this morning on "world news now" -- plane crash mystery. new details about the doomed russian jet that crashed in the egyptian desert. the burst of heat that was spotted by satellites, and what it means for investigators. trump slump. the latest poll showing donald trump falling behind in the presidential race. his response as the republican race takes a new turn. and new this half hour, a tattoo artist who really trusts his 4-year-old daughter. >> the little girl wanted to give daddy a tattoo, and he let her. but his trust only went so far. and later in "the skinny," life after "the daily show." jon stewart's big return to television. so when will viewers be able to see his brand of humor again? it is wednesday november 4th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." good wednesday morning to

you. i'm reena ninan. >> and i'm kendis gibson. thank you for joining us. we're going to start on a serious note, begin with the search for clues in that tragic russian plane crash in egypt. the debris field now larger than first believed. >> investigators are searching a broader area of the sinai desert for wreckage, and we now know that heat flash was detected around the jet just before it went down, but that still doesn't tell us what caused the crash. with more here's abc's alex marquardt. >> reporter: russian teams combing through the field of debris, looking for clues that could help solve this mystery. the u.s. is not denying that terrorism could be to blame but has all but ruled out a missile from the ground. a u.s. sellite picked up infrared flashes, which could be the crash itself, an engine or fuel tank explosion, or a bomb. a missile would have left an infrared trail. the search area is now 11 square miles, indicating they believe

the plane came apart high in mid-air. the answers to this tragedy will come from the wreckage and the black boxes. to be analyzed inside this building in cairo by russian, egyptian, and other international teams. the plane's owners deny mechanical or pilot failure are to blame. while egypt's president has slammed allegations of a terrorist attack as propaganda. in st. petersburg a mother held a picture of her 28-year-old son raman. crying as she tells us he won the vacation to egypt and told her, "i'll see the world." a spokesman for egypt's aviation ministry tells us that the investigators finishing up at the crash site will join those analyzing the black boxes here in cairo and together finally launch the full investigation. alex marquardt, abc news, cairo. we're learning what likely caused another airline emergency. the fire on board a boeing 767 in ft. lauderdale. investigators say a fuel line to the engine was disconnected.

records indicate that the plane had been in storage for two years before being put back into service by dynamic airways. one person was seriously hurt in last week's fire. and federal safety investigators will be looking into this small plane crash in arkansas. cell phone video showing a parachute helping to bring the aircraft down on a busy road in fayetteville, arkansas. all three men on board the plane were taken to a hospital, as was a woman whose truck was hit. they're all expected to be okay. a spirit airlines crew is under fire for a confrontation aboard a plane. seven passengers never get off the ground. they were kicked off after an argument over seat assignments. crew members called them disruptive, but others are charging racism. here's abc's pierre thomas. >> reporter: you're watching a confrontation which ends with a group of passengers, all black, being removed from this commercial jet. some of those kicked off are crying racism. >> i'm really humiliated just for the simple fact, that you know, you hear about this type

of stuff happening in america, you know, discrimination issues. >> reporter: but what really happened is in dispute. police say they were called after an argument broke out over a double-booked seat. >> i'm talking to him. >> reporter: an african-american male passenger apparently was frustrated and some witnesses say a white flight attendant considered at least one in the group a threat. >> the stewardess got a little nervous, and they wanted him to leave the plane. >> reporter: but while harsh words were clearly exchanged, other passengers were confused. suggesting matters never truly got out of hand. >> there's no loud noise or language, no yelling or anything like that. >> reporter: that's why alexandria wright, one of those removed, is so angry. >> why is it six black people get kicked off the plane? >> reporter: the airline said they are investigating the incident and that they do not tolerate discrimination. lots of frustration here but no one was arrested or detained. sometimes with issues of race there's no black and white easy answer. pierre thomas, abc news, new york. two months after the death of an illinois police officer sparked a massive manhunt,

