abc's lana zak is in washington with more. from the campaign trail. "don't expect an message from donald trump after question the carson's seventh day adventist faith. - donald trump / (r) candidate adventist, i don't know about, i just don't know about." trump has been on several polls show carson pulling ahead in the influential state of iowa. but on this week trump said he's done nothing wrong. (abc this week) presidential candidate "i said exactly 'i don't know about it.' that's not an insult" carson on the trail, getting questions after comparing abortion to slavery-- while jeb bush is trying to connect directly with voters through his new e- book, "reply all," offered exclusively through amazon for $9.99, it is a collection of his emaihile governor of florida. and on the left-- bernie sanders confessing to the women of the view-- - sen. bernie sanders / (d) presidential candidate "it's true we are the same person. i'm larry david." sanders taking on the republicans and democrats. sen. bernie sanders / (d) presidential candidate "we don't have a

abc's lana zak has the latest on today's developments. family members of a- day-sha chambers came to her defense-- sot - lynda branstetter / aunt "this is so not her character. she's one that will give you a big hug. here's what is known, around 10:30 on saturday, a crowd of oklahoma state homecoming fans were watching the parade, when 25 year old chambers alledgedly drove her grey car into the screaming crowd. the impact-- too graphic to show. sot - konda walker "it hit people, just like thump, thump, thump. as people were flying." 47-injured. four people lost their lives: 65 year marvin stone?his wife bonnie. 23 year old student nikita nakal, and 2 year old nash lucas, whose father says was a symbol of love and joy. words of comfort to the victims and their families from chambers' father sot - floyd chambers / father "we will trust in god and love those who have been lost." who also said she appeared fine just the night before but had previously suffered from mental illness. sot - "she was very good at hiding her problems because she di

abc' s lana zak has more. lana: the lambs have become lions. mr. kasich: i' ve about had it with these people. lana: establishment candidate john kasich roaring against what he' s calling a crazy election . mr. kasich: i' m done with the being polite and listening to this nonsense. lana: while jeb bush sounding frustrated in recent days -- mr. bush: if this election is about how we' re going to fight to get nothing done, then, i don' t want any part of it. that is a joke. electrons if you want that. -- elect trump if he wants that. lana: and the loudest lion, donald trump, striking a softer tone. mr. trump: please do me a favor, let me win iowa? lana: trump' s lost his top spot carson. in advance of tonight' s debate, less substantive problems and more logistical ones for the rand paul campaign -- greenroom drama. a paul staffer tweeted these photos comparing paul' s debate greenroom to trump' s, and then carly fiorina' s hot tub, and marco rubio' s theater. the rnc changed paul' s room, the campaign saying now, "we are very pleased." marco rubio i

abc' s lana zak has the latest. rep. boehner:l having listened to our members and the american people, we have a budget agreement. lana: announcing the agreement, house speaker john boehner. rep. boehner: this is good for our troops. lana: they came out in support of a budget agreement without threat of a budget default hours like it it will raise spending by $80 billion, about a 1% increase in the federal budget. cuts will come from other programs such as medicare and social security disability. for boehner, it delivers on up that she gave to give paul ryan a fresh start. rep. boehner: i wanted to do my best to clean the barn and not have him walk into a dirty barn full of you know what. lana: now the threat of a government shutdown and he fell are off the table until after president obama leaves the oval office in 2017. rep. boehner: in a town not known for bipartisanship, you will see rex line from those who don' t like the fact that there is a bipartisan agreement. lana: it is a swansong for the embattled speaker, who

