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mcclain. in case you heard the last of ken bone, ladies and gentlemen, think again. remember this scene in "space balls"? merchandising, merchandising. well, ken bone's in on the action. >> oh. >> ken bone now has his own t-shirts. they are already on sale. while we may never know who he supports in november, he uses the fame to encourage followers to vote. >> i'm embarrassed to say i ordered mine. >> i was going to order you one and thought to wait if you have. >> and i did. >> he did. >> i hope it gets here before the 15 minutes is up, but i think i'm screwed on that front. in breaking ken bone news, there's also a ken bone costume, just because we like to say the name. ken bone. >> not quite the kind of costume you're thinking of. >> it's a sexy ken bone costume. the ladies can get in on the act. it's a crop top, and black zipper closure, and the must-have mustache, and black glasses and microphone. the energy policy question is your own. >> wasn't he in khakis? i don't know. >> details. >> seems like a slacker uniform to me. should at least be a knitted cardigan style crop top. >> true. now. now to the laziest pumpkin carver, perhaps in the worm. while everyone showcases their elaborate art skills, this woman put out a little small face pumpkin, two eyes and a mouth. that's this morning on "world news now," new accusations against donald trump. several women say the republican presidential nominee made unwanted sexual advances on them. the trump's campaign calls it fiction. we'll have the full story in just a moment. breaking news, u.s. retaliating overnight against multiple missile attacks by rebels in yemen. new video released by the military shows the american assault. we'll have the late, breaking details of this latest offensive. and new this half hour, tim tebow opens up about praying over a baseball fan who had collapsed in the stands. >> what the newly minted minor league baseball player is saying this morning about the fan's health scare and why he dropped everything to rush to the man's side. force is out with this year's highest paid dead celebrities. so who landed at the top of the list? here is a hint, it's not david bowie or prince or even elvis. and we'll tell you how much he made last year. you might think he's a smooth criminal. on this thursday, october 13th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now". >> somewhere. somewhere. >> i don't know that's a list i want to be on. it's great to make a lot of money -- >> i don't think a lot of people are aspiring to make that one, at least not yet. >> absolutely. let's talk about the presidential race, shall we? donald trump accused of doing what he described in that lewd recording that shook up the campaign. >> two women are now accusing trump of groping and kissing them without consent. they tell the "new york times" separate incidents occurred the first time they met trump. the alleged incidents happened years ago. now his campaign is firing back, demanding a retraction, even threatening a lawsuit. here's abc's dan harris. >> reporter: hours ago, the "new york times" posted a video online featuring a former businesswoman who says she sat next to a young donald trump on a flight to new york city in the early 1980s. >> somehow or another, the armrest in the seat disappeared, and it was a real shock when all the sudden his hands were all over me. he started encroaching on my space. and i hesitate to use this expression, but i'm going to, and that is he was like an octopus, like he had six arms. he was all over the place. >> reporter: she did not report trump's alleged behavior to anyone. >> in the late 60s, 70s, and 80s, the culture instilled on us it was our fault, the attention we received from men, that we were responsible for their behavior. you didn't complain to the authorities. you didn't complain to your boss. if something happened to you, you just bucked up and you went on. >> reporter: she tells the "new york times" she is a clinton supporter, and trump's campaign says the entire article is fiction, and for the "new york times" to launch a completely false, coordinated character assassination against mr. trump on a topic like this is dangerous. sources say donald trump's team is drafting a lawsuit against the new york times for defamation. dan harris, abc news new york. trump is also facing allegations of inappropriate behavior from an ex-beauty queen. >> former miss arizona is says donald trump walked into a room with partially clothed contestants for the miss usa pageant and said it happened back in 2001 when trump owned the pageant, of course, and described feeling helpless. >> our first introduction to him was when we were at the dress rehearsal half naked changing into bikinis, to have the owner come waltzing in when we're naked or half naked in a very physically vulnerable position and then to have the pressure of the, you know, the people that work for him telling us to go fawn all over him. go walk up to him, talk to him, get his attention. >> dixon's allegations are strikingly similar to a scenario trump once described to howard stern, but trump says her claims have no merit. hillary clinton's campaign is doing some more damage control amid release of more hacked e-mails. the e-mails from the clinton campaign chairman were e-mails published yesterday by wikileaks urging clinton to reach out to prominent latino politicians including former new mexico governor bill richardson. that e-mail makes reference to, quote, needy latinos and one easy call. podesta is blaming russians for the hacking saying they're conspireing to help trump. the fbi is looking into that hack. breaking news from the defense department this morning. confirms the u.s. military retaliated for attempted attacks on u.s. warships in the red sea. military officials say tom hawk cruise missiles were launched early this morning targeting three radar sites controlled by yemeni rebels along the red sea coast. they believe the targets were destroyed, and they'll continue to respond to future threats on military or commercial ships in the red sea and elsewhere in the world. more breaking news from boston, back here at home. boston police officer fighting for his life after being shot. another officer was injured in the incident when police responded to reports of a man with a gun. they asked residents to shelter in place as they search for a suspect. they said the suspect was killed later, and the situation is under control. new details about a plane crash on a busy street in connecticut. officials confirm that flight instructor and his student