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The stars cannot contain themselves. And we do say good morning, america. Lets see. 58 days until the new star wars movie hits theaters. Millions already watching that new trailer over and over and over on youtube and facebook. The founder of facebook, Mark Zuckerberg is one of them. He said, this looks amazing. I love star wars and so the response from the star wars facebook account, we know. Those movie ticket sites overwhelmed by preorders. All kinds of anticipation. Meanwhile, the political world waiting for joe biden. There he is right there. Will he or wont he run for president. The Washington Post jumped the gun last night, accidental headline, biden to launch president ial campaign. Not so fast. It came down but our new abc news Washington Post poll is out right now and might give biden supporters pause. It strongs a strong move from Hillary Clinton after that debate, sim slippage or biden and Abcs Jonathan Karl has all the latest. Jon. Reporter Hillary Clinton got a big boost coming out of that debate but it hasnt stopped the frenzy of speculation about whether or not joe biden will jump into the race. Man, i do enjoy it. How are you . Reporter wasnt quite a Campaign Speech but joe biden spoke passionately about tackling the threat of climate change. What are we doing . Reporter the question remain, what is biden doing . A source involved with bidens deliberations on whether to run for president tells abc news the Vice President has not made a decision yet. He is busy calling supporters but some in bidens circle now believe he may wait another week before announcing his plans. Well, biden is still mum on 2016, he may be testing out some potential campaign lines. Im not one of these guy, you know, lets go after the rich and the powerful and theyre the problem. Theyre not a problem. Reporter is that a swipe at Bernie Sanders campaign against billionaires or listen to this one. I dont condoleezza ricesider republicans enemies. Their friends. Is that a subtle shot at Hillary Clinton. Heres what she said. Reporter in addition to the nra, the Health Insurance companies, the drug company, the iranians, probably the republicans. Reporter but after clintons Strong Performance at the first democratic debate, voters are split on whether biden should run. 47 of democrats say they want biden to get in the race, while 49 say he should stay out. One biden confidant acknowledged the odds are against him starting so late, no money and no campaign organization. As for that washington, d. C. Headline that briefly hit the papers headline website, the kayna, wants everybody to know he had also prepared a biden is not running story, as well. Im sure he has. Okay. Thanks, jon. Meanwhile, you know, biden and his team say hes not paying attention to the polls as he makes this decision. No decision yet from the Vice President but that new poll we have does show his position has weakened over the last month. Reporter its dramatic. Take a look now. This is where the race was a month ago. Hillary clinton at 42 . Now these up to over 50 . Has a 31point lead, a huge boost coming out of that debate. Leaving some of his supporters to think hes probably waited too long to do this. Okay, jon karl, thanks very much. All right there, george. Now to Oscar Pistorius, out of prison this morning and under house arrest after less than a year behind bars for killing his girlfriend. Abcs terry moran is in south africa with the latest. Good morning, terry. Reporter good morning, robin. Well, it happened under cover of night. Oscar pistorius transferred from prison last night in two black Corrections Officers vehicles to this place, this splendid mansion. This is his uncles home. Weve seen family members coming and going and this is where he will spend the remaining four years of his sentence. This morning, a spokesamerican for pistorius house said this . Its important to emphasize his sentence hasnt been shortened or reduced. Hes simply entering the next phase. Reporter but no sign of pistorius himself and many are outraged feeling hes somehow getting special treatment. His probation requires him to continue court mandated psychotherapy and hell be barred from having a firearm. Its the latest chapter in a tragic saga thats riveted people around the world. Pistorius, a paralympic champion, a symbol of courage and hope to so many and reeva steenkamp, his beautiful south theres a storybook love until valentines day, 2013. Reeva is shot and killed behind a locked bathroom door by oscar who claims he was shooting at an intruder then the sensational murder trial, pistorius facing a blistering crossexamination. You killed reeva steenkamp, thats what you did. Say, yes, i shot and killed reeva steenkamp. I did, my lady. Reporter but in the end the judge declared that wasnt enough evidence to convict him of murder. And now hes out of prison and the parole board is also requiring him to meet with the family of reeva steenkamp, if they want to. Pistorius does have one more problem ahead of him. Next month prosecutors will be back in court. Theyre trying to overturn that verdict, get a murder conviction enstated and that means he could get back in prison for as much as 15 year, meanwhile, however, part of his conditions of leave this home to go to church and to work and his work is track and field, so its possible that we will see Oscar Pistorius back on the track soon. We will be watching for that. Okay, terry, thanks very much. Well turn to the hunt for a brazen hacker who launched a cyberattack against americas top spy and the head of Homeland Security. Hes been bragging about it online releasing private information overnight. Abcs chief justice correspondent Pierre Thomas is tracking the case, good morning, pierre. Reporter good morning, george. Overnight this allegedly young hacker began releasing what he claims is private information from some of the nations top intelligence officials. The hacker who claims hes a high school teenager angry about the plight of palestinians posted on twitter the names of what he says are the Social Security numbers of a whos who in the intelligence community. The list includes Homeland Security secretary jeh johnson and a host of current and former Senior Security officials. 9 stolen information was gleaned from private email accounts containing the background security files and other documents of cia director john brennan. The hacker claims he infiltrated brennans account by tricking verizon and aol employees into resetting his password. The twitter account posting the information was abruptly taken down last night. Today, the fbi and secret service are racing to identify the hacker and to see if they can build a case against him. Sources tell us it does not appear that any classified information was taken, but these top officials faced the prospect of more hacking and further leaks of their private information. Robin. So disturbing. All right, pierre. To a major milestone for all those people who lost so much money in the Bernie Madoff scandal. Brian ross is here. Abc news exclusive with the latest. Good morning, brian. Reporter good morning. Theres some good news for the victims of Bernie Madoff wiped out in what was the largest Financial Crime in american history. What do you have to a to the public . To your investors . Reporter when Bernie Madoffs massive ponzi scheme was uncovered seven years ago there was little hope his investors would get back any of their money. This morning officials and bankruptcy lawyers tell abc news they have now recovered more than 11 billion of the 17 billion that was lost. The calculations are that anyone who put in 1 million, 161,000 is going to be made completely whole in this distribution. Reporter is 100 back. Yeah and thats most of the people who had valid claims. Reporter a huge relief for hundreds of victims who lost their life savings to madoff including many outside the courthouse when he was sentenced to life in prison. You jerk. How could you possibly live with yourself. Reporter the biggest chunk of missing money was recovered from one palm beach lawyer found dead at his Swimming Pool less than a year after madoff was arrested. Officials now say they have determined jeffrey pick pour was in on the scheme and his widow turned over virtually every dollar he made in the madoff scheme, more than madoff himself. I think it was mr. Pickour probably as an individual by far made the most money. Reporter the bankruptcy trustee is still in court with his widow madoff to get even more money for the victims. The madoff case has also made the huge teams of bankruptcy lawyers very rich. They collectively got paid 1 billion in fees over the last seven years which they say was a good investment given the 11 billion they have recovered. 