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this morning on "world news now," a nail bi-biter in l.a. >> it turned into a battle in extra innings that stretched into the early morning hours of today. fans on the edge for hours. as both team ts wracked up a wod series record eight home runs. and president trump firing back from blistering remarks from republican senators. hear what he says about the civili civility. and amazon has a way to get packages delivered while you're away, but will everyone trust the technology?
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the envy of every traveler on earth. not only did she pay a few bucks for the seat but got the plane to herself. flying like a high roller on this thursday, october 26th. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> that's one way to fly. >> i think from now on that's the only way to fly. >> wow. did you need your pepto-bismol? >> what a game. >> it was a drama-filled second game of the world series. it did look more like batting practice at times. >> it started with vin scully to slow out the first pitch. he hurt his shoulder, so valenzuela came out to assist. >> so grab your blood pressure medication. houston hitting back to back home runs. but la., as you can
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battled back tying the game up with a home run and a clutch base hit. game tied at five, hiding eadin the 11th, and it wasn't tied for long. >> see ya. >> charlie culberson brought them back within a run. that was it. the astros win a wild one. 7-6 in 11 innings. >> oh, man, it was unbelievable. we can go back to the marlins to tie the game, altuve, correa, the super stars stepped up. >> as if that's not exciting enough, this is the first time the astros have won a game in the world series in the team's 56-year history. game three is tomorrow night in houston. >> that's going to be exciting because think gey got swipept t time
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november 1st? free tau could cos for everythi. >> yay! >> da, da, da, da. >> you get a free taco. you get a free taco! >> not quite as exciting as a car. thank you taco bill. > -- bell. let's get over to politics after two senators slammed the president as reckless and untruthful. >> he bragged about the reception and called it a love fest. blaming the media for the way he is portrayed. cecelia vega was there. >> reporter: at the white house with his character under fire from fellow republicans, president trump brushed aside questions about whether it's time for him to be more civil. >> will, i think the press makes me more uncivil th
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people don't understand. i went to an ivy like college. i was a nice student. i did very well. i'm a very tlept person. >> reporter: it comes in the wake of bliss tiritering attack two prom nints republican senators. jeff flake delivered this scathing rebuke on the senate floor. >> reckless, outrageous and undignified behavior has become excused and countenanced as telling it like it is. >> reporter: republicans say that politics in this country is in the gutter right now. do you agree with that? do you bear any responsibility for that? >> i think it's sad, but i think to a large extent in all due respect, i think the media causes a lot of it. but politics is a rough business, no question about it. >> reporter: the president's message, everything is just fine. his party loves him. his proof? the standing ovation he received from republican
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capitol hill. he's now tweeted about it three times. with corker and flake out, are there any other republicans you want to see out of the senate? >> no, not at all. >> reporter: everybody's where they should be. >> we have a good relationship. the republicans are very, very well united. >> reporter: now he especially needs them to be united on tax reform. but his mixed messages on how to pay for the tax cuts frustrate even his own allies. the president has said definitively, there will be no changes to your 401(k), but a top republican writing the tax plan says actually, there could be changes, including how much people can contribute to that retirement fund. when asked about that, the president said this. >> 401(k)s to my are very important. and they're important because that's one of the great benefits to the middle class. >> reporter: but just seconds later, a muddy message. >> well, maybe it is, and maybe we'll use it as negotiating,
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trust me. >> reporter: he addressed that ambush in niger. he said for the first time he did not personally authorize that mission. cecelia vega, abc news, the white house. >> thanks. and today president trump is expected to declare the opioid crisis a national emergency. the announcement comes two months after a recommendation to do so from a special commission convened by the president. advocates say it won't make a difference unless it's backed by money for addiction. and they say it's a disgrace that the clinton campaign partly funded a dossier. it was initially funded by a republican during the gop primary race. so far no comment from clinton, but her former spokesman says they did nothing wrong. wikileaks founder julian assange says he rec
