this morning on "world news now," new fears of terrorism in the air. >> the russian jet that crashed in egypt's desert. did an isis bomb bring down that plane? what u.s. intelligence is revealing. seemg on campus. the stabbing attacks at a california university and how police moved in, bringing an end to a horrifying ordeal. the latest on the victims and the suspect. >> consumer alert. he the potentially deadly toxin found in some types of fresh seafood. the public health investigation and an important decision expected today. and later, the big night in nashville. the cma awards from the emerging chris stapleton to justin timberlake's performance. we have industry insight you won't get anywhere else on this thursday, november 5th.

from abc news, this is "world news now." >> we do say good morning to you on this thursday morning. i'm kendis gibson. >> i'm reena ninan. strong implications of terrorism in that air disaster in egypt. >> this after intelligence officials are now saying the russian jet that broke apart mid-air and crashed in the egyptian desert was likely brought down by a bomb. the british took immediate action spending all of its flights to and from the sinai peninsula. then the irishollowed suit. for from abc's brian ross. >> reporter: counterterrorism officials tonight say new intelligence makes them believe it was more likely that a bomb, not a mechanical issue, brought down the russian jetliner. seen in this new video taken moments after the crash. >> we have concluded that there is a significant possibility that that crash was caused by an explosive device on board the aircraft. >> reporter: officials in egypt say investigators are looking

for evidence that passengers in the back of the plane may have had injuries from an explosion includining shrapnel in their bodies as indication where a bomb might have been hidden. an isis connected group within hours said it was responsible. now the group has become the prime suspect and they have posted a second claim of responsibility. the russian flight left saturday from the sharm el-sheik airport in egypt where all flights to and everyone britain were the suspended after british officials. said they found extremely lax security there. >> terror groups working in the region have been working extremely hard to develop explosives that can be smuggled on to an airplane undetected. >> reporter: as u.s. and british officials demonstrated small amounts of explosives can cause cas catastrophic damage to a fuselage be. >> the aircraft would pull apart.

>> passenger planes remain a prime target of terrorists. a bomb brought down pan am 103 in '88 killing 270 people. al qaeda has since tried unsuccessfully with bombs hidden in underwear, a shoe and prettier cart ridges. for u.s. authorities, the concern is whether terrorists have developed a new explosive that can not be can detected by standard security procedures what they call the nightmare scenario. brian ross, abc news, new york. >> this really is a big deal. nearly a million british tourists visit egypt every year. the decision to ground the uk flights has left up to 20,000 of them stranded in sharm el sheikh. officials are now working to get them home on other flights. the government is advising against nonessential travel to that airport. now to the violence in this country. a five-hour standoff is over in san diego. [ gunfire ] >>s dos of shots were fired by a

xwunman and police officers shutting down streets and schools. incoming flights at the airport were also canceled. it ended when he surrendered. police say the incident began inside the apartment of the gunman's ex-girlfriend. >> also in california, a little bit further upstate, college student is dead and four people were stabbed. it happened on the smallest and quietest campus of the university of california system. abc's brandi hitt with these esdetails. >> there's a shooting, stabbing at uc-merced. >> chaos on the campus in central california. four people stabbed as officers rushed ot scene. >> i'm trying not to panic. i saw there was someone laying on the floor. >> it all happened around 8:00 a.m. near a classroom. police say a male student with a knife stabbed two fellow students and a staff member into the blade was about like that. >> john price says that's when his son byron a construction worker nearby rushed in and was also stabbed in the stomach.

>> he ended up going down on his back. he got stabbed but he was able to kick the guy in the ahead. >> of after a brief class, campus police opened fire killing the attacker. two of the victims were airlifted to the hospital. uc-merced now joining the growing list of college campus attacks. >> the suspect is down. >> just last month, a gunman killed nine people at this oregon community college. a stabbing spree on a texas campus two years ago left 14 injured. last year yet another attack at florida state university's library. students here didn't think their small rural campus would ever be targeted. >> you see familiar faces everywhere. it's unimaginable. >> uc-merced is now closed and all classes cab selled today as investigators try to figure out the motive an behind the stabbing sfrooe spreel. >> there is growing outrage in louisiana after a 6-year-old boy was shot and killed by a

