Justin, thanks so much for that. Furniture turning now to a new warning about drug and alcohol addiction. Its taking a far worse toll than many of us think. A new report from the Surgeon General said 78 americans die every day from opioid overdoses and 28 million suffer from Substance Abuse disorder. The study calls for a shift in the way a disease rather than a weakness in character. The Surgeon General says is an unscientific approach. A town in illinois assesses damage after a deadly gas explosion. The moment of the blast in canton captured by cameras, happening while crews repaired a natural gas leak caused by digging. One worker was killed and a dozen others were hurt. Abcs gio benitez spoke with a witness at that scene. Dinner . Yes. Reporter and you hear what . The loudest boom ever heard in my life. I thought lightning hit. Another person said they thought the town was bombed. Parts of downtown canton are still closed to the public. Ground has been broken on the future home of the Nfls Los Angeles rams. The 2. 6 billion, 80,000 seat stadium is being built in englewood, california. Its set to open in 2019. The rams moved back to l. A. This season after 21 years in st. Louis. Its possible they may end up Diego Chargers who are still considering a move. And king james is paying tribute to the greatest. Lebron james has donated 2. 5 million to the Smithsonian National museum of africanamerican history and culture. The money will go towards an exhibit on mohammed ali. The boxing champ and civil rights activist died in june. Michael jordan has also contributed. You may be saying im lovin it when you see the future of mcdone can alds. They plan to roll out kiosks for ordering and Table Services at all locations soon. They already revamped 500 restaurants, and its concentrating first on big cities. In word on how long itll take to make changes in all 14,000 u. S. Locations. Thats kind of cool. Yeah, it is cool. New day. And that other icon of american fast food, cocacola, now has the selfie bottle. When you tilt the bottle at 70 degrees, it automatically snaps a picture of you. Okay. So it then allows you to share this real thing on snapchat, facebook, or instagram. Oh, i see the image. The selfie bottle was developed for coke coca israel, and were not sure that its available in this country, so its sort of like have some coke and a smile. That was a good one. I see what you did there. As though we need another opportunity to take selfies. Exactly. Thats what the world needs, more selfies. Coming up, insomniac theater, how j. K. Rulings harry potter is already smashing ratings meters along with a tale of family loyalty and going back to those youve left behind. First, the new developments in the brutal murder of a young man from connecticut found buried in a shallow grave in new jersey and connection to a prominent manhattan jeweler to the stars. Youre watching world news now. 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Now a 25yearold man with a criminal past is one of two men abcs jim dolean with the latest. Reporter james led off to what may well be a long time behind bars. It will not be his first visit. He has a series of mug shots from a a series of arrests in florida. There was nothing like this. These guys were animals. You dont i wouldnt treat i wouldnt treat an animal i wouldnt treat a squirrel this way. What they tried to do was just just preposterous. What else can you say . I hope they get everything they desee. Reporter the murder has left two families devastated. Its really horrible when you do something good for somebody and the next thing it turns out the way it did. Reporter it turned out to be murder. 26yearold joey comanalie was stabbed 15 times on sunday morning. And rackover is now charged with his murder and disposing of his body in a shallow grave in monmouth county. The body burned, as well. Also charged in the crime is in the crime grew up near the place where the body was buried. We believe at some point he took the body out of there and brought to to jersey, but its unclear, again, because they are both uncooperative. Rackover born james in florida, a troubled youth until meeting a prominent east side jeweler, but he tried to turn around his life. The elder rackover devastated now that this mitsvah turned to tragic. He cant believe it, cant talk, breaks down, cries, all he say, why i did something so good and something so good turns out to be so bad. So many questions about that. Thanks to jim here in new york. Its just, the new york media has been all over the story. A tragic one seeing all the young people involved. Wait to see how the legal case unfolds now. Yeah. And well be right back. World news now continues how did pig tracks get on the ceiling . Spider pig does whatever a spider pig does. . Can he swing from a web . . No, he cant practice hes a big . 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And now esthers a full blown social media celebrity with nearly 270,000 followers on instagram and over 800,000 likes on facebook. Oh, she wasnt paying attention. I know, i know. Reporter steve and derek acknowledge keeping a 650 pound pig in your house can cause problems. She loves to root in the blankets. Its one of her pigs Natural Instincts to do is to their beds and make them fluffy. We go through a mattress about every two months. But the lack of sleep hasnt slowed them down. They now have over 250 animals living with them including chickens, rams, roosters, bunnies and pigs. Come on in. Reporter 11 more esthersized piggies who, unlike esther, live in the barn. Reporter all those hungry oinkers means lots and lots of food. All of our pigs here eat a kibble that we have actually manufactured for them. We ate 3,000 worth of pig foot last year, and that was four tons. Reporter which, of course, is not cheap. Thankfully, esthers fame helpings cover bills. 