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You be my honeysuckle, ill be your honey bee now to an industry that has rocked the country. Millions of bees disappearing, leaving empty hives, no honey. Its a trend that experts say is getting worse. It could mean a shortage of honey and lots of other foods we eat. Heres abcs devin dwyer. Reporter for 63 years Charles Smiths sliefs been buzzing with beast. They do sting but youve got to love it. Reporter a booming business. Last winter many of his swarm suddenly went silent. The bees gone without a trace. We lost almost 50 up in this area. Bees were all just going. Its like the bees cant find their way back home. Reporter its a mystery that has puzzled people. Like a bee pocalypse. Scientists say another big loss this year could devastate the American Food supply. Fewer bees means fewer pollen nators for plants to produce their fruit. That could mean fewer broccoli, celery, even avocadoes. All the fruits, nuts, vegetables that enrich our diet, those are the things that are at risk. Reporter jeff pettis is the governments researcher. How good is this colony . Its good, but not great. Reporter hes found plenty of clues from viruses and disease but no smoking gun. What can each of us do to be more bee friendly and help this problem . Plant native vegetation in that area, whatever that area is. Reporter devin dwyer, abc news, beltsville, maryland. Its happening around the country. Ive seen it on the jersey shore where i am. You see a million wasps. You dont see any honey bees. They dont know whats up. They dont know if its pesticides, cell phone towers, the theories are wild why were not seeing them anymore. Its not like you can walk over a field and see them on a floor and know where theyve been. They fly away, never come back. Theyre never seen or heard of again. It can affect every aspect of the things that we eat which is really scary for us. Big time. Up next, whos your daddy. Hollywood bombshell. Mia farrow reveals woody allen may not be the father of her son, but who could it be . Pretty shocking. Frank sinatra. Defying gravity. The stunning movie thats getting oscar buzz. Astronauts tell us how it really is. You know, from a young age. I definitely want to major in political science. Become the mayor or something. Make the situation better for other people. My name is justin, and i am your dividend. And what a life that was. Frank sinatra with a fitting song about the little surprises in life. It turns out there may have been a little surprise in sinatras life. Mia farrow reveals her son may have been the son of old blue eyes. Reporter is this handsome 25yearold Frank Sinatras love child. Reason than farrow looks like his mom, mia farrow. Hes very much mia. Reporter but hes not exactly the spitting image of woody allen. With one word in a bombshell vanity fair, farrow released a tide al wave. Is reason than Frank Sinatras son . What was her answer . She said, possibly. He does bear a resemblance to old blue eyes. It goes beyond his looks. He was singing a song, it was just the way he moved, the way he sort of was at ease and the way he sort of threw the phrases out there. I thought, wow, this is pretty professional sounding. Like a naturally gifted, genetically gifted singer. Sinatra, the man pharaoh calls the love of her life. And did it my way when they met mia was the 19yearold star of painting place. You make it sound so casual. And he was 30 years her elder. After a year and a half of marriage sinatra famously served farrow divorce papers while she was shooting rose marrys baby but the love affair reportedly didnt end there. She and frank had never completely broken up. Of course, woody allen was the other man in mias life. Over years, they delivered a brood of children together. When mia discovered lewd polaroids on woodys fireplace mantle, the scandal became a prolonged tabloid expression. She was so beautiful in that black dress. Dont do that. The breakup hit the entire family hard. Reason than was just four years old at the time and always had difficult relationship with the famed otour. He went on to graduate Yale Law School at 21. As for the identity of his father, reason than responded to the vanity fair article with a wink. Listen, were all possibly Frank Sinatras son. I have a funny feeling we are the last to find out that theres a connection here. Like the whole family seems to, a wink, a numbering. My unprofessional opinion, that looks a lot like frank sinatra. Theres that one picture, man. A spittingism m ismage. Why dont they do a test and see . Listen, diana, were all Frank Sinatras son. It is a possibility. Sinatras son. Listen, diana we are all Frank Sinatras son. It is a possibility. Could happen. The rest is up to you. So consider an aarp Medicare Supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. 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Weve seen a lot of these pranksters at the driveup window. Must be fun working the driveup window at a fast food restaurant. Everything is done there. This is from a magician prankster. His name is rouhad. Take a look. What is it . What am i missing . I dont know how hes driving. Now ive got it. Everybodys amused. Nobodys going, whats up . I think theyre trying to figure out whats going on . The guys name is rouhad, magician prankster. The car drives away. I believe this is the same guy that he somehow manufactured a way, hes sitting behind his own seat. Nobodys in the car. Then the car just kind of rolls over. Hes dressed like a seat. I think thats it. I love how these drive through workers have become so amused with this kind of stuff that they just enjoy it. I think theyre legitimately scared. Lots of laughing. Entertainment for the night. Weve all seen the highly Popular Video of beyonce, single lady. Shes rocking those hips. Well, theres a couple that decided that they wanted to recreate this video but in picture form. Sherman oaks, california. They approached a friend. So he proposed and they decided, he thought they were going to celebrate the proposal. They were going to don leotards and take some pictures. She convinced him. There you have it. This is the end result. This is the end result. And the dog. Of course. Congratulations to them anyway. By the way, her name is elizabeth ho. Real quick, this could catch on in new york. I could see it. Its like bigger than most amounts here. Take a look at this latest storage unit this latest apartment that actually is a container from a shipping truck. Its got a full kitchen, a large shower, tankless water heater, stove, oven, bed. When you close that door and the two back doors and nothing is getting in or out. 25,000 in modification while i was on a combat patrol my c in baqubah, iraq,nned out. A rocketpropelled grenade took my arm off at the shoulder. When i came home, i felt alone. My family was around me, but i couldnt talk to them about what id seen and what id done. I remember just thinking, man, the way i am right now, i dont want to live. I was discharged from the army, and ive been working with the Wounded Warrior project since 2007. Warriors dont have to be severely wounded to be with the Wounded Warrior project. We do have a lot of guys that have posttraumatic stress disorder. Being able to share your story, i guess it kind of helps you wrap your mind around what did happen over there. Just because youve left the military doesnt mean your life is over, because when these guys are coming home, im kind of leading and training them, instead of for combat, im leading and training them to heal. And if i come away with anything from the Wounded Warrior project, its them giving my life back. My name is norbie, and yes, i do suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder, but im okay. Lead paint poisoning affects one million children today. Its also 100 preventable. If your home was built before 1978, visit leadfreekids. Org to learn more. Captions paid for by abc, inc. World news now. Day three of the Government Shutdown. Where the progress went as the frustration continues. Highway tragedy. A church bus collides with a tractortrailer. Soccer stars, talented child athletes beating tremendous odds. How he discovered a life threatening accident. Who is standing by this young man as he kicks aside the pain. An inside look. Miley cyrus like youve never seen her before. Her routines on stage and off stage as she gets more attention. Thats coming up in the skin any on thursday, october 3rd. