making news in america this morning, under fire. donald trump at the center of another controversy for something he didn't say at a rally just hours ago. and carly fiorina also facing backlash, accused of lying during the debate. we're live with the details. dramatic crash, a school bus full of children plunging into a pond submerging on its side, a quick-thinking student saving lives. strange sight, a curious bear using its climbing skills on a condo building. caught on kiss cam. former president jimmy carter and rosalynn puckering up in front of the crowd. well, good friday morning. we begin with the latest in the race for 2016, donald trump

under fire once again, this time for failing to speak up. >> this as carly fiorina enjoys a bump in popularity from the debate. watched by 23 million people. trump is accused of letting a supporter's anti-muslim comment go unchecked. bazi kanani is in washington and we say good morning, bazi. >> reporter: good morning, kendis, good morning, reena. both trump and fiorina are defending their actions this morning and say it is the mainstream media that is getting it wrong. donald trump facing a new controversy about rhetoric on the campaign trail but this time it's about what he did not say. >> we have a problem in this country, it's called muslims. we know our current president is one. you know he's not even an american, birth certificate -- >> reporter: trump criticized for not denouncing the man who called muslims a problem in the u.s. and falsely called president obama a muslim and n noncitizen.

the republican front-runner claims he was the winner of the second gop primary debate. watched by nearly 23 million people. but most analysts believe the blue ribbon goes to carly fiorina, the former tech exec is also facing questions about a key moment in the debate when she made an emotional appeal against abortion by describing graphic scenes in videos allegedly recorded at planned parenthood. >> analysts who watched all 12 plus hours say the scene you describe actually isn't in those tapes. did you misspeak? >> no, i didn't misspeak and i don't know who you're speaking about in terms of watching the tapes but i have seen those images. >> reporter: planned parenthood calls fiorina's claims a flat out lie saying we think she's referring to a video where a woman who never worked for planned parenthood makes totally unsubstantiated claims about what she saw at health centers. democratic front-runner hillary clinton is responding by

defending planned parenthood for the work it does to provide health care to millions of women in need. reena, kendis. >> bazi kanani live in washington, bazi, thank you so much. and hillary clinton also campaigning in new hampshire and she didn't waste any time pouncing on trump. >> yeah, clinton fired off this tweet last night saying, quoting here, donald not denouncing false statements about the president and hateful rhetoric about muslims is disturbing and just plain wrong. cut it out. testimony resumes at a hearing to determine if sergeant bowe bergdahl should face a court-martial. his commanders in afghanistan testified yesterday about the hardships their men faced during their search for bergdahl. he spent five years as a taliban captive before being freed in a prisoner exchange last year. he's charged with deserting his unit and other counts. it's unclear if he will testify today. a major security breach at a regional airport in texas. a waco airport spokesman said an obviously impaired man drove through a gate and tried to

steal an executive jet and tried to remove tire barriers from the aircraft. an officer spotted him and used a stun gun on him several times. the man has a history of mental illness, they say. and this scene at an airport in the phoenix area, the front landing gear of a 19700 model plane failing so the 63-year-old pilot landing the plane without it. the plane skidded along the runway as a small fire broke out. emergency crews were able to put out the fire quickly. the pilot was not injured. well, now to chile where one resident says his citylooks lying a war zone following wednesday's deadly earthquake, evidence of the tsunami waves that came ashore is very clear. many boats washed well inland. the 8.3 magnitude quake is blamed for at least a dozen deaths. chile is planning for major earthquakes is credited for keeping that low and for allowing more than 1 million people to evacuate coastal areas quickly. croatia finds itself at the center of the refugee crisis.

migrants from the middle east and africa have fought croatian authorities as they try to make their way to western europe. thousands have entered croatia in the last few days creating chaotic scenes and authorities are threatening to follow hungary's lead by closing the borders. frantic preparations under way in washington, d.c., new york and philadelphia ahead of the papal visit but the pope has already delivered a message to cuba where he visits first. in the video he thanked cubans for praying ahead of his visit. he arrives in havana tomorrow and will hold a mass on sunday at the plaza of the revolution. he arrives in washington, d.c. on tuesday. a friend of the accused charleston church shooter has been arrested by the fbi. authorities have been investigating joey meeks since the june shooting for allegedly knowing about the attack and not informing them about it. dylann roof who is white is charged with killing nine black people after bible study.

