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Back here at home, authorities in texas have released an image of two persons of interest in the death of a couple from New Hampshire. That image shows another couple driving away in their truck. Heres abcs marcus moore. Reporter police are calling this man and woman, crossing the u. S. mexico border with a truck they say belonged to a murdered couple, persons of interest. We just want to find out who these people are and talk with them about the facts of the case. Reporter the surveillance image of the unidentified man and woman by his side potentially a critical clue as investigators hunt for whoever is responsible for james and michelle butlers death. The couple from New Hampshire were fwourndrieieieied found bun a beach in padre island last week where the pair had been on a road trip. Their last known contact with family days before a heartbreaking and gruesome discovery. They are always in contact with the family. Even for a day they were out of contact was really strange. Reporter the couples truck and rv allegedly crossed the border one day after they were reported missing. Investigators found the butlers bodies after pinging a cell phone, and authorities are urging the public for help in this case. Marcus moore, abc news, dallas. All right, thanks to marcus there. Deadly violence has accompanied the return of popeyes popular chicken sandwich in maryland. Police say a man was stabbed to death last night outside a restaurant in oxon hill south of washington, d. C. Reports say the killing happened after one man cut in front of another as they waited in line for the sandwich. The suspect is still on the loose. People on social media have been talking about this heavily over the past few hours. Its just a chicken sandwich, people. The fact that this happened obviously some people say its more than about chicken sandwich, tempers were lost, whatever. There really is no excuse for something so idiotic to happen, for a person to lose their life we had so much fun talking about this chicken sandwich over the past few days and this just takes it to a whole other level of stupidity. We have no idea what the relation was, if any, between the two who got into this alteration. A lot more questions than answers. Authorities say they do believe it was over this chicken sandwich. We actually will have much more later on morning on america this morning and good morning america. But folks, come on, get a grip here. Moving on to two managers at Buffalo Wild Wings in the chicago area fired after an incident. A customer says they asked her group, which included black diners, to switch tables because another customer was quote racist. Local officials call the incident shocking and embarrassing. Buffalo wild wings says it has a zero tolerance policy for discrimination. Coming up, an exclusive look on board a u. S. Navy submarine. David muir boards the uss florida in the eastern mediterranean. What he found out about the tomahawks, the torpedos and the subs own nuclear reactor. The subs own nuclear reactor. [female narrator] foods rich in folic acid like white bread and leafy greens can help prevent some birth defects before you even know youre pregnant. With tensions once again rising in the eastern mediterranean, the u. S. Military is preparing a nuclearpowered Navy Submarine for a highly classified mission. Abcs david muir was there, given an exclusive behindthescenes look inside the uss florida. Reporter they deploy underwater up to 120 days, several months at a time. We are given rare access as we board the submarine. Rear admiral William Houston describes where we are standing, just above the tomahawk missiles. This can lift up at any time . This can lift up at any time on order if we wanted to launch the tomahawk missiles. How many tomahawks are we standing on here . Right now seven. Reporter they have more than 100 tomahawks at the ready, and he points out Something Else. We wont go any further but youre literally standing 10 to 20 feet from an Operational Nuclear Reactor right now. Reporter they are about to take us down into the submarine where we will spend the next 24 hours traveling with them. Captain seth burton takes us past the missile tubes holding the tomahawks. Inside this tube seven tomahawk missiles. Reporter we take note in between the curtains drawn where the sailors sleep. The sailors are actually sleeping in between the tomahawk missiles . Right. Reporter it is precision work in these waters of the eastern mediterranean. Not long after we are leaning in the other direction. This is a 20degree lean. Reporter as they pull back, they have to be ready to make these moves, there are others here too. We put this submarine right in this eastern portion of the mediterranean to counterbalance the russia buildup in syria. Do you have company in the mediterranean . We have plenty of company, the russians are very active, and were active with them. Reporter the u. S. Aware the russians are trying to send a message. The russians have demonstrated their willingness to use missiles from submarines. They did from the black sea into syria, now the russians are here in the mediterranean. They absolutely are, and were watching they very closely. Theres really not a day were not watching them every single day. Are they watching us . I think theyd like to watch us. Reporter in fact, the russians recently showing their own underwater muscle. In the barents sea. Days ago testing their new seabased ballistic missile. Its not lost on anyone what weve seen from the russians in the last week and a half. Absolutely. Were basically traveling on on a submarine with a nuclear reactor. Absolutely. We can operate more than 90 to 120 days submerged. The reason is because that reactor gives us all the power we need. Reporter we ask who is behind the hatch . The team back there is about 11 watch standers, highly trained nuclear operators. The submarine has only been refueled once . Only once. Reporter that Nuclear Power nn boardhilesea. Were taken to the room where they monitor it all. When youre 500, 600 feet below the surface, you use the resource you have, which is