Kendis and marci. Brandi hitt reporting from los angeles for us. In the garden state, firefighters had their hands full with an intense tanker truck fire on the new jersey turnpike. Police say the truck struck a honda vrv, flipping over a guardrail and erupted into flames. The driver of that tanker truck was killed. The driver of the hon dab suffered only minor injuries. A potentially crippling strike at Fiat Chrysler factories across the country has been averted. 40,000 workers had been set to walk off the job at midnight but negotiators for both sides reached a new contract just in the nick of time. The uaw tweeted it secured significant gains over the last proposal. And the chicago cubs are moving in on baseballs playoffs. Theyre moving ahead after beating the pirates last night. The cubs got things started quickly scoring a run in the top of the first. Same batter though. Take a look. Kyle delivering a tworun home run. Cubs can up 30. Things got ugly. Oh, you said what . This is in
Under as the whole world watches and tv. Are they brave or just plain crazy in it is friday, october 9th. From abc news, this is world news now. Good morning, everybody. It is friday. We made it. We made it to friday. Its just the start right now, and man, everybody saw that coming on capitol hill yesterday, didnt they . The big announcement. Oh, really . Kevin mccarthy, of course, making that big announce on capitol hill that caught most people off guard. Right. He of course the man considered a shooin for speaker of the house abruptly dropping out of the running. The surprise decision by Kevin Mccarthy stunned the political world and sent republicans into a tail spin. More now from abcs bazi kanani. Reporter a sudden change, of course, for the man most republicans a they supported to become the next speaker of the house. I think i shocked some of you. Majority leader Kevin Mccarthy with drew from the race just minutes before the vote. We should put this conference first. Theres somet
Naught call miles and will be back at it the monday morning at first light. Linzie janis, abc news, miami. College student being held north korea is expected to be released today. He was caught in april crossing from china, north korean officials released this video last month in which he told his parents that he was healthy. Pope francis has given a forceful defense of traditional marriage. A union between a man and a woman. But he also asked for acceptance and mercy. Heres abcs terry moran reporter pope francis speaking to bishops today, strongly reaffirmed traditional catholic teaching on marriage. An indoes soluble bond between man and woman but typically pope francis didnt stop there, insisting on acceptance and mercy for all, even those experiencing divorce. And after a week of stunning revelations about his american tour, the vatican now struggling to do damage control. Early in the week, the bottom shell news that kentucky county Clerk Kim Davis met with the pope and claimed he
Delays and the potential for a thunderstorm or two as well. And then we look at low pressure and High Pressure. And when you have the two pretty close together, that normally is a cause for concern with regard to gusty winds and rough surf. Reena and kendis, back to you. All right, justin, thank you. Well, game 1 of the world series is in the books, and it was an eventful one. All was going just dandy until this happened. Until the bottom of the fourth, when viewers saw this on their screens. Fox sports experiencing technical difficulties saying please stand by. That had technicians in the fox compound moving quickly to fix e problem. The Network Later said an Electronics Failure caused generators too lose power. When fox picked up the International Broadcast feed, the game was in a delay because of a problem with replay cames. Soon after the broadcast returned back to normal. And did we mention there was also an outstanding game too. Started off in the first when mr. Escobar of the ro
Own words from 2013. I dont want Immigration Reform to fail. I want immigration perform to pass. It sounded like you wanted the bill to pass. Of course, i wanted the bill to pass. My amendment to pass. What my amendment did my amendment took citizenship off the table. It doesnt mean i supported the other aspects of the bill. Reporter cruz doubling down. I oppose legalization for illegal aliens. I always have. And i always will. Reporter the texas senator fighting for the donald trump voters. But fighting against trump on the other side of the aisle, hillary clinton. Sending a personal plea to the trumploving father of this young woman. Hi, shawn. Im here with your daughter. I hope you can see, i dont have horns. And i really do hope that as this election goes on, youll listen to your daughter. Thanks. Bye. Reporter well see how that work out for her. All eyes on this stage behind me. The final preparations are under way for the final democratic debate of 2015. Cecilia vega, abc news, m