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Well, you know, its been six years since j. K. Rulings last harry potter film. And now the highly anticipated harry potter prequel is now out there. All right. Fantastic beast and where to find them is in the movie, andy plays a wizard who arrives in 1926 new york with a suitcase full of magical creatures hoping to procure a rare beast, but its not long before those creatures manage to escape. Oh. It was open . Just a smidgen. Awesome effects there. Yeah. The film is getting more than just a smidgen of high praise from the critics earning a certified fresh 85 on rotten tomatoes. Richard lawson described it as ripe with political allegory, unafraid of grimness in a way that there films, which were about children, couldnt quite be. And Richard Roper called it an effective if not everlasting magical spell. Next, described as one of the years best movies and a stonecold instant classic. Casey affleck, who is pretty good, plays a jon janitor in boston is forced to move back to the fishing village where he grew up to raise his teenage nephew and face a past that forced him to leave in the first were not going to be here much longer. Were not moving to boston. I dont want to talk about that right now. You said you got the money to move. Yeah. That a doesnt mean whats in boston . Youre a janitor . So what . Do that anywhere. Theres plenty of toilets and clogged up drains all over town. I dont want to all my friends are here, im on the hockey team, basketball team, i work on a boat two days a week, i got two girlfriends, and im in a band. Youre a j what the hell do you care where you live . Critics gave manchester by the sea a whopping 98 certified fresh. Steven witty says the film is about who we bury and what we dont. And peters traverse, our friend, says no film this year has moved me more with its humor, its heart and its humanity. Wow. Thats a reducing endorsement. I might have to see that one. Thats the news for this half this morning on world news now, tracking the transition. As president elect trump stays out of sight, were learning about new details about who hes set to meet with in the coming days, including another prominent republican whom hes had choice words for in the past. Happening right now, the first blizzard of the season slamming the upper plains. Some areas expected to see a foot and a half of snow all before thanksgiving. Smashandgrab fail. Check out this wouldbe car thief playing bumper cars, ramming vehicles into each other, even the one he was trying to steal. See how he came up empty handed. You didnt hear it from us, but if youre nervous about calling off sick from work, dont stress, we have the newly crunched numbers on the perfect time and day to make that phone call, but you better wait until after the weekend on this friday, november 18th. From abc news, this is world news now. With the latest from president elect Donald TrumpsTransition Team. His representatives now in touch with the departments of state and justice as well as the pentagon. Trump, himself, has been involved in a long series of meetings. The one getting the most attention, though, comes this weekend when he gets together with mitt romney, the former republican president ial nominee and, of course, a very vocal trump critic. Well, hes now being considered for secretary of state. Also, retired Lieutenant GeneralMichael Flynn emerged as front runner for National Security adviser. David ryan is tracking all of this and the transition. Reporter two former enemies trying to mend fences. Sources tell abc news, the president elect is now considering former governor mitt romney for secretary of state. Romney has, in the past, been less than diplomatic about think of Donald Trumps personal qualities. The bullying. The greed. The showing off. The misogyny, the absurd third grade theatrics. Reporter the feeling clearly mutual. Mitt romney made a fool of himself. Did you ever see a guy like this . He had his shot. He had his shot. He didnt like it when i said he choked like a dog. He choked like a dog. Reporter the trump aides say theyll meet with romney this weekend as the Transition Team races to fill key cabinet posts. Among the other candidates for secretary of state . The governor of South Carolina, nikki haley who met with trump at trump tower. They had a good discussion, her chief of staff said and shes very encouraged about the coming administration and new direction it will bring. Earlier this year, haley called out trumps rhetoric. During anxious times, it can be tempting to follow the siren we must resist that temptation. Reporter trump firing back on twitter, the people of South Carolina are embarrassed by nikki haley. She supported rubio, but with eventually came over to trump. At 44, shes the nations youngest governor and a rising star, the daughter of indian immigrants who led the charge to take down the confederate flag. But its not clear what, if any, Foreign Policy experience she has. Former new york mayor Rudy Giuliani is also lobbying hard for the job. He was at trump tower too, but there are reportedly concerns about his overseas business ties and paid speeches. Tell us how the transition is going. Reporter playing a key role in the transition process, trumps own soninlaw, jared kushner. Its against the law for trump to appoint a Family Member for a job at the white house, but kushner is exploring whether he could serve as an unpaid adviser. Kellyanne conway, cited the bush family. He wanted to be an adviser, but hes a soninlaw, family, and thats really what we have to focus on here. I know the bush sons were involved in their fathers administration. One became president of the united states. Reporter even as the campaign scrambles to fill the secretary of states job, donald trump had his first sitdown with a foreign leader. Donald trump met with the japanese Prime Minister, shinzo abe, a particularly tricky meeting bought of the ideas trump threw out on the campaign trail to change u. S. Japan policies that have been in place since world war ii. David wright, abc news, new york. While that was taking place in new york city, Vice President elect mike pence was back in familiar surroundings of capitol hill. He was a member of the 12 years before becoming governor of indiana, meeting lawmakers from both sides of the aisle and reportedly told House Republicans they need to buckle up and be ready to work extremely hard. He also got together with Top Democrats from the senate and we had a straightforward conversation about how we can Work Together on infrastructure, issues that relate to child care and the rest. As you saw, he had time for an epic gop selfie there. Now, pelosi also promised that democrats will stand their ground when they can, but her leadership of House Democrats is actually now being challenged by ohio representative tim ryan. Points out that democrats now have their smallest congressional minority since 1929. He says leaving the current leadership in place leads to more losses in future elections. House democrats will decide the issue at the end of the month. President obamas director of national intelligence, james clapper, has announced he will step down. Clappers resignation was expected. Clapper told lawmakers that only senior most officials could have the other big story this morning, the first