water. Were able to make water into hydrogen, oxygen. We make twice as much hydrogen as oxygen. We then send that hydrogen overboard. When it hits electricity it breaks it into hydrogen and oxygen . Yes, sir. Reporter there is Something Else about the uss florida. It is always ready for u. S. Special forces, for navy s. E. A. L. S, their weapons already on board. We are about to climb to see the small compartment attached to the top of the submarine where navy s. E. A. L. S, u. S. Special forces would deploy right into the water. Keep in mind the submarine is hundreds of feet beneath the sea. This is the dry deck shelter on top of the submarine. Were 200 feet beneath the surface of the mediterranean in this room. This is where the navy s. E. A. L. S would deploy in a navy s. E. A. L. Delivery vehicle of some sort. In fact, the only thing separating me from the intense pressure of the water is this black hatch. In fact, if you listen, you can actually hear the water. Onboard there is one more powerful weapon. The torpedos. As captain you always want to be ready. So this one here . Right. Nobody knows where its at in the mediterranean at any one time. Including now . Including now. Reporter im david muir for nightline in the eastern mediterranean. Our thanks to david there. Incredible access given to david muir. Yeah, absolutely. The uss florida, its 560 feet long, 42 feet wide. Theyve got 160 crew members on board that vessel. Add in david muir and his crew . Youve got a couple more. I cant believe theres room. And we appreciate all of them and their service. 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Reporter that role goes to graham phillips. The Hans Christian andersen fairytale is written in the 1830s or something. Its cool that its existed for so long. Reporter the one and only Queen Latifah stars as ursula the sea witch. Its going to be a blast to play this character with this hair and this black, purple, sort of skindress. I dont even know what to call it with my tentacles and all this. Reporter nightline was granted exclusive backstage access before the big night. Were going to take a tour of the Little Mermaid live. Come follow me. Reporter actress amber riley, best known for her role on glee, plays a new character, the master of ceremonies. From the costumes oh, this is ariels costume, look at that. Being very delicate, i dont want to tear up anything or leave fingerprints, but this is amazing. Reporter accessories. Look at these wigs. Different colors. I mean, the Hair Department did their thing on this. Look at this amazing braid. Reporter to the props. Kind of want to take a nap on this. Its like a big pillow. Reporter for nightline, im t. J. Holmes in new york. So abcs live presentation of the Little Mermaid airs tonight at 8 00 eastern right here on abc. And producers say they really want to create a 360 immersive experience for everyone watching. So get this, theyre actually going to start the film, then as the musical performances come up, it turns to live action and the performers come on stage. Oh, i got it, okay, okay. Back to the film, so forth. I dont think anything like this has done it before. The producers are calling it divein theater. And were going to have the divein reviews tomorrow on world news now, so come back for that. This morning on world news now, the man arrested and accused of domestic terrorism. Authorities say hes a white supremacist and plotted to bomb a synagogue using pipe bombs and dynamite. How fbi agents stopped him. Impeachment showdown. The president lashes out at democrats at a Campaign Rally overnight. Plus what the impeachment probe has to do with a looming government shutdown. And the new winter storm bearing down on parts of the country that havent seen snow yet this season. What millions of people can anticipate from the midwest through the northeast. And doughnut drama settled. See what krispy kreme has decided to do with the student who has been driving across state lines to resell dozens and dozens and dozens of doughnuts. Its tuesday, november 5th. Good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us. Great to have Kaylee Hartung back. Glad to be back. On a day where im having a hard time getting my bearings right now. Eagleeye insomniacs will notice that somethings just a touch different. And maybe just a touch twisted. We have a different orientation. Oh, really . Yeah. Is that the word you want to use . Oh, okay. Yes, we have a were in the same studio, we call it tv3 at abc news headquarters. Were doing a little studio maintenance i want to call it. Weve got the new desk at a new place. Were facing a different direction. If you look we dont want to lie to you. We would never. This is no fake news here. This back here is video. If i literally got and up was like, oh, bam, walk right into another room. Because thats we just wanted you to feel like home for world news now. Dont worry, you might be wondering wheres jack right now . Dont worry, hes here. Back from the marathon. You can hear him slow clapping. For himself. You will see him later. Actually, you know what, you want to see him right now . Hes just right over instead of behind us hes to my right. I made it. Are you still going to look the same way . I no, im going to look at my computer over here. You dont know where to look. So just in case if youre wondering whats different, whats a little off . Now you know. Janais not here. That looks different, right . So yeah, so anyway, new studio, same old show. Kind of. But weve still got the news to bring to you. We begin with a domestic terrorism plot foiled by an fbi sting. Authorities say a white supremacist wanted to bomb the Temple Emanual synagogue in pueblo, colorado. As part of a racial holy war undercover agents have been meeting with the suspect since september and tracking him on facebook. That synagogue is more than 100 years old and some of its members are the children of holocaust survivors. Abcs Clayton Sandell has more from colorado. Reporter authorities are saying a white supremacist who wanted a racial holy war so badly he was willing to bomb a Jewish Synagogue is in jail. Authorities say 27yearold Richard