some of it coming down was the size of eggs. there was large hail and strong winds in the el paso, texas area. the storms in the region are far from over. justin povick at accuweather has more. good morning. >> rina and phillip, thanks and good morning to you. very concerning what's going on over the south plains with the potential for flash flooding in very heavy rainfall and mind you, this is an area that has been in a drought for the past couple of months. heavy rains will continue here through texas into the weekend. we also have patritiousia which is making its move off to the north and west bending back into mexico as a hurricane. later on this week. reena and phillip, back to you. >> thank you, justin. hands fe technology is appaparently not the ultimate solution for distracted driving. a new study found it t can tak 27 seconds for a drive using voice commands to regain full alertness. researchers say people blew

calls and traveled the length of three football fields all because their text or call was still on their mind. the aaa study also found the type of system in your car also impacted the distraction. >> u.p.s. has agreed to return more than $4 million to settle accusations over overchargingng. the lawsuit was brought by government customers in 14 states claiming they paid premium prices for overnight deliveries that did not arrive on time. the suit also charged that u.p.s. employees falsified delivery records preventing customers from getetting refunds. that's not cool. >> huh-uh. what is cool, the nfl week seven, that gets under way tonighthich basically that means there's sti a long, long wayo go before the super bowl. but preparations for that day are well under way. >> case in point, kitten bowl 3. it was filmed yesterday here in new york, plentnty of cute kittens running around in kitten sized stadium. they were climbing on the

footballs haveing a great time and looking for dan harris. he loves cats. >> the kitten bowl is meant as a way ofetting these cats into permanent homes. it will air on the hallmark channel on february 7th. that is the day of the super bowl. >> they are very cute. i'd love to adopt all of this em. >> that's such a great idea. they had the puppy bowl for a while and now heavy got the kitten bowl. >> sprea the love. i'd like that one. >> it's a great cause. peel yourself away from the game at alftim i guess so able to check it out. >> sounds good. coming up in "the skinny," the time travelers from "back to the future" a little confused about 2015. their laughs with jimmy kimmel. >> also ahead, the science of fear. take a trip inside a university laboratory dedicated to scaring people. could fright actually be good for you? >> but first a real-life scare for a woman trapped in her car for six days after anaccident. her crippling injuries and her lawsuit against an automaker. that's after a look at today's

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the single mother of four writing on an umbrella, "need doctor, hurt and bleeding." how do you survive that? >> the sheer wilto live. hoping to see my kids again. >> reporter: her lawsuit just filed alleges that the power steering and electronic stability control failed. >> we think that had these failures not occurred, then this crash wouldn't have happened. >> reporter: in fact, gm has issued safety recalls for the same problems she alleges she had with the 2009 malibu, but she says, she got her first recall letter from gm nearly three months after her accident. the second, just weeks ago. what is your message now to gm? >> basically, why did this happen? >> reporter: and now gm tes us it is taking this very, very seriously but they want to look at that car to see what happened and why. reena and phillip. >> thank you so much for that.

taller because of the prosthetic legs and while she's going through this rehabilitation, her kids are sent to live with her ex-husband while she's recovering. >> that must be hard. >> solutely. >> hard to do. her attorney apparently sayaying they hope maybe this teaches gm a lesson not to wt so long to issue a recall. >> maybe it will. coming up, khloe kardashian and lamar odom rethinking their divorce. >> and the actress w is calls out a magazine for how they photoshop her figure. "the skinny" is next. "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations.there are oceans and rocks. places where fish swim and birds fly. history is made. art is created. things happen that should always be remembered. heroes emerge. a woman sets people free. a man makes light. a leader steps fororward. it can be a place, a feeling, a state of mind. so get up.

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skny, so skinny >> kim kardashian celebrated her 35th birthday yesterday with a surprise bash thrown by kanye. >> one guest was notably absent, her sister khloe. she remains by lamar odom side as he recovers from an overdose. >> yesterday they put a divorce onhold. khloe's attorney successfully petitioned the county court to yo their divorce papers. >> they filed in 2013 but remain legally married. khloe has had to make his medical decisions while he was in aoma for four days. he is reportedly still on dialysis but is recovering which is great news. >> so many people really pulling

happy to see they're back together. love can conquer all. >> zendaya is known for her advocacy for positive body imag she's speaking out once again after discovering how a major fashion magazine photoshoped her body. she's only 19 years old and t the actress landed covover of modeliste magazines and shocked to learn her thighs and torso ha have been photoshoped to look thinner. >> she release the before and after shots. these are the things that make women self-conscious and create the unrealistic ideals of beauty we have and thanked the magazine for pulling the manipulated images. >> way to go for her for putting the pressure on the cover and saying that's not my body because most people wouould not do that. >> that's darn right. you get a chance to be in a magazine, photoshop all you want. definitely giving a better view for all the young women out there. >> yesterday was "back to the

future" day. the day marty mcfly andoc brown ralphed to the future. last night on jimmy kimmel they made it from hill valley in 1985 to brooklyn. >> having just time traveled 30 years they were confused and disappointed with our apparent la of development in the time being. >> apparently, the technological and cultural achievements of this era are somewhat underwhelming. >> smile. >> what is this? >> this is -- i'm taking a selfie with you guys. this is how we document important life events now that happen. >> that was a great moment. >> yep. >> also guests on the show last night was democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders who earlier in the evening had a cnce to talk about the future with the man who knows best, of course, doc brown. >> some similarities there. >> that's a cool picture.

and bernie sanders he might be getting some competition from a new candidate. >> at last night's 30th anniversary screening here in new york, our skinny street team hit the red carpet and caught up with goldie wilson, theoung diner worker from "back to the future" who ended up mayor of hill valley and we got the exclusive on his campaign policy. >> as the mayor of hill valley in the future, i wanted to reign supreme over track i isss in t air. progress is my middle name. honesty, decency, integrity. vote for goldie >> heard it here first, folks. vote for goldie.. progress is his middle name. if you we banking on biden, you've got to just go with goldie. >> there's some room in the race now. and did you enjoyour "back to the future" day. >> i loved that movie, everything about it. too bad it's over. cubs didn't win. >> all right.

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this time of year, plenty of us love to get creeped ouout. and if you ever wondered why biologicalal. abc's nick watt spent some time with researchers andnds it turns out, getting scared might actually be good for you aah. >> repororter: why oh, why, do we do this to ourselves? the answer might lurk right here. let's rewind. >> let's get this over with. >> nice to see you. >> hi. >> reporter: i'm in a makeshift lab in a basement of the scare hoe, halloween attraction with two university of pittsburgh scientist who thinketting scared might actually be good for us. so i'm a guinea pig in your experiment. >> absolutely or you will be once you sign this consent form.

>> then a series of prestress tests including holding hands with one of the scientists while listening to ugly noises. they've been wiring up a few volunteers like me. i'm going in. >> no, no, no, no, no, no. >> i jumped so hard, i pulled my finger monitor off. i'm not sure it survived or is going to take many good readings. this place is only open 24 days a year and the run up who halloween has amazing sets and 100 actors and margin i kerr one of the designers of this terror fest who just wrote a book aly named "scared." >> our thinking brain is taking a break. all of the worry and concern gets pushed to the side because our body wants to prioritize things that help us survive. >> i didn't flinch at all with the noises. i should be more chilled because i've just been scared half to

death. this really might be good for us, and that's why we do it. >> hi. happy halloween. nick watt, abc news, pittsburgh, pennsylvania. >> oh! >> no thank you. no thank you. my brain can take breaks in other ways. >> wow into look, it's already getting weird. >> it's pretty spooky. it's getting very weird. this earthquake that's happening. > starting to get the fear. >> i think our eyes are going to be killeby this light right here. >> there you go. no possible way we're going to be able to read what's in front of us. thanks a lot, guys. >> i've just been blinded by the light. >> i have no idea. go to social media. you know what it is. i can't see anymore. >> scary. scary stuff. this is abc's "world news

two decades. good morning. i'm phillip mena. >> i'm reena ninan. here's top headlines we're following this morning. polices in albuquerque have arrested tony torrez and charged him with murder in a case of deadly road rage that left a 4-4-year-oldirl dead. details in a moment. >> bowing out, joe biden decides not to run for president removing a potential obstacle for hillary clinton. the vice president said he was ready to run after grieving the death of his son but it was now simply too late. a new government study finds nearly 10% of u.s. adults say ththeyse maine. that's doubling the number of users in the last decade. researchers say the trend reflects an increasingly permissive view about the drug. >> and thanks to their win over the cubs las night, the mets are heading tohe world series for the firstst time in 1 15 years. new york's daniel murphy made history hitting a home run for

the sixth strait postseason game. the mets will face either the royals or the blue jays, those are some of our top stories on this thursday, october 22nd. frombc news, thiis "world news now." >> good morning to you. breaking news from albuquerque where police have charged a man in a case of deadly road rage. >> 4-year-old lilly garcia was a passenger in her father's fruk when she was sho and later died from her injuries. abc's elizabeth hur has details. >> reporter: seeking justice for lilly garcia, police asked the public for help identifying her killer. described as a white or hispanic man in his mid 20s to early 30s. last seen driving a dark red toyota sedan with a spoiler and tinted winds. shortly after makinghe plea police say tips led detective to this. >> they observed a subject that appeared to match the identity

the car pulled over without incident. and the individual w was taken into custody and detained. >> the daughter is not conscious. she's going to be 4 years of age. >> reporter: police say lilly was sitting with her 7-year-old brother in the back seatt of the truck when the suspect drove up and oped fire. lilly's father saw her bleeding and pulled over. >> there's an adult holding what los like an unresponsive chide. >> need the freeway shut down. >> reporter: for hours police shut down the busy highway sweeping the area for the susuected gunman to no avail. >> we still need tips. >> a go fund me page has been set up to pay for her funeral and police continue to ask anyone withnowledge of the shooting to do the right thing. >> i cannot imagine being the father of little lilly and to have your child in your hands under such circumstances is going to live with that father for the rest of his life.

