New york. Nice fall day. Oh, not so much now. Oh. Before and after the first snow. Abcs rob marciano is in mexico, new yorkrk, and stts us off this morning. Good morning, rob. Reporter good morning, robin. And hello, winter. How about this . Its the middle of october. Yes, this is an ea no stranger to snow. But this much coming this early, not too many people are happy about that. And this cold, bitter, arctic air mass extends across the entire eastern half of the u. S. Its too early for snow. Reporter this morning, the sentiment of millions. Early snowfall bringing treacherous, miserable driving conditions. In upstate new york, icy roads responsible for more than 50 wrecks. We thought maybe a couple of inches. It kept coming and coming. And kept coming. Reporter up to nine inches falling in some areas. Bualo bills fans getting snowed on, too. I woke up this morning and i thought it was christmas. Reporter snowmen surfacing before halloween ppkins. In the mountains of vermont, whiteout conditions. Om ohio to northern michigan, more than half a foot of snow covering some parts. Marathoners in grand rapids enduring temperatures in the 30s while doing their 26. 2mile run. The runners endured the race. Went on. Underneath this snow some green grass and fall leaves. The official start of winte still two months away. School not cancelled today but plenty of time for that in the coming months. Robin. You have spoken, rob. Thank you. The snow is gone in some places. Frigid temperatures are not. Ginger, the 19 states on alert for freezing temperatures. Oh, the frost and freeze warnings for the 19 states from mississippi to massachusetts. Lets go to the map and show you the number. Yes, we have tied records. Place like raleigh, below freezing at this hour. Macon. Look at mt. Washington. Go to the top of the mountain its 5. A big warmup on the way. Look at the highs. In the Northern Plains great lakes. That warmth is coming here. Yes. Well put on tack on 20 degrees or so as we get toward the midweek. Its not over. The drier, warm stretch is coming. Now the breakingews. Two diverted flights. A possible fight on a southwest jet. Leaving g l. A. X. Mechanical failure on a jetblue plane. Reporter the southwest a late flight from l. A. X. To san the pilot came back to l. A. Because of an altercation, apparently because of two passengers. The fbi involved. Rand questioning those involved. Were getting early reports of a man and a woman. The man was angered that the woman in front of him had reclined the seat. We have heard that before. That investigation ongoing. The jetblue flight, ft. Lauderdale into massachusetts. Flaps got stuck. The pilot circled. People got sick from the circling around. He decided to put it down in boston. Its a longer runway. Without the flaps, you need a little longer to land. They made it to the gate. The southwest incident is under investation. Youre in virginia for some news on drones. Well come back to you for that. Well turn to the race for president now. The bitter feud between donald trump and jeb bush heating up, after trump accuses george w. Bush for not stopping the 9 11 attacks. Jeb is fighting back. Jon karl has the latest. Reporter jeb bush, once thought to be the clear republican frontrunner, now finds himself in an increasingly nasty war of words with the real frontrunner, donaldld trump. He was once considered the candidate to beat. But jejeb bush idown in the polls, collecting less cash, and lashing out at donald trump, suggesting hes not fit to be commander in chief. He talks abouthings as though hes still on the apprentice. Hes not taking the possibility of being the president of the United States seriously. Reporter this after trump went after george w. Bush. Suggesting he bears responsibility for 9 11. When you talk about george bush, say what you want. The World Trade Center came down during his time. If you look at sandy hook wait, you cant blame george bush. Hwas president. Dont blame him or dont blame him, but he was president. Reporter a charge trump didnt bk down from on sunday. Jeb said we were safe with my brother. We were safe. Well, the wod trade center just fell down. Am i trying to blame him . Im not blaming anybody. The world ade center came down. Reporter trump suggested it wouldnt have happened on his watch because the hijackers wouldnt have made it into the country if he was president. What would you have done . I doubt that those people uld d have beein t the count. Reporter over the weekend, video, ridiculing trump on national security. Im used , you know, dealing with killers. People that go let me tell you, im really smart guy. Reporter the latest national poll, jeb bush is trailing not just trump, but carson, cruz, and rubio, too. Even when it comes to fundrraising, ich was thought to be his biggest advantage, he was outraised last quarter by the softspoken political newcomer dr. Ben carson, who declined to crititicize trps remarks to george on this week. What do you make of that . I would probably ask him. What he meant by that. I seriously doubt that hes saying george w. Bush is to blame for it. Repororter its not just trump. Bush is also fighting with marco rubio, who he once considered to be the future of the republican party. He now sees as his main competition to becoming the alternative to trump. George. Also republican infighting about the Benghazi Committee where Hillary Clinton will testify on thursday. Reporter thats right. Shell be there for eight hours of testimony on thursday. The chairman of that Committee Trey Gowdy is telling fellow republicans to shut up aut what theyre doing. Hes annoyed by comments by republicans on the committee talking about how its doing political dage to Hillary Clinton. The biggest example of that was kevivin mccart. Letets talk out the democrats now. Matt dowd is here. And of course, the big story right now, joe biden. Likely to make a decision within the next couple of days. In or out . You have bn saying in. If youre looking for a candidate, the goldilocks candidate, authentic