this morning on "world news now." a major defeat in alabama for the president as conservative, gun-toting roy moore wins the republican runoff for senate. defeating an incumbent backed by the president. president trump defends himself over puerto rico, insisting he's proud of the u.s. response post hurricane and not distracted by the national anthem crisis. this as the situation in puerto rico is getting dire with desperate pleas for help. we're hearing from people who found a month-old baby still strapped to a car seat.

hear what police found when they tracked down that baby's mother. and just because you're a psycho doesn't mean you can't enjoy a song. researchers are trying to determine what music psychopaths are drawn to. >> oh, boy. >> we're going to peel back the layers of the study and see if there's anything we should be concerned about on this wednesday, september 27th. >> we're fine, i'm sure. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> hello, clarice. >> i'm scared. >> yeah, that's kind of an interesting study. >> i didn't now music could indicate whether or not you're a psychopath. >> or the contrary. we're going to dig into it in "the skinny," but we're going to start with the closely-watched race in alabama. and an upset for the president. >> voters chose roy moore over luther strange, who was endorsed by president trump.

night, congratulations to roy moore on his republican win in alabama. luther strange started way back and ran a good race. roy, win in december. abc's tom llamas is in alabama. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. republican primary voters here in alabama sending a shock wave to gop leaders and to president trump himself. senator luther strange conceding to roy moore. now senator strange was endorsed by the president. senator strange saying the political winds right now are hard to navigate. >> but i'm telling you, the political winds right now are very hard to navigate, hard to understand. it will take a scorecard to sort all that out. a lot of agendas in this country. i'm going to leave it to the pundits to figure all that out. >> reporter: now this race drew so much attention because president trump had endorsed

senator strange, knowing, though, that roy moore most likely would win this race, and he has. president trump says he will come back down here and campaign like hell for roy moore who had this to say about his victory. >> together we can make america great. we can support the president. don't let anybody in the press think that because he supported my opponent that i do not support him. and support his agenda. [ applause ] as long as it's constitutional, as long as it advances our society, our culture, our country, i will be supportive. >> reporter: the winner here in the senate primary race in alabama, roy moore will it take on doug jones on december 12th in the election. the last time a democrat won a senate seat here in alabama was 1994, senator richard shelby who two years later became a republican and still holds that seat. diane and kendis, back to you.

preparing to visit puerto rico next week as he pushes back against criticism of his response to hurricane maria. the president insists he was not preoccupied with the nfl anthem controversy and says he's proud of relief efforts that he describes as amazing. the humanitarian crisis is getting worse as millions of americans suffer in the heat with food and water running low. but the president insists puerto rico is a priority. >> reporter: is puerto rico getting all the help it needs from you, mr. president? >> puerto rico is very important to me and the prime fantastic people. i grew up in new york, so i know many people from puerto rico. >> the president attended a briefing on hurricane recovery efforts. more than a dozen u.s. navy and coast guard ships are now in the waters around puerto rico and more are on the way. >> parts of the island remain out of reach a week after maria struck and many roads are still clogged with debris and communication is quite spotty, and you can see why. officials say it could be more than a month before power is fully restored. eva pilgrim has more from san juan.

14-storey retirement home in san juan there's no running water. the only way out for the elderly residents, these stairs. here we meet elizabeth vasquez trying to care for her parents. who desperately need medicine. they were just treated for dehydration. hundreds at the airport. susanna gardner has been here for two days trying to get out. >> i have high blood pressure, and i'm not supposed to be in this heat. and it's not good. >> reporter: six days since the category four storm made landfall, 90% of the island has no power. long lines for gas. entire villages and towns remain cut off. are you getting the stuff you need fast enough? >> no. no

politically correct to say. >> reporter: san juan's mayor telling me bureaucratic red tape is holding up relief efforts. >> president trump, please, whatever you need to do. let fema do their job. >> reporter: san juan, puerto rico. >> and the acting head of the drug enforcement agency is leaving his job. law enforcement sources tell the new york times that chuck rosenberg had become disillusioned with president trump and was convinced the president had little respect for the law. rosenberg was a holdover from the obama administration. the next set of the dea will have to deal with the growing opioid crisis. and we're learning new details about tom price's use of private jets. politico reports that he combined official and personal business on at least two occasions. he visited a vacation island in georgia where he owns property. on another occasion he had lunch with his son in nashville.

