Heroic acts on the battlefield are usually just told by one soldier to another. Theres a video record of one Army Captains bravery during an ambush in afghanistan. The videotape helped show his courage and humanity on the day that president obama awarded him the medal of honor. Heres abcs martha raddatz. Reporter the sun had not yet risen when captain will swenson and his men made their way into an afghan village. Thats when it happened we start receiving fire. [ gunfire ] reporter an ambush. Pinned down, swenson returned fire for 90 minutes. His men hit. Sergeant first class kenneth westbrook, bleedsing from the neck, losing consciousness. Bullets all around him. The enemy so close, they called out for the americans to surrender. Swenson ran to westbrook, lobbing a grenade and carrying him the length two of football fields. A helmet cam captured the moment. That is swenson, his helmet off, risking his life by being out in the open, using an orange tarp to guide the helicopter in. He helps westbrook on to the helicopter, making sure he is secured, and then this watch. So quickly, so instinctively, swenson gives westbrook a tender kiss on his brow before racing back to the battle, where he would help rescue others. I wanted to convey to him that i was proud of him, and that his fight was over. That was an act that shows that bond that every soldier, every sailor, every airman, and every marine has with their fellow service member. Reporter the story of captain swensons heroism was lost for years in a tangle of army bureaucracy. What he did that day in one of the deadliest regions in afghanistan, a place we have visited many times before, had to be recognized. The man swenson helped to that helicopter would eventually die, but at the white house his family and the families of the others captain swenson tried to help were there to honor him. [ applause ] reporter a soldier who risked everything for his brothers. Martha raddatz, abc news, washington. Amazing. And you realize there are so many we dont know about. Theyre out there. Theyre doing this. And were sitting here safe. And we dont know what theyre doing for us. Amazing. Absolutely. By the way, undeterred by the entire situation, he says he wants to reenlist. Now the army is considering it. Thats what call a hero. By the way, this happened in 2009. It took so long to get the medal because he was openly critical of the superiors saying they took too language to sends in backup. There was an investigation, and they reprimanded three officers for what they call command paralysis. There should have been something faster. What a story. Wow. Coming up next, inside the american family. What nearly every parent does to keep their kids in line that could be doing more harm than good. And ahead in our next halfhour, the leading contenders to star in fifty shades of grey. Hollywood insiders weigh in coming up. Youre watching world news now. A im awake now. Yeah. Absolutely. A little parenting advice that is good for mom and dad, too. Most families today generally agree that hitting isnt the way to discipline kids. Almost every parent admits that yelling is something that they do, and it can be just as bad. Nightline anchor Cynthia Mcfadden is here with the research and remedy. Reporter what can say theyve never yelled at their kids . Especially their teenagers . A problem the supernanny was often brought in to deal with. You dont tell me anything. You do what i tell you to do, and you shut your damn mouth about it. Reporter its not just reality tv. Ive been having problems with my daughter. Reporter the dads in this Fathers Group in new jersey, part of parents anonymous, were honest enough to admit it. How many of you have ever yelled at your child . [ laughter ] reporter a new study contends even in otherwise loving homes, yelling, especially when mixed with namecalling and insults, can cause the same problem for young teenager as hitting them, depression, anxiety, and low selfesteem. We are newage brady bunch. Reporter the clan in washington say they dont use curses or putdowns, but they are worried about how much yelling goes on. Im a yeller. I yell out of frustration. Like, hey grab their attention, there is not cool. Reporter experts say yelling often doesnt work. Listen to their kids. Sometimes when i get yelled at, i get angry, go downstairs, start hitting my punching bag or i get i feel sad. I wish i could get talked to, not necessarily yelled at. Reporter we brought in parenting expert dr. Carolyn iverslandis, one strategy she suggests is for parents to give themselves a timeout. Having the other parent whos not pushed to the limit maybe step in a little bit. I dont think any parent would object to having a break. Reporter another tip use more carrots, less stick. You want them to get ready for School Faster . Promise a movie. I think theres some things that they could earn like that camera that he wants so bad. Right. Reporter negotiate and keep your cool to keep the teen years so much less stressful for everyone. Or as my mother would say in a quiet voice, when youve lost your temper, youve lost your argument. Cynthia mcfadden, abc news, new york. So we want to know what you think. It is our question of the day do you think yelling at children is as bad as hitting them . What do you think . Yeah. I think hitting them is definitely horrendous. I think theres balance. Sometimes you blow your top and you know, sometimes kids need to be it gets their attention to raise their voice. Im saying once in a while i dont think its a bad thing. If you do it all the time, it turns into white noise. They dont hear. How about you . I think theres a distinct difference between yelling and namecalling and insulting kids. Namecalling never. Ruins selfesteem. And name calling and insulting your kids. It ruins their self esteem. That is different than yelling. Mix time. I think most people are familiar with the video by rebecca black, friday. Its friday its friday maybe the most obnoxious video of all time. Theres something about it that you want to pull your hair out and scream and take a newspaper and crack her over the head. Well, im looking at that link. Its billed as more obnoxious than that. I said theres no way i think it might be. Its a tie, or it might be more obnoxious. And its done by arc music facto factory, producers, who put on the last production of friday, friday. Its the same people. About chinese food. Theres a new girl singing. Ill tell you her song in a moment. Just watch. I love chinese food you know that its true i like chow mein chow mein there you go. I love chinese rice, you know its true, i love chow mein. The guy in the panda is the man responsible for friday, rebecca blacks song, and this song. Might be good that hes in disguise. That last one there he is. There he is. Hes laughing all the way to the bank, i bet. The womans name, allison gold. Chinese food, get ready to be assaulted. Im sure youll be hearing a lot of this one. She sounds exactly like rebecca called auto tune. Yeah yikes. Check this out. Weve all had problems either getting in or out of a parking spot. We can admit it. Weve all had a problem. Heres video of a lady forcing it took her an extraordinary four minutes. We sped up the video here for you. There she is trying to get out. She she she get herself almost hard to believe out and well shes could have done a threepoint turn. Now its like a 247 eight, nine out. Yeah. All she needed was to cut around that and make a turn. Yeah. The other person in theyre in a worse bind than she is, stuck waiting for her to get out that goes beyond bad driving. Thats like i dont know. By the way i dont know what that is. By the way, the only reason we know that this is a woman i tried hard to make sure it wasnt a woman but i will say nothing. Yes [ honking ] we saw her get into her car with her cute trousers and shirt. That was on youtube. This is crazy. Theres a new restaurant in los angeles called the magic restroom cafe. Take a look. It is a toiletthemed eatery. There are dishes called golden poop, brown this morning on world news now, cautious optimism on capitol hill, but time is running out. A plan to avoid default is up for a vote, but it is up to the senate to break the stalemate. An arrest has been made in explosions at l. A. X. Police have someone in custody. Details coming up. Plus a soldiers pride. A wounded ranger receives the ultimate award for his bravery and shows the world what patriotism really means. And hit shows, skyhigh paydays. Forbes new list is out of the highest paid actors. We will show you who makes the most in the skinny. It is wednesday, october 16th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now with john muller and diana perez. Happy hump day, everyone. Action to avoid the fiscal crisis shifts back to the senate today after a stunning setback in the house. Speaker john boehner was forced to pull a bill after Tea Party Members refused to go along. Karen travers is joining us from washington with the latest. Karen . Reporter good morning, john. Good morning, diana. Last evening, when the house leadership said they would not vote on their alternative plan it made it clear, yesterday, two days out from the very big deadline, was basically a complete waste of time. It was a day of wheel spinning on capitol hill. And after it was all said and done, it was back to square one. Senate majority leader harry reid was optimistic. We have been engaged in productive, bipartisan negotiations in the senate. Reporter the best chance for avoiding a default and reopening the government rests in the senate. Minority leader Mitch Mcconnell announced a bipartisan deal that would reopen