She said, can you take this job and oh, i quit automatically. [ laughter ] i was done. Her bad day at work turns into the best day ever and what she said to her longtime boyfriend when they struck it rich. And good morning, america. Boy, you got to love julie leach. Shes done. Shes done. Doesnt even pretend shell stick with that job. Not at all. What did she say about her boyfriend. If they get married a prenup. Prenup. Smart lady. Yes, she is. That is later. We also have the latest on that epic flooding in south carolina. Going to show you live look at the ashley river near charleston. You see that fastmoving water right now. So many homes still underwater. An estimated 11 trillion gallons of rain fell in the carolinas in the past week. 11 trillion gallons. Thats coming up. We begin with that scary threat, russian smugglers trying to Sell Nuclear Material to isis. A dramatic takedown overseas. Abcs brian ross starts us off. This is the National Security danger that keeps officials up at night. Reporter absolutely right, george. This morning authorities in the Eastern European country of moldova say theyve broken up a criminal ring with ties to russia prepared to sell Radioactive Material to isis, supposedly for a dirty bomb to target america. Mole dove van Police Released this video this morning showing a series of raids and arrests earlier this year and late last year. The targets were a small group of men that Authorities Say were connected to russian intelligence agencies and were offering Radioactive Materials including uranium 235 and cesium which experts say in much larger amounts could be used to make a dirty bomb. There was no actual isis involvement but undercover mole dove van agents posed as members and their sting operation showed that the men offering the material would have had no hesitation to sell to isis if the price had been right. A senior u. S. Counterterror officer told abc news this week theres been no indication whatsoever that isis has made any attempts or has much interest in using Radioactive Material to build a dirty bomb, that the isis group focuses more on much simpler more easily obtainable weapons including the trove of chemical agents this he may have taken from the arsenal of the syrian army. So concerned about any terror Group Getting them. If they do theres no deterring them. In the last year russia stopped cooperating with the u. S. And creating upgrades to its nuclear thresholds. Thanks very much. George, the race now for president. Your voice, your vote, and gop hopeful ben carson making waves with his comments about last weeks College Shooting in oregon. And guns in the classroom. Abcs cecilia vega is in cedar rapids, iowa, tracking the campaign. Good morning, cecilia. Reporter robin, good morning to you. Ben carson says he knows exactly what he would have done had he come facetoface with that gunman and now those comments have him on the hot seat. This morning, rising gop star dr. Ben carson is under fire after making these controversial comments about gun control. I would not just stand there and let them shoot me. I would say, hey, guys, everybody attack him. He may shoot me but he cant get us all. Take action. Carson on the view tuesday suggesting some kindergarten teachers should be armed. You obviously are not just going to have a weapon sitting on the kindergarten teachers desk. It would be secured in a place where kids could not get to it. Overnight the retired neurosurgeon not backing down talking about last weeks deadly campus shooting in oregon. These incidents continue to occur. I doubt that this will be the last one. I want to plant the seed in peoples minds so that if this happens again, you know, they dont all get killed. Reporter carson also bashing president obamas plan to visit with the victims of that shooting saying if he were elected he would not go. I mean, i would probably have so many things on my agenda that id go to the next one. Reporter yeah, carson accusing president obama and Hillary Clinton of politicizing these mass shootings. This is not the first controversial comment this candidate has made, george. You will remember carson said he didnt think a muslim should be president. Thats right but he is holding up high in the polls. Cecilia, thanks very much. To the democrats now, jon karl joins us from washington. This joe biden buzz is building especially this new poll out just moments ago. Reporter thats right, george, the headline in these new polls is that joe biden does much better against republicans than Hillary Clinton. Just take a look at the matchup against the current republican frontrunner. These polls are from three state, ohio, pennsylvania and florida. In each state Hillary Clinton runs neck and neck with donald trump, but joe biden, he trounces trump in each of those states doing much better than clinton and, george, this holds up across the board against every republican candidate biden does significantly better than Hillary Clinton and its easy to see why, he is seen as more honest and trust worthy by voters and voters believe he understands their problems better than Hillary Clinton. Although in the polls she is leading him in the headtohead matchups. Reporter among democrat, yes. No one knows what yeo is thinking but this Group Pushing for him to get in is taking action. Draft biden and they have made a Television Ad that they intend to run right before that democratic debate on tuesday. They want to make sure that just because biden is not in the first democratic debate, that voters dont forget about him. That they know he is still making preparations for a possible run so this is a 90second ad, quite an emotional ad, george, ive seen it. It uses a speech that biden gave just two weeks before his son beau passed away talking about the tragedies that have hit his family. As everyone waits for a biden decision. Thanks