those trips were reportedly among dozens of private flights that cost taxpayers about $300,000. construction has started on several prototype models of president trump's border wall. heavy machinery was moved into a construction site in san diego. when the work is done, the prototype barriers for the border with mexico will be in place. each will be 30 feet long and 30 feet high. the effectiveness will be evaluated for several months before a final decision on which type will be used. each section costs about $450,000. and north of there, firefighters are battling a 2,000-acre fire. near the border of anaheim and corona. the canyon fire is only 15% contained as it burns close to the 91 freeway. forcing the evacuation of nearly 1,000 homes. residents say they had only minutes to get out. >> i thought for sure the house was a goner. it was literally here. the tops of our trees are burnt,

you know, it was not even 100 yards away from destroying the house. >> this is the worse i've seen over here. >> the whole canyon was lit up on fire. >> incredible images coming out of there. meanwhile, residents were forced to evacuate in the bay area. after a brush fire ignited in the oakland hills. 50 homes were evacuated. those homes are finally out of danger. former president obama is offering revealing comments about leaving his eldest daughter at school. >> he dropped off malia at harvard in august. >> he says leaving her there was a little bit like open heart surgery. so he made that comment at an event for the foundation of former vice president biden's son beau. >> so he took it fine. so mr. obama said that he didn't want to cry in front of his daughter, but he apparently couldn't hold back after leaving her on campus. he said the secret service did a good job of pretending not to hear him sniffling and blowing his nose. he knew it was tough and it was

apparently. >> don't go. coming up, the heartbreaking news. fans of fixer-upper are trying to make sense ever the hit show's hosts leaving the show. the emotional message is coming up in "the skinny". this might also make president obama cry. och ochlt. plus football fans upset over the nfl's protest are getting a refund on their tv bills. you heard me right. they're getting a refund on their tv bills because of this, but first, a look at today's forecast. "world news now" weather, brought to you by united health care. t than your health. so if you're on medicare or will be soon, you may want more than parts a and b here's why. medicare only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses.

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we're taking a look at tropical storm maria churning off the coast of the carolinas. maria's 70-mile-per-hour winds will be kicking up rough surf and dangerous rip currents over the next few days before finally moving out to sea. a rapper who just released his debut album last year is in critical condition after being shot at a popular tourist area in hollywood.

l.a. police say 32-year-old young dolph was shot. outside a hotel during a heated argument with three other men. so far police have detained one man for questioning. and aerosmith has canceled the last four shows of its tour in south america after the 69-year-old lead singer, steven tyler was rushed back to the u.s. due to undisclosed medical issues. he assured his fans he's not in a life-threatening condition. the band says he expects to make a full recovery and after proper rest and treatment will be back on his feet soon rocking the world. and we're hearing from good samaritans who rescued a baby from the side of an interstate in oklahoma. drivers in three vehicles pulled over when they spotted the three-month-old baby asleep in hess car seat in the grass, barely ten feet from the traffic. >> his prayer as he was walking up to it is please, if there is a baby, let it be alive. there was no sweat, no s

and this was a 90 degree-day. >> police say they found a birth certificate, social security cards and cash next to the baby. the child's mother was eventually located. authorities are still deciding whether or not to file charges against her. nfl fans upset over the protest are getting their money back. >> direct tv is offering refunds to customers offended by the protest. customers tell the wall street journal they were able to cancel the sunday ticket package. it costs nearly $300 for the season. >> another customer told the paper that he was able to cancel his subscription to the nfl-owned channel red zone. he says a representative told him, quote, everyone's calling about that today. >> i didn't know you could get a refund. >> i had no idea. especially for those particular ones. red zone is only, you can switch from one game to the next. >> right. >> when they get within the red zone, dealing with the national anthem. all right, coming up, another st b

ballroom. and songs for psychopaths. "the skinny" is next. psychopaths. "the skinny" is next.

♪ skinny ♪ so skinny skinny time. we are leading off with another star shown the door on "dancing with the stars." it was latin night. >> and nobody screens latin lover more than malcolm in the middle, right? let's check out frankie munoz there, herking and jerking his way through his routine. he and whitney managed to cha-cha their way to a 25 out of 30. >> i was really impressed. i didn't know he had it in him. i thought he did a good job. i loved it. then over to nick lachey, doing the argentine tango. channeling his sexier side by remembering what his first date with his wife was like. >> nick ended up being in the bottom two. forced to sweat it out some more. but he was saved.

