it was absolutely disgusting what he was doing. >> reporter: devin dwyer. abc, was a. >>> police in indianapolis say they have charged 18-year-old larry taylor with murder. he's accused of killing 28-year-old amanda blackburn in a home invasion earlier this month. her body was discovered by her hurd when he returned home from the gym. their 15-month-old son was not injured. he was home at the time. two other persons of interests are in custody. we expect to learn more about this arrest today. >>> the midwest digging out from its first snowstorm of the season. chicago's o' hare airport the. driving a bit of a challenge, too. this blast of arctic weather headed for the northeast and coastal regions. >> good morning, reena and kennedys. it will be a downright chilly the trough will bring a blast cold air. where we should be. the the cold air dipping as far down south as the lower mississippi and the eastern gulf coast where we have freeze warnings in effect. that includes places likes houston and austin, as far east as alabama. >> thank you so much, cam. >>> p

abc's devin dwyer with the details. >> the republican stage is shrinking. organizers at the next gop debate revealed new jersey governor chris christie failed to win a podium at the primetime fox business journal debate next week in wisconsin. he was once considered the gop's best chance to capture the quous. now he's an underdog. instead of being on the main stage, he's relegated to the undercard debate. prior to the flouncement, he spoking with jonathan carl. >> i don't get to make the rules. i have to play by them. i've got plenty of things in life to be frustrated about. this is low on the list. >> also off the main stage, mike huck key, lindsey graham and george pataki didn't qualify for either debate. the primetime field will feature eight candidates front-runners donald trump and ben carson, marco rubio, ted cruz, former governor jeb bush, carly fiorina, john kasich and rand paul. carson is looking to score points with the conservative base. one hot button issue he's weighing in on, bathrooms for transgender people. >> would you elaborate on that? >>

with "your voice, your vote" devin dwyer has the latest. >> reporter: donald trump is turning up the tough talk. >> we gotta chop off that head like they're chopping off the head of our people. >> reporter: look who they trust the most to handle terror nichl a new poll. >> so you would bring back waterboarding? >> yes, i think that's peanuts compared to what they do to us. >> reporter: trump stirring up new controversy. >> i watched when the world trade center came tum bing down. and i watched in jersey city, new jersey, where thousands and thousands of people were cheering as that building was coming down. >> you know, the police say that didn't happen. and those rumors have been on the internet for a long time. did you misspeak? >> i saw it. >> you saw wit your own eyes? >> reporter: while some around the world cheered after the 9/11 attacks. at his rallies -- >> get him out of here, get him out! >> reporter: this black lives matter protester claims he was beaten. >> maybe he should have been it was absolutely disgusting what he was doing. >> reporter: devin dwyer. abc, was a. >>>

is devin dwyer now, thank you. >>> and to the weather tonight. parts of illinois getting some of their biggest november snow totals on record. take a look at that. dangerous for travel as well. near bloomington, this jackknifed semi. and nothing moving at airports, cancellations at o'hare. rippling across the country. philip mena is in bearington, illinois tonight. >> reporter: a blast of winter, across the midwest this weekend. blinding snow and icy roads. >> i don't think i've gone faster than 15 miles an hour. >> i've seen a few people in ditches. >> from south dakota to michigan, more than a hundred accidents. near bloomington, illinois, wind gusts reducing visibility to near zero. challenge by air a challenge, too. more than 1,000 flights canceled at chicago airports. o'hare setting up cots for nearly 900 passengers stranded overnight. some suburbs getting as much as 16 inches of snow. chicago's snowiest november in more than 100 years. the storm, snapping trees and power lines. jolting some residents out of bed. >> the power line went into

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here's devin dwyer. >> reporter: tonight donald trump is turning up t tough talk about terrorists and drawing cheers. >> we've got to chop off that head like they're chopping off the heads of our people. >> reporter: just take a look at who republican voters trust most to handle terrorism, in our new abc news/washington post poll. trump topping the list by far. >> so you'd bring back waterboarding? >> i would bring it back, yes. i think waterboarding is peanuts compared to what they'd do to us. >> reporter: trump reopening a debate about interrogation and torture and stirring up new controversy over this claim about 9/11. >> i watched when the world trade center came tumbling down, and i watched in jersey city, new jersey, where thousands anand thousas of people were cheering as that building was coming down. >> you know, the police say that didn't happen and all those rumors have been on the internet for some time. >> it did happen. i saw it. >> you saw that -- >> it was on television. i saw it. >> reporter: while some around the world cheered after the 9/11 attacks, there's no known

