here's more from abc's kayna whitworth. >> reporter: four arrests but no break in the case of the freeway shootings. >> they admitted to shooting at six pedestrians. we feel that this is probably a copycat. >> reporter: those suspects allegedly hurling rocks from a car. but police say their chief suspect or suspects armed with a gun still on the loose. >> i think there's different people doing different things, i would tell you at this point, i'm not ruling anything out. >> reporter: the first arrest friday. 19-year-old oscar de la torre munoz remains in custody on unrelated charges. he remains a person of interest. residents here have been terrorized by 11 confirmed shootings in two weeks along this short eight-mile stretch of heavily-traveled i-10. police believe there could be more than one shooter. mark spicer, a former british army sniper, says it could just be a matter of time till the real shooter fires again. >> this isn't, in my opinion, it's not a professional. so it's not someone that seems to be following a plan. >> reporter: football fans heading to the cardinal game on edge.

kayna whitworth, abc news, los angeles. >> that's a little bit of good news. he is responding.oncussions alone, we talked about this quite a bit yesterday, the nfl is dealing with it. a lot of focus especially in high school and junior high school sports, when people play soccer can for girls it's a big issue with concussions. >> adderall is on the banned substance list in not only baseball but also the nfl. there have been many players that have been suspended for it because they consider is performance enhancing drug and that's what they're looking into. a lot of people take it not only to study but also because it improves focus and energy but it's considered a performance enhancing drug. >>> coming up in our next half hour, a school bus safety alert as millions of kids head back to the classroom. the alarming number of drivers ignoring the rules, putting children in danger. what some schools are doing to make sure drivers follow the law. >>> first, fall is a good time to clean out your closet. and it could make you rich. how to sell the stuff you don't want right from your

abc's kayna whitworth is there where authorities are still warning, do not let your guard down. >> reporter: tonight, investigators are questioning a person of interest in those freeway shootings. authorities telling abc news it was a mother and son taken into custody in a dramatic scene just two miles from i-10, the site of 8 of the 11 shootings. >> all we could see was cops coming in. cops right there. >> reporter: witnesses telling us that several police cars surrounded a white tahoe, but this truck was one of them. police saying there were several undercover officers involved in this operation. the white tahoe driven away from the scene by a trooper. the mother, quickly released. >> freeway shootings in phoenix along i-10. >> reporter: this community under siege for almost two weeks. even with round the clock patrols, people taking alternate routes, school bus drivers under orders to avoid highways. you had to do a field trip yesterday and take all side streets. how much longer did that take you than normal? >> probably another half hour to 40 minutes. it's making this whole town in cha

here's abc's kayna whitworth. >> reporter: tonight, beverly hills police investigating the drivers ofellow ferrari and white porsche, as they used a quiet beverly hills neighborhood saturday night as their personal racetrack. you see the ferrari running through a stop sign, the porsche hot on his tail, speeding past onlookers. the race finally ending with smoke rising from the back of the ferrari as it pulled into the driveway. one local reporter asking about the incident, threatened and pushed off the property. >> get the [ bleep ] out. >> reporter: you can see the skid marks left behind by the ferrari, and this is the stop sign it ran right through. the beverly hills police department says they were approached by a man said the ferrari, with registered qatari plates, belonged to him, denied driving at a high rate of speed and claimed to have diplomatic immunity. tonight, the u.s. state department saying they are investigating the diplomatic immunity claim. police also reviewing these videos tonight as some scared residents tell us they plan to avoid the streets altogether. you think

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i'm kayna whitworth. >> i'm kendis gibson. here are some of the top headlines we're following this morning on "world news now." we say farewell papa francisco. pope francis wrapping up his history-making tour departing philadelphia aboard shepherd one after telling it the faithful to be open to miracles of love. much more from his final day in america coming up. >>> donald trump says some of the working poor would pay nothing under his tax reform plan and unlike his republican rivals, trump is also advocating that the wealthy pay more. >>> the autopsy on bobbi kristina brown has revealed the cause of death but a court order is blocking the medical examiner from disclosing the results at least to the public. the 22-year-old daughter of whitney houston and bobby brown died months after she was found facedown in her bathtub. >>> well, last night we were treated to what's called a super blood moon. that is when the earth and the sun and the moon all line up which puts the moon in the earth's shadow. the moon's reddish color happen