Holzer used multiple Facebook Accounts to spread hate, allegedly writing, jews need to die. According to the complaint affidavit, mr. Holzer selfidentifies as a skinhead and white supremacist. Reporter last month undercover fbi agents posting as fellow White Supremacists met with holzer who they say hatched a plot to bomb the temple in pueblo. Mr. Holzer went to to suggest to undercover agents that they use undercover devices to destroy the synagogue and quote get that place off the map. Reporter Court Documents say undercover agents provided holzer with two pipe bombs and two doubles, each containing seven sticks of dinah might. Holzer examined the explosives and allegedly declared, this is absolutely gorgeous. The devices were harmless. Holzer was arrested, allegedly confessing to the fbi. Mr. Holzer also stated that he was not concerned with any loss of life from the attack because such victims would be jews. Reporter authorities are considering this case domestic terrorism, as well as a hate crime. Holzer was in court monday. He did not enter a plea. If he is convicted he faces up to 20 years in federal prison. Clayton sandell, abc news, denver. Now to politics. President trump is back at the white house this morning after a trip to kentucky. The president held a rally aimed at helping kentuckys republican governor win todays election, but he also delivered stinging comments about the impeachment inquiry calling it evidence that democrats are trying to tear the country apart. A new witness seems to be ready to cooperate with impeachment investigators. Lev parnas is an associate of Rudy Giuliani whos charged with federal campaign violations. His lawyer says parnas is prepared to talk to investigators and turn over documents. Transcripts of interviews with the former u. S. Ambassador to ukraine and another witness have been made public. More transcripts will be released today. Abcs Serena Marshall reports. Reporter they were closeddoor depositions in a secure room in the basement of the capitol. But now the transcripts from two of them public. She was working with ukraine to get ukraine to fight corruption. Reporter former Ukrainian Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch describing to lawmakers a Shadow Campaign to oust her led by the president s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani. According to the transcript, ukrainian officials told her giuliani and his associates had plans and that they were going to, you know, do things, including to me. And in an effort to save her job, she reached out to the ambassador to the eu, Gordon Sondland, who advised, you need to go big or go home, and tweet out there that you support the president. The former Senior Adviser to secretary of state mike pompeo michael mckinleys transcript also released. In it mckinley said he tried to appeal to pompeo to help yovanovitch three separate times, a claim pompeo denied just last month. I never heard him say a single thing about his concerns with respect to the decision that was made. Reporter in april even as the deputy secretary of state, according to yovanovitchs account, told her, youve done nothing wrong, she was recalled. But not forgotten. The president calling her bad news during his july 25th call with ukraines president , saying she was going to go through some things. Yovanovitch testified when she found out, i didnt know what it meant, i was very concerned, i still am. Asked did you feel threatened . She replied, yes. President trump though distancing himself. Im sure shes a very fine woman, i just dont know much about her. Reporter mckinley also testified one of the reasons he resigned after nearly 40 years in Public Service is because of what he saw as a push to use u. S. Diplomatic missions to procure negative political information for domestic purposes. The next two transcripts to be released come from the Eu Ambassador Gordon Sondland and kurt volker, special envoy to ukraine. Kenneth, kaylee. Theres growing concern about the possibility of another government shutdown. Congress has until november 21st to complete work on 12 spending bills or it can pass another temporary spending resolution to continue funding the Government Operations at current levels. But democrats believe President Trump may stand in the way of government funding because of the impeachment inquiry. There are just eight days of congressional work left before the deadline. In addition to the kentucky governors race we mentioned there are other races well be watching on this election day. Voters in mississippi will choose a new governor today. Control of the virginia statehouse is up for grabs. Analysts say it could be decided by just one or two races. The makeup of the new Jersey Legislature will also be decided. A senior turkish official says the older sister of former isis leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi has been arrested. Because of that arrest, turkey may have captured a treasure trove of intelligence information about isis. Baghdadi was killed in a u. S. Raid last month. His 65yearold sister was captured at her home about 50 miles away. Its believed she was involved with isis. The unseasonably warm weather is apparently coming to an end. That is too bad. Those thick clouds over the northern states and the southeast are the beginning of a cold snap. A new arctic blast is moving into the midwest this week, then into the northeast. Folks in philadelphia already got a preview with frost on the wind shield. Accuweathers adam del rosso has the forecast for us. Kaylee and kenneth, good morning. Were tracking another blast of arctic air across the Northern Tier of the nation from the dakotas into the great lakes, 1 to 3 inches of snow, locally more as we head into our day tomorrow. Eventually were going to get some of that into the northeast, but first falling as spotty rainshowers for our tuesday. Its not until the tail end of the workweek, thursday into friday, when its most likely that we see accumulating snows across the northeast, especially as you get into northern new england. Kaylee, kenneth . Thanks, adam. The Washington Nationals did not have to go far for the latest celebration of their first world series title. The team visited President Trump at the white house yesterday. Catcher kurt suzuki put on a make America Great again hat, which earned him an awkward hug from the president. Trump joked that all anyone in the country has been talking about is nationals baseball and impeachment. The military man played baby shark which became the teams rallying song in june. Quite the event there at the white house. 