this morning on "world news now," developments overnight in the lamar odom tragedy. the frantic calls to 911 and new details from the brothel, the police and the hospital. >> airport agony. the computer meltdown that left passengers standing in long lines overnighght. the exhausting ordeal and the search for an explanation at airports nationwide. and new this half hour, the potential game changer in the american restaurant industry. >> is it time to skip the tip? why some high end restaurants are taking gratuities off the table. >> and later in "the skinny," clothing optional. miley cyrus and her racy concert idea. fans do not have to dress up for the show. it is thursday, october 15th. from abc news, this is "world news now."

>> good morning on this thursday. i'm reena ninan. >> i'm phillip mena. everyone, of course, talking about the lamar odom tragedy. >> jushoif. my heart goes out to them and also khloe kardashian who was in the process of filing for divorce but clearly cares so much about him. >> everyone said he's such a good guy. the former nba star remains in a las vegas hospital this morning. >> we're learning more about his stay at a nevada brothel. odom was there on a open-ended reservation in what is described is as the establishment's best vip suite. >> we know what may have led to him being found unconscious. all the details from abc's lana zak. >> reporter: new details emerging into what may have left two-time nba champion lamar odom in a coma and on life support. >> 911, where is your emergency. >> we need an ambulance. >> tuesday afternoon, employees at a state licensed brothel in nevada discovered the former reality show star unconscious in his room. >> hurry, please, because he's got blood coming out of his

nose. white stuff coming out of his mouth. we can't get him to wake up. >> still alive. ambulance came. police came. they immediately said this is not looking good. >> reporter: wednesday, the local sheriff revealed the 911 calls and says people confirmed odom had been using drugs. >> the male had been using cocaine. they also informed dispatch he had used up to ten tabs of sexual performance enhancer supplements. >> reporter: investigators are now waiting for blood test results. odom rose to fame as a key member of the champion l.a. lakers alongside friend kobe bryant. in 2009, he married khloe kardashian. the pair had since divorced but still keep in touch as seen on i'm on high alert for lamar h because anything i think will set him to spiral. >> reporter: tmz captured this vid yoef odom's ambulance arriving at a hospital. khloe kardashian along with kim and mom kris rushed to his side and odom's nba friends are

sending out their support. >> lamar odom is one of the greatest people i've ever known. i'm obviously hoping that he can pull through this. >> lana zak, abc news, new york. just heart breaking. neighbors in upstate new york say they're shaken by the beating death of a teenage boy by his parents in a church. 19-year-old lucas leonard died and his 17-year-old brother was injured during the attack. investigators say it was part of spiritual counseling at the word of life church near syracuse. >> both brothers were continually subjected to physical punishment over the course of several hours in hopes that each would confess to prior sins and ask for forgiveness. >> six people including the parents and the victim's sister have been charged so far. more arrests are expected. >> now to the big airport delays across the country. the frustrating backups blamed on a problem with the department of homeland security's computer

system. the outage lasted about 90 minutes and the ripple effect much longer. wabc has more from jfk airport. >> reporter: welcome to the usa. now stand in line. passengers who spent hours on overseas flights found themselves trapped in a windowless maze at kennedy airport and airports across the country after a key computer system that checks passengers against terror watch lists simply failed. >> it's crazy. i never saw anything like this. >> reporter: things were worse upstairs at departures where airlines couldn't check anyone in either. passengers tweeted pictures of the miserable scene. >> the people up there were all cursing. there was people that couldn't walk. it was crazy. it was crazy. people in a wheelchair that were crying waiting there for hours. >> reporter: finally bleary eyed travelers were able to emerge from the customs hall. their families had waited and waited to pick them up. for maria who dropped off a family for a flight to italy, the whole ordeal was impossible to believe. >> they should have had a better

system. like another backup or something. >> reporter: homeland security officials say they used alternative procedures to process international travelers while the outage was going on. but one customs officer told me they really just shut the whole place down until the computers could come back online. in a statement customs and border protection says it has no indication this outage was malicious in nature. abc news, new york. crews in central texas are battling a fast-moving wildfire which has destroyed at least nine homes. the fire in bastrop county is only 10% contained and highs are expected to be in the 90s today with gusty winds. nearly 200 homes are still threatened and several neighborhoods have been evacuated. crews near denver are keeping an eye on this brush fire which is now under control. residents had been told they should be ready to evacuate but that order has now been lifted. about 33 acres were burned. donald trump is now taking aim at bernie sanders.

