this morning on "world news now," tampa police announcing they have made an arrest in a string of murders that kept a community on edge. see what finally led police to the suspect. also breaking this morning, north korea has launched its most powerful weapon yet, boasting its new ballistic missile can reach anywhere in the u.s. and new this half hour, lebron james gets fired up. >> the big man playing his former team but see what happened for the first time in his entire career. and the hottest acts of music have just been honored with this year's grammy award nominations. >> i haven't heard this song. >> they really need to play it more often. but we're breaking down the

biggest category with the biggest stars battling it out for the most coveted award of all. >> i like it. it's what i like it. >> on this wednesday, november 29th. from abc news, this is "world news now." ♪ >> that's what i like. >> am i distracting you? i'm sorry. >> i was stretching out that read so we could get more of that song. >> more bruno? >> i forgot how much we love that song. that was a great album. we will have a lot more on the grammy nominations and the big, big award up for grabs. >> you might find it to be a surprise. but we do want to get to the breaking news coming from florida right now. >> police believe they've caught the man responsible for a string of killings that have terrified many in the seminole heights neighborhood. >> the deadly shootings began a little more than seven weeks ago. investigators say a tip from a fast food worker may have finally helped bring peace to a frightened city.

residents in tampa say they're relieved. >> justice will be served. and then the process will occur. when this individual rots in hell. >> reporter: police charging howell donaldson iii with first degree murder after a killing spree that haunted a quiet neighborhood. police got more than 5,000 tips, including one just hours ago about a person in an mcdonalds with a gun. that person was donaldson. >> we're bringing someone to justice who doesn't deserve the right to walk amongst us. >> reporter: earlier, police had identified this man as their suspect, seen moments after the first victim was gunned down. all four victims walking alone killed at night or in the early morning hours, blocks apart, shot at random. for weeks this community has been living in fear, police doing nightly patrols. the fbi going door to door, some residents arming themselves.

easy. >> let's go bring justice to the families who are here today. >> but there are still so many questions involving this case. we do expect to learn more about it today and about a possible a motive and the suspect's ties to that neighborhood. hours ago, north korea announced it conducted a missile test with a missile that can reach anywhere in the u.s. it flew 2800 miles into space, even higher than the space station. and in a state television broadcast, the north boasted it can even hit the east coast of the u.s. president trump promised his administration would handle the latest provocation, but he used the missile launch to take a swipe at democrats as well, pushing for full funding of the military. >> and that post from the president followed a dramatic day of partisan politics, surrounding the effort to reach a compromise before the government funding runs out. he fired off an

prompting the top democrats to ditch a white house meeting. >> reporter: it was just a couple months ago that president trump was chumming around in the oval office with democrat leaders chuck schumer and nancy pelosi, striking a temporary spending deal on their terms. a week later, bonding over chinese food and chocolate cream pie. but the president found himself flanked by empty chairs. pelosi and schumer, boycotting a planned bipartisan sit-down after trump attacked them on twitter. meeting with chuck a nancy about keeping the government open and working. problem is, they want illegal immigrants flooding into our country unchecked, are weak on crime and want to substantially raise taxes. i don't see a deal. >> the president says i don't see a deal three hours before our meeting, before he heard anything we had to say. >> reporter: pelosi and schumer said thanks but no thanks. >> they've been all talk and no

not even talk. >> reporter: it's a bad time for an impasse. funding for the government runs out next week and there's no agreement on the big issues, defense spending, legal status to the dreamers, the border wall. [ speaking simultaneously ] >> i would blame the democrats. >> reporter: where the impasse stands right now, a government shutdown is a real possibility. and government funding runs out a week from friday. jonathan karl, abc new, the white house. president trump is heading to missouri to drum up support for the gop tax plan. after making some headway on capitol hill. the president met with republicans and offered enough assurances for the bill to advance to the full senate for a vote as early as tomorrow. protesters and the congressional budget office say the bill favors the wealthy at the expense of the poor. but republicans insist the

there may be at least ten gop holdouts, but they say they were encouraged by talks with the president. and senator john mccain is criticizing the president for calling senator warren pocahontas. as he honored native-american war heroes. mccain tweeted, our nation owes a debt of gratitude to the navajo code talkers who helped us score a decisive victory in world war ii. politicizing these genuine heroes is an insult to their sacrifice. a jury convicted the libyan militant for organizing the attacks in the libyan city of benghazi. the incident became a major campaign issue last year, the republicans blaming hillary clinton of mishandling it. the suspect in the halloween terror truck attack in new york city has pleaded not guilty, despite telling police that he was proud of what he did. he allegedly drove a rented truck on a bic

