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WPVI Good Morning America October 29, 2014

Electrified generations. Now the brains behind it need a reallife operation. How fans from across the decades are bonding together to help him carry on. And we do say good morning, america. Many of us are reliving our childhood. Remember the steady hand, having a steady hand. The wish bone was the hardest. The bread basket. And the twohander. We still play it. Yeah. Its a great game. It does not seem right that guy needs help for an operation. Tell you about that. And news in overnight about the father who disappeared from the broncos game. Found alive outside a k mart 100 miles away. A couple of strange twists. He is okay. But the startling explosion, the rocket packed with splice for the International Space station, blowing up seconds after liftoff. We have the latest this morning, good morning. David. Reporter good morning. We are at a viewing station. Grand stands right here. This was the fact sheet out here for those watching. Over my shoulder, blinking red lights. Four miles. Thats where the launch pad was. Scientists and students with experiments were watch. As were the crew in the space station, it turns now the horror, as this rocket exploded. There was excitement, it was the first night launch of the antares rocket. Just six seconds after liftoff, something goes wrong. An explosion, and it starts falling back to earth. The selfdestruct button is pushed. More explosions. Thousands of space buffs in the midatlantic gathered to watch only to be shocked. Actually made me jump. Even from the plane above, the explosion is visible. Orbital sciences, the private owners, says in space engineer speak that this was a catastrophic anomaly, which also heavily damaged the launch pad. Repairing it will be a high priority. We will find out what went wrong and correct it. This was the third of a planned eight launches under the 8 billion to supply the space station. Thats 200 million of cargo destroyed. Some is classified, the area is secured. It carries food, supplies and parts to the space station. Some have criticized Orbital Sciences for using older, refurbishes russian engines for the rockets. But theres no evidence that they were involved in the spectacular failure. Suns coming up here. The first look at the damage. This is a set back for the private space business. Nasas out of the rocket business. This now the only way to get to the space station. That is an amazing explosion. Turn now to a disturbing cyber attack on the white house. Hackers disrupting service for a sustained period of time on unclassified systems. Good morning, pierre. Reporter good morning. The white house continues to take defensive action to block the attack on some of the computers serving the president. While the targeted Computer Network doesnt contain classified information, the breach is being taken seriously. The fbi, nsa and secret service is investigating. It is sophisticated and there is concern about the brazen nature. Massive Cyber Attacks on the big banks. Officials believe those came from russia. What about this one . The primary suspects are hackers in russia who might be working for the government. One concern that they are retaliating against u. S. Backed sanctions with the russian role in the ukrainian conflict. Is this the beginning of a new cold war . No evidence they got sensitive material. No evidence of that. But a serious breach. Thank you. Now to hawaii and the lava threatening a town. Its now on properties, burning at least one building. Rob marciano is in pahoa, hawaii. Reporter im standing in the first established neighborhood truly feeling the heat from the lava flowing out of the kilauea volcano. You can see the glow, and the flames sparked by the intense heat. That lava is coming to these homes and its likely coming today. Thick clouds of black smoke billow above the small town of pahoa as this river of molten lava seeps towards front doors. This womans home just 300 yards away from the leading edge of the destructive flow. What went through your mind and they said this is coming quicker than we thought. We had a lot of work to do. Save everything that we could save. Reporter the lava already leaving fiery destruction ins it wake. Watch as it swallow this is structure in a ball of flames. The first of many to come. 30 to 50 homes are at risk. Were getting closer, you can smell it. We hiked out to see the dangerous lava flow, and at 2,000 degrees, its too hot to stand close for too long. Burning, and inching closer as residents wait to see if theyll be ins it unforgiving path. The weather has been pretty erratic, and the way its been encroaching. 