story, a terrible scene on a tennessee highway lasted into the night. >> a church bus blew a tire yesterday afternoon and triggered a deadly chain of events. i-40 near knoxville shut down for hours. marci gonzalez has more. >> reporter: victims and debris scattered along interstate 40 east of knoxville, tennessee. >> my 17 years, probably the most serious incident i've been a part of. >> reporter: at least eight people killed when a bus veered off the highway. crossing the median into oncoming traffic, hitting an suv with three people inside, then slamming into a tractor-trailer, which then burst into flames. the drivers of all three vehicles died. >> this is the first time i've seen it bother me this bad. and i've seen them all. so, i've cried. i've been here since 2:00 and aye cried. and i'll cry again. >> reporter: the other victims were members of a senior

citizen's church group from north carolina, traveling on this packed bus back from gatlinburg, tennessee's, fall jubilee, a church festival they attended every year. >> we don't have the facts to give here. but there were several that went on to be with the lord. >> reporter: those who survived this horrifying scene were rushed to nearby hospitals. at least 14 people injured in all. and this crash investigators believe was caused by a blown front tire on the church's bus. marci gonzalez, abc news, new york. attorneys for michael jackson's family are considering their legal options now that a jury has sided with the concert promoter that they are suing. katherine jackson and the star's children were seeking $1.5 billion from aeg live, claiming it was responsible for jackson's 2009 death. the jurors ruled yesterday that while the company hired dr. conrad murray, it is not liable for jackson's demise.

>> the decision was reached after very careful consideration of five months of testimony. >> michael jackson was pretty used to getting his own way. he was a big star. >> murray was ruled to be fit and competent to serve as a general practitioner for jackson, as he prepared for concerts. now, he's finishing up his sentence for giving jackson an overdose of the drug propofol. and southwest airlines has fired the captain of a plane that landed nose-first at la guardia airport in july. he took control of the plane from the first officer suddenly when the plane was 400 feet above the runway. the nose gear snapped, 16 people were hurt. the first officer will keep his job but get additional training. fans morning the death of best-selling author tom clancy. his 25 novels included best-sellers and blockbusters. he downplayed his talent. he died tuesday after a brief

illness. he was 66 years old. time, now, for weather across the country. a taste of summer in the northeast. but more like winter in the northern rockies, with heavy snow in the lower elevations tonight. showers and thunderstorms across much of the midwest. rain in the lower mississippi valley and southern florida. stray showers from western new york to west virginia. >> boston 74. atlanta, 84. miami, 88. omaha, 80. dallas, 91. albuquerque, 79. boise, 59. portland, 53. 72 in los angeles. a new opportunity for scammers. authorities say con artists are using obama care enrollment to trick people. new this morning, mysterious fire. new questions about the so-called safest car after a video went viral. plus, shot through the heart. a man survives a serious nail gun accident. he's explaining how this happened.

welcome back. president obama has heard a loud, clear message from the heads of the top financial institutions. the leaders of goldman sachs, wells fargo and other megabanks expressed concern about the shutdown. but they told the president the biggest concern is the october 17th deadline for raising the nation's debt limit. they told the president failing to do that would be a brick wall on the road to recovery. major warning this morning about scammers and the affordable health care act. the better business bureau warning consumers about callers asking for personal information. they ask for social security numbers. if you get a call, hang up. the government communicates by

mail. samsung has begun selling its smartwatch. the device is designed to help users check messages, answer calls. but joanne stern says it doesn't live up to the hype. >> the battery life isn't that good. it lasts a day and a half. the idea that you're constantly charging this watch doesn't make a lot of sense. on top of that, the software has a couple of bugs. the apps don't work that well. >> the galaxy gear retails for $300. all right. and burger king p.r. stunt seems to be working. there's a lot of social media buzz about the company's facebook page showing a new logo. this comes as the company rolls out their healthier french fries. fries king. >> i can almost live with that. >> i can live with that. >> fries and burger king. >> burger and fries king. >> there you go. >> burger, fries and shake king. >> that's a lot of words. when we come back, family feud. a radio icon at the center of a

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your money needs an ally. now for a look at the morning road conditions. traveling could be tough on i-90 in south dakota. i-80 in wyoming. and i-25 in wyoming and north colorado. showers could make roads slick along the midwest and parts of the gulf coast. >> if you're flying, landing in heavy rain can cause delays in minneapolis, new orleans and chicago. an astonishing story from san francisco. a young man is in custody accused of being an online drug kingpin with an operation that sold over $1 billion of narcotics. >> 29-year-old ross ulbricht charged with drug trafficking, computer hacking and money laundering.