>> reporter: but late wednesday, police announced their search i now over. and her killer was under arrest. now, on the phone, lilly's pare told abc news lilly just started school two days ago adding she was very bright, she was very smart and she is was his world. reena and phillip, back to you into thanks so much, elizabeth more breaking news from albuquerque. a police officer is fighting for his life after being shot multiple times during a traffic stop. policeay the shooter remains at large. they have urged residents in the area to stay inside with doors and windows locked. the suspect is considered armed and dangerous. that officer has been on the force for eight yes. the new yorkolice department is also being rocked by a tragic shooting. the suspect in the killing of an nypd officer was arraigned last night in a courtroom packed with cops. career criminal tyrone howard is charged with first degree murder. with more on the death of the

davis. >> reporter: gunshots and grief captured o on policeadio. >> 10-4, i got a cop down! >> repeporter: pying out in real time, a police chase and shootout that claims the life of new york police officer randolph holder. his partner breathless and in distress. >> my partner is down! >> reporter: it started out as a gunfight between rival gangs tuesday night. >> we heard a bunch of gunshots. it w pretty chaotic. >> reporter: the suspects fled, one of them reportedly stealing a bike at gunpoint. holder spots the suspect, tyrone howard. and then, an exchange of gun fire. >> a recovered firearm with blood on it and a bicycle. >> reporter: holder suffers a fatal bullet in the forehead. >> four police officers murdered in 11 months. that's about as bad as it gets. >> reporter: as his body left the hospital, dozens of officers silently saluted holder, a third generation police officer. >> he should have been closing on a house in the next month. all of those dreams are down the drain. >> reporter: police say the

previously convicted of a drug charge and released from jail early and after a recent drug bust, a judge opted to put him in rehab instead of behind bars. linsey davis, abc news, new york. the surviving brother in that upstate new york church beating has given a pubc account of what happened. christopher leonard says he was first purged in the stomach by a church membmber. then his parents and half sister attacked him. he wasas then placed in another om with ear plugs so he quinton hear what was going on. whene returned his brother was not breathing. > hours from now hillary clinton goes before the benghazi committee on capital. she will face tough questions from seven republicans and five democrats about the biggest crisis she faced as secretary of state. four americans including the u.s. ambsadorr died in the bekz attack. republicans say they are pressing for new information. clinton supporters say the gop is playing politics.

met with syria's bashar al assad at the kremlin. it was his first known trip outside syria since the civil war in his country began four years ago. they discussed russia's air campaign over syria in a meeting the white house is causing unproductive. >> six more people arreste in connection with the prison escape of mexican drug lard joaquin "el chapo" guzman. one man identifieded as the mastermi of the jail break and another believed to be his brother-in-law acced of supervising the mile long tunnel used as an escape route. two dozen employees are also facing charges. the vatican is denying a report that the pope is in ill health saying he's perfect. italian newspaper reported pope francis has a small but curable brain tumor. the spokesman called the story mpletely unfounded, irresponsible and inexcusable. some extreme weather right

now after the aftermath of another deadly typhoon in the philippines, the storm roared through on sunday leaving extensive damage and plenty of flooding. the death toll climbed to nearly 40 and expected to go higher as remote areas are accessed. more than 100,000 people were foed out of their homes. this was the 12th major storm to hit the philippines this year. in the southwestern u.s., hail was a problem in new mexico. in some areas hail was -- there was hail storms and winds in the el p paso, tex area. the region is in for more extreme weather because of a tropical storm system. justin povick at accuweather has the details into thanks and good morning to you. once again, we're tracking the tropics in the latest on patricia has it moving off to the north and west and again, this could cause some major flash flooding roughout mexico, eventually some of the rains getting pulled off to the

and even before that happens, we are concerned about major flash flooding from dallas north and westbound thursday through saturday. reena and phillip, back to you into justin, thankyou. here's one for the dumb criminals file comes to us from houston. >> a couple of guys tried to rip off coach's sports bar and grill afafter breing through the door. they tried to get into the atm but would could not, one of them falling over trying. they also tried to to take down a big tv but ultimately they failed. >> crazy, scary. i mean you just don't think it's ever going to happen at a place at you work or anything ta that you're associated with. >> whe i saw the guy fall, i thought it couldn't happen to a better person. >> one of the cros he was nice enough to look straight into the security camera. while he was behind the bar. now you try to cover your face. there you go. coaches, that establishment are offering $1,000 for information

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long island high school's computer system. officials saying daniel suarez used his cyber skills to boost grades for himself and a friend as well as access class schedules of hundreds of other students. his alleged accomplices eric vaseman and alex mosquera, all 17 years old suarez the alleged mastermindnd now facing charges including burglary, computer tampering a identit theft. some now calling him a modern day ferris bueller. >> i've got it right here in front of me. he has missed nine days. >> i asked for a car. i got a computer. >> but officials say this is no laughing matter. the school distrt confirming types of information that may have been viewed include student id numbers, name, address, contact information, and student schedules.

to be done and hee maintai his innocence. >> mara schiavocampo abc news new york. >> the teens all plead the not guilty and have been released on bond. if convivicted he faces up to seven years behind bars. >> the other two looking up to four years in prison. the school district says they have beefed up security since the breach. you're smart enough to pull that off, you're smart enough to do what you got to do the right way. >> a lot of people feel like they can cheat and get away with it and get ahead. >> excellent example of that not being the case. >> coming up, celebrating back to the future with the people th matter most >> we caught up with all the stars of e films, plus their super fans last night. find out why michael j. fox still prefers the walkman to the ipod. "world news now" continues

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friends with him and that's when lightning g struck. >> i it'ss exciting that people out here that you guys are out here. thank you and you still want to watch the movie and share it with your family. >> it's an iconic family and words can't begin to describe how amazing it is. >> marty, yeah. i'm just visiting just for a couple hours. >> i hear there's a secret that nike's going to really come out with those shoes. >> are those the self-lacing nikes? >> fashion that is -- that yoyou wish. i'm still into the big hair. check it out! big hair. not giving it up. >> my kids makeeun of me when i talk about the ipod. i call it a walkman. and they areike roll their eyes. >> walkman were advanced technology. >> you have to rewind it.

>> thank you. >> that was already cool. >> hover boards. i mean, we just drove here from brooklyn from the kimmel show. took us an hour. an hour and 15 minutes. hover board i could have been here in about ten. >> probably the hover board. i like the hover board. >> you've got the fh tail design i see. >> i don't know. i'm not going to open it. just going to have to guess about it. i'm curious but at the same time i'm not trying to open it. >> it probably tass terrible if it's from back ther >> definitely. it's perfect still. >> the delorean is a legendary vehicle in my mind. that's a key player. >> if you could ask doc one question, what would it be? >> how does it feel too know so much from so many different time periods? >> what caused him to slip and bump his head because had he not slipped and fallen, he never would have comome up with a flux capacitor.

>> a genius ahead of his time, many times. >> go somewhere on the field, knock the ball out of the hands and let the mets win tonight. >> what do you say to haters of the third movie. >> how could anyone hate -- will the cubs come back from 3-0? >> absolutely. >> it's 2015. there's no reason for it not to happen. it's 2015. >> you have to root for the cubs. >> and strike three called. and the mets are on their way back. >> oh. we got some things right. >> some things. but that was interesting though that the cubs got so close to this premotion or whatever you want to call it. >> the foreign correspondent within me wants to know what doc felt when they got gadhafi. are the libyans still chasing him? >> that we find out in back to the future 4. coming up, saving for the future. >> and you won't need a

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finally this half hour, we're going to take a look at the financial challenge of raising children. >> each little one will cost you an average of a quarter million dollars can until they're 18. that does not even include college. rebecca jarvis has new ways to lock up a secure future for your kids. >> reporter: meet adorable charley massey. the 3-month-old has her future ahead of her. the challenge for mom sharon and dan craig is how to pay for that future. >> you want the best for your kids and you want better for your kids than you had. >> reporter: babies come with considable price tags. according to gornment studies,

child to age 18 is $250,000. fortunately, to helpaby charlie's parents, we knew just who to call. catherine alford, a financial writer and mother of 18-month-old twins who specializes in family finance. >> hi, guys had lou are you today? >> step one says catherine, start an education fund. beyond a 529 plan catherine likes to advise cou to invest in a mutual fund in a child's name. >> the benefit of that is that they can use that money for anything so if they want to go on a trip or study abroad, they can do that. >>. >> reporter: step two, don't splurge on luxuries like too many baby gadgets or annual over the top birthday parties. >> get used to the idea of minimalism. there is so much pressure to have the most amazing it birthday parties in sneb three, consider investing in a rental property. >> the key to buy a home with a 15-year mortgage. by the time they're 18 and going to college, the mortgage is

totally paid for and it just becomes a cash generating operty. >> reporter: real estate can come with downsides notes catherine but it's a risk that can prove worthwhile for a baby's future. rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. >> another reason i don't have any kids. wow. that is something. >> don't let the money hold you back. >> 30% on housing, child care 18%, food another 16%. mom, dad, buy me jordans. >> you know, i always like to factor in grandma. >> look, you're able to figure it out very nicely. >> that's because i live in wnton abby. and i borrow the middleton's

carriage. this morning on "world news now," joe biden's emotional decision. >> why he's not running for president despite personal and political pressure. what fellow candidates are saying now after there long awted campaign move. breaking developments in the road rage case in albuquerque. what pole announced a short while ago after a 4-year-old girl riding in aar was shot and killed. mets victory for the first time in5 years. the team is going to the world series. the exciting moments in chicago and which player made history. and later, oscar's comeback. chris rock returns to host the next academy awards. the humor we can expect from the so-caused mvp of the entertainment world. it is thursday, october 22nd. from abc news, this is "world news now."

