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the governor of indiana is facing a federal lawsuit over his attempts to block syrian refugees from settling in that state. republican mike pence suspended the resettlement of syrians following the paris terror attack. the lawsuit says that violates the equal protection clause of the constitution because indiana accepts refugees from other countries. another outspoken critic of the syrian refugees is coming under more scrutiny this morning. >> we're talking about donald trump, already under fire over his comments about what he claims to have witnessed during the 9/11 attacks. he's now making yet another claim. it's your voice, your vote at abc's chuck sivertsen is covering the republicans. >> donald trump could be digging

controversy. first he insisted he saw post 9/11 celebrations in jersey city, new jersey. >> i watched when the world trade center came tumbling down. and i watched in jersey city, new jersey, where thousands and thousands of people were cheering. >> reporter: just last night he told a crowd in columbus, ohio, he saw people jump from the twin towers on 9/11. >> that was a horrible death. i watched people jumping off the building. how would you like to be 102 stories up and your choice is burn or jump? and many people jumped. and i witnessed it. i watched that. >> reporter: trump continues to talk about 9/11 and celebrations he insists he saw in jersey city, new jersey, after the attacks despite criticism. he tweeted a "washington post" story from days after 9/11 which reported law enforcement questioning a number of people allegedly seen celebrating the attacks. >> the reporters are calling all day, all night. they want to find out, did trump

make a mistake. so i have some good people. and they checked and they checked. and believe me, it's being cleared off plenty of stuff. they don't like that. because that's not good for the liberal cause. >> republican rival ben carson said he saw those celebrations too. >> reporter: did you see that happening on 9/11? >> i saw the film of it, yes. >> in new jersey? >> yes. >> reporter: but later he apologized for that comment saying he saw video of post 9/11 rallies from the mideast, not new jersey. as for some trump supporters in ohio, they say candidates make mistakes and trump is only human. abc news, new york. >> 68 days before the iowa caucuses. i think things will get a lot more interesting. >> uh-huh. when we come back, tonight is the grand finale of "dancing with the stars." so who got booted off the dance floor last night?

"the skinny" up next. >> "world news now" continues

skinny, so skinny time now for "the skinny" and topping our headlines this morning, the leaderboard just got a little lighter. >> on the first night of the finale of "dancing with the stars" the final four performing

including the all-important freestyle before the final elimination. >> carlos and whitney. >> because it has been life-changing. my marriage is so much stronger. i've made some amazing friends. most importantly like i've learned so much about myself. >> carlos penavega earned perfect scores after three rounds in last week's show. that leaves bindi irwin, nick carter, alek skarlatos to dance for the mirror ball trophy tonight. >> it was amazing last night. there were some great performances. it was so much fun to watch. >> and there were so many tens being doled out by the judges. they really all did step up their game. >> this was one of my favorites. this was really good. >> beautiful. >> next, saved by a fan.

hgtv's tarek el moussa who hosts "flip or flop" with his wife christina is crediting an eagle eyed viewer from dallas with saving his life. she wrote into the show urging him to get a lump on his neck checked by a doctor. that lump turned out to be thyroid cancer. >> the nurse's name is ryan read. we are so thankful for her. >> so glad you made it. >> you look good. >> yeah, not too bad. look, it's healing. > looks really good. >> thanks to ryan, we caught the cancer before it spread. they removed my thyroid and i'm cancer free. i'm officially a survivor. >> thank you so much for sending that e-mail. without you, we probably would have never known. >> that gut feeling. > honestly, you saved his life truly. >> thank you. >> how incredible. the diagnosis was actually two years ago. tarek is only sharing his story now. his cancer now in remission. viewers, we always pay attention to what you have to say. >> mostly the good stuff. next an amazing story about president obama. >> it was this past summer when

