nearly fifty years later...the cma going strong... 22:05-06 sarah trahern/cma ceo: "i love live television!" only bigger...brighter...an d with more bling. 40:34-37 robert deaton/cma awards executive producer: "we are changing things and writing things all night long." the executive producer says the show continues to explode year after year... he says the biggest challenge is how to make the next show bebeer than the lasas 38:06-08 robert deaton/cma awards executive producer: "i could start hyperventilating just thinking about it now." expect to be entertained by hosts brad paisley and carrie underwood. plus...19 performances from an array of country music stars... 22:37-42 sarah trahern/cma ceo: "that, to me, is the fun of it. but it also means there's a little bit of nail biting that goes into it." in nashville, i'm tish clark. " after the break...if you have a child getting close to that preschool age... there are a lot of choices out there. how a local moms' group is trying to simplify the process, coming if you have a 3 or 4 year old... you've probalby already started thinking about

the big winners,ighlights and best moments on the cma awards. >>> well, good thursday morning. we begin with a growing concern over terror in the skies days after a russian passenger jet crashed in egypt killing every man, woman and child on board. >> b british a u.s. officials now say it is likely that a bomb is to blame for bringing down the plane. the uk took action even further and immediately suspending flights indefinitely, but the investigation is far from over. we go now to abc's alex marquardt who is joining us live from egypt alex, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, kendis. that's right. that investigation is really just starting here in cairo. there are russian, egyptian and international teams working with evidence that they gathered d at the crash site, as well as the two black boxes, which were recovered. now, the cockpit voice recorder, whicwill be crucial in figuring out what happened, was damaged, so investigators say it'll take a lot more work to get the data off of it. i can tellll you thaegyptian officials this morning are fuming about these allegation

need it >>> "gma" at the cma awards, glory, ram. go here oh here we go >>> kind of aellow sloth right here helping u us celebre 40 years of "gma" with the man that's been here for just about all of them, our friend jack hanna, director emeritus of the columbus zoo that's so often brought that zoo to us. take a look. >> you did notice there is something on the back of your neck. >> yes. >> for more than 30 years jack hanna always brings it, the warm and fuzzy, the creepy-crawly taking "gma" to all new heights. >> don't move. >> they mark their territory by urinating. that's why you have a hat on. >> are you kidding me? come and go. >> we're just having so much fun over here. >> jack's a constant. >> get on the camel, diane. >> the more misbehaved the animals were in a spot, the funnier the spot was. >> this is a japanese -- [ laughter ] >> they're doing real good. >> reporter: it all began in 1983 when jack joined us to talk about the arrival of twin gorilla babies at the columbus zoo, the beginning of a beautiful friendship. >> who

. >> and the most talked about moments from last night's cmas. i was out for a bike ride. i didn't think i'd have a heart attack. but i did. i'm mike, and i'm very much alive. now my doctor recommends a bayer aspirin regimen to help prevent another heart attack. be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an you forgot the milk! that's lactaid . right. 100% real milk, just without the lactose. so, no discomfort? exactly. try some... mmm, it is real milk. lactaid . 100% real milk. no discomfort. if you could see your cough, it's just a cough. you'd see how often you cough all day and so would everyone else. new robitussin 12 hour delivers fast, powerful cough relief that lasts up to twelve hours. new robitussin 12 hour cough relief. >>> well, this morning's "pulse" is all about the hottest stars in country music having a blast in nashville at the cma awards. >> there werer big names in pop and rock joiningngn on theun teaming up for some performances to remember. abc's marci gonzalez was there. are you ready for a country -- >> reporter: country music's biggest night. a

right now, though, lara in nashville, home of the cma awards. yes, we are outside the bridgestone arena where the cma awards will take place tonight and i'm here with tim mcgraw, of course, who's got -- [ cheers and applause ] >> -- 35 cma nominations and 14 wins under his big old country belt buckle and he's also got a brand-new album out, it's called "damn country music" and i understand, tim, you have said this is your best work yet. >> yeah, i think this is just a great collection of songs. when we were in the studio recording we couldn't wait to get it out. love the title track of the album. it's one of my favorites. yeah, it's a good bunch of songs. >> is it like damn, country music or damn country music. >> i think it depends on the day. [ laughter ] sometimes it's damn country music. sometimes it's damn country music. >> why your best work because i dare say it is all so good. >> you know, i think that it's kind of -- the kind of record that there's some songs that are certainly modern and contemporary and some of the stuff i love listen

