Spooktacular morning. We revisit the legend of Sleepy Hollow. The headless horseman leads the way, the fearless gma keep. Well, some of us. Braving a frightful night of surprises, the ghoulish fun as we say good morning, america. Happy halloween, its saturday, october 31st. Its good morning america. Hey, good morning, happen halloween. Well blow it out. We have kids, dogs, weve got rob standing by in Sleepy Hollow, were all in. Look at the kids and its all coming up just a little bit later in the show this morning. We also have you. Oh, yes. Which is always good for halloween. Tragic and breaking news. A plane with more than 200 on board went down overnight. It was en route from the popular red sea resort of sharm el sheikh, egypt, to st. Petersburg, russia, when it crashed in the sinai peninsula. It is an airbus a321. Had more than 200 people onrd board and disappeared 23 minutes after takeoff. Good morning, alex. Reporter good morning, paula. A short time ago egypts Aviation Authority telling us this plane disappeared 23 minutes after taking off from sharm el sheikh, the debris as headline located in the northern sinai peninsula, a very remote region, rescue teams are now on the scene. There were 217 passengers on this plane, plus 7 crew all of them russian all now feared to be dead. It was a technical failure and not terrorism that brought down this plane. Paula, dan. All right, alex, thank you. For more on what may have brought it down lets bring in abcs david kerley. David, good morning. We know you cover aviation. We know this plane disappeared as alex said 23 minutes after takeoff and were hearing reports of a distress call from the pilot. What are you hearing . Reporter this is one report from what would be an official with what is our ntsb on the egyptian side saying that basically the pilot radioed in he had a problem and was trying to land at another airport. If that is true, that suggests a lot of thing, something may have gone wrong at altitude. The pilot got down and Something Else went wrong or some mistake was made and the aircraft went down. Its really early in this to figure out exactly what happened to this airbus a321 which is a very good aircraft. You mentioned the algd. It was flying at 31,000 feet when air Traffic Control lost contact. Any idea what the wreckage will tell us, david . Reporter absolutely. If the wreckage is spread out, that tells you that the plane broke up at altitude. If it it is more contact it means maybe the pilot was trying to land the aircraft and weve had one report it broke into two pieces. If thats the case itll tell us quite a bit. Dont forget this is a conflict zo zone, not quite the same as mh17. We dont believe the rebels the egyptians are fighting have the equipment that was used in ukraine so even though egyptian officials are saying terrorism was ruled out, its too early to tell. There are so many factors still to be figured out. Very early after this plane went down, paula. So many factors and the story continues to evolve. David, thank you. Dan. We move to the other story breaking overnight, the lethal weather in texas. Two people dead, two missing after flash flooding and reported tornadoes hit the central part of the state. A foot and a half of rain in just 24 hours. The water is rising so fast people got trapped this their cars, abcs aditi roy is in seguin, texas, in front of a home that got hit by a tornado. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning, dan. The destruction is absolutely staggering. Take a look. This reported tornado allegedly lifted part of this home off its foundation, moved it in the air 25 feet and dropped it on to that car which as you can see is still on its side and even more chilling, the incredible survival story of the Family Living inside. Record rain, designous flooding and reported tornadoes wreaking havoc across texas. The Alvarez Family hit hard. Violent winds destroying their home while aubrey and two of her children were still inside. Just as i reached down and grabbed her little arms, the window just exploded. Mom getting her daughter out of the way just as the storm took a turn for the worse and nearby, a local high school ripped apart by high winds. Officials confirming two deaths and reports of more missing. Of the widespread damages from the halloween weekend storm caused by flooding raging waters rushing through the streets sweeping away personal belongings, even cars. Through the night, rescue crews across the state pulling drivers from the rapids and this Elementary School surrounded by water. Dropping a rescuer right now. So you can see im floating down some sort of creek. Reporter Carrie Packer barely making it out alive. His car filling with water recording this message for family. Love you guys. Reporter theyre staying with loved ones until they can figure out their next steps. Paula. Harrowing situations for all those families involved, aditi, thank you. These storms are on the move which means for texans unfortunately they are not out of the woods. Rob is tracking it all from his remote location in Sleepy Hollow, new york. Hi, rob. Another weekend, another weekend of Severe Weather and flooding across texas. We want to show you some video and some pictures that were just getting in from houston where the rain is coming down so hard the streets are flooding. Rescues ongoing. You see that car with the water almost up to the roof there. And we have numerous tornado warnings out. Especially south of the city where theres some damage being reported. So getting slammed. A Flash Flood Watch up and tornado watch up for the next several hours and heavy rains will pour into louisiana, as well as this cold front pushes to the east slowly and brings a lot of gulf moisture with it so thats where you see the heaviest amount and they will be potent across Southeast Louisiana and could get severe later on this afternoon and tonight through