7 billion that thats what he took out. Hes considered probably one of the probably the most successful person in the madoff scheme. He got a lot more than madoff. And wheres madoff now . Whats happening . Hes locked up in a federal prison in North Carolina where he is spend the rest of his life. Staggering sums there. To ginger. You have a major warmup in the east with storms in the southwest. Well take one of those huge weather uturns the ones that get you pulled over from above freezing this week to d. C. To raleigh, new york city and then flipping some 20 to 30 degrees by tomorrow or thursday. So temperatures well into the 70s almost 80 for d. C. , raleigh, youll get there too with east wind and southwest, that low pressure system way up in the atmosphere will get caught for a couple of days and surge moisture and energy. That means thunderstorms, hail, the primary threat with damaging wind and flash flooding in there too. Ill have a whole lot more coming in the nations weather. Robin. Okay, but in the meantime, ooh, its good to be Oprah Winfrey. The power of oprah. I dont even say her last name that much. Thats why i stumble over it. The billionaire superstar betting big on Weight Watchers buying a stake in the business sending the stock skyrocketing. Abcs Mara Schiavocampo has that story for us. Good morning, mara. Reporter robin, good morning. Weight watchers is calling it a groundbreaking partnership. The media mogul joining the endorser and member this as the diet company is looking to expand from focusing just on weight loss to Overall Health and theyre hoping the oprah effect will help. This morning, Oprah Winfrey throwing her weight behind one of the worlds biggest diet companies. How does it feel to lose weight while on Weight Watchers. Reporter the media mogul buying 10 of Weight Watchers for 43. 2 million. Tweeting i believe in the Weight Watchers program so much i decided to invest. The announcement sending companys stock surging. Prices more than doubling monday. Oprah is a super savvy businesswoman. She wouldnt have joined if she didnt think it was a solid investment. Reporter as part of the deal oprah will become a Weight Watchers member. Publicly sharing her own experiences after struggling with her weight for decades. Famously dragging 67 pounds of fat on stage for the Oprah Winfrey show in 1988. It is amazing to me that i cant lift it but i used to car i it around every day. When you see me gain weight its not about me pigging out, its always about my life is out of balance. Its not about the food. Its about using food. Reporter this new partnership reflects Weight Watchers efforts of rebranding and broaden the companys mission to bring or advertise Overall Health and wellness. In recent years their stocks have slumped as many dieters have gone digital now theyre opening the oprah effect can tip the scales. Now, oprah will also take on a very Important Role as an adviser. One thing she knows how to do is inspire people to live their best life. As for that stock surge, the big winner, oprah. She made 70 million yesterday. Id say thats a pretty good day one. Yeah, sure was, mara. That was one of those tv moments. Remember when she rolled out that wagon with all that fat. Remember it like it was yesterday. Now amy is back with the mornings other top stories starting with several fires targeting churches. Thats right. Security is actually being tightened at churches in missouri after a string of suspected arson fires. Six predominantly black churches have now been set on fire in the st. Louis area in recent days. A reward is offered for information leading to an arrest. Well, a contractor in philadelphia has been convicted of manslaughter for a building collapse. Look at that that killed six people. Prosecutors claimed he ignored warnings and cut corners on the project in 2013. He could now face decades in prison. Well, surprising Election Results from canada overnight, the liberals winning in a landslide. 43yearold Justin Trudeau will be the next Prime Minister. Ending nearly a decade of conservative rule. Trudeaus father was Prime Minister in the 70s and 80s. Well, japan has confirmed the first case of cancer linked to the 2011 Fukushima Nuclear disaster. A former plant worker has leukemia and at least three similar cancer cases could also be linked to that plant. Well, there are new details about the death of a High School Football player in texas. 16yearold Cameron Matthews collapsed during a game on friday. Doctors say he died from an aneurysm and they are not sure if it was football related. And finally, well, the skies whatnot so friendly for this plane flying into australia. Did you see that . It was nearly struck by a huge bolt of lightning. A storm chaser caught the moment on tape and when you take a closer look, you see, look at that, the size of that lightning bolt just dwarfing the plane. The guy who took the picture was safely in his car but he was a storm chaser and said it was just a remarkable show and thankfully no one injured in the air. Two people, though, were injured on the ground. Really . Yes. Unbelievable picture. Thank you, amy. New star wars trailer seconds. Millions watches the star wars trailer during monday night football. 13 million more and counting viewed it on youtube and facebook overnight. Abcs nick watt is in l. A. With all the buzz on this coming blockbuster. Good morning, nick. Reporter good morning, george. Well, a lot of nerds like me were watching football last night just waiting for the trailer. 17,000 tweets a minute as it aired and this is our final glimpse, the final clues before the movie finally arrives for real. Galaxy reunited at last. And Princess Leia hug, why is she crying. Kylo ren channeling his predecessor. Nothing will stand in our way. I will finish what you started. Reporter set decades after return of the jedi. The younger characters arent sure jedis are real. I was raised to do one thing but ive got nothing to fight for. Reporter but we know better. Its true. All of it. Reporter this movie doesnt open until december but tickets went on sale last night crashing ticket websites around our planet. Theyre already for resale on ebay for hundreds. Many questions this trailer leaves. What is that . The force, its calling to you. Reporter who said that . Lupita . The force has awakened 58 days till opening night. Now, i dont have the stomach for the ticket fight last night but this morning i logged on. It is back up and running but a lot of theaters completely sold out for the first couple of days, all those gray dots un unavailable but do not despair, george and robin, there are still tickets out there. You will get to see the movie. 58 days ahead of time. Thank you, nick. The stars of the movie saw the trailer for the first time last night. He plays fin in the movie. This is him last night watching the trailer. Oh what what i guess he liked it. Oh. He called it epic so i guess he liked. 277 if anybody was watching the football game. Yeah. So much more ahead this morning. Quarterback Johnny Manziel caught on camera pulled over an apparent fight with his girlfriend. He hit me a couple of time. While you were in the car . Yeah, but i dont want to please dont make what manziel says really happened inside the car. Also ahead was it road rage . Look at this driver plow into a oh. 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Eyewitness News Reporter dray clark live at the scene with the very latest. Reporter good morning, ken, the fire at 221 west 17th street is controlled and contained but theyre concerned about the stability of the building. Firefighters say its in major danger of collapsing. This was the scene earlier this morning, a full blown inferno with flames towering two stories tall. That fire broke out around 3 this morning. The 6 story Brick Manufacturing building was under renovation. There was a watchman inside the building when the fire broke out, and he was able to make it out of the building without injury, and firefighters are now talking to him to get more information on what may or could have started this fire. Meanwhile several adjacent buildings here on west 17th street have been evacuated and we understand that those people who live in those buildings it could be several more days before they are allowed to come back home. Were live in chelsea, dray clark channel 7 eyewitness news. two people are dead after a wrongway crash on the Northern State parkway in dix hills. It all started just before 3 this morning. Witnesses telling us an suv was being chased by police while both were heading west in the eastbound Northern State. No word right now what led to that police chase. It is 7 25. We check in with Heather Orourke for how alternate routes are looking. The Northern State parkway remains closed between exits 41 and 42. Naturally everybodys heading to the l. I. E. Heres the l. I. E. , you can see a lot of alternate volume there. Lets head to our maps. Jericho turnpike is also a very good alternate for you if you want to avoid that Northern State parkway closure. In addition to this, we have another situation on the gowanus expressway. Its on the inbound side. Its right near 38th street. This accident is being cleared. Outbound side we have some emergency activity. 