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>> reporter: and playing the title role in the new movie, michael b. jordan. so michael, you are playing the role of creed. of course, apollo creed's son. stuff of movie legend. what did you do to prepare? did you feel the pressure? >> a little bit. not so much because i had sylvester stallone in my corner and literally took the pressure off of me to not compete and compare with anything that he did 40 years ago but have your own legacy and kind of do your own thing. physically, i felt the pressure. they did such a great job back with carl weathers and sly. they were cut to a t. me and my trainer wanted to set the bar pretty high. >> helping jordan transform into the role of creed, rocky balboa himself, sylvester stallone. >> he knows movie boxing better than everybody else. if you have to telegraph this and that. he really connected the dots between real boxing and on screen boxing. >> reporter: all of the boxing resulted in a sculpted physique that scored him a cover shoot

there's a reason why you're on the cover of "men's fitness." >> i am on the cover. did you see that? >> i did see that. a lot of people have seen that. >> i'm super proud of that. >> what did it take to get to that point? >> extreme diet change. i stripped down my diet completely. grilled chicken, brown rice. broccoli and a lot of water. i worked out two or three times a day, six days a week. if you do that consistently for about ten months, your body will change. >> we'll look just like you? >> thing like me i think just a little bit. >> thank you. amy robach, abc news, new york. grilled chicken and broccoli. >> how about a nice cheese steak? you're supposed to be from philadelphia. >> cheese steak. >> cheese steak. those abs looked good, didn't they? a little known fact about rocky, do you know it was shot in 28 days? that robe he wears it was a mistake by the wardrobe department. he freestyled that line the baggy robe. >> just accidentally. >> yes.

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good morning. i'm kendis gibson. >> i'm reena ninan. here are some of the top headlines we're following this morning on "world news now." brussels is on lockdown for a fourth day amid warnings of a possible terror attack. a suspect wanted in the attacks was last seen there. meanwhile a suicide vest has been found in a paris suburb. where signals from his cell phone were picked up. >> the state department has alert. u.s. citizens are urged to be vigilant because known terror groups and copycats continue to plan attacks. the warning comes during the the two men have been arrested for the murder of a pastor's wife in indianapolis. police say the suspects were burglarizing homes but amanda blackburn was shot in the back

of the head. there's a hearing this morning. and donald trump facing fresh scrutiny this morning for another claim he's making about what he says he witnessed during the 9/11 terror attacks in new york city. those are some of our top stories on this tuesday, november 24th. from abc news, this is "world news now." good morning, everyone. we begin this half hour with new developments and the international manhunt for the alleged eighth suspect in the paris terror attacks. >> he was last seen in brussels, belgium where a lockdown is in its fourth day. abc's matt gutman is in brussels. >> reporter: the most wanted man in the world, salah abdeslam, still on the run and a new mystery. authorities believe he is not alone. turned up in a suburb of paris,

ten days later. the question, did it belong to salah abdeslam? the night after the attacks, authorities say his cell phone signal was pinging in the very same suburb. as the hunt for that eighth attacker and his accomplices continues, the belgian prime minister extending that alert of an imminent possible terror attack for another week. brussels, the seat of nato, on lockdown. s.w.a.t. teams in masks swarming the neighborhood of molenbeek. among the arrested, a fourth man linked to the paris attacks from this one belgian neighborhood. we watched some of those raids unfold, embedding with a brussels police officer. >> we're under siege. >> reporter: under siege. it's a war, my friend. >> reporter: driving right up to those road blocks. this whole city is on lockdown. everywhere you go, you see police officers with masks, machine guns. army. >> yes. >> reporter: the center city on lockdown. police warning us -- >> if we start shooting, you're in the cross fire. >> reporter: investigators also confirming that a second bomber, this man, infiltrated europe, posing as a refugee. registering in the greek island

so many of those s.w.a.t. raids happened right here in this neighborhood neighborhood. four of the attackers lived within blocks of where i'm standing. at the end of this square lived the last fugitive right next to the police station. matt gutman, abc news, brussels. >> next that new warning for american travellers as the busiest travel week of the year gets under way. u.s. cities on heightened alert this morning. new york conducted drills, practicing what to do in the event of a suicide attack. the los angeles airport preparing, as well. security stepped up at transportation centers all across the country. groups overseas. >> we are and we continue to be and we have been concerned about copycat-like attacks. >> the state department says the alert is not based on any specific intelligence about an imminent attack. it is not meant to stop americans they say from traveling, just to make sure they exercise vigilance. >> the fight against isis is the