kayna whitworth is there. phoenix, arizona, under siege. >> we have been living with the shooting at traffic on i-10. today under investigation. now 11 total. authorities not saying if it was a bullet or projectile that shattered the back passenger side window of that white pickup truck. >> i would tell you it doesn't matter if it's coming from a handgun, a rifle or a pellet gun. all of those are projectiles. >> reporter: the fbi and atf joining the investigation and the reward raised to $20,000 for any information leading to an arrest. authorities now calling it an act of domestictism terrorism. >> these are bad people trying to do harm to good people. >> reporter: the incidents happening here along this eight-mile stretch of i-10. it runs right through the heart of phoenix, so now people have something else to think about. officials asking people to report anything that might be suspicious. the shootings started august 29th. that 13-year-old girl, injured after the window of the car she was riding in was sha

here's kayna whitworth. >> reporter: a 28-year-old man drowned after being pulled out to sea in the watersvenice beach, california, by a powerful rip current. >> are you okay? >> reporter: leading in the long labor day weekend, lifeguards urging swimmers to be vigilant. so far this year, 112 people have drowned on beaches on both coasts. >> a lot of times, if people panic, they perfect common sense, and what they've learned. if you swim parallel, you can survive. >> reporter: lifeguards say, check in with them before swimming. >> thank you. >>> when we come back, the tiger cub, and why they this this is someone's pet tonight. >>> and the island for sale, right off the american coast. can you guess where this is, and what they believe pirates may have hidden on the island? >>> and the abc news exclusive, coming up later tonight. it's back to school time you think your car smells fine, but your passengers smell this eliminate odors you've gone noseblind to for up to 30 days with the febreze car vent clip break out the febreze, and breathe happy. r minor arthritis pain. plus, just two aleve c

kayna whitworth, abc news. >> thank you. >>> the head of philadelphia's fire department is promising action against a paramedic caught using his phone behind the wheel. this video was shot by a mother whose son was being taken to the hospital. she claims the driver never put down his phone during the whole trip. the driver will be disciplined. >>> four workerses from new jersey were hurt when an old terminal partially collapsed on them at newark airport. it was in the process of being demolished. two of the victims are suffering serious injuries. >>> it is day number two of the teachers strike in seattle. picket lines were up yesterday and classrooms empty. their salaries have not kept up. seattle's booming hi-tech economy. another round of negotiations set for today. >>> those of us on the nightshift, here's a stark new assessment about sleep deprivation this morning. british expert is now calling it torture. do you hear this? he's calling for work and school to get started later in the morning. he says early schedules go against the body's natural clock. where with were you researc

kayna whitworth is there. >> reporter: tonight, at least one new incident under investigation along this phoenix highway. a bullet hole discovered in the side of this truck. >> this is a dangerous stretch of highway without the shootings. >> reporter: we rode along with trooper craig martin out on patrol. we are on i-10, heading up and down this eight-mile stretch where many of these shootings are being reported. 19 traffic cams monitoring the highway round the clock. problem is, those images are not recorded. a ballistic expert telling us studying the bullets is key. calls flooding emergency lines all hours of the day. police asking the public to remain. any type of shooting where you aggressively attack the public is a power grab for the shooter. everyone is at risk. >> thank you. >>> and investigators scramble to find out why this airplane burst into blames. smoke visible from a window there. and matt gutman has the story. >> reporter: tonight, the national transportation safety board reporting part of the boeing 777's engine was disintegrating from the inside. in this video, you hear

kayna whitworth in phoenix tonight. >> reporter: tonight, leslie allen merritt jr. behind bars, facing more than 20 felony charges in those phoenix highway shootings. >> the suspect presents a dramatic and profound threat to the community. >> reporter: the 21-year-old, whose facebook postings frequently showed guns, insists authorities have made a mistake. >> all i have to say is that i'm the wrong guy. i tried telling detectives that. >> reporter: the evidence, authorities say, a firearm they believe merritt sold to this pawn shop. >> the test-fired bullets were a match to bullet fragments from four cases over the last weekend in august. >> reporter: 8 of the 11 vehicles targeted struck by bullets, the others hit by projectiles, which police are still investigating as possible copycats. tonight, merritt's father says his son is innocent. >> if he committed a crime with a firearm, my son has more sense than to pawn a firearm, because it links back to you. >> reporter: in fact his son claims he pawned his gun two months ago. >> we have been living with the fear that

