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A very different weather problem in alaska. Snow. Too soon. Anchorage. They got 2 to 3 inches of heavy snow mixed with rain leading to Power Outages for thousands. In fair banks, more than 300 miles north, there was a record 11 inches of snow, the most ever for a day in september. You know, its one of the biggest things as a florida girl i dread in life, snow in winter. Well, it kind of maps. Sometimes it feels like snow in winter here with the air conditioning. Were turning to the mother and father in texas dealing with the tragic loss of their child to cancer. Something no parent should have to face. Theyre sharing their inspiring and unusual way of dealing with their grief. Todd unger has their story. Reporter the household is it fills with photos of ethan, photos that captured his smile each bead representing a treatment or step along the journey that ended one year ago. I really learned from the best kid ever how to face adversity. Reporter but there is one thing you wont find in the hallmark home any longer. Its the very place ethan sat when we interviewed him in 2014 and its the very place where ethan passed away not long after. I struggled with looking at it every single day and it killed me and most people that came into my house didnt know where he died. When they would sit in the spot he died on, it felt like my heart was being ripped out over and over. Reporter so over the weekend, friends and family took that couch to a rural field, packed with seven pounds of teflon and then blew it up. It was a way to honor his memory but also therapeutic to us. Its been an important step in the grief. Reporter there isnt much left of the couch now. The hallmarks hope by posting the video online, other families dealing with grief can realize there is no one way or right way to handle it. As time goes on, those emotional ambushes are still there. And you dont know when theyre going to happen. And how bad theyre going to be, but you sort of try and cope with it as best you can. Reporter the family also debated moving all together from their midlothian home but with so many neighbors still showing their support, they realized the right thing wasnt to leave but rather to remove a daily reminder of the day theyd rather just forget. Todd unger, channel 8 news. Definitely an unusual way to deal with the death of a child. But you never know. Its not an experience any of us want to go through. So just an unusual way and interesting. They say over 15,000 children are diagnosed with cancer each year in the u. S. King hussein of jordan once said when she was being treated in the u. S. Seeing the children with cancer gave him so much hope and support and made everything so much Better Seeing how strong they were. Definitely a tough thing to see. That kid fought for four years. Well be right back. Millions watched pope francis during his trip to america and thousands of the faithful hoping to just catch a glimpse of him. Now that hes returned to the vatican, weve learned about a controversial figure that francis met with in secret. Abcs paula faris with the abc exclusive. Reporter so many questions about what happened behind those doors in washington. That secret meeting with controversial kentucky clerk kim davis. It was really very humbling to even think that he would want to, you know, meet me or know me. Reporter davis, such a divisive figure. An elected official who went to jail after refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples, when the Supreme Court made marriage a right nationwide. Under Whose Authority are you not issuing licenses . Under gods authority. Reporter davis herself married four times. I recently asked her if her right to religious freedom trumps another persons legal right to wed. For me, its a heaven or hell issue. I feel if i issue a license reporter you feel you would go to hell . I would be participating in that act. Reporter but francis has reached out to gays and lesbians more than any other pope. If someone is gay and he searches for the lord and has good will, who am i to judge . He said. Still, davis, who is not catholic, says the pope told her to stay strong. I put my hand out and he reached and he grabbed it and i hugged him and he hugged me. And he said, thank you for your courage. On the plane back to rome, abcs terry moran asked the pope whether he supports Government Officials who say they can not follow some laws because of their religious beliefs. Do you support those kinds of claims of religious liberty . Reporter without mentioning davis, the pope defending conscientious objectors, saying, it is a human right. And if a Government Official is a human person, he has that right. From the vatican spokesman this oneline statement. I do not deny that the meeting took place, but i will not comment on it further. Kim daviss legal team says they were approached by the vatican well before he arrived in the u. S. But they were instructed to keep this meeting under wraps because her legal team says the pope didnt want it to diminish his trip. Paula faris, abc news, new york. Very interesting. Were going to move on. Coming up, Throwback Thursday and the cult classic film. Were celebrating the rocky Horror Picture Show by going deep into the archives. Well be back. Big plans. So when i found out medicare doesnt pay all my medical expenses, i got a Medicare Supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if youre eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80 of your part b medical expenses. The rest is up to you. Call now and find out about an aarp Medicare Supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. 