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Its cool and crisp outside ken, and the temperatures so far here in the 7 00 hour still 49 degrees. Thats right at our normal overnight low. Whitestone 49. Ridgewood had the and were looking at temperatures around 53 bridgeport and montauk 54. 50 islip. Those are warmer because the winds are out of the southwest at 16 miles an hour. Weve got a bright beauty today. Were looking at 60 at noontime, 68 later on today. Thats 15 degrees warmer than yesterday, and tomorrow its even warmer, sunshine, 73, and a cold front moving through thursday night and then get it cooler for friday. That is the news for now, welcome back to gma and take a look at this. Driver swerves out of control on a texas highway right into that motorcycle injuring the driver and his girlfriend and the man behind the wheel is being charged right now but he is not apologizing. Has something of a bizarre excuse, as well. Well get into that. Every time you see that piece of video. Also this morning, we have some other headlines we want to tell you about. Hillary clinton surging in the latest abc news Washington Post poll opening up a big lead on Bernie Sanders as Vice President joe biden drops more hints overnight that he may get in the race. Also an important milestone in former nba star lamar odoms recovery. He has been transferred by medical helicopter to an l. A. Hospital where he is being treated. His family says he is alert and that he is improving. And also this morning a Little Mystery in the sky. Jesse jesse, what do you got . This picture taken in china lighting up the fwhet. It looks like a city in the sky but was it really . The secret behind the skyscrapers. Thats all coming up. Could it be another promotion for star wars . Oh. Thank you, both. We are going to begin with that new trouble for former Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel making headlines off the field again. Abcs gio benitez has the details for us. Good morning, gio. Reporter good morning. He won the heisman in 2012 and known simply as Johnny Football but his list of awards seems just as long as his list of controversies and this morning now we have the tapes for his latest one. This morning, new dash cam video from that roadside argument between Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel and his girlfriend. He hit me a couple of times. While you were in the car. Yeah, but i dont want please dont make reporter the Police Report alleges manziel was speeding at 90 miles an hour and that he and girlfriend Colleen Crowley admit they had been drinking before crowley reportedly trying to exit the moving car and crowley accused manziel of pushing her head against the window. Police now releasing these photos showing a mark on crowleys arm, an afriction friction burn according to the Police Report because manziel was trying to keep her in the car. Listen as a witness calls 911. There seems to be some sort of domestic disturbance. You can hear a man yelling in the background. Baby please. Reporter manziel tries to explain. She threw her phone out the window and i grabbed her arm, hey, get in the car, ill come find this later. Reporter after manziel spent more than two months in rehab at a drug and alcohol clinic released just this past april. He has issues. He should be dealing with those issues, not think about playing football. Reporter a concerned browns coach mike pettine acknowledged it at a press conference. Everything is magnifyied times a thousand. He made a lot of strides. This did a process. Its upsetting. Reporter police did not charge the couple and manziel said it was a dumb public argument and crowley posting and later deleting the message j and i are good. This morning, of course, are they really good . The browns saying they take this seriously and have expressed their concerns to manziel directly. The nfl says it is aware of the incident but wont comment any further. Well see what happens. We will see. He has such enormous talent but these issues that he continues to get himself into. Well see what happens, gio. We turn to that wild scene on a texas highway. This driver charge for swerving into that motorcycle. He claims it was an accident. Has a very unusual excuse. Abcs ryan owens has the story. Reporter millions have watched this disturbing video online. A car swerving right into a motorcycle as it tries to pass on a texas highway. The motorcyclist is thrown from the bike, his girlfriend riding on the back seriously injured. Just as jarring, the reaction of the driver who hit them. What were you doing . You hit them. I dont care. I got it on video too. I dont care. Reporter thats 68yearold william crum being confronted by the motorcyclists friend who recorded it all. I got it on video too. I dont care. Reporter this morning crum has a most unusual excuse for hitting the bike. All of a sudden i felt this tremendous stinging in my left leg and i thought it was a wasp or something and i didnt know it was a spider bite. Reporter causing him to jerk the wheel and swerve into the left lane. I didnt try to hurt anybody. I just it was a reflex from the pain. Reporter eric sanders is the biker who still covered in road rash and not buying crums story of the mystery insect. The car jerked over towards me violently. He had 100 control of that car the entire time he was driving it. Reporter the District Attorney isnt buying it either. Late monday charging william crum with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. His car. Before he was charged with the two felonies, crum was asked if he wants to apologize to the couple. To her, but to him, no, cause he was doing something illegal. Reporter its true police cited sanders for illegally passing the car but crum may now have to use his bug bite defense in court. For Good Morning America, ryan owens, abc news, grandbury, texas. Lets talk to dan abrams about this. We heard the twinkie defense and now the spider defense. Yeah, come on. This is not going to be a successful defense. There are real defenses out there. For example, i had a seizure. I was attacked. Those are defenses where you say, look, it wasnt my fault that something that i did in the the smieder or wasp defense isnt going to work and in particular because of what he says thats what i was going to ask you about. He says this guy was doing something illegal. Its not just that but immediately after the incident, hes basically saying that hes not sorry about what happened. Hes talking about people doing wheelies, et cetera. Hes clearly got animus. If i was this guy, i would definitely try and cut a deal. Youre talking about serious crimes here. Hes being charged with two counts of assault with a deadly weapon. Up to 2 to 20 years behind bars is the sentence for this kind of crime. If i were him i would drop the spider defense, drop the wasp defense and instead try and get in there with the prosecutors and say to them, i want to cut a deal. Offer me some sort of lesser conviction here, because, remember, he doesnt even have to have intentionally did it. He just has to have been reckless in doing it. That makes it a really tough defense for him in this case. Free legal advice from dan abrams. Yeah. This guy is going to need some help. Okay, dan, thanks very much. Coming up, that alleged sex scandal rocking the university of louisville basketballs team. The woman at the center speaking it out and how it unfolded for years. One day they were saying does your makeup remover take it all off . Every kissproof, cryproof, stayproof look . Neutrogena makeup remover does. It erases 99 of your most stubborn makeup with one towelette. Need any more proof than that . Neutrogena. Were never having kids. Mmmmmm. We are never moving to the suburbs. 