lana zak has the latest. >> reporter: scenes like these ravaging south carolina this morning. grown men in water up to their next. these housfloods at roof top le. >> all my things are destroyed. everything i have worked for, it's gone. >> the water is getting closer and closer. >> reporter: after government imposed curfews, residents in eight south carolina counties are waking up to scenes of destruction today. >> we haven't seen this level of rain in the low country in 1,000 years. that's how big this is. >> reporter: officials warning residents the flash floods are expected to continue mand come on suddenly. >> just because the rain stops does not mean the danger is over. >> reporter: some rescue workers in need of rescue. >> we had a mother and her child stranded. a recuse worker tried to get to them, he got stranded. we used an air rescue to get all of them. then started picking people off roof tops. >> reporter: this resident says she got out just in time. >> i was scared we couldn't get the car out pip started on foot. i thought we were going to die. >> reporter: lana z

lana zak, abc news, washington. tom: experts are calling hurricane joaquin an extremely dangerous storm. it strengthened to a category four today and the national hurricane center says it' s supposed to get stronger over the next 24 hours. chief meteorologist mike haddad is tracking joaquin. mike: it cannot get a whole lot stronger than it is now, but the models indicate that slight ring spinning over the next 12-24 hours. top sustained winds right now at 130 miles per hour. we' ve seen wind gusts around here from time to time, right now 111 mile-per-hour gusts in a the storm is battering them big time down to the south. right now it' s jogging, almost stalled and placed. eventually a trough over florida will help drive the storm to the north and northeast. after that, computer models begin to differ but majority of them drive the storm and a weaker one later sunday night south and east of new england. that is a big shift in the overall track in just 24 hours and there' s still another 48 hours to go until the storm

all the details from abc's lana zak. >> reporter: new details emerging into what may have left two-time nba champion lamar odom in a coma and on life support. >> 911, where is your emergency. >> we need an ambulance. >> tuesday afternoon, employees at a state licensed brothel in nevada discovered the former reality show star unconscious in his room. >> hurry, please, because he's got blood coming out of his nose. white stuff coming out of his mouth. we can't get him to wake up. >> still alive. ambulance came. police came. they immediately said this is not looking good. >> reporter: wednesday, the local sheriff revealed the 911 calls and says people confirmed odom had been using drugs. >> the male had been using cocaine. they also informed dispatch he had used up to ten tabs of sexual performance enhancer supplements. >> reporter: investigators are now waiting for blood test results. odom rose to fame as a key member of the champion l.a. lakers alongside friend kobe bryant. in 2009, he married khloe kardashian. the pair had since divorced but still keep in touch as seen on i'm on high al

abc's lana zak reports. >> reporter: the rains have slowed but after a virtual fire hose of water wasned on south carolina, the state remains waterlogged today. >> just because the rain stops does not mean that we are out of the woods. >> reporter: you can see from these aerial shots where roads have simply succumbed even after avoidingying hurricane joaquin officials say this destruction is as bad as when hurricane hugo hit in 1989. >> what we got on us now is all we own. >> got to start back over. >> reporter: about 40,000 people left without drinkable water, 550 bridges and roads closed, thousands in shelters or stranded, many like this driver escaping just in time. rescue workers pulled basket after basket of evacuees from the rising waters with tales of heroism coming from neighbor helping neighbor. >> when i saw them, their water rising i said hey, i've got a truck, i've got four wheel drive, let's, you know, what can i do and she said i think we need to evacuate. >> reporter: this restaurant owner doing what she can to provide comfort sending out a helping hand in every heaping

we're going to get the latest from abc's lana zak. >> reporter: the rains have slowed but after a virtual fire hose of water was turned on south carolina, the state remains waterlogged today. >> just because the rain stops does not mean that we are out of the woods. >> reporter: you can see from these aerial shots where roads have succumbed. even after avoiding hurricane joaquin this destruction is as bad as when hurricane hugo hit in 1989. >> what we got on us is all we own. >> reporter: about 40,000 left without drinkable water. 550 bridges and roads closed. thousands in shelters or stranded. many like this driver escaping just in time. rescue workers pulled basket after basket of evacuees from the rising waters with tales of helping neighbor. >> when i saw them, their water rising, i said, hey, i've got a truck, i've got four-wheel drive. let's, you know, what can i do and she said i think we need to evacuate. >> reporter: this restaurant owner doing what she can to provide comfort. >> we're still cooking. >> reporter: sending out a helping hand in every heaping spoonful. lana zak, abc

