welcome to "world news tonight." and the breaking news. the unstoppable lava. the structure on fire, the evacuations. and abc meteorologist rob marciano right in the middle of it. the lava, 2,000 degrees. also developing right now, just days after that attack in canada, the gunman running through parliament, homeland security here and the new movement and hundreds of federal buildings across america. the breaking development in the joan rivers case. her daughter taking action tonight, after what the medical examiner revealed. vanishing without a trace. the american dad with his son at an nfl game, the dad suddenly missing. our team asking about the cameras. what they're saying now. and breaking tonight, millimeters affected. has your cell phone company done something to your cell phone service? have you been asking, what's wrong with my phone?

good evening and we begin tonight with a site we rarely see. that river of lava, that slow motion danger now 12 miles from where it started, and here are the pictures coming in tonight. you can hear the crackling of the lava. 2,000 degrees, hot enough to incinerate virtually anything in its path. tonight, families have already evacuated. they could see this coming for days. abc meteorologist rob marciano is on the big eye land in hawaii for us tonight and rob leads us off. >> reporter: tonight, the inevitable is happening. the river of molten hot lava that's been creeping towards the hawaiian town of pahoa is now in the backyards of residents. watch as the first structure is swallowed up in heat and flames. >> we have fire crews in the ground, just in the event we have any kind of a brush fire problem. >> reporter: residents on edge,

ready to run at a moment's notice. >> we can't see the future. the flow does what the flow does. >> reporter: going in. we trekked to the front lines of the lava's destreak tough path. a long, rugged hike through thick gasz and heavy rain. we've not even half way to the flow. once we get there, we're probably upstream quite a bit. so, this is going to be a longer night than we anticipated. eventually arriving at the lava field. this is incredible. you it just broke out. it is incredibly hot right here. we're still three miles from the lava front. and this is only a few yards wide. you can just imagine what a lava front over a football field would field or look like. the 2,000-degree lava has been headed towards the town since june. inching closer. david, aside from advising for evacuations, the town of pahoa has closed down schools here beginning tomorrow for a full

week, which highlights the fact there are a lot of questions as to when and where this lava will arrive and how much of this town it will destroy with it. >> rob marciano tonight, thank you. spectacular pictures. and another stunning image coming in at this hour. breaking news from nasa tonight. the space agency reporting an unmanned rocket exploding on liftoff from virginia. this is the scene right now. the rocket was supposed to deliver cargo the international space station. the main ponte here, unmanned. but spectacular pictures at this hour. i want to bring in meteorologist ginger zee. it's really the other extreme from what we saw from rob, a blast of cold. this is the coldest start to the season in some places. >> reporter: for many places, yes. and the proximity to the warmth. early tomorrow morning, the 30s already making their way into the northern plains and great lakes. pay attention. the colors are coded with the numbers. by early saturday morning, we're taking costume time for friday

night, halloween, the 20s make their way to kansas city, 30s, nashville's talking about sub-freezing. and 40s all the way there into the southeast. >> i see snowflakes there, too. just in time for halloween. ginger, thank you. now to a developing story this evening. homeland security tonight taking new action to step up security at thousands of government buildings across this country. the move follows a terrifying scene in ottawa just last week. the surveillance video there showing the gunman running from the car, right past the parliament building, then inside as a fierce battle through the hallways. abc's senior justice correspondent pierre thomas in washington with the breaking headline. >> reporter: david, homeland security officials are taking no chances. those images from canada's parliament are seared in their minds. it was hard evidence, they believe, lone wolf rat caradica may attack government workers and police. security will be stepped up as v at many of the 9,500 federal

buildings in washington, d.c. and throughout the nation that see 1.4 million people walk through their doors every day. the bottom line, u.s. officials say, so many americans have gone to join radicals in syria. they worry a sympathizer right here at home might try to do something. david? >> all right, pierre. thank you. and now, to ebola and new developments. these images tonight of amber vinson, the second dallas nurse to contract the disease. tonight, ebola free, leaving that hospital in georgia, seen hugging her doctor. meanwhile, 1,500 miles to the north, that american nurse detained against her will after returning from the hot zone. she doesn't have ebola. tonight, she's back in her home state of maine, but this even egg, what authorities have told her boyfriend. is it too far? abc's linzie janis is there. >> reporter: this is the place kaci hickox wanted to come home to. ft. kent, maine. instead tonight, this image. nurse hickox resting in se sclugs in an undisclosed

