>> have a grt tuesday. making news in america this morning, terror concerns at home and abroad overnight. a bulletin from the fbi and homeland security warning about the most likely threat to the homeland. plus, the worldwide travel alert from the state department. breaking overnight, a protest turning violent. people shot near a demonstration being held for the shooting of a black man by a police officer. new details just coming in. caught on camera, a man dressed as darth vader robbing a store and getting more than he bargained for from a clerk who fought back. and season finale on "dancing with the stars," who was sent home setting the stage for tonight's big show and the moment that moved the judges to

tears. and we do say good tuesday morning, everyone. authorities arare soundi the alarm after a month h of deadl terror attacks. >> there are growing concerns about terror organizations and their possible plans during the busy holiday week. here are new developments overnight. a joint bulletin issued by the fbi and homeland security saying terror groups could try to replicate the effects of the paris attacks. >> the state department issuing a worldwide travel alert because of terror threats, and right now the terror dragnet in brussels paralyzing the country for a fourth straight day there in belgium, and it could last another week. abc's stephanie ramos is live with the details this morning inin d.c. stephanie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, kendis and reena. the state department is -- they say they're not telling americans not to travel around the world but to be vigilant. if you plan on traveling this holiday season, a new warning for you in the wake of recent deadly attacks in paris, mali

and egypt. the state department issuing an uncommon worldwide alert due to increased terrorist threats. >> we are and we continue to be and we have been concerned about copycat-like attacks. >> reporter: the state department says "current information suggests isil and other terrorist groups continue to plan terrorist attacks in multiple regions. these attacks may employ a variety of tactics using conventional and nonconventional weapons," proof that isis is not giving up, promising attacks in this propaganda video showing images of new yorkrk city's mes square. ththe city iturn stepping up its police presence. as this heightened alert remains global tododay, present t obama is set to meet with french president francois hollande, but the french president might just leave empty-handed. president obama is showing no signs of expanding the u.s. strategy in the middle east and now stern europe even though he's under pressure to do so from france. kendis, reena, back to you. >> sphanie ramos in washington.

a possible new clue in the international manhunt for an alleged eighth suspect in the paris tift attacks. >> a suicide belt turning up in the suburb of that city. the question now, did it belong to salah abdeslam, who is stil on the run? authorities say his cell phone signal was pinging in the very same subb late at night after the attacks. he was last seenn brussels, belgium. >> and, of course, that city, which is the headquarters of nato and the european union, on lockdown this morning for a fourth consecutive day. s.w.a.t. teams in masks swarming the neighborhood where that eighth suspect lived. officials imposing the highest alert because of a possible terror threat that they say, quoting here, is serious and imminent. abc's matt gutman driving along th brussels police officers seeing the city under siege. >> reporter: this whole city is on lockdown. i mean, everywhere you go you see police officers with masks, machine guns. >> yes, yes. >> r reporter:rmy.

>> yes. >> that high alert will remain in place until next week, but scols, public transportation and governmentnt officesn brussels will begin toto open again tomorrow. we've gogot some baking news that is coming in frorom turkey where the military says it has shot down a russian plane, and now we're getting reports that russia is confirming that report. turkey says the russian jet violated its airspace near the syrian border. the early reports that we're getting say the two pilots parachuted to safety. russia, of course, has been conducting air strikes in syria since september. this morning donald trp is doubling down on his statement that he saw on television slims in new jersey cebratining the 9/ attacks. he says he's received hundreds of calls and tweets in recent days fropeople who told him that they eyewitnessed the scenes that he described, and he read part of this article from "the washington post." >> in jersey city within hours of two jetliners plowing into the world trade center, law