16 of 40 players on the roster were not present for that event. Sean doolittle publicly said he wasnt going to attend for political reasons. We thought did we think there were going to be more of them as far as publicly that would come out. I dont know, think that i numbers about right. I dont think anyone wanted to address it at the outset. You know, when President Trump go there and celebrate . Exactly. I think when President Trump made the choice to attend one of those games, it wasnt the nationals who invited him, and nobody wanted to address the facthat e, so ly think wene house. Coming up, a woman who ran the marathon barefoot later in the mix. First, whats being or more than 500 inmates were granted their freedom. Things are looking up for the College Student whos been running his own krispy kreme interstate black market. Ack market. Im alex trebek, here to tell you about the Colonial Penn program. If youre age 50 to 85, and looking to buy Life Insurance on a fixed budget, remember the three ps. What are the three ps . The three ps of Life Insurance on a fixed budget are price, price, and price. A price you can afford, a price that cant increase, and a price that fits your budget. Im 54. Alex, whats my price . You can get coverage for 9. 95 a month. Im 65 and take medications. Whats my price . Also 9. 95 a month. I just turned 80. Whats my price . 9. 95 a month for you too. If youre age 50 to 85, call now about the 1 most popular whole Life Insurance plan, available through the Colonial Penn program. It has an affordable rate starting at 9. 95 a month. No medical exam, no health questions. Your acceptance is guaranteed. And this plan has a guaranteed lifetime rate lock, so your rate can never go up for any reason. So call now for free information. And youll also get this free beneficiary planner. And its yours just for calling. So call now. We were back with this terrifying video of a 10yearold boy falling during a zip line accident in lakeland, florida. His family is suing saying the boy suffered serious injuries to his head and body after falling 20 feet. They blamed operator error for this september accident. State investigators agree. They determined the harness was not properly secured. The boy is okay now and has returned to school. The pilot of a small plane died after crashing that airplane into a cemetery. A cessna 150 crashed shortly after takeoff from New Bedford Regional Airport in massachusetts. Witnesses say the plane was flying low over homes, dived and then crashed. The pilot was flying solo. No word on what caused the incident but federal authorities are investigating. Emotional scenes of jubilation playing out in oklahoma during a mass release of prisoners. The sentences for their nonviolent crimes made less serious by criminal justice reform. A day of emotional reunions and new beginnings in oklahoma. Over 450 inmates released in whats being called the largest oneday mass commutation in u. S. History. Oh, my gosh, shes taller than me. Reporter inmates walking out to greet their families and new freedom. I get my mom back. This is the firstayth rest oyour life. Reporter oklahomas governor was there as inmates were released from a womens prison. He made it a goal to reduce his states incarceration rate, the highest in the nation. The move was voted on by the states pardon and parole board friday. Okayed by a vote of 50. Reporter granting commutations to 527 inmates sentenced for lowlevel drug and property crimes. It means everything to me. Im going to go out there and change my life and be a positive influence on my daughter. This was a huge first step in the right direction for criminal justice reform. Reporter the release is expected to save oklahoma taxpayers nearly 12 million, and the pardon and parole board hopes its a step the rest of the country will follow. Just incredible to see those images there. We know that when these inmates get out of prison, they need other resources to make sure that they are successful in their life after prison. And the governor there actually credits his wife, sarah, with the idea of hosting job fairs for inmates. 28 job fairs were held before mondays release, and 700 of those inmates attended. Wow. Local nonprofits, churches, job creators, all really stepping up to ensure that these newly released inmates have opportunities for success moving forward. Good luck to them. Coming up next half hour, the heartstopping rescue caught on camera. The man who fell onto the tracks in front of an oncoming train. How a quickthinking worker saved that mans life. First our goodnewstues and the story of a fed ex employee and just how much her coworkers love her. Its time for goodnewstues. We are kicking it off with an update to a story about a College Student running his own krispy kreme smuggling operation. 