good morning, everyone on this thursday. i'm reena ninan. >> i'm phillip mena. we were just talking about the baseball game. >> i'm surprised you made it in. >> well, we stayed upo watch it, that's for sure. people here in new york are obviously excited the mets are moving onto the world series. that's just new york. the rest of the country i think were pulling for the cubs who hadn't won since 2008 and that's going to continue. >> how much did the pulling for the cubs have to do with the back to the future movie? >> it was a convergence which we know did not happen and that combined with the fact they hadn't won for so long of was rooting for them but here in new york m mets fans are happy. we turn now and beg with politics and the end of a political guessing game that has gripped the country for months. joe biden announcing that he e ll not run for president. >> we had bn waiting for this one. will he, won't he. aides close to the president say

esday night simply saying it was too late to launch a successful bid. kenneth woeten has the late jest. >> reporter: still grieving the loss of his son, vice president joe biden says his time to jump into the race has passed. >> it may very well be that that process but the time we get through it, closes the window on mounti a realistic campaign forr preside i've conclude it has closed. >> reporter: he stood with president obama and his wife in the rose garden of the white house but only biden spoke about his decision just a few months after his son beau died. >> beau was our inspiration. unfortunately, i believe we're out of time. >> reporter: getting into the rarace now would have been a major challenge for biden. our new poll shows the vp with 16% i support for the nomination versus hillary clinton's 54%. >> aew weeks ago, it seemed

like there was was a fervor and interest in his candidacy. people aren't sure aut bernie sanders as an alternative. then debate happened. >> reporter: clinton called biden and tweeted she was inspired by his optimism and commitment to change the world for the better. donald trump said biden made the correct decision. >> and frankly i really want to run against hillary. i really do. >> reporter: and more reaction to biden's announcement poured in. the super pac said it was grateful for supporters and bernied saers thanked biden for a lifetime of public service. >> kenneth, thank yo as for the republicans, donald trump is the clear front-runner according to our latest poll. 42% say trump is most likely to win the gop nomination. just 15% say c carson will get it. and43% say trump has the best chance of winning the general election against a democratic opponent. ben carson, jeb bush, marco rubio, ted cruz and carly fiorina are way behind trump. hillary clinton takes a

today to go before the benghazi committee on capitol hill. for the an least eight hours, she will face tough questions from seven republicans and five democrats. about the biggest cririsis she faced as secretary of state. four americans including the u.s. ambassador died in the benghazi attack. republicans say they're pressing for new information. clinton supporters say the gop is playing politics. wikileaks has published what appears to be hacked information from the personal e-mail account of cia director john brennan. the cia is calling the postings a crime. they appareny include his security clearance application when he was seeking a job as white house counter-terrorism advisor. the hacker claims to be a teenager protesting u.s. foreign policy. there's no information it is classified. the case of road rage ended with a 4-year-old girl shot to death. police have arrested tony torrez and charged him with murder after a search rng on tuesday

afternoon. as ryan owens reports, the death of that little gl has rked the entire community to its core. >> reporter: she is the face of the most heartbreaking case of road rage anyone can remember. and word of a possible brereak in her murder. >> there's an adult holding, it looks like an unresponsive child. >> reporter: they also just released this 911 call of a motorist who saw what happened to 4-year-old lilly xwarz garcia. her father just picked her up from her second day of school on tuesday. she and her 7-year-old brother isaac riding in thback of this pickup when lily was shot in the head. >> i cannot imagine being e father of little lily. >> reporter: albuquerque police say lily's father and another driver kept cutting each other off as they were approaching an exit on interstate 40. police say the other driver pulled up next to the family and opened fire. theolice chief is still begging witnesses to come forward. this city coming together to catch a child killer.

so heart breaking and more breaking news from albuquerque. a police officer is fighting for his life after being shot during a track stop. police say the shooter remains at large and they have urged residents in the area to stay inside with doors and windows locked. the suspect considered armed and dangerous. the officer was shot multiple times. he's been on the force for eight years. and here in new york, a suspect in the murder of a police officer has been arraigned. tytyrone howd still limping from a bullet wound to the leg was brought before the judge in a room packed with police. he's been charged with murder in the death of officer randolph holder. the empire state building going blue overnight in the offices memory. according to nasa scientists, the los angeles area is likely to be hit by an earthquake measuring at least a magnitude 5 sometime in the next three years. they based their findings on how the eartsrustas changed by a 5.1 quaking in that same area last march.

ne its own analysis and pegs the probability at 85%. and in the southwest, some extreme weather. hail was the problem in new mexico. some of it coming down was the size of an eg at one point, the storm was so intense it forced some trucks off the road. there was also large hail and strong wind in the el paso, texas area. the storms across the lone star state are far from over. here issious tin pavek at accuweather. >> thanks and good morning to you. it looks like one extreme to the other on the way for the south plains whereas we've been tracking dry conditions and drdrough maj drought, in fact. now we're switching gearser and we're moving it to flash flooding potential. this become a likelihood later on thursday into friday and saturday. two to five inches of rain alone on thursday could cause some rivers to jump out of their banks but i'm po more concerned about the additional rain friday into saturday which is going to

leave somebody with over a foo of water. and then we're also watching the tropics. this is patricia moving off t to the north and west expected to bend back north into mexico and bring a additiona rains into the southern u.s. reena and phillip, back to you. >> thank you. a stinning new study about the use of marin in our country. nearly 10% of u.s. adults more than 22 million people say they use pot those numbers represent a doubling in the number of users in the last decade. researchers say the trend reflects an incasingly permissive view about the drug which ilegal in 23 states for medicinal states. recreational use is legal in four states. new science is revealing why so many of us can't get enough cheese. researchers say cheese is just as addictive as some drugs and it affected the same areas of our brain. one scientist c calls cheese dairy crack.k. i think that's a good te because i think it's true. he says a protein component is

making process and the brain teets it like morphine. i'm also addicted to crack mac and cheese. i wonder what's in that little powdery mix. >> i d't want to know but it is so delicious. >> i also like brie and cheddar. >> we can go on all day with that. munster is great. well, there could be more changes coming to the mcdonald's menu. the company reportedly going to offer $2 for two value menu including items like a small fry and mouble which includes cheese just last month, they launched all day breakfast and a handful of stores now have monster energy drinks on the menu. the turn around players to be working. their stock hit a record high last week. >> i hope you can get a breakfast burrito or something. >> at all hours. all right. youtube is offering a new subscription service. for $10 a month subscribers can watctch videos ad free and save

videos to watch later on their tablet or phone. >> i was watching gwen stefani's new video. >> did you have to sit through ads? >> i did have to. >> sports with reena can only start with one thing. baseball's new national league champion the new york mets. >> big night for mets. we're excited about this one. they were looking to advance to the world series f the first time in ten years, and boy they got right to work in the first. m sorry, it was the first time in 15 years. it been awhile. very long time. lucas duda slamming a three-run home run. next batter travis dar know made it 4-0 with another homer. in the eighth inning, daniel murphy made history crushing a home run for the sixth straight postseason game making it-1. they held on to win 8-3. the mets might either the royals or blue jays in the world series starting next tuesday and to the

cubs i say, next year in jerusalem. you never know. and speaking of these two teams, the blue jays were facin elimination but blew their game with the royals open in the sixth inning. they scored four times to open a 5-0 lead. the jays tacked on two more along the way to a 7-1 victory. they trail the series 3-2 with game six tomorrow night in kansas city. >> there you go. no matter who makes it all the anchises have not won in an xwhil. >> to cubs fans out there, boy was it a good year for you guys. go jerusalem. and also, go cubs because they've made more progress than the hover board has in 30 years. >> good point. ere you go. cubs are well on their way like they always say there, maybe next year. >> or in jerusalem. $% coming up "the mix," sesame street's new character and the essons we can all learn from her. >> also has chris rock mellowed since the last time he hosted the oscars? hollywood buzzing about his

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after deployment to bahrain when it went down. that pilot was part of a group of so-called red devil pilots that supported u.s., iraqi and coalition air strikes. >> secretary of state john kerry meets in berlin today with israel prime minister benjamin met net over the middle east crisis. complicating matters netanyahu's comments blaming a former palestinian leader for inspiring the holocaust. those comments quickly denounced by israeli historiaians. >> now to rare look inside one of the most oppressive nations in the world. myanmar. >> tens of thousands are risking their lives trying to escape persecution in the country. abc's bob woodruff traveling to a place most journalists are not allowed to g go. >> reporter: we're on our way into a highly repressive area of myanmar to see first-hand what is happening with the rohingya minority. a population of over 1 million people, desperate and on the move. willing toisk death and

slavery to escape. journalists are almost never alwed in this area. matt smith, an activist and founder of fortify rights, is taking us in. not an easy trip to get. >> it's so bad here, the best option is to force death, torture or other abuses at sea and in thailand, just to escape. >> reporter: this has been called the world's largest outdoor prison, home to over 140,000. they cannot leave the camps to attend school, work or seek medical care. children born in the camps are not issued birth certificates. >> they are surviving on very little. very little. >> reporter: we met a young mother of five.. she and her children were stranded on a cargo boat for 50 days over the summer. your children were beaten by these traffickers? "yes," she said. f they cried for rice or water, they were hit." trafficking is a big business here. if i wanted to be trafficked out

of here, how much would it cost? how much would i have to pay? he said it would cost me about 2,000 u.s. dollars. here in the camps, the rohingya children tell me they want to go me. but for now, they must stay in the camps, enjoying what they can. once the rain stops, thousands of men, women and children will take to the water again, willing to risk it all for a chance at a better life. bob woruff, abc news, myanmar. >> ty've been described as the world's least wanted and one of the most persecuted group of minority. just a heartbreaking scene there. great reporting by bob. >> absolutely. really was. >> coming up in our next half ur, the incredible survival story of a woman who was trapped in her car for nearly a week and how she's n now going after general motors in a major lawsuit saying it was responsible for the crash. but first, the oscars go to chris rock.

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count on sesame street to hook that up. we know the cubs did not win thehe series and you know the flying cars haven't happened yet but we do have some self-tying shoes. remember those cool shows that marty mcfly? this is the first pair.of course, going t michael j. fox fromom his twitter page. he posted this video showing these cool new tied up -- all themselves. they do it all by themselves. which is what we were waiting for. they're called the nike mag and then he, later on he support them on jimmy kimmel. >> great. they made -- they make more sense. they'll only be availle by auction which will benefit our foundation. mark parker from nikee brought em today and ey lace up. >> ty place up on their own. >> yeah. >> wow. >> so cool.

>> gete a pair. how do wee get a pair? i like the color, i like the style. >> very cool. not till next year. some of the money was going to go to his mike j. fox foundation which helps parkinsons. >> good cause, good shoes. love it. you can put your back into it. remember that song? >> that was a marathon runner back into it for his dating life. he decided he's going to run this marathon and husband his back as a personal ad for dating. it kind of worked. he got 12 facebook friend requests from womenen and they noticed his shirtless ad and he said that the conversations have been promising. he actually met with one of the women who reaped out to him. >> the things guys do.