and questioned a number of people who were allegedly seen celebring the attacks and holding tailgate-style -- taililgate, yoknow what that means? >> "the washington post" later said that article was incorrect. ben carson, trump'p's main ral, is backing away from claims he made earlier about muslims in new jersey celebratiting. a spokesman said carsoson remembers news footage of groups in the middle east celebrating. in the meantime, the republican governor of indiana is being sued over his attempts to block syrian refugees from settling in that state. that federal lawsuit brought by the aclu. governor mike pence suspended the syrian the resettlement following the paris terror attack the lawsuit indicates that it violates the equal protection clause of the constitution because indiana accepts refugees from other countries. well, breaking overnight, four crew members are dead after a helicopter crash at the ft. hood rangen texas. military officials say the helicopter was on a routine

training mission. an investigation to determine the cause of the crash is under way. the names of the deceased have not been released. and we're following more breaking news from minneapolis wherere five ptesters have been shot overnight near ongoing demonstrations over the fatal shooting of a black man by a police officer. wiesses say the e shootersere part of white supremacist group with at least one wearing a mask. when protesters tried to herd them away from the scene, the shooting broke out. none of the injuries we're told believed to be life-threatening. well, the weather not doing any favors to those flying to or from the west coast. there's a look at the radar. a storm system moving into california, oregon and washingt. we're talking up to a foot of snow expected in the sierra nevada. cochran. how is it looking, molly? reena. we continue to keep an eye out on this next system impacting the pac northwest bringing in some heavy snow totals through wednesday night. sierra nevadas could be looking

now, wednesday a very high travel day before the thanksgiving holiday. this red-shaded area indicating poor conditions, las vegas towards s the denv area. on the flip side east coast looks good to go. new york city, philadelphi going to be warming up and expecting some sunshine. here's a look at our thanksgiving day, some soaking rain coming into the country's midsection. dallas by the time it's all said and done could be looking at 2 to 3 ihes of rain. also travel plans in chicago could be looking a little hairy by thanksgiving day. kendis and reena, back to you. >> all right. our anks to molly there at accuweather. well, still ahead, the shoppers already camping out for black friday. and under investigation, the nfl questioning a team after a quarterback took a big hit and continued to play. plus, a child battling breast cancer. one of the youngest patients

disease. pointers aimed at cockpits. at least eight planes were targeted near love field in dallas on sunday night. most of them were inbound minor eye injury. so far no arrest hasas been made. also in texas a family of that 14-year-old texas boy whose teacher thought his homemade clock was a bomb wants $15 million and an apology for his treatment. ahmed mohamed was arrested and suspended over that device. his treatment sparked allegations of racism because he is muslim. ahmed's family claims his reputation in the global community is now permanently damaged. >> he is forever associated with bombmaking.

below a blog post where somebody took osama bin laden's face off of a very famous picture of f bin laden and then dropped ahmed's face in that picture behind the beard. and he's forever -- >> twitter, google, facebook all reaching out to ahmed and president obama, you'll recall, invited him to the white house but ththe familyas moved to the persian gulf since in the country of qatar which offered him generous support for his education. volkswagen is making progress toward putting the dieselmissions scandal in its rearview mirror. the automaker has submitted proposals to federal and california regulators for fixing software that reported false results. volkswen's ceo says it will be several months before the automaker knows who was responsible for installing that software. black friday three days away but people are already camping out to be the first in line for those deals. analysts at nerd wallet say best deals on black friday are

usually electronics. they point to target's 25% discount on all beats wireless headphones, best buy's $125 savings onn ipad air 2 and $40 off a fitbit flex wristband at walmart, all things that i could use, hint, hint, co-anchor. >> you have a long list. >> i do. >> i could use a loan. when we come back, caught on camera. a man dressed as darth vader trying to rob a store. how the clerk fought back. and an observant viewer likely saving a tv host's life. how she spotted his cancer while