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After critics panned the film, it caught on with audiences through midnight showings. We found this report by abcs bob brown from 1978 as the film developed a cult following. Reporter horror movies used to require nothing less than a full moon as a catalyst to turn the common into the supernatural. For the rocky horror show, just standing under the marquee seems to bring out the unusual in people. After three years on the socalled midnight movie circuit the film has recruited a legion of hardcore fans who dress and talk and act like the characters in the movie. Brad, please, lets get out of here. Reporter the show is about a clean cut young couple that stum willingables into the world of a transvestite from another galaxy. By the end of the movie, the couple is in incapable of adjusting back to norm malt. A message ta seems to appeal to mostly Young Audiences at a time of life that is unconventional in or out of costume. Many have seen the movie so often, they know it song by song, line by line, recreating in the aisles of the theater the dialogue on the screen. Tim curry who plays the transvestite has become a cult figure to fans who paid 8. 50 a person for this rocky horror convention. I think if it has a message at all its dont dream it, be it, one of the songs in the movie. You know, get on with your fantasies. Reporter fans seem to enjoy the reactions they get both from those who appreciate the film and those who dont. And behind some of the costumes, there is a latent perspective. Is this what the world is coming to . Not really. But its what the Grand Theater in brooklyn is coming to. Reporter bob brown, abc news, new york. Well do you know mick jagger wanted to play franken further . He was turned down for the part. I didnt know that. There are still midnight showings. My goodness. What has happened here . Apparently during the i guess this is all part of it. This is part of it. They used to throw things during the movie. I feel as if something is going to hit us. It could be. Susan sarandon covers her head with a newspaper and people bring newspapers. To the midnight showings. Im this morning on world news now, Hurricane Joaquin gaining strength hour by hour. The latest storm path and the areas already flooded on high alert. The state of emergency already in effect, and new details from accuweather. Secret service scandal, agents accused of retaliating against a congressman who is investigating the secret service. The details emerging overnight. Was Hillary Clintons personal account hacked by the russians . New revel layings about spam and the emails kept secret. Later a health alert to parents. Should your kids be turning to high protein diets to get fit in the advice you need to hear on this thursday, october 1st. From abc news, this is world news now. Good morning. Im reena ninan. Im kendis gibson. Were just discussing daylight savings and when is that comes about. Because we are here, october 1st already. You know, its still Hurricane Season which people kind of forget. It is. And the prime of Hurricane Season is september 10th. Were only straight into the middle of this right now. And, of course, that is our top story. The Severe Weather that is sweeping the eastern u. S. Were talking about Hurricane Joaquin passing close to the bahamas overnight. The islands could get as much as 20 inches of rain. The forecast right now has the hurricane hitting North Carolina sunday afternoon. Washington, d. C. Likely on monday. But the eastern u. S. Is already soggy. Our coverage begins right now with gio benitez. Reporter parts of the northeast underwater. About 30, 35 on the highway. Thats it. Portland, maine getting hammered reporter in portland, maine, roads looking more like rivers. This is where i work. Reporter this Airport Parking garage completely flooded. Perhaps most frightening, this daycare. 23 kids age 4 and younger inside when water came rushing in from the drains. In a matter of ten minutes, we were completely underwater with a couple of inches. Reporter the children quickly moved upstairs, all safe tonight. In massachusetts, this woman carried from her car to the back of this waiting pickup. Oh, my god. Reporter its been a hellish up and down the east coast. In frederick, maryland, hundreds of thousands of gallons of water are being pumped out of the ymca. It could be days and weeks before were back up and running at 100 . Reporter virginias governor already declaring a state of emergency. Meanwhile, just as the jersey shore is getting back to normal, a coastal flood watch issued. The threat of Hurricane Joaquin churning in the caribbean. Since sandy, homeowners have been raising their homes, hoping to avoid any future flooding. Its