like Bernie Sanders, and confident and experienced like hillary clinn, hes your person. He needs to decides fairly quickly. A new poll out showing Hillary Clinton maintaining her lead. Slipping in a couple of points but the number of democrats who support joe biden and want him to get in going down. He cant become hamleon the delaware. Thats part of the problem with waiting this long. I think he has the next 48, 72 hours get in. I think he has to get in before the benghazi testimony. In the polling hes gone from a majority to a plurality now doesnt want him to get in. He needs to decide quickly. Meanwhihi, Bernie Sanders going strong. The impression by larry david on saturday night live this weekend. Im an outsider. The only candidate up here who is not a billionaire. I dont have a backpack. I carry my stuff around loose in classes. I own one pair of underwear. Thats it. Some of these billionaires, they got three, four pairs. Bernie sanders loved it. He says he wants larry david to play him out on the stump. Its a sign that sanders is breaking through and affecting the debate. Authenticity. He took that on in the aftermath of that and he laughed about that. He said he had more than one pair of underwear. Bernie sanders polls at 25 , 26 , 27 . Hell keep that. Tt impersonation n was spot on. Now to a hack attack targeting the head of the cia. Rector John Brennans personal accounts apparently breached by a high school student. Abcs Pierre Thomas is in washington with the details. Reporter this hacker told the New York Post that he infiltrarated a prate email at of john brnan. The hacker said he got access to brennans application for security clearance. And private information about other top officials. The cia tells us were aware of the reporton social media and have referred the matter to appropriate authorities. Robin . Also some claims about homeland security. Secretary johnsons account . This appears less serious. The hacker claims to have gotten into a private cable account of secretary johnson. Law enforcement officicials tel me that cim is also under investigation. Youre staying on top of it for us, pierre. Thank you. Now the real life horror at a zombie convention, zombicon. Gunfire erupting. Killing one person and injuring at least five others. Police still searching for the shooter. Ryan smith has the story. Reporter good morning, robin. Zombiecon is a Massive Party of thousands. Ten years running. What was supposed to be a celebration of the living dead took a horrifying turn. Reporter r this moing, police on the hunt for a killer. One dead, injuring five others. Sending hundreds of others running for their lives. The chaos at the annual zombicon street festival in ft. Meyers, florida. A Massive Party. Which attracts nearly 20,000 zombie lovers every year but at 11 45 p. M. , the event turned from spooky to tgic. [ gunshots ] those gunshots sending throngs of revelers fleeing. Their costumes, some covered in fake blood, adding to th confusion. We ran. Were like, wait, was that real . Reporter 20yearold Expavious Tyrell taylor was killed in the shooting. We need ems. Gunshot to the head. Reporter this man, one of several treated for gunshot wounds. I looked at my hand. Theres a giant hole in it. Reporter police leaving no stone unturned. Asking attendees to turn over pictures and videos. Hoping for any clue to track down those responsible. Authorities dont know if one or more people are responsible. Theyre reviewing surveillance videos to try to find suspects. So far, they havent released a motive. Robin. To a major crackdown on drones. The governmentnt issuingngew rules today. After a number of Close Encounters with planes and people. Lets go to david kerley with this story. Hey, david. Reporter good morning, george. This morning, you know, i could drone, and i could fly it like this one thats coming into our shotight here. As long asas im fivmiles away from an airport. Dont go higher than 400 feet. Im away from a populated area. Later this morning, that is going to change. This morning, new rules expected to be floated about drones like these. Because users have put these craft in dangerous situations. Wewe have hed those commercial pilots complaining. Remotecontrolled devices are in their air space. We almost got hit by a drone, just to let you know up here, just about 20 feet. Kennedy tower, for your information, we just saw a little drone below us. We just spotted a drone over here by hawthorne. A drone to your left side . Yes, sir. Reporter d drones no affordable. Their availability far out in front of new rules. This morning, the department of transporation and its faa expected to announce that anyone buying a drone will have to register it with the government. T. The secretary hinted as much when we talked to him this summer. The ability of someone to go e countertop, anyplace in america, and buy one of these things without having an ability to trace the ownership of these things creates a bit of a problem from an enforcement standpoint. Reporter the new rules may not be in place for christmas. And drones this Holiday Season expected to be a popular gift. Statements are that a total of 750,000 drones are estimated to be sold this year. Now, there are registration nuers on this dre that were using. Its a professnal drone. As they start to register the drones, it will give them a way to track it. Will you be able to find the person who is flying it . Because the faa currently relies on local authorities to actually go ahead and enforce the rules about flying the drones in the wrong spots. George, back to you. A good pilot for that one. Tom llamas in for amy today. Top terrorist. The leader of an al qaeda cell accused of plotting attacks against the u. S. Has been killed in a drone strike in syria. The pentagon says Sanafi Al Nasr led a group that funneled money into syria. Secretary of state john kerry is c calling f calm as violence escalates in the middle east. The latest attack at a bus station. An israeli soldier was killed overnight. A bystander