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We are back now with the woman at the center of the sex scandal involving one of the top Basketball College programs in the country speaking out to espns outside the lines about the allegations against the university of Louisville Team and abcs ryan smith is here with the story. Good morning, ryan. Reporter good morning, lara. Theyre akin to basketball royalty. An annual fixture at the ncaa tournament with a top notch coach and star studded recruiting coach to boot but the team is under fire with a selfhe scribed escort queen with details of wooing of some of those stars with sex. If they wanted to make extra money thats what the side deal was. Sex. Reporter this morning, the woman at the center of allegations the College Basketball powerhouse louisville cardinals three Time National champions hired female escorts to woo recruits breaking her silence sharing lureid details paid for the former director of operations andre mcgee. Andre always had the money, passed out the money, made it rain. Made the deals. Paid for the deals. Reporter speaking exclusively to john barr of espns out side the lines. Katina powell penning a book breaking cardinal rules attending 22 parties between 2010 and 2014. Some in campus dorms adding she and several other woman including three of her own daughters participated in sex with recruits, team members and some of their fathers. Andre would come to me and tell me what girl the recruit wanted and i would tell the girl and she would say her price, i would tell him. He would say, okay. Give me the money. That was just it. He would take them into another room and him, her and the recruit would do what they did reporter the scandal rocking one of the countrys top basketball programs. Their coach, two Time National champion rick pitino initially floored by the allegations. Stomach. I dont believe in any form of cheating at all and to get an advantage with a recruit. Reporter last week defiant. Telling a packed house of louisville supporters he abides by ncaa rules. If there was any wrongdoing, its a big if, and people have to pay for their crimes, and thats an if, if it happens, we will own up to it. Reporter but powell questioning what pitino knew and when he knew it. Four load, a boatload of recruits and dancers, loud music, alcohol, security, came in at will. How could rick not know. Reporter the scandal sparking separate investigations by both the ncaa and the university of louisville. Campus police also reviewing the allegations for possible criminal charges. Now to be clear, powell says she is not sure whether pitino knew about the parties she claims mcgee arranged. She never talked to or met pitino. Our Sister Network reached out to the university and pitino and theyre not commenting citing respect for the process, ncaa and criminal investigations and espn also saying mcgee is declining comment as well. Yeah, ryan, the full story of the louisville scandal there morning on espn and dotcom and sportscenter. Quickly, though, jess, you were a recruited football. Your perspective. Its amazing what happened now and in College Sports these High School Kids are recruited so heavily and different places will go to different extremes but ive never heard of anything like this. Wild story. It is wild. All right, jess, thank you. Jesse has another story, mystery if you will in the sky. Its not a bird. Its not a plane. Its a fullblown city in the air. Or is it . Well tell you next in our speed feed. My guess is its not. Turning cooler and the air is nice and crisp, i know that fall has finally arrived. And with it, all the flavors of the season. Fall is all about bringing people together around delicious food. And each recipe brings as much enjoyment as the company. Low prices on everything you need to make every meal more memorable. Walmart. Look, the wolf was huffing and puffing. 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But, of course, the truth is both heavenly and more down to earth. Its a rare phenomenon known as a fada morgana. When warm air sits on top of cool air and light at different angles that can look like buildings. Thats like 90degree angles. These are phenomenal, amy. Tracking and mystifying people for centuries. With pictures like these its obviously not hard to see. Youve taken over name that cloud. Makes me want to jesse had to do a lot of homework. We were talking offset. Its like a mirage you see them in the desert. I thought you said hakuna matata. That means i love you. Robin is like what did you just call that . Say what . Just so impressed by you, jesse. Yeah. A wealth of knowledge. Yeah. A little bit left for your Atmospheric Science my head is about to explode. Pop news is coming. Pop news is coming. Stick around for pop news. Itll be a goodne. 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This is breaking news from channel 7 eyewitness news. Good morning, its 7 56 this tuesday october 20th. Im ken rosato, and that breaking news is in chelsea where our 5 alarm fire is finally under control but it has doomed an entire building. The flames erupted in the middle of the night in a building under renovation on west 17th. Fire marshals are now looking into the cause of that fire. That building could come down at any time or it has to be taken down for sure. Neighbors have been evacuated. They may not get back into their apartments for days. Were also following breaking news on long island. Two people are dead after a wrongway crash on the Northern State parkway in dix hills. It all started just before 3 this morning. Witnesses telling us an suv was if being placed by a police car while both were heading west on the eastbound Northern State. At some point the suv hit another vehicle head on. No word right now on what led to the police chase. It is 7 57. We check in with heather for remains closed down between exits 41 and 42. This is the l. I. E. Getting into commack road. We do have a lot of volume. Thats an alternate to the Northern State parkway. Lets go to our maps. Jericho turnpike, another up volume. This is your delay coming right by the vets highway merge. You can see the Northern State parkway jam packed. The l. I. E. Is packed up as well. And then you have a delay over here on the gowanus expressway inbound 38th street an accident. Street cleaning rules are in effect. Thank you. Meteorologist bill evans with the accuweather forecast. Weve got sunshine and your 8 00 temperatures is going to be around 50 degrees, and were looking at sun and pretty weather. Very nice fall weather for the morning hours. Its sweater type, sunglasses too with temperatures 34 in monticello. 60 at noontime, 68 this afternoon, 73 tomorrow. Now on thursday we show a shower. Thats thursday night. We got a great day thursday and then that front moves through thursday night making it cooler on friday. Thats the news for now. Coming up next on gma the first interview with the couple who left the ballroom on im michael douglas, and new york is my home. Theres no place like it in the world. And theres no time to see it like the fall. Take metro north to take in the beautiful fall foliage from high above the hudson. Swing a club at one of americas greatest courses. See spectacular sights underground. Or thrilling sights above it. Theres so many incredible ways in new york state. Plan your trip at iloveny. Com. Good morning, america. Its 8 00 a. M. Vanished. The disappearance of a College Student. His friends frantically searching for him. How the find my iphone app saved his life. School bus emergency. Students scramble to evacuate after scary fumes filled their bus. Open the window. What happened . Outraged parents demanding answers about what really happened. An abc news exclusive. Rock n roll superstar Travis Barker opening up about the terrifying night he survived a plane crash. The plane is on fire. My hands are on fire. I basically ignite my whole body on fire. His incredible survival story and how his children pulled him through his darkest days. And the big move on dancing with the stars that got everybody clicking. Bindi and derek leap into dirty dancing and only we were there as we say all good morning, america. Great to see all these beautiful Smiling Faces from all around the country joining us here in times and a little bit warmer for them. Still bundled up. Rightfully so. How great is movie night . Another look at bindi and derek bringing back dirty dancing. Wowed everyone. They did have a lastminute change. I got to tell you also other great scenes last night. Andy and alison doing singing in the rain and getting perfect 10s. He was good. He was really good last night. Great to see those scenes. Well have a lot more coming up. A recap coming up. Also ahead, how you can get the prescription for the right doctor, right diagnosis no matter what youre dealing with. Its a new book. Its brilliant. Its the patients playbook. Helps you knowing what questions to ask. Lots of good information and amy with the morning rundown. The big story, speculation run gning rampant about Vice President joe bidens possible run for president. Biden is slipping in t polls