political puzzle. questions about ben carson's past remain unanswered as he stands by his remarks on religion and history, and hillary clinton goes for big laughs on late night tv. damaging twister. unseasonable storms tearing roofs clear off as tornadoes touch down in texas. accuweather has the latest on the system ahead. and feeling the force. the "star wars" fan with his one last wish answered, fighting cancer and getting a special screening before anyone else. well, good friday morning. we begin with the growing fears over air safety following that devastating russian plane crash in the egyptian desert. >> russia and egypt still pushing back against suggestions that a bomb likely took down the plane, but u.s. and british officials say they're being guid by intelligence intercepts, and now major

airports across the world. abc's lana zak has the latest for us and joining us from washington. lana, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, reena and kendis. the department of homeland security is looking at ways to make foreign airport screening as rigorous as the united here airport workers may be credentialed every six months but in some foreign airports, it is as infrequent as every five years. the possibility that a terrorist bomb downed the russian plane in shock waves with implications for u.s. travelers. >> i think thehere is a bomb on board. and we're taking that very seriously. >> reporter: the department of homeland security is expected to announce plans to tighten regulations on u.s.-bound flights from international airports as early as today. >> the obama administration is reviewing a number of different enhance security for commercial flights bound for the united states from certain foreign airports. >> reporter: with more than 25

millioamericans expected to fly over the thanksgiving holiday, the need for vigilant security could not be greater. here in the u.s., baggage is sent to special tsa underground screening rooms. each bag run through explosive detection scanners, but the standards at foreign airports vary widely, and even here in the u.s., security has been raised since this summer when tsa screeners were fouound to mi hidden objects 95% of the time and internatationally e list of countries halting travel in and aroundgypt's sinai peninsula is growing following the british lead. while back in russia communities begin to bury their dead, the first of hundreds to come.e. and that really puts into context what is at stake. some of the enhanced security measures being discussed include checking bags against passenger manifests prior to takeoff and really focusing in on those background checks of airport workers to minimize the possibility of insider threats. reena, kendis. >> good news, especially with the holiday season coming up.

abc's lana zak. thank you so much, lana. turning now to the race for the whe house anben carson looking to score points with conservatives. >> yeah, carson made some controversial comnts about transgendered people saying they should have their own bathrooms becacause it mes pele uncomfortable. carson also reinforced his belief that the egyptian pyramids were not tombs but ilt by joseph to store grain, and former classmates, neighbors and friends are disputing carson's claims that he had a violent past before turning to god. in the meantime, donald trump and marco rubio are trading jabs. trump attacked rubio for using a state republican party american express card when he served as speaker of the house in florida, but rubio says he paid for all of his personal expenses out of his own pocket and he fired back pointing out that trump has declared bankruptcy four times. the republicans will neeeed fewer podiums when they face off next week in their fourth h debate. new jersey governor chris christie and former arkansas

governor mike huckabee failed to make the cut with low poll numbers relegating them to the under card, and lindsey graham and former governor pataki, you see there, didn't make either debate. well, hillary clinton thinks she would defeat her husband if he could be involved in the democratic primary. clinton appeared last night on jimmy kimmel's show boasting she could beat the former president who has obviously run his last race alreaeady and she took a jab at president obama who recently said if he could run again, he would be re-elected. >> yeah, i think you got to have that kind of cfidence if you are in this arena trying to be president so if i were going to run against him, would i win? yeah. >> clinton also joked her husband could be called first dude or first mate if she's elected. as for the reblicans clinton said she would likely watch donald trump on "saturday night live" because she believes that he watched her. >> okay. well, happening right n, a hugeine of severe storms stretching from texas to the

great lakes. a tornado in ft. worth tore part of the roof off a bank building in that city sending it crashing onto vehicles on the ground below. the actual roof, by the way, wasn't damaged nor the air-conditioning system that it was covering. and there were no injuries, but further to the north this was the scene, the lightning strikes, no damage reports here. speaking of storms, a powerful storm system is heading to the southeast today. accuweather's justin povick is tracking it all. od morning, justin. >> reena and kendis, thanks, and good morning to you. a very active day throughout the southeast and also into the tennessee valley. not so mh at the coastline. i think we have one more warm day with sunshine toward myrtle beach and out towards charlotte but there's going to be some heavy rain along a cold fronont which is also going to produce some thundery downpours and potentially some flash flooding and this is going to mount if ananything or the course of the upcoming weekend as this front really slows down to a snail's pace. northeast, well, we're looking at some fog here through the

