this morning on "world news now" -- one week away. after nearly two years of campaigning, election day is now just down to seven days. going to see how the fbi e-mail investigation is affecting donald trump and hillary clinton's chances, as they make their final push to the american massive fire at a residential complex in california. the newly constructed homes reduced to rubble before opening. and a couple attacked by a crocodile. >> you see the man jumping out of the pool, leaving the woman alone in the pool with the

it was a halloween spooktacular. with plenty of treats, some tricks and one high-profile elimination. the details ahead in "the is tuesday, november 1st. that pool video is just so dramatic. >> you better never leave me in a swimming pool with a crocodile. if the crocodile doesn't get you, i will. >> and every man knows that, except that guy. all right. >> wll yeah. let's talk about politics and election day. like we said, one week away. the clinton and trump campaigns, kicking it into high gear, while the fbi works on its renewed investigation of e-mails possibly linked to the clintons private server. >> investigators have duplicated the hard drive of the lap tot used by anthony weiner, the estranged husband of huma abedin. the e-mails are being separated

that belonged to weiner. the focus is an abedin's work-related e-mails during the time of clinton's secretary of state. abedin's lawyer says she has not been contacted by the fbi. >> donald trump is making the most of the renewed investigation. he offered thanks for monday, while campaigning in michigan. >> thank you, huma. thank you, huma. do you think right now that hillary clinton is happy with the services of huma? i don't think so. thank you, anthony. i never liked you, anthony. i never liked you. but thank you very much. >> trump also claimed electing clinton would spark a constitutional crisis. saying she might face a trial as president. >> for her part, clinton is trying to put the fbi investigation in the background, telling voters she is more qualified to lead the country. it's "your voice, your vote." we get the details from abc's

>> reporter: in ohio, where voting is under way, hillary clinton attacking the firestorm engulfing her campaign. >> i'm sure many of you might be asking what this e-mail story is about. and why in the world the fbi would decide to jump into an election, with no evidence of any wrongdoing, with just days to go. that's a good question. >> reporter: clinton, putting on a defiant front. >> i'm sure they will reach the same conclusion they did when they looked at my e-mails for the last year. there is no case here. >> reporter: clinton's team now counting on their get-out-the-vote operation. more than 23 million votes already cast. democrats outpacing republicans in battlegrounds like north carolina and nevada. but in all-important florida, where clinton campaigned this

edge in early voting. here in ohio, most supporters we spoke to brushed off this chapter in the e-mail saga. i say to you hillary clinton and e-mails, you say? >> i don't give -- >> i don't believe it. >> reporter: you can't say the word you want to say. >> i don't care. >> reporter: does it make you reconsider your vote at all? >> not at all. >> i am running against a man. >> reporter: clinton tried to shift her focus back on her opponent. >> when the election is over and people wake up on november 9th, we will have picked the person who will carry the responsibility for all of these weighty decisions. a man you can bait with a tweet is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons. >> reporter: hillary clinton's strategy, you heard it right there. she is trying to shift the focus to talk about donald trump. she will be bringing in reinforcements in the final few days on the campaign trail.

biden, all out there on the trial. you can bet they will be talking about donald trump, too. cecilia vega, abc news, cincinnati, ohio. on the campaign trail today, clinton will be in florida. and trump will be in pennsylvania and wisconsin. >> the national polls have been tightening. but a look at the electoral map shows trump still faces an uphill challenge. the blue states going for clinton, red for trump, and gray are the toss-ups. for trump to be elected, he would need to win utah, florida, north carolina and ohio. and then, that would leave him 11 electoral votes short of the 270 needed. >> if trump were to claim nevada and michigan, that would push him over the 270 threshold. but no polls have him leading in michigan right now. breaking news from mississippi. a deadly halloween accident has claimed three lives. all victims were on a hayride trailer going house-to-house to trick or treat. the trailer was hit by a pickup.

killed. several others injured. we will continue to cover this breaking story for you. in alabama, one worker has died in the explosion of a gas pipeline. six others were hurt. the company that owns the pipeline said the accident happened when a track hoe the company was using hit that line. the gasoline was ignited, causing a fire, which is still burning. the explosion happened not far from where there was a line burst back in september that leaked thousands of gallons of gasoline. in northern california, investigators are trying to figure out what caused the massive blaze that destroyed an apartment complex under construction. the fire consumed the building in oakland, which was just months away from opening. most of its framework collapsed into smoldering piles. hundreds of people who lived nearby were evacuated as a precaution. and crews are still on the scene monitoring hot spot. and two people are recovering from shark attacks in northern florida.

