. making news in america this morning. dangerous deluge. five states under flood warnings. before what's expected to be historic rainfall. where is it already coming down this morning and who should expect the worst of it? the hits coming for the nfl amid the turmoil off the field. another player accused of domestic violence. what we have learned about this latest case. wild crash caught on camera, a school bus through trees and into a home. a closer look at the video showing how it likely happened. and a daredevil, a four-legged friend who's a real adrenaline junky. and good thursday morning,

everyone, i'm dan kloeffler. >> and i'm reena ninan. we begin with the remnants from odile, poised to bring devastating floods in the southwest. >> the rain is falling in arizona. this video just in, showing a drainage ditch filled with rushing water. and a my water fall flowing down a hill. abc has more. >> reporter: a month's worth of rain could fall in just hours as the remnants of hurricane odile move through the southwest. the rain has already started falling. odile is expected to cause historic flooding in the region. fire officials say less than two feet of water can move a vehicle, and people don't realize until too late. >> it's very deceiving, it can be passable, and 30 seconds later, the wall of water can be coming down. and you might get caught at the wrong time.

>> reporter: arizona is dealing with back-to-back storms. last week, there was dozens of water rescues. this time around, residents are preparing, filling sandbags to protect their homes. >> building around, and run it down here along the straight line. >> i heard there was more rain, i panicked. >> reporter: a woman and her baby are safe this morning after a 50-foot tree fell on their car. >> i didn't know what to think. i didn't know she was. >> reporter: and parts of four states are under a flash flood watch. it could last through the weekend. >> and that's the immediate threat, but there will be heavy rain halfway across the country. >> accuweather meteorologist jim dickey has the latest. >> we are tracking what's left of odile. heavy rainfall to portions of arizona and new mexico. see this area, brighter colors, when you see these, cooler,

taller cloud tops. that's an area of intense rainfall. it's localized, and it's going to come down in buckets. as much as 6 to 10 inches in some locations here, and spreading into new mexico as we head through the day. back to you. >> thank you. odile was a fierce category 3 hurricane when it slammed into bah ah-ja peninsula on sunday. >> she and her bridesmaids were trapped in cabo san lucas. and it finally ended overnight when they were air lifted out and arrived back in san diego. >> and back in mexico, the baja is reeling, a bridge is split in half, stranding drivers. houses are destroys, hundreds of thousands left without power or phone surface. and the sturdy hotels were damaged by the wind and rain. the people getting out are describing what they went

through. >> watching the windows push out two and a half feet out of the buildings. they had guards on them. but they'd push out and stuff slamming against them, the building shaking. >> and another storm is threatening mexico. hurricane polo formed overnight. it's expected to stay offshore, it could deliver rain and heavy winds to the area recovering from odile. >> now to wildfire, through the town of weed, it's worse than initially believed. we know that 110 homes were destroyed. another 90 damaged when those fast-moving flames forced half the town to evacuate. another explosive fire, out of control east of sacramento is getting bigger by the day. 2,000 homes there are in danger. the king fire has scorched more than 40 square miles since saturday. 33 fire fighters are on the ground, but it is only 5% contained. the house gave the green

light against i.s.i.s. the rare bipartisan vote authorized it. the senate hopes to pass it today. but more than 40% of house democrats voted against the measure. they're worried that new u.s. military operations in the middle east could lead to greater involvement. the president says that won't happen. >> but i want to be clear. the american forces that have been deployed to iraq do not and will not have a combat mission. they will support iraqi forces on the ground. as they fight for their own country against these terrorists. >> but the president is not ruling out sending u.s. advisers to embed with iraqi forces on the front lines to identify targets for air strikes. the white house does not see those at combat troops. now to the nfl's growing list of problems. start with the arrest of arizona cardinals running back jonathan dwy dwyer, charged with aggravated assault with a woman and their

young child. as soon as the charges were announced, he was deactivated. in interviews he denied any assault. and the owners of the minnesota vikings admit making a mistake in the case of adrian peterson. that team benching peterson until the charges are settled. the carolina panthers did the same with defensive end greg hardy who's appealing his domestic violence issue. and now a for veterans affairs official acknowledged that lengthy delays contributed to the deaths of veterans. the admission from the v.a. inspector general's office, conflicting with the report last month that found none of the deaths could be directly linked to the delays. the doctor who exposed the scandal called the report a whitewash. in scotland, the polls are opened for what is called independence day. 4 million voters are saying yes

or no to the question should scotland be an independent country. they have been overshadowed by england since 1787. the referendum, too close to call at this point. but this could be the last day of great britain as we know it. vice president joe biden is raising speculation doubt a 2016 for the white house, even after popping up in the testing ground of iowa. he joined the liberal group nuns on the bus as they registered voters and preached their message of social justice. as the nation's first catholic vice president, he explained why he got on board with the nuns. >> i was asked by the press why am i going out with nuns on the bus. i said because they're nuns. it's a simple proposition. you know, you're looking at a kid who had 12 years of catholic education. >> biden has not ruled out a presidential run. his office came just -- his