midday hours, but the good news on in the day and records again will be challenged. big changes, though, for the weekend. reena and kendis, back to you. >> justin, thank you so much. eaking news now from brazil where a potential environmental disaster is in the making. a dam holding back waste from an iron mine has burst burying a small town in toxic sludge. at least 17 people havdied. that toll is expected to rise since dozens are missing. rescuers say they're h having trouble reaching the site because of the mud. also brereaking rit now, a mystery in the caribbean. a search overnight for a passenger on board this ship, "the oasis of the sea" who ended up in the water. it's not clear if the 35-year-old man jumped or r was pushed. we'll stay on top of that story. a plea deal has been reached in the case of that gyrocopter pilot who landed on the capitol lawn

his lawyer says uglas hughes will plead guilty to operating the copter without a license, which is a felony. he faces three years in prison. well, based on new data from nasa, scientists think they know what went wrong on mars. once likely a garden spot of the solar system, most oits atatmosphereas stripped away by solar storms and without much air, mars lost most of its water. earth s spared because it has a magnetic field. the channels, the solar wind toward the poles, mars doesn't have any of that. >> i was always curious about what happened to mars. now we do. coming up, the richest cities in america. did yours make the list? the first big shopping frenzy of the season as a top designer's fashion sells out everywhere. the surprise visitor, the

righght on a fnt door. brand-new pictures this morning from nasa of that rocket launch failure last year. the antares rocket exploded just seconds after takeoff from the launchpad in virginia. it was supposed to be delivering supplies to the international space station. ththe explosn releasing the force of 200 tons of tnt. this morning's jobs report could trigger an interest rate hike. economists expect it will show the payroll growth of around 183,000 jobs and slightly lower unemployment rate, 5.1% or 5% even. that would be good news showing a stronger economy, and that might prompt the federal resve to raise rates as soon as next month. do you know the way to san jose? well, new york economic statistics say you probably should. it's the richest city in america. its per capital output is $105,000, more than twice the national average. bridgeport, connecticut, is se followed by san

francisco. san jose and san francisco are bridgeport has banking. all also have high concentrations, we're told, of >> tech and banking, we're in the wrong fields. >> we know this. california has been delayed because of that toxic contamination. experts say eating the the contaminated crabs could lead to severe sickness, ththe toxin linked to a vast algae bloom off the west coast which was usually seen during warm ocean temperatures as a okay, one more note from california. it was a shopping frenzy worthy of black friday y at h&m sres was on sale. okay, in new york, london and in san francisco, some customers were lined up outside for a day justo buy items from an affordable line of clothes from designer pierre balmain. for 15 minutes to grab arm loads of clothes and fashion accessories, most of it already on ebay, steeply marked up. >> glad i didn't know about this one.

i would have been waiting in line. >> your card would have been hurting. when we come back, one woman's major surprise, the intense stomach pains that turned out to beomething else entirely. and the stunning new details surrounding the illinois officer

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jersey lucky to be alive after nearly being impaled behind the wheel. the 18-year-old girl was just eight-foot picket fence post and hit the gas to avoid another car and wound up plowing near the with kids. no one hurt thankfully. morning road conditions. western gulf coast into the deep south. there will ao be wet roads in the eastern interior to the great lakes and in the northwest. roads could be slippery in the rockies from snow. if you're flying airport delays likeliest in detroit, atlanta, charlotte, washington, philadelphia, new york and boston. well, it seems that we learn more and more about the suburban chicago cop who committed suicide, the worse it gets. >> yeah, lieutenant joe gliniewicz not only to appear like a murder, he tried to hire a hit man to kill a vivillage ofcial about to

charity and "the chicago sun-times" reports that his personnel file shows history of complaints including drunkenness and sexual harassment. a possible motive in the stabbing of four people on a university of california campus. police in merced said the freshman was angry over being booted from a study group. according to a manifesto found after he was killed by police, the student planned to kill an officer, steal a gun and shoot those who had evicted him. all of the stabbing victims are expected to be okay. we're getting some new details in that incredible missing persons case. julian hernandez was 5 when his dad d took himrom his mom's home in alabama and never returned. well, now 18, julian realized he was abducted. he had trouble with his social security number while applying for college. that's when a guidance counselor found him in the national l data bank for missing and exploited children.. julian and his dad had been living in cleveland for years under assumed names. >> different.