i'm kayna whitworth in for reena ninan today. >> i'm kendis gibson. you know the whole thing about when you're doing your drinks with somebody else? >> cheers. >> you're going cheers, you're supposed to do it. >> really aggressive. >> you're supposed to do like eye contact. >> that's good luck. >> at what point does it become a loving look as opposed to an adversarial look? >> i don't know. you've got to dig deep into that one. >> adversarial with vladimir putin and the president yesterday when they were doing cheer. >> it wasn't coffee though. it was bubbles. >> and that's where we're starting today with the high stakes face-off at the united nations between president putin and as well as president obama. of course, they were clarking over the tensions with syria and the first formal meetings in two years. >> the first form the one. they shared several awkward moments. this is what we're talking about. a glum handshake and this. they're calling it a steely eyed toast. i don't know. they delivered dueling speeches sharply disagreeing on the future of

here's kayna whitworth. >> reporter: tonight, four new arrests but no break in the case of the freeway shootings. >> they admitted to shooting at six pedestrians. we feel that this is copycat. >> reporter: those suspects using slingshots and rocks. but tonight, police say their chief suspect or suspects using guns, still on the loose. >> i think there's different people doing different things, at this point, i'm not ruling anything out. >> reporter: a fifth arrest friday. 19-year-old oscar de la torre munoz remains in custody on unrelated charges. he remains a person of interest. residents here have been terrorized by 11 confirmed shootings in two weeks along this short eight-mile stretch of heavily-traveled i-10. police beav -- believe there could be more than one shooter. mark spicer, a former british army sniper, says it could just be a matter of time till the real shooter fires again. >> it's not a professional. not someone following a plan. >> reporter: football fans heading to cardinals games today, on edge. many avoiding the highway. >> thank you. >>> we want to turn to politics

here's kayna whitworth. >> reporter: tonight, these new 911 calls revealing the terrifying moments drivers in phoenix realized they had been hit. >> okay. are you injured? >> i don't feel anything, because i just got so scared, because i heard a big bang and the window shattered. >> reporter: some even giving eerie descriptions of a roadside gunman. >> i saw a hand go up to the top. it looked like it was screwing two things together, and i was like, "is that a rifle?" >> he had over 15 magazines fully loaded all around his body. he had a .9 millimeter on his hip. >> reporter: police say 21-year-old leslie allen merritt jr. used a .9 millimeter firearm in four of the 11 incidents. tonight, he's charged with 16 felonies, though insists he's innocent. >> my gun has been in the pawn shop for the last two months. >> reporter: but the pawn shop owner saying he was in the shop more recently, though pawned the gun before the fourth shooting authorities had linked to merritt. authors are saying they're aware of a discrepancy in the time line but feel they have a strong case against merritt junior.

i'm kayna whitworth in for reena ninan. >> i'm kendis gibson. we do thank you for joining us on day one on monday. what a fun weekend it was all throughout the east coast, of course, because you had the pope with hundreds of thousands of people seeing him and enjoying this pope. >> absolutely. it's been a fantastic time i know. that's our top story here today. pope francis arriving back in the vatican. you mentioned he had just entered european air space. >> he did. he did. >> it's been a whirlwind tour of three major american cities. people of all faiths moved by his message. >> the pope's final wave at the philadelphia airport came on a day he apologized to the church sex abuse victims, delivered a warning to the american bishops, and embraced jail inmates. abc's terry moran leading us off. >> reporter: he made his way through the streets of philadelphia. the crowds thrilled but smaller than expected. smothering security shut this city down. but this was the main event for francis. the families so close to his heart. [ speaking foreign languag