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. With john muller and diana perez. Thursday morning, everyone. So i think its time to stop saying at least on this show that mileys getting too much attention. Ask me why. Why, diana . Because were the ones giving her the attention. Exactly right. It pays the bills. You know what, it keeps the lights on. Deal with it, america. Otherwise well be running color bars. In ways large and small, the Government Shutdown is continuing. Karen jabbers is joining us from capitol hill with more on the high level meeting. Reporter good morning john and diana. There were no break throughs. Nobody expected that. President obama has made it clear. This is on House Republicans to end the shutdown, but Speaker Boehner and their colleagues are standing firm. Reporter president obama, four top congressional leaders, a high level meeting at the white house that produced no results. The president reiterated one more time tonight that he will not negotiate. All were asking for here is a discussion and fairness for the American People under care. Reporter senateeed to give up their fight over the Health Care Law because its not going anywhere. We are locked in tight on obama care. Reporter the house passed funding measures that would open the National Institutes of health and the parks. Nearly 800,000 federal workers across the country are furloughed, including 70 of the nations intelligence analysts. This seriously damages our ability to protect the safety and security of this nation and its citizens. Programs like wic which provides 9 million single moms with infant formula are deemed inessential. How am i supposed to get the extra 200 a month to pay for formula. Head start estimates 19,000 low income children have lost or are at risk of losing education and Nutrition Services in 11 states because of the shutdown. There is no after School Program for girl dean ryans twins. Its going to affect them in a big way, especially educationally. Reporter john and diana, the shutdown continues. Karen, thank you. That brings us to our facebook question of the day. What would you do now to end the Government Shutdown . Join our debate at wnnfans. Com. Americas top spy chief revealed new secrets. General Keith Alexander telling congress they do collect data from peoples social networks to tractor or lists. He revealed that they do track that but it didnt go forward with the program. A San Francisco man is in custody accused of masterminding a drug operation with more than 1 billion in sales. 29yearold Ross Ulbricht is charged with drug, Money Laundering. The hidden website he allegedly operated was called silk road. It allowed users to anonymously browse and purchase everything from marijuana, psychedelics to heroin. It used an encryption tool. This is like a scene from breaking bad. He was arrested yesterday. They took him into custody in a library. His alias on his Facebook Page is drug pirate robber. He decided to get his alias from a movie . Thats a great movie. Are you making fun of Princess Bride . No. Its a manly movie. Yes, it is. I agree with you. Attorneys for Michael Jacksons mother said they are exploring all options. With hundreds of millions of dool lars at stake, they decided while aeg live did hire dr. Conrad murray, theyre not responsible for Michael Jacksons death. The decision was reached after very careful consideration of five months of testimony. Michael jackson was pretty used to getting his own way. He was a big star. Murray was convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter. He is now finishing up his two year sentence. Dozens of investigators worked after dark with the help of spotlights on the scene of a deadly collision on a tennessee highway. The accident closed the roadway in both directions for hours. Abcs Martha Gonzalez has more. Debris scattered east of knoxville, tennessee. In my 17 years, probably the most serious incident that ive ever been a part of. Reporter at least eight People Killed when a bus veered off the highway crossing the median into oncoming traffic hitting an suv with three people inside then slamming into a tractortrailer which then burst into flames. The drivers of all three vehicles died. This is the first accident thats bothered me this bad and ive seen them all. Ive cried. Ive been here since 2 00 and ive cried and ive cried again. The other victims were members of a Senior Citizens church group from statesville, North Carolina, traveling on this packed bus back from gatlinburg, tennessees, fall jubilee, a Church Festival they visited every year. We dont have all the facts to give here, but we do know that there were several that went on to be with the lord. Those who survived the horrifying scene were rushed to nearby hospitals. At least 14 people injured in all, and this crash investigators believe was caused by a blown front tire on the churchs bus. But it isnt a closed case and the tennessee highway says the ntsb will help with the investigation despite the Government Shutdown. Motorcyclist charged in the wild confrontation between a group of bikers and a driver of an suv in new york city. Christopher cruz now charged with reckless driving for slowing down in front of the car setting the violence in motion. Later the driver of the suv into the bikers critically injuring one of them before he was pulled from his car and beaten. This biker nearly gets plowed down by an oncoming train. Youll see it again here in a moment. This is in england. With drivers and bikers, more destructstive than ever, its a problem thats becoming very serious. Super slow mow and the train looks like its going a gazillion miles an hour. What was he thinking . They were clearly down. Theres a train coming. Lights are on, flashing. Hello. What else do you need . My goodness. Oh, my god. Do you think you would go to work that day or turn around and go home . Im calling in sick. Im sure hes looking for his heart. I get to go home and change his garments. I think youre right. Right . Oh, john. Well, you know. All right. Usually we only report about sturgis. Having some fun with the Government Shutdown. The shutdown burger on the lunch menu until the shutdown is over. Its. Its a half pound of ground beef, cheese, onions, all topped with gravy. You can get some fries with that. Grab your deferment later. Everyone is sick of the quote glutens government, so they came up with the most glutenous burger. Awesome. Biscuit gravy on your burger. Why havent i ever thought of that . I know, right. Its so obvious. What is it missing . How can we make it worse snr. Better. You have your mind in the right place, john. What can we do to make it better . We can deep fry the whole thing. Put on two patties, deep fry it, couple extra pieces of cheese. You know what, you can coat it in chocolate. Yeah. Now im really interested. Thats about right. All right. Coming up, the much anticipated movie sequel that is selling out long before it hits the theaters. The young athlete who has much more to kick than a soccer ball. This young guys big challenge off the field, and whos standing by him. Youre watching world news now. Announcer world news now weather brought to you by consumer cellular. Ouncer world news now weather brought to you by consumer cellular. This morning we want to introduce you to a young man whos winning both on and off the field. This one is our naf ret story of the day. Hes a soccer star who owes his life to the game he loves. Reporter a ball to the gut in the middle of a game. That was the tipoff that chris hag gerrit, one of the best kid soccer players, had something seriously wrong going on. He stayed down for a minute. Knew something wasnt write. He had six or seven tumors within his liver in all different sections of the liver. And he basically said, you know, we think this is cancer. Next came what kids and parents who have been through this already know all too well, the chemo, the weakness, the hair loss, the wasting. I took him for a walk and just let him know that he was going to be in the toughest competition of his life. Reporter like major surgery, when he was 9 chris got a liver transplant that headed off near certain death, but the game he had loved and excelled at, that was over for good, right . Well, no. Because chris was determined. Oh, he wouldnt miss soccer practice. Dont tell his teachers, but i would pick him up early so he could go and rest so he could go to soccer practice. Sometimes he couldnt finish practice, but like the hair on his head, chriss game made a slow, steady comeback nkts im really, really super happy. Reporter and so was his new team. On the day they were trailing 10 in the state cup final with 10 00 to go and his goal tied it all up. A few minutes later, they scored again. They were champs and chris was named most valuable player. Abc news, washington. What a story. His team was ranked number one in the nation. His coaches said he was they thought he was european. He has such finesse. He just didnt seem like an american boy. He played a game that was different from what they were used to. That is absolutely amazing. He is completely cancer free right now, but that cancer can return. Obviously he has to continue to be checked out. Check it out though, because it could return he received a call from the make a Wish Foundation. He was flown to barcelona with his