bazi kanani, abc news, washington. adam: although democrat hillary clinton wasn' t on stage last night, her name certainly came up during the debate. she spent the night here in the granite state and tweeted this her that she was brushing off all those comments. she continues her visit today with a college forum in berlin. and republican jeb bush will hold a town hall in new london. "new hampshire primary source," wmur political reporter john distaso looks ahead at which granite state in the coming plus, the desk used 103 years ago to pen the legislation s to a new home. s column in website, wmur.com. and very much like the political system, our weather up and down today. kevin: yes, and we are trending upward quite a bit as far as our temperature is concerned today, but you have to think that sum of your it is not going to last. adam: up next, we have some helpful and yummy tips that will have your child thinking twice about dipping their hand in the cookie jar and grabbing those unhealthy snacks. now to our u-local h

abc' s bazi kanani has more from washington. bazi: in the hot seat for his company' s deception -- michael horn: i would like to offer a sincere apology. bazi: he apologizes repeatedly as lawmakers vented their anger over the auto -- over the automaker' s cheating on emissions test on over half a

bazi: in arizona, police have fight. school shooting so far this year. bazi kanani, abc news. erin: so far this year, there have been more than 40 school shootings. according to the cdc, more than 400,000 people have died due to new this noon, two people are dead after a crash in jefferson. state police say it appears a 2005 impala was traveling north on route 115 when it ran a stop sign last night. it traveled through the intersection and hit a tree. two passengers in their 70' s were killed. the driver, who is also in his 70' s, suffered minor injuries. we got a possible glimpse of the upcoming race for the u.s. senate this morning in manchester at a summit on manufacturing and technology. governor maggie hassan announced on monday that she will run for the senate, taking on incumbent senator kelly ayotte. wmur' s ray brewer was live at the event, and ray, did it feel like a campaign event? ray: erin, there were none of the posters, or political signs but everyone in the room was very aware of the undercurrent, that these two women could soon be locked in a battle for their

bazi: 12 slug has not said how they will fix the recalled vehicles in the u.s. -- bazi: volkswagen has not said how they will fix the recalled vehicles in the u.s. michael: we will make sure this is not happen again. something done independently by a couple of software engineers. washington. and i' m not just talking about the weather. 20 years ago today, wmur.com launched. take a look at these epic throwback photos. the site certainly looks different than it does today. get started with a post from a station engineer. image. that is tom, jen, mike, and jamie on our site about 10 years ago. little has changed. in 1995, our dot com launch. also, starbucks frappuccino debuted and " toy story" premiered. kevin, was the weather this nice 20 years ago today? kevin: you get into october, and this is the kind of weather we get into. a couple of rain chances there or there, and we are seemingly in one of those very nice patterns right now. you will notice nothing but sunshine of the present time after a little fog earlier this morning burned off. you will notice one of the quick moving rain ch

bazi: families of the crew are critical of the decision. they hold vigil as they wait for answers. >> i know is out there floating around, they will pick them up anytime. bazi: investigators say they will look at the ship' s safety records but their first priority is to look at the physical evidence from the ship that is perishable. sean: the head of u.s. forces in afghanistan testified before congress this morning. joseph campbell also addressed the u.s. airstrike on a doctors without borders clinic in afghanistan last weekend, killing at least 22 people. he testified the hospital was mistakenly struck. afghan forces reported being on fire and asked for support while in combat with taliban forces. >> the decision to provide aerial fire was a u.s. decision made within the u.s. chain of command. a hospital was mistakenly struck. we would never intentionally target a protected medical facility. sean: he also testified about the number of u.s. troops that should stay in afghanistan. he spoke briefly about it at the pentagon, saying afghan forc

bazi kanani reviews what was at times a chaotic stage. >> folks, we' ve got to wake up. bazi: right from the start, the front runners come under attack. >> we are on the verge perhaps of picking someone who cannot do this job. bazi: a classic trump counterpunch. >> then his poll numbers tanked, that is why he is on the end. and he got nasty. you know what? you can have him. bazi: the real estate mogul further blasted john kasich for his ties to lehman brothers. another sparring match as jeb bush goes after marco rubio for missing senate votes to campaign. >> when you signed up for this, this is a six-year term and you should be showing up to work. >> someone has convinced you that attacking me will help you. bazi: rubio compared himself to john mccain and others who missed votes during presidential campaigns. chris christie drew applause for his slam on a question about >> we have $19 trillion in debt, we have people out of work, we have isis and al qaeda attacking us, and we are talking about fantasy football? [applause] bazi: as the candidates battled, they found agree

