this morning on "world news now," dire warnings about diet. >> who is linking processed meats to cancer. and why bacon, sausage and lunch meat could be as dangerous as cigarette smoking. a worldwide respected study and the backlash. >> developing overnight, an officer caught on camera using force to remove a student from a classroom. the video that's going viral and what investigators are saying. republican showdown. dispute between donald trump and ben carson before tomorrow's debate. controversial comments and new trend in the polls. and later, spying on your baby-sitter. it sounds extreme but some moms and dads say their children's safety comes first. it is tuesday, october 27th. from abc news, this is "world news now."

>> all right. and we do say good morning on this tuesday. i'm kendis gibson. >> i'm reena ninan. do you remember that commercial that woman who would say where's the beef. >> yes, yes, she's now no longer with us. of course, we get these geyer warnings coming out this morning about meat, still the centerpiece of most american diets. the world health organization reviewing the data and finds troubling links to colon cancer and possibly other cancers, as well. abc's linsey davis with the details. >> reporter: alarming news about foods so many of us eat every day. bacon, hot dogs, lunch meat, all now classified in the same category as cigarettes and asbestos. they can cause cancer, according to the world health organization, and that's not all. the w.h.o. advisory committee also finding that unprocessed red meat is probably carcinogenic. the report, which was based on an analysis of more than 800 studies, asserts that simply eating 50 grams of processed meat each day can increase the

risk of colon cancer by 18%. here's some food for thought. the 50 grams cited in the report is the equivalent of 1.8 ounces of meat. but a typical deli sandwich has more than 4.5 ounces of meat. and this is what 1.8 ounces looks like. according to the report, 34,000 cancer deaths could be attributed to diets high in processed meat in 2012. that's out of the 8.2 million deaths caused worldwide by cancer. to put that in perspective, a million of those deaths could be attributed to smoking. the w.h.o. panel did say red meat does have nutritional value. but the meat industry is crying foul. the north american meat institute telling abc news in a statement that classifying red and processed meat as cancer hazards defies both common sense and numerous studies showing no correlation between meat and cancer. it's also recommended that you not fry or grill your meat on charcoal which can release

carcinogens. linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> the death toll is expected to rise following a powerful earthquake that struck parts of south asia. between 300 and 400 people are confirmed dead so far, most of them in pakistan. and in afghanistan, there were 33 victims including 12 schoolgirls who were trampled trying to leave a sway agbuilding. the 7.5 quake the strongest to hit the region in recent years. this morning, canadian authorities say the investigation into the sinking of a whale watching boat could take several months. a survivor of the incident claims a sudden wave capsized the boat sending everyone on board into the water. at least five people were killed. one remains missing. abc's neal karlinksky is in british columbia this morning. >> reporter: tonight, the only part of the 65-foot boat that didn't sink. just the bow, upside down and sticking straight out of the water. >> it was pretty scary, knowing that i have a friend that drives that boat. 27 people bobbing in the 55-degree water for those frigid

30 minutes. the distress call coming and immediately every boat in the area rushed in to help. the company's owner writing on the website our entire team is heart broken over the incident and you're hearts go out to the families. >> five are confirmed dead, all british citizens from 18 to 76 years old. one person remains missing. amazingly, 21 were rescued. four are still being treated at local hospitals. the rest just lucky to be alive. company officials say the boat was operating as normal right before the accident. in fact, they say this ship has done the exact same trip twice a day for the last 20 years without a problem until now. neal karlinsky, abc news. >> the suspect in that deadly homecoming parade crash appeared before a judge this morning. it's the first time on monday that adacia chambers was ordered held on a million dollar bond facing four counts of second degree murder. the prosecutor said chambers

purposely drove around a barricade and ran a red light before plowing into parade spectators. her father says she suffers from mental illness. >> a school resource officer has been placed on leave after a video shows the officer trying to remove a student from class by tipping her desk backward till she falls on the floor. he tosses the girl several feet across the floor until he eventually handcuffed her. so hard to watch this. the south carolina aclu calls it an aegregrious use off force. could you imagine if that was your child and you saw this video? >> i can just imagine the parents are screw upset by that. school is promising a full investigation into that. still, we move on now to the remnants of hurricane patricia still menacing millions of people after unleashing heavy rain and flooding across texas and louisiana. the storms are now moving into a

wide area of the southeast with downpours from louisville down to the florida panhandle. here's abc's rob marciano. >> reporter: rain and wind pounding the gulf coast states. 50-mile-per-hour gusts overnight. near baton rouge, that school bus getting stuck on a flooded bridge. the sheriff's department using a pickup to bring 20 children to safety. south of new orleans, whole neighborhoods submerged. and south of dallas, more than 70 rescues over the weekend, including this man and his dog. floods even derailing the cars on that freight train. in part from the remnants of the most powerful storm ever recorded in the western hemisphere, hurricane patricia, striking mexico with winds gusting over 200 miles an hour. our matt gutman right there. >> those winds so powerful, they pulverized concrete power lines like this. ripped off rooftops like this one here. brick walls came tumbling down. anything that wasn't nailed down, sent flying. even boats like that. but the reason so few people we hurt? look around you. for dozens of miles around, forest. >> reporter: the country getting