not cheap. Reporter any hurricane threat here causes people to worry. Sandy was so traumatic for this community. Well, yeah, thats the problem. You know, when you go through Something Like that, you know, its like the kid who touches the stove. Its hot. You dont want to ever touch it again. Reporter and take a look at this. We are right next to the iconic Seaside Heights boardwalk, destroyed during sandy. They are taking precautions here, building this giant wall of sand to block all that water from coming across. Gio benitez, abc news, the jersey shore. From the jersey shore down to the carolinas, millions are on storm watch. Our coverage continues now with Accuweather Meteorologist justin povick. Good morning. Thanks and good morning to you. A whole lot has changed with regards to joaquin. This system has rapidly intensified all throughout the overnight. Well continue to see this intensifying throughout the daytime, as well wilcould take it to extremely dangerous levels. Movement off to the west and southwest going to make a big bend off to the north. That window becoming very close over the weekend. The secret service is confronted with a new embarrassment. A report finds several agents accessed an old job application of utah congressman jason chafe fets who was investigating the service. They found assistant director suggested leaking embarrassing information to retaliate against chaffetz. The congressman says the wrongdoing could go far beyond him. We have a deep seeded cultural problem in the secret service. If theyre doing it mo theyre doing it to how many other people. The agents could Face Criminal Charges under the u. S. Privacy act. The director issued an apology last night as did the Homeland Security secretary, as well. A major escalation in syria. Russia conducted air strikes there and top defense Officials Say it appears u. S. Backed rebels were the target. John kerry says that would cause grave concern. Russia claims isis as the target but there are no isis fighters where the bombs hit. Kerry and the Russian Foreign minister could meet as early as today in order to prevent an accidental clash between the u. S. Led coles and russian forces. Thats obviously a big concern for the pentagon. It does appear that they were in areas where there probably were not sisal forces and that is precisely one of the problems with this whole approach. Activists inside syria say the russian air strikes killed dozens of civilians, some of them children. Donald trump hoing no love for syrian regulars taken in by the u. S. He said if elected he would send them backing to syria over worries some might be isis fighters in disguise. Hackers linked to russia tried to access Hillary Clintons account while she was secretary of state at least five times according to newly released emails. The messages came in the form of speeding tickets from new york state. Clintons campaign tells abc news she received spam just like millions of other americans. Republicans say it shows how vulnerable her server was. Heres abcs cecilia vega. Reporter more than 6,000 new emails from Hillary Clintons private account made public. But now, hundreds of those emails stored on her home server when she was secretary of state deemed so sensitive theyve been marked classified. The House Committee that brought the email controversy to light back in the spotlight once again. The republican congressman hoping to replace Speaker John Boehner suggesting on fox news that the bipartisan investigation into benghazi is behind clintons sagging poll numbers. Everybody thought Hillary Clinton was unbeatable, right . But we put together a Benghazi Special committee. A select committee. What are her numbers today . Her numbers are dropping. Why . Because shes untrustable. But no one would have known any of that had happened had we not i agree. I give you credit for that. Reporter Hillary Clinton firing back on msnbc. When i hear a Statement Like that, which demonstrates unequivocally that this was always meant to be a partisan, political exercise, i feel like it does a grave disservice. Reporter but now, her secret weapon, former president bill clinton, taking on a new, more public role in her campaign. And on cnn, defending how shes handling the email controversy. I think she looks great. I think she did a great job. And i think shes been doing a good job answering these questions now. Reporter by clinton out of the shadows and now center stage. Hell be fundraising for his wife this weekend. Its not just the money. He took on donald trump in those public comebts. The next wall donald trump builds may need to be a fire wall. Hackers breached the data at seven of his hotels for more than a year ending this past june. Crooks gained access to payment card information at seven Trump Hotel Collection locations in new york, chicago, some in honolulu, las vegas, toronto and miami. The Hotel Operation says theres no evidence the data was ever used. Speaking of new requirements for credit cards kick in today but few of us are ready. Stores must be able to read the hitech chips in newer cards or be responsible for any fraudulent charges. Only about 40 of americans have the new emv cards. Only a fourth of