devin dwyer, abc news, washington. >>> the race only two months to go. we'll see how it all plays out. coming up, the big winners at last night's american music awards. >> the fan favorites and the hot fashions. that's next in "the skinny." >> "world news now" continues tt2wmrst>! po j# ugp tt2wmrst>! p!!*n %g8 tt2wmrst>! p4!j# sql tt2wmrst>! px#*&`:t_8 tt2wmrst>! pt#j'`:@_\ tt2wmrst>! pt#j)`:k?8 tt2wmrst>! pp#j*`:\$$ tt2wmrst>! pp#j,`:=^d tt2wmrst>! pl#*.`:4wh tt2wmrst>! pl#*0`:/a skinny, so skinny >>> okay. topping "the skinny" this morning, last night's american music awards, meghan trainor and charlie puth of course, well, they're actually still going at it. they just won't stop kissing. >> this is going to be one of the most talked about moments from the amas today. water cooler moment. >> awkward or hot? >> people trying to figure out, are they dating? should they be? >> i don't know. they're still going at it, folks. should they get a room perhaps? let's round up the other big winners. >> starting with your buddies your favorite one direction. >>

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here is abc's devin dwyer. >> reporter: he is dubbed teflon don. he is defiant despite swirling controversies over his regard to facts. >> why would i take it back. i'm not going to takt back. >> reporter: refusing to take back claims he saw on tv thousands of muslims in new jersey celebrating on 9/11. a newspaper report challenged trump last week and faced backlash. >> you have to see this guy, i don't know what i said. i don't remember. >> reporter: the outburst was widely condemned as mockery for his disorder. >> a reporter who says i know him. i don't know him. i don't mock people who have problems. >> reporter: his former colleague said he witnessed them together in 1989. >> they knew each other. it was so clear. you don't forget him. he is charming, funny, won two pulitzer prizes. >> reporter: meanwhile, ben carson is wrapping up his trip to refugee camps in jordan. >> we are getting a good impression on what is going on here. >> reporter: he is meeting with syrian refugee families who he says don't want to come to the u.s. >> they want to th

devin dwyer covering the republicans. >> he's the republican front-runner dubbed teflon done.ant despite swirling controversy over his regard for facts. >> why would i take it back? i'm not going to take it back. >> reporter: refusing to take back unsubstantiated claims he saw on tv thousands of muslims in knowledge celebrate celebrating on nevin. a newspaper reporter challenged trump last week and faced backlash. >> you have to see this guy, i don't know what i said. i don't remember. >> reporter: the outburst was widely condemned as mockery for kovalesky's rare genetic disorder. >> a reporter who says i know him. i don't know him. i don't mock people who have problems. >> reporter: his former colleague susie parker says she witnessed kobe less ski and trump together in 189. >> they knew each other. it was so clear. you don't forget him. surgery surgery -- he is charming, funny, won two pulitzer prizes. >> reporter: meanwhile, ben carson is wrapping up his trip to refugee camps in jordan. >> we are getting a good impression on what is going on here. >> reporter: he is meeting

devin dwyer, abc news, washington. >>> the race only two months to go.s american music awards. >> the fan favorites and the hot fashions. that's next in "the skinny." >> "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. ♪ skinny, so skinny >>> okay. topping "the skinny" this morning, last night's american music awards, meghan trainor and charlie puth of course, well, they're actually still going at it. they just won't stop kissing. >> this is going to be one of the most talked about moments from the amas today. water cooler moment. >> awkward or hot? >> people trying to figure out, are they dating? should they be? >> i don't know. they're still going at it, folks. should they get a room perhaps? let's round up the other big winners. >> starting with your buddies your favorite one direction. >> what up, fellows. >> they won the big one, artist of the year. song of the year went to the taylor swift. t. swift, however, was not there. >> they were robbed. who was there, sam hunt winning for new artist of the year. people think he may be the next t

devin dwyer, abc news, washington. >>> the race only two months to go. cooler moment. >> awkward or hot? >> people trying to figure out, are they dating? should they be? >> i don't know. they're still going at it, folks. should they get a room perhaps? let's round up the other big winners. >> starting with your buddies your favorite one direction. >> what up, fellows. >> they won the big one, artist of the year. song of the year went to the taylor swift. t. swift, however, was not there. >> they were robbed. who was there, sam hunt winning for new artist of the year. people think he may be the next taylor swift, the country star primed for a mainstream crossover. >> i can see that. other big winners of the evening, florida georgia line, nicki minaj and the weekend. all three winning favorite artist in their respective genres as well as favorite album. all the awards voted on by the fans online or through social media. >> a fun night. >> it sure was. it's not an awards show without seeing all the latest fashions. we've got to start with j.lo of course, th