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it's thursday morning's big story, heavy rain from odile filled dry arizona river beds with rushing water. and the worst downpour is still ahead. flash flood warnings are in effect in parts of that state and in new mexico and texas as well. but that storm will reach halfway across the country by this weekend. now for a look at the morning commute. be on the lookout for radio flooding across the southwest and to tennessee. could be trouble in south florida and the western rockies as well. and flying, airport delays possible in phoenix and houston, all because of those storms. well, psychologicschools ins mountain are closed for the second day as details emerge about the man who shot state troopers. >> eric frein shaved his head into a mohawk. he spent years reenacting

history with a military simulation group. police say in his current frame of mind he may be assuming the role of a soldier. >> in the event you are listening to this broadcast while cowering in a cold, damp hiding place, i want you to know one thing, eric, we are coming for you. >> as the manhunt continues, a funeral is being held for brian dickson. the corporal killed in the ambush. many turned out for the viewing last night to pay their respects. another center around the university of virginia where an 18-year-old female student has been missing since saturday morning. they released this video showing hannah graham walking past an outdoor pub. and then running past a gas station. she sent a text message indicating she was lost, but no indication of fear. they are fearing that graham was a victim of foul play. now to a couple of wild dash cam videos to show you.

this in missouri, the officer pulls over a vehicle and asks them to get out of the car. and less than a minute later, another car slamming into the back of the police cruiser. the driver was charged with drunk driving and the officer was seriously injured. and a bus going down the road, struck by a red car, the bus hits a mailbox, a tree, and straight into a home, causing some pretty serious damage there. fortunately there were no students on the bus tet, and no one was injured. toronto mayor tom ford has cancer. it's rare, but treatable. he has been hospitalized since last month when a tumor was found in his abdomen. he's been replaced by his brother in the election. he's made headlines admitting to drinking and using cocaine while

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he apologized for what he called a selfish act. and the los angeles angels are the newest division winner, scoring all runs in the seventh inning. >> thousands stuck around, and when the oakland a's lost, they came back on with champagne to celebrate the title. it's the first division crown since 2009. now to northern california. the sky diver along with his dog. had to make this our play of the day. >> that's right. dog's name is riley, and he just completed his first sky dive. >> riley's owner, a guy from san francisco, designed the tandem harness that let him go for the jump. he got used to the idea after the dog once tried to follow him into the plane. >> and he claims that riley enjoyed this 13,000-foot plunge. especially when they were floating down after the chute deployed. of course, we'll never really know. i'm just happy to see that everyone, all six legs are back on solid ground.

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>> good morning, i'm tamala edwards, it's thursday, september 18. a pennsylvania state trooper will be laid to rest nearly a week after he was felled by a sniper. we're working on details of the alleged case of gay bashing in center city. we're live with the update. police need your help to catch a man who held up a local corner store with a banana. we'll have your bus stop forecast and check in on your traffic and look ahead at the weekend that's all next on "action news." heast, rain in th rockies. but all eyes on the tropical depression in the southwest. and finally this morning, millions of jeopardy fans did a double take as alex trebek kicked off the show. >> it was a trebek we haven't

seen in 13 years, sporting a mustache. that was a signature for decades. whether he keeps it is up to you. this is nick watt. >> the host of jeopardy, alex trebek. >> reporter: alex trebek was sporting an old friend. >> because i had nothing to do in those six weeks, i regrew this. >> reporter: absent for a while, his stash is back. it's dividing opinion, battling hashtags on twitter. and from the keep it camp, and keep it clean from the anti-bristle brigade. from episode one. trebek has a lustrous soup tr n strainer, but that was every man, reynolds, billy dee, 50% of the village people. and then it was to preserve the

come cam foreigners like borat. but now hip stirs and the odd celebrity sighting have brought lip fuzz back into the man's range of acceptableness. he will bashave, or not, based the audience. i propose he brings back the mull et from the 1970s. >> it's burning up social media. we asked the question on our website, atmfans.com, overbhemingly people say keep it. keep the stash. >> i'm surprised, i like him clean-shaven. >> i have to agree with you. i think only ron burgundy can pull that off. >> you're right. >> that's what's making news in america this morning. >> stay with us for "good morning america," have a great thursday.

>> here's what's happening on this thursday september 18. family, friend and law enforcers will gather to bid their final farewell to a slain pennsylvania state trooper while his killer is still roaming the streets. >> a high school coach suspected in the beating of a gay couple has been fired from his job. the latest on the investigation is coming up. >> new details an video emerge in the case of a missing student from the university of west virginia. >> good morning, we'll