while Hillary Clinton enjoying a bump from last weeks debate. Sources now say biden may wait until next week to announce whether or not hes running, but hes already firing off what appears to be subtle jabs at clinton and Bernie Sanders. The Washington Post mistakenly released a story saying biden had launched ace campaign. The paper blames a glitch. Well, the fbi is trying to track down a hacker who is bragging about compromising the personal email accounts of the cia director and the secretary of Homeland Security. Overnight the alleged teen hacker began releasing what he says is private information from those accounts including Social Security numbers of key intelligence officials. Well, pomp and circumstance on display in london as Queen Elizabeth welcomes the president of china for a state visit. The royal carriages headed to Buckingham Palace where the queen is hosting a banquet. Attending. Well, a georgia College Student is recovering after he was found unconscious by Railroad Tracks more than 48 hours after he disappeared. His friends finally found him with the heavy of an iphone app and abcs Kendis Gibson has his story. Reporter a miraculous scene caught on camera. Missing student james hubert found and rescued monday morning blooded and bruised but alive. A happy ending to a nearly threedaylong search. Unreal. Reporter the 24yearold vanishing after attending a sorority event. His disappearance setting off a massive search throughout the weekend by police, friends and classmates. This is all credited to our students not giving up on their friend. Reporter the big break coming when two of huberts friends realizing his date had left her phone in his jacket. Using the find my iphone app to track his whereabouts. Those cell phone pings leading to him along Railroad Tracks seven miles from where he was last seen. I ran over to see if he was okay and he opened his eyes and he said where am i . Am i missing . Reporter ems arriving transporting him to a hospital where hes recovering from his injuries. His mother posting this selfie to facebook. Hubert told police he was beaten up and robbed but unable to remember what happened to him so police are still investigating exactly how he landed at those Railroad Tracks. For Good Morning America, Kendis Gibson, abc news, new york. What an incredible story. Kendis, thank you. A scare for students on a school bus in washington state. They tried to scramble out of in the back of the bus. Open the window. Open the window. What happened . We dont know. The hose was spewing antifreeze, parents say the kids were not treated fast enough for their headaches and burning eyes. The district says every child was checked by a school nurse. Well, finally next time youre in a wildlife park remind yourself do not make elephants angry. Watch what happened to this man in thailand whose noisy moped was annoying the elephants so they charged him screaming at the top of their lungs. Take a listen. I believe that is elephant for get the bleep out of here. And the guy on the moped, i think, understood, as well and ran into the woods and reportedly he was couched in a praying position and he stayed there are you sure he was praying. No translation necessary. Dont you know there are kids playing here. So they were protecting their young. Dont make a momma elephant mad. Huhuh. Thank you, amy. To lara in the social square. Thank you very much, george. Heres whats coming up on our gma morning menu. The uproar over Chrissy Teigens pregnancy. The model not afraid to take on her critics this morning. And blink182 rocker Travis Barker opening up about the incident, the accident that nearly took his life. And then dancing with the stars on fire. Even getting a little magical. Were backstage for it all. All that and Bradley Cooper will be with us live right here on gma in times with a wonderful audience. Gmas morning menu is brought to you by moen. Buy it for looks, buy it for life. Stand strong as the waves roll [ male announcer ] dont you wish everything could put itself away like reflex . Only from moen. Buy it for looks. Buy it for life. Theres only one egg that gives you better taste and better nutrition in so many varieties. Classic. Cage free. And organic. Only egglands best. Better taste. Better nutrition. How do they make starburst taste so juicy . They use wicked small fighter jets to shoot the juiciness into every starburst. [ pilot ] its about to get juicy. 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We expect a lot from our cars and we need to make sure that youll make the grade. You have to admit, youre looking awfully nice. Oh just relax. Its gonna be a long time oh, yeah, we know that music. Saturday night live. Saturday night fever in the ballroom. I would have picked that song. Nick carter did. He got down with some disco as the stars took on some of our favorite routines. We were backstage for it all. Go, amy. Whoo. Saturday night fever. Youve done that a couple times before. You keep doing that and youll find yourself on dancing with the stars. Everybody is awe digging this morning. Not everybody. Not everybody. Well move on to our heat index and this mornings hot button. Or not. Were still auditioning. Chrissy teigen firing back against online critics who say she isnt telling the whole truth about her pregnancy after posting a baby bump picture. Nightline anchor juju chang has the story. Reporter a photo of Chrissy Teigens baby bump sparking criticism about the size of her pregnant belly. The model and tv host is known for sharing her life in realtime with millions of social media followers. So it may come as no surprise shes doing the same with her pregnancy writing somebody is early to the party. Thousands of congratulatory messages pouring in but along with those, a barrage of body shaming comments about the size of her bump. You got big fast. My bestie is due in feb and shes half your size. Not twins. Probably triplets. Teigen who didnt disclose her i did ivf one at a time. It isnt twins. I can see the thing. Get out of my uterus. There is a multitude of factors that goes into how she appears when shes pregnant. At the end of the day thats nobodys business other than hers and her doctors. Reporter it was just a week ago that teigen and hubby john legend took to instagram to reveal their news. John and i are so happy to announce that we are pregnant. As many of you know weve been trying for awhile acknowledging they struggled to conceive. One teigen made public just last fablife. Trouble. We would have had kids five, six years ago if it happened but my gosh its been a process. Reporter to the dismay of her many fans the scrutiny surrounding the photo may have turned the star off from sharing the remainder of her pregnancy writing, no more preg tweeting for me. Lesson learned. But despite the negativity teigen already showing shes one tough momtobe tweeting, good thing i am unoffendable or this would be a rough few months. For Good Morning America, juju chang, abc news, new york. Oh, its just beginning. How many times do people say, sure you dont have twins in there . I mean did you swallow a basketball. I got that. We were trading insults. Some cant be repeated. Said to your face. Oh, yeah, really. Your due date is that far away. Are you sure you got it right . Thanks, yeah. So if youve been on social media people have something to say about it. Those are the comments they were able to share with us. They shared others with us. Next up on heat index, abc news exclusive with rock star Travis Barker. Blink182 drummer in his first indepth tv interview since a plane crash that nearly took his life. He sat down with abcs chris connelly. Got to take a look at this. Planes on fire. My hands are on fire and un unbuckle my seat belt and jump right into the jet which holds all the fuel and basically ignite my whole body. Reporter thats drummer Travis Barker known for his work with blink182. All the small things true care reporter speaking for the first time about the night of september 19th, 2008 when the chartered plane he, bffdj a. M. Real name Adam Goldstein and two of their cohorts were in crashed on takeoff in columbia, south carolina. Im soaked in jet fuel. Theres nothing i can do to put the fire out. Then we realize, you know, were out of the plane and the plane explodes. Then i stayed in burn centers for like the next four months. Reporter two Close Friends and the two pilots would die in the crash. Severely burned over 65 of his body. Barker would no searing, unimaginable pain. What does that feel like . That, i mean, that feels like hell. His xheling new memoir can i say, he undergoes 27 surgeries and at one point considered taking his own life. I would call friends of mine and say deposit a Million Dollars