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in less than 100 days, that house right there will have a new occupant. as many national and city polls begin to shift in hillary clinton's favor, iowa is one place where donald trump has been enjoying a consistent lead. >> while iowa's republican elected officials stood firmly behind the nominee, the stakes are still very high for trump in the hawkeye state. kevin travers has more. >> reporter: it's a must-win state for donald trump. >> we're going to win iowa. >> reporter: the latest polling here shows trump with a 4 point lead. iowa's demographics seem to favor trump with 92% white, a large rural population, only 24%

of residents with a college degree, and trump's running mate, mike pence, on the trail tuesday. >> i choose to stand with donald trump. >> reporter: some republicans are backing away after trump's latest controversies, incoming house speaker paul ryan. voters here told us, they don't care. >> trump and pence don't need them. they don't need their backing at all. it's the american people that voting. >> reporter: the bat m for iowa's six electoral votes could be organization. >> hillary clinton is doing a much better job contacting her supporters and mobilizing them, thus, much more likely to vote on election day. donald trump is not putting in that effort right now. >> count on your support? >> reporter: at a phone bank in des moines, they are focused on early voting. >> we are, right now, in a tight race in iowa. >> reporter: it's big here. nearly half the ballots cast in 2012 came before election day, and as of last friday, democrats have an edge in the number of early ballots requested. >> are you here to vote?

>> reporter: iowa makes it easy to vote early. satellite polling locations like this one on the campus of iowa state university in ames. a steady stream of students making sure they are eligible to vote and casting their ballots. >> we have worked very hard to get students registered ahead of time. >> reporter: hillary clinton does not need iowa to win the white house, but this state is a clear sign of how donald trump's election night is going. if he loses here, diane and kendis, he's likely short in the key battleground states he can't afford to lose, diane, kendis? >> that's why they are hitting up all the battleground states in the next three weeks. thank you. coming up, the growing phenomena of urban angling. >> why they are casting lines in the city's busiest waterways. you're watching "world news

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more, and will climbed on board the east river to get a closer look at the fish and fishermen who took up urban angling. >> reporter: it runs through the heart of new york city. bordered by factories and highways, fed by the most polluted creeks in america. a famed final resting place, a punch line for decades. >> the east river? the most contaminated? >> reporter: forget that. we're going fishing on the east river. welcome aboard the capital princess, this is your assistant captain, will, speaking, we're going to catch serious fish. >> reporter: it's the ultimate in urban angling. fishermen casting lines in the shadows of some of new york city's most soaring skyscrapers, some even eating the catch. manufactu more on that later. the best way to learn about it is do it, right?

my first few minutes on capital princess was anything but smooth sailing. there was not a lot of instruction. i just got the pole, and i guess, when there's fish, there's fish. you don't wait around, you know? ♪ except for me, everything but the fish were biting. i'm so good at catching whatever we don't want. time to call in the experts. luckily, for me, fellow fishermen had experience up their sleeves to share with me. >> i started fishing at 5 years old. my father took me down and i've been fishing ever since. >> reporter: after one-on-one instruction from the pros. >> he's doing it for me. don't shoot this part. >> reporter: it was time to see if i knew what i was doing. >> reel it in reel it in. >> reporter: how many pounds? >> four pounds. >> four? >> felt like 400.

>> reporter: all right, my weight call collations were off, but it was the boost i needed. in fact, i felt like, well -- >> i'm the king of the world! >> reporter: and back to reality. it was time to see if this king of the world could fly solo and hook a titanic catch all by myself. >> all right. >> that's a fish! reel it in. reel. don't reel, don't reel, don't reel! don't reel! it's a bass! >> reporter: my catch of the day, a striked bass, was really a catch of the month. or longer. >> this is how we do it on the capital princess. >> yeah! >> hey. >> people spend a half a lifetime and don't do what you did in a matter of moments. >> i can't believe it myself. i think -- i'm learning from the best here. i think it has a lot to do with who is helping me out and less to do with me. >> well, it's a great crew, and i got to hand it to them.

you know, i'm a deck hand. >> here we are, reeling in bass, you know, keepers, not keepers, everything. a little bit of everything. yet, we're 20 minutes from grand central station. >> we are. >> oh! >> reporter: despite the proximity to the traffic and skyscrapers, the water is clean and fish is fresh enough to eat. back on land, our urban anglers can't wait to cook their catches of the day. will gans, abc news on the east river. >> that was a huge bass. >> it was a huge bass. nice job. seriously hoping there's no food that's brought on set rights now. >> you're not going to test? >> i'm not testing that out. >> one of the fisherman on the boat, apparently r he uses his catch frequently to feed some elderly around new york city, people that are less fortunately, and he will cook it up, go to their homes and serve a full meal. >> would you eat anything from the charles river? >> no, i don't think so.

