breaking this morning on world news now, the president's surprising new comments in china. >> president trump said moments ago he doesn't blame china for the trade imbalances that he repeatedly brought up during the campaign and lavished praise and touted great chemistry quebetwe him and the chinese counterparts. and it's about to get very cold as winter makes an early entrance. >> >and he's decades past retirement but he has a new job. meet the world war ii veteran who

town after a door to door campaign. ofrm and it's good for your soul in more than one way. this mom and son are here to teach how to cook soul food favorites with a vegan twist. that's this thursday november 9th. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> looks pretty good. >> does look good, but how do you have soul foods, when you think soul food, you think ham hocks, fried chicken. >> mac and cheese. >> yes, mac and cheese. so just imagine how difficult that could be. >> not only are we going to find out. we're going to taste test some of those favorites. but we're going to start off with the breaking news, an interesting moment on the world stage. president trump has declared china is not to blame for the trade imbalances he has repeatedly denounced. >> so the president standing right next to the chinese

of high-stakes meeting and red carpets. he praised the chinese leader saying they have very good chemistry, after he accused china of raping the country. he is now pointing the finger at his own predecessors. >> i don't blame china. [ applause ] after all, who can blame a country c country for being able to take advantage of another country for the benefit of its citizens. i give china great credit. but in actuality, i do blame past administrations for allowing this out-of-control trade deficit to take place and grow. >> so the president also called on china to do more to pressure north korea to give up its nuclear weapons. he said he and president xi have agreed on the need

korea. >> china can fix this problem easily and quickly. and i am calling on china and your great president to hopefully work on it very hard. >> the president said the time is right to forge a stronger alliance between the united states and china, to stand united against what he called the shared menace of north korea. >> you know who's among one of the more pop lawyer stars in china within the trump family? his grand daughter. he showed a video of his granddaughter speaking mandarin. and many, many chinese citizens know that his granddaughter speaks mandarin. >> interesting. when he arrived in japan, the front of the newspaper had vaupgs's photograph on it. maybe when he leaves, the photograph will be of his granddaughter. >> she's the rock star there. also happening right now, we are tracking a blast arctic air that could bring heavy snow and record cold from the midwest -- it's november. it's about time, come on. >> i'm

so it's happening from the midwest to the northeast, trucks loaded with salt and dee ici-ic liquid will be on the roads where some places could see a foot of snow. some areas will plunge into the coldest air mass since march. accuweather's justin povick joins us with the details. i don't even want to know, justin, but good morning. >> good morning to you. we are tracking the coldest air of the season. high temperature in minneapolis, only 25, get this, down to 12 degrees for tonight. similar temperatures are going to be felt throughout the northeast as we venture into friday. 10-20 degrees below normal with gusty winds, mind you. the core of this will occur on friday night when some low temperatures are going to be in jeopardy. how cold you might ask? teens and low 20s. diane, kendis? justin, thank you. we have new developments in the texas church shooting. apple is now offering to assist

killer's iphone. new details emerge about his teenage years. he was repeatedly suspended with disciplinary problems and diagnosed with adhd and new video shows the gunman going through the pews and unloading round after round on worshippers. here's matt gutman. >> reporter: nerves still raw here as we learn that the camera that regularly filmed the little chapel's sunday service was rolling last sunday too. law officials describing a joyous service turning into a bloodbath. for seven minutes, the gunman methodically walked into every single pew to execute his victims, echoing what survivor rosa solis told us. >> you could hear a pin drop in there, quiet, real quiet. >> reporter: so the only sound was the sound of bullets. about 450 bullets were fired. eight children and an unborn baby executed, including

charlene mule's 16-year-old daughter haley. >> they isn't haven't let me see my daughter. to me it's not fully real yet because i still haven't seen her. >> reporter: is it important four you for you to see her? >> part of me hopes that they're wrong and it's not her and maybe she's just in the hospital. but i want my daughter back. i want to see her walk through the door. >> reporter: as mourners place flowers at makeshift memorials, the names of all 26 victims released. they include the eight members of the holcombe family, plus an unborn child. they call their neighbor nana. >> they're wonderful people. you couldn't help but love them. >> reporter: now the healing here is starting to begin. that congregation so decimated in that massacre. they will hold church services here in floresville

obviously missing the majority of their members. authorities in tennessee say three inmates who escaped from a jail should be considered armed and dangerous. 20 year old dylan ferguson is accused of murdering a man in august of last year. matt white and jeffrey strong were awaiting trial on drug and theft charges. the men stole a white pickup truck that's already been found. roger goodell's being questioned by jerry jones. he's threatening to sue the nfl if goodell's contract is extended the he claims goodell has mishandled many scandals, including the anthem issue. and a new jersey town went with an experienced