counting down to the cmas and how is it going down there, lara? >> i wish you all were coming down here. it is so much fun getting ready for tonight's big show and this morning's big show, tim mcgraw and his band, they've been rehearsing all morning live for our big performance. it's happening live coming up, george, get on your cowboy boots. >> i could use them. okay, thank you, lara. >>> we begin though with that attack on an uber driver. the passenger, taco bell executive, has been fired after that and faces a lawsuit and prospect of jail time. abc's matt gutman has the story. [ bleep ]. >> reporter: over 1.6 million people watched benjamin golden viciously beat his uber driver police. they charged him with four misdemeanor counts including assault and battery charges that could land him in jail for a year. his employer saw it too. taco bell firing its former head of mobile commerce and innovation saying, it is clear he can no longer work for us. and more bad news for the 32-year-old former exec, abc news learned exclusively that the driver has

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we will be watching the cmas tonight. >> we sure will. have a great western, everyone. sean: the filing period has begun for presidential candidates who want their name on the desk primary ballot -- the primary ballot. first to file. martin o' ago. a 10:00 a.m. you can watch the filing live on wmur.com or on her mobile app. an autopsy is planned on a body found after a fire in swanzey. the fire marshall' s office says the owner of the home had died on monday, a day before the fire and their body was still inside. it is not clear what started the flames. let' s take you outside. a live look at manchester. we are shaping up for another beautiful day. kevin: tomorrow, partly sunny. today, mostly sunny. the front eventually brings big changes by the time we get eventually, it will bump into this big area of high pressure and bring cooler temperatures before we start warming up again next week. temperatures are jumping quickly s to lower ranges of s. s this afternoon with a very light breeze, if anything, out of the west northwest. from there,

we will be watching the cmas tonight. >> we sure will. have a great western, everyone. >>> good morning, it's 8:56 this wednesday, november 4th. i'm ken rosato and upbraiding breaking news -- updating breaking news in brooklyn. chances have been canceled at bishop memorial high school lockland. the school is closed today out of an abundance of caution, the post threatened a shooting today at the school. 15-year-old who made that >>> police in the bronx are looking for the man who robbed a wheelchair-bound victim. 58-year-old jose aguilar is accused of stealing the man's wallet and knocking him out of it happened monday night. the man is expected to be okay. >>> it's 8:57. heather. >> ken we are jam packed as you take route 287 heading over to the maps to tell you that's a ten mile delay. 287 northbound getting into exit 26. this is an overturned tractor- trailer. route 202 north that's your alternate but that's jam-packed from 206 getting into al cot square. you have 78 jammed eastbound getting into 287. delays on p.a.t.h. trains journal

we will be watching the cmas tonight. >> we sure will.ylkill and i-95. chopper six was overhead of this accident at the schuylkill expressway. you can see involving a box truck. it's still out there. look at the car. you can see the damage done with this accident. schuylkill westbound approaching 202. we had ambulance, fire trucks, penndot all on the scene. still blocking the right lane and your westbound traffic on the schuylkill really jammed from the boulevard to approaching 202. this is the jam on i-95. we had a multi-vehicle accident. i-95 northbound at 413 involving one of the vehicles was overturned. that just cleared but look at the backup. i mean you're hardly moving here at street road. i-95 northbound jammed past academy road to 413. yet another accident involving two overturned vehicles here in bucks county, ridge road at old bethlehem pike. tam it's just a mess out there. >> it it is. thank you karen. >>> let's head out to meteorologist, david murphy. he has better news in accuweather. >> very nice and sunny. the temperature

quite the buzz at the cma awards last night.rld news now." >>> we do say good morning to you. i'm kendis gibson. >> i'm reena ninan. we begin with the latest on that doomed russian passenger jet in egypt. british and american officials now saying a bomb is likely to be blamed. >> those intelligence officials are leaning heavily toward an act of terrorism as the cause of that crash, even though the official investigation is far from over. more now from abc's stephanie ramos. >> reporter: families grieve. bodies identified. all while egyptian authorities lead the investigation into what caused a russian passenger jet to break apart in the sky over the sinai desert. all 224 people headed back home to russia killed. now, u.s. and british officials say new preliminary information shows it is more likely a bomb, not a mechanical issue that brought down the russian jet seen in this new video taken moments after the crash. >> we must suspend flights to sharm el sheik and advise against all but essential travel by air. the uk foreign sec