washington for the french president. francois hollande meets with president obama today. he's urging a more coordinated effort to battle sifs but he's likely to leave disappointed. that's because president obama has indicated he does not plan to dramatically change u.s. goals in iraq and syria. >> speaking of the president, is he vowing to get to the bottom of reports that intelligence reports on isis where is -- were actually doctored. at issue is whether analysts at central command or centcom as it's known painted a more optimistic picture of u.s. victories over the terror group. >> i don't want intelligence shaded by politics. i don't want it shaded by the desire to tell a feel good story. we can't make good policy unless we've got good accurate, hard headed clear-eyed intelligence. >> the head of centcom says he never ordered or suggested that reports be altered to sweeten the intelligence. the governor of indiana is facing a federal lawsuit over his attempts to block syrian refugees from settling in the

republican mike pence suspended the resettlement of syrians following the paris attack. the lawsuit says that violates the equal protection clause of the constitution because indiana accepts refugees from other countries. >> police in new orleans have arrested a man for a shooting that grabbed national headlines. kill a medical student who saw a crime being committed and then he stopped to help. abc's rhinowens is in new orleans this morning. >> reporter: surveillance video shows 25-year-old peter gold, a fourth-year medical student at tulane university, as a gunman shoots him in the stomach. watch as the shooter tries to finish him off with at least two shots to the head. his gun jams and the aspiring doctor lives. >> his courage is an admirable example of the fact that the citizens of new orleans are not going to turn a blind eye to crime. >> reporter: at 4:00 friday morning, surveillance cameras

catch a young woman stumbling alone down a new orleans street. watch as the gunman approaches. moments later, you can see him dragging the woman towards his suv. enter the medical student. there's gold's car. watch as he spots the trouble and races the wrong way down a one-way street to confront the gunman. 21-year-old euric cain is charged with attempted murder. new orleans police say he's confessed to shooting the good samaritan. dr. gold, a title we certainly think he's earned is recovering in the hospital behind me. his family says he's in guarded condition. that woman he helped escape, she has only minor injuries and it might not surprise you to find out, dr. gold's friends say he's the kind of guy who always has your back. ryan owens, abc news, new orleans. authorities are investigating laser strikes that hit planes near love field in dallas on sunday night. seven were inbound southwest airlines flights. the other was a private plane according to federal aviation

administration. the laser pointing appeared to come from the same area about four miles north of the airport. the faa says at least one southwest pilot reported a minor eye injury. a man in georgia suffered severe ankle injuries after stealing a coors light truck from a convenience store while the driver was making a delivery. he fled police in the truck. then without putting the truck in park he jumped out. he tried to run away. the truck ran over his leg. it ran over his leg causing the injuries that we mentioned. by the way, the guy accused in the heist of the truck, his last name is miller. >> of course. >> first name is not -- last name is not light though. >> was his first name bud? >> there you go. did he at least get to have a beer? >> doesn't seem like it. >> poor guy. a man in florida was in the spirit for the new "star wars" movie. we thank him but he used his costume for the wrong reason. there he is dressed as darth vader holding up a convenience store at gunpoint. he demanded money from the clerk

who fought him off by hitting him with a jar of ranch dressing. the locals and authorities really didn't know what to make of the whole thing. >> people are really paranoid. you know? but i didn't think nothing of it because nothing's ever happened in this area. >> in all of my years of experience, it was something to look at, i'll just say that. >> the guy in the darth vader costume was tracked down and arrested. he's charged with armed robbery and other counts. i guess we can chalk one up for the force. >> oh, boy. >> who needs a lightsaber when you've got ranch dressing. florida. >> i know, my home state. here's something that could spoil your family outing. a shark feeding frenzy just off the beach. a woman who shot this video says her four children were scared at first but then they actually enjoyed the unique experience of seeing the sharks outside the aquarium. >> guess where this was, panama