family and had a once in a lifetime chance to meet players from sc barcelona which he has admired his entire life. Moving moment for him obviously. Fantastic moment. What a cool kid hopefully we see a lot more of this kid as a grown up, right . Even as a teenager hes going to make some big plays. When we come back, the softer side of howard stern. Why millions are talking about miley again. Youre watching world news now. Announcer world news now boy grandpa, look what i got woman oh dad, wait till you see the bike we got for jake. narrator hearing loss happens gradually with age. Making it easy to ignore. Yet most Older Americans arent getting their hearing tested. Untreated hearing loss can keep your loved ones from enjoying what they cherish most. woman dad, can you hear me . narrator dont let that happen. Speak up about hearing loss. Youll be glad you did. Skinny so skinny all right. I did not know this. The hunger games has a sequel coming out called catching fire. My daughter knows all about it. Im sure. It doesnt come out until november 22nd. We have two months, month and a half before it will pop up anywhere. Well, already tickets went on sale on october 1st and they are already selling out on fandango and movietickets. Com. Jennifer lawrence as katniss and immensely popular. I think it will be just as popular the second time. Miley cyrus has a documentary coming out. It is called miley the movie. They followed miley for four months leading up to the mtv music awards. The infamous awards. She prepares for her release of her ail. But the 20yearold star tries to define what she calls a transitional period in her life and she calls it the movement. I guess it is from teeny bopper to adult and one of her quotes, i may be a hot mess but im a strategic hot mess. Okay. A strategic hot mess. Id like to know what that means. There is a method to her madness. Makes sense. Okay. Howard stern. His side kick is back. She has been his side kick for 30 years. But for the last 17 months shes battling cancer. She was doing the show from home. For the first time she has returned to the studio. Listen to this exchange between the two of them. Never get sick again. I plan not to. I can never be without you again. And your beautiful face, your smile. What are you, trying to make me cry. Youre norm mouse [ bleep ]. I wonder what he was talking about. That last little sentence there. He says to her, seriously, ive been praying for this day and im really happy that youre here. She, by the way, looks incredible. So were just happy that hes happy, shes healthy, shes back, right where they belong. They belong together. Cory monteith, tmz coming out with this. Apparently he was shooting heroin and downing champaign in his hotel room in vancouver on the night of his death. That is the final word from the corners word. The glee star discovered alone in vancouver canada on july 13th when they responded to the scene. First responders, they discovered a spoon with drug residue and a hyper determine mick needle. Two empty champaign bottles and glasses. The official cause of death is mixed drug toxicity including intravenous heroin use combined with the ingestion of alcohol. Its amazing it was done all by himself in a hotel room. 31 years old. Yes. Only 31 years old. Yep. This weekend a blockbuster is born. Its called gravity and it takes place in outer space. Sounds farfetched. Its not. Carry halperin spoke to an astronaut who would know. Reporter 372 miles above earth on a standard mission, disaster strikes. Ahhh the shuttle is destroyed leaving two surviving astronauts tethered to nothing but each other drifting out into the darkness. Houston. Its the subject of a 3d adventure, gravity starring George Clooney and Sandra Bullock. The only other time space has been brought this close to reality was when nasa released its imax reality, hubble. Open the doors. Swing it. Visiting new york citys intrepid air and space museum to get an experts opinion on how real the movie felt to him. The detail in the gravity movie of the Hubble Space Telescope is amazing. I felt like i was there again. Somebody took a lot of time to make it very, very realistic as far as, you know, the accuracy of the telescope, the shuttle, the space suits and the views are very, very accurate. To see them up on the big screen is just wonderful. When you see the planet from a distance you dont see borders. You get this sense of unification of our world. Reporter but the movie is more than zen moments as gravity takes you on a wild ride. Its already getting a rave review from a man whos actually been there. Carry hal pe erin. Critics love this movie. They do. I was getting ready to say, hey, you remember that movie open water they were waiting to get rescued and they all die, i was going to say, this movie is that but out in outer space. Yeah. Except that this is an amazingly visual movie. We dont know how it ends obviously. Rotten tomatoes gave it a 97 which is pretty huge. Wow. Thats incredible. I actually want to see that movie. Huge stars, Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. Tremendous. Theyre astronauts. Were going to talk about it tomorrow on insomniac theater. Announcer this is abcs world news now informing insomniacs for two decades wow. College already. chuckles yeah. engine starts we gotta go. For all the truth that you made me see. I love you. For all the joy you brought to my life. I love you too, daddy. Youre the one who saw me through. And thanks for everything. Through it all. You were my strength when i was weak. woman speaks a message from the foundation for a better life. When i have an asthma attack. I feel like a fish with no water. Learn how to prevent your childs next asthma attack. Because even one attack is one too many. Good morning, im john mull lek. Here are some of the top stories were following on world news now. Attorneys for Michael Jacksons family are looking at their options. Jacksons family was seeking 1. 5 billion claiming the company was linked to jacksons 2009 death. Well hear from the jurors in our top story in a moment. Church bus collided with an suv and a big rig on a tennessee highway. It apparently blew a tire. 8 people died, 14 injured. On i40 near knoxville. The church group was returning home to North Carolina from a gospel jubilee. Reassuring news for a woman expecting twins. The latest Research Shows that babies did equally well whether they were born via csection or the natural way. And the restaurant in sturgis, south dakota, they are serving up the shutdown burger. Half a pound of beef, cheese, onions glutinous burger. From abc news, this is world news now. With john muller and diana perez. Have that chose burger now. Absolutely. They just need to deep fry it. Smother it in chocolate. The only way to make it better. Well begin this i could go on. Extra extra cheese. Talk about a verdict brought by Michael Jacksons family against concert promoters aeg life. It lasted 87 days in court during which time jurors heard from 50 witnesses. Has the jury reached a verdict . The jury rejected the Jackson Familys claim that aeg live was somehow responsible for the king of pops death. We, of course, are not happy with the result as it stands now. We will be exploring all options legally. The jury foreman said it wasnt an easy decision. There were several votes taken. Minds were changed more than once. It was a battle over what happened behind the scenes in these rehearsals, the last of Michael Jacksons career. He was trying to dance his way out of debt under serious pressure and strung out on drugs administered by his doctor, Conrad Murray. We, the jury, find the defendant, Conrad Robert murray guilty. The doctor is now behind bars. The question before this court, who was he working for. Katherine jackson, this is aeg live. Jacksons mother and his three children sought 1. 