21yearold Jason Gonzales has been driving nearly 300 miles to buy doughnuts so he can bring them home to minnesota, which hasnt had a krispy kreme in more than a decade. He was reselling those boxes for more than twice what he paid. Krispy kreme initially told gonzales to cease and desist. They put a hole right into his smuggling operation. So unnecessary. The company has reversed course this morning and struck a deal with the College Student. Whoo who will become a thirdparty seller, independent operator. That means the deliveries are back on. Good news in minnesota. Gonzales hopes to trade in his ford focus for a van. He started a gofundme to make that happen. Krispy kreme has donated like 500 boxes. Donated 500 boxes to his startup operation, essentially. Well, that is very kind of them. I cant believe he can fit 100 boxes in a ford focus. Thats some i think this community in minnesota might start a gofundme for this van. I mean, i would if i was there. Yeah, definitely. Get more boxes. All right, you guys want to see Something Weird thats about to happen . Will ganss is not what he usually is. Next the good news for a very special fed ex employee. Will, tell us. Hes on this side of me hes over here what is going on right now . I feel like im in the upside down, what is this, Stranger Things . Wait till you hear this story. Her coworkers call her miss darlene. When you see the lifechanging gift they gave her youll see how her life shifted into a much more comfortable gear. Darlene quinn is a package handler in fedex in spartanburg, South Carolina. Three months ago her vehicle broke down. Her coworker josh lewis knew something was off. Pitch black one morning on the way to work. All of a sudden i saw this blur out of the corner of my eye and realized, thats a lady i work with. Reporter josh and his boss offering miss darlene a ride, learning that shes been walking every day 12 miles to and 12 miles from work. I wouldnt want my mother, father, grandparents walking that far to work. Reporter josh knew he had to help so he set up a gofundme page, his Community Rallying to give miss darlene the surprise of her life. Within the first 24 hours, i think we raised 3,000. And then it just it kept going from there. As that started going, it was amazing just to sit back and watch that god and our Community Just took it from there. Reporter watch as she finds out what theyve done for her. Theres a lot of people in this community that love you and care about you. You have inspired so many of us to do great things. Me and about 100 other people got together and we raised enough money to buy that car cash for you today. Youre going to make me cry. Because we love you, and because youre awesome. Reporter miss darlene checking out her shiny 2014 chevy captiva, those tears turned to smiles. She gave this card to josh, passing along thanks to the community who made this all happen. The card signed, love, darlene. Josh saying this striving for more love in their own neck of the woods. I challenge each and every person out there, to get to know your neighbor, number one. Number two, get to know what your neighbors needs are. And number three, dont be afraid to help them. The people in miss darlenes community are obviously up to that challenge. Two local businesses offering to take care of all the oil changes and tire repairs shell ever need. Miss darlene, im just so happy for her. Yes, that is so sweet. In the upstate of the great state of South Carolina, good community. We call that sparkle city, spartanburg. Hey, South Carolina makes some pretty great people. They sure do, dont they . I love that story, appreciate it. See who ran the new york marathon barefoot, and who didnt, his name is jack. See who ran the new york marathon barefoot, and who didnt, his name is jack. About the Colonial Penn program. Here to tell you if youre age 50 to 85, and looking to buy Life Insurance on a fixed budget, remember the three ps. What are the three ps . The three ps of Life Insurance on a fixed budget are price, price, and price. A price you can afford, a price that cant increase, and a price that fits your budget. Im 54. Alex, whats my price . You can get coverage for 9. 95 a month. Im 65 and take medications. Whats my price . Also 9. 95 a month. I just turned 80. Whats my price . 9. 95 a month for you too. If youre age 50 to 85, call now about the 1 most popular whole Life Insurance plan, available through the Colonial Penn program. It has an affordable rate starting at 9. 95 a month. No medical exam, no health questions. Your acceptance is guaranteed. And this plan has a guaranteed lifetime rate lock, so your rate can never go up for any reason. So call now for free information. And youll also get this free beneficiary planner. And its yours just for calling. So call now. Time for the mix and wre just, what, a couple of days ago we were celebrating the new York City Marathon . My first marathon sunday in new york city. You why here on sunday. It was such a cool to be here. Now i understand why people say its one of the best days. Its electric, right . Its incredible. Did you see Anyone Running barefoot . No, thank goodness. Theres a woman who was running without any shoes on. Her name, brenda mara grube, 41yearold upper east sider. She says she was trying to bring awareness to Climate Change and indigenous populations affected by it. She ran the entire 26. 2mile race barefoot. I cannot imagine. I cant imagine running a marathon in the first place, but i dont want to walk a block in new york city barefoot. This morning we have what her feet looked like post. Oh, not that bad, i thought it would have been worse i definitely thought it would have been worse. Seems like it would be dangerous. Jack, why didnt you run the marathon barefoot . No, thank you. So jack is back, everyone. After running the new York City Marathon. We showed you the pictures on monday morning. Whoohoo we are so proud of 10608 there. Jack, how do you feel this morning . Getting to be time for a little bit more advil. What was the postrace celebratory treat . What did you need in those moments following . I needed a i had an ice cold beer, then we had some pizza and a chicken parmesan hero and ben and jerrys. And then i went to sleep. How are you walking this morning . Gingerly. Gingerly, ly. Were glad to have you back. We know this was your 16th new York City Marathon. It was. Wow. And total number of marathons . 24 total. Let me just say, while i have the camera on me, a public thank you to all the fans out there. And especially to my colleagues at world news now. We really appreciate it, what you guys said on the air yesterday, so thanks very much. Youre so welcome, were really proud of you. Well try it again next year. Cant wait. So impressed. Also impressed by one kids costume idea for halloween in chicago. This guy got a shoutout from the mayor because she was his inspiration for his costume. So cute. How cute is that, little mayor lori lightfoot. That is adorable, i love it. Maybe he likes pinball. We got this person, this man whos an inspiration for all pinball players, he played for 32 hours, breaking a Guinness World record. Ryan clancy there. Owner of an Amusement Center bounce and fling in milwaukee. 