rainfall amounts of 6 to even 12 inches. the drought's erased but we are concerned about some extremely dangerous flooding. phillip and reena, back to you. >> thank you so much. ing andyer and grief from the family of a black man who shot and killed by police in florida. he was waiting for help after his car broke down. his family now suggesting he had no way of knowing the man approaching was an undercover officer here's abc's gio benitez >> reporter: questions from the family of corey jones, after an undercover officer shot and killed the musician. the family attorneys saying they spoke with prosecutors, who told them the officer never displayed ught.is gun, which was legally and that jones was shot three times. so, why did officer nouman raja kill jones? >> he would not ever, ever, ever, ever, ever pull a gun on a police. >> reporter: the family, side-by-side thursday with their attorneys at a rally. they say jones was just waiting for a tow. >> he called his big brother,

c.j. his brother offered to come and get him. >> reporter: police telling us officer raja's account. >> he stopped to investigate what he believed to be an abandoned vehicle. he was suddenly confronted by an armed subject. >> reporter: the questions, diagnosis officer raja who was in an unmarked car ever identify himself as an officer? >> i need to know why. why is my son gone today? why? >> reporter: officer raja is now on paid leave. meanwhile, the state attorney won't confirm or deny the family's account, saying they are investigating. gio benitez, abc news, new york. some very special men and women who served in world war ii are finally getting their due receiving the congressional gold medal known as the monuments men whose story was told in the film by the same name starring matt damon, george clooney and cate blanchett among others. allied so woulds assigned to

recover work stolen by the nazis. house speaker john boehner choked up talking about their history. >> we get to toast our heroes and we get to follow in love with freedom all over again. because knowing where we're from shows our children what they can be. >> the original group consisted of 350 men and women who worked as historians before the war. only six are still alive today. >> wow. >> there is some controversy surrounding a popular halloween costume. it's because it just might be too good. >> the costume is called the black invisible man with the lights on, you see the light dressed head to toe in black. it's dark. he's invisible and kids are trick-or-treating at night. >> what's what concerned parents are saying. it is not safe to wear it on

halloween wa night because they might not be seen by drivers and some are telling their kids who wear lighted necklaces as a safety precaution which would make sense. >> one of our producers said you should wrap them up in that reflective tape. >> that's just a car target. that's all that really is. you could be used to identify identify bad parents there. >> oh ry? >> if you see the kid with the -- with that. >> it took me a second. >> well, they don't care. they're like, well, put a necklace on, something. >> we might send you out with a go pro cam to find out the good parents and bad parents. >> look at me standing over here judging when i don't have kids. it just seems like -- >> i bet you would be a good daddy. >> i certainly would not let them dress in all black and go have fun trick-or-treating in the streets, kids. see you tomorrow. that's the one thing i would not do. >> parenting advice from phillip men be na.

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>> reporter: making a career out of the face of one company. how does he end up as the trivago front man. he moved to germany. >> i said i don't speak german but i'll learn it because i've got to work. eventually i ended up on a show which translates to good times, bad times. i played an american rock star and i had to shoot on monday and on thursday and friday i had to shoot trivago. after doing fittings, we realized none of the belts seemed to be fitting the belt loops. so we went out without the belt. >> trivago does the work for you. >> reporter: his wardrobe malfunction put him in the world of the advertising elite. >> interesting. apparently it's worked for them because they said the u.s. market is now their biggest revenuemaker and they now have a spanish and french trivago guy.

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breathe right all right. it's movie time. and although it's the season of oscar bait, don't expect to see these twos films at any award shows. >> first up, "the last witch hunter," a supernatural action movie peeb starring vin diesel and elijah wood. diesel places a centuries old immortal being whose job is to hunt witches. a powerful witch queen who he defeats hundreds of years ago is resurrected hell bent on destroying humanity but needs the help of a young priest.

>> get down! >> the critics taking it down, they are in agreement. this is no fast and furious was wendy ide of screen international equipping like its star the last witch hunter is big, overblown and frequently incomprehensible and tom huddleson of time-out says simply what an ugly idiotic mess this is. >> that is rough. rough. >> that's raw honesty. that's what they think. >> next up, "rock the kaz ba." starring legendary bill murray. he plays a washed up rock manager who is dumped by his last client while on a uso tour in afghanistan, he looks to revibe his career after he discovers a taker with a golden voice and a dream to become the first demail in an afghanistan gan television show. bruce willis, kate hudson show up to help fulfill her dream.

but it's murray's character who needs the help. >> private. >> yeah. >> oh. sure. sure. >> kind of nervous. probably your first hostage rescue, huh? >> yes, sir. >> there. >> no, i can get that one. thank you. >> wow. i never seen anything like this before, sir. good for you. >> we, it's wartime, son. >> here's the unfortunate part. even with au star cast it couldn't sway the critics. they've pummeled this one with sam wolf of we've got this covered saying it's a "dreadful excuse for a comedy that will make you question your faith in bill murray." no. and case i jar min of william met week adds this isn't so much offensive as it is painfully boring. >> i don

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