a developing story out of northwestern oklahoma. a natural gas pipeline explosion. it happened in the town of rosston. the flames could be seen 50 miles away into kansas. no one has been hurt. officials tell us the fire is contained. and they're going to let it burn itself out. the cause of the explosion, under investigation. a police detective will be in court today to face charges stemming from his involvement in that road rage incident. arrested last night. his attorney said that he only witnessed other bikers attacking that suv. but evidence shows him punching and kicking that side of that vehicle before leaving the scene. three soldiers in washington state are facing charges in the stabbing death of a fellow soldier. police say kevin gieke was stabbed through the heart after a confrontation at a military base outside tacoma. one soldier is charged with first-degree murder. the other two tried to dispose

of the weapon. and starting today, some classes at malibu high school will be relocated, while investigators look at health hazards. three teachers working in the same area of the campus were diagnosed with thyroid cancer. others have experienced migraines and skin diseases. testing is under way for possible contamination for mold and termite treatment. and kerry kennedy has made an appearance in new york as a judge set her drugged driving trial in january. kennedy was arrested last year after swerving her car into a tractor-trailer. blood tests found ambien, which she took accidentally instead of her thyroid medication. parents of schoolchildren in boston hope there won't be a repeat of the surprise school bus driver strike. an estimated 6,200 kids stayed home. the bus drivers are rebelling

against the installation of gps monitoring devices. a speedup of route times and shortening of paychecks. swimmer diana nyad is in the middle of another marathon swim. >> it's not quite as long as her 110-mile trek from cuba to florida last month. but it's safer and long. nyad kicked off a 48-hour swim in midtown manhattan. >> her goal is to raise awareness and funds for the victims of superstorm sandy. it ends tomorrow morning on "good morning america." >> she is literally in the home stretch. turning must be -- she's doing one of those kicks? >> i'm assuming a kick just to get herself to the middle of the pool so she doesn't have to do all of this swimming back and forth. >> man, oh, man. hang in there. not too long, she'll be on "gma." and she'll be coming out of that pool. time, now, for the weather across the nation. storm system is brewing in the west. it may bring the season's first rain to los angeles and

san diego. along with showers and mountain snow, as far north as montana and wyoming. wet weather moving into north carolina, virginia, delaware and parts of new jersey. >> and the midwest is warming up. in the southwest, chilling 50s and 60s for you. fantasy presents. neiman marcus out with the christmas catalog. you have to see some of the gifts. and details about the 9-year-old boy who snuck on to a plane. this morning, the boy's father is talking about his previous run-ins with the law. and celebration in boston that no one saw coming. i'm serious, we compare our direct rates side by side to find you a great deal, even if it's not with us. [ ding ] oh, that's helpful! well, our company does that, too. actually, we invented that.

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standoff in capitol hill, as the u.s. inches towards next week's debt default deadline continues to spill red ink all over wall street. the dow jones industrial average have fallen 11 of the past 14 trading days. considering the all-time high last month. that's a drop of 6%, for a total of 900 points. the dow opens today's trading at 14,776. and history is being made at the white house when president obama nominates janet yellen as the next fed chair. she would become the first woman to hold the high-level job. she has been vice chair of the federal reserve since 2010. one of the fed's big jobs is to distribute the brand-new $100 bills. they cost 12.5 cents to produce.

that's a 60% increase over the older version of the c-note. the fed rejected over 1 billion notes because of printing errors. and it could cost $50 million or more to destroy those bad bills. >> dumper diving back at the fed. >> good idea. apple fans have october 22nd marked on their calendar. that's when the company is expected to make its new ipad announcement. all the talk right now is that apple will roll out a new version of its traditional ipad and new ipad mini. and neiman marcus christmas book is out. among its high-priced items is a special edition aston martin, there which you can buy for 344,000 bucks. you would look good. another special gift is the $1.8 million forevermark diamond experience. that includes a 24 carat diamond and a trip to africa to trace the stone's origins. >> how much was that? >> you get a trip to africa. >> $1.8 million for a trip to

africa and a diamond? >> isn't that obnoxious, to trace the stone's origins. >> will they fly my aston martin. here's how poor i am, i didn't know that catalog existed. >> now, you know how poor you really are. >> yes. when we come back, costume controversy, features a job on the line, after the school discovers what she did in the past. and one of the hottest-selling weight loss products on the market.