marshall. he was riding in a car driven by his father being chased by the marshals. they open fire on that vehicle, hitting the first grader multiple times. the father was wounded on is in stable condition. the louisiana attorney general now looking into the case. mou to politics, donald trump at yet the center of another controversy. is he facing new criticism for retweeting a post showing jeb bush next to a swastika and in a mariachi outfit. trump claim ed did not see the attached images. this further angered hispanic groups pressuring nbc to be can he his appearance on saturday night live. carson is not laughing. >> i think the president sill is a very serious thing. i don't like making light of it liking thatting. > the two men will face off again next week in the fourth gop debate. fox business will announce the full lineup later today into this political note. facebook proving to be a very

important factor to presidential candidates, as well. ben carson has run 240 targets ads on facebook. pre member of congress is using figbook to reach voters. facebook executives a between january and october, there were 1 billion interactions on facebook about the campaign. a serious public health alert this morning. a warning not to eat crabs or raw crabs caught in california. public health investigators say it could be contaminated with dangerously high levels of domoic acid. it could lead to coma or extreme cases death. a state agency could decide to put off the start of the crab season because of the toxin, a blow to local businesses. >> we wait for them every november. we're not going to get any crabs, it's a bummer. >> specifically concerned about dun jojness crabs. toxin is deadly to marine

mammals. it yours can naturally in the wild. this latest massive bloom of this thanks to warmer temperatures that were brought by el nino. >> so it may soon cost a little bit more to get your thin mint fix. in some parts of the country into no, say it ain't so. those are the best ones. >> they're raising the price of girl scout cookies to $5 a box. that means the troops will get about 30 cents more per box. cookies were already $5 a box in some high cost of living places like california and hawaii. >> i want to make sure they're not decreasing the number of cookies as they increase the price. some products tend to do that. we're not having that, right. >> they wouldn't gyp us liking that. >> you're right. 30 cents more, folks. there were unusual guests at last night's country music awards. dozens of mascots from the country's major colleges were will.

>> i an couple showing off their moves outside the arena. others trying to look tough. by the time they got to the red carpet, everyone seemed to calm koun a bit. >> the oregon duck striking a pose. either carolina pirate had hugs for all the ladies. >> the mascots appeared on stage with brad paisley who was performing his song "country nation," which celebrates college football. >> everyone loves college football, don't you? >> everyone does. even with the rankings that came out yesterday which was a little controversial, why confidence alabama there, it was nice to see all the mascots come together in last night's performance. we'll have more on the cma awards including the emerging artists superstars on stage and our music industry insiders. >> also ahead, abe new way to ge around congested new york city. the world's only jet pack. makes a big apple debut. that's in the mix.

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contract for five years with no pay raise for the last six. now, inside negotiators for the school had made an offer that the union labeled completely inadequate. >> it's fair to say around here we don't usually cover much high school football here on "world news now." but we'll make an exception tonight. >> that's because of a great story about a coach in michigan who was looking to get back in the game and a man and a team that's rallied around him ever since. abc's t.j. holmes with the story. >> you just won the first playoff game in the history of benton harbor high school. >> reporter: meet the former big-time college coach who came out of retirement and turned a downtrodden high school team into a winner. >> a lot of people said you must be crazy. i probably am a little crazy. >> reporter: he had coaching jobs at places like michigan, western mish, navy and ohio state but he got board after retiring and took the head coaching job at nearby benton

harbor high school. the team hadn't had a winning season in 25 years and had never been to the playoffs. now they're on the verge of a division championship. >> i'm see young men with more confidence in themselves. that's rewarding. >> reporter: benten harbor is one of michigan's poorest towns. he says some of his players were with the bread winners in their homes. more concerned about their jobs than school or football. >> that was a difficult situation because they had to work. >> reporter: he provided job alternatives, set academic goals and instaled respect, discipline, and accountability. the players responded and began to flourish on and off the field. >> we need more coaches that care you and your family and what you're going through. >> reporter: their playoff run isn't over yet but he's already helped change their football fortunes and perhaps their lives. t.j. holmes, abc news, new york. >> i've said this on the show before. i believe teachers and coaches can have such instrumental difference in your lives

especially when you're in high school. they can help transform your path. >> they haven't had a winning season? 25 years and this guy comes in and makes that much of a difference. these guys are offensive juggernauts. 28-7 their last victory. coming up, aggravating calls from debt collectors. the crackdown from capitol hill. what lawmakers are doing to stop the harassment and protect consumers. >> but first, nashville's big night. the superstar winners, emerging artists and whattious tin timberlake brought it out stage. our music insider is here live. we'll get his take. that's coming up. "world news now"