in the more serious attack, a surfer was going for one last wave and swimming in chest-high water when a bull shark approached him. >> looked to my left. and i started to paddle. when i looked to my right, there was a shark coming out of the water with my hand in his mouth. and he was shaking like this. and that's when i saw my hand pretty much in his mouth, and he was going like that. and he shook it out of his mouth. >> luckily, the man swam to shore. beachgoers wrapped his hand in a shirt and he drove himself the hospital. he had 17 stitches but suffered no permanent damage and was released. the other incident, the swimmer was bitten on the leg but let go. now, to the terrifying moments captured on camera. this is in africa, as a crocodile interrupts a couple's late-night swim. the man, quickly, leaps out of the pool, leaving his female companion to fend for herself. the man tries attacking the reptile from the sidelines. fortunately, the woman manages to fight her way to safety. no serious injuries were reported. and a qantas pilot has taken

once his melbourne-to-los angeles flight was at cruising altitude, he announced on the intercom there was a special passenger in first class. >> she was on her way to visit her family in south america. and he wanted to make sure she came back to him in australia. >> so, now that i have her complete attention, anna -- complete attention, anna -- will you marry me? >> the pilot came out of the cockpit carrying flowers and got down on one knee. as you can see, she said yes and kissed him. >> qantas posted the video to its facebook page. the passengers thought it was heartwarming and unforgettable. >> and they also asked who is piloting the plane right now? >> it's kind of risky before landing, right? the passengers are saying, please, say yes. >> we're over the pacific, right now. please. coming up, the big surprise

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accusers. cosby's trial for the alleged sexual assault of a woman 12 years ago, scheduled to start in june, on the eve of today's pretrial hearing, his attorneys called for 13 of the other women who accuse him of sexual assault, to take competency tests before they testify at this trial. another issue is whether a deposition cosby gave in 2004 can be used in this trial. his lawyers are seeking dismissal of the charges. inside an atlanta courtroom, the mother of a toddler broke down on the witness stand, as she testified about the moment when she learned her son had died inside of a hot car. >> but leanna taylor insisted that her ex-husband, on trial for their son's death, did not kill him on purpose. >> cooper was the sweetest little boy. >> reporter: leanna taylor was brought to tears, talking about her 22-month-old son, who died after her ex-husband, left the boy in this suv, for more than

day in 2014. >> he was everything to me. >> reporter: at times, 35-year-old justin harris, on trial for murdering the boy, cried with her. jurors saw home videos that showed what appeared to be a happy family. >> morning. >> reporter: she divorced him earlier this year. but on the witness stand, testifying in his defense. saying, she didn't believe he intentionally killed their son. saying she thinks he forgot to drop the boy off to day care on the way to work. >> it was the only thing that -- that clicked in my mind, that was a remote possibility. he was never checked in. he was never checked in. he must have forgot. >> reporter: the prosecutors are painting a different picture. saying harris wanted a child-free life. and both sides agree while his son was dieing in the parking lot inside, harris was inside his atlanta office, sexting with other women.

from a restaurant down the road from the day care. it's from shortly before harris claims he forgot to drop his son off. and nothing looks wrong. >> did he love this little boy? >> yes, he did. very much. >> harris is pleading not guilty. and even the workers at the day-care center said that he clearly loved his child. >> an emotional testimony for the mother to have to make. >> tough situation.

? skinny so skinny ? time, now, for "the skinny," starting with last night's halloween edition of "dancing with the stars." >> it was a lot of fun. >> i loved it. >> yeah. the best dance of the night, was james and jenna's viennese waltz, earning them a perfect score, 30 out of 30. >> runner-up, laurie and val, also doing a viennese waltz, as well. bringing in what critics say was their strongest routine of the season. another perfect store, 30 out of 30. >> a lot of them are gelling at the right time. >> yeah. you look at growth in the competition. especially, they're a couple that peaked so soon. we thought they did. how are they going to grow from here? but they keep getting better and better. >> james being the race car

so, does the former football player. and then, there's marilu henner and derek. their argentine tango, according to judge carrie ann, riddled with missteps. tiny missteps, but many of those missteps. they were consistent. scoring them just 23 out of 30. >> i mean, this is someone who has never danced before. >> no. and it's tough. and she's the oldest one in the competition. usually by this point, remember they're usually done. >> or you try not to. >> and finally, there was ryan and cheryl. their tango was one of his better dances. compared to the competition, they are way below par. and unfortunately, this performance was not enough to keep ryan in the competition. they got eliminated last night. >> i learned a lot about myself, that i could, no matter how hard i get knocked down, i can keep fighting. and this family, i love it.