roof stayed with meeks days before the attack. three american heroes were welcomed at the white house. mr. obama thanked them for saving so many lives and for, quote, making america look so good. they've already been awarded france's highest honor. >> those guys have been on quite a roll lately. quite a scene at the ball game in atlanta. jimmy carter and his wife rosalynn were featured on kiss cam at turner field, the nearly 91-year-old carter with his braves hat on. >> oh, and they got a big round of cheers from the crowd. carter might be hard to believe looking from this photo but he is battling cancer that spread to his brain. he looks incredible to me and also despite a loss to toronto, the carters stayed for the whole game. apparently these are their seats they've had for a very, very long time. big-time braves fan. >> and they have been together some 70 years so to see that

sort of gusto you might say and i love that mrs. carter was the one who moved in first as soon as she saw the kiss cam, i've been there, i know this. it's great. all right, 150 miles an hour and linking two cities, high-speed train coming to america. plus, young hero. a school bus on its side. partially subamericaned in a pond and the 10-year-old boy credited with carrying students to shore. caught on camera. aggressive encounter, a hammerhead shark circling a kayaker.

well, major headache for

travelers after american airlines was forced to ground flights due to a computer program. they halted flights at dallas, chicago and miami, three of its largest hubs. flights resumed after two hours. american is still investigating the problem. two weeks ago united airlines also grounded flights over a computer issue. china's biggest trainmaker is joining forces with a u.s. company linking las vegas and los angeles. a trip that normally takes about four hours by car. but just an hour and 20 minutes on the bullet train. construction could begin as soon as next september but the project's expected cost or completion date is right now unphone. the federal reserve isn't raising interest rates, at least not for now. the central bank thinks the u.s. economy is still too fragile citing the weak global economy and low inflation as well as unstable financial markets. the federal funds rate has been near zero for nearly a decade now and the fed still expects to raise rates before this year is

out. general motors is reached a settlement with the justice department to avoid criminal prosecution over the deadly ignition switch scandal. the automaker admitted guilt and will pay a $900 million fine. gm has also agreed to pay $575 million to settle dozens of lawsuits but critics say the punishment is too lenient. at least 124 deaths have been linked to the faulty switches. well, taste the rainbow. doritos is making a change creating multicolored cornchips in support of the it gets better project. that organization helps gay, lesbian and transgendered youth who have been bullied. bags will be mailed to people who donate at least $10 to that organization. and check out the shocking new listing in the nation's priciest housing market. san francisco. okay, needs a little work. it was built in 1906 after all, come on. asking price for 765 square feet, $350,000.

a deal in a city where the median home price is over a million bucks. maybe needs a good coat of paint, strip the floors. >> definitely a fixer-upper but $350,000. that tells you expensive that market is. >> lara is into flipping so maybe she can. there's no phone involved in this accident. why a burrito is blamed. curious climber, a bear scaling a condo building right onto a balcony. esurwhich means fewer costs, which saves money. their customer experience is virtually paperless, which saves paper, which saves money. they have smart online tools, so you only pay for what's right for you, which saves money. they settle claims quickly, which saves time, which saves money. they drive an all-hybrid claims fleet, which saves gas, which saves money. they were born online, and built to save money, which means when they save, you save.

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the bus was sheer panic. many of the children were able to escape through the rear emergency door which had popped open. the 10-year-old helped save others. >> when the bus stopped, there was the window that was open, the front window so i went out and i grabbed a kindergartner's airports and i put her around my neck and dragged her to land and went back and got two others and pull them out of the bus. >> sounds like a real hero. no serious injuries were reported. well, a bizarre case of distracted driving caught on camera in albuquerque. a city bus driver is seen crashing after taking his eyes off the road to eat a burrito. you can see him there drinking soda chomping down on the burrito and takes both his hands off the wheel before slammin allowed to eat anything while on the job. cameras were also rolling

for this close encounter off the southern california coast. take a look. a kayaker coming face-to-face with a hammerhead shark. it looked like it was attacking boat but it was going after the man's catch, fish tied to the side of the kayak. once the food was removed, the shark swam away and no one was injured. quite a shark tale there. we know that bears can climb trees, but what about buildings? this bear was spotted in gat lensburg, tennessee, saying a condo complex and made it all the way up to a third floor balcony then stopped on the second floor. the bear may have smelled garbage on one of the balconies, they believe. that is impressive. >> bears are pretty smart and will get to the food. >> no matter how high it is. well now some sports. a big weekend in college football, right? i'm ready for this. four games match teams in the top 25. >> speaking of football what a game last night and what an ending in the nfl.