very much. To the historic flooding in south carolina. People are returning home assessing the damage but many are not in the clear yet and with rivers still rising, abcs rob marciano is in summerville, south carolina, along the ashley river. Good morning, rob. Good morning, robin. You can see this river behind me, it flows into charleston and how quickly its moving. A powerful putting a lot of pressure on the bridge so it is shut down. 1 of 143 bridges shut down across this state. Its very difficult for emergency crews and First Responders to get to where theyre needed most, putting one more level of anxiety on this struggling state. This morning, the historic rainfall may have stopped in south carolina, but the states recovery is far from over. It was up over the sandbags we put on the door and just kept rising. Reporter residents now focusing on the cleanup but with rising waters still posing imminent threats they are not yet in the clear. We are now looking at downstream, waters and other areas that are going to be affected. Reporter right now at least 40,000 homes are still without drinking water. The National Guard handing out cases of Water Bottles to long lines of cars. I have three children at home. We dont have anything to even flush toilets or take showers. Reporter helicopter footage showing the so far billions of dollars worth of damage from above. More than 400 roads and bridges closed. At least 11 dams failed. The National Guard dropping sandbags weighing thousands of pound answer transporting Construction Equipment from Chinook Helicopters to keep this Columbia Canal stable. One which nearby residents depend on for water. Everything is gone. History is gone. Reporter this local business destroyed after this dam broke in lexington. When we actually found out what was going on there was no building left. Reporter over,000 National Guard across this state protecting people from getting on these unsafe bridges. The resident of that home renning a uhaul ready to move themselves and belongings out of harms way when and if the river gets close. George. What an epic storm. Thanks very much. Severe storms now in the southwest and ginger, look at that hail behind you. Yeah, looks almost like snow but it is accumulating hail. The people had put the towels and blankets over their car to protect them and this was in horizon city, texas, so west texas got it. Also the flash flooding in arizona, these pictures just west of phoenix, so the same region going to have severe storms and potential for flash flooding further east, i know tucson had a bunch of hail yesterday and now into new mexico and far west texas. We will be watching that for damaging wind, potential dust that kicks up too. Thank you. Now to that cargo ship that went down in hurricane joaquin. The coast guard finding more debris but still no survivors. A team of ntsb investigators now on the scene and abcs linzie janis is in florida with the latest. Good morning, linzie. Reporter good morning, robin. Families of the crew have been gathering here at the sea farers union daily and the ntsb bringing a Team Dedicated to helping them through this investigation thats now under way alongside that search at sea. Overnight the search for survivors of the el faro growing increasingly desperate. The coast guard discovering more debris including this Container Door but so far no new signs of the rest of the ships 33 crew members since a body was discovered floating inside a survival suit three days ago. The ntsb now on the scene vowing to find out what happened. We hit the ground running. We leave no stone unturned. Reporter priority number one, finding the ships voyage data recorder or its black box. It will begin pinging. And it has a battery life of 30 days. So far, no ping. And this morning, the big question for investigators, did mechanical problems slow down the el faro leaving it in joaquins path . Or did the hurricane itself damage the vessel causing it to lose power . The captain did not explain in his communication why he had lost propulsion. Reporter overnight, the ntsb also saying the ships owners may have been considering taking the el faro out of service. Now, the company has previously called it 100 seaworthy saying it was being readied for redeployment to alaska. George. Okay, thanks. A health alert. With flu season here more than 76 million doses of the vaccine have gone out but patients at one clinic alarmed after they discovered the nurse giving out the vaccines was reusing the same syringe between patients. Dr. Richard besser is here and, rich, this has to be risky. It is risky. When youre giving an injection Infection Control is your number one concern and let me show you what she did. She when you think about a syringe theres two parts, the plastic part and needle. She took used a new needle for every patient but used the same plastic syringe and when you do that, it increases the chance that blood from one patient can come in contact with another patient. So what should patients watch out for now as we are heading into flu season . Here the risk was of getting a viral infection, help tight is or hiv, there can be testing of these people and we know from previous times it happened the risk is very low. Three things to watch for, first thing is get a flu shot. I know people are going to hear this and theyll think that the risks outweigh the benefits. It cuts down on your risk of flu. The second is pay attention. If you want to make sure that theyre drawing it up in front of you and using alcohol on the vial and your arm and, third, if you see anything out of the ordinary, ask questions. Im sure there will be a lot of questions coming in and youll take them on twitter . I will. Amy with the other top stories starting with a call for more troops in afghanistan, amy. Thats right, george. The top u. S. Commander in afghanistan