>> vito parillo's term starts in january. >> he will be 97 when his four-year-term ends, but he says age is nothing but a number. >> i don't think of 93 being old. >> he doesn't act like he's 93, and he doesn't feel like he as 93. >> by the way, this was perillo's first shot at politics. he didn't think he had a chance because he was up against an incumbent. >> full time, fiscally prudent mayor. >> he said he wore out two pair of shoes going door to door. >> surprising victory there. coming up, our insomniac kitchen gears up for vegan soul food. plus, gma's stars brought out the

and whether it was country, pop, hip-hop or soul, some of the best holiday songs. may bring something painful from within. >> what? >> even mariah. you're watching "world news now." ♪ i don't need to pin my stocking ♪ ♪ there along the fireplace

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we're back now with country music's biggest night, the cma awards. >> there were a lot of familiar and fresh faces ot there, including our own marci gonzalez who's in nashville for the big party. ♪ amazing grace >> this has been a year marked by tragedy. so tonight we're going to do what families do. come together, pray together, cry together and sing together too. >> reporter: and that, they did. ♪ hold my hand >> reporter: some of country music's biggest stars sharing the stage to kick offer the cma awards, a night packed with powerful performances. ♪ >> reporter: and for the tenth year in a row with carrie

hosting. >> the cma has given us some guidelines. this year's show is a politics-free zone. >> reporter: some so-called guideline breaking jokes. ♪ maybe next time he'll think ♪ before he tweets >> reporter: lighthearted moments between some serious songs. ♪ somebody laughs and implies that she asked for it ♪ ♪ just because she's wearing a skirt ♪ >> reporter: and all of those big-time honors. >> and the cma award for vocal group of the year -- little big town. >> male vehicle list of the year goes to chris stapleton. >> and the cma award for entertain irof t entertainer of the year goes to garth brooks. >> reporter: and quite a night for miranda lambert. she took home female vocalist of the year for the seventh time. mar

>> do the others even bother competing? just go, miranda. >> how about 1989 calling with garth brooks. >> he was the hit of the show all the way around. total eclipse of the garth was one of the songs they sang. marci will have more next half hour as well as new concerns at the airport. we're going to go looking at an undercover operation that found tsa officers failed to detect weapons or explosives most of the time. see what's being done. and when you think of vegan soul food, not many options come to mind. we have a woman and her son here to tell us you don't need meat to let your soul glow. ♪ let your soul glow and that's not a tissue protection. lysol kills over 100 illness-causing germs

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that proves that apparently, you don't need meat to have a tasty meal. >> we go into the insomniac kitchen to see how this mother/son team are veganizing some delicious dishes. ♪ >> reporter: i'm here with aaron, the co-owner of seasoned vegan. your slogan is all your favorite foods veganized. >> the beauty is the season. so we focus on taking everybody's favorite dishes, taking out the animal products and making it taste great. if you love chicken parm, we have that. if you like a cheese sandwich, we have a vegan of that, too. >> reporter: it seems to be a lifestyle trending. >> veganism is the way. people want to be healthy. they understand what they put in their bodies is paramount to that. >> reporter: this sounds

the back. she's going to show us how it's done. >> so we are here, this is a very busy kitchen. they're getting ready to open soon. so we are going to help them prepare. we've got our hair nets on, gloves on. what are we making today? >> today we're making smothered chicken. the difference in my smothered chicken is the fermented soy. you put them in water. >> put all of them? >> put all of them. >> let's do this. >> take that gluten-free flour, put that in the bowl. you're going to add onion and garlic powder. this is the salt. some of these are like my special ingredients that i do in order to really capture that homemade chicken flavor. mix them all together. take the chicken and you're going to dip