into whoevers bank account. You were willing to pay 1 million to take me out. They had to pull the phone out of my room. Reporter what saved him was his kids. It was hard for them to see the state i was in. Theyd color in class and everyone is drawing pictures of their family or what they did in the weekend and landon is drawing a picture of a plane crashing. So, yeah. Reporter its not right, is it . It was i mean, it was definitely something that i mean he was old enough to understand, you know. Reporter one year later another blow with Adam Goldstein losing his courageous battle with drug addiction. Barker says his book tells of a wild reckless lifestyle that hes put in the Rearview Mirror with 40 one month away his existence is focused on drumming and minding his kids. Hes still playing gigs including with mark in a reconstituted blink182. He hasnt been in a plane since that night. Hes not ruling it out. You know, i i tell my children when youre ready to fly im ready to fly. Reporter barker in his book says his daughter alabama had an eerie recommend in addition saying the roof is going to come off as he headed for south carolina. Even on the tarmac moments before the fateful flight barker says he shared concerns on the phone with his father. Barker is a lifelong white queen mary ii to gigs overseas. You showed us a side of travis that is rarely seen. Yeah. That is certainly true. Hes very familiar for his antic, i guess and his exciting lifestyle but this is a very serious thing he went through. So brave to talk about it. What a lifechanging event and those kids, to have that imagery in their minds. I hope one day they can all hold hands and get on a flight and be okay. For him to say when my kids are ready to fly that says hes a great dad, isnt he. Yeah, he doesnt want to be limited by his issues. He wants to make sure his kids live a rimpf, full life and looking after his kids is really important. His daughter is a cheerleader and he likes to be a cheer dad these days. It always boils down to our families. Thats whats most important. Chris, thank you, thank you, thank you. That was terrific. Youll have more with Travis Barker on nightline tomorrow night. All right, well, next up on our heat index, a blast from the past on dancing with the stars. The nine remaining couples recreating alltime favorite dance routines but it was the last dance for ununlucky couple and jesse has a look at all the action on the ballroom floor. Thats right, amy. It was a crazy night stars channeling everyone from magic mike to madonna. Three couples got perfect scores but one couple vogued their way right out of the ballroom. An electrifying night on the dance floor. Oh, wow, wow, wow. Dance moms reporter the remaining couples taking on the most iconic in showbiz history channeling the king of rock n roll to that magical magic mike. Bindi irwin tackling Uncharted Waters proving shes no cry baby. Nobody puts bindi in the corner. Reporter nailing that famous dirty dancing lift. Because ive had the time of my Life Reporter as effective as the original. Reporter this week bindi leaving the animals for Alexa Penavega rocking a reallife snake just like britney at the vmas. Snake reporter vine star hayes grier doing his best danny from grease for judge olivia newtonjohn. You have so much poise. Youre so gorgeous. Youre a baby john. Reporter with yellow raincoat raincoats, that classic staircase and the old couch. Reporter it was andy grammers turn to sing in the rain. This is probably the best musical of all time. Get up on the dance floor vogue. Reporter but despite paula deens best efforts to stay in vogue. Reporter she and her partner Louis Van Amstel were sent packing. I thought ill be gone two weeks. Its been six. No one was more surprised than me but i know without a shadow of a doubt it was for my friends out there. And for that gift, i cannot thank them enough. Paula was very thankful to her fans and voters who kept her in the competition for so long. A little behindthescenes secret for all of you. Bindi and derek revealed they almost had a wardrobe malfunction moments before hitting the star, making a lastminute change to her outfit to help her keep everything in place. No wound would have known. You were behindthescenes. You dont see that. I got sources everywhere, robin. Everywhere. The best line, nobody puts baby in the corner. Thats right. A movie classic. It is. Thanks, jesse. Thank you, next monday by the way is halloween night on dancing with the stars at 8 00, 7 00 central right here on abc. Lets go outside to ginger how about this of my. You take your age and divide it by two and add seven. I would not date a 28yearold. I have that tattooed on my back. Yeah. Table. Easy cheat sheet like memento. What not to say . Or reading the prompter. Im learning as i go. I was watching you during pop news. You always say very little. But very smart. Yeah. Now i know why. Silence is powerful. Yes, exactly. Its golden. Thank you for that math mathematical equation. America, youre welcome. More to come from jesse. Still were not sure how long you will go but working on it, america. Hey, also in pop news. When it comes to friendship. Pixar knows how to take you to infinity and beyond. The Animation Studio has released the highlight reel. It is so beautiful. Its really sweet, you guys. Showcases their 20 years of friendship that they have created on the big screen with such beloved characters and classic movies as toy story. Monsters inc. , finding nemo. Im telling you, break out the hankies. This pixar love comes in anticipation of their next release, the good dinosaur getting great buzz. Very, very sweet. Just a really nice kind of Tuesday Morning feelgood thing. And then they say that proof is in the pudding. But sometimes the proof is in just ask this little fellow who claims he has no idea what happened to the blue cupcake. Hey, jack, did you eat a cupcake . No. You didnt eat a cupcake . No i wasnt at home. I was at home. I was at home. Busted. I have an alibi. Hes got more to say. No, he did not do it. He just did not do it. Im not Shonda Rhimes but i dont think he would do well on how to get away with cupcake well be back, everybody. Good morning, it is 8 27 on this tuesday, october 20. Breaking news is in chelsea, where five alarm fire, destroyed an apartment building. Eyewitness News Reporter dray clark is on the scene. Reporter good morning, we are on the corner of west 17th and seventh avenue. Behind me the fire at 221 west 17th street. Firefighters telling us the building is still in major danger of collapsing. Meanwhile, this was the scene earlier this morning, a full blown inferno, with flames towering two stories tall. The fire broke out at around 2 55 this morning. And eventually would reach five alarms. The sixstory Brick Manufacturing building was under renovation, and we understand there was a watchman inside the building, when the fire broke out. And he was able to make it out okay. Meanwhile, there have been a number of evacuations and firefighters tell us those folks who were asked to leave allowed to come back for several days. Were live in chelsea, dray clark, channel 7 eyewitness news. Thank you. It is 8 28. We will take a break and when we come lets get a check of the morning commute with heather. We still have the Northern State parkway completely shut down because of an ongoing accident investigation. You can see the closure near willfield road closed between we will head over to the maps. Jericho is picking up alternate volume. We have a ton of delays on the likewise. On long island railroad, montauk to patchogue, buses replacing the trains. Street cleaning rules are in effect for today. Thank you, heather. Lets check in with bill evans and your accuweather forecast. We have blue skies. It is absolutely gorgeous. 