trump told a crowd in richmond, virginia, that can he is pushing hillary clinton further to the left of her policies and said sanders should be called a socialist/communist. a fight broke out between trump supporters and a group protesting his stance on immigration. the demonstrators were escorted out by security. hillary clinton held a rally last night attended by thousands of supporters in las vegas. she touted the democratic debate and bashed republicans for not being able to work together. it's your voice, your vote. and abc's cecilia vega is following clinton's campaign. >> reporter: as hillary clinton made a post debate victory lap, her team on the offensive. her campaign chairman saying, "at this point, joe biden needs to make up his mind." >> hillary clinton. >> reporter: other top democrats thinking the same, as clinton gets high marks for her center stage performance, revealing a campaign strategy to come. how she'll address that lingering e-mail controversy? by trying to shift the focus.

with that assist from rival vermont senator bernie sanders. >> let me say something that may not be great politics, but i think the secretary is right. and that is that the american people are sick and tired of hearing about your damn e-mails. >> reporter: she's also setting the stage for her trip to capitol hill next week to testify before the house benghazi committee hoping to solidify her standing in the polls, she's trying to show a likable side even when she's talking about people who don't actually like her. >> and within minutes of sanders' e-mail remark his campaign clipped it down and sent it out in a fund-raising e-mail. they say they shattered fund-raising record raising more than $1 million in the first few hours after the debate. both sides are claiming victory. hillary clinton's campaign calls the debate the best day yet of this campaign. cecilia vega, abc news, las vegas. a pretty cool scene is taking shape on a beach in the miami area.

it is all about the sand. >> lots and lots of sand. it's an attempt to built the word's tallest sandcastle. by the time the whole thing is finished, its designers say it will be as tall as a three-story building. how do you keep that up there? >> it is being backed by turkish airlines as a way of drumming up publicity about its new route from miami to istanbul. how do you do that? >> i don't know. >> that's pretty -- that is one -- >> the designer apparently says when you're building with sand, gravity is your biggest enemy. i believe that. >> yeah. it reminds me of epic games of jenga i used to get into it. >> you're right. it does look a little like that. coming up in "the skinny," a look inside a hollywood superstar's mansion now on the market. and miley cyrus clothing optional concert idea. >> also ahead, everybody jump into bed. the cosleeping idea with mom, dad, and the kids all in a bed with room for seven. >> but first, the fancy

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students at a boseman, montana, high school arrived to find this uninvited guest roaming the halls. yeah, it's a black bear. first spotted on the football field. then somehow it wan derd through an open garage door and into the school. it seemed to be sniffing around lockers perhaps looking for a snack. police helped steer the bear toward a doorway. it took off running.

>> i'm surprised the students aren't the ones that took off running. >> what would you do? i wouldn't know what to do. >> blame the bear for eating the homework, of course. must be done. >> all right. dole vegetables is voluntarily recalling some of its bagged spin into after some concerns about possible salmonella contamination. dole says no illnesses have been reported but a random sample tested positive. the recall involves more than 33,000 bags with an october 15th expiration date in 13 states from missouri to massachusetts. well, if you're eating out here in new york city, you may soon be pleasantly surprised at some of the city's most iconic restaurants when the check finally arrives. >> the man who revolutionized dining in the big apple is shaking up the industry once again by doing away with tipping. here's wabc's lauren glassberg. >> danny myer owns a small empire of restaurants from high end to burger chefs and hospitality is his strong point. it's the focus of his book "setting the table." now he's perhaps setting a new trend by doing away with tipping at his 13 restaurants starting

first at the modern at the museum of modern art. in a statement, meyer says, by eliminating tipping, our employees who want to grow financially and professionally will be able to earn opportunities based on the merit of their work." he's not the first restaurateur to 86 tipping but he could be the most well-known and that could have some impact according to lewis peckman, a lawyer and restaurant employment expert. >> where the rubber is going to hit the road is on the moderately priced restaurants. he's a leader in the industry. it's an important step. it's raising important issues. >> pechman adds the move will benefit the cooks and dishwashers who will get a fairer wage. >> for the wait staff, i don't see how it's not going to have an effect. >> which is why aubrey reeves likes the system the way it is. >> i'm rewarded for the service i do. sometimes people go above and beyond depending how they think i did. >> reporter: for this diner, tipping should go. >> you don't work the tip.

how come the restaurant owners have gotten away with this forever when you think about it and then we're dependent upon to take over what they should have been doing to start with. >> reporter: don't expect to pay less for your meal. the money you would have added on the tip line will now be factored into the total cost of the bill. likely you'll be paying more for food and beverages. meyer has 1800 employees. who he describes as the core of his business as he told me back in 2010. >> i think that the team of people that we pick in any of our restaurants beginning at union square cafe has been a secret of our success. >> reporter: time will tell if no tips is the enlightened approach when it comes to that team. lauren glass berg, for abc news, new york. what an interesting idea. >> it is. >> i like it. >> especially like the busboy in the back doing dishes. i always worry, does he get anything? you know he's not making a lot of money. you spread the wealth a little bit. >> if you don't want to work there, then don't work there. >> or come with me and we can make french fries and