fought inside the cockpit and the instructor was unable to regain control before the crash. the crash appeared to have been a suicide attempt by that student. terrorism has been ruled out. he was killed in the crash, a native of jordan. the instructor is still in the hospital. thousands more residents in north carolina have been ordered to evacuate as the flooding situation there grows more dangerous. that flooding, of course, caused by hurricane matthew which is now being blamed for at least 38 deaths, most of them in north carolina. abc is in the flood zone. >> reporter: the death toll rising in north carolina, along with the water. >> my brother is in none of the shelters. >> reporter: fearing the worst for her brother, ralph, who refused to evacuate the hard hit town of lumberton. >> i'm saying that he stayed behind in the house and maybe the water didn't crawl up so high. >> reporter: finally learning her brother is safe as the disaster unfolds in slow motion. some like this woman and her family sleeping in their vehicle. >> i'm ten weeks pregnant, it's me, my two kids, three dogs and a cat. >> reporter: rivers at record levels, still rising. overrunning this town of goldsboro. emergency operations still underway. the death toll in the state now at least 20. phillip mena, north carolina. abc news. an arizona woman under arrest this morning accused of conspiracy to commit terrorism. she was taken into custody after federal and local law enforcement agents served warrants on two locations. no information released at this time, but she's been complaining own facebook that she was denied visitation to the state prison complex. trial of a georgia man accused of leaving his 22 month old son in the car to die resumed after a four-daybreak caused my hurricane matthew. justin harris is facing felony murder among other charges because prosecutors say he deliberately left the little boy in the car for more than seven hours. harris' lawyers say it was an accident. another study is questioning the value of mammograms for breast cancer screening. researchers concluded a woman is likely to be diagnosed with a small tumor that's not destined to grow than she is to have a true problem spotted early. the study results to the ongoing debate whether mammograms are necessary. as always, women should check with their doctor. we want to give some love to the nhl on its owning night and to one player in particular. we often talk about hockey during the stanley cup. this is definitely worth it. this guy, no. 34, austin matthews. he's 19 years old. he was the no. 1 draft choice for the toronto maple leafs. last night, in his debut, all matthews did was score four goals. that's mama. his parents were in the crowd. his mother getting more and more emotional as the goals kept going. four is the most in a debut game in modern nhl history. the only downer, toronto lost the game, 5-4, but he scored two in the first five minutes. >> the fact that they lost 5-4 and he scored every single one of the goals, unbelievable. i don't know his family minded the loss. they were probably just focussed on the goals. >> so excited for him. hat trick, please. >> game two's going to suck for him, though. it's all downhill from there. here's something to look forward to the when the nba season begins. underhand free throws. >> check it out. courtesy of the houston rockets, he's been shooting granny style since his time at the university of louisville and he's not stopping now that he's in the pros. he showed off his underhand method during houston's exhibition trip to china. they all loved it there. do we like it? >> i'm game. apparently, there's players that shoot much better this way. they just won't do it because they don't think it looks cool. >> it's not like -- >> so that begs to question, would you shoot, quote-on-quote, granny style, if it upped your free throw percentage? >> absolutely. exactly. >> whatever works. >> not everybody would. >> after last season, the knicks are training everybody like that. ken bone probably shoots like that. >> i think -- if i were a basketball player, i'd shoot like that. i get better numbers that way than this way. >> really? >> though, i did play basketball for a short time. guess what? >> what? you did it over? >> yes. we're all learning. coming up, what would tebow do? he would 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australian photographer treading water when suddenly that happened. a humped back whale decided breach just a few feet away. the photographer got the whole thing on video and just for a little bit -- wow, got the above water and underwater vantage point. >> so cool. >> amazing. >> humped back can weigh up to 80,000 pounds. >> unbelievable. >> yeah. i would have screamed like that. >> out of excitement or fear? >> both. wow. now to sports personalities starting with tom brady. the new england patriots' quarterback has been photographed with donald trump in the past. >> at his news conference yesterday, brady was asked a question about his long-time friend. >> how do you respond to donald trump's version of locker room talk? >> thank you, guys, have a good day. >> just like that. >> yep. he was off. brady and trump have golfed together, and trump has mentioned brady's support on the campaign trail. >> brady, clearly, does not want to talk politics. >> didn't want to talk about it, yeah. another sports hero talking about a health scare about a fan collapsing in the stands. >> this is the section about future hall of famers. images viral of tim tebow rushing to the aide of brandon berry who collapsed on tuesday. right after he played his first game in the fall league there on tuesday. tebow described to our sister network, espn, how he prayed over the man. >> looked like he was unconscious for a little while, and when he came to, the longer he was conscious, the more comfortable he got, but you don't know what's going on. i was praying for him at the time when he woke up, just try to be there for him until the paramedics show up, and, honestly, try to make him smile and take his mind off of whatever he was going through, just treat him normal like anybody else. if you can rag him, rag him, give him a hard time, talk about his mom, whatever it is, but in my opinion, when people are going through some really tough times, they still want to be treated normal. and they still want to be, you know, treated like a friend, not, you know, necessarily, you know, just coddled, but, you know, that's around here, georgia fan giving him a hard time and trying to take their mind off of that, you know what they're going through at the