highlights now from espn. >> man, a lot of people like the chiefs thursday night. >> yeah, a lot of people who thought that game was going into overtime. chiefs and bronco, what a crazy ending, peyton manning, you probably heard he didn't have a touchdown through the air last week against the ravens, what's wrong with peyton? eric berry returning from his lymphoma diagnosis and the chiefs go up 24-17 late in the game, 2:30 to go, peyton manning takes them right down the field, touchdown pass to emanuel sanders, looks like we're headed to overtime. conservative play here from the 20. jamaal charles but, wait a minute, brandon marshall knocks the ball out, roby recovered it and two touchdowns in nine seconds to beat the chiefs. angels are -- and twins chasing two of the wild card spots so angels were in minnesota. home of mary richards, minneapolis.

if you can make it there you can -- no, that's new york. mike trout, the rocking fish, grand slam. and if some is good, more is better. i mean, cargill, home run number two for trout. at 15 hits, the angels beat the twins, 11-8. >> i'll wrap it up, back to you. >> wrap-up. nice shoutout to '70s tv. one more sports highlights courtesy of jordan speight at a tournament north of chicago. he nailed a hole in one from 186 yards away. >> it was the fourth time he's ever done that ale need a lot more of those shots because he starts playing today five strokes off the lead, by the way, his first hole in one came when he was 14 years old. >> and he's still a young'un. and there's this, another ceremonial first pitch gone

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>> good morning, i'm matt o'donnell. it is 4:27 september 18. we are following breaking news, a trio of armed men forced their way into a home in northeast philadelphia. a woman and children were inside. we're live with the breaking details on the home invasion. one person had to jump to escape the flames, and firefighters rescued another as fire swept through a delaware apartment building. anticipation is building for a new wawa flagship store set to open in time for the papal visit which is 8 days away, a week from tomorrow, pope francis will be here, another beautiful day ahead. accuweather next. "friday funnies." >> the debate started last night

at 8 p.m. and ended -- did it end yet? >> we're still in the first block believe it or not. >> don't worry, here's a summary of the entire debate in tonight's edition of "the gist." >> i will take care of rich people. >> and must make sure we have medical -- >> marijuana. >> and toilet paper. >> each and every day. >> see how proud he was when he gave that hard low-five? it's like when the bully and the dweeb in an '80s movie really they're not so different after all. >> rand paul said if elected his secret service name would be justice never sleeps not to be mixed up with ruth bader ginsburg which is just sleep. for instance, this is true, at 10:12 p.m. while he was on stage debating, jeb bush joined vine. >> jeb bush admitted smoking marijuana 40 years ago.

meanwhile, ben carson admitted to smoking marijuana 40 minutes before the debate. >> the most awkward handshake came courtesy donald trump and ben carson. >> you see, it starts as a high-five but dr. carson comes in low and he's just like, well, and it turns into a little tug-of-war. that wasn't slow motion by the way much that's the speed at which ben carson actually moves. >> if your name was mentioned by any other candidate, then you got to speak next. and if at that point you mentioned another candidate, that other candidate got to speak right after you. so a lot of the debate felt like this. >> i know -- >> governor huckabee. >> jeb is a friend. >> donald. >> donald. >> abraham lincoln. >> i can't listen to this anymore. >> oh, good stuff. >> they always have fun with politics, those late night guys. >> and it was a fun debate. >> it was. and that's what's making news in america this morning. >> be sure to stick around for "good morning america." have a great friday.

>> good morning we're following breaking news on this friday, september 18. >> philadelphia police are looking for the masked men who ransacked a home with a woman and her children inside. >> only "action news" is where you'll see this story. police bust a car theft ring overnight with some high end cars about to go overseas. amuor is joining love for the papal visit. good