32 hours. Congrats to him. Amusement center this morning on world news now, the impeachment battle is this morning on world news now, the impeachment battle is intensifying as closeddoor depositions are made public, revealing the former ambassador to ukraine told lawmakers she felt threatened. President trump is going on the attack. Breaking overnight, popeyes popular chicken sandwich is at the center of a deadly stabbing. An altercation in one of the restaurants escalated to a tragic turn of events. And new this half hour, a remarkable rescue caught on camera. See the moment a man fell off the platform. A worker pulling him to safety just as the train approaches. This morning, were hearing from the man who is being called a hero. People were thinking, youve cat to be kitten me right meow when a black cat took the field during monday night football. It put the game on paws. We have it all for you on this tuesday, november 5th. That last headline brought to you by our producer julie, who thought that story was like catnip for her and her writing skills. So good. Julie, i hope i did you proud on that one because that was a lot of cat puns. Too good, too good. Turns out that cat was bad luck for the giants. Thats what they do, bad luck, cats. They did it, they did it. We will talk about all of that in just a moment. Lets begin with the latest moves in the impeachment battle. More Trump Administration witnesses have refused to speak with investigators. Top lawyer on the National Security council, john isenberg, was among those who defied congressional subpoenas for their testimony. Robert blair and aide to acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney also refused to testify along with two others. Investigators have started releasing transcripts with witness interviews. One of them shows a former aide to mike pompeo contradicting the secretary of state. Another details the testimony of the former u. S. Ambassador to ukraine who discussed efforts to force her out. Abcs mary bruce has more. Reporter after weeks behind closed doors, the first witness transcript is out. Former Ukrainian Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch describing a Shadow Campaign to oust her led by the president s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani. She says ukrainian officials told her giuliani and his associates had plans and that they were going to, you know, do things, including to me. Adding one ukrainian official told me i really needed to watch my back. President trump tried to distance himself from yovanovitchs testimony. Im sure shes a very fine woman, i just dont know much about her. Reporter hoping to save her job, yovanovitch said she appealed to the president s point man on ukraine, the ambassador to the eu, Gordon Sondland. His advice, he said, you know, you need to go big or go home, tweet out there that you support the president , you know, the sorts of things that he likes, you know, go out there battling aggressively and, you know, praise him or support him. Yovanovitch refused and a few weeks later she was told to get on the next plane home, that it was a matter of her security. In his july phone call with the president of ukraine, President Trump called yovanovitch bad news, saying she was going to go through some things. Yovanovitch testified that when she found out, i didnt know what it meant, i was very concerned, i still am. Asked, did you feel threatened . She replied, yes. The Committee Also releasing the transcript of michael mckinley, a top aide to secretary of state mike pompeo, who says he tried to convince pompeo to defend ambassador yovanovitch. Just last month, pompeo told George Stephanopoulos those conversations never happened. You know, from the time that ambassador yovanovitch departed ukraine till the time that he came to tell me that he was departing, i never heard him say a single thing about his concerns with respect to the decision. You were never asked not once, george. Reporter the transcript reveals mckinley says he raised concerns with pompeo three times. And later resigned in protest. Today the releases will continue. Two more transcripts, these from the testimonies of the u. S. Ambassador to the eu, Gordon Sondland, and the special envoy to ukraine, kurt volker. Mary bruce abc news, capitol hill. A woman whos accusing the president of rape is suing him for defamation. Journalist e. Jean carroll first claimed President Trump assaulted her in a Department Store dressing room. Trump denied that saying at one point, shes not my type. Carrolls suit claims the president s denials smear her dignity in the professional press and caused her harm by injuring her reputation. Prosecutors in new york city have won a round in their battle over President Trumps tax returns. A federal Appeals Court ruled that an Accounting Firm must turn over eight years of the president s personal and core frat returns. One of trumps personal lawyers said he would appeal to the supreme court. A decision in the case could come by next june with the president ial campaign in full swing. The u. S. Is now in the process of withdrawing from the paris climate agreement. Pulling out was one of President Trumps campaign promises. Hes called the accord quote a total disaster that would kill jobs. The process takes one year which means the u. S. Would exit the day after the next president ial election, so a future president could reenter the pact. Britain has lowered its Terror Threat level. Security officials have lowered it from severe to substantial, thats the middle level of three. It means an attack is likely, rather than highly likely. Its the lowest level in more than five years. One analyst says wouldbe terrorists are finding fewer resources. In detroit thousands bid a final goodbye to former congressman and civil rights activist john conyers. Bill clinton, jesse jackson, and Stevie Wonder were among those celebrating his life and legacy. He was the longest serving africanamerican lawmaker in congressional history, serving