>> good times in florida. >> figure there were 50 to 60 of them there. the music did sound like this also. so excited. right there, one of them almost beached himself. >> see, florida. just buy a ticket, come down. we provide the entertainment. >> and the snacks clearly. >> all right. >> coming up expert money saving turn off the furnace this winter. black friday. do you really need to get in line now to get the deepest discounts on holiday gifts? >> and later the hottest holiday toys the kids of all ages will want to find under the christmas tree. courtesy of our toy mom insider. >> but in great falls tonight at 7:00 p.m., rudolph the red nosed at the mansfield theater. quoting here, fun for the whole family. >> "world news now" weather. t you have yeah, so?

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police in philadelphia are searching for this suspect. he was captured on surveillance footage appearing to steal packages delivered to an apartment building. the suspect was also seen taking a bicycle. police say the alleged thief was hitting the building three times already this month. tenants have been alerted about the thefts. it's that time of year. got to watch out. >> we have black friday a few days away. americans will soon be seeing a sharp uptick in package deliveries. >> with walmart starting its cyber-monday sales a day early the pressure is on for other retailers to roll back the prices. even before the thanksgiving turkey is cooked. who better to tell us about it, our rebecca jarvis. >> reporter: shoppers already camping out. these in montclair, california, hoping to be the first in line for the black friday sales rush. but this year, even less reason to trade in your turkey for a tent. >> a lot of retailers now are matching their in-store deals with online promotions, so, you don't have to worry about going to the store and finding that

elusive tv. >> reporter: adobe crunching the numbers on 55 million different products at 4,500 different retailers, finding the best day to shop for jewelry is thanksgiving. for clothes, thanksgiving and christmas. for toys, next monday. and on electronics, like tvs, early this week is the best time to find a deal, followed by thanksgiving and black friday. >> if you missed something on black friday, don't worry, there's cyber monday, cyber sunday, there are deals all season. >> reporter: and if you're planning to hit the stores, two apps you want to load up onto your phone. shop savvy and red laser. these will help you comparison shop, so you are guaranteed to get the very best deal. rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. got to get my paw patrol play set. going to sign up for monday. >> i got to get my cabbage patch. still waiting from the '80s for. so the best day to shop for jewelry thanksgiving.

if only tiger woods had followed that on that thanksgiving. >> look at you. >> too soon for that joke? but really. these are all your diamonds. reena, reena. >> thank you. >> i am broke. >> i hope you got that paw patrol for me so i don't have to get it myself. >> i got you a whole lot. >> you know what they also say, you do have to watch out, a good piece of advice, watch out for sometimes stores try to unload their old stock items with sales. so you got watch out. >> i still take the old tvs. >> you don't mind old tvs? that's why your picture quality is never any good. >> coming up, gift ideas for kids. >> we'll check out some of the year's hottest toys from muppet puppets to lightsabers. these are things you haven't heard about i bet. next on "world news now."

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you're in luck. you're in luck. we've got toy insider mom lori schacht here with the hottest toys this holiday season. welcome back. >> there are toys this year that fit every budget and for every child. we're going to look at really basic toys. there's a lot of great hi-tech stuff. look what we're starting with, puppets which by the way just became part of the toy hall of fame. look at these beautiful puppets. i'm going to give you kermit. i'll take miss piggy. these are made by madame alexander. they're great because they encourage imaginative play with the kids. these are beautiful. they're all detailed. and now everyone can bring the muppets home. >> that's great. >> right? do you like it? >> miss piggy, i take you back. i take you back. >> all right. >> so what's going to happen is everyone is going to fall in love with the new movie "the good dinosaur." would you please pull his arm? >> wow. >> this is our t-rex galloping butch. watch what else he does. he gallops.