abc's lana zak also takes a closer look at why vice president joe biden did not ryn. don't expect an apology--that's the message from donaad trump after calling into question the legitimacy of ben carson's seventh day adventist faith. sot - donald trump / presidential candidate"i mean 7th day adventist, i don't know about, i just don't knknw about." trump has been on the attack ter several polls show carson pulling ahead in the influential state of iowa. but on this week trump said he's done nothing wrong. sot - donald trump / presidential candidate"i said exactly 'i don't know about it.' that's not an insult" carson on the trail, getting questions after comparing abortion to slavery-- while jeb bush is trying to connect directly with "repty all," fered exclusively through amazon for $9.99, it is a collection of his governor of fllrida. and on the llt-- hillary birthday today. her biggest gift, pundits vice president biden who decided to stay out of @he race. on 60 minutes he confessed he was at first ready to run this summer... sot - vice president joe biden think we

abc's lana zak has the latest. >> reporter: scenes like these ravaging south carolina this morning. >> this is an unprecedented event. >> reporter: grown men in water up to their necks. these floods at rooftop level. some residents losing everything. >> everything that i own, that i know of, has been destroyed. all my memories. everything that i've worked for. it's all gone. >> reporter: as onlookers hope the floods will stay away from them. >> the water is getting closer and closer. >> reporter: after government-imposed curfews, residents in eight south carolina counties are waking up to scenes of destruction today. >> we haven't seen this level of rain in the low country in 1,000 years. that's how big this is. >> reporter: officials warning residents the flash floods are expected to continue and may come on suddenly. >> just because the rain stops does not mean the danger is over. >> reporter: this road one of many collapsing under the strain. even some rescue workers in need of rescue. >> we had a mother and her child stranded. a recuse worker tried to get to them, he got stranded.

lana zak, abcn, w. rain has moved out of the area for today, but what does this mean for our justin? temperatures are going to be sliding down the rest of the day as colder air pours in. we'll drop through the 40s this afternoon and find ourselves in the upper 30s around nightfall. strong west winds of 15 to 30, gusting higher, will add an extra chill to the air. occasional drizzle is likely, too, and may mix with wet flurries in the north this evening and overnight. tomorrow won't be a very pretty day, either, with mostly cloudy skies and patchy drizzle. while we're stuck in the 40s tomorrow, we'll return to the 50s on friday with some sunshine. more showers are likely on halloween before milder temperatures return.toay: showers/drizz le, windy high: 48-54 winds: w 15-30+ alo: 51 dbq: 51 iow: 52 charge of child endangerment after police son. tyshaun harris faces up to five years in prison, if convicted. a criminal complaint shows officers were called to a home in the 22-hundred block of muscatine avenu

lana zak, abc news, washington. bermuda. search efforts continue for a cargo ship that disappeared when the storm passed through the bahamas. crews searching has found a debris field that appears to be debris and containers from the el faro. there's no sign of the 33 people who are on board. family members say four of those people are in maine. we have learned that one person is from massachusetts. the governor -- the government in the bahamas is trying to assess the damage caused by joaquin. hundreds of homes have been damaged or destroyed. there's severe flooding. the damage is described as major devastation on a section called long island there. >>> three people were hospitalized with mild hypothermia after their boat started taking on water in lowell, massachusetts yesterday. the high school girls were taking part in the textile river regatta when high winds blew water into the boats and made rowing nearly gobble. two different teams ended up in the water minutes apart, sending a total of 14 girls into the water. the rac