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♪ the land of the free >> reporter: talk about spiking the ball. ♪ and t ♪ and the home of the brave >> they had, like, all smiles on their faces, some teared up, and just that feeling i can give to people, that emotion, that was so exciting. >> reporter: david wright, abc news, new york. >> and now the moment you've been waiting for, kendis is giving us his rendition. >> no, no. we don't want to see that. ♪ >> do it? >> really? we're going to do that? we got to get to the part. ♪ ♪ never going to dance again >> you think that was better,

. this morning on "world news now," donald trump fighting against two accusers. >> two women claiming to be groped by trump years ago are speaking out in a new report by the new york times. hear how the trump and clinton campaigns are reacting. >> the desperate effort to pull a child from rubble interrupted as another air strike hits sending everyone running for cover. just another horrible scene from the region. a recall on air bags that could explode. safety information withheld from studies, and millions of cars contain these air bags. we'll tell you which models. and slow and steady. it is the epic matchup that's the stuff of fables. the tortoise versus the hare.

brace yourself for drama. on your marks, get set, it is october 13th, thursday. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> so much suspense. reminds me of your sloth, actually. >> that -- that race starts out slow and then peters out. >> that's pretty much it. >> we're going to start, though, with explosive new alleges against donald trump, women coming forward with stories of unwanted sexual advances from incidents that allegedly happened several years ago. >> donald trump threatening to sue the new york times after recording accounts of two accusers. a 22-year-old receptionist working at trump tower in 2005 when she said trump kissed her on the cheek and directly on the mouth when she met him. >> jessica says trump groped her on a flight back in the '80s, and tried to put his hand up her

skirt. >> it was a real shock when all the sudden his hands were all over me. he started end kroe eed encroac space, and i hesitate to use the expression, but i'm going to, but he was like an octopus, like six arms just all over the place. >> we should point out, both women are hillary clinton supporters, and they never reportedly alleged sexual assaults to authorities, but they say they told friends and family members about it. >> trump, though, is categorically denying the allegations and demanding a retraction. he said in part, quote, the entire article is fiction and from the new york times to launch a false coordinated character assassination on mr. trump on a topic like this is dangerous to reach back decades stri trivializes sexual sexual assault. the clip top campaign pouncing on this referring to the behavior as disgusting, and said, quoting here, sadly, fits

everything we know about the way donald trump has treated women. >> trump is facing allegations of inappropriate behavior from a former beauty contestant. >> increasing attacks against hillary clinton and his fellow republicans. abc is on the political beat this morning. >> reporter: donald trump in florida, upset he didn't get more gop support after the second debate. >> wouldn't you think that paul ryan would call and say, good going? >> reporter: trump accused house speaker paul ryan of conspireing against him. >> but there's a whole sinister deal going on. >> reporter: trump spent the rally time hitting hillary clinton. but trump can't dodge his past of hitting on women from his 2005 crude comments to trump telling howard stern how he had free reign at his beauty pageants. >> i go backstage before a show, and everyone's getting dressed and ready, and i'm allowed to go in. >> reporter: a former miss arizona who is a conservative went public with kcbs in los angeles.

>> our first introduction to him was at the dress rehearsal half naked changes into bikinis. >> reporter: the trump campaign says the accusations have no merit. >> to know it's not only women he's disrepubliced, but he's insulted everybody. >> reporter: hillary clinton dealing with e-mails, and the information was already available to the public. with stops in colorado and nevada wednesday, clinton is trying to capitalize on gop divisions. >> the last thing we need in our country are more bullies. we should be drawing people towards us. >> reporter: clinton is putting pressure on republican candidates to clarify their stance. they are either with donald trump or against him. as for the latest e-mail hack involving wikileaks, her campaign says the fbi's investigating. diane, kendis? >> thank you. we heard about the gender gap in the election season, and now we have an example of just how much it might impact this election from our partners over at 538.