>> your back can be a billbrd this morning on "world news now," tough questions today for hillary clinton. members of congress want answers about the deadly benghazi attack again. the political firerestorm fothe democratic front-runner just hours from now. clinton's democratic rival joe biden deciding he's not running for president. biden's gut wrenching decision and what it means for the entire presidential race. >> and new this half hour, cries for help moments after a plane crash. >> a 14-year-old girl's pleas to 911 operators after her father's small plane crash. the critical moments for first responders trying to locate her. >> and later the personal decision made by lamar odom and khloe kardashian after his trip to a brothel and brush with death. that's in "the skinny" on this thursday, october 22nd. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning on this very

busy thursday morning. i'm reena ninan. >> and i'm phillip mena. we begin in washington where hillary clinton heads to capitol hill this morning where she will face intense questioning on the benghazi attack. >> yeah, her supportrters say the appearance before the republican-led committee is all about politics. abc's serena marshall has a preview. >> reporter: eight hours at leasin front of the house select committee on benghazi for democratic front-runner hillary clinton. ininvestigatg the september 11th, 2012 attacks that left ambassador chris stevens and three other americans dead. it was the first time in three decades that an american diplomat died overseas in 2013, clinton took responsibility. >> the fact is we had four dead americans. was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a walk one night who decided they'd go kill some americans? what difference at this point does it make? it is our job to figure out what happened and do everything we can to prevent it from ever happening again, senatator. >> reporter: today clinton will be questioned by seven

republicans and five democrats on the panel, each getting ten minutes and don't expect questions abouout clintos private e-mail unless they're directly related to benghazi. >> chairman trey gowdy looking for answers to new evidence.e. >> none of the seven previous committees bothered to access ththe e-maililof our aassador. if you want a window into libya and what was happening in the weeks and months before these four were killed, why would you not look at the ambassador's e-mails? >> as for clinton, she isn't expecting to add much. >> i've already testified abt benghazi. i testified to the besof my ability before the senate and the house. i don't know that i have much to add. >> reporter: the pressure is on the committee accused of playing politics during an election year to produce new evidence. and for clinton, afterer a stron showing at the first debate and official word that vice president biden isn't running a successful day means clearing her third political hurdle in recent weeks. serena marshalall, abc ns,

>> thank you. also on capitol hill, congressman paul ryan is getting support from a key group of republicans in his bid for speaker. two-thirds of the frdom caucus, a group of about 40 lawmakers agreed last night to back ryan as the speaker and while that's good news for ryan, it's still not enough to ensure that he will be elected. >> on the other end of pennsylvania avenue, that big announcement from vice president joe biden making the painsnstaking decision not to run for president. a white hoe spokesman says president obama served as a sounding board abiden considered m mounting at would have been his third presidential campaign. it's your voice, your vote. and abc's jonathan carl was there for biden's big announcement. >> reporter: with his wife and his boss at his side, joe biden walked into the rose garden, the final steps on a painful journey. he and his family were finally prepared to run, but he concluded, the window has simply closed. >>nfortunately, i believe we're out of time. the time necessary to mount a winning campaign for the

nominati. >> reporteter: biden friends say he had desperately wanted to run for president -- he had even talked to supporters about launching a campaign -- but always hanging over s decision was the grief surrounding the death earlier this year of his son, beau. you could see biden still struggling with the loss in an interview st month with stephen colbert. >> but i find myself -- you understand it, i -- just sometimes, it just sort of overwhelms you. >> reporter: in the rose garden, with virtually all of the president's and vice president's senior advisers looking on, biden said his family is now in a better place. >> sooner, rather than later, when you think of your loved one, it brings a smile to your lips before it brings a tear to your eyes. well, that's where the bidens are today, thank god. >> reporter: in fact, much of biden's announcement sounded like a campaign speech, including two clear messages to hillary clinton. one e on what e said in last week's debate, when asked to

name her favorite enemies. >> well, in addition to the nra, the health insurance companies, the drug companies, the iranians, probably the republicans. >> i don't think we should look at republicans as our enemies. th are our opposition. they are not our enemies. and for the sake of the country, we have to work together. >> shortly after biden walked out of the roz garden, he received a call fromm hillary clinton who then put out a statement praising him saying, i am confident that history isn't't finished with joe biden. jonathan carl, abc news, the white house. breaking news from new mexico where an albuquerque police officer has been n shot. investigators say the officer was hit several times after making a traffic stop. the suspect considered armed and dangerous, is still on loose. residents are being warned to stay behind their locked doors. >> also from albuquerque, breaking news in that deadly road rage shooting that left a

4-year-old girl dead. police have arrested tony torrez and charged him with murder after they say he confessed to the shooting. lilly garcia was riding in the back of her dad's truck when he was forced out of his lane by another driver. the two exchanged words, and then police say torrez fired into garcia's truck k hitting e little girl. we're now hearing the brave 911 call made by a 14-year-old girl who had just survived a small plane crh. the teen was flying with her father last week in idaho when their plane went down. despite the traumatic event, she made a call for help. >> 911, what is your emergency. >> my dad had a plane crash and i don't know where we are. >> she stayed on the line while >> a search plane located them and directed a rescue team on the ground. during that time, the girl tried cpr on her father four times but despite her efforts, he passed away. extreme weather making a re mess in the southwest. hail was a problem in new mexico.

size o of eggs. there was ao lge hail and strong wind in the el paso, tes, area. the storms in the region are far from over. justin povick at accuweather has more. hey, justin, good morning. >> rina and phillip, thanks and good morning to you. very concerning what's going on over the south plains with the potential for flash flooding in very heavy rainfall and mind you, this is an area that has been in a drought for the past couple of months. heavy rains will continue here through texas into the weekend. we also have patricia which is making its move off to the north and west bending back into mexico as a hurricane. later on this week. reena and phillip, back to you. >> thank you, justin. hands free technology is apparently not the ultimate solution for distracted driving. a new study found it can take 27 seconds for a driver using voice commands to regain full alertness. researchers say peop blew through stop signs and had close calls and traveled the length of

three football fields all because their text or call was still on their mind. the aaa study also found the type of system in your car also impacted the level of distraction. >> u.p.s. has agreed to return more than $4 million to settle accusations over overcharging. the lawsuit was brought by government customers in 14 states claiming they paid premium prices for overnight deliveries that did not arrive on time. the suit also charged that u.p.s. employees falsified delivery records preventing customers from getting refunds. that's not cool. >> huh-uh. what is cool, the nfl week seseven, thagets under way tonight which basically that means there's still a long, long way to go before the super bowl. but preparations for that day are well under way. >> case in point, kitten bowl 3. it was filmed yesterday here in n new york, plenty of cute kittens running around in kittenen sized stadium. they were climbing on the uprights and playing with little footballs just having a great

time and looking for dan harris. he loves cats. >> that's right. >> the kitten bowl is meant as a way of getting these cats into permanent homes. which that's the cool part of it. it will air on the hallmark channel on february 7th. of course, that is the day of the super bowl. >> they are very cute. i'd love to adopt all of them. >> that's such a great idea. they had the puppy bowl for a while and now they've got the tten bowl. >> spread the love. i'd like that one. >> it's a great cause. peel yourself away from the game at halftime i guess so able to check it out. >> sounds good. coming up in "the skinny," the time travelers from "back to the future" a little cononfused about 2015. their laughs with jimmy kimmel. >> also ahead, the science of fear. take a trip inside a university laboratory dedicated to scaring people. could fright actually be good for you? >> but first a real-life scare for a man trapped in her car for six days after an accident. her crippling injuries and her lawsuit against an automaker. that's after a look at today's national forecast map.

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the single mother of four writing on an umbrella, "need doctor, hurt and bleeding." how do you survive that? >> the sheer will to live. hoping to see my kids again. >> reporter: her lawsuit just filed alleges that the power steering and electronic stability control failed. >> we think that had these failures not occurred, t then this crash wouldn't have happened. >> reporter: in fact, gm has issued safety recalls for the same problems she alleges she had with the 2009 malibu, but she says, she got her first recall letter from gm nearly three months after her accident. the second, just weeks ago. what is your message now t to gm? >> basically, why did this happen? >> reporter: and now gm tells us it is taking this very, very seriously but they want to look at that car to see what happened and why. reena and phillip. >> thank you so much for that.

inches taller because of the prosthetic legs and while she's going through this rehabilitation, her kids were sent to live with her etch husband while she's recovering. >> that must be hard. >> absolutely. >> hard to do. her attorney apparently saying they hope maybe this teaches gm a lesson not to wait so long to issue a recall. >> maybe it will. coming up, khloe kardashian anlamar odom rethinking their divorce. >> and the actress who calls out a magazine for how they photoshopped her figure. "the skinny" is next. "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations.ocks. places where fish swim and birds fly. history is made. art is created. things happen that should alys be remembered. heroes emerge. a woman sets people free. a man makes light. a leader steps forward. it can be a place, a feeling, a state of mind. so get up.

