Bigger than this, the championship game, notre dame against bama. Our josh elliott is in miami covering the hope, the hype and the runup to tomorrow nights game. And you know what . Dont confuse the red for being a bama fan. Because im not. Im going for the irish. Mid western girl, have to stick to my roots. Going with the irish. By the way, josh looks pretty happy being on the beach as opposed to the frigid northeast. A lot of news breaking overnight, and, of course, for that we turn to mr. Ron claiborne. Dan and paula, faris and harris, good morning to everyone. We begin with that deadly standoff in aurora, colorado, a town still reeling from that movie massacre. Four People Killed including an armed suspect killed in a shootout with the police s. W. A. T. Team. Abcs Clayton Sandell has the story. Reporter the first shots rang out in the dead of night. At 3 00 a. M. , a woman came running from this town home telling police three people inside were shot. Police told neighbors to stay
Were all enjoying the subtlety of the music chosen by our producers on this sunday morning. Good morning, everybody. Bianna and ron both off today. But were very happy to have Sharyn Alfonsi and linsey joining us on her birthday, we might add. Happy birthday. Some sad breaking news. Former senator George Mcgovern has died at the age of 90. Mcgovern was a liberal icon. He ran for president in 1972. He lost in a landslide to Richard Nixon. Were going to take a look back at his long career in politics this morning. Also, we are just 16 days until the election. One day until the third and final president ial debate. This morning, so many questions. How will this big headline about iran play in the debate . And can this faceoff shift the dynamic in what appears to be an extremely tight race . The timing so interesting on that one. Well get to that in just a few minutes. Well begin, though, with that breaking news. The former senator and president ial candidate George Mcgovern die d today at
Covered this morning. Everybodys somewhere. We all heard of the dreamliner. Its the hightech, new plane thats supposed to revolutionize air travel. Well, a fire on board one of them right after landing at boston airport is raising new alarms this morning. The good news is, the fire happened after landing. Yes, big deal there. And milliondollar murder. The mystery surrounding a Lottery Winners death, just one day after he scored that winning ticket. Very strange. Were going to get to that. We begin with breaking news from Gabby Giffords. Two years ago today, she was shot with so many others in a tucson parking lot. Since then, there have been 11 Mass Shootings in america, including the tragedy in newtown, so fresh in our minds. After visiting the families in newtown, gabby and her husband, mark kelly, sat down in an exclusive interview to announce a new National Initiative to prevent gun violence. We saw you in newtown. How was newtown . Tough. It brought back a lot of memories of what
You learn something new every morning on this broadcast. I had no idea that Ron Claiborne was a big billy idol fan. I am, indeed. And Justin Bieber fan. Good morning, everybody. We want to get straight to the big story this morning. That superstorm. Abcs meteorologist, ginger zee, is in florida, tracking what could be a onceinalifetime event. Sandy has been downgraded to a Tropical Storm. But thats temporary. This behemoth is forecast to become a hurricane again and join forces with a storm. Multiple states are issuing emergency alerts. And today is the calm before the storm. The last day to stock up, batten down or just get out of town. Thats what millions of people are doing, getting out. To give you a sense of what a mess this storm could make, its expected to slam parts of the east coast with a foot of rain and several feet of snow. Its going to last for days, bringing wind damage, Power Outages and possibly massive flooding in some parts. Abcs extreme team is covering all of the a
Test. If r the announcement coming on north Korean Television this morning. It appears to be far larger than the norths previous two nuclear tests. The u. N. Security council has now called an emergency meeting. And the white house has issued a strongly worded statement. Lets get, right now, to Abcs Martha Raddatz in washington with the latest. Good morning to you, martha. Reporter good morning, josh. This test was big. As much as three times the size of previous tests. It was bold. Even china, north koreas staunchest ally, had north korea not to test a nuclear weapon. And it is the clearest sign yet of the new leaders belligerence. This is the First Nuclear test under kim jongun, who said the test is aimed at ferocious u. S. Hostility towards north korea. In december, un also successfully tested a longrange missile, capable of reaching hawaii. The white house is calling this a highly provocative act. And calling on actions from the International Community. Theres very little the u. S.