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the missing e-mails. abc news has learned the hard drive is missing from the laptop seized in the shooter's hotel room. it's believed he removed it before shooting himself. counter terrorism official steve gomez details how it will impact the investigation going forward. >> it's a big setback. but what it does is causes a different type of investigation where investigators have to look at paddock's life going not just a couple years back but to his childhood. these killers have an agenda. they want to commit this violent act that's very significant. and by not having any kind of evidence left behind, it allows them to make one last statement to the public. based on the violence that they just committed. >> and a stride dent side note,e shooter's brother is now in custody. investigators found hundreds of images on a l
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the las vegas killing. police in louisiana are on the hunt for a gunman at a double shooting at grambling university. it's believed it started as a fight in a dorm room and that the victims knew the shooter. they have a nickname. security has been increased, but classes are in session. and the search for a killer in tampa, florida has prompted the mayor to say "bring his hid -- head to me." the only clue is a mystery person seen only on surveillance video. the only connection among the victims is that they all rode a county bus before being killed. record heat is driving wildfires in california. flames
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before it was able to be contained. no structures burned and no injuries were reported. the causes are under investigation. the fcc is moving to make some big changes to media ownership rules. among the changes to be voted on next month, allowing companies to own newspapers and tv stations in the same city or multiple tv and radio stations in one place. critics say relaxing the 40-year-old rules would mean fewer diverse voices in the media. and new airport screening actions are going into place right now. they will affect more than 325,000 passengers. the measures include detailed inspections of electronic devices and screening interviews by airline employees. some airlines are now telling travelers to arrive at the airport at least three hours before their flight. the woman who took a trip to greece has a lot more legroom on the fli
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expecting. >> her name is karen grieve, and she was the only passengers on board a flight from scotland to crete that seats nearly 200 people. that's not all. all the ticket cost was $61. >> what? >> she said the people at the gate told her this is your own private jet. >> not too shabby at all. she said the four-hour, 20-minute flight was the best of her life. here's the kicker. there were three people actually booked for the flight. the other two didn't show up. >> all right. so it wasn't a packed flight. but she still sat in economy. don't you think they could have bumped her up? >> i would have tried out every single first class seat. >> exactly. >> i'm sorry, ma'am. you're going to have to stay behind the curtain. >> all right, coming up. sometimes being on tv has its challenges. like when you're forced to eat something on camera, and your body has other plans. >> you have no idea wha
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. check out this heart-stopping video of a car that came crashing through the wall of a maryland restaurant during lunch time of all teams. witnesses say people and bricks were flying, watch again. wow. about 30 people were inside the prince georges county restaurant at the time. ten were injured. no word yet on why or how the driver lost control of that vehicle. turning now to developments in the case of sherry papeony. she was abducted while jogging and found tied up alongside a highway. >> her husband's 911 call has been released along with sketches of the two well wanted for questioning. there's conflicting information about who police are really looking for. >> reporter: for the first time
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to report hess his wife missing. the question of who abducted the young woman is what police are grappling with. >> i found her phone and it's got like hair ripped out of it. >> reporter: the sheriff's office releasing new sketches of the hispanic women suspected of abducting her. >> the officer embraced me, put his arm around me and said, you know, prepare yourself. they branded her. >> reporter: the sheriff's office also revealing that she was texting with a male acquaintance from michigan just days prior to her disappearance in an attempt to meet. that man was later cleared. law enforcement is concerned about possible inconsistencies in
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police say that they found dna of a female and a man on her clothes and her shackles. >> such a bizarre case. our thanks to matt gutman for that reporting. and coming up in our next half hour, a police officer allegedly caught stealing from an elderly man during a welfare check as a hurricane was hitting. plus the future of online shopping has arrived, just in time for the holidays. but will amazon's new key system unlock unwantnd visitors as well? an exclusive look next on "world news now." (coughah! i missed you! then i discovered mucinex. one pill lasts 12 hours,and i'm good. why take 4-hour medicine? one mucinex lasts 12 hours. let's end this. use pantene shampoo together with 3 minute miracle daily conditioner.