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gooey...flaky...happy. toaster strudel. now with more icing. here's something you actually don't want to see during a beach outing. dozens of sharks in frenzy right offshore in panama city beach, florida. the woman who shot this video says her four children were scared at first, but then they actually enjoyed the unique experience of seeing the sharks outside of an aquarium. >> oh, boy. a little too close for comfort there. >> have fun with that. checking your morning road conditions, all the problems are along the west coast, t roads across california north through washington state. mountain snow further inland. up to a foot in some areas. >> given all that, no surprise that if you're flying, airport delays possible in san francisco and los angeles. in indiana two men arrested for the murder of a young pastor's wifare due in court this morning. >> the crime two weeks ago shocked the country. officials say it was part of a string of burglaries in

indianapolis that day. pastor daveyey blackbu had left the front door unlnlocked wh he went to the gym. amda blackburn was 13 weeks pregnant. her 15-month-old son who was in the home was unharmed. police are alsinvestigating whether another man was involved. davey blackburwill talk about the arrest later this morning on "good morning america." there's also been an arrest for another headline-grabbing crime, this one in new orleans. medical student peter gold was shot when he says he saw a woman being dragged down the street and stopped to help. the crimes were caught on surveillance video. gold remains in guarded condition after being shot in the stomach. the mayor says gold has a difficult recovery ahead. and take a look at this video. the man that you see here dressed as darth vader is now charged with armed robbery and other counts after attempting a holdup at a florida convenience store. he demanded money from the clerk. you see that, the ranch dressing, that's what ey used to fight him off, not a lightsab. the guy was identified by a neighbor who clearly recognized

his face. well, a utah couple is going public with an incrediblble health crisis. their 8-year-old daughter has brst cancer. it started with a lump and was later confirmed by tests. third grader chrissy turner is scheduled to have surgery next month. her cases being closel watched by cancer specialists around the world. >> it is very rare form of breast cancer that -- it's called secrery carcinoma, and only 1 in 1 million are diagnosed, and she's the youngest that they had run across having this particular type of breast cancer. >> and incredibly e unfortunate news, this isn't the first bout for the family with cancer. mom annette is a cervical cancer survivor. dad, a "desert storm" veteran, has been diagnosed with non-hodgkin's lymphoma. as you can imagine, the medical bills have been astronomical. friends have set up a go fund me page to help them. the nfl is looking into

followed when it appeared the st. louis rams quarterback may have suffered a concussion. case keenum's head slammed into the ground sunday against the ravens. he struggled getting back up but stayed in the game, and yet two plays later keenum was in, he fumbled, which led to baltimore's winning field goal. the league is asking why keenum wasn't replaced so he could undergo a required evaluation. speaking of football, the e new college football playoff rankings, they are out tonight, and there's sure to be movement thanks to last weekend's games. >>and don't forget last night's games. we get our highlights from our guys at espn. >> hey, nothing likeke falling asleep on the couch and waking up to some sports in the middle of the night. kenny mayne and jay harris here, and jay has the lead in our miniure sports. >> patriot who else, monday night football, there's tom brady and crew against the bills. time winding down second quarter. brady to james white. shaking corey graham waltzes in for the score. rex ryan, he's not happy. pats lead 10-3 at the break. late third quarter,

17-10, ryan allen punt for 34 yards caught on the run by leodis mckelvin. watch, he's going toful, forcedd by brandon and loose ball recovered by jonathan freeny, returned the fumble five yards and lost it himself. that added to a field goal and led to a patriots win. we got the former sonics against the jazz, kevin durant back from injury set to facece off second quarter already, durant, worked on the three in that off time. 18 first half points. durant and russell westbrook working well together, back together in the third quarter and in. team likes these twon ththe court at once. still in the third, thunder up by many, durant crossover, throw it down, big man. good move. durant, 27 and the return thunder winner, 111-89. >> i like it when he's healthy. >> yeah, when they're both healthy, they're even better. >> absolutely. >> now back to international news. >> all right. something like that.