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it can help a lot of people. >> you hope so. >> zendaya is known for her advocacy for positive body image. and i sure love this story because she's speaking out once again after discovering how a major fashion magazine photoshoped her body. she's only 19 years old and the actress landed a cover of and scked to learn her thighs and torso ha have been photoshoped to look thinner. >> she release the before and after shots. these are the things that make women self-conscious and create the unrealistic ideals of beauty we have and thanked the magazine for pulling the manipulated images. a 19-year-old already getting photoshoped. >> way to go for h f for putting the pressure on the magazine and saying that's not my body because most people would not do that. >> that's darn right. you gea chance to be in a magazine, photoshop all you want. definitely giving a better view for all the young women out there. >> yesterday was "back to the future" day.

brown traveled to the future. last night on jimmy kimmel live" d he made it from hill valley in 1985 to brooklyn. >> having just time traveled 30 years they were confused and disappoied with our apparent lack of development in the time being. >> apparently, the technologogical and cultural achievements of this era are somewhat underwhelming. >> smile. >> what is this? >> this is -- i'm taking a selfie with you guys. this is how we document important life events now that happen. >> that was a great moment. >> yep. >> also guests on the show last night was democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders who earlier in the evening had a chance to talk about the future with the man who knows best, of course, doc brown. >> some similarititi there. >> that's a cool picture. >> it sure is. and bernie sanders he might

be getting some competition from a new candidate. >> at last night's 30th anniversary screening here in new york, our skinny street team hit the red carpet and caught up with goldie wilson, the young diner worker from "back to the future" who ended up mayor of hill valley and we got t exclusive on his campaign policy. >> as the mayor of hill valley in the future, i wanted to reign spreep over traffic issues in the air. progress is my middle name. honesty, decency, integrity. vote for goldie. >> heard it here first, folks. vote for goldie. progress is his middle name. if you were banking on biden, you've got to just go with goldie. >> there's some room in the e race now. and did you enjoy your "back to the future" day? >> i loved that movie, everything about it. too bad it's over. cubs didn't win. >> all right. coming up, how getting scared

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this time of year, plenty of us love to get creeped out. and if you ever wondered why that i the answer could be biological. >> abc's nick watt spent some time with researchers and as it turns out, getting scared might actually be good for you. aah! ? >> reporter: why, oh, why, do we do tto oselv? the answer might lurk right here. let's rewind. >> let's get this over with. >> nice to see you. >> hi. >> reporter: i'm in a makeshift lab in the basement of the scare house, halloween attraction with two university of pittsburgh scientisists who think getting scared. >> hi, might actually be good for us. so i'm a gnea pig in your experiment. >> absolutely or you will be once you sign this consent form.

>> then a series of prescare house stress tests including holding hands with one of the scientists while listening to ugly noises. they've been wiring up a few volunteers like me. i'm going in. >> no, no, no, no, no, no. >> i jumped so hard, i pulled my finger monitor off. i'm not sure it survived or is going to take many good readings. this place is only open 24 days a year and the run up to halloween has amazing sets and 100 actors and margie kerr, one of the designers of this terror fest who just wrote a book aptly nameded "scared." >> our thinking brain is taking a break. all of the worry and concern gets pushed to the side because our body wants to prioritize things that help us survive. >> reporter: my post scare house analysis -- >> i didn't flinch at all with the noises. i should be more chilled because i've just been scared half to death.

this really might be good for us, and that's why we do it. >> hi. happy halloween. nick w watt, abcews, pittsburgh, pennsylvania. >> oh! >> no thank you. no thank you. my brain can take breaks in other ways. >> wow. >> look, it's already getting weird. >> it's pretty spooky. it's getting very weird. this earthquake that's happening. > starting to get the fear. >> i think our eyes are going to be killed by this light right here. >> there you go. no possible way we're going to be able to read what's in front of us. thanks a lot, guys. >> i've just been blinded by the light. >> i have no idea. go to social media. yoyoknow whait is. i can't see anymore. >> scary. scary stuff. this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for

two decades. good morning. i'm phillip mena. >> i'm reena ninan. here's se of the top headlines we're following this morning on "world news now." polices in albuquerque have arrested tony torrez and charged him with mder in a case of deadly road rage that left a 4-year-oldld girl de. details in just a moment. >> bowing out, joe biden decides not to run for president removing a potential o obstacle for hillary clinton. the vice president said he was ready to run after grievg the death of his son but it was now simply too late. a new government study finds nearly 10% of u.s. adults say they use marijuana. that's doubling the number of users in the last decade. researchers say the trtrend reflects an increangly permissive view about the drug. >> and thanks to theirin over the cubs last night, the mets are heading to t world series for the first time in 15 years. new york's daniel murphyhy made history hitting a home run for the sixth straight postseason

the mets will face either the royals osh the blue jays. those are some of our top stories on this thursday, october 22nd.osh the blue jays. those are some of outop stories on this thursday, october 22nd.rosh the blue jays. those are some of our top stories on this thursday, october 22nd. the blue jays. those are some of our top stories on this thursday, october 22nd. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning to you. we begin this halfour with breaking news from albuquerque where police have arrested and charged a man in a case of deadly road rage. >> 4-year-old lilly garcia was a passenger in her father's truck when she was shot and later died from her injies. abc's elizabeth hur has details. >> reporter: seeking justice for lilly garcia, police asked the public for helidentifying her killer. described as a white or hispanic man in his mid 20s to early 30s. last seen driving a dark red toyota sedanith a spoiler and tinted windows. shortly after making the plea, police say tips led detectives to this. >> they observed a subject that appeared to match the identity the person ey were looking for. the car pulled over without

anand the invidual was taken into custody and detained. >> the daughter is not conscious. she's going to be 4 years of age. >> reporter: pole say lilly was sitting with her 7-year-old brother in the back seat of the pickup truck when the suspect drove up and opened fire. lilly's father saw her bleeding and pulled over. >> there's an adult holding what looks like an unresponsive child. >> i'm going to need the freeway shut down. >> reporter: for hours police shut down the busy i-40 highway sweeping an the area for the suspected gunman, to no avail. >> we still need tips. >> a go fund me page has been set up to pay for her funeral anpolice continue to ask anyone with knowledge of the shooting to do the right thing. >> i cannot image being the father of little lilly and to have your child in your hands under such circumstances is going to live with that father for the rest of his life. >> reporter: but late wednesday,

now over. and her killer was under aest. now, on the phone lilly's father told abc news lilly just started school two days ago adding she was very bright, she was very smart, and she was his world. reena and phillip, back to you >> thanks, elizabeth. more breaking news from albuquerque. a police officer is fighting for his life after being shot multiple times during a traffic stop. dozens of officers throughout the area joined the hours long sech for the suspect who was considered armed and dangerous who is now in custody. we're expecting me about the suspecect in theoming urs. the new york policice department is also being rocked by a tragic shooting. the suspect in the killing of an nypd officer was arraigned last night in courtroom packed with cops. career criminal tyrone howard is charged with first degree murder. with more on the death of the officer, here's abc's linsey vis.

>> reporter: gunshots and grief captured on police radio. >> 10-4, i got a cop down! >> reporter: playing out in real ti, a police chase and shootout that claims the life of new york police officer randolph holder. his partner breathless and in distress. >> my paner is down! >> reporter: it started out as a gunfight between rival gangs tuesday night. >> we heard a bunch of gunshots. itas pretty chaotic. >> reporter: the suspects fled, one of them reportedly stealing a bike at gunpoint. holder spots the suspectct, tyrone howa. and then, an exchange of gun fire. >> a recovered firearm with blood on it and a bicye. >> reporter: holder suffers a fatal bullet in the forehead. >> four police officers murderered in 11 months. that's about as bad as it gets. >> reporter: as his body left the hospital, doze of officers silently saluted holder, a third generation police officer. >> he should have been closing on a house in the next month. all of those dreams went down the drain. >> reporter: police say the

suspect wawas a care criminal. previously convicted of a drug charge and released from jail early and after a recent drug bust, a judge opted to put him in rehab instead of behind bars. linsey davis, abc news, new york. the surviving brother in th upstate new york church beating has given the first public account of what happened. christopher leonard says he was first punched in the stomach by a church member. then his parents and half sister attacked him. he was then placed in another room with ear plugs so he couldn't hear what was going on. when he returned his brother was not breathing. > hours from now hillary clinton takes a break from campaigning to go before the benghi committee on capitol hill. she will face tough questions from seven republicans and five dedemomocrats outhe biggest crisis she faced as secretary of state. four americans including the u.s. ambassador died in the benghazi attack. republicans say they are pressing for new information. clinton supporters say the gop is playing politics.

vladimir putin met with syrah's bashar al assad at the kremlin. it was his first known trip outside syria since the civil war in his country began four years ago. they discussed russia's air campaign over sya in a meeting the white house is calling "unproductive." >> six more people arrested in connection with the prison escape of mexican drug lord joaquin "el chapo" guzman. one man identifieded as the mastermind of the jail break and another suspect is believed to be el chapo's brother-in-law accused of supervise ago the mile long tunnel used as an escape route. nearly two dozen prison officials and employees are also facing charges. the vatican is denying a report that e pope is in ill health s saying he perfect. italian newspaper reported pope francis has a small but cucurable brn tumor. the vatican spokesman called the story completely unfounded, irresponsible and inexcusable. some extreme weather right now after the aftermath of

another deadly typhoon in the philippines, the storm roared through on sunday leaving bend extensive damage and plenty of flooding. the death toll climbed to nearly 40 and expected to go higher as remote areas are accessed. more than 100,000 people were forced out of their homes. this was the 12th major storm to hit the philippines this year. in the southwestern u.s., hail was a problem in new mexico. in some areas hail was egg sized. there was also hey storms and winds in the el paso, texas area. the region is in for more extreme weather because of a tropical storm system. justin povick at accuweather has the details. >> good morning to you. once again, we're tracking the tropics in the latest on patricia has it moving off to the north and west and again, this could cause some major flash flooding throughout mexico, eventually some of the rains getting pulled off to the north into the gulf of mexico and even before that happens, we

flooding from dallas north and westbound thursday through saturday. reena and phillip, back to you >> justin, thank you. here's o for the dumb criminals file comes to us from houston. >> a couple of guys tried to rip off coach's sports bar and grill after breaking through the door. they tried to get into the atm but could not. one of them falling over trying. they also tried to take down a big tv but ultimately they failed. >> crazy, scary. i mean you just don't think it's ever going to happen at a place that you work or anything that you're associated with. >> when i saw the guy fall, i thought it couldn't happen to a better person. >> one of the crooks he was nice enough to look straight into the security camera. while he was behind the bar. now you try to cover your face. there you go. coach's, that establishment they're offering $1,000 for information leading to the