moment. >> how do you feel about that? come out of a seizure, and they are talking smack about your mama? >> i don't know. i was enjoying taylor swift in the background. he reportedly said the fan was diagnosed with a brain tumor earlier this year. >> berry is doing fine now at home after being released from the hospital, and, apparently, they talked smack being from rival schools. when we come back, this year's top earning dead celebrity. and whoopi goldberg's latest venture she hopes will bring joy to the world, not did you know that people born from 1945 through 1965 have the highest rates of hepatitis c, but most don't know they're infected? people can live for decades without symptoms, but over time hepatitis c can cause serious health problems. if you were born during these years, the cdc now recommends that you get a blood test for hepatitis c. so talk to your doctor and find out if you have hepatitis c. it could save your life. know more. ♪ skinny, so skinny time for "the skinny," and topping the headlines this morning, the top paid celebrities in the year after. >> forbes is out with the annual list of dead celebrities who earned the most dead presidents. it's true. landing in third place, arnold palmer, golf legend, who actually just passed away 18 days ago. over the past 12 months, however, palmer made $40 million. >> number two on the list, peanuts creator, charles schultz. >> blasting ahead of them, the king of pop, oh "smooth criminal," raking in $825 million last year, michael jackson, mostly through the estate selling the remaining half share of the beatles off to sony for 750 million. >> rounding out the top five, elvis presley in fourth place and prince in fifth. >> prince is fifth, huh. all right. next, a month's long speculation is finally over. >> janet jackson confirmed her long rumored pregnancy at age 50 showing off her growing baby bump to "people" magazine. >> you will recall she was postponed unbreakable tour to focus on planning a family with her husband, a retired businessman. >> the five-time grammy award winner says, quote, we thank god for our blessing, and a source says she's doing well and resting until the baby's due and is already thinking about baby names. >> cool. congrats. >> congrats. next, hoping to spread serious christmas cheer, whoopi goldberg is laumplging a new fashion line, but not the kind most celebrities launch, it's ugly christmas sweaters. >> the kind ken bone would love. >> this is my fashion line. i'm jealous actually. >> it is great. "the view" host entered into an exclusive partnership. she says there's 11 styles with different styles and different names. >> there's santa love, the skirt the issue resembles a skirt. >> the sweaters retail for $139 and will hit stores november 1st. >> that one is -- >> interesting. >> it's something. >> yeah. finally, some exciting news for "star wars" fans. >> our parent company, disney, released the first movie poster for "rogue 1," and darth vader is looming over her shoulder. the death star and six of her costars. >> the movie poster release comes ahead of this morning's release of the film's very first trailer. look for that later this morning on "good morning america." 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"donald trump is facing accusations of inappropriate touching. two women are coming forward and telling "the new york times" that they were groped and kissed by trump years ago. the trump campaign is denying the claims and demanding a retraction. full details in a moment. the u.s. hit back yemen rebels for attempted attacks on u.s. warships. the pentagon confirms missiles were launched early this morning targeting three radar sites along the red sea coast. investigators say the deadly plane crash in connecticut was the result of a suicide attempt, not linked to terrorism. they say the instructor and the student fought in the cockpit before the crash, and the student, a native of jordan, died in the crash. that's hurricane nicole, spinning in the atlantic, category 4 storm with sustained winds of at least 130 miles per hour will hit bermuda today. flights and cruise ship arrivals to the island there have been cancelled. those are some of the top stories we're following this morning on thursday, october 13th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning to you all. i'm diane macedo. >> i'm kendis gibson. let's gets right to the trump news this morning. >> that's right. donald trump embroiled in another scandal accused of making unwanted sexual advances years ago. >> jessica leads tells the new york times that trump groped her breasts and tried to put his hand up her skirt on a flight to new york back in the '80s. and another woman said in 2005 trump kissed her directly on the mouth when she met him for the first time at trump tower. both accusers are hillary clinton supporters. they say they didn't feel authorities -- they didn't tell authorities rather what happened but told family and friends. the trump campaign is threatening to sue and is demand ing a retraction. >> and in a statement the trump campaign said, quote, this entire article is fiction. and for the new york times to launch a completely false, coordinated character assassination against mr. trump like this is dangerous, to reach back decades in an attempt to smear mr. trump, trivializes sexual assault and is a new low. >> pouncing on this referring to trump's behavior as disgusting saying, here, quoting them, sadly, it fits everything we know about the way donald trump has treated women. and hillary clinton's camp has also been hacked by the way, the chairman there, this time, it was her twitter account. a tweet from john podesta's account said he was switching teams and voting for trump. it's since been deleted. podesta is at the center of the latest wikileaks hack. a tweet from his account said he was switching teams voting for trump, but it's been deleted. more than a thousand new e-mails were just dumped yesterday. here's more on the clinton team's response. >> reporter: they started lining up to vote in ohio. stacks of ballots ready to go in florida, and nearly half of the country voting is already underway. hillary clinton driving that message home in colorado. >> and, you know, your vote can make all the difference. >> reporter: the stakes so high, clinton telling "the new york times," i'm the last thing standing between you and the apocalyp apocalypse. her team now trying to find its footing after wikileaks released thousands of campaign chairman's hacked e-mails, nearly 1200 exposing the inner workings of the clinton campaign. abc news has now authenticated