the government but only until january 15th, avoid default by extending the credit limit but only until february 7th. And the key no changes to the health care law. House republicans tried an alternative plan included tweaks to obama care, but it died before it even came up for a vote. Tea Party Republicans opposed it because it didnt go far enough. In an interview with abc station wabc, president obama said there have been times when he and Speaker Boehner agree. He goes back and turns out he cant control his caucus. Reporter the president was optimistic that the senate would avert a crisis. What we have seen amongst Senate Democrats and republicans is a recognition that there are ways for us to do this that doesnt damage the economy. Reporter wall street is worried. The markets were down at closing yesterday, and last evening, a Credit Rating agency said the United States triplea Credit Rating is now under review for a possible downgrade. John and diana . Karen, thank you. Breaking news from los angeles. Police arrested an airport employee in connection with those dry ice bombs at l. A. X. They say they are part of a labor dispute and not an act of terror. Brandi hitt has more on the investigation. Concerned about traveling. Not making it easier. Reporter a device exploded monday night in a restricted area near a gate and close to airplanes. No one was hurt, but it comes just a day after another dry ice bomb exploded in an airport bathroom. Once again, a restricted area where only employees are allowed. This demonstration on a Discovery Channel special shows how dangerous these explosions can be. When the dry ice melts in a closed bottle, the gas inside explodes. You cant place them a long time in advance. Reporter authorities also located another dry ice bomb in a restricted area of the airport before it detonated. Extra officers are patrolling the airfield ramps and public areas, insisting the countrys third Busiest Airport is safe. Detectives say they dont believe these incidents are linked to terrorism and they may be able to pull evidence from the two ice bombs that didnt explode, john and diana . Thank you. Crazy in this day and age, a labor dispute. Who would think to do Something Like that anyway . But in an age of terrorism, at an airport . Come on. What were they thinking . Suspect in custody. Thats good news. Absolutely. For sure. Moving on to this now. A major sigh of relief for hundreds of thousands of commuters in the San Francisco area. Unions for Bay Area Rapid transit workers are holding off on a strike while contract negotiations continue. Both sides credit the arrival of a federal mediator for moving the talks in a positive direction. They are trying to reach an agreement on salaries and health care costs. The former mayor of san diego has reached a plea deal on the segs sex charges which will likely keep him out of jail. Bob filner repeatedly denied that he had harassed women but he pled guilty to putting a woman in a head lock and less serious charges. The Attorneys Office is recommending he serve three months of house arrest and three years probation. Two young girls in florida have been arrested for bullying another girl. Authorities say 12yearold Rebecca Sedwick took her life after bullied physically and online. Two girls who are facing charges are 14 and 12 years old. They are accused of aggravated stalking and have been released to their parents. If the young girls are convicted, its not clear how much time, if any, they would spend in juvenile detention. You see on facebook, the 14yearold wrote on her facebook page, the 14yearold who was allegedly part of the bullying, that she doesnt care. Yes, i bullied her and, yes, she died. And basically she said in some expletives, i dont care. You wonder children this young. I understand they grow up quickly these days but 12 and 14 is still young. Where do they get that from . I dont know. But look yes, i bullied rebecca, and she killed herself. But that that is an acronym. I dont give a blank. How outrageous. Thats the poor girl no longer with us. They held a press conference and said we have to take some kind of action. Id have to agree. That is crazy. She was bullied not only on the internet but physically, as well. It mean these kids were touching her and pushing her around. It wasnt just happening in cyberspace but school, as well. Apparently she either didnt speak up and got no help or she did speak up and still didnt get any help. Either way a sad story all the way around. Disturbing indeed. Now the disturbing video of a school bus attack near philadelphia. Grainy cell phone images show two students bullied before one is hit by a sucker punch and for reasons that are unclear the driver refuses to stop the bus. The incident was not reported to police. Now the tape has gone viral, investigators are looking in to it. You almost have to wonder does it take a videotape for somebody to do something. He is right behind the bus driver. I hate to say it but, i remember seeing scenes not that different from time to time when i was a kid. Oh, my gosh. Thats so terrible. Anyway. Lets move on to the midweek weather now. Expect stormy conditions from new england to the Mexican Border with rain especially heavy in texas and alabama. Snow in the mountains from montana to colorado. Sunny and dry for the rest of the west. Lots of temperatures in the 70s along the east and west coasts. High 80s across much of the south, and the rest of the country will see typical october readings of 50s an 60s. We throw the word hero around all the time, and oftentimes, it is not deserved. Heres one where it is totally deserved. It is our favorite story of the day. It involves a u. S. Army ranger named josh hargis that was wounded serving in afghanistan ten days ago. That is him hooked up to medical equipment after awarded the purple heart. This picture was taken in afghanistan, with hes now since been moved to san antonio where he will continue to receive treatment. By the way, if you look at that picture, you can see that purple heart is pinned to the blanket that is laying on top of him. He was insistent on saluting. His doctors are trying to hold his arm down to no avail because he was insistent on making the salute. Amazing. It is. Yes. You compare the two stories that we have just seen the bullying and somebody like this. The best and the worst. Absolutely. These kids can really learn something from this gentleman. Its amazing. No doubt. Coming up, the scramble is on to find a replacement for the lead part of 50 shades of grey, movie. Hes right here, guys. We will show you the short list. But hes on the top of it, or should be anyway. We will take you to rio de janeiro, site of the olympics coming up and the world cup. Its not all fun the sun. Theres a dangerous drug world in this tropical paradise. We will take a tour. You are watching world news now. Announcer world news now weather brought to you by Colonial Penn life insurance. Weather brought to you by Colonial Penn life insurance. Weather brought to you by Colonial Penn life insurance. Is the one you want to be the cleanest. The busiest place in your house but using bleach leaves some stains behind. As this dye reveals. Lysol toilet bowl cleaner does more. It removes the tough stains that bleach doesnt and it also disinfects. Thats healthing. [ coughs ] [ male announcer ] you cant let a cold keep you up tonight. 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It blows the mind to be in this place where everybodys selling drugs. No police. Nobodys batting an eye. Just business as usual. And this just keeps going and going is what is known as a crack land. Amazing theres no fear of the police. Smoking right out in public. Reporter in another crack land, this one the length of an entire city block. Got kids here. We found this 16yearold crack addict. We wanted to go to the source of this misery, the drug kingpin. In a tiny room, down a back alley, we scored a very rare interview with a drug lord, draped in gold and carrying a semiautomatic rifle. He demanded we conceal his identity. You get how serious the crack epidemic is here . Do you worry about selling it . He surprised us with a question of his own. I took a moment to absorb this comment and then the drug lord started chuckling. Now as rio prepares to host millions of sports fans, police have launched a war to uproot the gang, but this urban Counterinsurgency Campaign is massively controversial because rios police have a long history of brutality and corruption. Just look at this video of a Police Helicopter firing wildly in the middle of a neighborhood while in pursuit of a drug lord. Police defend their tough tactics. However, while in rio, we met many people who said they would rather live under the drug gangs than the cops. An extraordinary statement. Dan harris, abc news, new york. That is incredible video. So you wonder what are they going to do in order to make the place safer with all kinds of people headed that way . Are they going to cordon off the place . I cant imagine, right . Ive actually been to rio and know what it looks like. They are on a hill top and it is easy to keep them out of the way and thats where the people that cant afford real rent or to live in a real home or apartment they end up going to shanty towns where the houses are falling on top of themselves and theres no Police Activity there because police dont want to go there because it is so incredibly dangerous. What officials have done is taken 900 million out of their infrastructure budget to put to public safety. That means they are vowing to have one Police Officer for every 50 people attending the soccer matches and one for every 80 people at any large public viewing areas. Thats a lot of police. Yeah, it is. And clearly they need a lot of police. They really do. All right. When we come back, its the skinny. Who are the highest paid actors on television the payroll ahead. And will ferrell in a toga leading the band. Yeah, you have to see this one. Stay with us. Announcer world news now continues after this from our abc stations. Announcer world news skinny so skinny welcome to the skinny. Just in case you werent jealous of all the tv actors who get to pal around with great celebrities all the time and they do television for a living anyway, were not going to tell you who official forbes says are the highest paid tv actors of the land. Here we go. Coming in at number three, highest paid actors in tv, it is mr. Ray romano. As you know, he did Everybody Loves raymond and hes a recurring character on parentho parenthood. That together along with the money he collects from being manny the mammoth on ice age films and then number two jon cryer. Number one for two and a half men, ashton kutcher. 