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they're hoping to use the images to track the health and growth of the orcas over time. >> a warning about a popular over the counter cold medicine called corycidin. it comes in pill form or syrup form and when taken with soda to get high, it can cause serious problems including hallucination. at least five teens were hospitalized in one northern california district alone. all right. a recent survey conducted by rutgers university says that 95% of high hool s students mitted to some form of cheating. > that includes tests, plagiarism on papers or copying homework. but hacking into school software to straighten up straight up change y your gradis as severe as it can get. three students are now finding that out the hard way. here's abc's mara schiavocampo. >> reporter: three new york students trading the classroom for the courtroom. facing seriousus chargesor allegedly hacking into their long island high school's

officials saying daniel soares used his cyber skills tooost grgrades forimself and a friend as well as access class schedules of hundreds of other students. his alleged accomplices eric vaysman and alex mosquera, all 17 years old. >> soares, the alleged mastermind now facing charges, including burglary, computer tampering and identity theft. some now calling him a modern day ferris bueller. >> i've got it right here in front of me. he h has missenine days. >> i asked for a car. i got a computer. >> but officials say this is no laughing matter. the school district confirming types of information that may have been viewed include student id numbers, name, address, contact information, and student schedules. >> we're waiting for a full investigation to be ne, and he

maintains his innocence. >> mara schiavocampobc news new york. >> we should highlight the teens have pleaded not guilty and have been released on bond. >> ifonvicted soar el ed faces up to seven years behind bars. >> the other two looking up to four years in prison. the school district says they have beefed up security since the breach. yoyou're sma enough to pull that off, you're smart enough to do what you got to do the right way. >> a lot of people feel like they can cheat and get away with it and get ahead. that's unfortunate. >> excellent example of that not being the case. >> coming up, celebrating back to the future with the people that matter most. >> we caught up with all the stars of the films, plus their super fans last night. find out why michael j. fox still prefers the walkman to the ipod. "world news now" c continues after this from our abc

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>> i'm kind of a big nerd whwhen it comes to this movie and only this movie. >> i dress for marty for halloween a lot of years. >> you control your future and your destiny so you have to go out and make it a good one. >> it surprised me about 15 years ago when i realized it was going to last. it's lasted now all these years. 30 years after the opening of a film that's still -- >> it means more to them than just a show. it's part of their lives and that's an amazing privilege as an actor. you don't get that many chances to make that kind of connection. >> it's a mashup of all these different genres that just plays through almost effortlessly. i found my father's high school yearbook when i was visiting my parents. my father i diovered had been the president of his graduating class and i wondered wow, i didn't like the president of my graduating class. if i'd have gone to school with my dad, would i have been friends th h and that's when lightning struck.

>> it's exciting that people out here that you guys are out here. thank you and you still want to watch the movie and share it with your family. >> it's an iconic film and words can't even begin to describe how amazing it is. >> marty, yeah. i'm just visiting just for a couple hours. >> i hear there's a secret that nike's going to really come out with those shoes. >> are those the self-lacing nikes? >> fashion that you wish is still here? i'm still into the big hair. check it out! big hair. not giving it up. >> my kids make fun of me when i talk about the ipod. i call it a walkman. and they like roll their eyes. >> walkman were advanced tenology. >> you have to rewind it. >> it was pathetic..

>> thank you. >> that wareally cool. >> hover boards. i mean, we just drove here from brooklyn from the kimmel show. took us an hour. an hour and 15 minutes. hover board i i could ha been here in about ten. >> probably the hover board. i like the hover board. >> you've got the fish tail design i see. >> how does it taste? >> i don't know. i'm not going to open it. just going to have to guess about it. i'm curious but at the same time i'm not trying to open it. >> it probably tastes terrible now if it's from back then. >> definitely. it's perfect still. >> the delorean is a legendary vehicle in my mind. that's a key player. >> if you could ask doc one question, what would it be? >> how does it feel to know so much from so many different time periods? >> what caused him to slip and bump his head because had he not slipped d fallen, he never would have come up witith a flux capacitor. >> a gius ahead of his time,

>> go somewhere on the field, knock the ball out of one of the guy's hands and let the mets win tonight. that's all. >> what you say to haters of the third movie. >> how could anyone hate -- will the cubs come back from 3-0? >> absolutely. >> it's going to happen. it's 2015. there's no reason for it not to happen. it's 2015. >> you have to root for the cubs. >> a and strikthree called. and the mets are on their r way back. >> oh. we got some things right. >> some things. but that was interesting though that the cubs got so close to this premonition or whatever you want to call it. >> the foreign correspondent within me wants to know what doc felt when they got gadhafi. are the libyans still chasing him? >> that we find out in back to the future 4. when they capitalize onall of this stuff, which they should do very s soon. coming up, saving for the future. >> and you won't need a

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finally this half hour, we're going to take a look at the financial challenge of raising chilildren. >> each little one will cost you an average of a quarter million dollars until they're 18. that does not even include college. abc's rebecca jarvis has a new way to lock up a secure future for your kids. >> reporter: meet adorable charli massey. the 3-month-old has her future ahead of her. the challenge for mom sharon and dan craig is how to pay for that future. >> you want the best for your kids and you want better for your kids than you had. >> reporter: babies come with considerable price tags. according to government studies,

child to age 18 is $250,000. fortunately, to help baby charli's parents, we just who to call. catherine alford, a financial writer and mother of 18-month-old twins who specializes in family finance. >> hi, guys. how are you today in >> step one says catherine, starart an edution fund. beyond a 529 plan, catherine like to advise couples to invest in a mutual fund in a child's name. >> the benefit of that is that they c use t that monefor anything so if they want to go on a trip or study abroad, they can do that. >> reporter: step two, don't splurge on luxuries like too many baby gadgets or annual over the top birthday parties. >> get used to the idea of minimalilism. there is so much pressure to have the most amazing birthday parties. >> step number three, consider investing in a rental property. >> the key is to buy a home with a 15-y-year mortge. by the time they're 18 and going to college, the mortgage is

property. >> reporter: real estate can come with downsides notes catherine but it's a risk that can prove worthwhile for a baby's future. rebecca jajarvis, abnews, new york. >> another reason i don't have any kids. wow. that is something. >> don't let the money hold you back. >> 30% on housing, child care 18%, food another 16%. mom, dad, buy me jordans. >> you know, i always like to factor in grandma. >> look, you're able to figure it out very nicely. >> that's because i live in downtownton abby. >>here you gogo. >> and i borrow the middleton's, prince william's carriage. >> she's got it all figured out. >> actually it's prince george's carriage..

carriage. this morning on "world news now," joe biden's emotional decision. >> why he's not running for president despite personal and political pressurere. what fellow candidates are saying now after this long-await campaign move. breaking developments s in the road rage case in albuquererque. what police announced a short while ago after a 4-year-old girl riding in a car was shot and killed. mets victory for the first time in 15 years. the team is going to the world series. the exciting moments in chicago and which player made history. d later, oscar's comeback. chris rock returns to host the next academy awards. the humor we can expect from the so-caused mvp of the entertainment world. it is thursday, october 22nd. from abc news, this is "world news now." good morning, everyone on

this thursday. i'reena ninan. >> i'm phillip mena. we were just talking about the baseball game. >> i'm surprised you made it in. >> well, we stayed up to watch it, , that's f sure. people here in new york are obviously excited the mets are moving onto the world sees. that's just new york. the rest of the country i ththink were pulling for the cubs who hadn't won since 2008 and that's going to continue. >> how much did the pulling for the cubs have to do with the "back to the future" movie? people wanted to see that happen. >> it was a convergence which we know did not happen and that combined with the fact they hadn't won for so long of was -- so long everyone was rooting for them but here in new york mets fans are happy. we turn now and begin wit politics and the end of a political guessing game thatat has grippethe country for months. joe biden announcing that he will not run for president. >> we had been waiting for this one. will he, won't he. aides close to the president say he did not make up his mind till

suessful bid. it's "your voice, your vote and abc's kenneth woten has the latest. >>eporter: still grieving the loss of his son, vice president joe biden says his time to jump p into t the race s passed. >> it may very well be that process, by the time we get through it, closes the window on mounting a realistic campaign for president. i've concluded it has closed. >> reporter: he stood with president obama and his wife in the rose garden of the white about his decision just a few months after his son beau died. unfortunately, i belve we're out of time. >> reporter: getting into the race now would have been a major challenge for biden. our new abc news/"washington post" poll shows the vp with 16% versus hillary clinton's 54%.

>> a few weeks ago, it seemed like there was was a fervor and interest in his candidacy. people had second thoughts about hillary clinton and weren't sure about bernie sanders an alternative. then date happened. >> rorter: clinton called biden and tweeted she wa inspired by his optimism and commitment to change the world for the better. donald trump said biden made the correct decision. >> and frankly i really want to run against hillary. i really do. >>eporter: and more reaction toiden's announcement poured in. the draft biden super pac said it was grateful for supporters and bernie sanders thank biden for a fetime of public service. >> kenneth, thank you. as for therepublicans, donald trump is the clear front-runner according to our latest pollll. 42% say trump is most likely to win the gop nomination. just 15% say carson will get it. and 43% say trump has the best chance of winning the general election against a democratic opponent. ben carson, jeb bush, marco rubio, ted cruz and carly fiorina are way behind trump.

break from the campaign trail today to go before the benghazi committee on capitol hill. for the an least eight hours, she will face tough quesons from seven republicans and five decrcrats from seven republicans and five democrats. about the biggest crisis she faced as secretary of state. four americans including the u.s. ambassador died in the benghazi attack. republicans say they're pressing for new information. clinton supporters say the gop is playing politics. wikileaks has published what appears to be hacked information from the personal e-mail account of cia director john brennan. the cia is calling the postings a crime. they apparently y include s security clearance application when he s seeking a job as white house counter-terrorism advisor. the hacker claims to be a teenager protesting u.s. foreign policy. there's no information it is classified. and breaking news from albuquerque in the case of road rage ended with a 4-year-old girl shot to death. police have arrested tony torrez and charged him with murder after a search on tuesday

afternoon. as ryan owens reports, the death of that littttle girl s rocked the entire community to its re. >> reporter: she is the face of the most heartbreaking case of road rage anyone can remember. and word of a possible break in her murder. >> there's an adult holding, it looks like an unresponsive child. >> reporter: they also just released this 911 call of a motorist who saw what happened to 4-year-old lilly garcia. her father just picked her up from her second day of school on tuesday. she and her 7-year-old brother isaac riding in the back of this pickup when lily was shot in the head. >> i cannot imagine being the father of little lily. >> reporter: albuquerque police say lily's father and another driver kept cutting each other off as they were approaching an exit on interstate 40. police say the other driver pulled up next to the family and opened fire. the police chief is still begging witnesses to come forward. this city coming together to catch a child killer.