authorities are expected to announce today that it was a suicide. lake county lieutenant joe gliniewicz was found shot dead shortly after he radioed that he was chasing three men on foot. authorities later confirmed that the 52-year-old, who spent three decades on the force, was shot with his own weapon. sources say police will reveal in a news conference this morning that gliniewicz took his own life. also in chicago the mother of a murdered 9-year-old is begging for someone to come forward with information. tyshawn lee was shot to death at close range in an alley near his grandmother's house. sources say the fourth-grader may have been targeted as part of gang-related retaliation toward his father. a $20,000 reward has been offered in connection with the case. another death of a young football player, this one just 9 years old. wyatt barber collapsed at a youth football practice in ohio monday night. coaches did perform cpr. they even called 911. but the third-grader died a short time later. officials say the kid had just

finished running sprints and they called it a light practice without contact. the coroner has yet to determine the cause of death. >> okay. we're going to turn to politics now and voters in kentucky have elected a republican governor for only the second time in 40 years. republican matt bevin is a tea party favorite who's never before held public office. he opposes kentucky's expansion of medicaid, which was made possible by the passage of obama care. bevin also stood by kim davis, the county clerk who went to jail for refusing to offer marriage certificates to same-sex couples. and in ohio in the meantime a measure that would have legalized marijuana was defeated. the proposed amendment to ohio's constitution would have made pot legal both for recreational and medical use. 65% of voters rejected it. marijuana advocates called the a defeat a bump in the road. and in presidential politics

national polls continue to show donald trump slipping. a brand new poll now shows hillary clinton and ben carson in a dead heat head-to-head match-up. in a similar match-up clinton is eight points ahead of donald trump. bernie sanders has a nine-point lead over trump. >> okay. as for the donald, he is ready to roll out his first tv ads this week as he falls behind ben carson in those polls that reena mentioned. until recently trump had soared in popularity without shelling out money on campaign ads. but the latest polls also have him trailing in possible match-ups with hillary clinton and bernie sanders. trump appeared on "good morning america" yesterday blasting carson and his other opponents. >> ben just doesn't have the experience. it's not his thing, george. you know, you're born with it. it's not his thing. he hasn't got the temperament for. it's not the right thing for him. >> and trump also had some choice words for jeb bush, calling him a stiff who doesn't have a chance. all right. this florida girl doesn't like

to report this news. we know it's not officially winter yet but what's being called the first official winter storm is hitting the rockies and central mountains in the west. more than a foot of snow has already fallen over the sierra nevada. drivers need chains. look at that. snow tires on most mountain highways around lake tahoe. much of northern nevada is getting quite a bit of rain too with a strong wind advisory around las vegas. in nebraska the skies outside of omaha were alive with color. this time lapse video shows a dramatic sky show. the northern lights. it's what happens when a dense stream of protons fired off from the sun interacts with the earth's magnetic field. you got, that kendis? >> yes. >> there will be a test after this report. >> you're so smart. >> the light displays should continue in the coming days over the central and northern u.s. far away from city lights. i'm still upset about winter coming. can't we just wait till february to have one month of winter? >> we're talking "game of thrones" or something else? because winter is coming. all right. so this will make you proud.

>> okay. >> tampa. a father and daughter in tampa area have shared a rather unique special experience with each other. the 4-year-old chloe loves to paint. >> her dad owns a tattoo shop. he has a variety of tattoos all over his body. now, one small piece has is a red and green strawberry which you see right there, was done by chloe. dad says even though chloe did the work he was in total control of the process. >> it is a professional tool, but the way that i was controlling the pedal as well, nothing could have gone wrong, and if she were to move kind of a different angle i didn't like i was helping her to guide the machine. >> that makes me feel so much better. asks why she drew a strawberry on her father, she said, "because they're yummy." her father called it an awesome moment that he knows chloe will remember forever. but it's true. kids like to have a little bit more, you know -- a little control of those things. for my children i let them set the table at dinner. >> and that's the bold move you that guys --