wants to keep a larger military presence on the ground. The u. S. Had initially planned to leave no more than 1,000 troops in afghanistan beyond next year, but general John Campbell tells Congress Conditions have changed and more troops are now needed. The general also taking responsibility for the air strike on an afghan hospital calling it a mistake. He is ordering troops to be retrained on when they can use firepower. Doctors without borders is demanding an independent investigation. Well, nearly 6,000 federal prisoners are about to walk free. The largest number ever to be released by the Justice Department at one time. Most of the inmates are n nonviolent drug offenders. The release is part of a new effort to reduce drug sentences and prison overcrowding. Many americans will be saving big money in winter. The Energy Department is predicting the cost of Home Heating Oil will drop 25 compared to last year and propane will be 18 cheaper. Saving homeowners hundreds of dollars. Natural gas and electric bills will also drop, but not by as much. And volkswagen planning to start that massive recall of diesel cars in january to fix software that falsely reported emission levels. The company has been given a deadline of today to explain how it plans to make that fix. Meanwhile, the u. S. Senate is now investigating the companys use of tax credits. Well, it was a wild scene in australia. A suspect fleeing police, he had nowhere to go so he drives on a beach and then still has nowhere to go decides to go ahead and take that right on into the ocean. Shockingly, he didnt get away. In fact, the getaway turned into a rescue effort as the suv was sinking he eventually got on the roof, was rescued by police and promptly arrested. And finally a new tourist attraction that has gone from thrilling to chilling. Take a look at this new glass walkway. It is suspended 3500 feet high on the side of a mountain in china. It opened two weeks ago and it had been very popular until this happened. One of the glass panels started cracking when someone dropped their coffee mug on it. Reports of screaming and a mass dash to get to the other side, the walkway started to shake. There was a large bang and the glass was shattered. Pretty incredible. But, hey, you know what officials say, no one was in any danger. Wait a minute. A coffee cup. A coffee mug shattered the glass. Now, it is closed for repair. Not too comforting. But i dont know who is going to get back up on that hinge. No one was in danger. No. Im not trying it. No. Thank you, amy. What that michigan woman who won the powerball did when she found out she hit the 310 million jackpot other than scream for joy, of course, in just 30 seconds. You know how some lottery winners say, oh, theyll just keep on working if they win. Well, not the woman who just won that massive powerball jackpot. Abcs david wright is here with her story. Good morning, david. Reporter good morning, lara. Shes a factory worker from three rivers, michigan, working the overnight shift but this morning safe bet shes sleeping in. Julie leach will never work another day in her life. There you go. Okay. Reporter the big check says 310,500,000. But taking the lump sum after taxes, shell pocket a mere 140 million. Are you leaving your job . Oh, i quit automatically. [ laughter ] i was done. Reporter julie leach bought 20 in quick picks at this michigan shell station on her way to work wednesday night. By 1 00 a. M. On her lunch break she finally remembered to check her numbers. Unaware that an hour earlier at midnight shed won the powerball. Having a really bad night at work. Thought, well, i might as well check my numbers while im sitting here waiting for my lunch and thats when i realized that i was the winner. I didnt believe it. Reporter for 23 years she worked at aquatic bathware. Fiberglass factory, nasty, dirty job. Reporter her boyfriend of 36 years vaughn avery is a factory worker too. She woke him up that night to tell him the news. I woke him up, told him he got up and said, we won. He said, what. We won. I said i won the lottery. We won the lottery. Oh, get out of here. I said i was in disbelief. Reporter 36 years together but never married. I said hed have to sign a prenup now. [ laughter ] reporter between them they have three kids and 11 grandkids and she says her priority number one to pay off the bills, buy a new house and buy new homes for each of their children. Tonights powerball, 50 million. Thatll work. Hardly seems worth it, right . You know what, he should have put a ring on it. You know what, she said we won. She didnt say i won. Very sweet. Very sweet. It was i, we. I, we. Exactly. So reaction from the factory. She wasnt sure when she left the drivethrough that she had won so she went back, her colleagues checked the numbers and told her, yes, you did win. She plays a lottery pool with them and they were kind of bummed out and she said next time its your turn. Not this time. She had just bought the tickets. Oh. Wow. David. Shell do the right thing. She was very gracious. Shes funny. Shes funny. Prenup. So much more ahead this wednesday morning, a stayathome mom on trial for the second time charged with killing her schoolteacher husband. Jason harper wanted to live. She chose to pull the trigger. So was it murder or selfdefense . The jury now set to decide and the dramatic demonstration to change it all. Medical mystery, a 12yearold girl cant stop sneezing, nearly 12,000 times a day. Gma is on the money drilling down on dental bills. Millions of americans putting off appointments because its too expensive. Nothing like a good, quick meal to bring two people together. Campbells skillet sauces. Ready in under 20 minutes. Campbells. Made for real, real life. How to be good at math. How much money do you think we saved today . A lot. 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