these e-mails. trump pouncing. >> the e-mails show that hillary clinton's staff even has to give her secret notes on when she needs to smile. smile, hillary. smile. >> reporter: in one e-mail, he urges clinton to reach out to three prominent latino politicians including former new mexico governor bill richardson, saying, quote, needy latinos and one easy call. podesta blaming the russians, saying they are conspireing to help trump. the fbi now investigating. vladimir putin asking -- is it really that important who did it? it's important what is inside of this information. trump brushing off the attacks. >> ever notice anything that goes wrong, they blame russia. a russian did it. they have no idea. they say donald trump is friends with putin. i don't know putin, folks, i promise. i don't know putin. >> reporter: he recently questioned whether there were hacks to begin with. >> maybe there is no hacking. >> reporter: the clinton team feels good about prospects here in the battleground state saying that colorado already has more democrats than republicans registered for the first time in this state's history. cecilia vega, abc news, pueblo, colorado. breaking news from boston where two police officers were shot. the officers we're told are in extremely critical condition after being hit several times. they responded to reports of a man with a gun when they came under fire last night. the police chief called it a domestic dispute gone bad. the suspect killed at the scene. police in portland, oregon used pepper spray to break up a demonstration at city hall and arrested nine people along the way. some protesters fought back throwing objects at officers inside and outside the building, protesters wanted to stop the city council from voting on a new police contract saying the current mayor should let the incoming mayor take up the issue in january after more public input. a new federal report finds that police in san francisco used force against blacks more than other racial groups, but the report says more research is needed to determine whether those figures reflect racism, discrimination, or other factors like a higher volume of calls. nearly half the san francisco's population is asian and hispanic and blacks make up 6%. an emergency school call from a shooting that claimed the life of a 6-year-old boy has been released. abc's gio benitez has more. >> we have an active shooter. we have a child down. >> reporter: the frantic 911 calls after a 14-year-old boy allegedly shot two students and a teacher at a south carolina elementary school. >> please hurry. there's one child shot. >> reporter: that child was 6-year-old jacob hall. >> please hurry. >> i promise you, honey, they're coming as quickly as they can. >> reporter: police say after first killing his father, the teenager drove to the school and began firing wildly in the arieling he hated his life, bullets striking jacob and another teacher on the playground. fire fighter jamie tackled the teenage shooter. the fire chief and team at the school desperately tried to save jacob, but the damage was done. he died days later. the community honored him in a super hero themed funeral. they want to try him as an adult, but jacob's mother said she's already forgave him and her little boy would done the same. abc news, gio benitez, new york. well, wells fargo has a new leader this morning after the embattled ceo stepped down. john stumpf was under increasing fire over the account scandal. elizabeth warren was demanding he resign. he walks away with a $20 million pension and $100 million in stock. it's a big day for gamers and sony releasing a virtual reality platform that comes out today. vr. sony hopes tens of millions of play station users and competitive price makes it the leader when it comes to virtual reality experiences. it runs you $400, and you need to have a play station 4 in order to use it. >> details. city in australia is taking a stand against pornography. supporters of an effort to make the south of australia free from porn turned out for a rally there. among those in attendance, 200 civic leaders who made a simple pledge. >> i commit that i won't view porn, and i will help create a city free of porn. >> they say pornography promotes domestic violence and exploits women. the mayor pointed out it was not a ban on porn. 75% of the city's residents are christians, but supporters say the campaign isn't entirely motivated by religion. beatles fans likely to have a new lego item on the gift list for the holiday season that may take them back to 1969. >> it's a yellow submarine. you know the line, "we all live in a yellow submarine." >> think we hit it right there. >> not pitchy at all. >> we nailed it. the idea was the sub was submitted to lego by a fan, and got enough votes to be considered for production. >> more than 550 piece set includes john paul, george, and ringo and will be released on november 1st. does it come with singing lessons? 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>> reporter: at a phone bank in des moines, they are focused on early voting. >> we are, right now, in a tight race in iowa. >> reporter: it's big here. nearly half the ballots cast in 2012 came before election day, and as of last friday, democrats have an edge in the number of early ballots requested. >> are you here to vote? >> reporter: iowa makes it easy to vote early. satellite polling locations like this one on the campus of iowa state university in ames. a steady stream of students making sure they are eligible to vote and casting their ballots. >> we have worked very hard to get students registered ahead of time. >> reporter: hillary clinton does not need iowa to win the white house, but this state is a clear sign of how donald trump's election night is going. if he loses here, diane and kendis, he's likely short in the key battleground states he can't afford to lose, diane, kendis? >> that's why they are hitting up all the battleground states in the next three weeks. thank you, karen. coming up, the growing phenomena of urban angling. >> why so many sit dwellers are now casting their lines in the city's busiest waterways. you're watching "world news ♪ nitty gritty band. i know this song. >> fishing in the dark. there's something fishy going on in the waters -- get it? fishy? talking about fishing. it's going on right here in new york city. a growing number of people doing what was unthinkable in the co >> hitting up the east river and more and will climbed on board the manhattan's east river to get a closer look at the fishing fishermen who have taken up some urban angle. >> reporter: it runs through