10 to 15 yards per hour. Its about 200 yards away. Barring a dramatic decrease in speed, this spot will be engulfed by lava by this afternoon. Heart wrenching days ahead of us. Now to ebola in america. President obama speaking out against states imposing mandatory quarantines for Health Care Workers. Because if we do, then were just putting another barrier on somebody whos already doing really important work on our behalf. One of those workers, nurse kaci hickox, at the center of the battle, first in isolation in new jersey, now back in maine. Joining us by skype and her lawyer in the studio. Thank you both for joining us. How are you feeling . I know were last contact with an ebola patient was back in october, october 21st. Thats correct. I feel absolutely great. I mentioned before, i felt great since i arrived the except being a bit sleepdeprived after all of this. Im symptomfree and happy to be back in my home in fort kent. The state of maine would like you to abide by a voluntary quarantine for 21 days. You say youre not going to do it. I remain concerned about the mandatory quarantine policies for aid workers. Were adding to the stig mytization thats not based on science or evidence. And if these restrictions are not removed for me from the state of maine by tomorrow morning, thursday morning, i will go to court to attain my freedom. And your lawyer is here. She says youre going to go to court. What if the state moves to enforce the quarantine . Thats what they have to do. They have to move to enforce it. And the standard is does kaci have an Infectious Disease or agent. The answer is no. Medically there is no basis to quarantine her at this point in time. And every doctor there is no medical science that says she should be quarantined. None. But do you understand the concern people have and what do you say to those who might be concerned that the Health Care Workers coming back from africa could spread ebola . You know, i understand. I think we really have to stick to the facts and the science. I havent seen any science that says this is a huge risk. I have seen science that says selfmonitoring works, and selfmonitoring is a humane, understandable and prudent solution. And just to be clear, you have been selfmonitoring, no symptoms. Never shown a fever or symptoms of ebola . I have been completely asymptomatic since i have been here. There were reports i had a fever after being detained at the newark airport. I believe that the forehead scanner used was inaccurate. I didnt take any antifever medicines while at the airport. And while i arrived in the isolation facility, they took it by an oral thermometer and it was completely normal. Would you serve . Africa again . Absolutely. I plan on doing so. Thank you very much for your time this morning. And on a happy note, we can show you a grateful amber vinson. The hero nurse from texas presbyterian. Contracted ebola, now ebolafree, getting released from Emory University hospital. Dr. Spencer is the only ebola patient. Only known ebola patient in the united states. To amy for the other top stories. New measures against the threat of terrorism. The Homeland Security department is stepping up security at federal buildings. More than 9500 facilities. Theres no specific threat, but triggered by a wave of threats from isis and other terror groups and by last weeks attacks in canada. Copy cats and lone wolves are a big concern. And a Big Development in the prostitution scandal that rocked the secret service. Dave nylan has resigned beforing a caught with a prostitution himself. They saw him during a sting operation. He denies any wrong doing. The first images are coming from a massive landslide. As many as 300 people are missing in sri lanka. It buried homes in 30 feet of mud. Search and rescue efforts are being hampered by fog. And flags at halfstaff in new york, marking two years since Superstorm Sandy. It killed 120 people and was the secondcostliest hurricane ever. Tens of thousands of holmes were damaged, and hundreds are waiting for federal funds to rebuild. Pope francis is in the news with his comments about evolution. He said the theories of the big bang and evolution are real. And he cautioned believers not to view god as a, quote, magician with a magic wand able to do everything. There will be a game seven of the world series. The royals blew out the giants, scoring seven in the second inning on the way to a 100 shut out. Winner takes all tonight. And one other sports note, the First College football playoff rankings are out. Mississippi state is number one. Big round of applause there from robin roberts. Followed by florida state, auburn and ole miss. And finally, would you like this next door to your house this halloween . This our town of halloween this is halloween this is halloween. Thats what theyre saying. Id be looking for a way to unplug the lights quickly. This display features 12,000 lights, attracting crowds of hundreds of people. Some neighbors were concerned about the noise and traffic, so police shut it down. But the homeowner was just granted a permit from the city, so the show will go on. And the screaming you hear will be from the neighbors. Yes. Thats true. And one more time, hail state. Mississippi state. Thanks for that. Now to at t battling charges its deceiving customers with its unlimited data plan. A federal lawsuit claims the company is not delivering, selling the plans and then slowing down service after heavy web surfing. Abcs Rebecca Jarvis has that story. Better to be fast or slow . Reporter it turns out there is a limit to those superfast internet speeds. Especially if you have an unlimited data plan. And now the government is suing the wireless giant, at t, claiming its been misleading millions of customers about just that for years. Unlimited means unlimited. The company promised a service. It didnt deliver. Reporter at issue, at ts socalled unlimited data plans that, for a flat fee claim to let customers access the internet to their hearts content. From gps to web browsing to watching streaming videos. But according to the justfiled lawsuit, theres a catch. Once subscribers have used as little as 2 gigabytes of data, they throttle, or reduce internet speeds by as much as 80 . At t better watch out. When you offer unlimited anything, people are going to expect it. Why are you going to reduce my data speed because im on it too much . That aint my problem, at t. Reporter watch as the throttle device on the right takes over a minute just to load a map. While the nonthrottled device on the left takes only seconds. We are finally getting action on it. Reporter the ftc its happened to at least 3. 