in a special place right here. so, i'll always remember that. >> i have to ask you -- >> now, ironically, ryan and cheryl got the boot after winning last night's dance-off. they will be there to show their stuff in times square later on "gma." >> and tom bergeron took the flight with them. he will be on "gma," as well. next, for another halloween treat. president obama visited tbs's "full frontal" with samantha bee for spooky stories. >> she got into character as a millennial voter, using her teen voice, as he tried to connect with her, as part of his message to get young people out to the polls. but she couldn't resist making a few jabs of her own. >> after you leave office, have you thought of just whispering in donald trump's ear, you were right, i wasn't born here, just to mess with him? >> i think it's pretty safe that i will be organizing my postpresidency where i'm not close enough to him to whisper in his ear.

>> in his get-out-the-vote pitch, the president said he would hope that young people would take at least as much time as it takes to look at cat videos online to ensure that democracy is working. she's about to dial back her career to focus on her son, but adele is making an astonishing admission about motherhood. >> she is opening up for "vanity fair." the ten-time grammy winner admitted that soon after the birth of her son, angelo, four crippling bout of postpartum depression. >> when asked if she plans to have another baby, she said, quote, i'm too scared. she said that taking regular time out of her schedule for herself is what helped her get through the challenges of being a new mom. and finally, we can't let halloween 2016 slip away without a quick celebrity costume roundup. >> starting with our friend and abc colleague, kelly ripa, staging a halloween extravaganza

o'connell, did a spoof of beyonce's video. even with the baseball bat. kelly went at it. they also did "the walking dead." >> all right. next, beyonce threw it back to the '80s, with three generations of women, her daughter, blue, and her mother, with an homage to d.j. spindarella of salt n peppa. >> patrick harris and family, dressed as groucho marx, and her kids, as marilyn monroe and james dean. >> in the theater. and throwing it back, this is demi lovato and nick jonas. >> they're dorothy and the scarecrow. >> that's what they are. >> we're off to see the wizard. and justin timberlake and jessica biel and their 18-month-old son, decked out in the in characters of timberlake's "trolls" movie. coming up, the halloween

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his inspiration -- ? i like to show ? >> reporter: bob, the drag queen. the winner of this year's "rupaul's drag race." >> oh, my god. >> bob is funny and smart and strong and sassy. my son likes all of those things. more than that, he is a boy that likes to wear a dress and look fabulous. >> reporter: his uncle is getting him into the holiday spirit and into drag. making sure he ? purse first purse first ? >> reporter: pictures of the two preparing the ensemble went viral, when his mom shared them on her blog, raising my rainbow. >> we don't expect to have a child who is differently gendered. we have to focus on loving our child, no matter what. >> reporter: c.j. is in for a surprise, from bob the drag queen himself. >> i'm very excited to meet him today. it will be very fun. i have never met a kid that dressed as me for halloween before.

how are you? it's me, bob. >> reporter: the two exchanging gifts. >> your very own "purse first" shirt. >> reporter: and trick or treating. >> hi, trick or treat. trick or treat. we're here for candy. >> reporter: strutting down the street, of course, purse first. dan harris, abc news, new york. >> purse first. >> purse first. >> purse first. second verse, it's only going to get worse. i know the words. genius. >> got some trivia for you. >> uh-huh. >> do you know where the term drag queen comes from? >> it's nt not from drag racing. >> it's from the 1700s, from men's skirts to drag on the floor. >> news you can use. >> now, you know why we wear heels. >> why? >> it keeps the skirt from dragging.

making news in america this morning, one week to go until a new president is elected and both candidates are focused on the fbi investigation surrounding hillary clinton. agents are now speeding up the process but will it be done before election day? we're live in washington. breaking overnight transit workers on trike in a major american ci. subways, bus, even trolleys. all halted. now the worries about the election day and people getting to the polls. also breaking right now a gas pipeline has exploded killing one person. people are now evacuated from the area. fire and smoke still shooting into the air. and a surprise for these swimmers. a crocodile dives into a pool