the heart of new york city. bordered by factories and highways, fed by the most polluted creeks in america. a famed final resting place, a punch line for generations. >> the east river? the most contaminated? >> reporter: forget that. we're going fishing on the east river. welcome aboard the capital princess, this is your assistant captain, will, speaking, we're going to catch serious fish. >> reporter: it's the ultimate in urban angling. fishermen casting lines in the shadows of some of new york city's most soaring skyscrapers, some even eating the catch. more on that later. the best way to learn about it is do it, right? my first few minutes on capital princess was anything but smooth sailing. there was not a lot of instruction. i just got the pole, and i guess, when there's fish, there's fish. you don't wait around, you know? ♪ except for me, everything but the fish were biting. i'm so good at catching whatever we don't want. time to call in the experts. luckily, for me, fellow fishermen had experience up share sleeves they were willing to share with me. >> i started fishing at 5 years old. my father took me down and i've been fishing ever since. >> reporter: and after a little one on one instruction from the pros -- >> don't shoot this part. he's doing it for me. it was time to see if i knew what i was doing. >> reel it in reel it in. >> reporter: how many pounds? >> four pounds. >> four? >> felt like 400. >> reporter: all right, my weight calculations were a little off, but it was the confidence boost i needed. in fact, i felt like, well -- >> i'm the king of the world! >> reporter: and back to reality. it was time to see if this king of the world could fly solo and hook a titanic catch all by myself. >> all right. >> that's a fish! reel it in. reel it in. don't reel, don't reel, don't reel! don't reel! it's a bass! he's got a striped bass. >> reporter: my catch of the day a striped bass, was really a catch of the month -- or longer. >> this is how we do it on the capital princess. >> yeah! >> hey. >> people spend a half a lifetime and don't do what you did in a matter of moments. >> i can't believe it myself. i think -- i'm learning from the best here. i think it has a lot to do with who is helping me out and less to do with me. >> well, it's a great crew, and i got to hand it to them. you know, i'm a deck hand. >> here we are, reeling in bass, you know, keepers, not keepers, everything. a little bit of everything. yet, we're 20 minutes from grand central station. >> we are. >> oh! >> reporter: despite the proximity to the traffic and skyscrapers, the water is clean and fish is fresh enough to eat. back on land, our urban anglers can't wait to cook their catches of the day. will gans, abc news on the east river. >> that was a huge bass. >> it was a huge bass. nice job. seriously hoping there's no food that's brought on set right now. >> you're not going to test? 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>> reporter: trump accused house speaker paul ryan of conspireing against him. >> but there's a whole sinister deal going on. >> reporter: trump spent the rally time hitting hillary clinton. but trump can't dodge his past of hitting on women from his 2005 crude comments to trump once telling howard stern how he had free reign at his beauty pageants. >> i go backstage before a show, and everyone's getting dressed and ready, and i'm allowed to go in. >> reporter: a former miss arizona who is a conservative went public with kcbs in los angeles. >> our first introduction to him was at the dress rehearsal half naked changing into our bikinis. >> reporter: the trump campaign says the accusations have no merit. >> you know, it's not only women he's disrespected, he's insulted practically everybody. >> reporter: hillary clinton dealing with the wikileak release of e-mails claiming that her campaign received the information. and the information was already available to the public. with stops in colorado and nevada wednesday, clinton is trying to capitalize on gop divisions. >> the last thing we need in our country are more bullies. we should be drawing people towards us. >> reporter: clinton is putting pressure on republican candidates to clarify their stance. they are either with donald trump or against him. as for the latest e-mail hack involving wikileaks, her campaign says the fbi's investigating. diane, kendis? >> kenneth, thank you. and we heard a lot about the gender gap in this election season, and now we have an example of just how much it might impact this election from our partners over at 538. the site compiled data from several october national polls and found if only men were voting donald trump would win in a landslide with the college with 450 for donald trump and 88 for clinton. the landslide is larger in reverse if only women voted. the map almost all blue giving clinton 458 electoral votes for trump's 80. breaking news overnight. the u.s. military fired on rebel sites in yemen in retaliation for attempted attacks on american warships in that region. the pentagon confirms cruise missiles were launched early this morning, targeting three radar sites controlled by yemeni rebels along the red sea coast. military officials believe all three targets were destroyed. the pentagon adds it will continue to respond to future threats on military as well as commercial ships in the red sea and elsewhere in the world. iraqi forces gearing up to retake the city of mosul which has been controlled by isis for more than two years now. artillery and armored vehicles have been arriving as cheering onlookers lined the roads, but the operation is complicated by new demands from neighboring turkey which is insisting on playing a key role in the offensive. baghdad objects saying its forces should be in the forefront. we're seeing dramatic video showing the moment of a deadly air strike on a syrian city of aleppo killing at least 15 people and leveling several buildings. part of the biggest market district in the eastern part of the city. that area has been the target of a russian backed syria offensive since the collapse of a cease fire last month. back to this country with the latest on the deadly plane crash in connecticut. officials now confirm that the flight instructor and his student fought inside the cockpit and that the instructor was unable to regain control before the crash. now the crash does appear to have been a suicide attempt by the student and terrorism ruled out. we have the latest from elizabeth hur. who has more on the investigation. >> reporter: investigators taking pictures and gathering evidence at the scene of the fiery plane