through bikers and pedestrians before hitting a school bus. eight people were killed. the new jersey man immigrated from uzbekistan seven years ago. a new study from the faa follows an incident in which a drone hit a plane near quebec city, there are nearly 250 drone safety incidents every month. that's 50% higher than a year ago. drone strikes are considered more dangerous than bird strikes because the solid parts of drones can cause more damage to a plane's exterior. well, fraternities at indiana university are taking a self-imposed time-out. other activities are being done away with. the fraternities say it wasn't a reaction to a specific incident. a school spokesman calls it a response to recent fraternity tragedies at other schools.

the new college football rankings are out after a crazy weekend of upsets. former number one, alabama's loss to auburn was enough to drop it to number five. defending champion clemson is the new number one. the tigers are followed by auburn, oklahoma and wisconsin. all the teams play in their championship conference games on saturday. fans of the giants probably didn't think the season could get much worse. then they announced eli manning was being benched. it ends his 210-game streak of consecutive starts. geno smith will take his start. who? is that like the jets guy? sound bite. >> i'll back him up. i'll be a good teammate. i don't like it. but for football, you handle it

>> manning has started every giants game since november 21st, 2004, his streak is second to brett favre. >> tom brady was also the backup quarterback once. >> so you're saying geno smith is the new tom brady. >> maybe. i'm saying there's a chance. if you watched last night's last quarter of the game you might have missed something. lebron james was in the locker room for the final 12 minutes because of this. his first career ejection. king james was september nt to locker room for arguing a non-call. coming up, how jennifer lawrence avoids fans on the streets. >> hear what show revealed to adam sandler about awkward moments when facing the public. and when and where will the newly-engaged royal couple exchange their vows. the latest from london on harry and meghan's registry. but first a look at today's foreca

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starting things off with a new look at the new american princess to be. this is an adorable photo on the cover of the "daily mail" of meghan markle at 15 years old. and guess where she is? >> yeah, loitering right outside buckingham palace with a friend in 1996. >> little did she show. uh-huh. planning is already under way. and we get new details right now from abc's terry moran reporting from the venue. >> reporter: for harry and meghan, the count down has become. a may wedding. at st. george's chapel. and the royal family will pay for the festivity. the royal relatives weighing in. >> william and i are absolutely thrilled at such exciting news and it's a really happy time for any couple. and we wish them all the best.

charles' wife. >> america's loss is our gain. >> reporter: and the public welcoming their soon to be american princess. >> it's good to see the royal family moving with the times at last. >> it's time he got married and settled down. >> reporter: during that interview, they seemed so in love, turning into a lip reader. harry and meghan laughing, interupti interuinte interrupting each other. ghan apologizes and gives him look that slays. meghan markle will become a citizen of the unite kingdom. some are asking will she have to renounce her american citizenship. there's no specific law in great britain requiring that. as an american citizen, she's still subject to american tax law, and that may be something the british royal family doesn't much like. windsor castle, london. >> those tax laws, man, they will follow you've where. she may not have to renounce her

confirmed into the church of england. >> yes, but did you ever think you'd hear terry moran say a look that slays or beyond slays. >> no. beyond slays? i think terry's getting into this. >> he is. coming up, the hands-down most competitive grammys category by far.

♪ ♪ despacito >> so it's not groundhog day yet, that's still february 2nd. but we're still dancing to "despacito" in "the skinny." >> that's because grammy nominations are in, and suffice it to say, the song of the summer did pretty well. >> "despacito" got three nominations, including song of the year. it's a big deal. it would be the first non-english song to win the award since 1959's volare.