>> i let them handle the forks. >> yeah. tattooing me, no. i'll pass on that ink. coming up in "the skinny," the hint from superstar author j.k. rowling about a new book. will she reach out to "harry potter" fans? >> also ahead, the teenager who woke up nine miles away from her home. the sleepwalking drama described in an abc news exclusive. and later, the pig fight involving a california family and their prized pet. it's neighbor versus neighbor, and you'll see who's winning that. after we take a look at the big map. 87 degrees in orlando today. you're watching "world news now." we're all about florida today, aren't we? >> we love our florida, don't we? >> announcer: "world news now" weather. brought to you by creditcards.com. ♪ ♪bank you never heard of, that's my name♪ haa! thank you. uh, next. watch me make your interest rate... disappear. there's gotta be a better way to find the right card.

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a dangerous collision between wildlife and an automobile played out on a rural road in finland. the driver's dash cam caught the moment his or her car broadsided a moose. the driver was apparently able to pull off to the side of the road. no word on the driver's condition or the fate of that moose. well, now an update on a teenager found nine miles away from her home overnight. she got there by sleepwalking. you and i were talking about this. it's hard whenou're not used to or know about sleepwalking. it actually happens, right? >> but this happened. she was at home at the time. at first she was a little bit too embarrassed to share her story, but now she's speaking out about it and how it all went down. abc's cana whitworth spoke to her. >> it's a shock to me that i made it that far. >> reporter: 19-year-old taylor gammel recounting the moment she woke up realizing she had been sleepwalking for nine miles starting from her bedroom.

>> first thing i remember was just walking. it kind of took me a minute to realize i wasn't dreaming but that i was actually walking. >> reporter: her dad steve says taylor has a pattern of sleepwalking but had never ventured out this far, that is, until last tuesday when at 6:00 a.m. he realized his daughter wasn't home. >> you have this young beautiful daughter alone walking around. any number of things could happen. >> you can imagine the three hours that my wife and i, michelle, were just going crazy just worried about her. >> reporter: the gammels called police, who used bloodhounds and a helicopter to aid in the search. taylor, wearing her pajamas and just socks on her feet, had traversed nine miles from her home. >> do your feet hurt after that? >> yeah, they hurt really bad for a while. and my legs too. >> reporter: when she woke up, she recognized this movie theater and she knew she was close to her uncle's house. >> were you so thankful that you recognized the area? >> yeah. i don't know what i would have done. >> reporter: showing the stairs

to the basement and then the door where she left it's hard to imagine somebody doing this asleep. >> just like that. >> reporter: nearly 4% of people report sleepwalking within the past year. taylor says it's something that just happens from time to time. >> are there any precautions that you can take? >> yeah, we have an alarm on my door. so every time i open it it like goes off. >> dads rejoicing everywhere right now. >> there are so many things that could have gone wrong or happened. i'm really lucky. >> reporter: kayna whitworth, abc news, denver. >> really lucky. i've done it a few times at a hotel. >> you have? >> yeah. tried to get back into my room and like oh, well. i walked outside of my room. >> well, i hope you were dressed. >> i've done it a few times at hotels. >> moving on. here we go. why jon stewart may be heading back to television. >> and justin bieber's fans cause the singer to stop yet another show. "the skinny" is next.

♪ skinny ♪ so skinny topping our "skinny" headlines this morning, a man with talent, jon stewart, has a new career move. >> after retiring from "the daily show" back in august the comedian has officially signed a dear with hbo. the four-year contract will involve stewart producing short-form digital content for the premium cable network's hbo now and hbo go platforms. >> reporter: stewart took a

break from "the daily show" to produce and direct the film "rosewater" last year and in that time john oliver took over his hosting duties. oliver has since moved on to host his own show, "last week tonight," which airs on hbo. >> and that has fueled a lot of speculation of an eventual collaboration between the two. but for now stewart leads with a statement quoting, here, "appearing on television 22 minutes a night clearly broke me." he says, "i'm pretty sure i can produce a few minutes of content now and again." >> well, he's done it for over a decade. >> it was quite a while. >> 15 years. >> 15-year run on "the daily show"? >> yeah. it's a long time. >> we're glad to see he's back. well, famed "harry potter" author j.k. rowling says she's got a whole new story up her sleeves for young readers. >> in an interview with the bbc, j.k. rowling said she has an idea for a children's book and has actually written part of it. she didn't offer a name or a genre. but fans suspect that it will be unrelated to harry potter. >> hmm.