5 million at t customers. But at t firing back, calling the claims baseless. Telli ining its been transpare with customers since the beginning, and its affected only about 3 of our customers. Now anyone with an at t unlimited plan since 2010 or earlier could be affected here. If you are one of those impacted, you should have received a notice on your bill three years ago when they started making these changes. You should also receive a text message. You cant do anything about it. You can use free wifi, but cant upgrade the service. Its unlimited. Makes you suspicious of whatever plan youre on, are they slowing it down . Something like that. You always blame where you are. Right. But now got to think. All right, rebecca, thank you very much. Thank you, lara, for this. I have strong feelings about this story. So many of have grown up with the game operation. And thats why this story of the creator touched a nerve, if you will, many of his fans coming to the rescue helping to pay for a reallife operation he so badly needs. That red nose, the pesky wish bone and the iconic buzz. The classic game operation has electrified generations of kids. And raked in an estimated 40 million in sales since its 1965 launch. So you think the games inventor would be profiting big time, right . Not so, John Spinello is literally the brains of the operation. Having invented it in 1962 as a student at the university of illinois. I came up with the box that eventually became the prototype for the game operation. Reporter but this morning hes struggling to afford an operation of his own. He sold the rights for just 500 back in 1963. And while he later found success running his own business, he says its not enough to pay for a 25,000 surgery on his mouth. Thats where decades of fans come in. This morning an Online Crowdfunding Campaign to finance his operation, raising more than 8,000. He said i love it. Reporter one person writing, i had fun playing this game when i was little, and i owe this man for the happy memories. Another writing, thank you for the years of fun. People enjoy it, and we enjoy being there and watching them play it. Reporter an American Icon whos touched so many hearts. Yeah. So he designed that, you heard, as a student at the university of illinois for a class. He got an a. I hope it all comes through for him. Indeed. Ginger, were going to have to be layer eed up for trick or treating. So many places. The beautiful costumes, the coat on top. Detroit, 45, washington, d. C. , 62. One more mild day along the east coast. Then it comes and hard. Its a onetwo punch. Two different cold fronts. Reinforcing shot of cold air. 20s in kansas city, chicago, 30s, and yes, youre seeing a few flakes of snow. Well be talking about that. The mornings chilly cities. Hi, david murphy with an update from accuweather. Nothing showing on radar locally. We have a couple showers out by harrisburg. These are generally speaking headed up to the poconos. Any other coming here yet. As we take a look outside fair amount of cloud cover across region this morning and over all well get clouds with some sunny breaks. I think the clouds will be part of the package and its mild with temperatures in the 60s and this afternoon 69, just a slight chance of a spotty passing shower. Tomorrow more sun but chilly end of the week, then, snowflakes, great lakes into the appalachians. Did you say a nice colddriven wind . Had to sell it. The father who vanished at a pro Football Game found alive. How did he wind up more than a hundred miles from the stadium . And Jeb Robertson speaking out about his neardeath experience. We clean it up, turn around, and there it is again. Its scary. Little bit in my eye. [ michelle ] underneath the kitchen table, underneath my work desk, weve got enough to knit a sweater. [ doorbell rings ] zach, what is that . The swiffer sweeper. The swiffer dusters. Its some sort of magic cloth that sucks in all the dog hair. Its quick and easy. Pretty amazing that it picked it all up. I would totally take on another dog. [ kevin ] really . [ kevin ] really . We givecold symptoms. 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The delays on the schuylkill eastbound though have spilled out on the vine and the vine was really backed and westbound from i95 to the schuylkill starting to brachy up a little bit now but you kind of see this looking live at vine expressway. Weve got an accident on the shoulder in bucks county, route 1 northbound at old lincoln highway so watch for that. A disabled vehicle blocks the center lane on the boulevard north

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