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time now for "the pulse," and we start with the real estate tv star who can thank an eagle-eyed fan for saving his life. >> yeah, tarek el moussa, host of hgtv's "flip or flop" along with his wife christina, they got an e-mail from t that fan after she noticed a lump on his neck. the woman is a nurse, and she urged them to get it checked out. chriristina pis up the story. >> the nurse's name is ryan read, and we are so thankful for her. >> so glad you made it. >> you look good. >> yeah, not too bad.

look, it's healing. >> it looks really good. >> thanks to ryan we caught the cancer before it spread. they removed my thyroid, and i'm cancer-free. i'm officially a survivor. >> thank you so much for sending that e-mail. i mean, without you, we probably would have never known. >> just a gut feeling. >> honestly you saved his life. thank you. truly, truly. >> incredible. you heard that correctly. tarek had thyroid cancer. >> and the couple says if it wasn't't for rya they probably woululd have wted until the lump got worse. by that time the cancer may have spread. that is the best deal they probably ever made. >> yeah, got to read your viewer e-mails. okay, so next up take a ok at this dress behind us, like all of them. okay, they look k familiarof course. yeah. >> and you've probably seen it before, and now the dress is taking the internet by storm. it all started when one tv meteorologist shared a link to the dress in a facebook group for women in the profession. >> okay, then several others in the group starting sharing pictures of themselves in the same dress. looks like every meteorologist in the country is wearing this one.

>> they say it's universally flattering, and the budget-friendly dress, $23, i'll take one in pink, please. >> not badad. art. well, a 14-year-old from kentucky is the new rubik's cube champion. the fit person ever to solve the puzzle in under five seconds. lucas etter's record time, 4.9 seconds. take a look. >> who whoa, whoa. >> boom! you can see that record time there on the clock. you saw it there. the other contestants at the official competition, this was in maryland, celebrated along with him. the previous record, by the way, was set this past april, a sluggish, sluggish 5.25 seconds. >> here's your rubik's cube tip of the day. >> yeah. >> they say, number one, the top face you got to line up all white in one row, and that's how you get to the next phase, so the first row has to be all white on top. >> as easy as that.

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top stories this morning, the state department issuing a worldwide travel alert after a month of terror attacks. the warning comes as the busy holiday travavel seasogets under way. brussels remains on the hiest alert amid warninings of a possible terror attack. a suspect wanted in the paris attacks was last seen in that city. he may be linked to a suicide vest found abandoned in a paris suburb. and breaking news, the turkish military says it has shot down a russian warplane. turkey says the jet violated its airspace near the syrian border. russia, of course, has been conducting air strikes in syria since september. today's weather, dry, cool and mild for the eastern two-thirds of the country. rain and snow for the west coast and the northern rockies. some areas could get up to a foot of snow. the battle in the ballroom not yet over. it's tonight, "dancing with the stars" finale event started last night, though, with four

phenomenal pairs.. >>eah, the competition is so strong, even a perfect score was not enough to save one couple. >> carlos and witney. >> reporter: two weeks of perfect scores was just not enough to save carlos penavega. . his hip-hop inspired freestyle featured cameos of other eliminated stars from this season including, of course, his wife, alexa. backstage the big-time rush singer thanked his pro partner witney. >> you know, this whole experience, like we came in and we really wanted to win, but we wanted to have a good time and show the world like how much love we have for everyone. and i think we did that, especially with our freestyle dance tonight. it was just full of life and energy, and i could not be more proud of what we accomplished. you can make it right >> reporter: two other stars had perfect scores on monday night including nick carter who brought the audience to its feet with his dance to his own backstreet boys hit "larger than life." my name all right >> reporter: and then there's

tears by her freestyle dance. >> you danced from the heart, and you touched everybody's soul, not just here, but i think all over america. >> reporter: roundinout the final three heading into tonight, alek skarlatos, of course, the american ho, a favorite with voters at home, so who will take home the mirrorball trophy? the final night of season 21 now just hours away. >> oh, they've all worked soso rd. it's pretty remarkable. >> all the excitement. by the way, i was looking at this. even before the season started, the oddsmakers in vegas had bindi irwin at 4-1 odds of winning it all. they knew something that clearly we didn't. >> yeah. >> well, bindi, nick and alek are all incredible dancers, i have to say, and it's been quite an arc. >> they've come a long way. >> i look forward to tonight. >> that's what's making news in america this morning. >> stay with us for "good morning america."