merchants are ready for the new system. The new card readers will still work with the old magnetic strip cards. Im not going to name the Grocery Store that was not able to use my oo my magnetic chip. October if you, today is the day for it. As Holiday Shopping season goes into higher gear, target is starting a price war. Starting today the retailer expanding Price Matching policy from five competitors to 23 including members only operations like costco and sams club. Target including its website prices in the guarantee and expanding the price match period to within 14 days of purchase. I love my sales. And i always listen to rebecca jarviss reports what the best apps are. Im sure your husband doesnt love the sales either. He doesnt love when the credit card goes. This is Serious Business and kind of scary and freaky. The state of kansas is taking the idea of being prepared to a whole new level. Governor Sam Brownback yesterday signing a proclamation making october zombie preparedness month. How did she get that zipper on her face . Is that the first lady . No, not the first lady, no. Actually, this event we should say is yep. The whole thing wasnt a joke. It was meant to encourage residents 0 prepare for Natural Disaster appearance other emergencies but brownback couldnt help himself admitting he had talked with his son about how to deal with a zombie apocalypse. I know were making fun and obviously that was not the first lady of kansas but its a serious thing. The cdc has done then before with much success where they had a Zombie Campaign with posters. They said it actually got them a new audience by doing this. What is going and with that guy right behind you there . Bk. Oh, lord. Sorry. This is not zombie preparedness in the newsroom for this month. Not a tease for the walking dead. Coming up, youre invited to dress up in shabby old formal wear and crash a wedding. Also ahead from special shakes to plenty of b mags. Kids who are bulking up by turning to high protein diets. Advice for parents in in todays health alert. And a 30 million problem involving mysterious ambulance rides that appear to benefit nobody and youre paying for it. Check out our behind the scene pics on abcwnn. Youre watching abc world news now. Its the pungent gym bag stink neutralizer. And the prevent mold and mildew on the shower curtain for up to 7 days spray. Its also the odor causing bacteria fighter. And even the athletes foot fungus killer. Discover more ways you can use lysol disinfectant spray to help keep your home healthier. 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Each of their families received a flag that was flown over the capitol building. 87 firefighters were honored. They also will be remembered at events this coming weekend. In the meantime, players from opposing excuse were among those paying tribute to the new Jersey High SchoolFootball Player who died after collapsing on the field last week. They came to evan murrays wake yesterday in their jerseys. And were welcomed by his teammates. Murray died from internal bleeding after his spleen ruptured. His funeral is today. Five Fraternity Members at the university of alabama are now facing hazing charges. All of them are 20 and 21yearolds, members of the schools Phi Gamma Delta chapter. Allegations are they forced pledges to stand in buckets of ice. The students could also be disciplined by the school. Medicare is promising a crackdown on Ambulance Companies after investigators uncovered 30 million worth of suspicious rides. In most cases they found no proof that the patients were brought to a hospital even received medical care and taxpayers ended up footing the bill. Davids kerly explains. Reporter medicare pays for the ambulance rides for patients to see their doctors if theres a medical need, say they cant walk. But look at this undercover video. A patient climbing into an ambulance. Or this. A stop, so a patient can get takeout food. Investigators found more. We suspect also that some ambulance providers are billing when they are not actually giving rides. Reporter thats why you call them mystery rides. That is why we call them mystery rides. We dont know if they actually happened. Reporter those same investigators dug into just the First Six Months of records in 2012, and found 30 million billed for ambulances, and no record that the patient actually saw a doctor. Another 24 million paid out for patients who didnt qualify for an ambulance ride. Its like a glorified taxi service. Reporter we rode with specialgs in philadelphia late last year who are trying to put Ambulance Company owners and even some patients in prison. But philly, houston are still trouble spots, and investigators now say los angeles and new york should be added to that list. David kerley, abc news, washington. Interesting things there. Many of those tabs range from a few dollars to tens of thousands of dollars into for one ambulance ride. Exactly. I had no idea this was even going on in major cities across america. Taking medicare for a ride. Coming up in our next half hour. Close calls in the sky. The growing threat of drones interfering with airplanes. Weve heard of some of the near near misses about but now officials are taking