initially mistaken for the shooter died of his injuries. A deadly shooting at a minnesota hospital. A patient from a domestic case being guarded by police grabbed a sheriffs deputys gun, fatally shooting him. He was a 24year veteran on the force. New york mets are halfway to the world series. Daniel murphys fifth home run of the post season powered the mets to a 41 win over the cubs. The mets lead the series, 20. That guys bat is on fire. And the deflate rematch between the patriots and the colts turned o out to beeflating the colts trying to pull off this bizarre fake punt. Critics calling itit the wor fake in nfl history. One Sports Writer criticizing chuck pagano for letting it happen, saying what the chuck . The patriots won 3427. What the chuck, guys. What the chuck. Very careful when you say that. Just one letter. It has to end right there. Panic. I was nervous saying it. I said it about 100 times just to make sure. It brings us to the next story. The state of michigan stunned by a lasecond mistake on the that in 30 seconds. And were coming up on 7 17 with the epic fail in the final seconds of the michiganMichigan StateFootball Game. Jesse has that. It was an unbelievable botched last play of the game. It shocked players and fans and theres still fallout this moing. Trouble with the snap. And the ball is free its picked up by Michigan State jaylen watts jackson. And he scores on the last play of the game reporter his is the most hated man in michigan this morning. 22yearold university of michigan punter blake oneill. An australian who played his First AmericanFootball Game last yr. With just ten seconds left and his team up two points against hated rival Michigan State. All he had to do was kick the ball down the field, as he h had done s successfuy seven times in the game. Heumbled the snap. He tried to kick it. What just happened . What the hell just happened . Reporter in an instant, he became infamous. Getting Death Threats on twitter. Kill yourself, you just cost us the game. Another tweeting, hate you. Please transfer. The backlash prompting an open letter from michigans athletic director, jim hackett. Im asking that our community not lose this game twice by cone doning thoughtless comments. Back home, words of comfort. People need to pull their head in and think before they say. Its only a game. Thounds more who recognize their own kids in the punt ters plight. Im proud youre on the team i root for. Stay positive. Not everything coming up positive for the person who made the touchdown. He broke his hip after being tackled by his teammates. Punt. Its important to know that theyre not professional athletes. Thesee are amateurs. They make mistakes. Its plays like that that make the rivalries in College Football so special. Absolutel all right, jesse. Ank you. I know you had a great weekend. Much more ahead this monday morning. The latest on lamar odoms recovery. New reports that he is conscious and communicating. The sign he gave khloe. New details about what happened. The couple who walked away from a fiery plane krsh. Able to survive. And coming up here on gma, the dramatic turn for lamar odom. The sign he gave estranged wife Khloe Kardashian. Thats coming up and now lets get to ginger. These pictures. Damage from glendale, arizona. Look at the video. This close to las vegas, nevada, threequarters of an inch of rain quickly falling. Flash flooding on i15 and more heavy rain in the texas panhelias a quick check of traffic this morning. This is i235 at m lk. [current conditions] elias good morning im elias johnson. Its 7 24. Elias the trial of pete polson resumes this morning, as the jury continues to deliberate his fate. Polson, who faces charges following a shooting spree in Pleasant Hill last november, was the last of 40 people to take the stand before closing arguments. Evidence from the trial included this dash cam video newly released from the state patrol troopers. Local five will be there as the verdict comes down. Elias and a drive by shooting investigation in des moines. Police received a call about gunfire on east 12th street around eight last night. The caller heard two gunshots, went outside, and saw a hispanic man walking down the street. That man told the caller he was shot. Police say the caller told them they saw a larger car take off south bound. It is unknown of the victim was injured but police did find shell casings at the scene. Elias and 75hundred athletes from around the world laced up their shoes and filled the streets sunday for the imt des moines marathon. The winner this year was returning champ philip lagat of kenya with two hours, 21 minutes and two seconds. This is the 13th year for the event. Local 5 is a proud sponsor of the marathon. Elias meterologist sam schreier is keeping a close watch on the current conditions. Hey sam. Sam weather adlib after our cool and windy weekend, the forecast warms up a bit for the next few days and we may even finally see some rain back in the state today we are going to be pleasantly warm with highs right around 79 degrees and strong winds out of the southwest around 15 to 30 mph. Overnight well continue to see partly cloudy skies with more mild and windy conditions as lows fall into the upper 50s. Tuesday is going to be a partly sunny day with a few afternoon scattered showers and maybe a rumble of thunder or two. Well stay in the 70s through wednesday but a cold front that night will drop us back into the 60s to end the week, and they should stick around through the weekend. The next good rain chance we have after tuesday is friday with more afternoon showers expected. Welcome back to gma. Youre looking live at mexico, new york. Hit so hard by the snowstorm. Nine inches falling. The first snow of the season for millions of americans. The biggest blast of cold air sticks around for another day. Ginger, still two months until the official start . The official start . Can you check the calendar, please . The lakeeffect snow zones are okay. But the rest of us, oh, man. The first time youve sa