this morning on "world news now," extreme weather from coast to coast. >> from the first mountain snow to the worst tornado outbreak in months. the storms taking a destructive toll and the latest from accuweather. under investigation, the jet crash in egypt's desert that killed more than 200 people. the heart broken families and the big question, was it an act of terrorism. >> caught on camera, the assault on an uber he car service driver. details emerging about the suspect in that back seat and the prominent job that he just lost. >> and later, oscar buzz. the movies you must see by the end of the year from the martian" to "jobs" to bridge of spies" a hollywood insider here with her picks on this tuesday, november 3rd. from abc news, this is

"world news now." good morning on this tuesday. i'm reena ninan. >> i'm kendis gibson. we made it to tuesday. >> i'm looking forward to your segment about the movies. >> can you believe the oscars are about 117 days away, about, exactly 117 days away. we're talking about all of the oscar worthy movies. >> i feel all of us have limited time. but to know ahead of time these are the movies that are buzzing kind of makes it easier. >> it being november, we're behind the ball on a lot of those movies. >> i still have to catch up on other movies and weather is a huge impact on the reasons to stay in and catch up on the movies. i can't believe the weather around the country. >> pretty wild for early november. severe weather on book ending the country today. in the west, the first big wintry storm of the season. in the east, it was an evening of alerts for tornadoes and a flood watch in place at this hour into one of those spots is raleigh, north carolina. relentless rain made for a treacherous evening commute.

the morning drive looking to be about as bad. abc's clayton sandell has it all. >> reporter: a blast.wind -- water and worry in sunny hills, florida. >> oh, my gosh. this come out of nowhere. i think this is like a tornado. >> a reported tornado damaging at least one house 18 twisters from texas to georgia striking since friday. the biggest tornado outbreak since july. out west, more high winds. this 15-vehicle crash near juring more than a dozen people. >> how many cars are in this accident? >> reporter: a woman recording the aftermath, in disbelief. in alabama, 70-mile-per-hour winds took out this high school. and in north carolina, rains crashed the commute. in florida, these drivers powered through the flood waters. texas took it the worst. at least six people are dead. streets vanished underwater and rvs floated away. south of houston, troy elmore's home security camera captured this tornado ripping through his family's backyard.

>> it was freaky. >> reporter: dozens of homes in the area were damaged. >> all this was up against here. it happened so quick, that -- it's hard to prepare for it. >> reporter: the tornado that for the roof off this house was packing winds of 115 miles per hour. but the damage here is pretty random. this house right next door -- completely fine. clayton sandell, abc news, laporte, texas. >> somebody turned the air-conditioner on super high. snow is falling in higher elevations in california. >> trying to get you prepared for winter. >> i don't like cold and snow. >> snow finally making an impact on the sierra nevada. a few inches fell yesterday and more is expected in the ski resores today. molly cook rab continues our coverage. good morning. >> good morning, kendis and reena. unsettles tez continues for tuesday. we're looking at rain and snow

to continue, coming along with it are powerful winds. salt lake city to las vegas, definitely could cause a few flight plans to be hindered. wind gusts to get near 40 to 55 miles per hour. here's a look at our snowfall total map through wednesday. any of the dark blue shades indicate 6 to 12 inches of snow mainly above 6,000 feet and also mainly on nonpaved surfaces. this disturbance continues to shift eastward. hard hit texas round after round of rain coming in and that's going to be coming back out to play for thursday and friday. kendis and reena, back to you. >> molly, thank you so much. turning to egypt and the mystery surrounding that doomed passenger jet breaking apart and plummeting 31,000 feet into the desert. the airline has ruled out technical failure and pilot error blaming it on what it calls an external impact. officials have dismissed the findings as premature.

aviation experts say the real answers may have to come from the wreckage. >> this airplane came apart instantaneously. there may not be any data that would show us what really happened on those black boxes. >> the 224 people killed when the plane went down were mostly russianvationers. as many of the bodies arrive in st. petersburg, investigators are not ruing out toix as a possible cause. >> the ntsb confirmed the umpgen wrenchage located over the weekend is that of the el faro cargo ship. it went down last month during hurricane joaquin. all 33 people on board were lost. crews will continue to search for the black box to try to provide clues into the sinking. more lawsuits have been filed on behalf of the victims. >> there were numerous russ opportunities for the ship to turn around and numerous oppounities for the company to pull that ship back, but had he neglected to do it. >> family members hoping the remains of their loved ones can