5 billion in damages from concert promoter aeg live claiming aeg was paying murrays salary getting him ready for the tour. Aeg argued that murray was jacksons personal doctor, that they had no control over his treatment. Aeg would have never agreed to finance this tour if it knew mr. Jackson was playing russian roulette every night in his bedroom. In the end it seems the jury was persuaded. While they did hire dr. Conrad murray, they had every reason to believe Conrad Murray was fit for the job. In the end, bottom line, the Jackson Family walks away with nothing. David wright, abc news, los angeles. Lawyers for convicted pedophile Jerry Sandusky say they will appeal to the state Supreme Court now that a lower court has refused a new trial. The decision came two weeks after they heard arguments in the case. Sandusky is serving a 30 to 60 year sentence and without a new trial will likely die in prison. An attorney for Boston Marathon suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are asking for them to ease the conditions in jail. They claim its harsh and impairing their ability to work with him. His lawyers say that prosecutors have not presented any evidence showing that such conditions are needed. No word on when a ruling will be made on this. Im having a hard time feeling sorry for him. Im really not so worried about it. Yeah. Heres a little bit more. He has no access to news media. No communication. Restrictions put in place by the attorney general concerned about alleged terrorism. I dont have a problem with that either to be honest with you. I can hold court on this one if i wasnt on tv. Yeah, this is a tough one to chat about when were on television being watched by millions of people. The entire community of boston feels this way, too. I think so. A lot of americans feel this way that were thinking. Heres the deal. Months ago he told his mom, dont worry about me, i have websites. Money is flooding in for me from all of these websites. Theres all these girls that love me. Its okay. Thats fine. By the way, he has no access to the web. Social media, any of these things anymore. Theyre still considering the death penalty. Yeah. President obama visiting a d. C. Area Construction Company today. Hell call on congress to reopen the government and raise the debt ceiling. Last night mr. Obama met with top congressional leaders in an attempt to break the impasse. The president reiterated one more time that he will not negotiate. All were asking for here is a discussion and fairness for the American People under obama care. Am i exasperated . Absolutely i am exasperated because this is entirely unnecessary. The debt ceiling not raised by october 17th the u. S. Government would face its first ever default. Catastrophic economic consequences. Shut down now in its third day being felt across the nation. It could be putting americans at risk. Heres abcs jim avalon. The shutdown is not just about bureaucrats and tourists. The man in charge of the cia and nsa told congress 70 of americas intelligence analysts are on the beach furloughed. Ive been in the intelligence business for about 50 years. Ive never seen anything like this. This seriously damages our ability to protect the safety and security of this nation and its citizens. At fbi headquarters, 50 of the staff ordered to stay home making it more difficult to identify terrorist threats. Across town at the f. D. A. All scheduled inspections of foreign and domestic fish, fruit, vegetable, and juice producers have been postponed. At the c. D. C. Researchers are not tracking outbreaks of food poisoning. Less than 1 3 of the c. D. C. Scientists are on the job. Home buyers waiting for f. H. A. Backed mortgages are suffering. Were in this hotel for who knows how long. Reporter the reed family loan stuck in the pipeline. Critical social programs such as wic which provides 9 million moms with money for infant formula and baby food have been deemed nonessential. How am i supposed to get the extra 200 a month to pay for formula . And head start is beginning to shut down across the country. In connecticut there was no preSchool Program for girl dean bryants 2009 sons. Its affecting them in a big way. Reporter trouble for military families, too. Commissaries, the cutrate stores on bases and posts have been closed. All of this has a broad impact on the american economy. 12. 5 billion a week. 300 million a day. 12. 5 million every hour lost in productivity. Jim avala, abc news, washington. That brings us to our facebook question of the day. What would you do now to end the Government Shutdown. The political debate is heating up at wnnfans. Com. The shut down has personal meaning for one couple. They had planned to be married at the gettysburg amphitheater. I was panicked and crying. I didnt understand. And i didnt want to believe it. I felt terrible t. I mean, this is supposed to be the most important day of her life, you know . Everything that she wanted, all the people that we wanted there and now its like not even a month and weve got to redo everything. All right. Now the soon to be newlyweds are focused ond plan b. They plan to marry in mikes parents backyard. We wish them the best. It was an emotional day in court for bean any babies creator ty warner. The 69yearold broke down crying as he admitted to keeping 24 million in secret swiss bank accounts. He apologized to the judge. He could face up to 5 years jail. Hes paying a 53 million fine. The Affordable Care act and identity theft. The Better Business bureau is warning consumers about callers requesting personal information in order to mail insurance cards. The bbb says the callers sound credible and ask for Social Security numbers, credit card and medicare i. D. Numbers. Complaints about such calls have increased since the october 1st deadline. Lets take a look at the weather. Like summer in the northeast. Its been crazy. Heavy snow in the northern rockies. Some in the lower elevations as well tonight. It will be snow and thunderstorms across much of the midwest. Lower Mississippi Valley and southern florida could see stray showers. New york, 78. Baltimore, 84. 88 in kansas city. 73 in minneapolis. 5 in salt lake city. Colorado springs comes in at 55. Its that time of year again getting ready for halloween. That means pumpkins, of course. In this case a really, really big one. Really big one. It was grown in the garden of eddie giarusso. Hes an experienced big pumpkin grower. He estimates it weighs more than 1300 pounds. Gosh. Hes got it entered in the competition for the states biggest pumpkin which takes place this weekend. He even had to make a special reservation on a ferry to move that heavy pumpkin to the main land. I dont know what the other pumpkins in this competition look like, but this is a big one. Id like to try that sometime. What do you do . You must water it nonstop. You must be feeding it miracle grow nonstop. Right. You have to trim away all of the other pumpkins. Listen to this though. Eddie says these were not perfect conditions. He says that there was lots of rain in the early summer and koomer than usual in august. Just imagine if it was the ideal summer to grow a pumpkin, how big and massive this thing would be. 1,300 pounds. Thats pretty much like a car. Put that into perspective for me. Is that like a car . I think they said a two ton car is like the old chevy impala from the 60s. I would imagine a toyota has to be around 1500. Thats like a car. Wow. Thats big. Coming up, throw back thursday and we are remembering the last year of the last Government Shutdown. We will refresh your memory. Also this morning, fond memories of best selling author gone too soon. Tom clanceys novels and how hes being remembered. Later, their offices are closed. Theyre not getting paychecks. Whos opening their doors to federal employees. Youre watching world news now. Announcer world news now weather brought to you by Colonial Penn life insurance. Fans are mourning the loss of a giant in contemporary literature. Tom clancey passed away. Paula ferries has more. Reporter he was the j. K. Rowling of the military. His hogwarts, the pentagon, and other cold war strong holds. Tom clancys 25 novels included more than a dozen number one best sellers. And hollywood blockbusters. Tom clancey was selling insurance in baltimore when he wrote his first novel about a soviet sub commander defecting to the west. A great day, comrades. We sail into history. Ronald regan called it my kind of yarn, a blurb that helped propel clancy to the New York Times best sellers list. The New York Times loved clancys attention to detail and he loved them back. The u. S. Military is us. Theres no truer representation of the country and the people sent in to fight for it. Tom clancy was 66 years old. Paula ferries, abc news, new york. The quotes from tom clancy was ive written stuff that turned out to be real later. That was spook ji. He was ahead of his time for sure. Well be back in a moment. The United States Government Shutdown, something that hasnt happened for nearly two decades. In fact, the last time it happened was back in 1995 when the Clinton White house and the Republican Leaders in congress failed to agree on the budget. The gop leader, speaker Newt Gingrich refused to cave on programs like education, health and the environment. Got us thinking about what the world looked like back in 1995. While gridlock in washington is certainly a familiar scene, the pop culture had an incredibly different vibe. I happened to be in high school at the time and my favorite song, here it is. That is hot even today. Wow. It really is, right . It held up great. Yeah. That song, if i heard it today, i cant help it. High school, huh . Im sorry. I was in my third television market, all kinds of grown up. I was working in tampa, florida. The song that sticks out in my song. I love this song, seal kiss from a rose was from the movie batman forever. It brings me back to that. I can remember the apartment i was living in. Oh, yeah. It also shows where we were. We were in totally different moments. I was a grown up on my third job. I was in a club. I was in a top 20 market. I felt like i was on my way. Hot stuff. And you were in a club doing the shaggy. I was a freshman in high school. Freshman in high school . Yes, sorry. Nkts speaking of movies, there were some good ones out that year. Lots of come disincluding my personal favorite, ace ventura, nature calls. We cant show you the clip i wanted to show you because its far too offensive. There he is. So the way it works, he gets to this tribe and hes supposed to save this specific animal. He arrives. He has this guy who walks around and greets these people with their language. It happens to sound a lot like bumble bee tuna. He starts Walking Around saying to everyone, bumble bee tuna. 1995, the premiere of toy story. Tom hangs the voice of woody, it has don wriggle the voice of mr. Potato head. That was a big deal. It was the first movie to use only computer generation. The internet looked a lot like this. Back in those days all the cool kids called it the net. One program allowed you to search the world for software from other computers. Remember the phone sound when it connected. Apple and xerox had severe fire damage. 