the overnight in nola. How much do we expect after it gets out, 4, 5, maybe 6 inches across new orleans so thats an area we watch for flooding and heavy rain stretches from all the way up in through parts of atlanta, as well. Well talk more about this throughout the program and live from Sleepy Hollow, new york, pretty exciting place to celebrate halloween. Exciting place and i cant wait till people figure out why youre there. White house, surprise announcement troops will be sent to syria and train ab fight isis but will that lead to combat like it did for u. S. Troops in iraq last week. Jim avila at the white house for us to answer it. Hi, jim. Reporter good morning, paula. Its not what the white house had planned and its not what the president wanted so this morning, the Obama Administration is promising a short and limited role for american troops in syria. This morning, there are no american troops in syria. Within several weeks the first u. S. Special forces will start flowing behind the front lines in what is a training mission, says the white house, and not a combat mission. Theyre being deployed to syria with training, advising and assist mission, not an effort to downplay the serious risk theyre facing. Reporter National Security forces tell me the troops less than 50 will however accompany Opposition Forces on Dangerous Missions such as hostage rescue and while they will not routinely be on the front lines, they will defend themselves. Why are they going now . Sources tell abc news, American Special forces will be used to enable local militias to take and ultimately hold the isis stronghold of raqqah. The border between syria and turkey and degrade the isis supply lines in syria and iraq. The president does expect that they can have an impact in intense phiing our strategy. Report political reaction has been swift and in some cases critical. Some saying the president is breaking a promise not to enter a war. Others saying hes just not doing enough. Dan. Tricky line to walk for sure. Jim laugh avila. Thank you. A big and potential liang bring meeting. The republican campaigns unhappy about the debates. Millions of americans have been tuning in but the candidates are displeased with the tone and the tenor so lets bring in abcs jon karl. Tell us about this. First of all, good morning. Good morning, dan. Happy halloween. Thank you. Tell us about this meeting tomorrow night and is it true dr. Ben carsons team is leading the charge. He is. This is a meeting of representatives of all the campaigns coming together. They are angry about that last debate. They all have complaints and all have changes that they want to make in future debate, dan. Obviously they didnt like the questions. These campaigns want to have more control over the moderators and how these debates go down. We are verging on lord of the flies time here because while they all agree they dont like what happened last debate, they do not agree on what they want to see happen. As long as it doesnt become lord of the rings. Is it possible this thing will fall apart, we would have no more debates or some debates where some candidates and others dont show up. The rnc carefully kong instructed them to lip the numbers and have control over who is doing them, the moderators and said you cant go to unsanctioned debates. Theyre so upset you could see a situation where they go off on their own. Donald trump wants shorter debates. Ben carson wants to have fewer and the others want more debates so you could have the whole structure thats been crafted here fall apart. Combo of lord of the flies and lord of the rings. One candidate that a lot of people are viewing as a breakout star, marco rubio. He scored a major endorsement overnight. Paul singer gave more money to republican candidates last year than any other person. He was somebody that was sought by jeb bush, sought by Chris Christie and he has now come out and not only is endorsing marco rubio he is saying he will raise money for marco rubio and he is the kind of guy a billionaire but the kind of guy that gets other billionaires and millionaires to give to give money to candidates so this is a very big deal for marco rubio and another real troubling sign for jeb bush that his money may dry out. Jon karl, great to have you here on a saturday morning. Great to be here. Happy halloween yet again. We do want to remind everybody coming up next week right here on gma, donald trump live in our times square studio this tuesday to talk about his campaign and new book out called crippled america. So the donald will be in studio. Thats big, its huge. [ laughter ] more trouble this morning for the online Fantasy Sports business. One of the major sites fanduel is being sued on behalf of nfl players. It alleges that fanduel uses the players names and their images, likenesses without their permission. Abcs tony reale is here with more. Youve seen the commercials and heard it come up at last weeks republican debate. Fantasy sports is a huge mul multibillion dollar business and overnight popular Fantasy Sports site fanduel hit hard with a lawsuit. Want to duel me . Reporter Pierre Garcon suing them saying it improperly exploits the popularity and accomplishments of nfl players. Theyre using the tame to drive millions of players to their website. Reporter fangduel along with draftkings and a billion dollar Sports Industry with 7 million entries each week offering daily cash prizes for highscoring teams but according to the lawsuit fanduel uses names and likenesses of players without authority or valid license. Unlike competing site draftkings which has a deal with the nfl players association. Fanduel didnt get a license from anyone. Reporter a spokesperson for the company says the suit is without merit and fanduel looks forward to continuing to operate our contests. This lawsuit, the latest in a string of legal woes for the top two sites. Earlier