right now rowling is finishing the script for the potter spinoff. "fantastic feats and where to find them." >> look forward to that. and as of this week justin bieber no longer on probation for vandalizing his neighbor's home with eggs but he's still take his hits in the court of public opinion. >> yeah, he is. so you remember this. when he walked out on a radio interview in spain. the host apparently looking for a viral moment and getting a completely different one. >> then over the weekend in norway another walk-off, getting annoyed when fans kept grabbing his legs. he didn't like it, so he stormed off. >> but before leaving europe justin provides one last awkward moment with this lesson for some rhythmically challenged fans. >> at least clap on the right notes. come on, guys. stop, stop, stop. it's like this. clap. clap. if you're going to clap. it's not -- yeah. at least clap on beat. ♪ got to make up your mind

>> in his defense, kendis, those fans were way off. >> on behalf of those fans -- >> our own newsroom. take a look at this. we can't quite get on beat. ♪ what do you mean >> deb's not even -- deb over there is not even -- she doesn't want to go there. not looking up. look at her. she's working hard. finally, you might not have their rhythm but you can have their teeth and hair. there are some strange items from famous musicians going up for auction saturday. julian's will be taking bids for a whole slew of items including the head of ringo's kick drum from that iconic first ed sullivan show. >> pretty cool. but here is where it gets weird. you can get a lock of hair from john lennon's 1963 mop top along with a note that reads "love ball." >> if hair's not your thing, you might prefer a lock of kurt cobain. for a price you can also snag his green cardigan's from

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other potbellied pigs in their home. >> honestly, it's a defeat. we thought the information we presented was going to allow them to present pigs as pets. >> well, our ordinance is specific and it lists which animals are considered to be farm animals, and it doesn't say a potbellied pig should be treated differently than a normal farm american grown pig. >> reporter: the rowlands argue they've had their pigs since they were babies and the animals are like therapy pigs. stephanie rowlands says she suffers from mental illness and the pigs keep her calm. >> they are our children. they are our life. i mean, how would you choose, you know -- sorry. i actually have tourette's. so that's what the ticks are. >> reporter: the ventura county board of supervisors did take rowland's health issues into consideration and will allow them to keep one of the pigs. the family has six months to decide whether to stay at home with one animal or move with all four. they can keep one of the pigs, but the family says no matter what they're going to keep mooda

and the rest of their pets. >> never, ever, ever. how do you choose between your children? >> it's your family. and when someone goes after your family you take it personally. >> you've got six months. what do you do? >> well, we look into other avenues. we look into other ideas. >> are you going to move? >> that's another possibility. >> reporter: leo stallworth reporting for abc news. >> leo does exceptional reporting, i have to say. one of my favorite people to watch on television. >> he's great. and mooda, by the way, the pig is not going to be bacon in six months. >> that's good news. but there's one thing i know about pigs which is really true. never hug them. they don't like to be hugged because their mamas didn't hug them. they weren't in their pouches. you've got to leave them alone. >> really? you were snuggling that one.

making news in america this morning, blistering attacks. donald trump taking more shots at the front-runner ben carson and the rest of the republican field. plus overnight, election results from across the country. the major issues including ohio's proposal to legalize pot. wild weather. invading the west, the first major snowstorm of the season and southern california hit with rare flooding rains. close call. a tragedy averted. a quick thinking pilot pulling the parachute allowing his plane to drift to safety. caught on camera, a wild wreck involving a massive moose crossing the road. well, good wednesday morning. we begin with donald trump ready to roll out h