crash now confirming this was no accident. >> information indicates the plane crash was intentional, but i want to be crystal clear, the circumstances beyond that are still being investigated. >> reporter: the plane had taken off from an airport in hartford, connecticut, when just before 4:00 p.m. tuesday afternoon, eyewitnesses say they saw the plane plunging into a busy street and taking down utility poles and power lines. >> three poles, when it hit the last one, just boom. >> power went out at work and everyone ran outside. >> reporter: on the ground, the plane narrowly missing a van carrying a mother and her children. >> sidewalks were full, businesses were full, and heavy amount of traffic. the fact that there were not more casualties as a result of the incident is amazing. >> reporter: as for the two men on board, a flight instructor 43-year-old and his 28-year-old student, abc news learning the student died in the crash. a jordanian national attending a flight school nearby. officials are searching his connecticut apartment and questioning roommates, but so far, no official word on a motive. police will only say they are not ruling anything out. kendis, diane? >> elizabeth, thank you. now to the weather. hurricane nicole set to hit bermuda today. this is what the storm looks like from the international space station. it's now a category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 130 miles per hour. airlines have cancelled flights to bermuda and cruise ship visits are being delayed. schools and businesses closed until nicole passes. and as flooding in north carolina shows no signs of easing, officials there ordered thousands more residents to evacuate their homes. the movement of the flood waters is called a slow motion disaster. some communities in the eastern part of north carolina are in danger of being cut off as more bridges in the area close. many of the rain swollen rivers aren't expected to crest until tomorrow or saturday and the death toll from matthew is already at least 38 people. breaking news from boston where two police officers were shot, one critically responding to a report of a person with a gun last night. in east boston when they came under fire. it appears a domestic dispute led to the call. one suspect shot dead at the scene and another in custody. murder charges have been filed against a man prosecutors say killed two palm springs police officers. john felix is an ex-con and known gang member and expected to be arraigned today. authorities say felix specifically targeted the officers for death. >> this individual wanted to kill police officers. he armed himself with a weapon to kill police officers. he put on a vest so that he would be protected so he could kill police officers. >> prosecutors say they will decide in the coming weeks whether he'll face the death penalty if convicted. a public funeral for the officers is scheduled for next tuesday. independent autopsy conducted for the family of a black man shot and killed by a charlotte police officer shows he suffered fatal gunshot wounds to the back and stomach. the shooting of keith scott touched off days of violent protests in charlotte. scott's family members says they were forced to have an independent autopsy because medical examiner refuses to release any information. the embattled ceo of wells fargo stepped down. john stumpf was under fire about the phoney account scandal, and senator elizabeth warren was among lawmakers who demanded he resign. warren tweeted he should still face a department of justice investigation. stumpfwalks away with 20 million dollar pension and more than $100 million worth of stock. so we rarely have the time to show you an event, an entire race from beginning to end, but this time we do. voila. ♪ >> the epic battle of the tortoise and the hare. and they are off. >> the hare with the early lead, but the tortoise -- extra confident with a break, just the same as the story goes. >> the hare was in serious smack talking. the hare cracking under the pressure. >> but is he hustling, folks? 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trump or ms. clinton, there's a place in mcclain. in case you heard the last of ken bone, ladies and gentlemen, think again. remember this scene in "space balls"? merchandising, merchandising. well, ken bone's in on the action. >> oh. >> similar to chewbacca mom. ken bone now has his own t-shirt. they are already on sale. while we may never know who he supports in november, he uses the fame to encourage followers to vote. >> i'm embarrassed to say i ordered mine. >> i was going to order you one and thought to wait if you have. >> and i did. >> he did. >> i hope it gets here before the 15 minutes is up, but i think i'm screwed on that front. in breaking ken bone news, there's also a ken bone costume, just because we like to say the name. ken bone. >> not quite the kind of costume you're thinking of. >> it's a sexy ken bone costume. the ladies can get in on the act. it costs a hundred bucks. it's a crop top, and black zipper closure, and the must-have mustache, and black glasses and 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a baseball fan who had collapsed in the stands. >> what the newly minted minor league baseball player is saying this morning about the fan's health scare and why he dropped everything to rush to the man's side. forbes is out this year with the highest paid dead celebrities. so who landed at the top of the list? here is a hint, it's not david bowie or prince or even elvis. and we'll tell you how much he made last year. you might think he's a smooth criminal. on this thursday, october 13th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now". >> somewhere. somewhere. >> i don't know that's a list i want to be on. it's great to make a lot of money -- >> i don't think a lot of people are aspiring to make that one, at least not yet. >> absolutely. let's talk about the presidential race, shall we? donald trump accused of doing what he described in that lewd recording that shook up the campaign. >> two women are now accusing trump of groping and kissing them without consent. they tell the "new york times" separate incidents occurred the first time they met trump. the alleged incidents happened years ago. now his campaign is firing back, demanding a retraction, even threatening a lawsuit. here's abc's dan harris. >> reporter: hours ago, the "new york times" posted a video online featuring jessica lead, a former businesswoman, who says she sat next to a young donald trump on a flight into new york city in the early 1980s. >> somehow or another, the armrest in the