for another couple not so lucky. debbie gibson, the '80 the icon, also to the tango, but the damage had been done, apparently, from the night before. >> gibson, yes, said the experience was a thrill and that she feels like she got her life back. she's going to appear later on "good morning, america." i thought she was great. i thought she was good of the. >> yeah, she did really well. last night i didn't think she did badly either. i hope she sings some of her songs. bring'em back, debbie. next to shocking news for hgtv's hit show fixer-upper. brace yourselves. chip and joanna gaines have announced season five will be their last. >> woo! that's it. >> everyone was worried it was going to be a divorce announcement.

the equation is fine. >> they built like a multi-million dollar empire from fixer-upper success, the new target line and a paint collection. they've also faced those rumors that their marriage is on the rocks, but in a statement, they said, quote, our family is healthy and our marriage has honestly never been stronger. >> the gaines also just posted a message on their blog explaining the decision. >> i think the idea that we can step back and get fresh vision, get some rest, but also just hunker down with our kiddos. >> we want to take this time to really say thank you from the bottom of our hearts for letting our family become a part of your family. and the experience has been like nothing we could have ever predicted. >> oh, my god. that's code. their marriage is on the rocks, isn't it? >> no, their marriage is fine. >> they're done! >> their marriage is fine. they're just going to look for new ideas.

the couple did leave the door open for something in the future, saying, quote, we believe in our hearts that we are going to see you again, right around the corner. so stay tuned. ah, stay tuned. >> they might be going to another network. who knows. next to a new study that found out what types of songs psychos prefer. >> let's start with the song that scored lowest on that scale, shall we? ♪ >> so that is, of course, david gettis, "titanium." >> i love that song. >> in a study by new york university, it was most-liked by people who have the least psychopathic traits. >> so apparently, they compared people's scores on personality tests and music tastes to see if

what they're trying to do is make it easier to identify seek paths or find a way to identify so us liking that song people means -- >> we're not psychopaths. duh! >> check out the top song in that study that is enjoyed by people with psychopathic traits. ♪ i like the way you work it ♪ no diggity ♪ i'd like to bag it up >> so if you like it, you're a psychopath? >> around here, that makes things awkward. ♪ i like the way you work it ♪ no diggity ♪ she's got -- >> thanks. >> i like the david gettis song, too. i can't help it, no diggity is a great song. that just mak

>> it makes us want to bag it up. shoot me down. >> i like the way you work. i don't know if i was more scared by the rollers or the song. >> oh, you don't like the rollers? i thought it was a good look. llers? i thought it was a good look. >> jack, you like

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tbh is running strong. >> to be honest. >> yes. finally this half hour, an epic wedding story becomes an epic photo. >> yesterday we showed you those photos of the wedding photos turned rescue. now we're hearing from the hero groom who jumped in, saved the boy in a lake while his photographer captured the whole thing. here's david muir. >> reporter: this looks more like your typical wedding photo, clayton and brittany cook. this weekend in ontario. but this is what it soon looked like. that's the groom soaked nearly waist-deep in the water. >> i look over and sigh clay in the water and think, what is he doing? >> reporter: clayton noticed a boy had fallen in, and without hesitation left the photo shoot to save the boy. >> his face was under water and he was fighting. luckily he was only a little guy. i grabbed him like right here and kind of just sort of huffed him up. >> reporter: it was moments earlier they had begun to take those photos when th

er noticed the groom was gone. >> i was shooting the bride by herself. the bride shouted out, oh, god, and i turned around. and he was struggling to swim. and i swooped the little guy by his arm, sopping wet, and the kid safely walking away while he's waist, into the river. >> reporter: the little boy is okay tonight, and so is the bride, saying that's the guy i married. >> this's clay, like that's clay to me. that doesn't even surprise me that that happened. it's something he would instinctively do. how different would everyone's day been if we weren't in the right place at the right time. >> yeah, indeed, the bride saying things probably would have ended tragically if they weren't there at that moment. >> they're so, so lucky they were there. apparently, the little boy was pushed in by one of the other children playing with him. so good thinking.

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making news in america this wednesday morning -- the alabama senate candidate back by president trump losing in a special election overnight. why it's seen as major defeat for the republican establishment. millions of americans are pleading for help as thedy disaster in puerto rico grows worse. hear what president trump is now saying about washington's response. plus, the celebrities now stepping up, sending their own planes filled with supplied. we're live in washington. change in policy. the tv provider now offering refunds for customers offended by athletes kneeling during the national anthem. and the global reaction as the last country in the world to ban women from driving changes cows.