making news in america this morning, sounding the alarm. two republican senators launching a searing attack on president trump. >> i rise today to say enough. >> calling trump a dangerous and untruthful. this morning the fallout. how it could impact the president's tax cut plan. new overnight the senate takes action on banking rules. ambush investigation. the clues this new video could hold. in the hunt for the men would killed four u.s. soldiers this west africa. shark attack. a teenager dragged off a s surfboard in florida. >> i was yelling to him i got bit by a shark. >> what he did to escape. plus, the legal battle over alcohol served by the airlines. is it the real deal?

and move over pumpkins. the new trend from halloween decorations. good wednesday morning. we begin with the republican snores double-teaming president trump with scathing criticism. >> overnight the attacks continued after announcing he will not seek re-election, arizona senator jeff flake arailing against the president condemning what he calls reckless, outrageous and undignified behavior. >> retiring senator bob corker is calling the president a divisive bully. abc's serena marshall has the latest from washington. good morning, serena. >> reporter: kendis, diane. good morning. senator flake did not hold back with his criticism of the president. senator corker, a man who once campaigned for him, even going on the record and saying that he continually says untruths taking us far beyond a mere twitter war of words. it has all the makings of a civil war. senate republicans rejecting the

behavior of their republican president. >> it is dangerous to a democracy. >> reporter: arizona senator jeff flake, announcing he will not seek a second term because he is disgusted. >> flagrant disregard for truth and decency. the reckless provocations most often for the pettyiest and most personal reasons. >> reporter: the public shaming an hour after president trump visited capitol hill pushing tax reform. and on the same day bob corker, the influential head of the senate foreign relations committee said this. >> and i think that the worst of it is going to be just the debasing over our nation. >> reporter: the president responding on twitter calling him a lightweight and incompetent. >> corker tweeting back, same untruths from an unutterly untruthful president. #alertthe daycarestaff. steve bannon claiming a victory against the establishment saying another scalp for his movement.

>> i think that they were not likely to be re-elected and i think that shows that the support is more behind this president than it is those two individuals. >> reporter: and overnight in a scathing "the washington post" op-ed senator flake going even further writing it's time to stop pretending this is somehow normal and for the next 14 months he will only be guided by the dictates of conscience. republican leader of the senate mitch mcconnell said he regrets senator flake's decision but he always voted on principle. >> thank you, serena. those blistering attacks by senators corker and flake could pose problems for the republican party. >> yeah, we get more insight from our political director, rick klein. good morning, rick. >> diane and kendis, this is a major moment in the republican party even a major moment in the trump presidency. snores corker and jeff flake are out in the open saying things no republican senator has ever been free to say before

free to speak their mind but they are free to vote their conscience. that has big implications for the rest of the trump agenda starting with the tax cut. he can only lose two senators. that's how many senators are now saying he is essentially unfit for office. this is a moment that there is no turning back from and it may free up other republican senators to say and do similar things. diane and kendis. >> all right. our thanks to rick and corker as well as flake join most republicans in coming together last night to hand a victory to big banks. mike pence on hand to cast tiebreaking vote in the senate to repeal an obama era banking law that would have allowed consumers to sue banks in class action lawsuits. republicans argue the law would harm the free market but democrats say without it banks will avoid billion dollar verdicts potentially that would force them to change predatory and deceptive business practices. new details coming to light about the dossier

salacious allegations about president trump. sources tell "the washington post" the political research was funded in part by the hillary clinton campaign and the democratic national committee. the dossier claimed russia had compromising information on the president. it was initially paid for by republicans during the gop primary. a lawmaker for the clinton campaign and the dnc allegedly brokered a deal to continue funding that research. and president trump's former campaign chairman paul manafort at the center of another investigation. sources say the u.s. attorney's office in manhattan has opened the case in collaboration with a similar probe by special counsel robert mueller. we now turn to the latest on the investigation into that deadly ambush on american soldiers in niger. u.s. intelligence authorities are now examining this video. it's of a militant group active in the area on the day of the ambush. they're looking for clues about the identities of the attackers. a former military expert on west africa explains what the men are saying in this video. >> he says if we

them. one of them says we'll decapitate them. another says we'll fight them with weapons. >> the mission went from reconnaissance to a kill or capture mission after the units received information that a high-value target had been located. at issue now is whether the unit had proper protection for such a mission. investigators have also been told there was another green beret team that was supposed to meet up with the unit. questions remain as to why that second team never arrived. there are bipartisan calls for an investigation into an $300 million contract awarded to restore power in puerto rico. 75% of the island remains in the dark. now, the contract was awarded to white fish energy even though that company had only two full time employees at the time. it has since hired 300 contractors. white fish energy says it's right for the job because it specializes in working in mountainous areas. it's also based in white fish, montana, the hometown of