action. And is there such a thing as too much protein when it comes to children . Youre watching world news now. What do you bulk up on . A lot of duts love protein. I like egg whites with a lot of cheese. Whats weird is a lot of the kids are doing this, loading up on protein. Besides getting it naturally from food, theyre actually looking to supplement. But could it be doing some harm to their health . Heres abcs becky worley. Reporter conley smith is committed. My goals in gymnastics are to get to the olympics get a gold medal. Reporter for this 13yearold success means practice, fitness and surprising awareness for a teenager, nutrition. Its very important for me to have a lot of protein to last all four hours and not injure myself and stay active. Reporter on top of his steak, vegetables, yogurts, conley opts for a protein shake every day. Shes not alone. All over the web youll find images of boys bulking up and many cite kroo protein shakes. After the gym well make some protein shakes. Reporter magmontoya is a dietician who works with teen boys. They want to be big and ripped like they see the guys in the magazines. They want to impress the girls and be on par for each other. Reporter the recommended dietary allowance of protein is only 52 grams per day, even less for teen girls. She cites instances where the powders can be helpful like for extreme athletes about you. Too much protein can be hard on the body, on your kidneys especially, the liver and it can be dehydrating. Reporter instead of powders and supplements she recommends real food like this shake, walnuts, greek yogurt, some juice and berries. I tried it out on my little musselman. Verdict, thumbs up and a milk moustache. Wow, no protein powder needed here. Hes a little young for that, but hey, you got to start somewhere. What a cutie. Her son is adorable. About he can can i worely for us. The kids that young bulking up seems way too soon. But i understand in this society. You know a thing or two about bulking up too. Yes. We couldnt resist. This is one of our favorite pictures. Seriously, no lie here, its a true photo. That was a selfie you took in the gym overlooking the Mount Rushmore or l. A. 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Youve got to bring a gift. Cannot show up without a gift, crashers. You know the ucf Football Team had a kind of rough year. The 2014 fiesta bowl didnt go so well. This year theyve lost twice in a devastating manner and lost their Season Opener by one point. When the field goal was blocked. Anyway, its been a rough year for them. Im not going to go into the details. Theres a bar in orlando, florida, thats offering free beers till the team wins. Its called the basement, its about 15 miles from the school. They say that you know, their business has gone down because theres been an 04 start to the season. They said anybody who comes by and the team doesnt win, you get to drink. Until they win. Okay. Big deal considering ibor city. In tampa. Those beers. So lease this new fad going on that started by one of my favorite groups 21 pilots. Its called cell phone pinching. Where you dangle your cell phone over like the corner of an edge and hope that it doesnt like go away. Im not living that dangerous. But so this is it. You dangle it over an edge of all these places. Its supposed to be a thrill youre going to drop your 600 phone. Because your whole life is on that phone. I did it inadvertently. I was facetiming and trying to show the view. This is what happened to my phone. It flew 34 stories and survived. It looks just fine. 34 stories . 34 stories and this morning on world news now, on alert. Hurricane joaquin grows stronger in the atlantic and could head for areas already pounded by flooding downpours. The new storm track overnight. Military might, russia launching air strikes in syria is the putin government really fighting isis . New questions emerging. New this hour, an eye popping and unpleasant surprise in a toy box. One man says she ordered a gift for her son from toys r us and she says real ammunition was inside the box. Later in the skinny, the legal battle for Caitlyn Jenner after a terrible accident on a california highway, is she in the clear . Its thursday, october 1st. From abc news, this is world news now. Good morning on this thursday. Im reena ninan. Im kendis gibson. We do thank you for joining us on this first day of october. The year is just moving by, but a lot of people are paying attention to what is moving off the coast of the eastern border right now. We begin this half hour with mothernaires double whammy impacting millions of people in the west. In the east. First flooding, now a hurricane. Joaquin taking aim at the bahamas and could steer toward Populated Areas of the u. S. East coast by sunday coast. Our coverage begins with abcs devin dwyer. Oh, my gosh. Reporter with tropical moisture already saturating several eastern states, virginias governor after this relentless rainstorm issued a state of emergency. From the midatlantic up to maine, roads have turned into rivers. About 30, 35 on the highway. Thats it. Portland, maine, getting hammered. Reporter 23 kids all aged 4 or younger were inside this daycare when water rushed