lana zak, abc news, washington. sean: hurricane joaquin as search efforts continue for a cargo ship that disappeared. crews searching from the air and the water have found a debris field that appears to be debris and containers from the el faro. there's no sign of the 33 people who are on board. four of theme people are from maine. the government in the bahamas is still trying to assess the damage caused by joaquin. hundreds of home haves destroyed. there's severe flooding on several islands. the damage is described as major devastation on island. >>> three people were hospitalized with mild hypothermia after their boat started taking on water in the merrimack massachusetts yesterday. the high school girls, taking part in a textile river rogada. high winds blew water into their boats. two different teams ended up in trouble minutes apart, sending 14 girls into the water. the race, which is the second largest in new england, was canceled midway through the day. >>> frisbee memorial hospital is teaming up with walgree

abc's lana zak has more from washington. "the white house tried to emphasize the extremely limited scope-- just 50 american special operations forces delpoyed on the ground in syria in the fight against isis. josh earnest sot 13:04:08 thik is an intensification of a strategy that the president announced more than a year ago white house spokesman josh earnest on the defensive, saying this is not a reversal of presdient obama's previous staments that he would not send u.s. troops in to syria-- our strategy in syria hasn't changed. according to the administration, these troops would not be involved in trying to oust syrian president bashir al- assad.they would focus instead on the fight against isis--now also being called daesh--by aiding, assistininand training l lal fighters inside syria. kerry 1:21 we are intensying our diplomacy. that's why obama emphasized stepping up the fight against daesh. at t t same time the troop movement was announced, us secretary of state john kerry was in vienna with 17-other nations--including r

lana zak live in washington d. c. with more. >> good afternoon, david, there was a lighter moment on the campaign trail moments ago when vermont senator bernie sanders confessed to the women of the view that he and new york comedian larry david were the same person. meanwhile trump is making sure no one mistakes him for his nearest rival ben carson. >> don't expect an apology, that's the message from donald trump after calling into question the legitimacy of ben carson's 7th day adventist >> 7th day adventist i don't know about. i just don't know about. >> trump has been on the attack after several polls show carson pulling ahead in the influential state of iowa. trump said he did not wrong. >> i said exactly i don't know about it. so you know, that's not an insult. >> while carson on the trail is getting questions after comparing abortion to slavery. meanwhile jeb bush is trying to connect directly with voters through his new e book remri all, offered exclusively through amazon for 9.99 it's a collect collection of h

abc' s lana zak is in washington with more. lana: don' t expect an apology -- that is message from donald trump after calling into question the legitimacy of ben carson' mr. trump: i mean, seventh-day adventist, i just don' t know about. lana: he has been on the attack after several polls show carson pulling ahead in iowa. trump said he has done nothing wrong. mr. trump: i said exactly i don' t know about it. that is not an insult. lana: carson on the trail is getting questions after comparing abortion to slavery. directly with voters through his new e-book, "reply all." it is a collection of his florida. on the left, hillary clinton celebrants are 68th birthday today good for biggest gift came from vice president biden, who decided to stay out of the race. was ready to run this summer. vice president biden: my granddaughter puts her arm around and starts sobbing and says "you smell like daddy. you are not going to leave me, are you?" lana: he says the hollywood deathbed moment never happen. sean: today, the new hampshire health

lana zak is following the latest developments. expect > an apology. that's the message from donald trump after calling out ben carson for his seventh-day adventist fate. -- faith. trump has been on the attack after several polls show ben carson pulling ahead in iowa. but trump says he did nothing wrong. >> i said exactly, i don't know about it. that's not an insult. carson on the trail is getting questions after comparing abortion to slavery. meanwhile jeb bush is trying to connect directly with voters through his new e-book offered exclusively through amazon. it's a collection of his e-mails while governor of florida. and hillary clinton celebrates her 60th birthday today. viceiggest gift came from president biden who decided to stay out of the race. thatnfessed on 60 minutes he was at first ready to run this summer. to do this.'m ready and my little granddaughter stops -- starts sobbing. the vice president also said that while the memory of his son weighed heavily on his mind when deciding whether or not to run, that hollywood at that moment never h