more than 50 years. Conyers died last week. He was 90 years old. Enjoy the good weather while you still can. A fastmoving Alberta Clipper storm is bringing snow and cold to the upper midwest later today. The very cold air from the north will run into moisture from the gulf. By thursday afternoon, snow is possible from missouri to western new york with rain south of that line. Then the snowstorm moves into the northeast on friday. From weather to sports and thank goodness kaylee is back here because it was the cowboys and the giants on monday night football. You know, the game got off to a slow start, kind of uneventful. Then it got good in the fourth quarter. A close game as dallas quarterback dak prescott completed that short pass to Michael Gallup who acrobatically got that one into the end zone. Then the cowboys tacked on two more long touchdowns, one this i mean, scoop and score is what we call that, kenneth. Core i typically happens to me at coldstone creamery. That would be a fumble return we just saw there. Dallas won it 3718. The game was briefly delayed i got this part when a black cat made its way onto the field during the second quarter. Security eventually made sure it exited down a tunnel. Apparently that was bad luck for the home team, as she said. Sure was. Thats what theyll be blaming that loss on. I mean, on twitter it was trending. Black cat, blackcat, both trending in the u. S. On twitter. Remember how we talked a couple of weeks ago about monday night football, the quarterback being micd up saying he saw ghosts . Oh, right. Joe tessitore on monday night football, theyre going, from seeing ghosts to seeing black cats. Thats a pretty big cat too. Thats not a cat whos starving, somebodys been feeding him. There at the arena, apparently. Better luck next time for the giants. Coming up in the skinny, another shocking and confusing elimination on dancing with the stars. First, the new headaches at one of the countrys busiest airports. How new ridesharing rules have triggered total chaos at the terminals. And that jawdropping rescue of a man whod fallen on the tracks into the path of an oncoming train. 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More from matt gutman on that with good morning america. He tried to weather that chaos for us. Deadly violence accompanied the return of popeyes chicken sandwich in maryland. Police say a man was stabbed to death last night outside a restaurant last night in oxon hill, just south of washington, d. C. Reports say the killing happened kld transit thendwichthsuspect path of a coming train. Heres kgos leann melendez. Reporter its one of those videos you find yourself watching over and over again, because this is the epitome of a close call. Oh my goodness, right before the b. A. R. T. Came . That happened here . Oh my gosh. Reporter the b. A. R. T. Supervisor, who somehow lifted the man, is john oconnor, who happened to be working last night, helping control the crowds following an Oakland Raiders game. In my mind that train was about 20 yards back and he was still in the middle of the track. Wait a minute, obviously, he wasnt. I just looked at him and said, hes not going to make it. Reporter the incident happened right around here, precisely where john oconno and all those cameras are. Im sure after looking at that video, you have the same kind of questions that many people are now asking. Well, he shouldnt be walking like that, thats the first question. Reporter b. A. R. T. Officials say the man was very intoxicated and fell. However much he weighed, it seemed he was able to be pulled out. I dont know if id do it now, you know. I dont know if i could pick him up now. But you know that night, didnt feel very heavy at that moment. I do want to know how fast he was going. They do slow down drastically right before they get here. Reporter b. A. R. T. Says the train was traveling at about 36 miles an hour. But its this picture taken by tony badilla after the fact which shows one mans gratitude towards the actions of another. Fortunate that god put me there. He got to see another day. I spoke to him later, i told him, pay it forward. Reporter hero is a term used too often and too loosely. Oconnor choked up when asked how he felt. Its what were supposed to do. Wow. Just incredible there. Thanks to our friends at kgo for bringing us just an amazing story. Mr. Oconnor has been with b. A. R. T. For more than 20 years. They hailed him as a humble hero in a tweet on monday. Accompanied by video of that, what they called amazing rescue. Amazing indeed. When we come back, another stunning upset on dancing with the stars. Matthew mcconaughey doing something hes never done before. The skinny is next. The skinny is next. The skinny starting with a shocking elimination on dancing with the stars. Seven remaining couples started off the night which began with individual dances and led to headtohead danceoffs. Among the top scores, aly and brooke dancing to higher which earned them the first perfect score the season 30 out of 30. But james van der beek said hold my beer because he and emmas dance set to a bottom two with s heareimaging dot stop believing won them the second perfect score of the night. Which they totally deserved, in my opinion. Kate flannery and pasha made a triumphant rebound from the bottom two with a heartfelt dance to the classic heat wave. Coming in dead last but showing improvement, according to the person who wrote this, sean spicer. Sean and jennas jazz routine to styx come sale away earned them a 20 out of 30. I think sean spicer has not been doing very well dancing on this show at all. Is that your professional opinion . Im with the judges who have been brutal about spicer here. Absolutely brutal but the fans are keeping him around. Some of the comments from head judge overnight were hilarious. They really went after him. I mean, im just saying, thats what the judges say. Youre saying what everythings thinking. Then came time for the headtohead danceoffs. Aly and sasha versus kel and whitney. Sean and jennifer versus kate and pasha. Ann and alan versus lauren and glib. Then another stunner. Sean and jenna are the first couple to