> reporter: dr. ben carson surged into second place now within striking distance. >> i in no way many willing to get into bed with special interest groups. >> it was clear the candidates have different views on immigration. >> you were taking advantage of the american people. it's time for you to go. >> i am the only candidate on this stage who has never supported and necessity. >> and carly fiorina was asked

about trump's recent attack on her in rolling stone when he said look at that face. would anyone vote for that. >> i think women all over this country heard clearly what mr. trump said. >> i think she's got a beautiful face. and i think she's a beautiful woman. >> reporter: really interesting to see donald trump's reaction to carly fiorina commenting on his previous statements. a lot of candidates seem to be talking over each other at times. it seemed like a make or break moment for those on the bottom because they were trying to get every single moment they could on that debate is taken for themselves. >> what would you say was the post debate analysis of trump? what can be said about his body language? >> reporter: yeah, that's what a lot of people are talking about particularly his face. if you watch this debate, i've never seen him make so many of interesting faces. he would roll his eyes at times, shrug his shoulders, a ha moment like yeah, right, you're going

to come after me. that may be the appeal for the voters who like him right now. he's reacting as many of them would if they were on the debate stage. when you saw the candidates who are you know historic politicians when they would get the moments to react or make a statement, they'd look at the camera, be very stern, very serious and not move. donald trump was leaning on the podium at times. he's relatable and was very relaxed on this stage tonight, reena and kendis. >> a very good point. doesn't seem like he has much of a filter. >> his face didn't. >> reporter: no. >> brandi hitt, thank you so much. we're going to bring in abc news political director, deputy political director just promoted you live on television. >> thank you, reena. >> thank you so much for coming in. did carlry fiorina really win this debate? >> i think she was really the winner. that shot against trump when they were talking about the rolling stone article, she was very clear and the crowd really roared. let's listen to it.

>> i think women all over this country heard very clearly what mr. trump said. and then trump of course, reacteded to it. >> right. he complimented her. he said she was a beautiful woman. it was a little bit like he was trying to dig his own grave even more. >> very backhanded. >> absolutely. he could have ended it and it went on and on it was almost too much there. >> a lot of women were looking for an apology. >> even to stop it but he continued. >> there were several clashes of course, jeb was standing right next to trump during the debate. >> shoulder to shoulder. >> shoulder to shoulder. there were several clashes between the two of them throughout the night. it seemed like jeb came out to fight. >> he really needed to. that was the expectation. will he to take on donald trump. he couldn't ignore him like he had in the past. he went after his brother former

president george w. bush. there was also this interesting exchange about his wife. let's take a lis. >> and to subject my wife into the middle of a raucous political conversation was completely inappropriate. i hope you apologize for that, donald. >> i have to tell you i hear phenomenal things. i hear your wife is a lovely woman. >> she is fantastic. she's absolutely the love of my life. why don't you apologize to her. >> i won't do that because i said nothing wrong. i do hear she's a lovely woman. >> he's not into ma apologies. >> jeb bush asked him to apologize twice, he did not. >> bush also making news for another big moment talking about pot. >> one of the moments of the night. now, it may have happened 20 years ago but you don't really see presidential candidates admitting that. let's listen. >> so 40 years ago, i smoked marijuana. and i admit it. i'm sure other people may have done it and may not want to say it in front of 25 million people. my mom's not happy i just did.

>> 40 years ago i should clarify. not 20 years ago. 40 years. >> but also his tweet saying sorry mom was the most retweeted tweet. >> wentent completely viral. sorry, mom. >> i'm guessing barbara bush does not have a twitter account. >> not yet. >> there were some awkward moments. we talked about the body language earlier. there were awkward high five. >> like some missing high fives. there was part of the debate where they were talking about who their secret service names would be. this is at almost the three-hour mark. so jeb bush said his secret service name would be ever ready, kind i've joke because donald trump is saying he doesn't have the energy. and so then they had this awkward high five. >> then there was an awkward one with ben carson and trump, as well where it seemed as if trump was going for the high five and wen went for the low five. >> so what would you say, shush? what's the big take away from

tonight? >> it's the insiders -- excuse me, the outsiders are the insiders. carly fiorina, donald trump. carly fiorina wasn't even in the first debate and she's the clear winner tonight. >> all righty. >> first will be last, last will be first sometimes in politics. >> we have about 16 more of these republican debates to go. >> a lot lot can happen. >> deputy direct kertious shanna walsh e. >> our debate coverage continues in our next half hour as we take you live again to the ronald reagan presidential library in simi valley. first we have to turn to serious news right now starting with a powerful earthquake that has millions in chile on edge right now. the magnitude 8.3 quake hit off chile's northern coast and set off panic. even at the main airport in santiago which was evacuated. at this point, at least five diegos are being reported. one million people have been