abc' s lana zak has more. reporter: this is president obama after hearing the news a mass shooter killed and injured more than a dozen innocent victims. the photo capturing his frustration. >> this is something we should politicize. it is relevant to our common life together, to the body politic. reporter: this is the 15th time he has made a comment on a mass shooting. >> our thoughts and prayers are not enough. reporter: others weighed in, hillary clinton saying she would push for a background check and longer waiting period. >> it would prevent guns from getting into the wrong hands aimed save lives. reporter: several did not believe the shooting was a reason for more gun control. donald trump and my cut could be all call the shooting a tragedy rather than a gun problem, it was a mental health problem. >> every time we have one of these cases is study it carefully to see what warning signs exist so that we begin to build profiles of the kinds of people who are likely to do things like this. reporter: cruz ac

live in washington, lana zak, channel 7 eyewitness news. back to you. >> and that debate continues. >>> this weekend fans of yankee great yogi barra will have at chance to honor the hall of fame catcher. the new jersey museum bearing his name is holding a memorial tribute. the museum and learning center will be open to the public from noon until 5 p.m. sunday. barra died at the age of 90 last week. that day was also the 69th anniversary of his big league debut. >> and with the yankees making the playoffs it's going to make this post-season run more special. >> hack attack targeting millions of cell phone customers. is your information at risk. >> plus a new twist in the case of book club members who say they were kicked off a napa valley wine train because of their race. hear why they say they've become victims in more ways than one. >> and would you ever snap a join the millions who have already switched. we switched. and now, we're streaming netflix. who knew time warner cable's internet was so fast! mom switched. and now, we can watch ou

abc's lana zak has more from washington, d.c.rter: just one day after the tragic shooting in roseburg, oregon, the president reiterated his call for gun control. >> make sure that anybody who you are voting for is on the right side of this issue. >> reporter: frustration etched on the president's face in this photo taken just moments after he first heard the news of the killings. >> and i will politicize it because our inaction is a political decision that we are making. >> reporter: but on the campaign trail several republicans disagreed. >> look, stuff happens. there's always a crisis and the impulse is always to do something and it's not necessarily the right thing to do. >> you know, there's nothing criminals like more than unarmed victims. >> gun control only works for normal law abiding citizens. while hillary clinton took the opposite approach promising she would push for universal background checks and a longer waiting period. >> what is wrong with us that we can't stand up to the nra and the gun lobby and the gun manufac

. >> reporter: lana zak, abc news, washington. >> as some of the rivers treechd president obama has declared a state of emergency in south carolina. >> as another half foot come down today, paul williams has more. >> thanks, kendis, reena. ing record-setting numbers. they recorded 24 inches of rain in boone hill plantation and still counting. why? we have a trough. a low pressure system. and you add tropical moisture. three rainmakers triple-teaming on top of south carolina and lit continue to be the case wz az we go into today. rescue efforts still ongoing. kendis, reena? >> paul, thank you. >>> hurricane joaquin has spared the east coast. it made a beeline for bermuda before veering out to sea. it's no longer a category 5 storm. the main harbors got battered overnight as tourists and of rain and dangerous storm surge as well. >>> the search continues for a u.s. cargo ship that vanished in hurricane joaquin. the coast guard found a large debris field while scouring more than 70,000 square nautical miles. the ship was headed to puerto rico from florida. the last communication, a distress cal