i'm kayna whitworth. >>> a potentially series lyly serious storm. tropical storm joaquin. the entire east coast has to pay attention. some computer models are agreeing it could affect the mid-atlantic or at least northeast by this weekend. so it's many days away, but things can change. still it's one to watch. >> the more immediate concern, this system right now in the gulf of mexico torrential downpours in the south, the florida panhandle receiving a foot of rain. >> well, take a look at this video that was just in, overnight in southern alabama. cars flooded in a parking lot. accuweather's molly cochran is tracking it all. good morning, molly. >> thanks, kendis and kayna. we continue to watch tropical storm joaquin. likely to strengthen over the next couple of days, as it is over some warmer water, either way going to be feeling impacts rip currents and could potentially bring moisture to the northeast by the later half of the week. tropical moisture gets slurped right on in like a straw across the gulf coast. flooding downpours going to be a potential tuesday into wedne

i mean, you grow a human being in our bodies. >> reporter: for "good morning america," kayna whitworth for that. >>> and a warning to parents now about a growing danger in the home. those big screen tvs that can fall on small children. a new study finds, wow, an increasing number of children are suffering severe head and neck injuries because of toppling tvs, nearly 400,000 injuries have now been reported. >>> and finally, the so-called male eating monkey has been caught in florida. the kind that's delivered into a mailbox. he got loose and ran wild chewing on the mail and then washing it down with a bottled water while resting on the curb ready to go again. zeek monkeyed around on a street sign, climbed on a police car and ripped out molding in that police car but peacefully surrendered when his owner finally came home. police on the scene said, a direct quote, a case of a monkey being a monkey. >> as long as he was trained only to eat the bills. >> a monkey ate my bill. i can't pay it. >> thank you, amy. >>> a lot more ahead. so many of us depend on our phones but are they keeping us

. >> i'm kayna whitworth.ollowing for you on "world news now." first of all, a rare face to face meeting with president obama and president putin -- squaring off, dueling speeches, stony glances and icy handshakes. both still far part how to end the blood shed in syria. details straight ahead. >>> donald trump's tax reform plan is being greeted with skepticism from many tax experts they say cutting taxes for middle-income americans will add to the national debt. trump says that won't happen. >>> the former prison employee who helps two murderers escape will serve two years behind bars at least. a tearful joyce mitchell pleaded for mercy during a hearing yesterday saying she made a horrible mistake. >>> it's national coffee day. some dunkin' donuts and krispy kreme locations are offering free cups of java for patrons. and mcdonald's. others are cutting prices on their coffee items. those are some of your top stories on then tuesday, september 29th. >>> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> we say good tue

. >> i'm kayna whitworth in for reena ninan.ough. >> you have that 3-0 glow on you right now. >> i was going to say are we going to talk about football? >> she's a big broncos fan. of course, they squeaks one out again. they were lucky. >> i don't think we need to call it a squeak or luck either for the record. >> okay. it was a win that we'll get to those of course, a little bit later. but yeah, they won. >> yes. so we do start this morning with the pope leaving america following a historic visit that touched millions of people. >> yeah, pope francis wrapped up his three-city american tour in philadelphia last night saying he was leaving with a full heart full of gratitude and hope. abc's marci gonzales is in philadelphia with the memories. we say good morning to you, marci. >> reporter: hey, guys. good morning. the crowds weren't quite as big as expected. but it was still a huge showing for the pope's last event before he headed back to the vatican. one final blessing and a wave from the window of shepherd one. pope francis en

i'm kendis gibson. >> and i'm kayna whitworth. it's just not monday anymore. >> so hallelujah to that. it is still the united nations general assembly here in new york city. so that means traffic is beautiful right about now. >> don't go anywhere on the east side for 30 minutes, right? >> yeah, it's a little bit crazy around these parts. in the political world, it's crazy still. >> anytime you have donald trump i feel like in the ring, you're going to add a little bit of that. we start with the details of his tax reform plan this morning a plan he says will cost him a fortune as a wealthy business owner. >> trump would slash taxes for the middle class and some of the working poor wouldn't pay any at all he says. it's your voice, your vote. we'll get the details from abc's tom llamas. >> reporter: some real details from donald trump. >> this is my wheelhouse. that's what i do well. the economy is what i do well. >> reporter: trump promising to eliminate income taxes entirely for more than half the country. anyone making less than $