the site compiled data from several national polls finding out if males voted, donald trump wins with 350 electoral votes to 188 for lin ton. the land side is larger in reverse if only women voted. the map almost all blue giving clinton 458 electoral votes for trump's 80. breaking news overnight. the u.s. military fired on rebel sites in yes, ma'men in retalia for attempted attacks on warships in the region. missiles launched this morning targeting three radar sites controlled by yemen rebels on the red sea coast. they believe all targets were destroyed and adds they will continue to respond to future threats on military as well as commercial ships in the red sea and elsewhere in the world. iraqi forces gearing up to retack the city of mosul

controlled by isis for two years now. artillery and armored vehiclers have been arriving as cheering onlookers lined the roads, but the operation is complicated by demands from turkey insisting on playing a role in the offensive. baghdad objects saying its forces should be in the forefront. video shows the moment of a deadly air strike on a syria city of aleppo killing at least 15 people and levelled several buildings. part of the biggest market district in the eastern part of the city. that area has been the target of a russian backed syria offensive since the collapse of a cease fire last month. back to this country with the latest on the deadly plane crash in connecticut. officials now confirm that the flight instructor and his student fought inside the cockpit and that the instructor was unable to regain control before the crash. now the crash does appear to have been a suicide attempt by the student and terrorism ruled

out. we have the latest from elizabeth hur. >> reporter: investigators taking pictures and gathering evidence at the scene of the plane crash confirms it was no accident. >> information indicates the crash was intentional, but i want to be crystal clear, the circumstances beyond that are stimbeing investigated. >> the plane took off from an airport in hartford, connecticut when just before 4:00 tuesday afternoon eyewitnesss say they saw the plane plunging into a busy street and taking down utility poles and power lines. >> three poles, when it hit the last one, just boom. >> power out, and everyone -- >> everyone on the ground, the plane merely missing a van carrying a mother and children. >> sidewalks were full, businesses were full, and heavy amount of traffic. the fact that there were not more casualties as a result of the incident is amazing. >> reporter: as for the two men on board, a flight instructor and his 28-year-old student, abc

news learning he died in the crash, a jordanian national attending a flight school nearby. officials are searching his connecticut apartment and questioning roommates, but so far, no official word on a motive. police will only say they are not ruling anything out. kendis, diane? >> elizabeth, thank you. now to the weather. hurricane nicole set to hit bermuda today. this is what it looks like from the international spaceation. it's category 4 with sustained winds at 130 miles per hour. flights and cruise ship visits delayed. schools and businesses closed until it passes. and as flooding in north carolina shows no signs of easing, officials there ordered thousands more residents to evacuate their homes. the movement of the flood waters is called a slow motion disaster. some communities in the eastern part of north carolina are in danger of being cut off as more bridges in the area close.

many of the rain swollen rivers will crest tomorrow or saturday and the death toll is at already 38 people. breaking news from boston where two police officers were shot, one krcritically respondi to a report of a person with a gun last night. it appears a domestic dispute led to the call. one suspect shot dead at the scene and another in custody. murder charges have been filed against a man prosecutors say killed two palm springs police officers. john felix is an ex-con and known gang member and expected to be arraigned today. he specifically targeted the officers for death. >> this individual wanted ee e kill police officers. he armed himself with a weapon to kill police officers. he put on a vest so that he would be protected so he could kill police officers. >> prosecutors say they will decide in the coming weeks whether he'll face the death penalty if convicted. a public funeral for the

officers is scheduled for next tuesday. independent autopsy conducted for the family of a black man shot and killed by a charlotte police officer shows he suffered fatal gunshot wounds to the back and stomach. the shooting of keith scott touched off days of violent protests in charlotte. scott's family members says they were forced to have an independent autopsy because medical examiner refuses to release any information. the embattled ceo of wells fargo stepped down. john stumpf was under fire about the phoney account scandal, and senator warren demanded he resign. warren tweeted he should still face a department of justice investigation. stumpf walks awe with a $twenty million pension and more than $100 million in stock. so we rarely have the time to show you an event, an entire race from beginning to end, but this time we do.