`i'm obviously hoping that he can `pull through this. `>> lana zak, abc news, new york. `>>> just heart breaking. `neighbors in upstate new york `say they're shaken by the `beating death of a teenage boy `by his parents in a church. `19-year-old lucas leonard died `and his 17-year-old brother was `injured during the attack. `investigators say it was part of `spiritual counseling at the word `of life church near syracuse. `>> both brothers were `continually subjected to `physical punishment over the `course of several hours `in hopes that each would confess `to prior sins and ask for `forgiveness. `parents and the victim's sister `have been charged so far. `more arrests are expected. `>> now to the big airport delays `across the country. `the frustrating backups blamed `on a problem with the department `of homeland security's computer `system. `the outage lasted about 90 `minutes and the ripple effect `much longer. `wabc has more from jfk airport. `>> reporter: welcome to the usa. `now stand in line. `passengers who spent hours on `overseas flights found `themselves trapped in a `windowl

abc's lana zak has the latest from washington-- " boehner sot having listened to our members and american people we have a budget agreement..... announcing the agreement today, outgoing speaker john boehner. this was a good deal for the troops, the american taxpayers..... the compromise significant: for the first time in a long time, republicans and democrats in washington came together in bipartisan support of a budget agreement without the threat of a credit default or government shut down just hours away. over 2 years the deal will raise spending by $80 billion--that's a 1% increase in the federal budget. cuts will come from other programs such as medicare and social security disability. democrats say it will protect essential social programs. house democratic leader nancy pelosi said in a statement "together, we have found a way forward for the american people." and for boehner, the deal delivers on a pledge made to give incoming republican speaker paul ryan a fresh start. i said i wanted to clean the barn, i didn't want him to walk into a dirty barn full of you- know-what. now the th

lana zak, abc news washington. alison: that is it for "abc7 news at 5:00".a robbery victim's call to 911 turned away. the reason and how abc7 is getting changes from the very top. plus, a gruesome discovery. just feet from a busy with highway. how long this car sat undiscovered with a driver trapped inside. announcer: from abc7 news, this is a breaking news alert. leon: the breaking news we have laurel where the car was discovered off the baltimore-washington parkway near route 198. the car has been removed from the water. you are seeing here the pictures, live pictures from news chopper 7. you can see the car is out of the water and on the ramp. we showed you earlier the car found upside down with a man's body inside. they have yet to remove the body. police are trying to determine how the man died and how long the car was in the water. it is believed it may have been there since thursday. we will keep you posted. now first at 6:00, a man hild up at gunpoint says the call for help to 911 was turned away. the reason? the 911 operator said because he left the

abc's lana zak has the story. >> a week of terror as the man hunt for an armed and dangerous an end. authorities found 62-year-old floyd ray cook hiding in an kentucky. >> he brandished a gun. he can have one, and shots were exchange -- he did have one, sustained wounds which ultimately led to his death. >> with the help of heat imaging equipment, authorities tracked down cook in the dead of the night. >> tonight was a scary moment because we didn't know where he was and when you're searching in the dark that's an uneasy feeling. >> cook had been serving a sentence of more than 100 years when he was paroled in 2009, his rap sheet including rape of a minor, assault and armed robbery. on saturday cook was pulled over in a traffic stop and responded by opening fire on the officer in nearby all good tennessee. >> shots fired, shots fired. officer down, officer down. >> the officer wearing a bullet proof vest survived. >> i have no comment, talk to me brother, okay, i know you're hit. they're coming. >> authorities described him as dangerous and desperate. nearby schools had canceled clas

it's "your voice your vote" with abc's lana zak. >> reporter: it is a major upset for republican donald trump. after months of trump holding a sizable lead in all polls, ben carson has taken over the top position. according to a new "new york times"/cbs news national poll, carson has a four-point lead at 26% to trump's 22%. >> well, i'd rather be on top than below. but 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. >> reporter: this echoes the shift seen in iowa, where carson has already taken the lead. in sioux falls, iowa trump was on the defensive. >> you know, we're doing well. iowa, will you get your numbers up, please? [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: campaign critics have been saying trump flip-flopped on medicare and is out of touch after a monday town starting off his career with "a small loan of $1 million" from his father. meanwhile, contenders like marco rubio, jeb bush, and john kasich are trying to convince voters their government experience and demeanor are more befitting of the oval office. and