50 degrees. And we are looking at temperatures today that are going to be about 50 degrees warmer than they were yesterday. And yesterdays high was 53. We are looking at 68 today. And we have 60 by lunchtime today and 68 this afternoon. Look at the wind southwest at 8 16. Key, warming us up more tomorrow and warming us up to 73 and 73 on thursday. We have a shot of the showers. That is late thursday evening, as a cold front comes through and then we get cooler friday, and sunny and cooler into the weekend. That will do it for us. With another update. Whoo safe. I made it. Thanks, robin. Wait a minute. A little there you go. There you go. Thank you. And you are wearing my coat which is why im late. Now we welcome back to Good Morning America. So much ahead including romance novel Nicholas Sparks. Well hear about his new book and so many getting made into hit movies like dear john and a walk to remember which brings us this morning to the top 5 list. Very exciting. The most the best romance movies of all time compiled right by aol. Number five, pretty woman. Please dont sing. I wont sing. Julia roberts walking down the treat in such style winning over hearts and starting a career to remember. If i forget to tell you all i had a great time this morning. From if i forget to tell you, i had a great time tonight. Wow. Dont you classic. Lets see if you can give us a line from this. Number four, love actually. One of georges favorites. Hugh grant, keira knightley. So many more great star, great cast. No line. Number three i love that. when harry met sally. I can give you a line from this one. Ill have what shes having. Number two, bridget joness diary. No secret there and third movie in that thing and then in that thing. In that series. Thats technical speak. Number one, best romance movie of all time. Nicholas sparks the notebook. You dont dig these movies. I got to be honest. This will help your game, jesse. You bring a girl to a movie like that. Hopefully shes older than 23. [ laughter ] and refer to the equation. Just refer to the equation. Own it. All right. We want to know what you guys think. Go to gmas facebook page, twitter, as well. Tell us your top five. Romance movies. Lets go to george with Bradley Cooper. Well find out what Bradley Cooper thinks. I just leaned over and asked what is your favorite romance movie. Dr. Zhivago popped into my head. A sad, sad drama. I love Julie Christie when i was little. Good reason. Youre in the new movie burnt and play a chef who is burnt out. Burned up his career and trying for a comeback. Lets take a look. 20hour day, 6 days a week. I was 19 years old. I loved every minute of it, the heat, the pressure, the violence. Screaming, you know, all the cook s cooks. The kitchen is the only place ive ever felt like i really belonged. And Bradley Cooper joins us right now. You know your character is so intense right there. You talk about the kitchen, only place youve ever belonged but its like a battlefield in this movie. Yeah, absolutely. We were just talking before about how we both worked in straunss but this level, this michelin star three michelin star level is i mean its or something. You come to this honestly. Bus boy in a greek restaurant. And prep cook in a restaurant where i cut my teeth i worked with a guy 1 years old back from paris and i was at the low of the pole of the hierarchy so i felt the brunt of a chefs tirades did you think this would be nah . No, but i always loved cooking and being around food. You get to work with Sienna Miller again. Yes, thank god. She was just here yesterday. Kind of like your work wife for the last year. Ive been lucky in the sense ive been able to act with people specifically actresses again and again and we were doing american sniper and i knew i would do this movie and just thought she would be incredible and she was. She learned a lot about cooking. She is a great cook. A lot of the people ricardo is probably the best one. The italian guy in the movie, hes amazing. Youre doing this movie all about food and youre actually have to lose weight. Yeah, thats right. Yeah, because we had just finished american sniper and was doing the elephant man and had to lose 30 pounds. If you watch the movie, we shot it out of sequence as most movies are, some scenes my face is like this and then its like had. It all works. Actually i was happy about that, youre right. You talk about working with actresses again and again and youll work with Jennifer Lawrence again and david o. Russell. How many types four times with jennifer. Yeah. And the movie joy is coming out. You guys have created some headlines. All this talk about equal pay in hollywood. How will this work trying to negotiate with your costars. I dont know if its any big plan. I thought the idea of transparency is something that obviously would be beneficial. You know, its something you never talk about. You never hear about what somebody else is making when you do a movie. Its kind of hard to talk about. I mean but maybe it shouldnt be, you know. But, you know, in terms of in today its so hard to get movies made and you definitely are hearing having conversations about your agent take a cut or put money over here. Whats everybody making. Lets make sure, you know, its as equal as we can make it. Strike it for equal pay. You do have fans out there. I know youre an eagles fan. I am. We had a little message from the eagles cheerleaders. Really . Hey, bradley. Its your very own Philadelphia Eagle cheerleaders and swoop sending you love. All bradley. Bradley. Wow. I wish my dad could see that. Thats amazing. Thanks a lot for coming on. The movie is together. Burnt burnt opens next friday. His reaction was priceless. Totally worth it. How are you, bradley. Good to see you. That was Bradley Cooper just saying hello to me. Now to something we all have to deal with. That is our health. Navigating the Health Care System can be overwhelming. Theres a great new book called the patients playbook and offers a predescription, if you will to help make sure were getting the best care. The author Leslie Michelson is here and also joined by 9 director of the Leukemia Program at the presbyterian medical doctor, as well, dr. Gail roboz and thanks for putting it on my radar, gail. Im telling you, i know youre interviewed for it. Leslie, you have worked in the Health Care Industry and you have found that there are many things that can help people and you put it all here in the book and i think people will be surprised by the number of medical errors that are out there and that we need to be aware of. Yeah, its a huge problem, robin. Preventable medical error is the third leading cause of death in the united states. Right behind Heart Disease and cancer. We lose 400,000 americans each and every year to preventible error. No one ever talks about that . And the reason they dont it happens quietly. A woman succumbed to pneumonia but they dont tell you about. There are no crash site. No sirens. And you want to help put an end to that and, gail, you talked about it and the reason you reached out, everybody should read this. Doesnt matter where you are, if i cant think of who wouldnt benefit from reading this. You dont have to be a patient and you dont have to be sick. Its for patient, family members. Its for well people trying to figure out what to ask their doctor. Its for doctors to read and take a look and try to figure out what the patient as a consumer and as a selfadvocate needs to get from the doctor. It tells you what kind of vitamins you should take and gets down to the basics in all levels like that but you really start and this is so true with the quarterback, the primary care physician, leslie. You talk about over and over that that is key in finding that person. How do why is it so important and how do you find the right one . Absolutely. Your primary care physician should be the quarterback of your Health Care Delivery system. Thats the person who should listen to your symptoms, help you find the right experts when you need them and become your partner in wellness. Helping you manage your cholesterol, your weight, your Blood Pressure so you live a longer life. How do you find that. Three straightforward steps and i talk about them. The first is take out a piece of paper, make a list of the things that are most important to you. Is it the insurance coverage, the location, is it the hours they have, the hospital they admit to. Second, talk to friends, relatives, neighbors and your physicians, see who they use, see who they think. And then, third, make an appointment. Do a consultation. Interview the physician, just the way you would every other important professional in your life. I mean when youre going to buy a car you go to all these different dealerships and try to get the best deal and ask friends and that. Buying a home you want to be in a Good School District yet when it comes to our health care we dont take those statement precautions. We have said over and over in the show, ask your doctor questions. What is the numbering one question we should ask when looking for a doctor, any kind of way . You know, i think you can say youve seen me, youve read my records, you know my story, what is your plan for me . And see what the answer is to that question. What do we do now . What is your plan for me . What is my action, what do i have to do . Who do i have to see . What do i have to eat . Do i need a specialist. Whats my plan. Talking about a specialist. You know both i know theres some people at home saying this all sounds well and fine but you know what, i cant afford that. I cant afford to find a specialist. There are resources, arent there, leslie . First of