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several times at close range. sources say it might be gang retaliation related to the fourth-grader's father. his grieving mother begging for answers. >> anyone who knows anything. please. >> his family says tyshawn was a great kid who happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. we can learn as soon as today the source of the e e. co outbreak at chipotle restaurants in the northwest. safety investigators have now identified the microorganism responsible, which they believe was likely carried on fresh produce or possibly on spices. food safety attorney bill marler is now representing eight clients who became ill, all of them are vegetarians. >> that really helps kind of solidify that it's likely a product, some perishable product that's likely the source of this outbreak. >> there are 37 confirmed cases
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of e. coli in oregon and washington linked to the chipotle restaurants. a pennsylvania charter school is still up and running thanks to the teachers who have agreed to work without pay. money for the school has been cut off because of a stalled state budget. the teachers at feld charter school say they'll do what it takes to make sure their students get an education. but the schedule, that could be adjusted to four days a week and slightly shorter days. >> we're losing an hour and 15 minutes approximately plus the friday we're not in school. we have -- we're losing learning time. >> student loans and stuff are being deferred. things like that. and we're adjusting. and our budget's definitely gotten a little bit less, and we're kind of tweaking with that. but you know, we make it work. >> well, some teachers have taken part-time jobs to get by until a budget is passed, but they say closing the school, well, that's not an option. well, ho, ho, ho. we've got a couple of airlines with holiday gifts for travelers. but it comes from the grinch.
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higher baggage fees. spirit airlines is continuing what it started last year, hiking fees for checked luggage on flights during the holidays. and frontier airlines is following suit, charging an extra five to ten dollars for checked and carry-on bags for flights between thanksgiving week and just after new year's. what have we got to do now, wear all of our clothes on board planes? wear all of it? >> looking like the michelin man. when you board the flight. so if you think baggage fees are getting out of control, just wait until you hear what it costs to park in boston. the asking price for a newly listed single parking spot inside a garage that is located frankly in the tony beacon hill neighborhood -- $650,000. >> oh, stop it. come on. that's not real. >> that's actually more than half of the condos listed for sale in boston, and it's apparently what people are willing to pay. >> the last space that sold here and closed on october 9th, not
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even a month ago, sold for $390,000. that's 11x, 11 times what they were originally offered for. >> but wait, that 650,000 does not include the tax and maintenance fee of nearly $500 a month. the garage also isn't open between midnight and 6:30 a.m. and you must surrender your keys to a parking attendant. >> i'd get a bike. i'd get a bike. or a skateboard. >> not even if tom brady and gisele were there parking for you. >> but that would be an option for you? >> that would be kind of hot. when you think of places to see in seattle maybe you're thinking of course about the space needle of course. or centurylink field where the seahawks play or pike place market, popular, where guys throw the fish around. >> under the market is what's called the gum wall. yeah, this is gum. it's about to get a cleaning. starting tuesday about a million pieces of gum that have been stuck to the wall over the last 20 years will be power-washed off. yuck. >> it actually kind of looks artistic and cool.
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>> please don't touch that. i hope there's hand sanitizer. >> seattle officials say the gum is damaging the bricks underneath. but once the wall is clean people will be allowed to start putting the gum back up. ew. >> that's really gross. that is just so unhygienic. and the disease that could be spreading from human contact. due toned in 2035. we'll talk about washing the second wall that goes up. neighbor against neighbor. a nasty dispute offer a child's behavior. also aheat guy known as the flower man who shows up at presidential campaign events. we're hearing about his serious message. a "world news now" exclusive. >> oh, hey, dude. and new insight into the final days of robin williams. his widow is sharing very personal details in an abc news exclusive. after our forecast map. should point out today billings public library hosting story
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since his death, robin williams's widow is break her silence, opening up in an emotional interview about her husband's suicide. >> susan williams is revealing a previously undetected medical condition in his final month and spoke exclusively to abc's amy robach. >> reporter: nearly four decades of unparalleled brilliance by robin williams. >> my first day as a woman and i'm getting hot flashes. >> reporter: his seven final years spent with his third wife, susan. >> what i always dreamed of love would be, someone who really sees you for who you are inside. >> reporter: but on august 11th last year susan left for work and soon got a call from williams' assistant that she couldn't wake him up. >> that 20-minute car ride i just screamed the whole way. "robin." >> did you get to see him? >> yes. i got to tell him, i forgive you. we were living a nightmare. >> reporter: the 63-year-old actor had been diagnosed with
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early stages of parkinson's disease. >> most people think your husband killed himself because he was depressed. >> no. louis body dementia killed robin. >> reporter: his autopsy revealed he was suffering from that debilitating disease. which can cause depression, anxiety and paranoia. >> it's what took his life. >> was he losing his mind? >> yes. absolutely. and he was aware of it. >> reporter: and in that last week doctors were planning to check him into a facility to help treat him. the night before he died susan had renewed hope. >> i think he's getting better. and then he said good night. good night. that was the last -- >> so incredibly difficult. we thank amy robach for nap you can see more of amy's exclusive interview with susan williams opening up about her legal bat well robin's children later this morning on "good morning america." that disease, more than a million people suffer from it, and they don't know until after they conduct an autopsy that
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they actually have this disease. it's heartbreaking. >> it was a tough interview. and glad to hear her tell that story. >> yeah. well, coming up, neighbors heading to court. at issue, a boy with autism. >> the family being sued and told their child is a public nuisance. you're watching "world news now."
