Now free after he was kidnapped by armed rebels. Ali zeidan taken by gunmen from a hotel in tripoli where he lived. The abductors released this picture they say was zeidan in captivity. Al qaeda threatened retaliation last week after the capture of terror suspect of abu anas al libi. Several groups accused the government of colluding in or allowing the raid. But that was strongly denied. The libyan Prime Minister is freed after briefly being kidnapped from a hotel. Here at home, the u. S. Facing its deepening crisis. As the Government Shutdown enters day number ten. Theres no compromise in sight. And the price tag of that shutdown is going higher. Now costing upwards of 3 billion and counting. But there may be a glimmer of light at the end of this tunnel. Abcs Tahman Bradley has the latest from washington. Good morning, tahman. Reporter diana and john, good morning on this tenth day of the Government Shutdown. A big meeting between president obama and House Republicans. But its not clear its going to make a difference. Today at the white house, president obama and republican congressional leaders sit down for talks about ending the Government Shutdown and avoiding default. There are reports House Republicans are considering raising the debt ceiling temporarily. But its not clear what conditions are attached. House Speaker John Boehner keeps pushing for changes to the president S Health Care law. How can we tax people for not buying a product from a website that doesnt work . Reporter in an interview with abcs philadelphia station, wpvi, president obama again said he wont negotiate until the governments back up and running. If im not getting 100 of my way, i dont say, well, im going to shut down the government. Reporter theres agreement in washington on one important issue, military death benefits. The shutdown has temporarily put on hold the 100,000 payment given to the families of Service Members who died. First lieutenant jennifer m. Moreno of san diego was killed over the weekend in an i. E. D. Attack. She sacrificed for her country, for her family. Why wouldnt that have been taken care of . There is no excuse. Reporter the president announced a contract with a civilian charity to pay the families immediately. The Government Shutdown is also having an impact on the big business of beer and wine. New alcohol recipes and labels are not being introduced because the tax and trade bureau has stopped approving applications, seen as nonessential. Its something that we cant live without having the ttb approve the labels. Reporter today, the secretary of treasury is expected to tell congress, he cannot guarantee payments for social security, unless the debt ceiling is raised. John and diana . All right. Abcs Tahman Bradley, live in washington for us. Thank you. With the National Park service hamstrung by furloughs, a South Carolina man has taken it upon himself to do some groundskeeping at the lincoln memorial. He was pushing a lawn mower and toting a chainsaw, on the north side of the monument, doing the landscaping work that park Service Employees would normally do. He says its a moral obligation. The building behind me, serves as a moral compass, not only for the country, but for the world. And over my dead body are we going to let this deteriorate. Unfortunately, though, he was not able to finish his chores. He was told to leave by the park police. New this morning, were hearing that the father of nsa whistleblower Edward Snowden has arrived in russia. Russian media is reporting that Lonnie Snowden has arrived at moscows main airport where his son was holed up for more than five weeks before being granted asylum. This is his fathers first visit with his son, since the former government i. T. Government contractor fled the u. S. Back in june. The u. S. Has cut hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to egypt, in response to the removal of president morsi and bloody crackdown by the military. The aid included military hardware, like fighter jets and attack choppers and 260 million in cash. The freeze in aid is set to be temporary. A dozen people are safe and back on the ground this morning after a scare at Universal Studios in florida. They got stuck 150 feet in the air when that rollercoaster youre looking at suddenly stopped. A park official said a computer unexpectedly clicked into safety mode. The that brought the coaster to a halt. Took over two hours to get everyone down. Being in that position and not knowing, not understanding why youre in that position, youre going to be a little bit upset. Once we got up there and the guys were able to talk to them, calm everybody down. He also said, they gave the riders towels to huddle under because it was chilly up there. The park and coaster will remain closed until they figure out the problem. A former Police Officer was shot and killed after he opened fire on a Federal Building