seat disappeared, and it was a real shock when all the sudden his hands were all over me. he started encroaching on my space. and i hesitate to use this expression, but i'm going to, and that is he was like an octopus, like he had six arms. he was all over the place. >> reporter: lead said she did not report trump's alleged behavior to anyone. >> in the late 60s, 70s, and 80s, the culture instilled on us it was our fault, the attention we received from men, that we were responsible for their behavior. you didn't complain to the authorities. you didn't complain to your boss. if something happened to you, you just bucked up and you went on. >> reporter: she tells the "new york times" she is a clinton supporter, and trump's campaign says the entire article is fiction, and for the "new york times" to launch a completely false, coordinated character assassination against mr. trump on a topic like this is dangerous. sources say donald trump's team is drafting a lawsuit against the new york times for defamation. dan harris, abc news new york. trump is also facing allegations of inappropriate behavior from an ex-beauty queen. >> former miss arizona is says donald trump walked into a room with partially clothed contestants for the miss usa pageant and said it happened back in 2001 when trump owned the pageant, of course, and described feeling helpless. >> our first introduction to him was when we were at the dress rehearsal half naked changing into bikinis, to have the owner come waltzing in when we're naked or half naked in a very physically vulnerable position and then to have the pressure of the, you know, the people that work for him telling us to go fawn all over him. go walk up to him, talk to him, get his attention. >> dixon's allegations are strikingly similar to a scenario trump once described to howard stern more than a decade ago on his radio show, but trump says her claims have no merit. hillary clinton's campaign is doing some more damage control amid release of more hacked e-mails. the e-mails from the clinton campaign chairman john podesta a batch of e-mails published yesterday by wikileaks. urging clinton to reach out to prominent latino politicians including former new mexico governor bill richardson. that e-mail makes reference to, quote, needy latinos and one easy call. podesta is blaming russians for the hacking saying they're conspireing to help trump. the fbi is looking into that hack. breaking news from the defense department this morning. the pentagon confirming that the u.s. military has retailuated for attempted attacks on u.s. warships in the red sea. military officials say tom hawk cruise missiles were launched early this morning targeting three radar sites controlled by yemeni rebels along the red sea coast. they believe the targets were destroyed, and they'll continue to respond to future threats on military or commercial ships in the red sea and elsewhere in the world. more breaking news from boston, back here at home. boston police officer fighting for his life after being shot. another officer was injured in the incident when police responded to reports of a man with a gun. police original asked residents in the east boston neighborhood to shelter in place as they search for the suspect. they said the suspect was killed later, and the situation is under control. new details about a plane crash on a busy street in connecticut. officials confirm that flight instructor and his student fought inside the cockpit and the instructor was unable to regain control before the crash. the crash appeared to have been a suicide attempt by that student. terrorism has been ruled out. he was killed in the crash, a native of jordan. the instructor is still in the hospital. thousands more residents in north carolina have been ordered to evacuate as the flooding situation there grows more dangerous. that flooding, of course, caused by hurricane matthew which is now being blamed for at least 38 deaths, most of them in north carolina. abc's phillip mena is in the flood zone. >> reporter: the death toll rising in north carolina, along with the water. >> my brother is in none of the shelters. >> reporter: fearing the worst for her brother, ralph, who refused to evacuate the hard hit town of lumberton. >> i'm saying that he stayed behind in the house and maybe the water didn't crawl up so high. >> reporter: finally learning her brother is safe as the disaster unfolds in slow motion. some like this woman and her family sleeping in their vehicle. >> i'm ten weeks pregnant, it's me, my two kids, three dogs and a cat. >> reporter: rivers at record levels, still rising. overrunning this town of goldsboro. emergency operations still underway. the death toll in the state now at least 20. phillip mena, north carolina. abc news. an arizona woman under arrest this morning accused of conspiracy to commit terrorism. she was taken into custody after federal and local law enforcement agents served warrants on two locations. they're not releasing anymore information at this time but sources tell abc phoenix affiliate that she's been complaining on facebook that she was denied visitation to a state prison complex. trial of a georgia man accused of leaving his 22 month old son in a hot car to die resumed after a four-daybreak caused my hurricane matthew. justin harris is facing felony murder among other charges because prosecutors say he deliberately left the little boy in the car for more than seven hours. harris' lawyers say it was an accident. another study is questioning the value of mammograms for breast cancer screening. researchers concluded a woman is likely to be diagnosed with a small tumor that's not destined to grow than she is to have a true problem spotted early. the study results to the ongoing debate whether mammograms are necessary. as always, women should check with their doctor. we want to give some love to the nhl on its owning night and to one player in particular. we often talk about hockey during the stanley cup. this is definitely worth it. this guy, no. 34, auston matthews. he's 19 years old. he was the no. 1 draft choice for the toronto maple leafs. last night, in his debut, all matthews did was score four goals. that's mama. his parents were in the crowd. his mother getting more and more emotional as the goals kept going. four is the most in a debut game in modern nhl history. the only downer, toronto lost the game, 5-4, but he scored two in the first five minutes. >> the fact that they lost 5-4 and he scored every single one of the goals, unbelievable. i don't know his family minded the loss. they were probably just focussed on the goals. >> so