details for you. >> cheryl: shocker at the cma awards.rts lebron james has a wardrobe malfunction, sort of as the cavs win fourth in a row. celebrate 90th anniversary. all the details coming up on that. welcome to fbn:am, first look at what's moving in today's morning markets and what to expect for the day ahead. >> cheryl: well, breaking news this morning, the russian jet that crashed on saturday may have been brought down by a bomb. intelligent sources confirming that u.s. has preliminary evidence including intercepts suggesting that the bomb was the cause. european officials suggest a bomb planted by isis is the likely cause. american enterprise institute and former embassador john bolton weighing in on the new development. >> john: if it turns out that isis is responsible for downing this plane, that is the single biggest mistake they have ever made, putin now will retaliate and will not mes around like president obama has done. it would be extraordinarily massive. >> cheryl: all 224 people on board were killed. plane was heading from

hands and looking very much like a new couple who are enjoying the moment enjoying the after of the cmas in nashville. all this just hours after they officially announced their relationship. >> without a doubt, they were definitely standing next to her. >> blake signed amani's guitar for an auction for charity. that's gwen in the background. >> i would say about midnight i notified that blake is in the vip room. there was gwen stephani on the left. she was smiling because she had seen the guitar and she was kind of like, wow, that's cool. >> earlier in the night, just 41 minutes after news broke that gwen and blake were dating, his exmirror rananda hit the cma red carpet. >> this is definitely something people were talking about, mainly about the timing of the announcement. the cmas are going to be the first time blake and miranda have been in the same room since getting forced divorced this past july. >> the country star did not speak to reporters, but they heard mi referring to her dress as a revenge dress. it was a big night for miranda. she gave a show stopping performance and won fe

he made cma history, winning new artist of the year and album of the year. then, for good measure, he won male vocalist of the year, too. even he is stunned! chris stapleton: i'm going to enjoy the moment and, you know, i don't expect to have another night like this because this is just such a wonderful and rare thing to have such a crazy experience. stapleton's been in the businesssslmost 15 yearsrswriting for some of country music's biggest stars--including the cma's "entertainer of the year" two years running, lukbryan. luke bryan: it's such a lifetime dedication to get here and that's why it has that sparkle on it. nats luke bryan: i'm physically watching reba's lips and saw her go "luke--" and i was like, "oh my lord." little big town won vocal group of the year plus single of the year for "girl crush," which was so named song of the year. floridgeorgia line took vocal duo honors. and miranda lambert got her sixth win for female vocalist of the year. (george standup bridge miranda's ex, blake shelton, is also making news here at the cmas-- but not for h

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hands and looking very much like a new couple who are enjoying the moment enjoying the after of the cmas in nashville. >> without a dou they were definitely standing next to her. >> blake signed amani's guitar for an auction forcharity. that's gwen in thebackground. going to be in the vip room. she was smiling because she had seen the guitar she was kind of like, wow, that's cool. >> earlier in the night, just41 minutes after news broke that gwen and blake were dating, miranda hit the head carpet and you can tell she e's forcing a smile. >> this is definitely something people were talking about, mainly abo timing of the announcement. the cmas are going to be the first time blake and miranda have been in the same room since the divorce. >> the country star did not speak to reporters, and there was a lot of comments on twitter mirroring miranda's in the 90s. she gave a show stopping performance and won female vocal igs of the year. appreciate it. i needed a bright thought this year. i love you country music fans. >> and we definitely noticed blake and gwen have been pretty flirty on the vo