evacuated. mostly from the coastal regions because of flooding from small tsunami waves. tsunami advisors were issued for hawaii and parts of california, as well. there have been more than a dozen powerful aftershocks, some measuring 7.0. large parts of chile are without power this morning and schools are closed today across most of that the country. staying overseas, europe's migrant crisis is worsening. rightiot police used tear gas and water cannons to force the refugees back from the border with serbia. some of the hundreds of migrants threw rocks and bottles at the police, most of them want to reach germany which promised to take in these refugees from the middle east. there's also a standoff at turkey's boarder with greece. >> back here at home, the frantic search continues for a 6-year-old boy with a group caught in deadly flash floods on the utah/arizona border. three sisters nine children confirmed dead after a wall of water swept away their vehicles. the search for a missing hiker

trapped in floods in zion's park's keyhole canyon resumes later this morning. at least six people in that group are dead. two deaths confirmed in the butte fire. one of those is a 66-year-old man who refused to evacuate. a neighbor says he was disabled. authorities also discovered the body of another man hon also died in the blaise. he refused to follow evacuation orders. fire officials say the butte fire is the 14th most destructive in the state's history. at the white house, president obama meets today with the three-american heroes 0 who took down a gunman on a train bound for paris. al leblg skarlatos, stone, and sadler were vacationing in europe when they twared the attack last month. before coming home, they were given france's highest honor. today the president gets a chance to offer his thanks for their bravery in person. coming up, the teenager arrested for a science project handcuffed at school when they thought a clock was a bomb. the big names now coming to his

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his clock was maces police taken for a bomb is heading to the white house. he was take into custody and handcuffed. >> police say they were being cautious. others say it was a case of prejudice against a muslim american. >> a 14-year-old hauled out of school in handcuffs by police. his supposed crime, his clock. this moem had maze of wires and circuit boards he built to impress his science teacher. >> they arrested me and they told me that i committed a crime of a hoax bomb. >> reporter: this high school freshman loves to tinker with all things electronic but his digital clock sfookd his teacher at this suburban dallas school who told the principal who told police. >> i think this wouldn't be a question if his name wasn't mohamed med. >> both the police deny he was treated differently because he's a muslim. they insisted his clock with all

those wires has no place at school. >> we have to err in the age of caution. you can't take things like that to schools. >> unfortunately for the police chief, the commander in chief sees it differently. president obama tweeting him an invitation. cool clock. want to bring it to the white houses? in a news conference, ahmad accepted. >> are you going to the white house, my friend? >> yes. >> despite all of the criticism, police here say you simply cannot be too careful these days. and the school agrees. they suspended ahmad for three days. he says he's now looking for a new school. ryan owens, abc news, irving, texas. >> i know a lot of people have come to his defense. but i kind of agree with the police department. >> you think that it was just too much of a -- >> no, we tell people if you see something to say something this day and age. that doesn't look like a typical clock. race might have played a factor

but i kind of understand them being a little cautious. >> on the other side, if i was that kid i would be greatly disappointed because's a project and he worked hard on this. i don't think we could he have created one of those. >> you know, he should have gone to a more traditional science experiment. >> he's going to be in the white house. you haven't been at the white house. >> well, next week. >> next week he's going to the white house with the pope. >> you know. just going to drop that name. just going to leave that right there. >> coming up, fighting isis. one artwork at a time. the urgent drive to save relics of the ancient world before the terror group can destroy them. >> ahead in our next half hour, an abc news investigation. getting results cracking down on scammers who threaten people over the phone getting them to pay back loans they didn't owe. you're watching "world news now." "wo

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here, a race against the clock. a team of young archaeologists packing up thousands of antiquities. rescued from across syria. this bronze lion, 4,000 years old. this is a hive of activity in here. they are documenting the items, they are measured and photographed. placed in chests like this one and taken off to the secret locations. they've seen isis destroy ancient sites like palmyra. >> the strategy to hide all things because we don't know one when the crisis will finish. >> reporter: they've now hidden most of syria's museums treasures. one small slice of the world's heritage, safe, for now. alex marquardt, abc news, damascus. >> you know isis apparently doing this because they believe that these artifacts don't reflect their own faith or what they claim to be their faith and because it can help them raise money in the illegal artifacts market. >> it's important for us to do something about it.

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this morning on "world news now," the spotlight on the gop. 11 candidates taking center stage for their second primetime debate. donald trump taking heat and firing back. we're live at the reagan library in california. a developing story from south america. powerful earthquake shakes chile. strong after shocks still going. the death toll rising. a million people forced from their homes and the effect here in the u.s. and also new this half hour, a well-known comedian comes clean about 9/11. he wasn't there after all and he's apologizing for the lie. but it may still cost him. and should he just stick to music? kanye west shakes up new york fashion week with an army themed collection. how do you look in beige? that's in "the skinny" on this thursday, september 17th.