in wheeling, west virginia. Police say Thomas Picard was a 20year veteran of the Wheeling Police department before he retired 13 years ago. Investigators are still searching for a motive, including the possibility that picard had some kind of issues, possibly with the federal government. A health scare in las vegas after a young mother and her newborn twins died of tuberculosis. Now, Health Officials are trying to test everyone who might have come in contact with the victims. So far, 26 people have tested positive for tuberculosis. Although only two of them have a contagious form. Officials did not know that the young mother had t. B. Until an autopsy confirmed it. The Agriculture Department is threatening to shut down three foster farms plants linked to salmonella outbreaks today. Some raw chicken packaged at facilities in californias Central Valley may be to blame for sickening nearly 300 people in 18 states. Foster farms insists that it is cooperating with the usda, saying it has already put new food safety controls in place. The body of a woman found this week in a stairwell of a San Francisco hospital has been identified as lynn spaulding. She had checked into the San FranciscoGeneral Hospital on september 19th, with an infection. And she vanished on the 21st. Spauldings body was discovered 17 days later, during a random search of a very rarelyused stairwell. Outraged family and friends want answers. Even hospital administrators are horrified. This has shaken us to our core. Our staff is devastated. Im committed to getting to the root cause of this tragedy. And ensure that nothing like this ever happens again. Among the questions needing answers, when did the hospital begin searching . Did the stairwell alarm go off . And exactly how did spaulding die . Well, it was a nightmare commute in los angeles after the 5 freeway was forced to close because of a huge mudslide. Several cars became trapped in the wall of debris and traffic was backed up for miles. The Highway Patrol said the slide was not related to recent rains but possibly a water main break instead. All right. Changing, now, to the weather. Lets check it out across the nation. That storm in the west is moving eastward. Expect rain, mountain snow, scattered thunderstorms, stretching from arizona into the dakotas. Also, wet and windy conditions from new england south to the midatlantic coast. A possible play hookie day in the midwest. Beautiful. Mid to high70s. Warmer in the south, nearing 90 degrees in some spots. Cooler in the west, topping out at 50s and 60s. Play hookie day. I never heard of that before. Play hookie day. Good idea. Yeah. Nonfiction and fast food. Mcdonalds is doing away with toys in happy meals for a little while. Theyre going to add a little brain food. And disappointed dad. The father of the 9yearold boy who skirted past Airport Security makes a tearful plea behind a hat and a hoodie. And then, drama in the sky. A hot air balloon goes down after hitting power lines. New details on what happened to the people onboard. But at this moment, shes fighting a brain tumor. Announcer please take a moment and join st. Jude in finding cures and saving children. Visit stjude. Org. The slowly improving economy is having a positive effect on the housing sector, which is seeing foreclosure rates dropping. Overnight, we learned that the number of homes entering foreclosure has slid to a sevenyear low, as fewer homes fail to complete their payments. And the rate of completed foreclosures is down by 24 from this time last year. Some positive moves in washington are being met with approval on wall street. Janet yellens fed chair nomination helped stabilize the market a bit yesterday. And signs of compromise on capitol hill and the budget stalemate helped hold off a further slump in stocks. Tmobile hoping to be tops with international travelers. Starting october 31st, the carrier is eliminating fees for data and Texting Services in more than 100 countries. Its capping charges for International Voice calls. Those roaming fees can reach hundreds, even thousands of dollars for a single trip. Burger king is cooking up a plan to get customers to try its new lower fat satisfries. Its giving them away. Thats right. This weekend, burger king will hand out free satisfries to all its customers. No strings attached. No purchase necessary. I might give them a try. Meantime, mcdonalds is passing out some free food for thought. Mickey ds will slip more than 20 million books inside of its happy meals in the first two weeks of november. The books will have a positive nutritional message. All good stuff. Free food and free books. Ill read that book while im stuffing a big mac in my mouth. When we come back, desperate act. A routine traffic stop turns into anything but. Were learning why this man wanted to get away. And sign him up. A High School Football player with moves like hes already in the nfl. Control. I dont miss out. You sat out most of our game yesterday asthma doesnt affect my job. You were out sick last week. My asthma doesnt bother my family. You coughed all through our date night i hardly use my rescue inhaler at all. What did you say . How about every day . Coping with asthma isnt controlling it. Test your level of control at asthma. Com, then talk to your doctor. There may be more you could do for your asthma. Lslslshire farm spice is the spice of life. Thats why our craftsmen seasoned every sausage perfectly. So you can coax out great flavor effortlessly. Hillshire farm beacuse its worth doing right. [ steam hisses ] actually. Guys [ female announcer ]. It can. 