this is what the performer sees during the act. while there are no harnesses or safety nets, that doesn t stop them from jumping. the wheel of death had been removed from the show until espinoza returned. we have huge safety routines we go through. artists, staff. reporter: cirque du soleil says safety is a priority. and family and friends of espinoza say he is doing well. rina ninan, abc news, washington. coming up, not everyone can pull in a half million dollars for a yard sale. unless, of course, you are oprah. some big surprises yesterday at her auction in santa barbara. and ahead in our next half-hour, two of the biggest winners in this year s new york city marathon that didn t finish in first place. two special young runners. 26 miles and a major step forward for an entire family. you are watching world news now. announcer: world news now
tgif, everybody. look at who s here, rina ninan. how are you? i have a candy hangover. i had five mini candy bars and just picked up a twizzler there. clearly you had a good halloween. did you take the kids around? did i tell you, the storm i didn t wait for trick-or-treating. i took them trick-or-treating in a mall. i m from florida and not used to the cold weather and took them in a mall and they loved it up. all is well that ends well. next up is thanksgiving. can you believe it? how did that? a stormy start in kentucky, indiana, arkansas and tennessee. dangerously strong winds knocked out power to thousands. 7-year-old boy was electrocuted in nashville after a downed power line fell on him. a mobile home blown off its foundation and the roof of a convenience store ripped away. two people are dead in the flash flooding. abc s ryan owens reports from austin. reporter: more than 100 people woke up to a real scare this halloween across central texas and had to b
jenna: in the meantime iran s neighbor syria is also in the spotlight as a deadly new outbreak of violence raeupbls on inside that country. they are reporting at least 70 dead and new calls across the region for syria s embattled president to step down. rina ninan is live. jordan s king abdullah has called on the president of syria bashar al-assad to step down saying he has an expiration date but no one knows exactly when that will happen. the violence is continuing between pro-assad forces and the opposition. there is a tank that was blown-out by the opposition. ammunition was inside the vehicle, all of this happening in the town of daraa. as many as 90 people were cleared in clashes throughout syria on monday. many believe bashar al-assad is fighting his last battle.
if he loses his minority is likely to be cut out. this is a foyt for their survival too. the arab league in a particularly unanimous vote decided to suspend syria as the violence continues. it s a passionate topic in the arab route. there were two politicians that actually exchanged blows when one sawed bashar al-assad a liar. it was all shown on live lebanese tv. to give you a sense of how passionate this topic of syria is in the arab world. one senior u.s. administration owe fist tells us there are ways to bring down bashar al-assad s end faster. among them is international isolation. the arab league is trying to do just that this week. by putting pressure on bashar al-assad it shows his days are likely numbered. jenna: what a video of that interview. a lot of passion there, as you mentioned, rina. thank you very much. jon: we are yet to throw any
before congress can meet and figure out this problem because they have now adjourned for their vacation. ironically a lot of those senators and congressman are going to be flying back to washington. and they will save money if they fly on spirit. jon: i m sure they ll watch. the ceo of spirit airlines. thank you. thank you, jon. jenna: we have new information crossing our international desk concerning former egyptian president hosni mubarak. really we are getting a look at him like we ve never seen him before. we have a new picture showing him 83 years old in a hospital bed and it looks like inside a cage. he s behind bars here as he goes on trial in cairo. outside the courthouse police making arrests following clashes between protestors there. rina ninan is on the phone. reporter: hosni mubarak pleaded not guilty. his son is facing corruption charges and also pleaded the