. >> how long do you have to soak the chicken? >> not very long, just long enough to get it so the flour will stick. it's vegan and you're making a wonderful gravy. >> it looks just like breaded chicken. >> mm-hm. now you're going to add the smothered chicken into this pot. just place it in. we're going to cover that and let this cook. >> so while we're waiting for the chicken to stew, we're going to make the ultimate favorite, mac and cheese. >> mm-hm. >> how do you get mac and cheese to be vegan? >> we start out with a vegan cheese. it takes about eight cups of milk. i like to start off on the corners to make sure that all the mac and cheese is covered with it. then we mix it. and you see how creamy it is. >> yeah. >> so as it bakes, it's going to

meltdown. it's going to be yummy. ? i can't wait to try it. . >> then a bread crumb topping. >> it gets a nice crunch at the top. >> and a nice coloring also. top it with a little parsley and a little paprika, and then we're going to place it into the oven, voila. >> oh, wow, this looks amazing. >> that's your smothered chicken with macaroni and collard greens. >> this is the best part of the whole process. we get to eat. >> yes, indeed. >> this is amazing. >> thank you. >> it is so creamy and savery. you don't miss the meat at all. >> i had to wait and try it. >> this is a tough thing, like

family member is a vegan. and he's sort of like the black sheep. >> everybody talks about him. >> exactly. it's not a usual thing, especially in a black community. what made you guys to decide to do this. >> my children have never, my husband said we're a no longer doing chicken, fish, nor dairy, at that point i had to figure out how to cook vegan foods. >> how did you react at the time? >> we're already the black sheep. >> we have some things that are supposed to be chicken, but this is like soy. >> mm-hm. >> that's a soy fish. >> fermented. >> fer mennmented soy. >> tell us about the desserts. >> this is what we call our cupcake sandwich. >> ice cream cupcake. what is this one?

>> it's ice cream? >> it's made from almonds. >> oh, this is good. i don't know what you did, but i'm coming back for more. thanks so much for being on. >> you're quite welcome. >> you can check out more on that, wnn fans.com. >> you can come for thanksgiving. that cough doesn't sound so good. take mucinex dm. i'll text you in 4 hours when your cough returns. one pill lasts 12 hours, so... looks like i'm good all night! why take 4-hour cough medicine? just one mucinex lasts 12 hours. let's end this.

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♪ feliz navidad ♪ feliz navidad ♪ feliz navidad >> si, si. >> how does this music make you feel? the first time you hear christmas music back on. the season is here. >> makes you feel bilingual. >> not happy or full of cheer, excited for the holidays? >> makes you feel great. >> apparently, you're in the minority if that's the case. a new study shows christmas music can be psychologically draining. if you listen to it too much or start listening to it too

it can have psychological side effects. >> even "feliz navidad"? >> yes, they say 61% of people experience stress during the christmas season and only 34% of americans according to the "huffington post" look forward to hearing christmas music in stores. you may want to wait until after thanksgiving to listen to the holiday tunes, and don't listen to them too much. if you happen to work in retail, you're just screwed. >> just bring earplugs to work. so we had the vegan restaurant idea in harlem. but here's an interesting concept for a restaurant. in paris. it looks lovely enough, a nice lit sit-down restaurant called au naturale. it's a nudist restaurant, like for real. >> oh, wow, top of the photo.

naked? >> they will not serve you unless you are naked. i think you walk in and strip when you're there. >> sounds like the opposite of the restaurants that make you wear jackets and even have jackets if you need one. if you happen to bring clothes, we're going to take them off of you. the coat check must make a killing in tips. >> you think they need a hair net? >> okay. moving on, quickly, quickly. what's next story >> just health codes. >> i don't want to sit on those seats, that's the thing. where somebody else has had their bare butt, i don't need to sit there either. i just don't, nothing about it. >> there are so many thoughts. >> no, we should move on. i should have moved on when i said i was moving on. okay. behold the most confident, premature championship tattoo. >> i hope it's kind of controlled in the restaurant. >> check out the

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this morning on "world news now," an emotional mother. a former tv news anchor with powerful allegations against kevin spacey. she says he assaulted her teenage son a year ago. plus a shocker from hollywood, spacey's being removed from a movie due out in weeks. and president trump declared moments ago that china is not to blame for the trade imbalances. hear who he's blaming for those issues now. and new this half hour, video of that plane crash that killed roy halladay. >> was he showboating moments before the crash? we'll bring you the latest in