i wish i could be here tonight for the cma's. i have to be on the set for "good morning america" tomorrow. it is going to be a good show. kidd: producers say you do not want to miss these duets -- justin timberlake, reba mcentire, john mellencamp, fall out boy. it should the good. coverage all afternoon, starting at 4:00, right here on abc 7. weather theres and here today. wow. this place is spectacular. thank you . we worked with a designer from havertys for a complete refresh. you must be happy to get out of that tiny house? yeah you know when we realized how great the furniture could be, knew we wanted re space. when we realized how great thhow much more space?, we went from a hundred square feet toto... three thousand! (whispers) three thousand! we still have the she uses it as a yoga studio. it's more like a tool shed. refresh your space with bonus discounts up to one-thousand dollars at havertys. plus enjoy twenty-four month no interest financing. havertys. discover something you. doug: beautiful weather and sunny today. we

we'll recap who took home the hardware in last night's cma awards. meteorologist justin gehrts updates our temperatures coming up in your first alert afternoon, but rain will hold off until closer to sunset. despite the gray sky, we'll still be mild with highs in the middle 60s. rain and a few thunderstorm s are likely this evening until about midnight, dropping a quarter to half-inch of rain in most for friday into the weekend, but the highs of 50 to 55 are actually november. sunshine looks plentiful until early next week.today: showers, iso. storms late 65 dbq: 65 iow: 67 tonight: showers, iso. storms low: 40-46 winds: nw 10-20 alo: 42 dbq: 43 iow: 45 tomorrow: mostly sunny, cooler high: 50-56 winds: nw 15-25 alo: 53 dbq: 52 iow: 54 tomorrow night: mostly clear low: 33-39 winds: w 5-10 alo: 35 dbq: 35 iow: 37 saturday: mostly sunny, seasonable mostly sunny mostly sunny high: 57 - low: 35 tuesday: partly cloudy high: 59 - low: 37 wednesday: chance of showers high: 56 - low: 43 thursday: chance of showers high: 48 - low: 40 thanks justin. all the sta

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the cmas are going to be the first time blake and miranda have been in the same room since the divorce. >> the country star did not speak to reporters, and there was a lot of comments on twitter about the streaks in gwen's mirroring miranda's in the 90s. she gave a show stopping performance and won female vocal igs of the year. appreciate it. i needed a bright thought this year. i love you country music fans. >> and we definitely noticed blake and gwen have been pretty flirty on the voice this season. how many did you actually pass up? >> don't speak. >> but were colleagues helping to keep their secret behind the scenes? >> i didn't know. i didn't that blake was as hot as gwen. he's a goofy can you boy, she's the queen of cool. but they're two of the nicest people in the business. good luck, we love you. >> and there's a new report that blake and gwen have written a country song to call me on my phone >> no word on if that song will actually be recorded. >> after night's show, blake actually sent out this tweet, quote, awesome night torvet tonight, so many great things happening life.

in true cma fashion...we save the best for last. a die hard garth brooks fan...no relation...marty brooks' pick for cma entertainer of the year goes to... 07:00-11 marty brooks/dj 94.1 the wolf: "it's not just cause people love you and think you're attractive. sorry luke bryan. i'm sorry but it's true...i love luke bryan and i think he's been entertainer of the year like two years in a row. it's gotta go to eric church. i think it's his time in the sunlight." in memphis i'm tish clark. when we return a new study shows more and more people are taking presciption pills. details when we pills? if you do new research suggests you may be in good company, here's abc news lana zak with more "are we a nation of pill-poppers? a new study suggests that, for some of us, the number of prescription medicines we take is on the rise. in a new report in the journal of the american medical association? researchers found that between 2000 and 2012? prescription drug use increased by nearly 20 percent. the team also finding that more drugs at the same

[ cheers and applause ] cma awards were held. country music has some e of the most loyal, passionate, opinionated fans of any genre of muse chick means people sometimes take to social media to express their passion and opopinions. from time to time on our show we shine a light on some of the not we're doing it again tonight in the special country music ededition ofmean tweets." [ cheers and applause ] >> have you ever gotten so drunk that you sang a luke bryan song? actually wasn't that bad. me neither. >> one time someone took a [ bleep ], rubbed it all over a blank disk, put it into a cd player, and out came the first brad paisley album. >> somof my best friends are black but darius rucker sucks ass. >> your new song is more embarrassing than your penis. >> if he gets arrested it's bebecause hel be doing something dumb at walmart. fair, fair, fair statement. >> why does she look like the house band at chili's? >> marijuana works wonders, just look at willie nelson. bastard is still alive and won't die. you got it, brother. >> i