a second indictment accuses him of ordering people to be killed. he is accused of operating a hidden website called silk road. it was the drug world's equivalent of ebay, matching anonymous buyers and sellers. anyone could buy guns, ammo and forge documents through this website. "gma" will have details and comment from the fbi coming up later this morning. new york city police have made an arrest in the wild confrontation between motorcyclists and the driver of an suv. christopher cruz is charged with reckless driving for slowing down his motorcycle in front of a car, setting the violence in motion. later, the driver plowed through the bikers, critically injuring one of them before he was pulled from his car and injured. edwin miese in a coma with spinal injuries that may prevent him from walking again. organizers collected money for his family. and they hope to spread the message that biker clubs are not gangs. and the family wants the suv

driver who hit him to be punished. shares of electric car company tesla could be under renewed pressure after fire destroyed one of its vehicles. the company says the fire started when a large object hit one of the car's battery pack modules. firefighters extinguished it, but then the flames re-ignited them, causing them to use a chemical extinguisher. tesla's stock dropped more than 6% yesterday after that video surfaced. minnesota man somehow managed to survive after shooting himself in the heart with a nail gun. take a look. eugene racco was building a deck when the 3 1/2-inch nail pierced his chest. he knew it wasn't good. he raced to his truck and called his wife. what was going through his mind? >> first, you are in disbelief, did i really do that? and then, you think, well, this is going to be serious. i've got to get in and get it taken care of. >> the nai came within two

millimeters of a coronary artery. that man now has it as a souvenir. wow. >> oh, my lord. images are amazing. >> yeah. he has some major luck looking down on him that day. the children of former radio star casey kasem staged a protest outside of his l.a. home, saying his wife is preventing them from seeing him. casey's brother and friends joined in the protest. they say the former host of radio's top 40 countdown has parkinson's disease. and his second wife, jean, who played loretta on "cheers" is keeping him isolated. an emotional day in court for ty warner. he broke down crying as he admitted to keeping $24 million in secret swiss bank accounts. he apologized to the judge. said there was no excuse for his actions. he could face five years in prison. he is paying a $53 million fine. there could soon be another edition to another family. chelsea clinton tells "glamour"

magazine, she and her husband have decided 2014 would be the year of the baby. chelsea says her mom asks about it every, single day. just like a mom would. >> sounds like mom. >> no pressure there, huh? >> not at all. time, now, for sports. a high-stakes baseball game in cleveland, win or the season is over. >> and a hockey fight boiled over to the benches between the coaches. here is neil everett at espn. >> good morning, america. i'm neil everett on the "sportscenter" desk in los angeles. the desk is a mess. you can't really see it. how's the hair, huh? let's check out the baseball playoffs. tampa bay at cleveland. loser goes home. winner goes to fenway park. gets a fenway frank. delmon young gets that pitch from danny salazar. first pitch swinging. top four, desmond jennings. with two on and two out. james loney scores easily. evan longoria, he's huffing and

puffing. he comes in from first. and comfortable at 3-0. bottom nine, fernando rodney in to close. rodney chisenhall swinging. cleveland had a chance. left nine on base. the rays win 4-0. alex cobb, the winning pitcher. patrick roy made his nhl coaching debut, with one of his former teams, colorado. they were hosting the anaheim ducks. nathan mckinnon, youngest kid in the league. future face of the franchise, they hope. now, mckinnon took a shot from ben lovejoy late. and that led to this. and then, this happened after that. roy and bruce boudreau. good thing there was glass between them. what in the name of "good morning america" is going on there? we'll all find out together. >> all right. >> that was pretty good. now, some high-flying cheerleading is our "play of the day."

this happened the last spring at daytona beach, florida. >> no matter what football game you are watching over the next few days, you won't see moves like this. they were college cheerleaders that competed in a national competition. then, they really put on a show. >> i love they flip and they're caught with one hand. >> that's crazy. >> easy. that's the kind of stuff that's not regulation in the relate competition. so, they go out back and do it all. it's good stuff to watch, though, huh? >> amazing. >> whoa. >> don't try that at home. coming up next, it's "the pulse." the softer side of howard stern. and a brave swimmer hops into the water to help a shark. how'd you do on your quiz today? 9 out of 10. 9 out of ten? that's great. ♪ nothing says, "i'm happy to see you too," like a milk-bone biscuit. ♪

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good ole blue eyes for your thursday "pulse." beginning with who's your daddy? mia farrow dropped a bombshell in "vanity fair" magazine, saying her son, ronan farrow, may have been fathered by frank sinatra and not director woody allen. >> look at his face. he's 25. a former rhodes scholar. he changed his name from skachle. frank sinatra on the left. ronan on the right. yeah. you decide. >> that's not even one of the pictures where he looks most like the guy. there's pictures that are stunning. >> i'm convinced. howard stern reunited in the studio with his on-air partner after her battle with cancer. >> robin quivers underwent cancer treatment 17 months ago. and has been working from home since then. stern admitted there were times he thought his sidekick wouldn't make it. he grew emotional and said, i can never be without you again.

your beautiful face and your smile. i'm really happy that you're here. a fisherman in florida, taking catch and release to a whole, new level. it's all caught on camera. he is hanging on to a 300-pound bull shark that's just been reeled in. >> when they released it, the shark didn't move. he moved some of the water over its gills. and eventually, that shark swam away. >> bull sharks are considered one of the most likely species to attack humans, along with great whites and tiger sharks. he did this guy a favor by not attacking him. [ female announcer ] take skincare to the next level