24 million that is impossible. 45 million for the two stars and to think Charlie Sheen used to be that guy. He used to make more than that. Im sure. He made a lot more than that im sure. Holy mackerel. There you have it. Rounding out the top five. Two people that make the same amount but for them it is 15 million. Neil Patrick Harris on how i met your mother, and mark harmon coming up in a moment for you to see, as well, in his role of ncis, which has been a hit for cbs but always attracting a lot of viewers. Lets do rock and roll hall of fame inductees for 2014. We will have a list. Just four of them. Theres a bunch. Kiss, ll cool j, hall and oats, nirvana, peter gabriel, linda ronstadt, cat stevens the zombies. A lot of people in there and the rock and roll hall of fame show will be in new york city in april of 2014. To be eligible for nomination you have to have put out a music release 25 years prior. So you have to be a longstanding rock n roller. So it is only around 29 years so you have to date back to when they started to figure out put these people in the hall of fame. I guess you could be in the hall of fame if you put something out on their fourth anniversary show. Check this out. Will ferrell is up to his old antics again. He was at his alma mater giving a speech at the university of Southern California when he decided he wanted to lead his lead the marching band, the usc marching band, donning a full trojan armor because he could. It is just cool video we found and wanted to use it because it is will being will. Anchorman, coming out later this year. Go watch it. Im sure it will be hilarious. He is a trojan. Right here. Living in the big apple. Fight on. All right. What you got . Fourth or third one . Fourth one. Tina fey and amy poehler returning as hosts of the 2014 and 2015 golden globes. They have signed on to host the 71st annual Golden Globe Awards on january 12th. It will be 8 00 to 11 00 in beverly hills. Part of the deal they will host the 72nd one the following year. Wow. Good for them. They are a good combination. Arent they . Oh, my gosh. Looking at them here because sometimes they are so hilarious fall right into character, you forget how beautiful they are. 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Reporter so actor Charlie Hunnam says he cant play the male lead in fifty shades of grey because he will be too tied up with sons of anarchy, they throwing a little shade on that explanation. Everything is attached to the fifty shades of grey universe became too much to bear. I think it was probably an instance of its not worth it. Why . Reporter signing up for a big part and dropping out, it happens. Drew gray scott was originally cast as wolverine in xmen when he had to be replaced by some guy named hugh jackman. Before signing on for t hunger games trilogy, Jennifer Lawrence mulled the scrutiny that twilight leads endured in the public eye. They had no idea what they were getting themselves into. I was afraid of my life changing. I had a wonderful life and i couldnt see that future if i said yes to these movies. Reporter now who will say yes,yes christian grey . A lot of names in the fifty shades mix. The star opposite Dakota Johnson with fans lobbing for their ee imebd13 like bradley cooper. Johnny depp or n go matt bomer, an actor named jamie dornan, alexander skarsgard. Reporter theres buzz about offbeat choices close to the hearts of the fifty shades author. E. L. James said she envisioned Robert Pattinson in this role. He is probably not interested in joining another high profile femalefriendly franchise like this. Report abc news, los angeles. You read the book . No. You are like the im the only person. I dont know that Robert Pattinson is the right ce. Heaps hes got that whole other thing, the vampire thing going on. Another trilogy. He could retire after this one. Any picks. Ady if y but i k check this out. Good morning. Im john muller. Im diana perez. Heres some stories we are following on world news now. A plan to open the government and avoid the debt crisis has crashed and burned in the house after tea partiers refused to go along. The senate is negotiating a deal as the deadline fast approaches. We will get the details in just a moment. Following the suicide of 12yearold Rebecca Sedwick two girls have been arrested for bullying. They are 14 and 12 years old and charged with felony aggravated stalking. And their parents could also be charged. And new this morning, police in los angeles have arrested an airport employee in connection with the dry ice bombs at l. A. X. Police believe they were part of the labor dispute and not terrorism. This being called the salute seen around the world. Army ranger josh hargis saluting after being seriously injured. Dozens of people in the room thought he was unconscious. Those are the top stories on this wednesday, october 16th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now with john muller and diana perez. All right, folks. Good wednesday morning. The clock is ticking. We begin this half hour with the budget ball bouncing back to the senate. Lawmakers in the house failed to reach a lastminute agreement. All of this on capitol hill as anger grows among those depending on the government for a check. Heres abcs jonathan karl. Reporter audrey morrison, who was injured in a training accident while serving in the national guard, drove all night to deliver a message to washington. It is like getting kicked while you are already down. Reporter she is worried her disability checks will stop and so is this man. We dont need the bandage ripped off of our wounds. Thats what this is, a bandage ripped off of our wounds. Reporter amidst all the lastminute scrambling, president obama in an interview with wabc said he doesnt know if he can negotiate with the speaker of the house john boehner anymore. There are situations where we have agreements, then he goes back, and it turns out he cant control his caucus. Reporter if a deal is struck, they are only talking a about a temporary fix, setting up another sky is falling showdown in a few months. House republicans are in disarray. So deeply divided they may not be able to pass anything to forestall the crisis. They now may be forced to accept whatever the senate can pass if the senate can pass anything. In other words, after all of this, conservative republicans that drove this crisis will have nothing to show for it. Jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. The shutdown is having a disastrous effect on the first ladys signature garden. Crops are rotting now the park service cut back on the employees. At 1600 pennsylvania avenue, gardeners are allowed only two activities watering and removing trash. They cant remove a fox thats been running around. The fox is running around and having a ball. Eating whatever it wants. Cant do anything because theres nobody there to take care of it. I have a funny feeling if the first lady were to just say, hey, i need some volunteers, a she of people a slew of people would line up to fix the garden. Its like the staple signature whats the word the symbol of what she is trying to push here, right . If they are allowed. Maybe there is some union rule. There is always something. Lets just fix the government, okay. Yeah, lets do that. Suspected al qaeda member has plead not guilty to terrorism charges related to the 1998 attacks on u. S. Embassies in kenya and tanzania. Abu al liby was captured in libya earlier in month and interrogated for a week aboard an american warship before appearing in a u. S. Federal court. If hes convicted, anas al libi facing life in prison for the bombings that killed 224 people including a dozen americans. The armys newest medal of honor recipient says he wants to return to active duty. Form ermer captain former captain William Swenson received the militarys highest honor yesterday from president obama. In september 2009, swenson was captured on video helping a wound soldier in to a helicopter during a battle in afghanistan. He is seen giving the injured man a kiss on the head. I wanted to convey to him that i was proud of him and his fight was over. That was an act that shows that bond that every soldier, every sailor, every airman and marine has with their fellow service member. Swenson left the military in 2011 and submitted a request to return to the army and officials are working with him to make it happen. It is rare and possibly unprecedented for a medal of honor winner to return to service. Well, the former mayor of san diego is officially a criminal. Bob filner pled guilty yesterday to