>> so heartbreaking. anmore breaking news from albuquerque albuquerque. a police officer is fighting for his life after being shot during a track stop. the eight-year veteran of the force was hitultiple times. a manhunt was launched for the suspect. with residents told to stay inside and lock their doors. the suspect now in custody. we expect to learn more about him later this morning. here in new york, a suspect in the murder of a police officer has been arraigned. tyrone howard still limping from a bullet wound to the leg was brought before the judge in a room packed with police. he's been charged with murder in the death of officer randolph holder. the empire state building going blue overnight in the officer's memory. according to nasa scientists, the los angeles area is likely to be hit by an earthquake measuring at least a magnitude 5 sometime in the next three years. they based their findings on how the earth's crust was changed by a 5.1 quake in that same area

last march. the u.s. geological survey has done its own analysis and pegsgs e probability at 85%. and in the southwest, some extreme weather. hail was the problem in new mexico. some of it coming down was the size of an egg. at one point, the storm was so intense it forced some trucks off the road. there was also large hail and strong wind in the el paso, texas, area. ththe stormscross the lone star state are far from over. hehere's jusn past pavek at accuweweather. >> thanks and good morning to you. it looks like one extreme to the other on the way for the south plains whereas we've been tracking dry conditions and drought major drought, in fact. now we're switching gears and we're moving it to flash flooding potential. this become a likelihood later on thursday into friday and saturday. two to five inches of rain alone on thursday could cause some rivers to jump out of their banks, but i'm more concerd about the additional rain friday

into saturday which is going to leave somebody with over a foot of water. and then we're also watching the tropics. this is patricia moving off to the north and west expected to bend back north into mexico and bring additional rains into the southern u.s. reena and phillip, back to you. >> thank you. a stunni new study about the use of marin in our country. nearly 10% of u.s. adults more than 22 million people say they use pot. those numbers represent a doubling in the number of users in the last decade. researchers say the trend reflects an n increasily permissive view about the drug which is legal in 23 states for medicinal uses. recreational use is legal in four states. new science is revealing why so many of us can't get enough cheese. researchers say cheese is just as addictive as some drugs and affects the same areas of our brain. one scientist calls cheese dairy crack.

he says a protein component t is concentrated during the cheese-making process, and the brain treatst like morphine. i'm also addicted to crack mac and cheese. i wonder what's in that little powdery mix. >> i don't want to know but it is so delicious. >> i also like brie and cheddar. >> we can go on all day with that. muensts is great. we, there could be more changes coming to the mcdonald's menu. the company reportedly going to offer $2 for two valueenu including items like a small fry and mcdodouble whi includes cheese. just last month, they launched all-day breakfast, and a handful of stores now have monster energy drinks on the menu. the turnaround appears to be working. their stock hit a record high last week. >> i hope you can get a breakfast burrito or something. >> at all hours. all right. youtube is offering a new subscription service. beginning next week, for $10 a month, subscribersrs can watch videos ad free and save videos to watch later on their tablet or phone.

>> i was watching gwen stefani's new video. very good. >> did you have to sit through ads? >> i did have to. >> $10 a month, no more. well, this morning's spororts with reena can only start with one thing. baseball's new national league champion the new york mets. >> big night for mets. we're excited about this one. they were looking to advance to the world series for the first time in ten years, and boy they got right work in the first. i'm sorry, it was the first time in 15 years. it's been awhile. very long time. lucas duda slaing a three-run home run. next batter travis dar know made it 4-0 with another homer. in the eighth inning, daniel murphy made history crushing a home run for the sixth straight post season game makiking it 8- they held on to win 8-3. the mets might either the royals or blue jays in the world series starting next tuesday and to the cubs i say, next year in

jerusalem.m. you never know. and speaking of these two teams, the blue jays were facing elimination but blew their game with the royals open in the sixth inning. they scored four times to open a 5-0 lead. the jays tacked on two more along the way to a 7-1 victory. they trail the series 3-2 with game six tomorrow night in kansas city. >> there you go. no matter who makes it all the frchises have not won in a while. >> i have to say to cubs fans out there, boy was it a good year for you guys. >> go jerusalem! >> go jerusalem. and also, go cubs because they've made more progress than the hover board has in 30 years. >> good point. there you go. cubs are well on their way like theylways say there, maybe next year. >> or in jerusalem. coming up "the mix," sesame street's new character and the essons we can all learn from her. also has chris rock mellowed since the last time he hosted the oscars? hollywood buzzing about his return to the academy award

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after deployment to bahrain when it went down. that pilot was part of a group of so-called red devil pilots that suprted u.s., iraqi and coalition air strikes. >> secrery of state john kerry meets in berlin today with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu over the middle east crisis. complicating matters netanyahu's comments blaming a former palestinian leader for inspiring the holocaust. those comments quickly denounced by israeli historians. now to a rare look inside one of the most oppressive nations in the world. the southea asian region of >> tens of thousands are risking persecution in the countntry. abc's bob woodruff traveling to a place most journalists are not allowed to go. >> reporter: we're on our way into a highly repressive area of myanmar to see firsthand what is happening with the rohingya minority. a population of over 1 million

slavery to escape. journalists are almost never allowewed in thiarea. matt smith, an activist and founder of fortify rights, is taking us in. not an easy trip to get. >> it's so bad h here, theest option is to force death, torture or other abuses at s and in thailand, just to escape. >> repeporter: ts has been called the world's largest outdoor prison, home to over 140,000. they cannot leave the camps to attend school, work or seek medical care. children born in the camps are not issued birth certificates. >> they are surviving on very little. very little. >> reporter: we met a young momother of ve. she and her children were stranded on a cargo boat for 50 your children were beaten by es," she said. "if they cried for rice or water, they were hit." trafficking is a big business here.

if i wanted to be trafficked out of here, how much would it cost? how much would i have to pay? he said it would cost me about 2,000 u.s. dollars. here in the camps, the rohingya children tell me they want to go home. but for now, they must stay in the camps, enjoying what they can. once the rain stops, thousands of men, women and children will take to the water again, willing to risk it all for a chance at a better life. bob woodruff, abc news, myanmar. >> they've been described as the world's least wanted and one of the most persecuted group of minority. just a heartbreaking scene there. great reporting by bob. >> absolutely. really was. well, coming up in our next half-hour, the incredible survival story of a woman who was trapped in her car for nearly a week and how e's now going after general motors in a major lawsuit saying it was responsible for the crash. but first, the oscars go to chris rock. the always edgy comedian tapped

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okay in. >> rock is still best known for his edgy high velocity standup comedy often about race. >> black movies don't have real names. you get names like barber shop. that's not a name. that's just a location. >> chris rock first hit it big in the early 1990s on saturday night live." >> here comes nat. >> he's now 50 years old.. so has he mellowed? >> measurement year they're going to give out oscars in the parking lot. a drive through oscar lane. get your oscar and mcflurry and keep it moving. > probably not. we'll find out in february. ron claiborne, abc news, new york. >> i think he's a good pick. >> he's my favorite comedian. soy i know -- so i know if i was wavering whether i would watch or not, denitely going to make me watch. >> i also loved ellen when she was there that time we hosted it, right? in our dreams. >> there it is. the ly time we'll see that. at least me. new detas onesame street. we'll be back. into new details on

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. and now it's time for "the mix." i do love my "sesame street". especially the initiatives they take. they've just introduced on wednesday morning a new character. i want you to meet, everyone, julia. their latest character and she has autism. she's a character with autism and they want to help families deal with the stigma of autism. and she makes a point of talking about how sometimes she likekes to play a little differently. she says just because she's not making eye contact with you doesn't mean she doesn't want to play with you. the researchers have worked three years in developing this initiative hoping to bring people together. even on social media they're using the hash tag #seeamazing. they realize that children with autism are five times more likely to be bullied and they're hoping this character might take weight difficulties.

count on sesame street to hook that up. we know the cubs did not win the series and you know the flying cars haven't happened yet but we do have some self-tying shoes. remember those cool shows that marty mcfly? this is the first pair -- of course, going to michael j. fox. from his twitter page. he posted this video showing these cool new tied up -- all themselves. they do it all by themselves. which is what we were waiting for. i think it's very coing. they're called the nike mag and then later on, he sported them on jimmy kimmel. >> great. they made -- they make more sense. they'll only be available by auction which will benefit our foundation. mark parker from nike brought them today. and they lace up. >> they lacep on their own? >> yeah. see the thing?

[ applause ] >> wow. >> so cool. >> get me a pair. how do we get a pair? i like the color, i like the style. >> very cool. not till next year. some of the money was going to go to his mike j. fox foundation which helps parkinsons. >> good cause, good shoes. love it. you can put your back into it. remember that song? >> that was a marathon runner back into it for his dating life. he decided he's going to run this marathon and husband his back as a personal ad for dating. it kind of worked. he got 12 facebook friend requests from women and they noticed his shirtless ad and he said that the conversations have been promising. he actually met with one of the women who riechd out reach -- reached out to him. >> the things guys do.

making news in america this mornining, benghi teststimony. hillary clinton is set to face a coressional panel again answering questions about the attacks that killed four americans. we're live in washington with what could be the biggest day in clinton's presidential campaign. breaking overnight, a confessision in throad rage killlling of a-year-old girl. the new picture of the suspect and what he told police. new this morning, left alone and locked inside day-care center, police bust through the door finding the crying baby inside a dark room. so how did it happen? and world series bound. the mets derail the cubs' quest. all the highlights and celebrations well into the night. well, good thursday morning to you. hillary clinton hours away from

a showdown on capitol hill. >> b benghazi d e-mails have been buzzwords surrounding the democratic front-runner's campaign. clinton is hoping to put that to rest today when she testifies again about the attack in benghazi, libya, in 2012. >> clinton was secretary of state at the time. four americans died in the attack including ambassador christopher stevens. abc's stephanie ramos is live in washington with the controversy surrounding today's hearing. good morning, stephanie. >> reporter: good morning to you, reena and phillip. it'll be a big event on capitol hill this morning. democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton will once again answer questions on the benghazi attacks. her mission is to come away untouched. this morning hillary clinton will once again testify before a special house committee investigating the september 11th, 2012, benghazi attacks. the assault by islamic militants on the state department's diplomatic compound in benghazi, libya,eft four americans dead including u.s. ambassador chris