1995 also a year for memorable lines. Closing arguments from the o. J. Simpson trial. Something is wrong in this case. It just doesnt fit. It doesnt fit. You must acquit. You must acquit. Johnny cochran there. Tv also has some lines that will go down in history. Some of televisions most memorable characters as well. You know what, has anyone ever told you you look exactly like al pacino. You know, scent of a woman. Very good. Very good. You know something, nothing from you that guys character was actually fired by the owner of a real restaurant here in new york. Apparently the ordering process was pretty strict. Oh, yeah. Oh, my gosh. The episode was great. The year was great. I can go on and on about that year. 1995 looked pretty good. Yeah. Music still sounds good. Absolutely. Were talking almost two decades and still pretty good. Here you are, diana. Here you are. Out the club not listening to shaggy anymore. Is it on your iphone . Of course it is. Snooits snoitsds hundreds of thousands of federal workers without a job this week and without a paycheck. Theres one organization in the dc heir yearea thats charg nothing. A place to go. In the chinatown neighborhood is opening their doors to all furloughed workers calling themselves shutdown central. Happy to give them a space. Free food, free yoga glasses, free wifi, episodes of the west wing streaming. Faces of deadlocked lawmakers. Ive heard that there was ottos day care complete with caffeine and ping pong. That sounded really great. Ethan marin is an attorney with the Social Security administration. He called the federal Government Shutdown absurd and not getting paid will sting. Its a hardship imposed not for want of resources, not from any problems, but from pure elective on city nans. Its nuts. Reporter its a feeling federal workers, 800,000 are feeling, are facing. I think its childish. I really think this whole battle is very childish, that its not what we elected our officials to do. She wants to spend her time exploring d. C. I figured theres hundreds of thousands of people in the same boat so naturally were all probably going to be looking for something to do. Reporter Maggie Keller and Janelle Anderson work at the department of defense. Theyve both been furloughed. Theyre asking, why isnt congress doing their job . Congress can figure out how to handle the situation. I do my job. They should do their job. Reporter they will stay open for the remainder of the shutdown with the republicans and the democrats deadlocked. It looks like these workers will be playing ping pong for a while. I like those racquettes. Im going to the beach, go on vacation, go somewhere. Do you get the money back, lose the money . I think you lose it. Vacation might not be an option. Lets fix this already, okay . Come on, guys. Lets get with it. At 15, i was addicted. By 40, ill have lung disease. At 50, ill die of a heart attack. Dr. Regina benjamin cigarette smoke causes immediate damage that leads to health problems, even death. Those who quit or die are being replaced by a new generation of smokers. Im dr. Regina benjamin, United States surgeon general. Go to cdc. Gov. Learn how to make our next generation tobaccofree. Now, legal blow. World news now, legal blow. Disappointment for Michael Jacksons family and friends delivered by a california jury. Michael jackson was pretty used to getting his own way. He was a big star. The verdict worth a billion dollars to the jack sons and what happens now. Political showdown. The federal frustration. Talks about the government showdown went nowhere. Whats next as the gridlock goes into the third day. Mia farrows big reveal. Is ronan Frank Sinatras son . Its thursday, october 3rd. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now with john muller and diana perez. Good morning. Were going to get started. Were going to get started with the case against aeg. The verdict was reached. Good morning, john and diana. This was a long fought battle in court with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake. In the end the jury rejected the lawsuit brought by Michael Jacksons attorney. The jury sided with aeg live. Ruling while they did provide dr. Conrad murray. Was he unfit to perform the work with which he was hired . No. Reporter jurors heard from 50 witnesses in 87 days. The decision was reached after five months of testimony. Michael jackson was pretty used to getting his own way. He was a big star. The plaintiff in this case, Katherine Jackson and jacksons three children claimed aeg live hired dr. Conrad murray with pressure to get jackson ready for his comeback tour. We, of course, are not happy with the result as it stands now. We will be exploring all options legally. But aeg live argued murray was jacksons personal doctor who ended up giving the singer a deadly dose of the drug propofol. Aeg didnt do something wrong here. They werent going to allow theirselves to do something wrong. They gathered outside the courthouse and were disappointed. In the meantime, Conrad Murray is set to be released from jail after spending two years behind bars. John and diana. Brandi, thank you very much. Amazing in this case, no middle ground. They were shooting for the moon in terms of money and they got nothing. Do you want to hear what the moon is . Its incredible. These figures. They want aeg to pay paris, prince and blanket to pay 85 million each. And kathryn wanted 35 million for herself. They didnt get a million, they got nothing. You think about all of the Legal Expenses that they incurred fighting this case. Oh, my gosh. Not only did they not get a penny, but they must have spent millions of dollars fighting this case. Theres no doubt. If you listen to all of the reports, apparently he left them with nothing. Wow. So its hard to fight for something and get absolutely nothing when you dont have anything to fight with. Moving to this. Now the growing concern over the impact of the Government Shutdown. Programs like wic which provides 9 million single moms with money for infant formula has been deemed nonessential. Many state governments say that they will continue the program. 70 of the nations intilly against analysts have been furloughed. That has the man in charge of the cia and nsa sounding an alarm. Ive been in the intelligence business for 50 years. Ive never seen anything like this. This seriously damages our ability to protect the safety and security of this nation and its citizens. Fbi hears, 50 of the staff was ordered to stay home making it more difficult to identify terror threats. A meeting at the white house between president obama and top congressional leaders did absolutely nothing to resolve the crisis. Heres abcs jonathan carl. Nkts speaker of the house john boehner emerged from the west wing saying the president refused to negotiate. The president reiterated one more time tonight that he will not negotiate. All were asking for here is a discussion and fairness for the American People under obama care. The president told Republican Leaders he wont negotiate on obama care or anything else until they agree to reopen the government and raise the socalled debt ceiling allowing the government to borrow more money. If that doesnt happen by october 17th, the u. S. Government will face its first ever default with catastrophic economic consequences. Senate leader harry reid warned it could happen. Youre in a meeting for more than an hour. What is your sense . How real is the danger that the country may default . I think that it looks like these people are headed where they want to go. Shortly before the meeting president obama suggested unreasonable republican demands have left him at witts end. Am i exasperated . Absolutely im exasperated because this is entirely unzbles as for the cost of the shutdown in lost productivity alone, it would add up to more than 5 billion if it goes all the way to october 17th, but if it goes that far, that will be the least of the problems. The economy will be dealing with the catastrophic effects of a default by the u. S. Government. Jonathan carl, abc news, the white house. That brings us to our facebook question of the day, what would you do now to end the Government Shutdown . We look forward to your responses g. To wnnfans. Com. In legal news attorneys for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are asking a judge to ease his conditions in jail. They claim that those conditions are overly harsh and that theyre impairing their ability to defend him. Tsarnaev is confined to a cell except for limited access to a small outdoor space and his lawyers say that prosecutors have not presented any evidence showing that such conditions are necessary. No word on when a ruling could be made. Southwest airlines has fired the captain at the controls of the plane that made that hard landing in new Yorks Laguardia airport back in july. The jet came down too far forward which violates the company procedures. The nose gear snapped. 