lucky. the compact, fast-moving storm passing over a sparsely populated area. and what's left of patricia coupled with this gulf storm is heading northeast. the next couple days very wet in spots from the mississippi river all the way 0 maine. rob marciano, abc news, atlanta, georgia. >> turning now to politics and donald trump losing more ground in iowa ahead of tomorrow's gop debate. trump blasted pollsters who reported him trailing carson by double digits telling supporters he's still in first place. after refusing to apologize to carson for remarks about his faith, trump is raising eyebrows with his latest comments on religion this time talking about muslim women keeping their faces covered. >> it's easy. you don't have to put on makeup. wouldn't it be easier, right? >> wow. trump is facing criticism for saying it hasn't been easy for him even though his father gave him his start in e.r.a. with

what he calls a small loan of $1 million. >> a small loan for a startup. >> so walmart the latest big retailer to explore using drones. a spokesman tells abc news walmart may use the drones to fly online orders to customers' doorsteps. or to fly to pick up orders out to the parking lot at their stores. the aircraft may also provide aerial surveillance at distribution centers. am son is also looking into the use of drones as you know. fedex which still delivers the old fashioned way using humans is predicting a record holiday season. it expects ship 317 million packages up 1% from last year. not all that surprising considering the popularity of online shopping. and if you're planning ahead, the busiest shipping days will be the mondays after thanksgiving and the first two mondays in december. >> okay. get those packages out. get strong language is included in the nfl's appeal of a judge's

ruling which cleared tom brady in the deflategate scandal. the league says commissioner roger goodell acted within his discretion to suspend brady for four games. nfl calls it unfathomable that i an judge would lift that suspension saying its conclusion explicable. argues in the case won't be heard till february which means he can play the entire season. >> monday night football the ravens taking on the cardinals. picking it up in the fourth qule carson palmer found john brown with a four-yard touch down pass. baltimore answered with a touchdown of its own. arizona almost sealed the dial with an interception in the end zone. the cardinals hold on for a 28-16 win. >> cardinals looking good this year. >> you like your cardinals, don't you? >> yes, they're looking good for arizona. we have more evidence that

"star wars" is about to take over the entire world. again, this coming from ukraine into my favorite story of the day. >> so awesome. >> lou could you do this to chewbacca, getting rough treatment from the police in the city of odessa? look at this. poor guy arrested for failing to produce proper i.d. when stopped by the cops. >> oh, that's right. >> this might be the best part. the whole incident started while chewbacca was driving a guy dressed as darth raid da are to vote in a local election. chewy was fined $7.50. >> i'd like to tell the foekts over there, nobody puts chewy in the corner. nobody. >> thank you. >> what did you say? >> aren't they on opposite teams? >> they are. it was a wookie cop. >> really? >> that was good. coming up "the mix" the comment that's full of booze. it's a spirited adventure in the

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bigger knife. he tried to rip off the down the block convenience store in manchester, new hampshire over the weekend. but the clerk dawn, she pulled her own knife from under the counter. crook took one look at it, hesitated a moment and high tailed out of there. dawn says that she almost made her laugh. >> the guy came in running in, and he put his hand on the counter and screamed give meet money, give me the money. i looked at him. i thought it was quite funny because he had the knife here. so i reaped for mine and showed him and he thought for a second and then ran out the door. >> the clerk just wants the suspect captured by police saying it's scary enough to be working the nightshift in a store. >> oh, wow. good for her for being ready. now to a growing trend among parents checking out what's really going on when one else is taking care of your kids. >> the advent of nanny cams has

made it easier for pents to keep an eye on things. here's lara spencer with more. >> reporter: we're out under cover. discreetly following this nanny with a professional so-called nanny spy. but why? caught on nanny cam, shaking a 1-year-old girl. time and time again, we hear and see these real life horror stories of nannies behaving badly. now families are shelling out big bucks on private investigators like tom russ kin and eddie hamilton from cmp group investigations. >> we are getting more calls now than ever before. you have to feel comfortable with this person who is basically joining your family as an outsider. >> that comfort is exactly what this first-type mom is looking for. >> it's very difficult to find somebody you can trust. >> reporter: our own genevieve brown joins her on her search. >> why did you decide to hire someone to follow your baby-sitter? >> i'm a first time mom going back to work. i'm nervous who i'm going to

leave them with. >> reporter: we're not showing you their faces. as p.i. eddie goes undercover, he follows and videotapes every move. >> what are some of the worst things you've seen in your practice? >> we see a lot of nanny distraction where nanny is not paying attention to the children. we've seen nannies leave children in strollers outside of a store. >> p.i.s are joining what some say is a rise in so-called mommy spies. moms keeping tabs on care attackers posting photos online like upper eastside mamas. >> the mom that takes a picture, what motivates her to do it. >> she sees a child and sees what is wrong and thinks if this was my nanny, i would want to know. >> in the end what did you find? >> she began her walk. checked the comforter. compared to what we've seen in the past, how does she rate?