kayna whitworth here to explain. od morning, kayna. >> reporter: hey, george, so a dollar and a dream and a phone. that's all you need now to buy a ticket in the new york lottery. there's a new app that launched monday. timing really couldn't be better. the powerball jackpot over $300 million and counting. why not get in on the action if you can do it from your couch? >> good luck to you. >> reporter: say good-bye to least powerball mania lines and hello to jackpocket. >> jackpocket is the first app that lets you buy official state lottery tickets here in new york. >> reporter: pizzas, dates, and now the potential to be a millionaire. all available with a swipe and a tap on your phone. the mobile app launching in new york monday dispatches an employee to purchase your ticket once you've placed your order. then, they scan it, send you a virtual copy, and secure the original. >> all the physical tickets that are bought that when there's a jackpot going off are locked up in a safe at an undisclosed location. >> reporter:

kayna whitworth is tl >> reporter: tonight, drivers in phoenix, arizona, under siege. >> we have been living with the fear that someone may be shooting at traffic on i-10. >> authorities not saying if it was a bullet or projectile that hit the back passenger side of that white pickup truck. >> i would tell you it doesn't matter if it's coming from a handgun, a rifle or a pellet gun. all of those are projectiles. >> reporter: the fbi and atf joining the investigation and the reward raised to $20,000 for any information leading to an arrest. authorities now calling it an act of domestic terrorism. >> these are bad people trying to do harm to good people. >> reporter: the shooting started august 29th. that 13-year-old girl injured after the window of the car she was riding in shattered. this tour bus also hit. driver the only one on board. >> the person almost took me away from my family. >> reporter: and on tuesday, the window of a vehicle driven by a police sergeant also breaking. with no pattern of time or days of the week, people in the phoenix area speaking refuge from a highway the

abc's kayna whitworth with the 911 calls tonight. >> i think my window just got shot. >> reporter: tonight, these new 911 calls revealing the terrifying moments drivers in phoenix realized they had been hit. >> okay. are you injured? >> i don't feel anything, because i just got so scared, because i heard a big bang and the window shattered. >> reporter: some even giving eerie descriptions of a roadside gunman. top. it looked like it was screwing two things together, and i was like, "is that a reichelifle?" fully loaded all around his body. he had a .89 millimeter on his >> reporter: police says jr. used a .9 millimeter firearm in four of the 11 incidents tonight, he's charged with 16 felonies, though insists he's innocent. >> my gun has been in the pawn shop for the last two months. >> reporter: but the pawn shop owner saying he was in the shop more recently. though pawned the gun before the fourth shooting authorities had linked to merritt. tonight, authorities are reportedly saying the shooting in question initially happened earlier than they thought, and david, they are also investigati

here's kayna whitworth. >> reporter: tonight, a family is mourning the loss of a 28-year-old man whowned after being pulled out to sea in the waters of venice beach, california, by a powerful rip current. >> are you okay? >> reporter: leading into the long labor day weekend, lifeguards urging swimmers to be vigilant. >> okay. >> reporter: so far this year, 112 people have drowned on beaches on both coasts. the national weather service says that rip currents can move as fast as eight feet per second. >> a lot of times, if people panic, they forget common sense, and what they've learned. if you swim parallel, you can be okay. for the inexperienced person, it can just be a dangerous situation. >> reporter: lifeguards say, check in with them before swimming. they'll point out the safest places in the water. and you should keep checking in with them, because conditions are always changing. >> kayna, thank you. >>> when we come back, the tiger cub, and why they think this is someone's pet tonight. >>> and the island for sale, right off the american coast. can you guess where this is, and w

abc's kayna whitworth on what the young players might have been doing on the field and off. >> reporter: tonight, two football players are suffering traumatic brain injuries. >> he wasn't looking right. it looked like he was exhausted. >> reporter: brown collapsed after the game and required emergency brain surgery. his family telling abc news, the bleeding was caused by a high impact blow to the head. schwartz was treated for a severe concussion and released but authorities are raising new questions tonight. >> thorough investigation is under way to ascertain exactly what happened. including a review of game footage and other on-field factors. >> reporter: police say the off the field factors include the arrest of a high school classmate accused of distributing the stimulant adder all. >> the rumor that we heard about as adderall. >> reporter: police say they have not established a connection between the suspect and the football team, but by adding adderall to the official investigation it's adding new questions about how the drug might affect athletic performance. still there's no evi