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♪ okay. we're back with a groundbreaking lawsuit that has parents outraged across the country. the family of an 11-year-old boy with autism sued by neighbors who say the boy is a number nuisance. >> and citing past incidents, they're arguing that he's a threat to their children. abc's linsey davis now with the details. >> reporter: while this 11-year-old learns how to swim, his parents describe drowning in litigation by former neighbors who aim to have their son with autism declared a public nuisance. >> we never imagined something like this could happen to our family. >> reporter: two san jose area families say the 11-year-old wreaked havoc on this california cul-de-sac and that his parents didn't do enough to control their son. >> my son on his fourth birthday was riding his bike and the child threw him to the ground,
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grabbed with both hands his hair, and shook him violently. >> reporter: the neighbors say the case is not about autism. >> it's about the safety of our children. they were atact tacked on multi occasio occasions. >> they have been slapped, hit, kicked, basically terrorized. >> reporter: but a judge is now weighing in saying the lawsuit should go to a judicial settlement conference where both parties mediate and end the litigation. >> the extra day we have to go through this lawsuit it takes the focus away from helping our child. it has taken a lot of hours away that we would be supporting him. >> reporter: the legal action calls the family at the center of the suit to move out of their home, but that didn't put an end to the litigation. the hope now is that the mediation will. linsey davis, abc news, new york. all right. coming up, flowers for peace. >> the bearded ambassador causing a stir on the campaign trail, earning unlikely friends in high places. you're watching "world news now."
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♪ with the presidential race in full swing, candidates are taking to the stump with their respective messages. but it's not just the candidates getting out there. >> yeah, there's one man with a whole lot of facial hair and flowers, and he's surprising the candidates, trying to see what they're really like. abc's inez della quartara is on the road with this unique story. >> reporter: he's a bit of an unusual sight but by now rob weber has become a fixture of the campaign trail. >> mr. trump, for world peace. >> reporter: this boston-based musician has been traveling the country to meet with candidates simply to hand them a flower and ask them to pray for peace with him. >> i hope this goes well. >> what better way to take my
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message of peace to the average person and bring it to people that can actuaually make a chan in the real world? >> reporter: the flowers he hands out, symbolic for growth and change he says. they've earned him the name flower man. but different candidates of course have reacted differently. jeb bush, for one, has fully embraced him. >> great to see you, brother. so campaigning away. thank you, man. >> i don't know if he'd go so far as to say friends, but we're friendly. >> but it's not always like that. >> i got roughed up by trump's followers. that was a nasty situation. >> reporter: weber says he's learned a lot about the candidates from doing this. >> the best way to peace is peace through strength. >> even in the beginning i thought of myself as a bit of a rorschach test. i went out there and i'm an aberration. i'm an anomaly. >> reporter: campaign events tend to be very controlled and flower man's antics catch the candidates off guard. >> some of them freeze up. even bernie sanders froze up. he was like a deer in the
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headlights. in the case of trump, that said more about trump's supporters than it even did about trump himself. >> reporter: we were with him when he first came face to face with marco rubio. >> senator rubio, a gift for you. >> oh, man, what took you so long? i'm the last one you got. >> reporter: but it turned out flower man's reputation had already preceded him. >> he's like a good guy. i think if he changes all his policies he'd be a great president. >> reporter: and this has taken flower man everywhere from new hampshire to texas and arizona and by now he's met with 15 of the candidates and says he hopes to meet with all of them before the primaries come to an end. reena, kendis? >> all right, ines, thank you. i'm curious who he would support in the end. >> i'm curious what he'll do when winter comes around and there are no flowers anywhere. >> that's true. he might actually shave the beard. that's the news for this half hour.
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this morning on "world news now" -- donald trump's political fight. >> brand new polls showing the former republican front-runner slipping. who would win the race if the election was right around the corner? the trend making trump even more defensive. family heartbreak. a mother's plea to the public after her 9-year-old son was gunned down near his grandmother's house. the reward and search for clues. life-saving move. the pilot of a small plane using a parachute to avoid disaster. the remarkable scene and dramatic moments captured on camera. and later, your voice, your vote. this dog is already a mayor and now her campaign manager says she could beat trum and clintp clinton. that's in the mix. on this wednesday november 4t
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