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most decadent times in the 1980s. >> it mixes the glitter and glam of that era with serial killers terrorizing tinseltown. brandi hitt takes us behind the scenes that even gives some of the actors the chills. >> reporter: 1982, hollywood sunset strip. a time of rock 'n' roll, sex and murder. abc's new thriller "wicked city" follows the cat-and-mouse game between a fictional serial killing duo, their victims. and the detectives trying to catch them. >> unsolved murders. >> this is a rabbit hole. just going to go in on a crazy story. >> and play backing. > star ed west wick said he researched real life killers from that era including ted bundy who confessed to murdering dozens of women. >> i watched a lot of interviews. you have to fill in the blanks because obviously i'm not a serial kill near are you sure? >> yeah, i'm not.

you use your imagination. >> how do you fall in love with someone who is a serial killer. >> think about what the neighbors always say about serial killers. he was the nicest guy. >> hi. >> then there's the wild '80s. a character in and of itself. >> beneath the ambition and beneath all the style was something very dark. >> it definitely gets under your skin and creepy. >> it's also a time many of these young actors never experienced in real life. >> it's fun listening to the new music, new for me. >> now they've become fans of the fashion, fun and fear unfolding in this new drama. brandi hitt, abc news, los angeles. >> i can't believe she said it. i love the new music. >> that's exactly it. >> we should say set your dvrs. "wicked city" premieres at 10:00, 9 central right here on abc. she was saying i like the new music which is from our childhood. the 1980s. >> that's not new music.

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well, time for "the mix." we're learning more about outer space. >> yes, we are. >> and we're learning something interesting, that there's alcohol and sugar. >> what? >> yeah. >> i need to be an astronaut. >> meet comet love joy. remarkable. you see right there apparently they've discovered for the first time that ethylalcohol actually comes from this type of comet. it's the same kind of alcohol you find in alcoholic beverages. it's been observed in this very comet. they find evidence of the comet has come from the source very complex organic molecules needed for life. >> so all of that that we see trailing there, some of that has alcohol. >> yeah, so they found this comet love joy reeses as much alcohol as at least 500 bottles of wine every second during its peak.

somebody barrel that up. >> robert mon dav have i is looking into right now. this is my favorite video of the day. costco is known for its oversized toilet paper. >> we love it for it. >> exactly. but how about this, take this, my buddy. this is an oversized stuffed bear that's nearly eight feet at all they're selling. it's 93 inches in size, as well. it's less than $300. it weighs almost 50 pounds though. so it could hurt a young child. it has its own twitter, facebook pages. but right now, it is out of stock. but it does come out officially in november. >> the mother within me is thinking how do you clean this thing once you've dragged all over the world and you can't stick it in the washing machine. >> it's hard enough to clean the tiny teddy bears your kids have. imagine this guy. look how fun that is. >> the dry cleaner wouldn't even take this one.

>> he reminds me of my buddy and me. >> we're going to move to our next story. i want to introduce you to a way to clean up the leaves in your yard. there's this way which most of us know, for $10 you can buy a broom, sweep it up. why buy a broom when you can have your own drone do it all in a matter of seconds. >> whoa. >> the dj phantom three quad copter will put you back $1200. look how fast the leaves disappear pooh look how powerful that is. >> if only they had a drone that does laundry, as well. >> that was brilliant. so we've had pizza rat and milkshake zwirl. now may i introduce you to pigeon bagel. >> is that a bagel around its neck? >> it's a bagel. captured in new york and it answers the question who are you wearing? >> nice. >> bagel. it's received already some 200,000 views. >> cream cheese

this morning on "world news now," political showdown. trump versus carson and the rest of the republicans in tomorrow night's debate. donald trump's latest controversial comments and a surprising trend in the polls. deadly floods. the extreme weather system that dumped nearly two feet of rain on texas and louisiana. the human toll and the new storm threatening the flood zone. >> new this half hour, the fireworks explosion lighting up the skies overnight. with blast after blast, the dangerous scene for firefighters and the latest on the injuries. >> and later in the skinny, the royals and movie stars at the premier of 007's "spectre." daniel craig is asked again would he return to his role as james bond. his latest answer on this tuesday, october 27th. >> from abc news, this is "world news now."