be located in order to ensure a proper burial. there's growing outrage or a u.s. funded gas station in afghanistan. it ended up costing taxpayers more than $40 million. how exactly did this happen? here's abc's martha raddatz. >> reporter: they don't call it the world's most expensive gas station for nothing. 43 million u.s. taxpayer dollars spent on a remote highway stop that should have cost no more than $500,000. the idea? afghanistan has lots of natural gas reserves. so, to become less dependent on costly foreign oil imports, build the country's first compressed natural gas station, and then convert cars to run on the fuel. but it costs $700 to switch over a car to natural gas. more than the average afghan makes in a year. >> this is simply misuse of taxpayers' money. all of this would suggest that there's possible fraud involved. and fraud ought to be prosecuted. >> reporter: it the pentagon is

cooperating with investigators but they have no explanation so far. and we won't get one soon since the group behind the project closed shop six months ago. martha raddatz, abc news, washington. volkswagen is accused of cheating on diesel emission tests for a second time. the epa claims vw installed software to rig tests on 10,000 new luxury vehicles sold in the u.s. including audi and porsha models with six cylinder diesel engines. the 5u9 thoughmaker tells us those car did not have the software. vw has admitted 11 million vehicles cheated tests. automatic braking added by the government to its rating system. that system.designed to help consumers identify the most important safety technologies in new cars. automatic braking warns drivers of a collision and engages the vehicle's brakes automatically if a driver does not. it would be added to the rating

system starting with 2018 models. public health investigators in washington and oregon expect new cases of e. coli to be reported today. chipotle has closed 4 restaurants till the results are in. investigators believe the outbreak may be linked to produce. amazon is going retro opening its first brick and mortar store this morning in seattle called amazon books. it will stock about ,000 titles including best sellers and am done customer favorites. the major difference from traditional stores each booking will face out rather than being tightly stacked with only the spines showing. my husband spent a lot of money on books. please do not tell him the news. >> the other difference from traditional bookstores it's opening as opposed to closing down for good. >> kind of sad. >> kind of retro of them. >> i believe in supporting the

local mom and pop stores, too. >> and that's what amazon is. >> how about sports starting with a great monday night football game. the undefeated panthers were up 23-6 in the fourth quarter against the colts when indianapolis mounted a furious comeback. >> colts quarterback and drew luck threw two touch down passes. regulation time expired. both teams kicked a field goal. a panthers interception set them up for the win. that came thanksing to graham gan know's 52-yard field goal. carolina stays undefeated with a 29-26 win. you got to have power in those legs if you want to do that. >> or work on your thy master into maybe he does use a thigh master. >> the world championship royals are back home and ready to party with fans. kansas city will honor the champs with a parade and rally today. local school districts knew so many kids would be out, they

closed for the day. 200,000 people expected to attend the spent. it was their first world series in 30 years. >> if there's one day to cancel school, it's when your city wins the world city. it's a cultural moment. they're important. >> coming up, dogs dismissed from the tsa and your chance to adopt them. >> also ahead, the videotape attack on an uber drive. what we learned about the man under arrest and the prominent job he lost. >> a stunning sight for commuters. a ball of fire lighting up the sky and the speculationing about what fell 0 earth. is it the end? and later -- >> i'm grae drake, senior editor from rotten tomatoes. it's oscar buzz time and from "the martian" to bridge of spies" wiig have early predictions and the movies you have to see. you're watching "world news now." alex trebek. if you're age 50 to 85, this is an important message. so please,

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a spectacular scene in bangkok, thailand, caught by a dash board camera. that's a suspected meteor blazing over the city believed to be the second meteor flying over the thai capital in two months. not your normal drive. needless to say. and we're learning more about the violent attack caught on camera of a drunk passenger hitting his uber driver from the back seat. >> that haeng passenger has now been fired as an executive for taco bell. he's also facing assault charges. matt gutman with more.

