Naught call miles and will be back at it the monday morning at first light. Linzie janis, abc news, miami. College student being held north korea is expected to be released today. He was caught in april crossing from china, north korean officials released this video last month in which he told his parents that he was healthy. Pope francis has given a forceful defense of traditional marriage. A union between a man and a woman. But he also asked for acceptance and mercy. Heres abcs terry moran reporter pope francis speaking to bishops today, strongly reaffirmed traditional catholic teaching on marriage. An indoes soluble bond between man and woman but typically pope francis didnt stop there, insisting on acceptance and mercy for all, even those experiencing divorce. And after a week of stunning revelations about his american tour, the vatican now struggling to do damage control. Early in the week, the bottom shell news that kentucky county Clerk Kim Davis met with the pope and claimed he
Teacher were killed last week. Those who survived are beginning to recount details of their ordeal. One young woman pretended to be dead. Another forced to watch as the rest were gunned down. Heres abcs neal karlinksky. Reporter the pastors prayers were answered even before he stepped into church today. She said, i began to pray. And secondly, i knew i was going to die today. Reporter his 18yearold daughter lacy, one of the closest witnesses to survive the gunmans rampage unscathed saved by trevorance pack after he was shot, later dying. I believe in the last moments he had any conscious whatsoever, he said, i am going to roll on to lacey. Reporter she laid under him, playing dead. In church today, this man. The student they say was chosen directly by the gunman to live. He said, youre the lucky one. Youre not going to die today. Scroggins says his daughter told him that the gunman asked students their religion, asked them to beg for their lives but rounded them up and shot them anyway
Aircraft. A new report says the fees we pay to use an out of network atm are new record highs. Nationwide. The average 4. 52. Also at record highs are Overdraft Fees. They now average 33. 07. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, october 5th. From abc news, this is world news now. Hey, good morning. We begin this half hour with the stubborn storm still lashing the carolina coastline after a weekend of historic flooding, even more rain still on the way. Can you believe it . Hundreds of stranded drivers and families had to be plucked from their cars in South Carolina. In fact, so many. Officials say they lost count. At least seven people have died and more doortodoor Search Operations are planned for today. Abcs rob marciano is there. Reporter a stubborn system battering the east coast for nearly four days. And it wont give up. This is deep. Reporter historic rain. For charleston. Over the weekend, their wettest day on record. This is a very serious situation. Reporter parts
Geoff wyff news 4s aly myles brings us the latest. Aly this is not the same scene we saw yesterday. Just a few hours ago where that wall was blank, that was where we saw graffiti messages where someone spraypainted the name named after. They did cover up that with posters, clemson beat bama, and they used the chantry and chip the championship banners to cover up the graffiti. It calls for the university to rename the hall and stop honoring then tillman, cash stop honoring ben tillman. Tillman was an avowed white supremacist, which has stirred up a lot of debate on the campus. The building was also vandalized in july. The same week the Confederate Flag was removed from the statehouse grounds. I suppose its unfortunate that someone felt the need to take that particular course of action. Aly a University Spokesperson says they hope this crime doesnt take away from efforts history. Right now, the university is looking to charge the person responsible. Again, you see the signs that were put
Rid of patient, so to speak. Great. Now were at 1. 9 again. Lets get to our road map. It starts with the markets, futures as you saw pointing to a slightly higher open helped by Consumer Prices that rose for the First Time Since october. Plus Chesapeake Energy blaming weak commodities for its decision to cut cap x this year. Of course its not alone. Carl icahn boosted his stake in the company to 11 , that was just out yesterday. Tragedy in europe up to 150 people are believed dead after a germanwings airliner crashes in southern france. Want to get to another story that we. Reporter have just been breaking. Mary thompson has. Ruth porat of Morgan Stanley. Thats right. Ruth porat is leaving that firm and she will become the cfo of google google. Wall street veteran moving to Silicon Valley. Shes been with Morgan Stanley for 28 years. Among the roles including ceo or cfo, she has been the lead tech banking, she led the companys banking franchise and also of course to serve the company to