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>> yeah, there they are. justin timberlake and chris stapleton who stunned the cma awards last night with their best performance there and winning best vocalist of the year, chris and bringing down the house with that amazing performance there alongside j.t. >> that was one of the many moments from country's biggest night. here to break it down is our industry insider bruno del gra nads doe. >> hi, reena. >> what a great show. >> let's kick it off with chris stapleton. what can you tell us about his story? >> he's been around for a while as a songwriter and backup vocalist. but he had three nominations and he scored three wins last night. the funny thing is after the show, everybody's googling his name who he is. tremendously talented inger/songwriter and the performance of the night was his

and justin and everybody gave props to that into look at that performance with j.t. who is a tennessee boy. he joined him on stage and this was the performance that was getting a lot of buzz. why? >> it was so pure. it was blues. it was r & b. it was country. it was a little bit of americana if you think about it. it's all these different musical genres put together and executed beautifully. >> i want to mention carrie underwood tweeted her mom texted her after the performance and said i loved the opening but i'm sorry, i don't know the song that justin sang tonight. >> c't argue with mom. winning a very big prize, entertainer of the year. luke bryan. he's at the absolute top of his game right now. >> absolutely. 14 number one songs, 7 million albums. earlier this summer, he beat dr. dre with his album.

where does he go from here? i think it's possibly going the pop route like taylor swift or keying urban or blake shelton who have crossed over to television and become megastars. the sky's the limit for luke. >> you can't talk country music without miranda lambert. she won female vocalist of the year. she performed a killer -- her performance basically brought home the fact that country is the new rock 'n' roll. but yet, everybody, of course, was talking about what's going on with the breakup and you know the news breaking of blake and his new paramore. miranda is tremendously talented. this was her sixth win pore female vocalist of the year. she was up for entertainer of the year. that was huge. >> blake was in attendance.

>> let's talk about little big town's "girl crush." it's still fairly controversial. >> it was a controversial single when it was released. a lot of radio programmers refused to play it because they thought it was about a same sex crush. it's about jealousy and heart break. but there were problems with stations refusing to play it. in spite of that, it became a massive song through will the winter and spring. they're vindicated by winning single and song of the year in addition to vocal group. >> its an called "girl crush." >> yes. >> give us your prediction, who will be the one to look out for this year? >> sam hunt. the kid has sold 900,000 albums with his debut. he's going to be huge. >> i agree. many thought he would win the best new artist. he had a great performance, as well. >> what was the justin timberlake song, tennessee whiskey, girl crush and sam hunt. i'm going to download them right

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and now it's time for "the mix." nfl news. major breaking nfl news. >> yes. >> we have football players weighing in on whether a hot dog is a sandwich. >> this is serious. >> pretty serious. it started out with quarterback from the falcons matt ryan. kind of posed this question. it was picked up by a reporter andrew hirsch and then the bills weighed in, poled the locker room to find out is a hot dog a sandwich. listen? >> is a hot dog a sandwich? >> no. >> is a subway sandwich a sandwich. >> yes. >> is the bread cut the same way. >> no, it's a loaf of bread. >> no, wrong. >> yes, it is. >> it's a hot dog bun. >> not a loaf of bun. a piece of bread. >> wrong. >> a meatball sub is a sub. >> it's made out of the same

kind of meat a paddy is. >> it got heated. >> it got heated. i'm going to one up these boys in the nfl. if you think a hot dog a sandwich, is this? >> that's a wrap. it's a turkey wrap but it also has the bread around it. is a wrap a sandwich. >> assam on twitter points out, i hate to say this, if you take the bun off of a hot dog, what is? it's still a hot dog. >> okay. >> so even if you take the wrap off that -- >> if i unwrap this. >> now i'm confused. >> then what do i have? >> you have lunch. thank you. >> yeah, there you go. you got your protein for the day. look at this. we're going to continue to debate that. we encourage you online. take a look at this. this is a real-life ironman you might say. science fiction meets science fact in new york. yesterday with an aviator using a real-life jet pack there to

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this morning on "world news now," terrorism fears after the latest intelligence on the plane crash in the egyptian desert. is an isis bomb to blame? plus the race to get 20,000 stranded tourists home. trouble for trump. the controversial tweet from donald trump's presidential campaign and backlash over his plans to appear on "saturday night live." and who may be missing from are the next gop debate. >> new this half hour, lost and losing hope. after nearly a week in the wilderness. >> how a man survived without water and what he was forced to eat to stay alive in australia's outback. >> and later in "the skinny,"" love in nashville. what superstars blake shelton and gwen stefani are saying about their love life. quite the buzz at the cma awards last night. it's thursday, november 5th.