three charges in connection with the Sexual Harassment of women. It is quite a fall for filner who long insisted he would be vindicated. Reporter good morning, john and diana. A couple of months ago, bob filner insisted he did not sexually harass anyone. Now hes plead iing and in exchange will avoid prison time. How do you plead, guilty or not guilty . Guilty, sir. Reporter disgraced san diego mayor bob filner pled guilty to three charges tied to his Sexual Harassment scandal. Guilty, sir. Also guilty, sir. Reporter one felony count for false imprisonment and two misdemeanor battery counts for sexually harassing three women last spring while in office. The defendant used force to restrain jane doe one against her will. He kissed her on her lips without her consent. Defendant grabbed jane doe threes buttocks. Reporter filner resigned from office in august after nearly 20 women stepped forward accusing the 71yearold of unwanted sexual advances. One alleged victim even filed a lawsuit. He asked me to work without my underwear on. He slobbered down my chin. Mayor filner, are you going to resign . Reporter at the time, filner insisted he was the victim of a lynch mob. Not one allegation has been independently verified or proven in court. I have never sexually harassed anyone. Reporter the change of heart is part of a plea agreement. Instead of facing prison time filner will be on probation time for three years, spend three months in home confinement, receive treatment recommended by a licensed psychiatrist or psychologist and surrender his city retirement. Bob filner will be sentenced on december 9th. As part of the plea deal may never run or hold Public Office again. John and diana . Thank you. A twoyearold Sexual Assault case in a small Missouri TownGetting National headlines thanks to accusations of a coverup by authorities. In an interview with cnn, 17yearold Daisy Coleman say she and a friend were sexually assaulted by two boys while another boy rolled video. Prosecutors dropped felony charges against the boys saying there wasnt enough evidence but the internet is buzzing with reports that the charges are dropped because the boys are connected to prominent families. An accusation the Sheriffs Office denies. The social media is swamped with people that are ignorant to the facts. Everybody involved in this tried to do everything they could to find justice for these young girls. Reporter the sheriff goes even further accusing the Coleman Family of refusing to cooperate with investigators. The colemans say that is not true. In dallas, deliberations begin in the Insider Trading trial of billisine the government is accusing him of using inside information after he sold nearly 8 million of internet shares in a company. Cubans lawyer says evidence in the case against him is twisted and depends on an unreliable witness. A second incident involving the mother of baseball great cal police in maryland say a man tried ts. Rc at gunpoint. She was able to activate he has been arrested. Last year, ripken reported being kidnapped at gunpoint from her home, and no one was arrested in that case. Speaking of baseball, well head to the diamond for action from both of these League Championship series. Henhit start in detroit h solo home run and it wa sox win 1nil and lead the series 21. Last night the dodgers and cardinals in los angeles. St. Louis took the lead in the third inning scoring three runs including a he o left field by matt holliday. With the score 32 the cards got a pinchhit home run in the seventh from Shane Robinson and thats how it ended. St. Louis wins 42 and they lead the series 31 and can clinch a spot in the world series with a win today. All right. It is finally going to be sunny in south dakota after a few days of messy snow and rain. The area around deadwood was hit with 48 inches of snow during thatzzrdis farmers are worried about their cattle and horses. In rapid city, more than five inches of liquid has fallen. A third of what falls in an aver oh, my gosh. Poor people. Heres a look at what the weathell wednesday in othr pl it will be mthecf1 pmexordene with rain espyavy parts of texas and alabama. Colorado, and new mexico. Sunny and dry in the rest of the west. Exceptions 70s heas and west coast and the south. How jealous are we of you . Oh, yeah. Quite a discovery in the waters off of calif thats an 18footlong fish. It was found by a marine scientist on a snorkeling trip. While it may look gross it is being called the discovery of a lifetime. 18 feet they are largely unstudied because they usually swim 3,000 feet below the surface. The carcass will be buried on the beach until it decomposes. And then they will reconstruct the skeleton, study it and display it. Nasty. I bet it smells great right now where they are. I understand it the quality of it scientifically but yeah. Coming up, words as weapons. Two young girls facing serious charges after the suicide of a girl they accused of bullying. How the sheriff is using it as a wakeup call to those who speak before they think. Police this would use my hammer. I have to throw this thing. What would you be if you had a super power . 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The girls charged as juveniles allegedly terrorized Rebecca Sedwick that committed suicide last month. Was this a contributing factor to her jumping off the cement towers on that fateful day . We believe it certainly contributed. Reporter naming the minors and brandishing their pictures, the sheriff said the Tipping Point for the arrests were these comments one of the suspects allegedly posted on saturday. Yes, i bullied rebecca. And she killed herself, but i dont give a and you can add the last word yourself. Reporter sedwicks family said at first the abuse was physical and started here at this school. When se dwi cks mother pulled her from the school the abuse poured in online. 15 girls ganging up on rebecca. She should be here. She should be here to see justice getting served. Reporter the sheriff sending a message to wouldbe bulliers and their parents. If you dont discipline your children and if it rises to the level of a violation of law, dont worry, well discipline them for you. Reporter matt gutman, abc news, florida. Such a sad story that this happened. Bullying happens everywhere. This case seems to have taken to a level that is crazy extreme. This is so terrible. Like my animal instincts are kicking in. Of course. As a mother you want to unthinkable. I know it is the wrong thing to do but as a mother how do you contain yourself when your child is bullied in this way . Im watching this story and thinking gosh, if that was my kid i think i would got her out of that school, private school, whatever. Id work a second job. They took her out of the school and it followed her anyway. Sheriff says he wants the girls to go in to treatment and have their social media privileges taken away. That is the best idea here because those girls have no control. Im on the sheriffs side on this one. I am, too. Coming up, one of the most Colorful Events any city can host. Comiccon comes to our town. And meet living, breathing comic book figures and super hero wannabes right after this. Announcer world news now continues after this from our abc stations. This. Spiderman a pop culture on the east coast drew thousands of people this year. Comiccon, new york was a sellout. Of course it was. If you werent able to make it here to one of the comiccon events around the country, we have a little taste of what was inside. Looking for zoom bees, and theyre watching world news now. World news now is here at comiccon, 2013. Downstairs, well look at some superheroes and super fans who have come to this multiday event. Lets take a look. Where do you think you are going . Im not done with you yet. Looks like we are with the purrfect person to talk with here at comiccon. Describe your costume. Im supposed to be catwoman from batman returns. Who is your favorite superhero . Batman. Do you get along with batman . Not well but i like him. Reporter im here at the marvel station at comiccon. I believe this is an agent of s. H. I. E. L. D. Im not sure. Level six is the clearance level i need . I think hes a little camera shy. Hes here to protect lola. Dont touch lola. He is a perfect agents of s. H. I. E. L. D. You make this yourself . I did. One of my superpowers is sewing and being creative. It took seven months off and on. I dont have to carry my shield all the time. I can put it on my arm and not worry about it. Show the camera how it is started with hydra. I love thor and everything comic related. A absolute blast so far. Im a movie version of lady and i love marvel as much as him. We were just to an anime convention. Yeah, this is the first comiccon. It is awesome. The sheer amount of people who are all together and share the same interest. It makes you feel like you are part of a family. So it is nice. Some of the cosplays are amazing. It boggles the mind. You can find comics a to z and the people who come to comiccon in new york, going through the boxes and finding nuggets they may not find anywhere else. The dixon brothers. These are from the tv show. Much less a comic. Im only halfway through the comic. Nerd power. Reporter what is this nerd power . Its the ability to believe in fictional fun nonsense. Reporter all of this nerding out has me a little tired. I have my light reading. I will get in line for a massage and send it back to you in the studio. Have a great night, world news now. Way to go, peter. He was a little underdressed. Peter. Yeah, he had the shirt on. It was your cup of tea . Me, too. Me, too. I like watching it on tv. Live and let live