walah. >> the epic battle of the tortoise and the hare. and they are off. >> the hare with the early lead, but the tortoise -- extra confident with a break, just the same as the story goes. >> the hare was in serious smack talking. the hare cracking under the pressure. >> hustling, just hustling? the tortoise and the hare, coming to loif again, and crossing the finish line, the tortoise! and the tortoise, oh, wins. >> oh, the humanity. all the bookies just tossing up their papers, just, no, no, no, no, we had the hare. oh! we need a rematch. >> frank was disappointed, by the way. >> frank, your rabbit. >> didn't like the competition. he's challenging the tortoise to a rematch. >> we'll have the continuing

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the national highway traffic safety administration accuses tennessee air bag parts maker of stone walling its investigation into a fatal crash this past summer. the agency is looking into several incidents of exploding air bags including one in july that killed a woman in canada. the manufacturer of the air bags is ark, based in tennessee. the investigation is focused on the inflaters similar to those involved in the tacata recall in 2014. >> what's similar between them is using the same type of propellant and overpressurized

causie ining shrapnel to cause fatalities. >> it's believed to be in older gm, hyundai, and more, but officials tell abc news they don't know exactly which models are affected. another major recall involving samsung galaxy note 7 smart phones. >> owners of the original and replacement phones are told not just to unplug and power down, but return phones after packing them in fireproof boxes of the. >> reporter: samsung sends customers these prepaid fire resistant return kits. this man posted a video of his online. inside? thermally insulated packaging and protective gloves. on the outside of the box, a warning. >> forbidden for transport by aircraft. >> reporter: ground traffic only. because phones are now considered fire hazards, they have to power down immediately, and this video shows why. watch as this woman in hawaii

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this morning on "world news now," new accusations against donald trump. several women say the republican presidential nominee made unwanted sexual advances on them. the trump's campaign calls it fiction. the full story in just a moment. breaking news, u.s. retaliating overnight against multiple missile attacks by rebels in yemen. video released by the military shows the american assault. we'll have the late, breaking details of the latest offensive. tim tee bow opens up about praying over a fans who collapsed in the fan. >> what the newly minted baseball player says this morning about the fan's health scare and why he dropped everything to rush to the man's side. forbes is out with this year's highest paid dead celebrities. so who landed at the top of the list? here's a hint. it's not david bowie or prince

or even elvis. we'll tell you how much he made last year. you might think he's a smooth criminal. >> oh, i don't know. >> on this thursday, october 13th. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> somewhere. somewhere. >> i don't know that's a list i want to be on. it's great to make a lot of money -- >> no one's aspiring to make that one. >> absolutely. let's talk about the presidential race, begin there, shall we? because donald trump accused of doing what he described in that lewd recording that shook up the campaign. >> two women are now accusing trump of groping and kissing them without consent. they tell the new york times the separate incidents occurred the first time they met trump. alleged incidents happened years ago, but the campaign demands a retraction and threatening a lawsuit. here's dan harris. >> reporter: just hours ago, the

new york times posted ajessica,r businesswoman, sitting next to a young donald trump in a flight into new york city in the early 1980s. >> somehow or another, the armrest in the seat disappeared, and it was a real shock when all the sudden his hands were all over me. he started encroaching on my space, and i hesitate to use this expression, but i'm going to, and that is he was like an octopus. it was like he had six arms. he was all over the place. >> reporter: she says she did not report trump's alleged behavior to anyone. >> during the late '60s, 70s, and 80s, the culture instilled on us somehow it was our fault, the attention that we received from men, that we were responsible for their behavior. you didn't complain to the authorities. you didn't complain to your boss. if something happened to you, you just bucked up and you went

on. >> reporter: she tells the new york times she is a clinton supporter, and the trump campaign is out with a statement saying, this entire article is fiction, and for the new york times to launch a completely false coordinated character assassination against mr. trump on a topic like this is dangerous. sources tell abc news donald trump's team is drafting a lawsuit against the new york times for defamation. dan harris, abc news, new york. >> trump's also facing allegations of inappropriate behavior from an exbeauty queen. >> former miss arizona says donald trump walked into a room with partially clothed contestants for the miss usa pageant back in 2001 when trump owned the pageant, of course, and described feeling helpless. >> our first introduction to him was when we were at the dress rehearsal and half naked changing into our bikinis. to have the owner waltz in when we're naked or half naked in a

very physically vulnerable position and then to have the pressure of the, you know, the people that work for him telling us to go fawn all over him, walk up to him, talk to him, get his attention. >> her allegations are strikingly similar to scenarios that trump once described to howard stern more than a decade ago on his radio show, but trump says her claims have no merit. >> hillary clinton's campaign is doing damage control amid release of more hacked e-mails. e-mails from the clinton campaign, part of the batch of e-mails published yesterday by wikileak, and one of them, he urges clinton to reach out to prominent latino politicians including bill richardson, and that e-mail makes reference to, quote, needy latinos and one easy call. he's blaming russians for the hacking saying they are conspireing to help trump. the fbi is looking into the hack. breaking news from the defense department. the pentagon confirming the u.s.