>> reporter: ed car ca ban used to drive for uber [ expletive ]. >> reporter: but after this beating not anymore. passenger benjamin. golden was sloshing from side to slide in the back seat. ca ban says he seemed so drunk he couldn't tell him his destination. >> coo dude, you've got to give me directions. >> when he says golden began cursing at him, he turned his dashcam around and told golden uber ride is over. >> i'm kicking you out. >> reporter: the dashcam catching the barrage of punches. but ca ban fights back. watch him pepper spray his assailant. ca ban says taxis are safer because they have a partition between the driver and passengers. but when you use uber it has your name, your phone number and your credit card number. >> reporter: we've been unable to reach golden who faces charges of assault and drunkenness but uber has informing he's now banned for life on uber.

matt gutman, abc news, los angeles. there was a statement from taco bell saying that given the behavior of the individual it's clear he could no longer work for us. we've also offered and encouraged him to seek professional help." >> they'rely there's some sort of help that is needed. a seven-year veteran of taco bell. they moved quickly in getting rid of him. he's since shut down all of his linked in, social media profiles. in our next half hour, how lack of sleep can affect your health. the many things people with odd hours have to watch out for and how less sleep changes how your body works. >> but first, awards season is almost here which means now is the time when oscar worthy movies are being released. a roundup of the most buzzed about films is next. you're watching "world news now."

proof with summer blockbuster season now just a distant merp, we are all now full swing into oscar movie season. can you believe it? there are already some major contenders in theaters already with pretty stuff competition on the way. joining us now is rotten tomatoes senior editor grae drake. good to see you. >> hello. >> so it hurts me to know we're completely past summer this far along and we're talking about the oscar contenders. >> that's right. say good-bye to your popcorn flicks and say hello to two three-hour run times. >> with sub titles. so i know a little early on there were many movies getting om oscar buzz that came out this fall. what are we hearing about now? >> there's so many good films this year. it's going to be really hard. it's going to be maybe an interesting award season, right? because you've got movies came

out a little while back like "the martian," everybody was impressed "bridge of spies," steven spielberg an oscar magnet. >> and tom hanks. >> of course. there's movies like "the danish girl," people haven't seen yet. this is a huge movie because it's incredibly timely where eddie redmayne is playing lilly elba. she's a transgender pioneer. so it's a topic in our news and a movie that deals with this issue with great sensitivity and it's something we should all be watching at the movies. this is our world. it wasn't back in the early 1900s. >> so eddie redmayne plays a transgender in this movie? >> yep. >> and i think this has been through like the festival circuit. it's been getting a lot of buzz. >> yes. because you know, eddie redmayne is so extraordinary. >> exactly. >> and alicia have i conder is also in the film. we've seen her in "the man from uncle."

there's something about the film that's so beautiful that i think it's going to capture the attention of all the voters >> "the danish girl," coming out later on this month. what else do we have? >> well, there's something that i think is going to be a really really big contender during awards season but i think some people are going to argue with me. are you ready for this? >> okay. are you referring to any movie that stars ryan reynolds? i'd definitely argue with you. >> thankfully i'm not. we're saving him for a whoa other segment. "star wars" the force awakens. >> you're just saying it because you're here. >> i'm so excited about it. >> you're at the mother ship. >> you know what? i think that it's going to get a lot of awards because it's a lot like "lord of the rings." it's fantasy. it has a whole bunch of stars in it. there's so much momentum behind it like everybody's excited. even the old white male academy voters are excited for "star

wars." >> it's done. >> so i think it's going to win technical awards. i think we'll see it actually pop up a lot more than we've seen "star wars" mention at the oscars before. >> your pick for best picture right now, her pick for best picture 2016 is "star wars"ing. > jar jar who? >> and i also do want to make an official call for screen writing, by the way. >> for ha. >> for this award. not for "star wars" but for steve jobs. i'm calling it. it's going to win. >> for screen writing. > done deal. >> there are a lot of people saying that this is fantastic. and fasbender can do no wrong these days. obviously he'll probably get a nomination for best actor. >> i think so. >> in a crowded field. >> that is one of the finest screen plays that i think counts as adapted. and exceptional. it's one of the most exciting movies i've ever seen where all people do is just talk.

>> grae drake from rotten tomatoes. you're watching "world news now."

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this morning on "world news now." plane crash mystery. the jet that blew apart over egypt's desert killing hundreds. three possible causes including terrorism. latest direction over night for investigators. >> extreme weather. the worst tornado outbreak in the southeast and the huge pile-up blamed on an unusual storm in the west. today's warnings from from accuweather. and the 228 pound dog. >> his name is bentley. he's so big and so tall, that he could be world famous. so could he be headed into the record books? >> and later in "the skinny," an amazing adele. she's done something no other singer has done before. say hello to the latest record breaker. it's tuesday, november 3rd.