16 people were hurt when that plane skidded to a landing. The first officer will get additional training. New York City Police have arrested Christopher Cruz for slowing down his motorcycle in front of a car that set off the violence in 340egs. Later that driver plowed through the bikers critically injuring one of them before he was pulled from his car and beaten. A tour bus blew a tire. It crossed oncoming traffic clipping an suv and hit a tractortrailer. Eight people died including 5 of the 18 members of the North Carolina church group returning from a gospel jubilee. The drivers of all three vehicles died. Traffic was stopped for hours. Video from inside a couple of school buses shows how violent a Chain Reaction crash in tacoma, washington, was. A female driver hit a pickup truck, then another school bus. The impact all caught on camera. Video also shows the moment her bus rear ended the second bus. She spoke to police who arrived on that scene shortly after the accident. Do you have any passengers . No, thank god. Both of us are empty. We were returning to the yard. As you heard, no children on board. The female driver was ticketed for negligent driving. Now the School District is looking into whether she was wearing her seat belt properly. Topping our Health Headlines now, women expecting twins do not have to worry about scheduling a csection. New research in the new england journal of medicine says birth outcomes are about the same whether the delivery is vaginal or via surgery. Twins have more risk for birth complications and some studies suggest that csections lower the risk. The study shows otherwise. For women trying to get press nanltd, new research from israel shows that eating a big breakfast has a positive impact. The study found that women who ate most of their calories during the day are more fertile than women who had big dinners. Do you think you have to pile on the breg fast this morning, diana . I think im good. Do it for fun. It already worked for you. Im good. No more. Right. Shop is closed. Shop is closed. Sometimes here on tv we decide whats happening in the video we use. Other times the video speaks for itself. Bring out the tape. Okay. Heres a great example of video speaking for itself. Some outrageous moves being done by cheerleaders. They call it stunt fest. It happened back in april after the College Cheerleading chips in florida. Its been viewed 700,000 times on youtube. The organizers say its about showing off cheerleaders athleticism outside of competition. That is amazing. That is the coolest part. Saw it the other day. Dad, do you think cheerleading is a sport . I said, yeah, the way they do it in this day and age, it is. It is the ultimate extreme sport, right . Absolutely. Very good. So athletic. Have some breakfast, will ya . Get more fertile. Coming up, the man who lived in a small shipping container for years. He wants to share his experience. I cant read. The mystery involving the nations disappearing honey bea bees. How their dwindling numbers could hurt the nations food supply. Eat some breakfast, diana announcer world news now weather brought to you by hotwire. Com. Ou by hot wire. Com. All right. Now to an industry that has rocked the world of honeybees. Millions of bees dying or disappearing leaving no empty hives, no honey. Its a term that experts say is getting worse. It could mean shortages of honey and lots of other popular foods. Heres abcs devin dwyer. For 63 years Charles Smiths hives have been buzzing with millions of bes. They do sting sometimes. It is hard work but youve got to love it. Reporter a booming business. Then last winter many of his swarms suddenly went silent. The bees, gone without a trace. We lost almost 50 up in this area. Bees were all just going. I mean, its like the bee cant find his way back home. Reporter its a mystery thats puzzled beekeepers everywhere, even spurring talk of a bee pocalypse. 30 disappeared last year with no clear explanation of why. Scientists say another big loss this year could devastate the American Food supply. Fewer bees mean fewer poll lynn nators to help plants produce their fruits. That could mean fewer broccoli, celery, even avocados. One in every third bite that we eat. All the fruits, nuts, vegetables that enrich our diet, those are things that enrich our diet. Reporter he says the disappearance of bees are getting worse. How healthy is this colony . Its okay but its not great. Reporter pettis has found plenty of clues from pesticides and blood sucking mites to viruses and disease but no smoking gun. Reporter what can each of us do be more bee friendly. Plant native vegetation in your area, whatever that is. Reporter a simple step that could help take the sting out of a deepening industry. This is happening. Its widespread. On the jersey shore where i am, you see a million wasps but no honey bees. They dont know whats up. They dont know if its pesticides, a cell phone tower, the theories are wild why were not seeing them anymore. Something is up. Its not like you can walk through a field and see them all over the floor and know where theyve been, where theyve gone, where they dropped dead. They dont drop dead in a parking lot. They kind of fly away, never come back. Theyre kind of never seen or heard of again. Its affecting every aspect of the things that we eat which is really scary for us anyway. Big time. Up next, whos your daddy. Hollywood bombshell. Mia farrow reveals that woody allen may not be the father of her son. Who could it be . Shocking. Cant wait. Frank sinatra. That was amazing. The stunning new movie that is getting oscar buzz already. Astronauts tell us how realistic it really is. Youre watching world news now. And what a life that was. Frank sinatra with a fitting song about the little surprises in life. It turns out there may have been a little surprise in sinatras life. Mia farrow reveals her son may have been the son of old blue eyes. Reporter is this handsome 25yearold Frank Sinatras love child. Reason than farrow looks like his mom, mia farrow. Hes very much mia. Reporter but hes not exactly the spitting image of woody allen. With one word in a bombshell vanity fair, farrow released a tide al wave. Is reason than Frank Sinatras son . What was her answer . She said, possibly. He does bear a resemblance to old blue eyes. It goes beyond his looks. He was singing a song, it was just the way he moved, the way he sort of was at ease and the way he sort of threw the phrases out there. I thought, wow, this is pretty professional sounding. Like a naturally gifted, genetically gifted singer. Sinatra, the man pharaoh calls the love of her life. And did it my way when they met mia was the 19yearold star of painting place. You make it sound so casual. And he was 30 years her elder. After a year and a half of marriage sinatra famously served farrow divorce papers while she was shooting rose marrys baby but the love affair reportedly didnt end there. She and frank had never completely broken up. Of course, woody allen was the other man in mias life. Over years, they delivered a brood of children together. When mia discovered lewd polaroids on woodys firepla the scandal became a prolonged tabloid obsession, and in the midst of the storm my a went back on the set of husbands and wives to film her final scene. Youre so beautiful in that black dress. Dont do that. The breakup hit the entire family hard. Ronan was just four years old at the time and always had a difficult relationship. He went on to graduate Yale Law School at 21 and won a prestigious rhodes scholarship. As for the identity of his father ronan responded with a wink. Listen, were all possibly Frank Sinatras son. For night line, im juju chang in new york. I have a funny 2350e8g we are the last to find out that theres a connection here. Yeah. Like the whole family seems to a wink, a numbering. My professional opinion. Theres that one picture, man, a spitting image. Wow. It is incredible to see. Incredible to see, yeah. Why dont they do a test. Are you Frank Sinatras son. Listen, diana, were all Frank Sinatras son. 