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wanten man for the murder of a tennessee police officer. cook had been on the run for nearly a week. they found him while searching a resdns resdns just aff off the kentucky highway. cook was wounded during a shootout and pronounced dead at the scene. no officers were injured. and the senate passes a budget deal which extends the debt ceiling until 2017. and 18 republicans joining all democrats and voting yes. the house passed their version on thursday as john boehner's quote cleaning out the barn before paul ryan takes over. so the relationship used to be similar to mentor and proet

jay. jeb is dealing with a fallout where his attack on rubio ended up being a big swing and miss. and donors are taking notice. >> reporter: you told donors today that you're going to get better on this. what are you going to do to get better at this? >> we have eight more debates. and i'm going to have to do what other candidates do which is brutally interrupt and not answer the questions asked. and hopefully the debate moderators will ask more substantive questions as well. >> senator marco rubio is on the rise but he has his own problems as bush brought up during the debate, his low senate attendance record hads him in the bull's-eye.

huks puto compare himself to barack obama and senator mccain. >> reporter: jeb bush, now forced to answer whether today marked the beginning of the end for his campaign or the beginning of the a comeback. >> we have the most money, the greatest organization. we're doing fine. >> reporter: bush on defense after what many viewed as a dismal debate night and a punch that didn't land. >> you can campaign or just resign and let someone else doing the job. >> i don't recall you ever complaining about senator mccain's record. >> reporter: he again put his one time proet sha on notice, sticking with a strategy that's now agitating supporters. >> they're not going to like a personal argument coming out of

>> i don't believe washington should be our master. >> reporter: but donors could defect if something doesn't change soon. >> you never want to answer questions about whether your campaign is on life support or not. >> reporter: the calls coming after months of falling fortunes. the six month slide taking a toll on his attitude. >> i got a lot of really cool things i could do other than sit around being miserable. >> reporter: shifting folkes to new hampshire where bush picked up a key establishment indorsement. and establishing a confidence he hopes supporters will feel. >> reporter: this is peter alexander in washington where ted cruz fresh off a commanding debate performance is looking to make his next stand. abruptly post poning a campaign

back for a bipartisan deal. and roughly a million dollars each last night. and cruz launched a missile. >> ben carson, can you do mouth? >> reporter: a conservative war cheered on by the republican crowd. >> it's all the mainstream media media. >> reporter: they called on chris christie to drop out and his response, i can't read, i don't have a subscription. i'm not going anywhere. >> we have people out of work, we have isis and al qaeda attacking us and we're talking about fantasy football. can we stop. sfwlrks >> reporter: carly fiorina tried to gain

trump complimenting bush today. >> we were laughing at each other last night. >> reporter: both campaigns claiming steady performances, unlikely to shake up the race. >> trump is not in any sort of trouble. he's still the republican party's frontrunner, still the one to beat. >> that was nbc's peter alexander and hally jackson reporting. we have images from a near disaster at florida's fort lauderdale airport. 21 people were injured evacuating the plane but luckily none of the injuries were serious. here with more. >> reporter: passengers on other planes caught the dramatic scene on video. a airline jet on fire at fort lauderdale's hollywood airport. the plane was fully loaded with fuel and according to the faa,

reported seeing fuel leaking. >> anytime you have a fully fuelled aircraft with an engine fire. fire and fuel do not mix. >> reporter: soon afterward, the plane's left engine caught fire. at least two emergency chutes were deployed. >> we got out and start running to the grass as far away from the airplane as possible. >> reporter: nearly two dozen people were transported from the scene for treatment. most are believed to have been injured during the quick evacuation and not by the fire. >> this was an incident versus a disaster. >> although, fire crews had the fire under control in less than 10 minutes. delaying 219 flights and causing over a dozen cancellations.

carolina with just a few regularly scheduled flights each week. there is a big question that still needs an answer this morning. how did an manned military blimp get away, causing havoc along the way. >> reporter: shotgun blasts in the pennsylvania countryicide, side. to let the last of the helium escape and then the delicate job of cutting it out of the trees. the mile-long tether that snagged utility lines, causing 30,000 to lose power, also cut into the sections and carted away. >> it's very steep terrain down there, there's a stream and it's heavily wooded. >> reporter: it may take military helicopters to lift the

report the blimp cost $235 million. a test program for a 360-degree airborne radar. but it was turned off in april and never spotted a protester flying a gyrocopter to capital hill and they still can't explain how it got free and travelled across pennsylvania. and coming down here of all places, where the amish still spurn all things modern. we also have a big recall to tell you about today. 300,000 accords. the airbags can be deployed without being in a crash. if a door is quote forcefully slam would the ignition on, the side airbags could deply. they're aware of 19 minor injuries resulting from the

faulty airbags. a sky diver was jumping out of the plane when his suit got caught on the step, leaving him dangling in the air. he hung upside down for nearly 30 minutes. he was finally able to reach a knife, freeing himself. he pulled the reserve chute and made a safe landing. and remarkably, his only injury was a cut on his hand. sumoan biels, she has done it again, the 18-year-old from texas won her third consecutive title. she was able to overcome a misstep on the balance beam by landing the best vault in the night. she edged out gabby douglas who finished in second. congratulations to her. now let's get a little check of the weather. it's halloween eve.

theolympics. >> did you mention halloween? that's what everyone wants to know. here comes the next storm and this is going to bring a lot of wet weather in the south. we are clear as could be along the eastern sea board today. ohio valley, and great lakes, no problem at all. still fine in the east coast. rain, light rain from saint lieues to lieu lewis and chicago. we will dry out in dallas and san antonio. as we get into the trick or treating forecast for halloween night, this green strip will be headed into areas exiting memphis late in the evening and all the way down to louisiana and especially mississippi. a lot of our favorite spots like sleepy hollow, new york and skull head georgia. and finally as we start in

november, on sunday, that rain is in the southeast as we dry it out in areas of the midwest. now a closer look at the day ahead. so, showers and thunderstorms today. it will be hit and miss during the afternoon hours from dallas to san antonio and houston, to the north, showers breaking out around wichita. so, many treats, not too many tricks. >> we like that forecast. thank you very much. finding out how a dancing cop managed to defuse a tense situation while getting president obama's attention. we have that coming up. plus, the pats are playing like they have a chip on their shoulder this season and

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colleges designating official halloween costume consultants. they check to see if their costumes are politically correct. these flyers have the names and numbers of five officials they can contact. all right, so lots of thrills and chills are in store this weekend no doubt but what's the science behind the fear factor? katy zachary explains. >> reporter: you either love halloween or you run from it. for those that thrive on the tlilz thrills, we wanted to know why. >> at face value it seems counterintuitive to embrace things that are fearful. some of it has to do with the release of the chem km ical in the brain called dope mean. and that sense of reward

more of the same. >> reporter: in the weeks leading up to the holiday, the pen tensionry and people line the block for it. james aiken says they see more people from this location than any other time of year. >> people with medical conditions, heart attacks. people who pass out just because they're scared. it's something called avatal response. you drop your blood pressure and pass out. and just collapse. >> goodness. the white house will host its trick or treat event for local military families and it won't be scary. it's an annual event.

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