told the vehicle from the area. police are still out here continuing their investigation. for hours today this area was a shutdown. everyone in the surrounding apartments and businesses had been evacuated. police say it was out of an abundance of caution. it started when a patrol officer spotted a car. the officer could cease position is materials inside. police called the dog sniffed something, alerted police to a possible threat. after investigating they found the car is a decommissioned police car and they say it may explain why it smelled like it did. less than an hour ago people were able to return home. the church was very gracious letting us hang out all day. investigating. they say they have made contact with the owner of the car. right now they are not sure exactly what the substance was inside of the car. they will be analyzing to figure out what it was. they say this area is now straight they say this area is now safe. back to normal after a scare big earlier
the highs staying out of the 90s only making it to 87. we have more clouds heading in this afternoon. i will show you if that will impact trick-or-treating, next. we are watching every single seed that comes in from around the nation and world. we have are eight at cameras here but this is the story i m following now. let s zoom in. this is breaking news, a huge fire in the bay area, ei a three alarm fire in oakland. this is an apartment building. i don t have an update on injuries. keeping a close watch on this breaking news. it all comes down to this. next tuesday is election day. there s new concern over potential voter fraud an arizona posted on facebook. a lot of people talking. you will only see this story here on abc 15 mornings. katie conner is live tracking accusations of voter fraud for some time. reporter: we did some digging and found a man who is not a you a citizen but was able to register to vote through this website. i didn t want to get in trouble.
nail-biter. rallying to win their first world series game at wrigley field in 71 years. the star closer who saved the day. and the superstar fans stealing the show, holding on as the cubs try to make history. [ screaming ] and it s time for our most spook-tacular halloween yet. i m recording this because i don t know what s going on. times square is getting very scary. i m so cold. and freaking out. wait until you see what happens when our haunted studio comes to life right before your eyes. [ evil laugh ] only on gma. ? i m very impressed, michael. you got that. wow. oh all right. we got it. good morning, america. happy halloween. and take a look at our times square audience. so many little ones getting in the spirit. everyone so excited. adorable. they are ready. yeah. we re all excited. we have some major surprises coming up for everybody out there. because there s so much going on behind the scenes. i don t even know what s coming up. a lot of fun
big-name republicans. several will be no-shows tonight at a campaign in wisconsin. there is a growing rift. reporter: no doubt about that. and it looks like donald trump is trying to reduce some of that distance there between himself and the gop. making the announcement they ve wanted for so long, endorsing paul ryan, endorsing john mccain, senator kelly, after a disastrous week for the nominee. as for hillary clinton, polls are certainly in her favor right now. but terror lingering issues out there there are lingering issues out there. truthfulness and e-mails. she was asked about those at a gathering in washington today. reporter: hillary clinton blamed herself for inconsistencies during an interview about what fbi american people. what i told the fbi, which he said was truthful, is consistent with what i have said publicly. so i may have short-circuited it. reporter: ongoing trust issues don t appear to be hurting her candidacy. polls show she has a double digit
life. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters in new york. thanks for joining us. i m anne-marie green. this morning the prevailing sentiment among the house of representatives is now what? kevin mccarthy aers stunning decision to withdraw from the race for speaker left the republican caucus scrambling to find a new leader. mccarthy announced his intentions during a meeting of republican colleagues just before they were expected to elect them as their nominee. reporter: mccarthy s was like a political earthquake. all delegations of the conference were shocked. reporter: in the end mccarthy decided he wasn t the lawmaker to bring the severely divided party together. if we are going to unite and be strong, ghewe need a new faco help do that. reporter: mccarthy was undermined by the members of the gop caucus known as the freedom caucus who made demands he feared he couldn t meet and backed another candidate, representative daniel webster.