it's time for a look at the morning road conditions now. the first rain of the season is expected to slow things down through much of southern california. also, plan on some rain downpours in north carolina, virginia, delaware and parts of new jersey. >> if you're flying, airport delays possible in charlotte, north carolina, phoenix, and arizona. a 9-year-old boy snuck on to a plane in minneapolis and flew to las vegas last week. >> it's reportedly being flown home in protective custody. his parents are struggling with their troubled youngster. the boy's father says at one point his behavior became so bad he had to seek help from police. >> one particular officer said i need to discipline my son more harder. and i asked him, if i discipline

my son harder, y'all will come and try to lock me up. >> the boy allegedly took a delivery truck for a joyride a few days before hopping on the plane to vegas. that ended when he crashed into a police cruiser, causing thousands of dollars of damage that the vehicle. a missing san francisco hospital patient may have come to a tragic end. the body of a woman has been found in a hospital stairwell used as a fire escape. 57-year-old lynn spaulding disappeared from her room two weeks ago. a city-wide search turned up empty. per family and friends were devastated to learn she may have not even left the hospital. now, blamed for hepatitis and liver failure outbreak in hawaii. health officials say 24 of the 29 patients reported using oxy elite pro. 1 person has died and 11 people hospitalized.

oxy elite pro was sold nationwide. and now, the feds want it off the market. the future of a dallas area teacher came to light that she modeled in "playboy." february 2011 is now a spanish teacher. probably needless to say, the situation that is getting a lot of attention. >> i just hear everybody talking about it. and then, people started showing pictures of her and stuff. >> at school? >> yes. >> students are looking for character, role models, what to look forward to, education. but not something negative like that. >> state education officials note deweese has not done anything wrong. but texas ethics standards say teachers should be of, quote, good moral character and be worthy to instruct youth. time, now, for sports. they are celebrating in beantown, following a big win. >> here's neil and stan at espn. >> good morning, america. he's stan. i'm neil. hope you're having a good

morning. tampa bay rays aren't because boston eliminated them. game four, top seven. shane victorino. jacoby ellsbury scores the go-ahead run. it's 3-1. bottom nine, koji uehara, ends the series. the red sox win the game, 3-1. they win the series, 3-1. they await the winner of the detroit and oakland series. let's check that out. game four. detroit, needs a win to stay alive. bottom seven. a's up 4-3. victor martinez facing sean doolittle, with the bases empty. josh reddick can't get it. he wanted fan interference. but he didn't get it. that fan trying to make the catch. umpires rule it a home run anyway. top eight. a's down 5-4.

roberto callaspo facing matt scherzer. got the job done. got out of a bases loaded situation. tigers win, 8-6. >> what do you think of the suit? >> looking sharp. >> feeling sharp. >> let's keep it going. >> you know what i'm feeling like, i'm going to have a good morning. and i hope you do, too, america. i mean that, right from here. that's all from here. thanks for watching. back to you. the recipe for the next video is adrenaline and a video camera. our "play of the day." >> it is the latest offering from devon supertramp and some of his daredevil friends. not only are they flying off bridges. they're b.a.s.e. jumping out of hot air balloons. cameras rolling. a balloon, the entire time. way to go, guys. >> i didn't hear a thing you said. i was entraled with the video. look at these guys. i want to be the type of person that does that. >> i wish i was that person. but i'm all kinds of chicken. >> look at these guys.

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it is time to check "the pulse," stories you'll be talking about with other people today. we start with the kardashian family marriage on the rocks. there is much of a surprise here. >> kris and bruce jenner report they have been separated for an entire year. and they say they're much happier this way. they insist that the scenes on "keeping up with the kardashians" are genuine. and there's no animosity teen them. the family has been rumored to reup their tv deal for $40

million. have a conversation with mr. ryan seacrest. my family is way more interesting. tom hanks revealed some serious medical news. he has type 2 diabetes. >> she's sporting a slimmer new look. he's been battling high blood sugar for decades. his doctor told him if he got down to a's high school weight, he would be perfectly healthy. >> he joked that's not going to happen because he weighed 98 pounds in high school. it was something apparently former stars of "baywatch" had to pay attention to. >> millions watched the show, and the buff bodies and the suits. as they get ready for the 25-year reunion, we're learning a couple of the old contracts. >> we have this in ours, too. it's a stipulation they had to remain within a five-pound weight range. any fluctuation beyond five pounds meant big trouble with the producers. who knew? >> if that was in our contract, i would have been fired long ago. and what's your go-to cure for a hangover?