in. In a matter of ten minutes, we were completely underwater with a couple of inches. Everyone ordered upstairs to safety. In maryland, theyre pumping hundreds of thousands of gallons of water out of a ymca. It could be days and weeks before were back up and running at 100 . Reporter flood watches and warnings are posted as Hurricane Joaquin possibly takes aim at the midatlantic. Its the first major storm threat in this area since 2012 when super storm sandy struck hard. Homeowners in hard hit Seaside Heights, new jersey, are on edge. Right now taking anything thats loose off of the property and putting it inside. Making sure that theres no debris thats going to get on any neighbors or become flying objects. Reporter even though joaquins path is not yet certain. Devin dwyer, abc news, washington. And more on this right now. Hurricane joaquin is expected to strengthen in the hours ahead. You can see right there, gaining power as it threatens the bahamas. Our coverage continues with meteorologist justin povick. Hey, justin, good morning to you. Thanks and good morning to you, as well. We are following a very dangerous intensifying major hurricane. This is joaquin. Over the past couple days, this has undergone a lot of changes, unfortunately changes that are not so good now if youre living along the eastern seaboard because this is not a storm system to mess with. It has a lot of wind and energy and will produce a lot of rain, as well. We follow the potential track window. Again, were leaning on the left side of this. So the outer banks of the carolinas northbound into eastern virginia, were watching the system as we head toward saturday and also sunday for heavy flooding rains, battering winds and very high surf. Reena and kendis, back to you. Thank you so much. Now to something thats not happening today. No federal government shutdown. Thank you, pope. I think the pope had something to do with this, right . Just hours before the deadline, Congress Approved a stopgap funding bill, but the ball kicks the funding down the field because the funding runs out early in december. House republicans will have new leaders likely to be less willing to col pro mice. Still unresolved are the funding for planned parenthood. The pope was down at capitol hill. Yeah, speaking to a joint session. Maybe there was some holy water involved. I dont know, i cant confirm that. We might need him to come back and speak to them again. Also out of washington, the secret service apologizing this morning to a utah congressman after an embarrassing new revelation. A report indicated dozens of agents improperly accessed an old job application of lawmaker Jason Chaffetz who was investigating the service. The report also found assistant director suggests leak g embarrassing information to try to retaliate against the representative. The Homeland Security secretary has apologized. And the u. S. And russia are expected to hold urgent new talks over the escalating crisis in syria. Russian warplanes carried out air strikes on rebel training by the cia, giving the u. S. Only hours notice before the air strikes. Heres abcs martha raddatz. Reporter the deadly roar of russian air power. Images posted by syrian activists showing the sudden, dramatic escalation in russias involvement. Fear in the streets, chaos in the hospitals. The russians say the targets were isis fighters and command posts. But this is where the bombs hit. Just outside of homs. There are no isis fighters here. It does appear that they were in areas where there were probably not isil forces, and that is precisely one of the problems with this whole approach. Reporter the target the russians more likely were going after . Opposition forces, some backed by the u. S. , here seen with an advanced tow missile, who are fighting against syrias brutal dictator, and americas enemy, bashar al assad. The other concern . Russia gave the u. S. Only a onehour warning about the air strikes, putting u. S. Pilots flying Strike Missions there in greater danger. Putting lots of different airplanes in the same air space creates the potential for collision. Martha raddatz, abc news, washington. Donald trump tells supporters in New Hampshire if hes elected president , he would send back Syrian Refugees taken in by the u. S. Because they may be isis militants in disguise. Trump said it could be one of the greatest tactical ploys of all time. Hackers linked to russia tried to access Hillary Clintons account while she was secretary of state at least were told some five times according to newly released emails. The infected messages came in the form of speeding tickets from new york. Clintons campaign tells abc news she received spam just like millions of other americans, but republicans say it shows how vulnerable her server was. Prison execution scheduled in oklahoma has been postponed. Governor mary fallin issued a 37day stay of execution last night saying theres still questions about the states lethal injection system. Richard glossip has been sentenced to death for hiring the hit man who killed his former boss. In a recent interview he said he didnt do it. I didnt commit this crime. And theres no doubt in my mind that i may die because of this. The