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>> it's called amazon key. rebecca v rebecca jarvis gives us an exclusive first look at how it works. >> reporter: it's the company known for revolutionizing delivery. but tech titan amazon is taking things a few steps farther, literally. delivering those packages not just to your doorstep but inside your home. it's called amazon key. here's how it works. the driver arrives and scans your package, which automatically sends an alert to your phone and a signal to the amazon cloud that unlocks the smart lock on your front door. at the same time, a security camera mounted in your home begins rolling so you have a record of the whole thing. so that i can return home to my package in my front enittry, which i've been following along on my phone, which has been recording from that camera. why is amazon doing this? >> well, we heard from customers, a lot of custo
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delivered in their home, even when they're not there. >> reporter: the free service is available for prime members. beginning november 8, in 37 cities around the country, with 85 million prime members in the u.s., spending an average of $1300 a year that's a lot of homes. >> as i'm sure you can imagine, some prime goieople are going t skeptical about a stranger going into their home. >> amazon is really focussed on safety and security. all of these drivers are the same drivers that you know and trust to deliver your amazon packages today. background checked and approved to deliver for aim somazon. >> reporter: if the cloud is something that keeps me from having someone come to my home or not with the smart lock like this, what happens if the cloud gets hacked? >> well, i can tell you that privacy and security is the most important thing that we're
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so all of the devices are encrypted. >> reporter: the service is optional. could be one way to stop package theft. 23 million americans say they've had deliveries stolen from their doorstep. >> when i spoke with the amazon executives about this, they were saying this is not an experiment, this is something they really believe is going to be fund ammal to the way consumers shop in the fite and t -- future and the way they have things delivered to their homes. >> reporter: through the app, you can watch the delivery in real time. >> you see that the look ck is unlocked. she slips the package through the door. she can go oon with her day. >> reporter: rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. >> what do you think? >> a little skeptical about it. we've seen many videos like that, when people are it
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♪ time for your thursday "mix", and what a solution they have found in this tiny town in iceland to people who are speeding through there. so they've come up with an innovative walkway. take a look. >> ooh. >> it's a 3d walkway. they did a creative paint job there. and apparently, not only does it slow down the pedestrian, people walking, but it gives a feeling of those people walking as if they are workialking on air. >> like they're floating. sounds pretty cool. >> but most importantly, it slows down all that car traffic that
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has, all those people. >> all those cars. so many of them. >> it makes you think as if there's a speed bump coming up. but no, it isn't. >> very tricky. now they just need a few cars. over to denver, shall we? >> yes. >> and we all have good days and bad days, if you think you're having a bad day, this might make you feel a little better. someone came up with the brilliant idea that the news anchors should have to eat a carolina reaper chip, that by the way was the hottest chili pepper in the world. it didn't go well for natalie. let's just say that. she could not keep the chip down. she felt fine until she took a swig of her coffee and felt like everything was on fire. one of her co-workers says oh, natalie's losing her -- oh, natalie threw up. hide behind the
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had to call her out. >> why would you combine that pepper with coffee in the first place. >> i think maybe she thought it would help cool it. i don't know. even later she had chishlgslls, headache, felt like she'd been beat up in an alley. final thoughts, i wouldn't recommend it. >> this is why i do not eat on air. >> you did drink like an entire bottle of sriracha. now to the world's most expensive shoes. >> hmm. >> take a look at this. let me see. first off. >> do they come with feet? >> this is a designer -- >> it kind of looks like it. >> that's gold, the designer is holding the shoes. two large pink and blue diamonds. how much would you sghguess? >> $1,000. >> wow, you would suck at the price is right. $15 million.
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this morning on "world news now," the tough new airport screening going into effect today. major changes affecting passengers on all u.s.-bound flights. we'll bring you the details and what passengers can expect. president trump defends his civility, this as he sends mixed messages on 401 k plans. and new this half hour, an officer's welfare check on an elderly resident allegedly turned into a robbery. >> surveillance video shows an over rummaging around in the home. and later in "the skinny." the revelation about the dress we're getting.
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