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family of michael jackson will get nothing from aeg live. the jacksons had claimed the company was responsible for michael's death. looking at today's weather. clear and dry in the west. but a heavy snowstorm for the northern rockies. rain for much of the midwest and parts of the gulf coast. but it's going to stay nice and warm in the east, like we've been having for the last couple of days. finally, how to fill your days when you don't have your usual job to go to. it's a question fatsing hundreds of thousands of federal workers because of the shutdown. >> one organization in washington is doing what it can to help out. and abc's shushannah walshe reports that it's not costing the workers anything. >> sixth and i synagogue is opening their doors to all furloughed workers. calling themselves shutdown central. >> we're happy to give them a space to hang out and get away from the frustration of not being able to work. >> reporter: free food, free yoga classes, free wi-fi, episodes of "the west wing"

streaming. and political ping-pong. >> it was day care with ping-pong. and it was fairly great right now. >> reporter: ethan is an attorney with the social security administration. and he called the federal government shutdown absurd. and not getting paid will sting. >> it's a hardship imposed not from any necessity. but from pure legislative obs nance. it's nuts. >> reporter: it's a feeling federal workers, about 800,000 all over the country, are sharing. including kim who works for the district water and sewer authority. >> i think this battle is childish. it's not what we elected our officials to do. >> reporter: she wants to spend her time exploring d.c. >> and i figure, there's hundreds of thousands of people in the same boat. >> reporter: maggie and janelle work at the department of

defense. they have been furloughed. and echo the feelings of so many others, asking why isn't congress doing their job. >> i do my job. they should do their job. >> reporter: it will stay open for the remainder of the shutdown. with the republicans in congress and the president deadlocked, it looks like they could be playing ping-pong for days to come. that is what's making news in america this morning. >> stay with us for "good morning america." and have a wonderful thursday, everyone. i'm considered about the senate, the -- concerned about the senate, representing and the democrats just fighting one another, they're not getting anything done. >> the third day of the government shutdown. >> lawmakers meet again today

but most fear another round of political hot potato. that's the big story on this thursday morning. thank you for joining us. i'm megan pringle. >> and i'm charlie crowson. and another big story coming up is still the weather. great gay to be outside. lynette what's going on today in. >> more of the same charlie that's for sure. as we wac up this morning and this is what you can expect in terms of temperatures in owings mills close to 60 degrees there. 56 tiny town and arnold coming in at 64. we have another cold and mild start. we have those winds on the calm side and also a little patchy fog in some areas this morning. as we look at maryland's most powerful radar we are nice and dry as of now. we're going to be dry once again through the afternoon. no type of rain in the forecast as of now but down the road oh yea we are talking about a tropical system that could be bringing us much-needed rain. we'll detail that later but this is what you can expect by lunchtime. that high coming in at 80 degrees. let's get a check of the traffic now with mike masco. 4:30.

good morning. take a look. 695 and 70 is is a great ride thus far this morning. 97 north of maryland 32 also looking good this morning. this is going just into the harbor tunnel rather southbound at 895. there's some construction and that may delay you just a little bit this morning. this is southbound exit 74 on 95 this morning also dealing with some construction related delays. the outer loop at 695 also use caution again going past towson dealing with construction related delays, our speeds are looking fabulous,ed 595 -- 95 northbound that's a six minute ride at normal speeds and 695 to 80 for the outer loop. looking great. charlie? they say things come in threes and for thousands of marylanders today those things are furlough days. president barack obama will visit louise construction in rockville to find out how the government shutdown is impacting them. the company the white house

says has grown in recent years but today the president is expected to emphasize how the growth could stop. abc2 news roosevelt leftwich will have more this morning coming up at 5:00. president barack obama is not going to negotiate with republicans. and there is other more catastrophic deadline approaching. abc2 news that ann bradley is in -- tahman bradley is in washington to explain. >> reporter: the government shutdown enters a third day after a meeting between president obama and congressional leaders yielded no sign of progress. >> we are cked in tight on obamacare. >> all we're asking for here is a discussion and fairness for the american people under obamacare. >> reporter: president obama says he won't negotiate with republicans until they agree to fund the government with no strings attached. and in an interview on cnbc the president blames speaker boehner for the stalemate. >> the only thing that's

stopping them is the john boehner right now has not been willing to say no to a faction of the republican party that are willing to burn the house down because of an obsession over my health care initiative. >> reporter: outside washington, the shutdown is hurting hard working americans. and fort wayne, indiana, the reese family is awaiting final approval for an fha backed mortgage but the government employees who would sign off on the loan are furloughed. >> we're in this hotel for who knows how long. >> reporter: head start is beginning to shut down across the country. her twin sons with no preschool -- have no preschool again today. >> as far as them not being able to be in school. >> reporter: and while social security checks are not affected by the shutdown. >> i wanted a social security card. >> reporter: social security offices reduced the number of services they provide. they can forget about getting a new car at least for now. speaker boehner and