excited for him. hat trick, please. >> game two's going to suck for him, though. it's all downhill from there. here's something to look forward to the when the nba season begins. underhand free throws. >> check it out. courtesy of the houston rockets, he's been shooting granny style since his time at the university of louisville and he's not stopping now that he's in the pros. he showed off his underhand method during houston's exhibition trip to china. they all loved it there. do we like it? >> i'm game. apparently, there's players that shoot much better this way. they just won't do it because they don't think it looks cool. >> it's not like -- >> so that begs to question, would you shoot, quote-on-quote, granny style, if it upped your free throw percentage? >> absolutely. exactly. >> whatever works. >> not everybody would. >> after last season, the knicks are training everybody like that. ken bone probably shoots like that. >> i think -- if i were a basketball player, i'd shoot like that. i get better numbers that way than this way. >> really? >> though, i did play basketball for a short time. guess what? >> what? you did it over? >> yes. we're all learning. coming up, what would tebow do? he would shoot underhand if it was better. we'll find out in his own words. it's not about that, though. he's opening up about a frightening moment after a fan collapsed in the stands and how he rushed in to try to help. hear why he says he did it. you've heard of dead presidents, but now dead celebrities. forbes has the highest paid ones. can you guess who made it to the top of the list? first, here's a lock at today's forecast. >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by mypillow. t, here's a lock at today's forecast. >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by mypillow. 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the new england patriots' quarterback has been photographed with donald trump in the past. >> at his news conference yesterday, brady was asked a question about his long-time friend. >> how do you respond if your kids heard donald trump's version of locker room talk? >> thank you, guys, have a good day. >> just like that. >> yep. he was off. brady and trump have golfed together, and trump has mentioned brady's support on the campaign trail. >> brady, clearly, does not want to talk politics. >> didn't want to talk about it, yeah. another sports hero talking about a health scare about a fan collapsing in the stands. >> yeah. this is our segment about future hall of famers. images viral of tim tebow rushing to the aide of brandon berry who collapsed on tuesday. right after he played his first game in the fall league there on tuesday. tebow described to our sister network, espn, how he prayed over the man. >> looked like he was unconscious for a little while, and when he came to, the longer he was conscious, the more comfortable he got, but you don't know what's going on. i was praying for him at the time when he woke up, just try to be there for him until the paramedics show up, and, honestly, try to make him smile and take his mind off of whatever he was going through, just treat him normal like anybody else. if you can rag him, rag him, give him a hard time, talk about his mom, whatever it is, but in my opinion, when people are going through some really tough times, they still want to be treated normal. and they still want to be, you know, treated like a friend, not, you know, necessarily, you know, just coddled, but, you know, that's around here, georgia fan giving him a hard time and trying to take their mind off of that, you know what they're going through at the moment. >> how do you feel about that? come out of a seizure, and they are talking smack about your mama? >> i don't know. i was enjoying taylor swift in the background. he reportedly said the fan was diagnosed with a brain tumor earlier this year. >> berry is doing fine now at home after being released from the hospital, and, apparently, they talked smack being from rival schools. when we come back, this year's top earning dead celebrity. and whoopi goldberg's latest business venture that she hopes will bring joy to the world, not behar. "the skinny" is next. >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. ♪ ♪ skinny, so skinny time for "the skinny," and topping the headlines this morning, the top paid celebrities in the here after. >> forbes is out with the annual list of dead celebrities who earned the most dead presidents. it's true. landing in third place, golf legend, arnold palmer, who actually just passed away 18 days ago. over the past 12 months, however, palmer made $40 million. >> number two on the list, peanuts creator, charles schultz. made 48 million in the last two years. >> blasting ahead of them, the king of pop, oh "smooth criminal," raking in $825 million last year, michael jackson, mostly through the estate selling the remaining half share of the beatles off to sony for 750 million. >> rounding out the top five, elvis presley in fourth place and prince in fifth. >> prince is fifth, huh. all right. next, a month's long speculation is finally over. >> janet jackson confirmed her long rumored pregnancy at age 50 showing off her growing baby bump to "people" magazine. >> you will recall she was postponed unbreakable tour to focus on planning a family with her husband, a retired businessman. >> the five-time grammy award winner says, quote, we thank god for our blessing, and a source says she's doing well and resting until the baby's due and is already thinking about baby names. >> cool. congrats. >> congrats. next, hoping to spread serious christmas cheer, whoopi goldberg is launching a new fashion line, but not the kind most celebrities launch, it's ugly christmas sweaters. >> the kind ken bone would love. >> this is my fashion line. i'm jealous actually. >> it is great. "the view" host entered into an exclusive partnership. are with lord and taylor. she says there's 11 styles with different styles and different names. >> there's santa love, the skirt the issue resembles a skirt. >> the sweaters retail for $139 and will hit stores november 1st. >> that one is -- >> interesting. >> it's something. >> yeah. finally, some exciting news for "star wars" fans. >> our parent company, disney, released the first movie poster for "rogue 1," and darth vader is looming over her shoulder. the death star and six of her costars. >> the movie poster release comes ahead of this morning's release of the film's very first trailer. look for that later this morning on "good morning america." 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