>> was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a walk one night who decided they'd go kill some americans? what difference at this point does it make? it is our job to figure out what happened. >> reporter: that was former secretary of state clinton nearly three years ago. testimony was supposed to be definitive on the attack, but republicans leading the probe want more answers. clinton's private e-mail server may even come up if related to benghazi. >> if you wa a window into libya and what was happening i in e weeks and months before these four were killed, why would you not look at the ambassador's e-mails?? >> reporter: i all there have been seven congressional investigations into that attack. it's time for the next round and this one is expected to go for eight hours or more not including breaks. >> i don't know that i have very much to add. >> reporter: clinton will face tough questions from seven republicans and fiveve democra. this latest round of testimony comes in the wake of house republicanans acknowdging that the investigation's been an exercise in trying to bring down clinton's poll numbers.

special committee. what are her numbers today? her numbers are dropping. >> reporter: republicans on the benghazi committee deny the investigation has anything to do with politics. all eyes will be on this testimony which starts at 10:00 this morning and could go well into the night. reena, phillip, back to you. >> stephanie ram live in washington. stephanie, thank you. well, hillary clinton is walking into that hearing with higher poll numbers after vice president joe biden decided against another run for the whwhite hous biden said he and his family wererepared for him to run. he weighed his options until the night before the announcement, even using president obama as a sounding board, but after mourning the loss of his son beau, biden concluded that there simply was not enough time. >> what i've said time and again to others, that it may very well be that that process by the time we get through it closes the

campaign for president, that it might close. i've concluded it has closed. >> bidenlso took a few veiled jabs at hillary clinton, but she called him after the announcement, and she also released a statement praising him as a good man and great vice president. also in washington, congressman paul ryan is getting support from a key group of conservatives in his bid for speaker. two-thirds of the e freedom ucus agreed last night to back ryan. that's just short of an outright endorsement, and while that is good news for ryan, it's still not enough to ensure that he will be elected when the vote is taken next week. wikileaks has appeared to publish what seems to be hacked informrmation fr the personal l e-il account ocia director john brennan. the cia is calling the postings a crime. they apparently include brennan's security clelearance application when he was seeking a job as white house counterterrorism adviser. the hacker claims to be a teenager protesting u.s. foreign policy.

classified. some severe weather rolling across the southwest. hail was the problem in el paso, texas, along with strong winds and plenty of rain. it was. the same i in par of new mexico where some areas were pounded with hail the size of eggs. and here's look at the radar for that area. plenty more rain coming to texas between now and saturday. accuweather meteorologist justin povick is tracking all of it. justin, good morning. reena and phillip, thanks and good morning to you. once again we're tracking the tropics, and the latest on patricia h has it mong off to the north and the west, and, again, this could cause some major flash floodingng throught mexico. eventually some of the rain is getting pulled off to the north into the gulf of mexico, and even before that happens we are concerned about major flash flooding from dallas north and westbound thursday through saturday. reena and phillip, back to you. >> thank you, justin. breaking news from st. louis

where fire crews are battling flames at a church rectory, the seventh in a series of similar fires set this month. crews on the scene at st. joseph's shrine rectory say that the firire was faly small. they were able to put it out quickly, and although it's not in the same neighborhood as the other six church fires, arson investigators are calling this latest one very disturbing. more breaking news in that case of deadly road rage in albuquerque, new mexico. police arrested and charged tony torrez with murder after he confessed to shooting 4-year-old lilly garcia. she was in the backseat of her dad's truck when he was forced out of his lane by another driver. the two argued then police say torrez fired into gagarcia's pickup truck hitting the little girl. the los angeles area is likely tbe hit by an earthquake measuring at least a magnitude 5 sometimen the next three years. that's at least according to nasa scientists. their calculations were based on changes in the earth's crust after a 5.1 quake in that same

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cpr on her father four times. but despite her efforts he passed away. a day-care center in chicago is under investigation after closing for the night with a baby still inside. police broke down the doors to find the 1-year-old alone in the dark crawling on the floor. her dad had cled 911 when he arrived to pick his daughter up. found the doors locked and heard her crying. the child was not hurt. so f far no cment from the day-care center. khloe kardashian and lamar odom have decided to call off their divorce at least while he's continuing recovering after he was found unconscious last week. the pair had filed for divorce in 201313 but was never finalized. he was in a coma for four days but since regained consciousness. he is reportedly on dialys and has trouble standing on his own. a stunning new study about the use of mar juan in in our country. nearly 10% of u.s. adults that's momore than 22 million people say they use pot. those numbers represent a

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in all they got away with nothing and caused about $15,000 in damages. >> well, weekk seven in the nfl gets under w tonight with the sdaelt seahawks facing the 49ers. and we promised you more baseball highlights and get those from our guys at espn. >> this is the "sportscenter" set in los angeles. he's stan. i'm neil. we're sportscasters doing baseball highlights. >> niol league first. nlcs, mets up 3-0 on the cubs trying to finish the sweep. the faithful were there. didn't like what they saw. dael murphy did it again, first player in maj league history though homer in six consecutive stseason games. they don want any part of that home run ball and the mets complete the sweep. and the power of murphy once again. they take game four, 8-3 waiting for the royals or the blue jays. >> oh, i see what you did there. royals or blue jays because if the royals win, the wait is

this is in toronto and kansas city's going to have to wait. volquez walks edwin encarnacion that brings in t tying run or makes it 2-0, excuse me then two babatterslater, not a blue jays highlight because troy tulowitzki isn't in it and troy tulowitzki is in it off kelvin herrera, the blue jays -- i mean, this is serious, back and forth. back and forth. back to kansas city, blue jays win this one, 7-1. >> so, mets havave got some time. set the rotation, deal with bumps and bruis while they wait for the a.l. champ. >> i didn't shave. >> just hope the mets don't get cold waiting for thewinner. >> you never know. >>e'll see. up next in "the pulse," a new face on "sesame street" why the show is introducing this character. jimmy kimmel getting a visit from marty mcfly and doc brown.

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topping "the pulse," a new muppet taking up residence on "sesame street." >> yeah, meet julia, the show's first character with autism. julia is a preschooler who does things a little differently than elmo, g grover and her other friends but things they also have in common are highlighted as well. >> for now julia will only appear on "sesame street"'s digital platform part of a new initiative to help destigmatize autism that promotes the belief that we are all different but all the same. >> looking forward to that. and looking to boost sagging ratings. academy awards producer turned to a new face to be the face of it, chris rock. >> 11 years ago chris rock last led the oscar ceremonies and it was hilarious and criticism of

his usual caustic style. the show scored well with viewers. the oscars will be broadcast february 28th right here on abc. >> what a great pick. so funny, always on point. looking forward. >> best comedian alive in nye opinion. so yesterday was "back to the future" day and they made a big production out of it on t the jimmy kimmel show. >> michael j. fox and christopher lloyd arrived. look at that, in character and in the delorean time machine and they talked wit kimmel on stage about what's been going on i those decades since 1985 and some thoroughly modern parts of today world left the visitors bewiwildered a confused. >> apparently the tesla is a cultural achievementnt of this era. >> smile. >> what is this?

selfie with you guys. this is how we document important life events now. >> what is a hashtag, marty? before he left to go back to the past, kimmel asked doc if he knew how kimmel would die and doc told him that he would be torn to shreds next week by little kids who are upset that kimmel told their parents to take away their halloween candy. >> oh, it's a famous jimmy kimmel segment every halloween although he's a dad now. i wonder if he'll keep it going. >> yes, he will. he lovesjabbing. also on jimmy'show the debut of nike's futuristic ones based on michael j.'s character. >> mags and self-lacing. tightened or loosened by the push of a button. they won't be available until next spring only by auction. intimidating.

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clinton goes before the benghazi committee on capitol hill. for at least eight hou she will face tough questions from seven republicans and five democrats about the biggest crisis she faced as secretary of state. joe biden's decision not to run for president has removed a potential obstacle for hillaryry clinn. the vice president said he was ready to run after grieving the death of his son but it was now simply too late. and secretary of state john kerry is in berlin to meet with israeli leader benjamin netanyahu. their discussion will focus on the current violence between israelis and palestinians. as for today's weather heavy rain from texas all the way to the dakotas. rain also in parts of the northeast. dry a across t west, warm and sunny in the southeast. and finally this morning, a hawaii man is shaharing his incredible story of survival. >> tony lee says one minute he was out for a weekend swim, the next both his legs were inside the mouth of a shark.

>> out of nowhere i felt a yank on my legs and looked back, that's when i saw it was a shark. i couldn't believe it. >> reporter: from his hospital bed at queens, tony lee relives the terrifyfying ments in the water's off lanikai when a large shark attacked. >> he was a big guy. he had both my legs in his mouth. >> reporter: big and relentless pulling him under water repeatedly. the wounds on his hds a reminder of the punches he flu desperate to break free. >> i had goggles on so i cou see everything really clearly and i knew -- i kept thinking that if i just pumpnched him enough he would let me go. >> reporter: a father and son this their one-man canoe heard the screams and used his rash guard to tie a tourniquet and rushed lee to shore. the son not far behind with the other swimmer. >> i thought i was dead there. i mean, you know, i mean the guy was paddling as hard as he could

but, you know, we were pretty far from shore. >> but miraculously they made it. lee lost so much blood doctors sayust a few more minutes and he would have been dead. he's lost one foot and will undergo surgery to try to save the other. the 44-yeaold is an avid athlete and doctors say that will help tremendously in his recovery. >> i love surfing but i'm probably going to be a while before i g in the water again. sometimes when i close my eyes i cantill see the shark so going to be ail creeped out getting in the water again. i'll tie to me the best use of the rest of my life. i think it's such a miracle i'm alive. >> truly is a miracle. i don't think i would have the wits about me to punch the shark and keep going. >> i'm wearing keup. not very tough.