this month the fbi and Justice Department launching an inquiry into the practices of both Fantasy Sports websites. Theres no doubt millions have come to love daily fantasy supports site and fanduel paid nearly half a billion dollar last years it claims. Its possible with the increased scrutiny fans might not be able to inc. Joy. Talks about the nfl and fbi and where the money is going. Billions of dollars. Supports too. Were supposed to enjoy this but now got to investigate. People enjoy it when they win. They do enjoy money, thank you. To ron with a look at the other stories breaking this morning. Good morning, sir. Good morning to you, dan and paula. We begin with a nightclub fire in bucharest, the capital of romania. It happened after a rock bands pyrotechnic show sparked an explosion creating a huge fire there. More than two dozen were killed and 180 others injured and officials fear that death toll, it could rise, witnesses saying that some victims were engulfed in flames as they rushed to escape through a single exit door. This is in bucharest, romania. 28 schoolchildren in virginia are recovering from injuries after their school bus flipped on to its roof friday. It was sideswiped by a white minivan driven by a 17yearold who was trying to pass the school bus an intersection and police say that that caused the wreck. In connecticut the remains of a couple who disappeared in august have been discovered in a yard and now the son of jeffrey and jeanette navin, kyle navin and his girlfriend have been charged. Hes been in custody since set on a federal weapons charge. Check out your pantry. There is a recall we want to tell you about. Hormel foods is conducting a limited recall of its reduced fat Peanut Butter spread over concerns that metal shavings may have gotten into the jars, 153 cases were sent to Distribution Centers that publix, target and Walmart Stores have in seven states. To california where crews will work to try to free a huge whale that got tangled in some lobster fishing line. The humpback whale spotted about a mile off the coast of newport beach, southern california, the more than 35footlong mammal was swimming close to a whale watching boat with nearly 90 passengers on board. You see it there. The divers managed to get part of the line off the whale but they were having a hard time keeping it in place to finish the job of freeing that whale. A homecoming for new york mets, game three of the world series friday night, mets trouncing the royals and royals lead 21. Game four tonight in queens, new york. A showstopping costume at the annual white house halloween party. The president kicking off the holiday getting down on the floor inside the oval office to play with little ella rhodes, the daughter of deputy ben rhodes. The first couple not in costume or dressed up as the president and first lady giving out white house halloween cookies to hundreds of washington, d. C. Schoolkids. Check that guy out. Hes dressed as the pope in a little white popemobile and he won the top prize given out by the commander in chief for the best costume. Its cool, right . Thats amazing. It is amazing. What do you give out when youre the president . I would want a fresh baked individually wrapped cookie or kingsize candy bar. Are these the cravings talking. They get white house cookies and candies, first prize. Thats what youd like. Ill take it. To d. C. , guys. I want to hear what youre that pope costumes realizes i need to up my game for my 10monthold. You dont even know what hes going as. My wife does. Rob, save me with your trickortreat forecast. Good morning, sir. I can stand a nice hot cup of cider. Chilly out here in Sleepy Hollow. What better way to celebrate than in Sleepy Hollow. All sorts of spooky things happening here. Lets talk about including the music. Across the country, eastern third looks nice although chilly this morning and chilly tonight. Just get your jackolanterns out there and keep them dry across the south. Flooding in texas will sead through louisiana, mississippi and alabama and a little bit of shower activity from chicago and detroit and pacific northwest, an onslaught of storminess. Flood watches posted and wind advisories up, as well. Heavier rains, windy condition, could see more in the way of Power Outages as that cold front pushes through the day tomorrow and east of there is where the chilly stuff is so not only across the northeast but a halloween chill across the inner mountain west. Temps below freezing across the northern plains, as well. So there will be areas where youre certainly going to have to dress in layers. Happ morning, washinon. Starting out with another cool morning. Much coor than yesterday. 54 at noonon, 64 a high. More cloud cover this afternoon but still not a bad day. 58 at 6 00. 50 at 10 00. It gets chilly, but not too o b. A slim chance for shower tomorrow, 30 . A better chance we have swung the cameras around to reveal where we are, Sleepy Hollow cemetery. Have you seen them . Who . The headless horseman. He haunts these hollows. Word is he lost his head in a great battle many years ago. Oh, i havent seen any headless horsmahorsman. Wasnt that him . Whos your friend . Hes here to tell us about the weather and tonight the horseman might ride, tonight . Youre so silly. 2015, guys. I dont know about a headless horseman but well get to the bottom of this and well see you a little later on in the show. I love even ladies from the 1700s are hitting on rob marciano. That tells you his appeal is across generational, chronological. More coming up from you and from us. Well talk about halloween in hollywood. Celebrities going all out in some crazy costumes. Well show you coming up. Loving that. Plus more from our abc news exclusive with leah remini. Her life growing up in scientology and why she says that it was time to leave the church behind. 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