but not my thing. I like watching it on tv. Live and let live but not my thing. Prove it. Enough is enough. Dcon baits are specially formulated to kill in one feeding. Guaranteed. Dcon. Get out. That nasty odor coming from your washer. Say farewell to the smell with tide washing machine cleaner. It goes straight to the source of the stink to lift odorcausing residues off your washers drum. Tide washing machine cleaner. And can cost thousands of dollars to repair. Thankfully, the powerful dual action formula of ridx has enzymes to break down waste and time released bacteria to reduce tank build up. Dtic maintenance. All right. Welcome back. Adel schlossberg is one of the spunkiest people you will ever meet and the life of the party when she turned 100 yesterday. Her special companion was on her shoulder. Our philadelphia station has her story. I never thought id get here. Reporter born in 1913, when stamps were just two cents and suffragettes were demanding that women be allowed to vote, adele is celebrating her 100th birthday surrounded by family and friends and her closest companion, a 37yearold pet parrot named angel usually found on her shoulder. I talk to him and he answers me. When i say shut up, just like that. He keeps quiet. Reporter adele is part a program at pennsauken that helps the elderly live safely at home. Thats where this former circus, fortune teller and beauty shop owner is celebrating her big day with a cake with so many candles the Fire Department should have been on standby. Her secret to a long life really, it is so simple. All you have to do is to thine own self be true and that way you will be true to god, true to yourself. When you do that, there is a peaceful feeling that you get. Reporter adele outlived her husband and two children but is dearly loved by an extended family that includes 15 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren. We love her so much. I have never seen a cake filled with so many candles in my life. We are so glad to celebrate her and her life. We all love each other. She is active in everything. Never misses bingo and has never ever come in without her makeup done and her cool glasses on. Reporter because she loves birds that was the theme of her party, including a live demonstration of exotic birds. After a century of life, adele prays each day and with her Constant Companion on her shoulder is happy and grateful for her long life. Love that story. Oh, my gosh. What an incredibly well puttogether story. That was cool. To thine own self be true. Cant go wrong, right. I love the 100 candles on the cake were the relighting kind. Can be dangerous. Not cool. Not cool at all. Come on, guys, what are you trying to do . Were the relighting kind. Can be dangerous. Not cool. Not kooul cool at all. Come on what are you trying to do . Time is running o time is running out with one day to go before the government cant pay its bills. Lawmakers still cant agree on a deal to avoid default. Plus i wanted to convey that i was proud of him and his fight was over. An american hero, a soldier, is honored for his bravery on the battlefield and for his humanity off of it. Also this morning i wish i could get talked to, not necessarily yelled at. It happens in most every family. Losing your cool with the kids. Research shows it doesnt work. Well show you what does work. It is wednesday, october 16th. Announcer this is abc world news now with john muller and diana perez. Good morning, everyone, we begin this wednesday with the government facing a crucial deadline. Soon the government will no longer be able to pay its bills. Lawmakers have gone home without reaching a deal. Theres optimism in the senate on an agreement. House Speaker John Boehner had to pull a bill at the last minute after Tea Party Members refused to go along. President obama took note during an interview with Diana Williams on our new york station, wabc. Then he goes back, and it turns out that he cant control his caucus. What weve seen on the amongst Senate Democrats and republicans is a recognition that there are ways for us to do this that doesnt damage the economy. Now the senate will reopen at noon as negotiations continue behind closed doors to resolve the crisis. One senator tells abc news that the potential deal should go a long way toward easing the concerns of financial markets. And thats good since those markets got something of a scare yesterday from the top Credit Rating agency. Abcs Rebecca Jarvis has that. Reporter it is a warning shot to the nation. Fitch, one of the major agencies that judges americas financial health, saying that americas aaa, among the best in the world, is in danger of being lowered because the political brinksmanship could increase the risk of a u. S. Default. A startling warning that because of the showdown in washington, america may not be able to pay what it owes. The deadline is looming. Rating agencies are talking about downgrading us as early as tonight. Again. Reporter two years ago when one of the big agencies downgraded america, it triggered one of the worst days for your money in wall streets history. The dow plummeting 635 points. A 401 k worthless. A 401 k losing money. The u. S. Still facing issues ahead. Without a deal this week, experts warn of a domino effect, not just the dow plunging but higher interest rates, more expensive mortgages, and car loans, consumers spending less leading to job loss. Think about it like this america is now on probation. Put there by one of the watchdogs that tells the world whether its safe to own americas debt. They could be taken off probation, but historically speaking, negative watch leads to a full debt downgrade. Rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. Former san diego mayor bob filner has reached a plea deal on sex charges which will likely keep him out of jail. Filner pleaded guilty to a felony for putting a woman in a headlock and to less serious charges against touching a woman against her will and grabbing the buttocks of a third. The guilty plea is quite a change for the former mayor who had insisted he was a victim and would be vindicated. Highprofile sex case. Rielle hunter, who had a child with john edwards, admits she behaved badly and hurt the family and is sorry. Shes released an updated version of her memoir about the affair. A disturbing story from florida. Two girls have been arrested for bullying another girl. Authorities say 12yearold Rebecca Sedwick took her life last month after being bullied physically and on line. The two girls who are now facing charges are just 14 and 12 years old. Theyre accused of aggravated stalking and have been released to their parents. She should be here. She should be here to see justice getting served. If the young girls are convicted, its not clear how much time if any they would spend in juvenile detention. Police are also trying to decide whether to pursue charges against their parents if they knew their daughters were involved in bullying and did nothing about it. The girlfriend of former nfl star Aaron Hernandez has pleaded not guilty to a perjury charge. Shayanna jenkins accused of lying to a grand jury in the case against hernandez. Prosecutors claim she lied about disposing of evidence as the case was taking shape. She faces up to 20 years in prison. Jenkins Attorney Says prosecutors are overreaching with the perjury charge against her. Breaking overnight, Los Angeles Police have arrested an airport employee in connection with the dry ice bombs planted at l. A. X. Police say it was part of a labor dispute, not an act of terror. The bombs were made by putting dry ice in 20ounce bottles. One exploded in a mens room, another exploded on a tarmac. Two others that did not go off were found near the international terminal. A suspected al qaeda member has pleaded not guilty to terrorism charges related to the 1998 attacks on u. S. Embassies in kenya and tanzania. Abu al liby was captured in libya this month, then interrogated for a week aboard an american warship before appealing in a u. S. Appearing in a u. S. Federal court. The 1998 Embassy Bombings killed 224 people including a dozen americans. The Supreme Court appears to be leaning toward upholding a michigan ban on using race in college admissions. Michigan voters agreed to change the state constitution back in 2006. Opponents argued it was a form of discrimination. California has a similar ban. New jersey voters go to the polls today to elect a new u. S. Senator. Rising democratic star and newark mayor cory booker has remained far ahead in the polls. Booker and his republican opponent, steve lonegan, are seeking to fill the seat left empty by frank lautenbergs death in june. Turning to overseas now. Italy, a wild scene outside the compound of a catholic Splinter Group. Hundreds of catholic protesters there when a hearse carrying the body of nazi war criminal erich priebke. He died at age 100 and was serving house arrest for carrying out the massacre of hundreds of italians during world war ii. He was denied a funeral by the church, but the Splinter Group outside of rome said it would perform the service. The protest forced the funeral to be canceled when the family was blocked from attending. Add dalai lama to the list of those who support the use of medical marijuana. The exiled tibetan spiritual leader said he backs marijuana for pharmaceutical virtues but added he is not in favor of someone using it just to get high. Medical Centers Nationwide on alert this morning about some dangerous antibiotic drugs. The injectable or i. V. Medicines may have visible particles of metal, cotton fibers, or hair. Two medicines made by bbraun medical, mainly used