military retail yated for attempted attacks on warships in the red sea. missiles were launched early this morning targeting three radar sites controlled by yemen rebels along the red sea coast. military officials believe all three targets were destroyed. the pentagon warn they'll continue to respond to future threats on military as well as kme commercial ships as well as elsewhere in the world. more breaking news there boston here at home. boston police officer fighting for his life after being shot. another officer wounded in the incident when responding to reports of a man with a gun. police initially asked residents in the east boston neighborhood to shelter in place as they searched for a suspect. they later said the suspect was killed and the situation under control. >> new details about the deadly plane crash on the street in connecticut. officials confirm the flight instructor and his student fought inside the cockpit and the instructor was up able to regain control before the crash.

the crash appeared to have been a suicide attempt by the student. terrorism has been ruled out. killed in the crash, the student, a native of jordan, and the instructor still in the hospital. thousands urged to evacuate as flooding grows more dangerous from hurricane matthew, now blamed for 38 deaths, most of them in north carolina. phillip mena is in the flood zone. >> reporter: the death toll rising in north carolina along with the water. >> it's all right. >> reporter: fearing the worse for her brother, ralph, who refused to evacuate the hard hit time of lumbertop. >> praying he stayed behind in the house and maybe the water didn't come so high. >> reporter: learning her brother is safe as the disaster unfolds in slow motion. some, like me linda, and her family, sleeping in their vehicles. >> i'm ten weeks pregnant.

it's me, my two kids, three dogs, and a cat. >> reporter: rivers like this at record levels and still rising, overuning the towns. emergency operations still underway. the death toll in the state now at least 20. phillip mena, lumberton, north carolina. an arizona woman under arrest accused of conspiracy to commit terrorism. she was taken in custody after federal and local law enforcement served warrants. no information release e ed at time, but she's been complaining on facebook she was denied visitation to the state prison complex. the trial of a georgia man accused of leave son in the car to die resumes after a four daybreak. he's facing felony murder and other charges as prosecution said he left the little boy in the car for more than seven hours, his lawyers say it was an

accident. zblnkts a study questions the value of mammograms for breast cancer screening. researchers concluded a woman is likely to be diagnosed with a small tumor that's not destined to grow than have a true problem spotted early. the study results to the ongoing debate whether opening night ane player in particular. we talk about hockey with the matthews. he's 19 years old. he was the number one draft choice for the toronto mapleleafs, and last night in his debut, all he did was score four goals, that's mama. his parents in the crowd. his mother getting more and more emotional as the goals kept going. four is the most in a debut game in modern nhl history. they lost the game, 5-4, but he scored two in the first five

minutes. >> the fact they lost 5-4, and he scored every single one. >> every single goal. >> unbelievable. i'm not sure the family minded the loss. >> so excited for him. >> hat trick? please. >> game two's going to suck, though. all downhill from there. >> this underhand free throws. >> check it out, curtesy of the houston rockets. he's been shooting grapny style since the time at the university of louisville, and he's not stopping now that he's in the pros. he showed off his underhand method during houston's exhibition trip to china. they all loved it there. do we like it? >> i'm game. apparently, there's players who shoot much better this way, but they just won't do it because they don't think it looks cool.

>> it's not, like -- >> begs to question, would you shoot, quote-on-quote granny style, if it upped your free throw percentage. >> whatever works. >> absolutely. >> not everybody would. >> after last season, the knicks' training everybody like that. ken bone probably shoots like that. >> i think if i were a basketball player, i'd shoot like that. better numbers that way than this way. >> really? >> but i did play basketball for a short time. guess what? >> what? you did over. >> yeah. we're all learning. >> let us know your thoughts. what would tebow do? bet he would shoot under if it were betterment he's opening up about frightening moments after a fan collapsed in the stands, and how he rushed in to try to help. hear why he says he did it. heard of dead presidents, but now dead celebrities. this year's highest paid ones. can you guess who made it to the top of the list? but, first, here's a look at today's forecast.