devin dwyer, abc news, the white house. >>> let's move on to weather now.klahoma has declared a state of emergency after a dangerous ice storm. the ice built up on power lines, sparking transformers and triggering fires. nearly 100,000 homes had no electricity as of last night. it could take several days for the utility companies to restore service. boy. >>> plenty of trees came down along with those power lines. sunday was spent cleaning up or staying warm. and now, heavy snow threatens the upper midwest. here's meteorologist cam tran and accuweather. good morning. i guess there's no relief in sight. >> good morning, aditi and kendis. it winter storm system will make it a very slippery commute across the plain states. icy mix in iowa and nebraska. the rest of the area will see mainly snow. the bulk falling late tonight into tuesday as the system shifts off to the north and east. minneapolis could see upwards of eight inches of snow into tuesday night and omaha upwards of four inches. it was pretty damp across north texas over the weekend. they'll start to

abc's devin dwyer is on the story. >> reporter: the front-runner flew into florida to the sound track from the silver screen, donald trump touching down in sarasota, then offering free rides to kids on his personal helicopter. thousands of fs turned out for trump, including this elephant, doubling as a billboard. insi the packed arena -- trump also addressed his treatmenlast week of a newspaper reporter with a rare genetic disorder. >> you got to see this guy. i don't know what i said. i don't remember. >> they said i was mocking him, i would never mock a person that has difficulty. >> reporter: meanwhile, rival ben carson was visiting refugee camps in jordan. >> we're just getting a good impression of what's going on here. sharing these images of carson's meetings with families that fled syria. carson said he found no great desire among the refugees to come to the united states because the conditions inside the camps were impressive. chris christie getting a big boost this morni, endorsed by a major newspaper in new hampshire. meanwhile other republican candidates have broke their si

abc news reporter devin dwyer has more. >> they are bringing up the tough talk on terrorists. >> we haveare doing to us. >> trump reopening debate on torture and new controversy over this claim about 9/11. >> i watched when the world trade center came tumbling down. i watched in jersey city, new jersey where thousands and thousands of people were cheering as that building was coming down. >> you know, the police say that didn't happen and all of those rumors were on the internet for some time. >> it did happen. i saw it. it was on television. >> some on around the world cheered after the 9/11 attacks and trumps wants a database tay -- data bay to track refugees. >> get them out of here. get out. >> tensions are running high. on saturday in alabama this "black lives matter" protestor said he was subjected to racial slurs after heckling trump. >> maybe he should have been roughed up because it was disgusting what he was doing. >> trump leads dr. ben carson in our latest poll. the fourth straight month he held the lead and where carson has been ahead early signs that trump may be closing in

abc's devin dwyer is at the white house with more on the history of violence against the health care provider. hi, devin. >> reporter: good morning, paula. we don't know whether planned parenthood or its employees were direct targets in this shooting rampage, but the group and law enforcement have been on heightened alert for acts of violence as planned parenthood remains front and center in the political spotlight. from the debate stage -- >> ongoing criminal ebbitt price. >> reporter: -- to the campaign trail -- >> the barbaric practices of planned parenthood. >> reporter: -- planned parenthood's a high-profile political target. after the shooting at its clinic in colorado springs, new fears about security during what the group calls a poisonous environment that feeds domestic terrorism. this planned parenthood clinic in indiana was trashed by an intruder with an ax while last month in california, another was victim of arson. group says it has strong security measures in place, works closely with law enforcement agencies and has a very strong safety record. authorities have been on

abc's devin dwyer at the white house for us. hi, devin. >> reporter: good morning, paula. you know, fear of terrorism here in the u.s. is now near its highest level since 9/11. the threat from isis and what to do about it have become the top issues on the campaign trail. anxiety over terrorism is testing the presidential candidates in new ways. donald trump was asked about setting up a database of muslims in america. >> should there be a database that tracks the muslims in this country. >> there should be a lot of systems. and today you can do it. >> but for muslims specifically registered. >> it would be good management. >> reporter: his answer set off a flurry of condemnation. >> the federal government keep a registry of any religious group, the answer is, of course, not. >> i find it abhorrent that donald trump is suggesting we register people. >> reporter: ben carson said a database of all citizens in the u.s. is a good idea. >> hopefully we already have a database on every citizen who is if we don't we're doing a very poor job. >> reporter: trump later tweeted. i didn