abc's bazi kanani joining us from washington. bazi, thank you. >>> among the candidates there were some breakouts and some bruises during the debate. >> yeah, here's abc's political analyst matthew dowd's take. >> reporter: i think marco rubio was the number one winner. i also thought ted cruz won especially to among other republican base and i thought big loser was jeb, big winner was probably marco rubio. ben carson and donald trump seemed to disappear from the stage especially donald trump of he seemed to not really be. involved in the debate and his answers were sort of the same things everybody has heard before so i think it's interesting where the folks that hold 50% of the vote basically disappeared from the stage. >> interesting. >>>. >> it seems marco rubio spurred curiosity pong voters. >> rubio was the most searched candidate on the internet accord according to google trends following by carson, trump, cruz and kasich. >> so much talk, so little substance, makes me want to go out and do something. see you on the trail

bazi: but, leach didn' t quit as soon as she could have. she waited until her lunch break to check her numbers. >> i was having a really bad night at work. thought, well i might as well check my numbers while i' m sitting here waiting for my lunch. i didn' t believe it. i had to go back to work and get verified from a couple other co-workers and just couldn' t believe it. bazi: leach is taking the lump sum -- about $140 million after taxes. so, what will she do with all a little house shopping. leach says she will stay in michigan and buy up property for m going to take care of my kids. i don' t want them to have to work like i had to work and deal with the kind of things that i had to deal with over life. i want a good life for them. bazi: and there may be a marriage proposal in her future from her partner of 36 years. >> he' d have to sign a pre-nup now. bazi: leach said she has hired an attorney and a financial advisor who will help her manage the money. bazi kanani, abc news, washington. mike: you knkow ow julie, right? good friends. ma

bazi kanani, abc news, washington. erin: in light of the heroin epidemic facing new hampshire, governor maggie hassan is considering emergency rules many consider opioids to be the root cause of the heroin problem. her office has floated a draft proposal within the medical community looking for feedback. suggestions include limiting prescriptions to a five-day supply and reviewing outdated practices. >> the guidelines in the board of medicine rules right now say that the chance of a patient becoming addicted to an opioid is low. we know that that isn' t true. we also know from looking at other states that there are best practices we should be implementing. >> all of this needs to be done with public hearings and to do it appropriately in a process that make sure we have not impacted the ability of doctors to practice medicine. erin: if emergency rules are implemented, there would not be a normal public input period. the rules would stand for six police in newton are looking for the person they say shot the windshield o

bazi kanani is on the campaign trail. bazi: donald trump is talking religion. on muslim women and their veils. >> they want to. what the hell are we getting involved for? it is easier. look a beautiful everyone looks. wouldn' t it be easier? bazi: he also is refusing to apologize for western in ben carson' s seventh-day adventist faith. >> i said i don' t know about it. so, you know. bazi: polls show carson surging ahead of trump in iowa. jeb bush is down in the polls and frustrated. >> i' ve got a lot of really cool things i can do other than sit around being miserable listening to people demonize me and me feeling compelled to demonize them. that is a joke. elect trump if you want that. bazi: he met privately with his family and big donors strategizing after being forced to cut campaign staff and salaries. on the democratic side, hillary clinton is writing a new wave of support following vice president joe biden' s decision to stay out of the race. bernie sanders now going after her more aggressively, but to the ladies of "the view" he saved his attacks for r