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I think you solved it. I think i have cracked it. I love how the drive through workers have become so amused at this kind of stuff that they just enjoy it. Good one, dude. I think theyre legitimately scared. Theres a lot of oh, my gods. You can tell theyre not shocked. Entertainment for the night. From entertaining video to entertaining pictures. Weve seen the highly Popular Video of beyonce, single ladies. Shes rocking those hips. Well, theres a couple that decided that they wanted to recreate this video but in picture form. Its a pair from sherman oaks, california. They approached a friend. So he proposed and they decided to celebrate the proposal. They were going to don leotards and take some pictures. In lots of different poses. So apparently efsz a little reluctant. She convinced him anyway and there you have it. This is the end result. And the dog. And the dog of course. Cant forget the dog. Congratulations to them anyway. Yeah. By the way, her name elizabeth ho. Best known for her recurring role melissa and joey. This could catch on in new york. Take a look at this latest storage unit this latest apartment that actually is a container from a shipping truck. Do we have it . Oh. Its got a full kitchen, large shower, tankless water heater, stove, oven, bed. When you close that door and the two back doors, nothings getting in or out. 25,000 in modifications later that captions paid for by abc, inc. On world news now, day three of the Government Shutdown. Last nights attempt at political progress. Highway tragedy. A church bus collides with a semitruck. The heart wrenching scene, the loss and what caused this tragic accident. Soccer, child athlete. Whos standing beside this athlete as he kicks aside the pain. Inside look. Miley cyrus as youve never seen her before on stage and off as this young star gets even more attention. Thats coming up in the skinny on this thursday, october 3rd. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now with john muller and diana perez. Thursday morning, everyone. So i think its time to stop saying, at least on this show, that mileys getting too much attention. Ask me why . Why, diana . Because were the ones giving here the attention. It pays the bills. It keeps the lights on. Deal with it, america. Otherwise it would be running color bars. Exactly. Lets get with it. In ways large and small the government shut jun is being felt across the nation. At a white house meeting last night did not move the two sides any closer to the middle. Karen jabber is joining us from capitol hill. Reporter good morning john. Good morning, diana. There were no break throughs. Nobody expected that. President obamas made it clear, this is on House Republicans to end the shutdown. Speaker boehner and his colleagues are standing firm. President obama, four top congressional leaders, a high level meeting at the white house that produced no results. The president reiterated one more time tonight that he will not negotiate. All were asking for here is a discussion and fairness for the American People under obama care. Reporter harry reid said they need to give up their fight over the Health Care Law because its not going anywhere. We are locked in tight on obama care. The house passed spending measures that would fund the National Institutes of health and reopen National Parks and monuments. Its the whole Government Back up and running or nothing. The shutdown is having a real impact. Nearly 800,000 federal workers across the country are furloughed, including 70 of the nations intelligence analysts. This seriously damages our ability to protect the safety and security of this nation and its citizens. Reporter programs like wic have been deemed nonessential. How am i supposed to get the extra 200 a month to pay for formula . Reporter and head start estimates that nearly 19,000 low income children have lost or are at risk of losing education and Nutrition Services in 11 states because of the shutdown. There is no after School Program in connecticut for the twins. Its impacting them in a big way, especially academically. Reporter House Republicans show no signs of backing down. John and diana, the shutdown continues. Karen, thank you. That brings us to our facebook question of the day. What would you do now to end the Government Shutdown . Join our debate at wnnfans. Com. Americas top spy chief revealed new secrets about surveillance. Nsa director general Keith Alexander telling congress that his agency does collect data from peoples social networks to tractor or lists but it does not keep personal files an american citizens. They were trying to track people through their cell phones but it didnt go forward through the program. A San Francisco man is in custody accused of masterminding a drug operation with more than a billion dollars in sales. 29yearold Ross Ulbricht is charged with drug trafficking, Money Laundering and hes got a failed hit hire plot. People can browse and purchase marijuana, psychedelics, heroin. It used an encryption technique that made it difficult to trace the location of computers using it. This is a scene out of breaking bad. He was arrested at a library in San Francisco chatting with somebody who was a cooperating witness. Agents took him into custody at a library. This is incredible. His alias on his Facebook Page is the dread pirate roberts. Remember the movie Princess Bride . Yes. He decided to get his aislely ace from the Princess Bride . Are you making fun of that . Its a manly movie. I agree with you. Turniattorneys for Michael Jacksons mother says they are krk all options. With hundreds of millions of dollars at stake jurors decided while aeg live did hire dr. Conrad murray, they are not liable for Michael Jacksons death in 2009. They said he was fit and competent to serve as a doctor. The decision was reached after very careful consideration of five months of testimony. Michael jackson was pretty used to getting his own way. He was a big star. Murray was convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter after giving him an overdose of pro poe follow. Dos of investigators worked after dark with the help of spotlights. The accident closed the roadway in both directions for hours. Nbcs Marcy Gonzalez has more. Reporter victims and debris scattered along interstate 40 east of knoxville, tennessee. In my 17 years, probably the most serious instance that ive ever been part of. Reporter at least eight People Killed when a bus veered off the highway crossing the median into oncoming traffic hitting an suv with three people inside then slamming into a tractortrailer which then burst into flames. The drivers of all three vehicles died. This is the first time i can say its ever bothered me this bad and ive seen them all. So ive cried. Ive been here since 2 00 and ive cried. And ive cried again. Reporter the other victims were members of a Senior Citizens church group from statesville, North Carolina, traveling on this packed bus back from gatlinburg, tennessees fall jubilee. We dont have all the facts to give here, but we do know that there were several that went on to be with the lord. Reporter those who survived this horrifying scene were rushed to nearby hospitals. At least 14 people injured in all and this crash investigators believe was caused by a blown front tire on the churchs bus. But it isnt a closed case, and despite the Government Shutdown the tennessee Highway Patrol says the ntsb will help with the investigation. Marcy gonzalez, abc news, new york. A motorcyclist charged in the wild confrontation between a group of bikers and a driver of an suv in new york city. You saw the video. Christopher cruz is charged with wrecksless driving for slowing down in front of a car setting the violence in motion. Later he plowed into the bikers critically injuring one of them. Another shocking example this morning of people not hooeding railroad signals. This biker nearly gets plowed down by an oncoming train. Youll see it again. Whoa. Here in a moment. That was in england. With drivers and bikers more distracted than ever, its a problem becoming very serious everywhere. That is on super slow mo and the train looks like its going a gazillion miles an hour. I wonder what hes thinking . They were clearly down. Theres a train coming. Lights are on, flashing. Hello. What else do you need . My goodness. Oh, my god. Do you think youd go to work that day or turn around and go home and say im