i'm holding him. and, of course, some movie phrases. kids will love this movie. i believe it's going to be a real tear jerker for some parents. >> barbie has been about everything you could imagine. equestrian. take a look at this. >> wow. >> off she goes on her horse. >> oh, my gosh. this is like we have the remote control car for boys and now we've got barbie. >> this is our saddle and ride she's beautiful. we still have the hair play. we have beautiful hair on the horse and, of course, her horse takes her for a lovely ride. >> it's a new generation of barbie. >> i love play sets. play sets encourage imagination. they play for hours. flipsies. each set is a two in one. this one comes with clementine. this is her birthday party that she's at. baker. so watch what happens. all we do is we start moving

things around. we twist. we turn. we turn this into her bakery and we have clementine right here. there are smart points on this. when we put her down, she'll talk to us. >> that is cute. >> it is really cute. >> that's very cute. >> when her friends are with her, they can talk to each other. you put them on the smart points and they'll be talking to each other. >> you buy the friends separately. >> or you can buy a lot of different sets. this is one set but there's a whole line of them. >> how much is this? >> this is about $44. >> okay. >> yeah. >> everyone is waiting for "the force awakens" coming out in december. 3.0. all about "star wars." we can still play games with our favorite characters. kids are going to love this. they're going to be able to go into this world and drive authentic "star wars" vehicles. to be able to play with lightsabers. it's awesome. i'm going to come over here. i want to talk to you about

>> all right. >> so every kid loves to -- look at you getting into it. you love it. look at this. this is called the blade builders. now not only can you play with lightsabers, you can customize your own. >> where were you halloween, lori? this is fantastic. >> so look what we can do. and kids will have a lot of fun customizing their own. you can get more pieces. you can add to it. and you have now, look at you how powerful you are. you turned it off. turn it back on. >> just that easy. okay. this is fantastic. this would be great on the show when the producers don't listen to what i'm saying. just whip this out from under the desk. i'm so grateful that my son is sleeping right now because this will be the gift that he would want this christmas. >> that's exactly the one he's going to want. >> even though he was darth vader. you have the best ideas. all you've said under $65, right? >> yes. >> toy inside mom lori schacht. what great ideas. for more information on these

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i always look at that to see how old i'm getting. i don't know the artist. according to this year's winter forecast in the old farmer's almanac, this winter is expected to be super cold with many areas seeing a slew of snow. >> thankfully, fuel prices are down. there are also still ways to cut

>> meet the vaughn family of barrington, rhode island. parents brian and amanda love their new home but say the frigid new england winters are putting a freeze on their savings. >> the heating last year was quite a surprise. >> a surprise indeed. their yearly gas and electric bills totaling more than $3700. >> it's a lot of money. >> wow. >> to dial down some of the costs we brought in expert ben bixby. >> are you guys ready to save some money? >> absolutely. >> first up he says hunt for hidden cracks and holes in your house. that's where 25 to 40% of the average home's warmth leaks outs. >> some leaks are harder to find. others are easier to find. like when you have a big hole in the floor there. >> reporter: ben says pay special attention to the windows in your laundry room where we find a hole. >> every time you turn your dryer on you're creating negative pressure pulling more air into the house. >> reporter: the fix, fill it up with $10 foam sealant. don't overlook thin areas you might not be able to see but are still costing you money like

behind radiators. using a thermal camera, you can see the dark area where heat is getting out. we install reflective backing to direct some of the heat back into the room. going to save you probably $48 each and every year. >> reporter: finally buy a smart thermostat from honeywell or one from nest. in addition to controlling it with your smartphone, it monitors your family's heating habits and automatically turns off when not needed, even if you forget. >> just this winter alone, we expect you're going to see over0 in savings. >> the up front cost of these improvements about 275 bucks. but over five years, ben says the vaughn family could be snuggling up to more than $1400 in savings. gio benitez, abc news, new york. >> oh. it is cold. i'm going to get my -- >> the effect is better when there's snow, guys. there we go. thank you.

>> that is great. i'd much prefer they made it