new execution date is november 6th. Governor fallin had previously turned down requests for a stay of execution. Glossip has been getting support from Death Penalty opponents, including the catholic church. Theres new support for low nicotine cigarettes. Ray new study indicates they help people cut down on the number of times they light up every day and help them quit all together. It confirms the link between nicotine addiction and cigarette consumption and may encourage the government to require Tobacco Companies to reduce the amount of nicotine in their products. A busy virginia mom trying to save time by ordering birthday gifts for her son online got more than she bargained for when the package from toys r us arrived, it was so much heavier than she expected and she found the mine craft diamond sword she ordered and 100 rounds of real, not toy, ammunition. Very shocking, you know . Youre ordering from a toys r us store. You dont expect to get ammo in a box with the toys. She also found it pretty ironic coming from a store with a strict no firearms policy. Toyses are us says its working with its carrier trying to derp how the mixup happened and how the ammo could have been included in her shipment. Thats a weird one. What were you saying . You were saying earlier about this mine craft sword . Mine craft is very popular. Its a good one. You know . Whats the deal with the mine craft sword . You can cut through any material. Including ammo . Yeah. All of it. Okay. Just its the best. Mine craft. Yeah. So we know what he does. So creeped out by that particular shot, by the way. Camera one and then hey, how are you. How you doing. See you later. Come here often . Oh, boy. Im creeped out by that. Time for brief sports with reena. Major League Baseball edition postseason spots are filling up in the american league. Thats right. The latest team to punch their playoff ticket the Toronto Blue Jays clinched the ale east title yesterday beating baltimore in the first game of a doubleheader. Their celebration restrained at that point. But after losing the second game, they celebrated. Look at this. You got to hope that was cheap champagne. We dont do this if its good. This is the First Division crown for the blue jays since 1993. What kind of champagne . Canadian ice wine. I hope that was not expensive. 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Reporter the situation so out of control, Denver International airport officials met with the faa to discuss risks to passengers, potential drone use by terrorists, and outreach efforts. To get rid of the grandparents, but their grand kids out there the operating just because they dont know the where they are. Reporter the faa says drones have nearly hit ten planes at Denver International this year alone. Sooner or later were going to lose an airplane due to a collision. Reporter the Unmanned Aircraft now in such high demand Surveillance Video shows thieves stealing drones this week worth 2900 each from this California Store and while their footage can be magnificent, california fire crews say drones are even getting in their way during critical fire fights. We shut the aircraft down for the rest of the day. If you fly, we cant. Reporter faa law prohibits any recreational drone use within five miles of an airport. You cant fly more than 400 feet in the air even though many of these machines can fly much, much higher. Brandi hitt in los angeles for us. Thank you. Coming up, Caitlyn Jenner involved in a fatal car crash and prosecutors dropping charges. But why the case is not closed. And the worlds most eligible bachelor opening up about getting married. The skinny up next. World news now continues after skinny, so skinny all right. Leading us off this morning Caitlyn Jenner and that car crash she was involved in earlier this year. Prosecutors have decided not to charge jenner in the accident. Their reasoning, not enough evidence for a conviction. It happened in february right before jenner went public as a transgender woman. Authorities said she was towing an offroad vehicle in an suv when she crashed into two cars. One of the drivers kim howell was killed when her car was pushed into oncoming traffic. Despite the lack of charges, jenner still faces two separate civil suits related to the accident. We move on to Monica Lewinsky taking on a new antibullying initiative. Aimed at changing the way people react when them see or encounter bullying. In an interview yesterday on gma, monica told amy robach why she decided to speak out publicly now. She said it was it really was time. Amy also asked how she was handling Hillary Clinton being in the news every day as she makes a run for the white house. I think its really wonderful that we have two women from both parties running for Higher Office and i think however it may affect me personally is not something i want to talk about today. Lewinsky did however say, even though i have suffered from shame, i am not ashamed of who i am. It has taken her years, i would say almost like a decade to kind of get over this, and she says she never escapes the fact of what had happened between her and president clinton at the time. 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