taking the day off. Im sure hes looking for his heart. I think he has to go home and change his garments if you know what im saying. I think youre right. Right . Oh, john. Well, you know. All right. Usually we only report about sturgis, the big motorcycle rally is taking place there until now. Having some fun with the Government Shutdown at the loud american road house in sturgis. The socalled shutdown burger. That looks good. Its a half pound of ground beef, cheese, bacon, some onions all topped with gravy. Why not . You can get some fries with that and of course grab your defibrillator. It comes with one. They say everyone is sick of the quote glutinous government. They came up with the most glutinous burger they could think of. Biscuit gravy on your burger. Why havent i thought of that . I know, right. So obvious. What is it missing . How can we make it worse. I dont know if we can make it better. Better. Youve got your mind in the right place, john. What can we do to make it better. Its got it all. We could deep fry the whole thing. Two patties, deep fry it. Couple extra pieces of cheese. You know what, and then we can coat it in chocolate. Yeah. Now im really interested. Thats about right. Coming up, the much anticipated movie sequel thats selling out before it hits theaters. The young athlete that has much more to kick than a soccer ball. Youre watching world news now. Announcer world news now weather brought to you by consumer cellular. Consumer cellular. Ouncer world news now weather brought to you by consumer cellular. This morning we want to introduce you to a young man whos winning both on and off the field. This one is our favorite story of the day. Hes a socker star who owes his life to the game he loves with espn and e60, heres abcs john donovan. A ball to the gut in the middle of the game, that was the tipoff. Only one month shy of eight years old had something seriously wrong going on inside. He stayed down for a minute. We knew something wasnt right. He had six or seven tumors within his liver in all different sections of the liver. And he basically said, you know, we think this is cancer. The chemo, the weakness, the hair loss, the wasting. Took him for a walk and let him know he was going to be in the toughest competition of his life. Like major surgery, when he was 9, chris got a liver transplant that headed off near certain death. Soccer was over for good, right . Well, no. Chris was determined. Oh, he wouldnt miss soccer practice. Dont tell his teachers, but i would pick him up early so he could come home and rest and go to soccer practice. Reporter sometimes he couldnt finish practice, but like the hair on his head, chriss old game made its slow, steady comeback. Like really, really, really super happy. And so was his new team. On the day they were trailing 10 in the state cup final with 10 00 to go, and his goal tied it all up. A few minutes later they scored again. They were champs. And chris was named most valuable player. John donban, abc news, washington. What a story. His team was ranked number one in the nation. His coaches said he was they thought he was european. He had such finesse. They just didnt seem like an american boy. He played the game that was just different from what they were used to. That is absolutely amazing. By the way, he is completely cancer free right now but that cancer can return. So obviously he has to continue to be checked out. Check it out though. Because it could return he received a call from the make a Wish Foundation and he was flown to barcelona with his family and had a once in a lifetime chance to meet players from fc barcelona which he has adored and admired his entire life. I know. Moving moment for him obviously. Oh, my gosh. Fantastic moment. What a cool kid i know. Hopefully we see a lot more of this kid as a grown up, right . Yeah. Even as a teenager hell make big plays. When we come back, the softer side of howard stern. Why millions are talking about miley again. Youre watching skinny so skinny all right. I did not know this. The hunger games has a sequel coming out called catching fire. My daughter knows all about it. Im sure. It doesnt come out until november 22nd. We have two months, month and a we 1r a good, what, two months, month and a half before this thing is going to pop up anywhere. Already, tickets went on sale on october 1st. They are already selling out on fandango and movie tickets. Com. Jennifer lawrence as katniss once again. Immensely popular movie the first time around. Miley cyrus has a documentary coming out. All things miley. Miley, the movement. One hour documentary. It will premiere on mtv wednesday at 10 00. They followed miley around for four months leading up to the mtv music awards. She prepares for the release of her album. Throughout the interview the 20yearold star tries to identify the transitional period in her life. She calls it the movement. From teeny bopper. I may be a hot mess but im a strategic hot mess. A strategic hot mess. I would like to know what that means. Theres a method to her madness. Yes, that makes sense. Howard stern, his side kick, Robin Quivers is back. For the last 17 months shes battling cancer. She was doing the show from home. Well, for the first time she has returned to the studio and listen to this exchange between the two of them. Never get sick again. I plan not to. I can never be without you again. And your beautiful face, your smile. What, are you trying to make me cry . Youre norm mouse [ bleep ]. I wonder what he was talking about, that last little sentence there. He says to her seriously, ive been praying for this day and im really happy that youre here. She, by the way, looks incredible. So were just happy all the way around that hes happy, shes back, shes healthy and theyre back together again right where they belong. Yeah, shes great. Cory monteith, this is really sad. Tmz coming out with this. Apparently he was shooting heroin and downing champaign in his hotel room in vancouver on the night of his death. That is the final word from the corners report that was obtained by tmz. The glee star was found alone on july 13th in his room. When they responded to the scene the first responders, they discovered a spoon with drug residue and hyper determine mick needle. They found two empty champaign bottles and glasses. The official cause of death is mixed drug toxicity including intravenous heroin use combined with the ingestion of alcohol. Its amazing that it was done all by himself in a hotel room, right . Only 31 years old. Yeah. Only 31 years old. Yep. This weekend a blockbuster this weekend a blockbuster is great. Abcs Kerry Halperin spoke to an astronaut who would know. Its listing out into the darkness. Houston, i lost her. Its the 3d adventure gravity starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. Already being called the movie experience of the year. The only other time space has been brought this close to reality was when nasa released its imax reality, hubble. You have to go open the door. Okay. And at the air and space museum, we were speaking with an astronaut to get an expert as opinion on how real the movie felt to him. The detail and gravity of the Hubble Telescope is amazing. I felt like i was there again. Somebody took a lot of time to make it very, very realistic as far as, you know, the accuracy of the telescope and the shuttle and the space suit and the views are very, very accurate. To see them up on the big screen is just wonderful. When you see the planet from a distance, you dont see borders. You get this sense of unification of our world. But the movie is more than just zen moments as gravity takes you on a wild ride. Tomorrow millions will get to see hollywoods version of space but its already getting a rave review from a man whos already been there. Kerry halperin, abc news, new york. Hey, you remember that movie open water where theres people in the water waiting to be rescued and they die. I was going to say this movie is that but out in outer space. Yeah. Except this is an amazingly visual movie. We dont know how it ends obviously. Rotten tomatoes gave it a 97 which is pretty huge. Wow. Thats incredible. I actually want to see that movie. Huge stars. Sandra bullock and George Clooney are in it. Tremendous. Well talk about it tomorrow making news in america this morning shutdown standoff. Still no sign of a solution in washington. And now, theres growing concerns about National Security and the furloughs. Deadly crash debris. Scattered across the road after a bus collides with a tractortrailer. The investigation getting under way, as we learn about the people involved. Kingpin caught. A man in his 20s, under arrest, accused of running a billiondollar black market for drugs. How investigators uncovered the amazon. Com for narcotics. And no fear. A fisherman, risking his own life to rescue one of the most dangerous animals in the world. Good morning