♪ volare, oh, oh, >> enough about song of the year. let's get to the most important category of them all. >> yeah. album of the year, of course. >> no. >> record of the year. the producer. >> no. >> best new artist. >> best spoken word album. >> the plank era of the early universe, that's the interval of time from t equals zero to t equals ten to the minus 43 seconds. >> he gets me every time. >> huh? >> that's the perennial favorite, neil degrass. what did he say? >> i have no idea. i know we're kidding a little bit, but this is the competition to watch. his competitors are mark ruffalo, tag teaming with bernie sanders, the late carrie fisher

got a nomination and bruce springsteen might have sang some songs, but this is the award he wants, all for reading their audio books. >> who knew. >> so we'll have continuing coverage of that grammy category. >> big competition under way. next up, more award season buzz with a front runner emerging for the academy awards. >> if you want to impress your friends by predicting the best picture winner even before the nominees are announced here is your best bet. it's called the post. and it's being called steven spielberg's best movie since "munich". besides spielberg's name, you see them there, streep, hanks. add to the mix with marilyn tom playing the journalist who exposed the pentagon papers. >> it has been named the best film of 2017 by the national board of review. other top films by the organization include "dunkirk", "lady bird", "get out", and

>> "get out"? >> "baby driver"? >> okay, i liked "baby driver", you didn't like it. >> i liked it. but just best picture? good car choreography. the end. >> "get out". eh, it's a comedy. next to jennifer lawrence revealing that even the most fun-loving stars of hollywood would rather just be by themselves. >> in an interview with adam sandler, she explains how she defends herself from people who approach her. >> once i enter a public place, i become incredibly rude. i turn into a huge [ bleep ]. >> you get icy? >> yeah, that's my only way of defending myself. being like [ bleep ] seeing somebody walk toward my table, can i have a selfie? i'm like, no. that's my only defense.

>> i like the finger wag. very effective. she went on to say that she doesn't even have it that bad, conceding to sandler that comedians have it worse because fans assume they're best friends look you're so funny, you're cool, so totally approachable. >> it must be nice to be spotted in public. did we like the november mustache on sandler by the way? >> it strangely works for him. >> you do? >> how do you stave off all those fans trying to get your autograph? >> i wear the abc jacket, the big blue, and i'm just walk around with the "world news now" mug and still, my mom is like, "who are you?" finally, tyra banks trying to break the internet with eye-popping images. >> meet tygra.

alter ego. it was done for "paper" magazine in the break the internet issue. >> the internet is still up and running. but "a" for effort for the prosthetic nose and everything else. >> good halloween costume for next year. good halloween costume for next year.

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♪ are they going to be all right? >> pretty crazy. >> no. >> no? >> no. >> no? >> huh-uh. there's no way. like there's no business class on that plane. >> you've got plenty of room. >> yeah, clearly. those incredible images and the video of a death-defying stunt that something o

skydive. >> yeah, instead of jumping out of a plane, these french guys called the soul flyers are jumping off a mountain and then into a plane. let's break it down for you. so they're wearing wing suits in the swiss alps, and these guys jumped from the 13,000-foot peak, then watch, they take off, flying through the mountain canyons for a while. and you might be thinking, oh, they'll land in that soft, powdery pillow of snow. >> doesn't look powdery to me. >> no? >> no. >> well, it probably looks easier to land in. >> no. >> than a plane. so the small plane appears, flies next to them for a while. and then with pin point precision, ooh! the first flyer goes right in and his partner follows behind him. not as easy as it looks by the way. and i don't know about you, but it doesn't look easy.

they say it took 100 practice flights and at one point, one of them even banged smack into the door frame. listen up. >> at first, the jumping was to just realize a good base jump and to do a number, a very good start, be able to fly high to get away from the mountain. the next thing was to catch up with the plane, close, fly close and be able to take the good distance and go inside. there is some kind of, we had some pressure. but it was good enough for us to reenter, something that we wanted to do since many years. that's pretty much how we wanted to be. >> woo-hoo-hoo! >> ah! >> practice, practice. they even had to modify the plane after that failed test flight where he hurt his ribs. it's pretty scary.

>> they didn't sound too french at all. need to work on that french accent. >> i kind of want one of those

making news in america this morning, the search for a serial killer ending with an arrest overnight. >> in the battle between darkness and light, light has won. >> relief in tampa after 51 days on edge. this morning the crucial tip that led investigators to this mcdonald's where the suspect was taken into custody. >> also breaking overnight an announcement from north korea. [ speaking a foreign language ] the country claiming kim jong-un can now fire a missile reaching anywhere on the u.s. mainland. this morning what that new missile launch tells us. a brazen height at the bellagio. a masked gunman storms in making