hamburgers. >> you have an insufficient amount of flair. you do not have enough flair. >> i don't have a lack of fat. >> flair. flair, the buttons. >> i do love my french fries, phillip. especially waffle fries. >> it looks good. i would go above and beyond and tip even in a nontipping restaurant. >> i like that idea especially when you get good service. it's not an easy job. >> i couldn't serve someone like myself who wants the cheese on the side, the dressing on the side and extra pepper jack cheese on top of the broccoli. >> poor servers. >> when we come back, the next outrageous thing that miley cyrus is planning and this time, it involves the pants. >> and the all-star christmas special with a surprising host. "the skinny" is next. "world news now" continues after this from our abc after this from our abc stations.tt2watv#@64 bt@qv9h

♪ skinny, so skinny time now for "the skinny" and topping our headlines this morning, miley cyrus is taking her love of exhibitionism yet another step farther. >> the pop star senior apparently planning to perform in the buff with flaming lips, the band, for an audice that's also nude. flaming lips front man wayne coin shared the news on instagram posting a suggestive

split pic of his band and cyrus. sno. >> no word when this au natural concert already take place or the logistics of getting the audience to strip down but cyrus and the flaming lips are planning a tour that kicks off november 19th in chicago. so look out chicago. >> we certainly will be hearing more about that when the time comes. next to news about another artist, dolly parton. >> the 69-year-old country music hall of famer has confirmed she went under the knife three weeks ago to have kidney stones remove. and she says there's absolutely no truth to the rumors of her having stomach cancer. >> she says she's doing just fine and back to work filming her new movie "coat of many colors can." dolly parton is the most honored female country performer of all time. she has composed over 3,000 songs and has 41 career top ten country albums with all-inclusive sales of 100 million units worldwide. over the past 40 years. what's your top dolly parton song? >> jolene, jolene.

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as you can see in this one, murray makes the best of a bad situation by singing and celebrating with friends, hotel employees, about anyone who drops in. "a very murray christmas" streams on december 4th. >> had me at bill murray. finally speaking of top shelf hollywood talent, guess who has just put his pacific palisades mansion on the market. >> days after we found out ben affleck and jennifer garner are selling their pad, looks like matt damon is doing the same thing. he bought it for $15 million. variety reports he's listed for a cool $20 million. >> that all? >> that's it. >> the mansion evocative of a mix of frank lloyd wright and mid century modern features five family bedrooms, two staff bedrooms and nine bathrooms abbott whole thing is squeezed on to just a half an acre lot. >> it looks pretty fancy. i would buy it. >> $20 million. >> i'm just $20 million short. >> that's it. i just remembered it's jolene, jolene, i'm begging on you please don't take my man. no singing coming up.

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room and so we would come home and there are blankets and pillows all over my floor every single night and i'm tripping over kids, waking them up. nobody's sleeping great. >> reporter: to make the new sleep situation work, she came up with the ultimate bed hack. >> i kind of feel silly because it's so simple. i mean, i basically just took the ikea kura beds and i wanted to make sure each kid had some space of their own. so we hung little curtains and did little mood lighting. you know, just made it fun. >> reporter: elizabeth and tom say since they started co-sleeping about six months ago, the family's gone from zero to 40 winks in no time. experts say it can work as long as everyone is catching enough shut eye each night. >> i do think it's important for a family who is co-sleeping to have a reassessment every couple months to make sure it's really still working for you, to make sure everybody's sleeping well, that you're getting your couple connect time.

>> for those wondering. >> i have to ask, mom and dad time is really important. private time, quiet time. obviously, when you have five children in your bed, you lose a lot of that. >> we just say there's always plenty of other rooms. >> elizabeth and tom say they're flexible. if it stops working they'll make a change. but for now, they've got it figured out from a to zs. melissa rycroft, plano, texas. >> oh, it's so tough because you like little cuddles. i don't know if i could do it every day. no way. >> every single time? >> a lot of people get upset because it can lead to sudden infant death syndrome. this week actually in london, an 11 week old died because of this very incident of co-sleeping. so to each his own i guess, but i don't know. >> when they're teenagers it's going to get weird. this is abc's "world news now." informing insomniacs for two decades. insomniacs for two decades.

making news in america this morning, breaking overnight, long lines at airports and frustrated passengers, some just off long overseas flights. a major computer malfunction causing a ripple effect across the country. new details just in. back on the trail after the big debate. the candidates taking jabs at each other as the deadline nears for joe biden to make a decision. plus, a fight breaking out at a donald trump rally. we're live in washington. caught on camera. a truck loses control, hits an embankment and flies off a freeway. how road rage might be to blame. and playoff picture. the american league championship series is set after one of the most bizarre plays you'll ever see.