raising concern on capitol hill. >> look, i've been at this for 25 years. and this does not pass the smell test. >> white fish energy says it contacted puerto rican officials before maria hit the island but some members of congress want to know if less expensive options were available. the interior secretary's office says no action was taken on the company's behalf. time for a look at your weather on this wednesday morning. the heat on the west coast actually broke a record at dodger stadium last night, 103 for game one. temperatures today could hit 101. on the east coast the radar showing a line of storms stretching from long island to maine where damaging winds have been reported and to the south a new look at those powerful storms that moved through south carolina this week. one man bracing as this tornado approached his car. he was not injured. nearly hal

reported in that area, though. a concern for wine drinkers this morning coming up. the potential crisis unfolding. >> i'm listening. but first the search for a potential serial killer is changing halloween plans in tampa. a light

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phantom of the opera and he voiced the character rafiki in "the lion king." robert guillaume was 89 years old. to florida now where the search for potential serial k killer is changing of lives of many. families are actually taking out their guns to make sure they're loaded and many plan to skip a halloween tradition this year. >> not worth it because everything is random so what's going on now is random. it's not a motive behind it so i won't let them go out. it's not worth candy for their life. >> police have no suspects or motive. the only connection between the three murder victims appears to be that they rode the bus and walked alone at night. the daughter of late actor paul walker has settled a wrongful death lawsuit over his fatal crash. the terps are confidentiality. her lawyers had claimed that porsche knew the car had stability issues. they also claimed the seat

prevented walker from escaping. speed was ruled as a the cause of the crash. walker's daughter was already awarded a $10 million settlement from the driver's estate. we have new evidence of the tough types in the retail industry. lord & taylor selling his flagship department store in new york city for $850 million. the upper floors of the landmark building will be converted to office space. and now to that alarming headline for wine drinkers. global production this year expected to drop to the lowest level in nearly 60 years. unusual weather conditions especially in europe are being blamed so the advice right now is to drink up what you have at home. >> an emergency. >> an emergency. your emergency supply now is your rainy day. all right, when we come back, a young surfer attacked by a shark in florida. hear how he escaped. plus, five teenagers facing murder charges after a deadly prank on the highway. the case already sparking the debate. should a 15ea

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the boys actually went to mcdonald's to eat. >> although the charges are the same, the kids are all different. actions that the kids may have become involved in are all different. >> even if they spend 30 years in prison they get to wake up every single morning. my son don't get that no more taken away from him for something stupid. >> they are being charged as adults pleaded not guilty held out bond. each could get life without prison. some argues teenagers' brains are not fully developed to make them impulsive. police in the suburbs of cleveland have no suspects in the apparent murder of a sixth grade teacher. melinda was found stabbed in her home and later died at a hospital. here's her husband's call to 911. >> i think someone killed my wife. >> see if she's breathing. >> no, she is not. >> he also told police his family was the target of a series of break-ins but

was no sign of any break-in the day his wife was stabbed. last summer the family also complained about four unidentified teens in their backyard. well, a 12-year-old boy in argentina learned why you should not play in a thunderstorm. he was playing there in the rain. his mother was taping it because she thought it was cute. the boy was thought seriously hurt. quite a frightening scene. a british adventurer managed to accomplish what most of us only dreamed of being carried away by a bunch of helium balloons. 100 of them to be exact. tom morgan flew 8,000 feet into the sky over johannesburg, south africa. the flight lasted two hours. it's all part of his plan to set up the first ever helium balloon race in that country. >> like the movie "up." >> it is. >> adorable. >> luckily no bad people on the ground with bb guns. the l.a. dodgers are soaring in their