he struck me as kind of a weird guy. i reallyly didn't lk to him all that long, but other than that, i mean, just kind of normal, i guess. >> we're told at julian has sisince beenn contact with his mother and she's said to be overjoyed. his dad could face more than ten years behind bars. the cdc is warning that about half of pregnant women gain too much weight. women already overweight or obese are more than likely to pile on the extra pounds. the extra weight can harm mom and baby. the cdc says about a third of women gain the recommended amount of weight. the rest gain too little. and surprise, that's newborn massachusetts. she was born despite the couple having no idea that judy was pregnantnt. judy brown said during her morning sickness, and she attributed her weight gain to simply growing older. what a surprise. >> yeah, i'll say. it will be no surprise tomorrow when ththe floridgators host vanderbilt.

what was a surprise was a florida resident's return home and a run-in with a gator. look at this. he found the ten-footer right at his front door. they called animal control, and when a trapper got a rope around the gator's neck, it got a little feisty. they think t the gatorrawled up from a pond on a nearby golf course. yay, florida. >> nice football reference. >> yeah, you see where we were going there. trying to bring together a number of things. >> okay, and speaking of football, there was a great deal of it last night, not this one, though. that one is later in the weekend, right? >> i think so. ththe highlits n now from r guys at espn. he's stan, i'm neil. hut, hut, hut. >> yeah, we got college football and nfl from thursday night. browns and bengals, it's an ohio thing in cincinnati, andy dalton has been really special so far this season and so has his team.

dalton hooking up with his tight end tyler eifert, eifert with three touchdown catches. he now leads the nfl witnine touchdowns on the season. and they had it working. and the bengals are 8-0. johnny manziel got the start for cleveland but managed just one touchdown. so, they got this new kid, jarrett stidham, he's the quarterback at baylor because seth russell broke a bone. true freshman. this kid was really good. no need to be worried. first half he threw for two, ran fofor one. kansas state, though, has a chance. you don't just go into manhattan and run by bill snyder. so deonte burton makes the catch. it's 31-24. then they missed a field goal, did baylor and k. state has a chance and somebody thought that would be a good idea, and it wasn't. baylor still unbeaten. >> yeah, i counted four defenders in the a area therof that pass. >> yeah. also from the s.e.c. thursday night, it's mississippi state over missouri. >> we have so many more scores but we're out of time. >> yep, ck to yoyou.

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he says they should have their own bathrooms because it makes people uncomfortable. human rights activists immediately condemned the comments. a severe storm system brought strong winds, rain, hail to pararts of tes, oklahoma and arkansas. a a tornadoore a roof covering off of a bank building in ft. worth. looking at today's weather, showers in the northwest. heavy rain from the texas gulf coast up to western new york. chilly in the upper midwest but a good chance of record highs in the east. okay, so this week we saw w the race for the white house finally move to within one year of decision day. >> so, as the candidates continued taking swings at each other, the hosts of late night tv had some jabs of their own. here's your "friday funnies." >> donald trump is keeping busy. this is his new book that went on sale today. take a look at that. it's called "crippled america: how to make america great again." >> he looks like h he's been trng all day to see the image in one of those 3d magic eye posters.

from a nap i a tanning bed. >> donald trump is not the only candidate out there with a book. jeb! just released a brand-new e-book entitled "reply all." it's a great way to show you're done making mistakes by naming a book after something people do by accident. >> jeb bush's campaign says they want to bring back the canceled telemundo dete but donald trump has threatened to boycott it rather than go. when they heard that, telemundo was like -- >> according to a new national poll, dr. ben carson is leading the fielof republican candidates now by his largest margin yet. this is a start because this is the first time the republican field has ever been led by an african-american candidate who appears to be asleep at all times. >> a new national poll found that ben carson is now ahead of donald trump by six points in the republican race, finally

provoving thatou can literally sleep your way to the top. >> no matter how tough it gets, don't count jeb! out because as he explained, he is a fighter. >> they don't know me. then i have breakfast. >> jeb eats nails when he wakes up, and i believe him. am i still running for president? >> oh, boy. now. coming up on "gma," 40 years of cooking, the best cooking segmen over the lastour decades. >> good recipes. that's what's making news in amica this morning.moring iowa in hd. we are iowa's most accurate weather team. good morning iowa starts now " elias: good morning iowa! i'm elias johnson... sabrina: and i'm sabrina ahmed. it's x:00 a-m on friday november 6th elias: good to have

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