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states. rainy along the mid-aantic coast. warming up for the midwest. stormy from southern california, stretching north to montana and wyoming. want to make sure that you have some kind of protection. and finally, it's win or go home for the st. louis cardinals and the pittsburgh pirates. they play their season-deciding game five in st. louis. >> for one family in pittsburgh, tonight's game will have to go a very long way to beat what happened before game four on monday. we get the bruises and the benefits from reporter mike clark. >> reporter: this major league welt on jacob's forehead is evidence he was not paying attention during batting practice. >> my mom's going to kill me. so, yeah. >> reporter: jacob was holding up his cardinals ball cap trying to get autographs of the pirates' enemies. >> i was trying to get wainwright's autograph. my sister saved my life.

it hit off my sister's wrist and then hit me in the head. >> reporter: his sister, michelle, took the brunt of the impact. she has the mark to prove it. >> a split-second, a ball just came. and i saw it at the last minute. and put my hand out of the way. it wouldn't hit his head. but it only deflected off him a little. >> reporter: a group of cardinal players saw it happen. >> they came over to me. and they asked if i was all right and everything. i said i was fine. >> reporter: jacob's really fine now. his favorite player, david freese, signed the 11-year-old's jersey. and a dozen players took turn signing his ball cap. we wondered if taking one for his team was worth it? >> considering all the autographs, yeah. >> reporter: as the jefferson middle school student left the game with his sisters, danielle and michelle, and his dad, ray, jacob admitted to having conflicting feelings. >> i wanted the pirates to win because they haven't won in 20 years. i wanted the cardinals to win because of david freese, of

course. >> of course. >> smart kid, huh? >> he's such a good interview. he made the story. how many times have you -- >> yeah. i'm glad it happened. cool hat, buddy. >> pretty cool. good for him. that's what's making news in america this morning. >> stay with us for "good morning america." have a great wednesday. it is a mess this morning. the water is not flowing now from the water main break but the people who live and travel there, the headaches are from over. >> and the shutdown is causing problems and affecting those who paid the ultimate sacrifice

for our family. we will show you how. will you need an umbrella later on today? we have the most accurate forecast to prepare. thanks for joining us. it is the middle of of the week. i'm megan pringle. >> i'm charley krause. we will get to the weather with meteorologist lynette charles and what is going on out there. lots going on for today. a coastal low that will bring rain through the rest of today and with that a coastal advisory and we can see it in effect for the areas shaded in the blue coloring as of now. and the purplish color, that is a small craft advisory. but in the meantime, this is what is going on in terms of the wet weather this morning. nothing right know. but as we slide off further to the south, this is what we're waiting to work in our direction through the rest of today. and it wilt begin to move in our direction as well. with that wet weather will be coming down across the area and in terms of temperatures this morning, 50 degrees in owings mills and 47 in the area. the rest of the day. cloudy conditions and also some

showers. especially as we head toward the evening. 62 will be the temperature by lunchtime. let's get a check of the traffic with mike. good morning, everybody. here we go. 4:30. middle of of the week. get excited. a look at the beltway right now. west side beltway looks good 795 to 70. and notice the speeds are clocking at 55 miles an hour, east side of the beltway looks good, double nickles across the board. to the north, topside of the beltway, outer and inner loop looking very good. and jfx looks good and we will talk about the maryland pennsylvania line right here. and looking pretty good. and yes, you know it is going to be problems. and 95 at 395, also looking good thus far this morning. we will show you one construction-related delay, 95 southbound past exit 61. another check of traffic and weather together coming up in a little bit. following breaking news right now out of oklahoma where a pipeline explosion and a large fire is the big story there. take a look at this. a pipeline that carries natural

gas. crews say the fire is contained right now. in the northwest part of oklahoma. and no injuries have been reported. but people living within two miles of the blast were ordered to evacuate. stay us with on twitter for the latest. and a water main break filled the afternoon sky with a geyser out there. this photograph was one sent in to us at abc 2. the roads were flooded and for a while as baltimore city came in to shut the main down and while residents didn't lose water and what is in the pipes now some say is a yucky mess. we have more from the scene. >> reporter: the line is repaired. but there are still some problems out here in parts here. if you take a look hine me here, you can see there -- behind me here, you can see there is a big hole out there and the road is closed. the water is not exactly what you would call clear. the 24-inch main burst into spectacular fashion with water shooting into the sky on putty hill avenue. baltimore city was out early, and quickly, to repair the line, and they worked for most

of the day, rerouting the water and repairing the damaged line. what remains for many is badly discolored water is very brown and it should be clear. and running it for many minutes will clear out the pipes but for many it is gross. >> it is colored, a rusty looking colored, and i was cleaning my vegetables with bottled water and drinking bottled water and making coffee with it. >> what about at night? >> absolutely, i will be brushing my water with bottled water. and going to the gym to take a shower. >> now, if you live out here, in many of the little communities that are out here, off of putty hill avenue and you can call the department of work, baltimore city department of public works for more information. 410-396-5352. right now, putty hill avenue is still closed at the parkway. this road is going