in hospitals, are recalled. The fda warning doctors that the drugs can cause blood clots, stroke, and heart attack. It turns out that eating all those oreos is just as addictive as cocaine, at least for lab rats. Researchers found rats found an researchers found that rats formed an equal dependency on oreos as they did when they were injected with cocaine. They also found that eating the chocolatey treats activated more neurons in the brains Pleasure Center than the drugs, and they say just like many humans, the rats tend to eat the creamy filling first. I love it. The rats want the creamy filling first. You got the milk . Yeah. Should we admit to everybody that we were literally having this conversation yesterday during the commercial break coincidentally. Completely coincidental. Just talking about the whole sleeve of oreos if we have one, right . Ohhhh wait, i poured it hold on. And you have to dunk, right . Theyre good without dunking, but its a whole new level. Heres whats terrible about the staff here. Not only did they give us the oreos extra crack heroin . Cocaine. They gave us the doublestuffed oreos which we just read that the lab rats go for the for the stuffed part anyway. That means that were going to go for the inside you do do that . Absolutely. I dont waste any time. You lick, you go, you eat im on tv, i cant lick now. You think thats going to stop me . Go ahead. Im almost done. Almost done. Im going to let you finish. How about we read while you eat, then ill take a bite while you read. Too much i have pirate teeth. Thats okay. The only thing that we can say ahead of this is please dont try this at home. Please, please, please. It happened at a red Bull Mountain biking event last weekend. The riders name, cam zink. During his ride, he pulled off the unthinkable, called the biggest free ride Mountain Bike stepdown backflip in history. Thats a mouthful especially when you have oreos in your mouth. Keep eating, diana. Thank you. You would think that after that he would have won the competition, but that wasnt the case. No . He only came in third. My gosh. We can only wonder what the guys in first gulp and second did. Wow imagine doing that while eating oreos. Now that i would be impressed with. While eating oreos. This im not really impressed with. Should get a reward for that. Yes. This is quite a reward why are we smiling so much all of a sudden . Because were ingesting cocaine essentially. I can feel it. I can, too. Its terrible. Dopamine all this firing away they need to do the same exact test with humans. Ill be the lab rat. I can tell you now its we just made a lot of people hungry. Sorry, guys. Coming up, everybody, keeping calm and carrying on. Were going to share strategies for keeping cool when it comes to kids. First, a soldier that is showing us all what bravery really looks like. Youre watching world news now. Announcer world news now weather brought to you by consumer cellular. There goes my hero announcer world news now weather brought to you by consumer cellular. R brought to you by consumer cellular. Heroic acts on the battlefield are usually just told by one soldier to another. Theres a video record of one Army Captains bravery during an ambush in afghanistan. The videotape helped show his courage and humanity on the day that president obama awarded him the medal of honor. Heres abcs martha raddatz. Reporter the sun had not yet risen when captain will swenson and his men made their way into an afghan village. Thats when it happened we start receiving fire. [ gunfire ] reporter an ambush. Pinned down, swenson returned fire for 90 minutes. His men hit. Sergeant first class kenneth westbrook, bleeding from the neck, losing consciousness. Bullets all around him. The enemy so close, they called out for the americans to surrender. Swenson ran to westbrook, lobbing a grenade and carrying him the length two of football fields. A helmet cam captured the moment. That is swenson, his helmet off, risking his life by being out in the open, using an orange tarp to guide the helicopter in. He helps westbrook on to the helicopter, making sure he is secured, and then this watch. So quickly, so instinctively, swenson gives westbrook a tender kiss on his brow before racing back to the battle, where he would help rescue others. I wanted to convey to him that i was proud of him, and that his fight was over. That was an act that shows that bond that every soldier, every sailor, every airman, and every marine has with their fellow service member. Reporter the story of captain swensons heroism was lost for years in a tangle of army bureaucracy. What he did that day in one of the deadliest regions in afghanistan, a place we have visited many times before, had to be recognized. The man swenson helped to that helicopter would eventually die, but at the white house his family and the families of the others captain swenson tried to help were there to honor him. [ applause ] reporter a soldier who risked everything for his brothers. Martha raddatz, abc news, washington. Amazing. And you realize there are so many we dont know about. Theyre out there. Theyre doing this. And were sitting here safe. And we dont know what theyre doing for us. Amazing. Absolutely. By the way, undeterred by the entire situation, he says he wants to reenlist. Now the army is considering it. Thats what call a hero. By the way, this happened in 2009. It took so long to get the medal because he was openly critical of the superiors saying they took too language to sends in backup. There was an investigation, and they reprimanded three officers for what they call command paralysis. There should have been something faster. What a story. Wow. Coming up next, inside the american family. What nearly every parent does to keep their kids in line that could be doing more harm than good. And ahead in our next halfhour, the leading contenders to star in fifty shades of grey. Hollywood insiders weigh in coming up. Youre watching world news now. Announcer world news now continues after this from our abc stations. A im awake now. Yeah. Absolutely. A little parenting advice that is good for mom and dad, too. Most families today generally agree that hitting isnt the way to discipline kids. Almost every parent admits that yelling is something that they do, and it can be just as bad. Nightline anchor Cynthia Mcfadden is here with the research and remedy. Reporter what can say theyve never yelled at their kids . Especially their teenagers . A problem the supernanny was often brought in to deal with. You dont tell me anything. You do what i tell you to do, and you shut your damn mouth about it. Reporter its not just reality tv. Ive been having problems with my daughter. Reporter the dads in this Fathers Group in new jersey, part of parents anonymous, were honest enough to admit it. How many of you have ever yelled at your child . [ laughter ] reporter a new study contends even in otherwise loving homes, yelling, especially when mixed with namecalling and insults, can cause the same problem for young teenager as hitting them, depression, anxiety, and low selfesteem. We are newage brady bunch. Reporter the clan in washington say they dont use curses or putdowns, but they are worried about how much yelling goes on. Im a yeller. I yell out of frustration. Like, hey grab their attention, there is not cool. Reporter experts say yelling often doesnt work. Listen to their kids. Sometimes when i get yelled at, i get angry, go downstairs, start hitting my punching bag or i get i feel sad. I wish i could get talked to, not necessarily yelled at. Reporter we brought in parenting expert dr. Carolyn iverslandis, one strategy she suggests is for parents to give themselves a timeout. Having the other parent whos not pushed to the limit maybe step in a little bit. I dont think any parent would object to having a break. Reporter another tip use more carrots, less stick. You want them to get ready for School Faster . Promise a movie. I think theres some things that they could earn like that camera that he wants so bad. Right. Reporter negotiate and keep your cool to keep the teen years so much less stressful for everyone. Or as my mother would say in a quiet voice, when youve lost your temper, youve lost your argument. Cynthia mcfadden, abc news, new york. So we want to know what you think. It is our question of the day do you think yelling at children is as bad as hitting them . What do you think . Yeah. I think hitting them is definitely horrendous. I think theres balance. Sometimes you blow your top and you know, sometimes kids need to be it gets their attention to raise their voice. Im saying once in a while i dont think its a bad thing. If you do it all the time, it turns into white noise. They dont hear. How about you . I think theres a distinct difference between yelling and namecalling and insulting kids. Namecalling never. Ruins selfesteem. It ruins their self esteem. That is different than yelling. Mix time. I think most people are familiar with the video by rebecca black, friday. Its friday its friday maybe the most obnoxious video of all time. Theres something about it that you want to pull your hair out and scream and take a newspaper and crack her over the head. Well, im looking at that link. Its billed as more obnoxious than that. I said theres no way i think it might be. Its a tie, or it might be more obnoxious. And its done by arc music factory, producers, who put on the last production of friday, friday. Its the same people. About chinese food. Theres a new girl singing. Ill tell you her song in a moment. Just watch. I love chinese food you know that its true i like chow mein chow mein there you go. I love