all the best medical care doesnt cost anymore. Most live near major cities and every major city there is an Academic Medical Center that takes all kinds of insurance coverage. One of the secrets of that health care, it doesnt cost more to get the very best. And theres terrific resources to find the best experts like dr. Roboz. The first is a website called expert expertscape. Com where theyve organize the medical literature. Put in your diagnosis, the city you live in and instantaneously youll get the identities of the physicians and the hospitals who have done the best work. The second is, all the major hospitals now have terrific websites that list the specialties of their physicians and, third, were a very generous society. We have philanthropies for every single disease and each of those disease specific philanthropies has resources and materials to help patients that have been diagnosed with it. All these resources are free for everyone. And that is so very important. I know youve been looking at me because i had my i know i need to come in and get my flu shot as my doctor right now and get that that. Thank you very much. Leslie and gail. So vital and again you dont have to be sick to be able to get something out of this book. Ill come in and see you real soon, gail. Thank you, leslie. The patients playbook well go back outside to ginger. All that weather brought to you by ashley furniture. Robin. Kind of nervous having my doctor right here. Stop looking at me, gail. Coming up oneonone with the no my name is 127 willow lane. And ive had some work done. In 62 they put in a conversation pit. Brilliant. In 74 they got shag carpet. That poor dog. Rico . then they expanded my backside. Ugh. So when the nest learning thermostat showed up, i thought hmmm. But nest is different. Keeps em comfy. And saves energy automatically. Like that im like a whole new house nest. Tt2watv 64 bt`n tt2watv 64 a`n . 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Reporter sparks films filled with hollywoods biggest headliners like richard gere, robert wright, liam hemsworth, miley cyrus and rachel mcadams. Have you ever seen someone perform on screen and youre like ill get this guy or girl to be in my movie. Oh, yeah, channing tatum. In step up and youre like, okay, that guy is going to be a star. Lets move him on in. Mum about who he would cast at see mes top man, i have ideas tom hardy. Yeah. If you need someone to stand in and read lines for you, i will play next to tom hardy. Now the father of five says hes about a third of the way done with his next love story and tell. Have you ruined men for your daughter . Thats what my daughter tells me and i feel bad about that. Im like, im sorry. I didnt mean to. Im okay. Im a nice guy. You can meet me. Bring it on in. Thats fine. Just be a gentleman. Reporter for Good Morning America, czar sara haines, abc news, new york. Thank you, sara. Coming up [panting] meet one today. World champion swimmer diana nyad has a revealing new book. Its called find a way. What do you feel when you look out and you see this body of water . I feel its my place, when i look at that ocean between cuba and florida and this hudson river in manhattan, these were the waters where i learned my life lessons. These waters taught legendary marathon swimmer diana nyad to dream big and no matter what, find a way, a monantra now the title of her book. Find a way. That was your battle cry. The world said its impossible. No one will ever do this swim. Out of the question but i was still a believer. Reporter that unwavering determination pushed her to become the first person ever to swim from cuba to florida without a shark cage. Diana nyad, she got into the east river at 11 35 today. Reporter she made her name as a competitive swimmer captivating new yorkers with her 28mile swim around manhattan in 1975. Its interesting as were sitting here by this body of water which 40 years ago at the age of 26 you came swimming by here. That was a day of glory, the sun was gleaming and i was thinking this island is mine that day. Reporter that triumph catapulted her into stardom and in 1978, she attempted to swim from cuba to florida, stopping midway. After a 30year hiatus she made three more failed attempts and each time exhaustion, dehydration or jellyfish stings. What does it feel like to be stung by a box jellyfish . I went into spinal cord paralysis. I was screaming like my body was in hot burning oil. Reporter hearing all that some people will say, why . Why would you put yourself through that. Yeah. Why . There is a feeling of character that builds when you say im not a quitter no matter how cold, no matter how tough. No matter how much pain, even the box jellyfish, my spirit is bigger than that. Reporter and in 2013 she found a way. Then 64yearold diana successfully completed one of the longest open ocean swims in history. Never ever give up. This journey was so long and arduous that that moment of triumph on the beach was personal and had that ego gratification to it but it was much bigger than that for me and those thousands of people there that day, they were weeping because they saw someone and a team who wouldnt give up. Reporter the memoir chronicles her career and lifes challenges including overcoming the trauma of childhood molestation. As together and as happy and privileged as i am, its still an imprint. I have to admit that even all these years later, all these wonderful experiences later there is an injured little girl in there still. Reporter did you hesitate about putting it in the book. I put all my raw honest self in it and i couldnt do any more. Reporter diana has gone on to win countless awards, hosted charity swim and most recently showed off her moves on dancing with the stars. So what is next for diana nyad . What has really made my life what it is is being physically fit. Weve become a largely sedentary society with a doctor from arizona state, his big new phrase is sitting is the new smoking and so next summer, my buddy bonnie and i, were going to walk cross country. Reporter what do you want your message to be for those picking up Feidin Santana . Life is short. It is fleeting. Why not live it big. Reporter sitting is the new smoking. Thats why shes going to get a Million People to join her to if you look closely, you can see the exact second, when curiosity becomes wonder, when winter becomes christmas, and joy becomes a tradition. A moment that can only happen. Here. The radio city christmasspectacular presented by chase. You bring the family, we bring the joy. Visit radiocitychristmas. Com bye. See ya. Good morning. It is 8 56 on this tuesday, october 20. Breaking news, in chelsea, where a five alarm fire destroyed an apartment building. The building was under renovation on west 17th street. Fire marshals are now looking into the cause. Any time. Or it will be taken down. Now, the building has been vanged and neighbors may not get back into their apartment force several days. We are also following more breaking news. This is on long island. And two people are dead after a wrong way crash on the Northern State parkway in dix hills. Also learned in the last 10 minutes that one of the victims is a male. Witnesses tell us that the suv was being chased by a police car, while both were heading west. In the eastbound Northern State. It is 8 57. Lets check in on the morning commute with heather arourke. Heather . Thank you, we will head over to the maps. We have some subway issues to talk about. Six train Something Else problems. Terminating at Cypress Hills street for the j trains. Long island railroad. Buses are replacing trains between mon talk and patchogue and lots of volume because of the Northern Park expressway. Street cleaning rules are in effect. Bill evans has the accu weather forecast. Sunshine and blue skies. A temperature of 50 degrees. That is the 9 00 tonight. And we are going to go to a high today that will get to 68. 51 already in whitestone. Ridgewood. Over toward cambria heights. 51 islip. And 56 toward the east end. 60 at noon today. 68 this afternoon. What a great day. Then tomorrow, even warmer, as well as thursday. Thursday, we will get a sprinkle with a cold front coming through. And making it cooler on friday. Lori . Thank you, bill. It is 8 58. That is it for us. Have a good day, everyone. Im bobby flay and new york is my home. Theres no place like it in the world. Come fall, i like to get a taste of everything the state has to offer. Like this famous winery nestled in the hudson valley. Or the awardwinning vineyards of long island. This cooperstown brewery belongs in every beer lovers hall of fame. You can even try new yorks exceptional cider and spirits. 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