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>> both. >> all right. now to sports personalities. starting with tom brady. the quarterback has been photographed with donald trump in the past. >> and his news conference yesterday, brady was asked a question about the long time friend. >> how would you respond if your kids heard donald trump's version of locker room talk? >> thank you, guys. have a good day. >> and just like that. >> yep. he was off. brady and trump have golf together, and trump mentioned brady's support on the campaign trail. >> brady, clearly, didn't want to talk politics. >> department want to talk about it, yeah. another sports hero opening up to a frightening health care involving a fan collapsing in the stands. >> these images have gone viral. tim tebow rushing to the aid of brandon barry who collapsed after the game on tuesday.

tebow described to our sister network, espn, how he prayed over the man. >> looked like he was unconscious, and when he came to, the longer that he was conscious, the more comfortable he got, but you still don't know what's going on. i was praying for him at the time when he woke up, just be there with him until the paramedics show up, and take his mind off of whatever he was going through, just treat him normal like anybody else, and if you can rag him, rag him, give him a hard time, talk about his mom, whatever it is, you know, and in my opinion, when people are going through some really tough times, they still want to be treated normal and they stillment to be, you know, treated like a friend, not, you know, necessarily, you know, just coddled, but, you know, messing around. you're a georgia fan, give him a hard time, take the mind off of what they are going through at the moment. >> i don't know, how do you feel about that?

out of a seizure and someone's talking smack about your mama. >> i don't know. tebow rotedly said the fan said he was diagnosed with a brain tumor this year. >> barry is fine now at home after being released from the hospital, and, apparently, they talked smack about from rival schools. when we come back, this year's top earnings for dead celebrities. >> whoopi's business venture she hopes brings joy to the world, not behar. the skinny's next. "world

♪ time for "the skinny," and topping the headlines this morning, the top paid celebrities in the year after. >> forbes is out with the annual list of dead celebrities who earned the most dead presidents. it's true. landing in third place, arnold palmer, who just pass away 18 days ago, over the last 12 months, though, he made $40 million. >> peanuts creator, charles schultz. >> blasting ahead of them, the king of pop, oh "smooth criminal," raking in $825 million last year, michael jackson, mostly through the

estate selling the remaining half share of the beatles off to 750 million. >> rounding out the top five, elvis in fourth place, and prince in fifth. >> prince is fifth, huh. all right. next, a month's long speculation is over. >> janet jackson confirmed her long rumored pregnant si at age 50 showing off the growing bump to "people". she postponed unbreakable tour to focus on planning a family with her husband, a retired businessman. >> the five-time grammy award winner says, quote, we thank god for our blessing, and a source says she's doing well and resting until the baby's due and is already thinking about baby names. >> cool. congrats. >> congrats. next, hoping to spread serious christmas cheer, whoopi is launching a fashion line, but not the kind most launch, but ugly christmas sweaters. >> the kind ken bone would love. >> this is my fashion line. >> it is great. she's entered an exclusive

partnership. she says there's 11 styles with different styles and different names. >> there's santa love, the skirt the issue resembles a skirt. >> they retail for $39, and will hit stores on november 1st. >> that one is -- >> interesting. >> it's something. >> yeah. >> finally, some exciting thursday for "star wars" fans. >> our parent company, disney, released the first movie poster for "rogue 1," and darth vader is looming over her shoulder. the death star and six of her costars. >> the release comes ahead of this morning's release of the film's very first trailer. look for that later this morning on "good morning america," and it hits theaters december 16th in 3 d, real d, imxd. nbd.

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making news in america this morning, a slew of allegations made against donald trump. several women are now coming forward accusing trump of groping and unwanted sexual advances. this morning how his campaign is responding. breaking overnight, the u.s. navy retaliates after missiles target american ships. we have new video just in. also breaking right now, two police officers shot in boston. the suspect armed with an assault rifle and wearing a bulletproof vest. details from investigators just in. plus, hurricane nicole strengthens as it heads for bermuda. its new track and what it looks like from space coming up. a good thursday morning.