"script: ==bazi on camera intro== good morning. this debate will be another important opportunity for the candidates to pick up some momentum... and this time... donald trump is also in need of a boost. a change on the debate stage. this time, two men placed front and center the polls. (sot trump) iowa would you get your numbers up please? (cheers) a humbled donald acknowledging ben place in iowa. (gfx) and in one new poll... in a virtual tie with trump nationally. ahead of tonight's debate, carson is not taking those new numbers for granted. (sot carson) you know i do realize that you know it's a marathon, that we are still, you know, more than a year away from the election and there will be ups and downs while trump and carson are expected to hit hard at each other in tonight's debate... other candidates are the alternative to the jeb bush declaring friend and protege marco rubio "a gop obama" rubio... suggesting bush is part of the past. (sot rubio) we need to elevate a new generation of leadership. ==bazi on camera tag== there

bazi: right at the start, the front runners came under attack. >> we are on the verge of taking bazi: a classic trump counterpunch. >> then his poll numbers tanked. that is why he is on the end and he got nasty. you know what? you can have him. bazi: he further blasted john kasich for his ties to lehman brothers. another sparring match as jeb bush goes after first year senator marco rubio for missing senate vote to campaign. >> when you signed up for this, this is a six year term and you should be showing up to work. bazi: rubio defended his voting record with a comparison to john mccain and others who missed votes during presidential campaigns. chris christie drew applause for a slam on a question about regulating betting for fantasy football. >> we have $19 trillion in debt, we have people out of work, we have isis and al qaeda talking about us and we are talking they found agreement on one thing, ted cruz vents their moderators. >> this is not a cage match. how about talking about the about? bazi: party leaders are bashing the moderators they claimed were focused on stirring up fig

abc's bazi kanani is in washington. morning to you, bazi. >> reporter: good morning, reena. good morning, kendis. the latest ap poll showed donald trump is not faring well with critical hispanic voters but among most republicans he is viewed as their strongest candidate for the general election. just ahead of the third republican debate, donald trump is talking religion. on muslim women and their veils. >> they want to. what the hell are we getting involved for? the fact is it's easier. you don't have to put up makeup. wouldn't it be easier, right? >> reporter: trump also refusing to apologize for questioning ben carson's seventh day adventist faith. >> i said exactly i don't know about it so, you know. >> ben carson has -- >> that's not an insult. >> reporter: polls show him sur surging over ben carson. jeb bush is down in the polls and frustrated. >> i got a lot of really cool things that i could do other than sit around being miserable listening to people demonize and me feeling compelled to demonize them. that is a joke. elect trump if you want that. >> reporter: bush me

bazi: there are 14 republicans still in the race. only the top 10 will be part of the main debate, which will have a significant focus on economic issues. abc news, washington. erin: in light of the heroin epidemic facing new hampshire, governor maggie hassan is considering emergency rules concerning prescriptions for painkillers. many consider opioids to be the root cause of the heroin problem. the governor' s office has floated a draft proposal within the medical community for feedback. they may limit prescriptions for a five-day supply and limiting the use of fentanyl. >> the guidelines in the board of medicine rules say that the chance of a patient becoming addicted to an opioid is low. we know that that is not true. we also know from other states that there are best practices we should be implementing. >> all of this needs to be done with public hearings and needs to be done appropriately in a public process to make sure we have not impacted the ability of doctors to practice medicine. erin: if emergency rules were implemented,

abc's bazi kanani joining us now from d.c. with the details. bazi, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, kendis, good morning, reena. this will be another important opportunity for the candidates to pick up some momentum and this time donald trump is also in need of a boost. a change on the debate stage, this time two men placed front and center for their rankings in the polls. >> iowa, will you get your numbers up, please? >> reporter: a humbled donald trump acknowledging ben carson's rise to first place in iowa and in one new poll in a virtual tie with trump nationally. >> i mean, i am second. it's not like terrible. second is terrible to me. >> reporter: ahead of tonight's debate carson is not taking those new numbers for granted. >> you know, i do realize that, you know, it's a marathon. we're still, you know, more than a year away from the election. and there will be ups and downs. >> reporter: while trump and carson are expected to hit hard at each other in tonight's debate, other candidates are battling to be seen as the alternative t

bazi: trump maintains his lead nationally. jeb bush is down in the polls and frustrated. >> i' ve got a lot of really cool things i can do other than sit around being miserable listening to people demonize me and me feeling compelled to demonize them. that is a joke. elect trump if you want that. bazi: he met privately after being forced to campaign -- he met privately with family and campaign staff after being horse to cut -- forced to cut campaign staff. bernie sanders is now going after hillary clinton more aggressively, but the ladies of "the view" he saved his attacks for republicans. >> we have a very right-wing, extremist republican party. will gather in boulder, colorado where donald trump will be center stage position. abc news, washington. sean: students at nashua community college are getting a firsthand lesson about the new former senator judd greg and former supreme court justice david souter spoke yesterday about the role of civic engagement in america. they addressed the issues of government. they expressed deep