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♪ it is your pence "pulse". we'll start with a class action lawsuit against an airline that promised champagne service. >> canada sunway airline is accused of serving cheaper sparkling wine instead of the champagne it advised so far 1600 passengers have joined the suit. >> wow. a lawyer for the plaintiff says it's not about the bubbly. it's about the misleading marketing. the airline dismisses the suit as frivolous and insists the word champagne was used to reflect the level of service. >> ah. >> meaning they go to champagne, france, not necessarily serve you champagne. >> miscommunication. next to hawaii where it's now illegal to text while balking in the state capital. >> authorities say they're trying to avoid situations like this in honolulu. this guy, you see there, barely flinching when a car turns just in front of him. >> then, of course, you might remember the video from a mall where a woman

the mall fountain. >> and this frightening scene, a bear on the loose and this distracted man walking right towards it with so many tourists, police admit the new law will be hard to enforce. >> most officers apply common sense and realize that not everybody is aware of our laws and so it's a discretionary thing so it's part of what we do is educating people and we understand you're not from hawaii. you really can't be expected to know all the laws that went into effect. >> the first offense will get you a $35 fine but fines could reach $99 for multiple violations. >> if they start enforcing it will we we find all our funny videos. >> thank you. next for a hefty price for a famous note written by albert einstein. his secret to happiness was sold at auction for $1.3 million. >> so einstein wrote the night in 1922 for a hotel bellboy

for a tip. he says a calm and modest life brings more happen that is than the pursuit of success combined with constant restlessness. >> a modest life. $1.3 million note. >> which we would like. the 1.3 million, tnot the note. if stores can begin the christmas season early why not the rest of us. >> pinterest says the halloween tree, the number of pins saved is up to 135% over last year. >> the home goods company wayfair says halloween tree is the fourthnow-- cathloic university lifting a lockdown just minutes ago-- after police find and arrest a shooting suspect. here is what we know- police telling us less than an hour ago-- a 50 year old man was shot during an apparent robbery, on new hampshire avenue in silver spring. two suspects fled,

tree near the cathlolic campus. students were told to shelter in place as police fanned out near the edge of campus. just minutes ago-- police found one of the suspects and he is now in custody. we have a crew arriving on the scene right now, and will have a live update in about 5 minutes. republican senator jeff flake delivers a scathing speech on president trump-- on the floor of the senate. now president trump is blasting him and another congressman on twitter. the white house also weighing in, saying that the american people support the president, not those two senators. good morning washington. toss to eileen - noticeably cooler today and tomorrow - dry through saturday - rainy sunday - unseasonably cool end to october - still looking dry & cool for halloween today: mix of clouds and sun. more sun during the afternoon. cooler. highs: 63-66 winds: nw 5-10 mph to

even cooler. lows: 41-49 winds: n 5-10 mph thursday: partly cloudy. coolest day of the week. highs: 58-62 winds: nw 5-10+ mph right now-- a clean up effort is underway in the southeast after a band of severe storms. the national weather service, confirming multiple ef-2 tornadoes touched down in the carolinas. the winds-- blamed for destroying an airport-- tossing planes around like toys. elsewhere in the state, the storms ripped the roofs off right now-- a clean up effort is underway in the

a clean up effort is underway in the southeast after a band of severe storms. the national weather service, confirming multiple ef-2 tornadoes touched down in the carolinas. the winds-- blamed for destroying an airport-- tossing planes around like toys. elsewhere in the state, the storms ripped the roofs off several houses. no deaths have been reported, but several people reported minor injuries meanwhile on the hill-- the president is preparing to sign legislation that will assist victims of recent hurricanes. the senate has passed a 36-and-a-half bi

the money will go toward repairing damage from this year's hurricanes, the national flood insurance program and wildfire recovery in california. it now heads to the president's desk. overseas, lawmakers in the united kingdom have asked facebook to hand over information about ads russian-groups purchased during last year's brexit referendum. an investigative committee wants to know how much the ads cost, how many times they were viewed and which facebook users were targeted. facebook has already said it will provide similar information to congressional committees investigating russian meddling in the u-s presidential election. new this morning-- this is turning into a crazy month for rapper "eminem". a few weeks after making headlines for taking on president trump-- he's at the center of another political story. an overseas political party is cutting him a big check. new zealand's "national party" has been ordered to pay eminem more than 400-thousand dollars for copyright infringement. a judge ruled that the party ripped the musician off when they ran an ad featuring a song

yourself". the party argued that the song called "eminem-esqe" was stock music. it's xx and we're just getting started. breaking right now-- police on the scene breaking right now-- police on the scene of cathlic university. more on the suspect search that triggered a campus lockdown overnight. good morning washington. - noticeably cooler today and tomorrow - dry through saturday - rainy sunday - unseasonably cool end to october - still looking dry & cool for halloween today: mix of clouds and sun. more sun during the aftno

winds: nw 5-10 mph tonight: partly cloudy. even cooler. lows: 41-49 winds: n 5-10 mph thursday: partly cloudy. coolest day of the week. highs: 58-62 winds: nw 5-10+ mph breaking news