be announced safe. Sean spicer the first. I mean, she doesnt even believe it. She doesnt even believe it. Then it came down to kate and pasha and aly and sasha, watch what happened next. The couple im saving is aly and sasha. All right, carrie ann votes to save aly and sasha. Bruno, which couple would you like to save . I have to do my job, you shouldnt be here. But based on the show so far, i have to choose alli allie and pasha. Wow. Not the first time weve heard the judges make a comment like this, saying we shouldnt be in this position, these shouldnt be the last two couples that were having to choose between. Yeah, feels a little bit like rinse and repeat. Speaking of that, next weeks guest stars, joey fatone and baby spice. Sean spicer is going to be safe again because hes going to play on something with baby spice. Really . Right there. Because sean spicers im sure dream as a child was to be in a boy band. Im sure, sure of it. Next to a clarification from martin scorsese. Marty, the oscarwinning director and overall hollywood legend sparked outrage when he recently said marvel movies are not cinema. That of course raised the ire of bob iger, ceo. Marvel and disney. Aka our boss. In a New York Times oped scorsese explains what he meant. He says if hed come of age at a later time he might be excited by superhero films. He admits that many of these films are made by people of considerable talent. I took a film history class in college. We watched a lot of black and white, a lot of Marty Scorsese movies. I fell asleep during many of them. Then you should not see the irishman. Because it is the longest movie that may have ever been made and brought to theater. Hes brilliant. Im just saying. Just saying, just saying. I like the marvel. Lets get some Matthew Mcconaughey up in this show. All right, all right, all right. He turned 50 today. But his fans are the ones celebrating because he finally joined instagram. Ive already followed him. Matthew mcconaughey posted his very first video to social media where hes already racked up over 500,000 followers in less than a day. Because of course he did. This is my First Venture into sharing myself and my views with the world. And im a little bit nervous about it. Because quite frankly, im i know i want to have a monologue, im not sure i want to have the dialogue. But ive learned that youve got to have the dialogue to have the monologue, just as you have to have the monologue youve got to have that dialogue. Mcconaugheys fans and friends welcomed him. Reece witherspoon said whoohoo, instagram just got so much better. If youre sick of political humor, seth meyers has a solution. Hes got a new standup special on netflix. It will employ a special skip button. The onscreen button will allow viewers to skip past his jokes about President Trump. Meyers reportedly said the button was mostly meant to be a joke, but it will work for fans of meyers who also happen to be fans of President Trump. See how that goes. Next to celebrity glad tidings for a worldclass athlete. Former olympic gymnast Shawn Johnsoneast has given birth to a daughter. This happened a year and a half after she shared news about her miscarriage. She posted a picture of her daughter and husband andrew east saying, you are our everything, welcome to the world, baby girl. Just so incredible to see that image right there. Shes been through a lot. Shes such an athlete. Such a strong mind and body. Im sure Something Like that was so much turmoil, but now got this. She had the mental strength. Introducing new Vicks Vapopatch easy to wear with soothing vicks vapors for her, for you, for the whole family. New Vicks Vapopatch. Breathe easy. 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Former world news now anchor rob nelson and his significant other jen are expecting a baby boy. Really soon. Like really, really, really soon. In fact, as they were arriving at the hospital to check jen into delivery, he ran into our polka guy, Barry Mitchell. I will soon be up in the middle of the night for another kind of reason. Because were having a baby boy. So the water broke, were here, im going to the hospital, boom, i see barry. Our current anchor, janai norman, is pregnant also. I heard that, congratulations to her, too. Its baby season, i guess. Something in the water at abc, i dont know whats going on. Its real, though, its real. Im going to write you a baby polka, how about that . Oh, that would be a great honor, great honor. Once an insomniac, always an insomniac. Thinking about our friends rob and jen this morning. Just incredible that barry just happened to be there. How does that happen . We run into Barry Mitchell all over the place. I found out sunny hostin used to fill in on the show, i forgot, i dont know how i forgot. Rob has been preparing for this moment for quite some time. This was robs response in 2013 after the show aired a piece on men going through labor. Its happening is it happening . Its happening lord, just take it out, lord just take it out, just get it done okay, so jen, good luck if youve got your lamaze coach there. Im sure hell be super helpful. Congratulations to rob, whos a legend around these parts of world news now, were so happy for him and jen. Im excited for their baby boy to come into the world because it is a great day to be born, its my mothers birthday, happy birthday, mom, love you. Louisianas p breaking news in america this morning, reports that several american citizens have been shot and killed just across the border in mexico. Children are reportedly among the victims. The details coming in this hour. Also this morning, one of Rudy Giulianis associates now coming forward saying he will cooperate with the impeachment inquiry. This as democrats release more transcripts from closed door depositions. The president lashing out overnight as voters head to the polls on this election day. The key races were watching this morning. Breaking overnight, deadly stabbing at popeyes. We are asking the person who did this to come forward. The argument over the restaurants popular chicken sandwich that may have led to murder. Plus, the new security alert affecting anyone with a smart