abc's bazi kanani has the latest " bazi kanani rollcue for live shots: good morning. it was a one-two storm punch along the gulf coast. the dangerous system is leaving lots of damage, but thankfully, so far, there are no reports of fatalities. pkg script: the lone star state... drenched. up to 20 inches of rain falling over parts of texas. (nats) "we got the boat over there." emergency crews going in with boats and humvees to reach stranded residents. a close call for the more than 70 rescued south of dallas. this man and his dog pulled from their flooded truck. another man... stuck when he waded in to find his submerged vehicle. (sot) i just stood there and watched my vehicle slowly disappear. when flood waters derailed this freight train... the two people on board swam to safety... but a cow needed some help getting back on solid ground. in san antonio, rescuers managed to reach a man who was swept more than a mile through a storm drain. (sot) "you can just imagine crashing against the wall in there, story. it was a wild ride for him." the storms swept in with damag

abc's bazi kanani brings us the latest. the panicked moments just before takeoff. "alarms.... engine's on fire! engine's on fire!" passengers sliding down the burning planes evacuation chutes... then running to safety. i heard a loud bang, turned around saw the lights, saw flames... ran to the fron of the aircraft. the dynamic airways jet is taxiing for departure to venezuela. another pilot on the tarmac... spots the problem. other pilot: dynamic is, out of the left engine , it looks like it's leaking a lot of? i don't know if it's fuel, it's fluid leaking out of the left engine. tower: okay dynamic, 4058, do you copy? pilot: uh, yes sir, we copy. we'll probably need to go back, to the, um ramp. but just 10 seconds later... the fuel ignites. i heard a bump and heard screaming running to front. it's flames all over. within three minutes, all 101 on board are off the jet. in another minute... the largest flames... knocked down. "all passengers are off the aircraft and the engine fire is out" at least 21 passengers are hurt, mostly from bumps or falls during evacuation. airport o

abc's bazi kanani shows us the soggy mess. " bazi kanani rollcue for live shots: good morning. it was a one-two storm punch along the gulf coast. the dangerous system is leaving lots of damage, but thankfully, so far, there are no reports of fatalities. pkg script: the lone star state... drenched. up to 20 inches of rain falling over parts of texas. (nats) "we got the boat over there." emergency crews going in with boats and humvees to reach stranded residents. a close call for the more than 70 rescued south of dallas. this man and his dog pulled from their flooded truck. another man... stuck when he waded in to find his submerged vehicle. (sot) i just stood there and watched my vehicle slowly disappear. when flood waters derailed this freight train... the two people on board swam to safety... but a cow needed some help getting back on solid ground. in san antonio, rescuers managed to reach a man who was swept more than a mile through a storm drain. (sot) "you can just imagine crashing against the wall in there, story. it was a wild ride for him." the storms swept in with damag

bazi kanani, abc news, washington. >> you probably saw him countless times right here on abc. one of the first celebrity chefs, paul prudhomme has passed away. the legend was known around the world for his creole and cajun cuisine. he had a popular new orleans restaurant, wrote about nine cookbooks and was in six cooking videos in addition to that popular line of spices. pauld prudhomme was 75. >> nasa says sending astronauts to mars is just a matter of time. the agency has released a coo he tailed report saying exactly what steps need to be taken among them are successful long-term missions in space. first an orbit around earth and then even further out and one of the final steps is designing habitats for live on the red planet. but nasa says a mission to mars is now closer than ever. >> all right. cool. back here on earth, this can very simply be called every commuter's nightmare. it happened in china. >> this is one of 9/11's busiest roads. enormous traffic jam as hundreds of millions of people returned home from a week long national holiday. some apparently called this car

