group of biden supporters is out now hoping to convince the vice president to run. >> you're on the cusp of some of the most asston issue? ing breakthroughs in the history of mankind. >> reporter: for republicans dr. ben carson continues to defend his remarks suggesting the victims of the oregon campus massacre could have done more and advocating a lets roll strategy. those words echoing back to 9/11's flight 93. >> from the indications i got, they did not rush the shooter. the shooter can only shoot one person at a time. he cannot shoot a whole group of people. >> but carson didn't seem to know about chris mints, the army veteran who did in fact rush the shooter saving lives. carson now says mints dollars exactly what should be done. the countdown is onto the first democratic debate and joe biden may not be there. his decision whether to run could stretch to the end of this month with the first filing deadline to appear on a ballot november 6th.

kendis and marci. >> brandi hitt reporting from los angeles for us. in the garden state, firefighters had their hands full with an intense tanker truck fire on the new jersey turnpike. police say the truck struck a honda vrv, flipping over a guardrail and erupted into flames. the driver of that tanker truck was killed. the driver of the hon dab suffered only minor injuries. a potentially crippling strike at fiat chrysler factories across the country has been averted. 40,000 workers had been set to walk off the job at midnight but negotiators for both sides reached a new contract just in the nick of time. the uaw tweeted it secured significant gains over the last proposal. and the chicago cubs are moving in on baseball's playoffs. they're moving ahead after beating the pirates last night. the cubs got things started quickly scoring a run in the top of the first. same batter though.

take a look. kyle delivering a two-run home run. cubs can up 3-0. things got ugly. oh, you said what? this is in the seventh inning when the chicago pitcher was hit by a pitch. nothing too serious there. after being ejected for throwing a punch, shawn rodriguez unloaded in the dugout because that's what you do. arrieta went the distance. he struck out 11 pirates. the cubs win, 4-0. and it's like winning the world series. wrigleyville. i'm excited. this is great. cubs fans celebrating in the streets of wrigleyville. anyone who's been there can figure there's much more of this to come. look at that. they'll be back at it tomorrow night when the can you bes open their national league division series against the cardinals. in st. louis. >> you are so excited. >> let's hope steve bartman stays away. >> that's what i was going to

say. i'm sorry. i left you clapping alone on that one. >> cubs. >> after receiving a briefing on his -- celebration's over. after receiving a briefing on his air force's operations in syria, russian president rald mir putin moved on to celebra celebrating 63rd birthday. >> putin's hockey team included some nhl stars. they helped him score seven goals. he scored seven goals in his team's 15-10 victory. >> the game was shown live on russian tv. putin picked up a cup trophy for his team's win. kind of like the stanley cup only kind of different. big difference from his 62nd birthday which he spent in the siberian wilderness. >> it was very exciting. the last hockey game he scored eight. >> not rigged at all. no. >> all right. coming up, musical memories on this throwback thursday. top tunes the last time each

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and a look at the major league baseball playoffs through the number one songs. >> so which songs motivated the world series champs of the past and who is going to win it this year, kendis? some clues straight ahead. "world news now"

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>> okay, this is going to be fun on this throwback thursday. and it's also that time of year when boys of summer step up their game. the major league baseball playoffs. >> so in honor of the high stakes games, we are using musicing to throw it back to the last time this year's playoff teams won the big one. the world series. so we're taking a look at which popular songs were number one at the time starting with this obvious sports anthem. ♪ never mind i'll find someone like you ♪ >> don't you feel motivated to win by that song? >> this is what the fans in st. louis were chanting in 2011 when they became world series champions. >> something for the losers, people crying somewhere. >> the houston astros have never won a championship but 2005 was their one and only world series appearance. here's what was number one.

♪ ♪ now i ain't saying she's a gold digger, she ain't messing with no broke broke ♪ >> kanye west's gold digger. >> the radio edit, or course. >> not that version. jamie foxx sings. >> next another 12 years was this jama ryia carrie's dream lover. love this one from 1993. >> the hit the okay tabs. ♪ always send me away >> that is the year of the blue jays won the world series that year. all right. and five years before, mariah and the blue jays the l.a. dodgers won. it's been 1988. ub 40 was actually in existence and red red wine was the top of the charts. ♪ all i can do >> two years before that, the amazing mets won with a little help from a fielding error by the red sox. >> bill buckner.

>> cyndi lauper hit number one with "true colors." >> ♪ ♪ so don't be afraid to let them show your true colors ♪ >> i feel you mets fans. it's been that long. ain't going to happen this year. and the year before that, kansas city royals won with the great george brett. number one was whitney houston's "saving all my love for you." >> are you trying to sing? ♪ so i'm saving all my love for you ♪ >> yes, but finally, that got me teared up. we'll throw it back to 1908. of course, you know that year. the last time the cubs won it all. >> painful to say it. but 107 years ago, of course, there were no billboard charts. >> there were no cars. >> but it was the year that "take me out to the ball game" was written. >> this is our tribute to the cubs. this is the year. this is the marty mcfly year. it was predicted by marty.

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officers, one tv show had a lot to do with their choice of career. >> adam 12 went off the air four decades ago, but its co-star recently passed away. so los angeles police were inspired to pay tribute in a special way. kabc's rob hayes has the story. >> reporter: lapd memorial services sadly are not rare events but what is rare is when the department mourns the death of an officer who was never an officer. >> 4,000 block. >> actor martin milner became a household name playing officer pete malloy. the show "adam 12." >> 1 adam 12. >> miller died last month at the age of 3. hundreds packed the auditorium

at lapd headquarters to remember him. >> the real adam 12 got its name here. >> countless actors have portrayed lapd officers but few have received this kind of treatment from the department which considers milner a major influence on the force today. >> that is the image that drew us all to this place. >> lapd chief charlie beck is referring to pete malloy's persona, the clean cut compassion natser? during the tush lent timed it aired. milner beck says not only drew better people into policing but changed how many lapd officers approached their work. >> pete malloy was a professional, a great moral compass that always did the right thing in the show and in many ways a generation of police officers the way that they think about their job was formed by adam 12. >> his partner kent mccord sharing a story about the show's

influence how in the late '60s two officers is approached he and milner during the shoot. >> they said you guys are really making it tough on us. i said, really? why? and they said because we've got to live up to your image. >> it's an image they're highlighting in the lobby of its headquarters and a dispatch farewell to a make believe officer whose impact was all too real. >> one adam 12, martin milner is in the watch. >> rob hayes reporting for abc news. and so many of the speakers said that they loved the show and the show made such a difference because it was so accurate with how it portrayed police life. they used the right codes. the equipment was the same. >> oh, what? >> totally -- tried to arrest you. >> that's the news for this half hour.

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