chinese rice, you know its true, i love chow mein. The guy in the panda is the man responsible for friday, rebecca blacks song, and this song. Might be good that hes in disguise. That last one there he is. There he is. Hes laughing all the way to the bank, i bet. The womans name, allison gold. Chinese food, get ready to be assaulted. Im sure youll be hearing a lot of this one. She sounds exactly like rebecca called auto tune. Yeah yikes. Check this out. Weve all had problems either getting in or out of a parking spot. We can admit it. Weve all had a problem. Heres video of a lady forcing it took her an extraordinary four minutes. We sped up the video here for you. There she is trying to get out. She she she get herself almost hard to believe out and well shes could have done a threepoint turn. Now its like a 247 eight, nine out. Yeah. All she needed was to cut around that and make a turn. Yeah. The other person in theyre in a worse bind than she is, stuck waiting for her to get out that goes beyond bad driving. Thats like i dont know. By the way i dont know what that is. By the way, the only reason we know that this is a woman i tried hard to make sure it wasnt a woman but i will say nothing. Yes [ honking ] we saw her get into her car with her cute trousers and shirt. That was on youtube. This is crazy. Theres a new restaurant in los angeles called the magic restroom cafe. Take a look. It is a toiletthe this this morning on world news now, cautious optimism on capitol hill, but time is running out. A plan to avoid default is up for a vote, but it is up to the senate to break the stalemate. Breaking overnight. An arrest has been made in explosions at l. A. X. Police have someone in custody. Details coming up. Plus a soldiers pride. A wounded ranger receives the ultimate award for his bravery and shows the world what patriotism really means. And hit shows, skyhigh paydays. Forbes new list is out of the highest paid actors. We will show you who makes the most in the skinny. It is wednesday, october 16th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now with john muller and diana perez. Happy hump day, everyone. Action to avoid the fiscal crisis shifts back to the senate today after a stunning setback in the house. Speaker john boehner was forced to pull a bill after Tea Party Members refused to go along. Karen travers is joining us from washington with the latest. Karen . Reporter good morning, john. Good morning, diana. Last evening, when the house leadership said they would not vote on their alternative plan it made it clear, yesterday, two days out from the very big deadline, was basically a complete waste of time. It was a day of wheel spinning on capitol hill. And after it was all said and done, it was back to square one. Senate majority leader harry reid was optimistic. We have been engaged in productive, bipartisan negotiations in the senate. Reporter the best chance for avoiding a default and reopening the government rests in the senate. Minority leader Mitch Mcconnell announced a bipartisan deal that would reopen the government but only until january 15th, avoid default by extending the credit limit but only until february 7th. And the key no changes to the health care law. House republicans tried an alternative plan included tweaks to obama care, but it died before it even came up for a vote. Tea Party Republicans opposed it because it didnt go far enough. In an interview with abc station wabc, president obama said there have been times when he and Speaker Boehner agree. He goes back and turns out he cant control his caucus. Reporter the president was optimistic that the senate would avert a crisis. What we have seen amongst Senate Democrats and republicans is a recognition that there are ways for us to do this that doesnt damage the economy. Reporter wall street is worried. The markets were down at closing yesterday, and last evening, a Credit Rating agency said the United States triplea Credit Rating is now under review for a possible downgrade. John and diana . Karen, thank you. Breaking news from los angeles. Police arrested an airport employee in connection with those dry ice bombs at l. A. X. They say they are part of a labor dispute and not an act of terror. Brandi hitt has more on the investigation. Concerned about traveling. Not making it easier. Reporter a device exploded monday night in a restricted area near a gate and close to airplanes. No one was hurt, but it comes just a day after another dry ice bomb exploded in an airport bathroom. Once again, a restricted area where only employees are allowed. This demonstration on a Discovery Channel special shows how dangerous these explosions can be. When the dry ice melts in a closed bottle, the gas inside explodes. You cant place them a long time in advance. Reporter authorities also located another dry ice bomb in a restricted area of the airport before it detonated. Extra officers are patrolling the airfield ramps and public areas, insisting the countrys third Busiest Airport is safe. Detectives say they dont believe these incidents are linked to terrorism and they may be able to pull evidence from the two ice bombs that didnt explode, john and diana . Thank you. Crazy in this day and age, a labor dispute. Who would think to do Something Like that anyway . But in an age of terrorism, at an airport . Come on. What were they thinking . Suspect in custody. Thats good news. Absolutely. For sure. Moving on to this now. A major sigh of relief for hundreds of thousands of commuters in the San Francisco area. Unions for Bay Area Rapid transit workers are holding off on a strike while contract negotiations continue. Both sides credit the arrival of a federal mediator for moving the talks in a positive direction. They are trying to reach an agreement on salaries and health care costs. The former mayor of san diego has reached a plea deal on the sex charges which will likely keep him out of jail. Bob filner repeatedly denied that he had harassed women but he pled guilty to putting a woman in a head lock and less serious charges. The Attorneys Office is recommending he serve three months of house arrest and three years probation. Two young girls in florida have been arrested for bullying another girl. Authorities say 12yearold Rebecca Sedwick took her life after bullied physically and online. Two girls who are facing charges are 14 and 12 years old. They are accused of aggravated stalking and have been released to their parents. If the young girls are convicted, its not clear how much time, if any, they would spend in juvenile detention. You see on facebook, the 14yearold wrote on her facebook page, the 14yearold who was allegedly part of the bullying, that she doesnt care. Yes, i bullied her and, yes, she died. And basically she said in some expletives, i dont care. You wonder children this young. I understand they grow up quickly these days but 12 and 14 is still young. Where do they get that from . I dont know. But look yes, i bullied rebecca, and she killed herself. But that that is an acronym. Idga i dont give a blank. How outrageous. Thats the poor girl no longer with us. They held a press conference and said we have to take some kind of action. Id have to agree. That is crazy. She was bullied not only on the internet but physically, as well. Which means these kids were touching her and pushing her around. It wasnt just happening in cyberspace but school, as well. Apparently she either didnt speak up and got no help or she did speak up and still didnt get any help. Either way a sad story all the way around. Disturbing indeed. Now the disturbing video of a school bus attack near philadelphia. Grainy cell phone images show two students bullied before one is hit by a sucker punch and for reasons that are unclear the driver refuses to stop the bus. The incident was not reported to police. Now the tape has gone viral, investigators are looking in to it. You almost have to wonder does it take a videotape for somebody to do something. He is right behind the bus driver. I hate to say it but, i remember seeing scenes not that different from time to time when i was a kid. Oh, my gosh. Thats so terrible. Anyway. Lets move on to the midweek weather now. Expect stormy conditions from new england to the Mexican Border with rain especially heavy in texas and alabama. Snow in the mountains from montana to colorado. Sunny and dry for the rest of the west. Lots of temperatures in the 70s along the east and west coasts. High 80s across much of the south, and the rest of the country will see typical october readings of 50s and 60s. We throw the word hero around all the time, and oftentimes, it is not deserved. Heres one where it is totally deserved. It is our favorite story of the day. It involves a u. S. Army ranger named josh hargis that was wounded serving in afghanistan ten days ago. That is him hooked up to medical equipment after awarded the purple heart. This picture was taken in afghanistan, with hes now since been moved to san antonio where he will continue to receive treatment. By the way, if you look at that picture, you can see that purple heart is pinned to the blanket that is laying on top of him. He was insistent on saluting. His doctors are trying to hold his arm down to no avail because he was insistent on making the salute. Amazing. It is. Yes. You compare the two stories that we have just seen the bullying and somebody like this. The best and the worst. Absolutely. These kids can really learn something from this gentleman. Its amazing. No doubt. Coming up, the scramble is on to find a replacement for the lead part of fifty shades of grey movie. Hes right here, guys. We will show you the short list. But hes on the top of it, or should be anyway. We will take you to rio de janeiro, site of the olympics coming up and the world cup. Its not all fun the sun. Theres a dangerous drug world in this tropical paradise. We will take a tour. You are watching world news now. Announcer world news now weather brought to you by Colonial Penn life insurance. Ght to you by Colonial Penn life insurance. Weather brought to you by Colonial Penn life insurance. Weather brought to you by Colonial Penn life insurance. Is the one you want to be the cleanest. The busiest place in your house but using bleach leaves some stains behind. As this dye reveals. Lysol toilet bowl cleaner does more. It removes the tough stains that bleach doesnt and it also disinfects. Thats healthing. [ coughs ] [ male announcer ] you cant let a cold keep you up tonight. 