bazi kanani live in washington now with more on what's become a renewed debate bazi about gun control. >> reporter: good afternoon brian and alicia. a group of protesters gathered at the airport in roseburg opposing the president's agenda on gun control but the white house says he is there today to comfort not campaign. as president obama arrived in oregon this afternoon, the white house says he will be solely focused on the traumatized survivors and grieving families he is there to meet privately. those mourning the nine killed in last week's massacre at a community college but just hours before his trip,. >> four people possibly shot. >> reporter: an emergency call at another college campus, one dead, three others wounded in a shooting overnight near a dorm at northern arizona university in flagstaff. >> this is not going to be a normal day at nau. our hearts are heavy. >> reporter: police say the 18-year-old gunman a freshman who is now in custody opened fire as a fight escalated. >> two separate student groups got into the a confrontation. the confrontation turned physical. >> rep

more now from abc's bazi kanani. >> reporter: a sudden change, of course, for the man most republicans a they supported to become the next speaker of the house. >> i think i shocked some of you. >> majority leader kevin mccarthy with drew from the race just minutes before the vote. >> we should put this conference first. there's something to be said for us to unite we probably need a fresh face. >> reporter: he said he was not the right person to unite the party facing a challenge from the same hard line conservatives who forced out speaker john boehner. they announced they would ban together to instead support long shot candidates daniel webster possibly blocking mccarthy from reaching the required votes in the full house. >> i think they were stunned. >> webster and the other remaining candidates knds jason chaffetz both are shocked by mccarthy's withdrawal. >> our conference will have to do a lot of deep soul searching. we'll see what happens. >> reporter: mccarthy faced heavy criticism for a recent gaffe now featured in a commercial for hillary clinton who said mccarthy's comment w

bazi kanani, abc news, washington. >> no reported weather-r-related deaths. lessons learned from the deadly storms that hit texas in may seemed to keep drivers out of danger. >> and as the storm moves north and east, we turn too accuweather meteorologist justin povick, trking it all for thus morning. justin, good morning to you. >> reena and kendis, thanks. good morning to you. a welcome break for eastern texas. we're not dealing with any more additional heavy rain. now wewe turn toreas further east. throughout alabama, georgia, more specifically from new orleans to mobe. the threat h here for sty thunderstorms and flash flooding. all this rain, eventually, has itights set on the tennessee valley and then midweek for the northeast. reena and kendis, let's toss it back to you. >> justin, thank you. >>> mexico survived the most powerful hurricane ever recorded in the western hemisphere. with remarkably very little destruction. hurricane patricia barreled ashore on friday as a category 5 but weakened significantly has it hit the mountains. more than 3,000 homes

abc's bazi kanani now with new developments. >> reporter: the panicked moments just before takeoff. >> engine's on fire. engine's on fire. >> reporte passengers sliding down the burning plane's evacuation chutes then running to safety. >> i heard a loud bang, turned around, saw the lights, saw flames, ran to the front of the aircraft. >> reporter: the emergency call just after 12:30 as the dynamic airways jet is taxiing for departure to venezuela. another pilot on the tarmac spots the problem. >> dynamic is, out of the left engine, it looks like it's leaking a lot of -- i don't t know if it's fuel, it w was fluid leaking out of the left engine. >> okay, dynamic, 4058, do you copy. >> yes, sir, we copy. we'll probably need to go back to the ramp. >> reporter: but just ten seconds later, the fuel ignites. >> i heard like a bump, and i heard people screaming, running to the front. i'm like, oh, what's happening? so i turn around and look in the window, and it's like flames all over the turbinene of the an >> reporter: within 3 minutes all 101 on board are off the jet. flames knocked down

in washington, bazi kanani, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> bazi, thank you. police are investigating two deadly accidents on the same street on statin island hours the first happened near bay street in rose bank around 7:30 last night. police say 61-year-old steven was crossing the street when he was hit and killed. a few hours later, a woman who was six-months pregnant was struck and killed after leaving her job at mike's place in annondale. coworkers say she worked hard to support her 2 children. >> we witnessed everything unfortunately. it was hard to see. she's six months pregnant. and this happened. it's just a terrible tragedy. >> both drivers stopped at the accident scene. so far neither of them has been charged with a crime. apartment building in brooklyn may have been tampering with gas lines. the medical examiner working to confirm that a second body found in the rubble is 48-year- old francisca figaroa. the remains were discovered two days after the blast leveled the building in borough park. the gas to the apartment was shut off. police are invest