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Another wet and windy trouble spot from new england to the midatlantic coast. And if you are flying, airport delays possible in washington, philadelphia, new york city, denver and phoenix. Back to the news we go. The father of the minnesota boy that managed to board a plane to los angeles, has held an unusual and emotional news conference. The man who kept his identity hidden sobbed. He was shocked to learn his son was arrested in las vegas after taking that flight. How would you let a 9yearold child go through Security Check without stopping him and questioning him . How can that be . The boy is expected to return home tomorrow. Child protective services is expected to be involved with that family from now on. Big hot air balloons are heading back into the sky this morning in albuquerque, new mexico, a day after a serious accident. Two men badly burned when their balloon became entangled in power lines. The balloon was freed. But the gondola fell 40 feet to the ground. There was a big pop. Flame shoots out the sides. You can hear all this. The gondola, then, goes down. One of the men onboard is undergoing surgery for his injuries. The accident is second at what is called the Worlds Largest hat air balloon festival. A woman was hurt in a landing last week. This happened over the pacific. Crews more than 1,000 miles to drop off medical supplies for a cruise ship. An elderly man was suffering from internal bleeding. The coast guard dropped it out and came to the rescue. A routine traffic stop ended with the arrest of a mostwanted fugitive suspected of murdering his pregnant girlfriend. The dash cam was rolling when Isaiah Barker stepped out of his car, punched an officer and took off running. He even tried to steal a police car. After using stun guns, pepper spray and batons, police managed to subdue barker. An incredible collision that was caught on camera. Watch and listen. That will wake you up. The truck carrying those big pipes, you saw them go flying. They got stuck on the track a few minutes before the train crashed into it. The driver jumped out. No one was injured. But the truck got pushed half a mile down the tracks. Incredible, right . Oh, yeah. Wow. One more time. Lets look at that. Didnt think that might derail the train. But nope. Everybodys okay. Time for sports. The cardinals making a return to the National League championship series. Heres neil and stan with all the highlights. Good morning, america. Im stan verrett. Ill neil everett. Im undressed. Good morning. Get yourself together. We have highlights to do. Oh, what a game. Big baseball highlights. What a game that was wednesday in st. Louis, between the pirates and the cardinals. Pirates trying to win their first, you know, postseason series since the Millard Fillmore administration. Off derek cole, the rookie from ucla. Cardinals up 20. Frieze gets a curtain call. Matt adams didnt know it, either. He added some more. It was 31. Now, 51. It hurts even more because adams is a pennsylvania native. And adam wainwright, its 61. Im not looking at the manager because i want to go all the way. Boy, he was superdude on that one. Powerful on the field and in the locker room. Cardinals are going to get the dodgers next. I just want you to know that i love you. I trust you. I believe in you. Its bring this thing home, guys. You know, im thinking right now. What are you thinking . Im thinking i love you. I trust you. Lets bring this gma segment home. Time to go. Did that work . Thanks for watching. That was one of the better ones. That was good. Massachusetts High School Football player making headlines this morning. His punt return for a touchdown is making it our play of the day. It happened against framingham high school. Cliff kirker breaks a half a dozen tackles. 70 yards for the touchdown. Needham clobbered framingham, 3412. Ouch. Look at him. Long legs. Nice. Good job. 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Im here to make good music. Make people feel good when they hear my music. When i did that interview, i was really vocal about a lot of things that ive been dealing with over the past ten years when i was in