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It blows the mind to be in this place where everybodys selling drugs. No police. Nobodys batting an eye. Just business as usual. And this just keeps going and going is what is known as a crack land. Amazing theres no fear of the police. Smoking right out in public. Reporter in another crack land, this one the length of an entire city block. Got kids here. We found this 16yearold crack addict. We wanted to go to the source of this misery, the drug kingpin. In a tiny room, down a back alley, we scored a very rare interview with a drug lord, draped in gold and carrying a semiautomatic rifle. He demanded we conceal his identity. You get how serious the crack epidemic is here . Do you worry about selling it . He surprised us with a question of his own. I took a moment to absorb this comment and then the drug lord started chuckling. Now as rio prepares to host millions of sports fans, police have launched a war to uproot the gang, but this urban Counterinsurgency Campaign is massively controversial because rios police have a long history of brutality and corruption. Just look at this video of a Police Helicopter firing wildly in the middle of a neighborhood while in pursuit of a drug lord. Police defend their tough tactics. However, while in rio, we met many people who said they would rather live under the drug gangs than the cops. An extraordinary statement. Dan harris, abc news, new york. That is incredible video. So you wonder what are they going to do in order to make the place safer with all kinds of people headed that way . Are they going to cordon off the place . I cant imagine, right . Ive actually been to rio and know what it looks like. They are on a hill top and it is easy to keep them out of the way and thats where the people that cant afford real rent or to live in a real home or apartment they end up going to shanty towns where the houses are falling on top of themselves and theres no Police Activity there because police dont want to go there because it is so incredibly dangerous. What officials have done is taken 900 million out of their infrastructure budget to put to public safety. That means they are vowing to have one Police Officer for every 50 people attending the soccer matches and one for every 80 people at any large public viewing areas. Thats a lot of police. Yeah, it is. And clearly they need a lot of police. They really do. All right. When we come back, its the skinny. Who are the highest paid actors on television the payroll ahead. And will ferrell in a toga leading the band. Yeah, you have to see this one. Stay with us. Announcer world news now continues after this from our abc stations. Announcer world news now continues after this from our abc stations. Announcer world news no skinny so skinny welcome to the skinny. Just in case you werent jealous of all the tv actors who get to pal around with great celebrities all the time and they do television for a living anyway, were not going to tell you who official forbes says are the highest paid tv actors of the land. Here we go. Coming in at number three, highest paid actors in tv, it is mr. Ray romano. As you know, he did Everybody Loves raymond and hes a recurring character on parenthood. That together along with the money he collects from being manny the mammoth on ice age films and then number two jon cryer. Number one for two and a half men, ashton kutcher. There you have, it how much they make next to 24 million that even possible . Thats crazy. 45 million for the two stars and to think Charlie Sheen used to be that guy. Making that. He used to make more than that. Im sure. He made a lot more than that im sure. Holy mackerel. There you have it. Rounding out the top five. Two people that make the same amount but for them it is 15 million. Neil Patrick Harris on how i met your mother, and mark harmon coming up in a moment for you to see, as well, in his role of ncis, which has been a hit for cbs but always attracting a lot of viewers. Lets do rock and roll hall of fame inductees for 2014. We will have a list. Just four of them. Theres a bunch. Kiss, ll cool j, hall and oats, nirvana, peter gabriel, linda ronstadt, cat stevens the zombies. A lot of people in there and the rock and roll hall of fame show will be in new york city in april of 2014. By the way, to be eligible for nomination you have to have put out a music release 25 years prior. So you have to be a longstanding rock n roller. So it is only around 29 years so you have to date back to when they started to figure out put these people in the hall of fame. I guess you could be in the hall of fame if you put something out on their fourth anniversary show. Check this out. Will ferrell is up to his old antics again. He was at his alma mater giving a speech at the university of Southern California when he decided he wanted to lead his lead the marching band, the usc marching band, donning a full trojan armor because he could. It is just cool video we found and wanted to use it because it is will being will. Anchorman, coming out later this year. Go watch it. Im sure it will be hilarious. He is a trojan. Right here. Living in the big apple. Fight on. All right. What you got . Fourth or third one . Fourth one. Tina fey and amy poehler returning as hosts of the 2014 and 2015 golden globes. They have signed on to host the 71st annual Golden Globe Awards on january 12th. It will be 8 00 to 11 00 in beverly hills. Part of the deal they will host the 72nd one the following year. Wow. Good for them. They are a good combination. Arent they . Oh, my gosh. Looking at them here because sometimes they are so hilarious and they fall right into character, you forget how beautiful they are. God, they are beautiful, sexy and funny, total package. They are funny in delivery funny and also writing funny. Talented all around. Good show. Both years not bad. Good deal. Im bringing sexy back good deal. Both years not bad. Good deal. Prove it. Enough is enough. Dcon baits are specially formulated to kill in one feeding. Guaranteed. Dcon. Get out. So i cant afford to have germy surfaces. But a fresh sheet of bounty duratowel leaves this surface cleaner than a germy dishcloth. Its durable. And its 3 times cleaner. So ditch your dishcloth and switch to bounty duratowel. Im bringing sexy back yeah speculation running wild about why Charlie Hunnam dropped out of the lead in fifty shades of grey. Was it performance anxiety perhaps . Chris connelly looks at why and who may take his place. They have a pill for that. They do. Reporter so actor Charlie Hunnam says he cant play the male lead in fifty shades of grey because he will be too tied up with sons of anarchy. Well, some industry types are throwing a little shade on that explanation. Everything is attached to the fifty shades of grey universe became too much to bear. I think it was probably an instance of its not worth it. Why . Reporter signing up for a big part and dropping out, it happens. Scottish actor drew gray scott was originally cast as wolverine in xmen when he had to be replaced by some guy named hugh jackman. Before signing on for the hunger games trilogy, Jennifer Lawrence mulled the scrutiny that twilight leads endured in the public eye. They had no idea what they were getting themselves into. I was afraid of my life changing. I had a wonderful life and i couldnt see that future if i said yes to these movies. Reporter now who will say yes, yes, yes to playing christian grey . A lot of names in the fifty shades mix. The star opposite Dakota Johnson with fans lobbing for their favorite. I cant wait to see it but i want to see it with somebody matt bomer, an actor named jamie dornan, alexander skarsgard. Reporter theres buzz about ofat cces author. E. L. James said she envisioned Robert Pattinson in this role. He is probably not interested in joining another high profile femalefriendly franchise like this. Reporter Chris Connelly. Abc news, los angeles. You read the book . Right . No. You are like the only one. Im the only person. I dont know that Robert Pattinson is the right choice. The vampire thing going on. Another trilogy. He could retire after this one. Any picks. Bradley cooper if you ask me but what do i know. Im not a casting agent but id like to be part of that casting sofa. Check this out. Sounds like a lot of spin to me. Good morning everyone. 4 00 a. M. On this wednesday. Another special edition of the abc 7 morning news because of b. A. R. T. B. A. R. T. Trains are running this morning but still under the threat of strike. Negotiators for the Transit Agency and its unions are taking a break after another marathon session. Reporter you may be feeling deja vu this morning. No strike today and the federal mediator says that negotiations are continuing and progress is being made. It might be the presence of federal