location, in hiding. one day after she was released from the new jersey hospital tent where she was detained for days, even though she doesn't have ebola. this is where kaci hickox had planned to come when she returned from africa. her boyfriend's house in this rural maine neighborhood. a great place to lay low. surrounded by thick woodland. her boyfriend, ted wilbert, described their plan to abc news. >> kasi wasn't going to infect anyone in the general vicinity. >> reporter: the local university reportedly telling him he couldn't come back to class if he had contact with his girlfriend. but he doesn't need to be quarantined. why is he doing that? >> he's actually volunteering this. there are concerns from the student body and the local community. so, he's taking just precautions just in case. >> reporter: the whole incident illustrating the confusion over how to respond to health care workers returning from west africa. today, president obama urging calm. >> america in the end is not

defined by fear. that's not who we are. >> reporter: david, there is a genuine debate in this town. we spoke with a lot of people today, many of them think kaci hickox should have stayed in new jersey. others telling us they know she doesn't have ebola and isn't a danger. david? >> linzie janis in maine for us. thank you. and breaking developments tonight in the joan rivers case. the comedy legend who died nearly two months ago now. her daughter, melissa, retaining powerhouse attorneys, that law firm looking into the circumstances of rivers death after what the medical examiner recently reveals. abc's ryan smith now. >> reporter: tonight, the family of joan rivers making what would be the first step in a legal process surrounding the 81-year-old comedian's death. the manhattan law firm known for winning big settlements telling abc news, in order to fully determine all of the facts and circumstances surrounding the death of joan rivers, we confirm that our firm has been engaged

by melissa rivers and her family. according to the new york city medical examiner's record, rivers died from a therapeutic complication. her breathing stopping during a seemingly routine throat procedure. joan and melissa rivers, a fick dhur in fashion circles and on red car pelts alike. their relationship, as close as a mother and daughter could be. melissa rivers devastated by her mother's death. now, the rivers family, seemingly considering its next steps. this clinic where joan rivers ps was treated has come under fire. the medical director of the clink has stepped down. today, they didn't have a come meant about the law firm's hiring, david. ryan, thank you. and now to washington state, and these images. the memorial for the victims of that school shooting. two young girls. bull there have been tributes for someone else. the gunman. the popular freshman and homecoming prince. tonight, members of that community, even some of the

victims still fighting for their lives with messages for him, as well. abc's neal karlinsky, north of seattle. >> reporter: at this growing memorial, messages for teenage gunman jaylen fryberg are right alongside the kids he's accused of luring and shooting in that brutal lunchroom attack. but they're not angry notes. rest in peace, jaylen. you guys were missed terribly. and on wrestling shoes, may you wrestle with angels now. >> the only question i city have is just, why? >> reporter: and even from his hospital bed, nate hatch, recovering from a gunshot to the jaw, has no anger for jaylen. >> nate doesn't know why, he just wonders why his brother, he says, i don't know why my brother shot me, you know? why? i don't know why. >> reporter: therapy docks have been brought in to help the hundreds of kids who are hurting. sad, confused, but not just for the victims. for the boy they remember as a homecoming prince, not a murderer. one thing students have requested of school officials

above all else, a new cafeteria. and so when school reopens here next week, that lunchroom will be closed. david? >> neal karlinsky, thank you. and in colorado this even egg, the search for that american father at an nfl game with his family, when he mysteriously vanished during halftime five days ago now. tonight, officials are pouring over the stadium security cameras, and abc's clayton sandell is at the stadium. >> reporter: inside this stadium, filled with 77,000 people, one of them, 53-year-old broncos fan paul kitterman, vanished. on thursday, kitterman and stepson jarod sat down at sports authority field in section 230, snapping this photo with friends. kitterman, from a small town two hours west of denver, where he works on a ranch, carried some cash that night, but no credit cards. he left his cell phone at home. >> he's just the nicest, kind-hearted, loyal man.

and he wouldn't do anything wrong on purpose. >> reporter: at halftime, jarod went to the restroom. when he came back, his stepfather was gone. it's hard to imagine kitterman wasn't seen leaving on one of the security cameras here. there are, after all, nearly 100 of them. but spotting just one person, that's the trick. >> cameras in strategic locations all over the stadium. there's hours and hours of footage to go through. >> reporter: police say they are baffled, but still have no evidence kitterman is a victim of a crime. >> people go missing and it's -- a lot of times we've seen it over the years where people j t just, you know, walk away. >> reporter: tonight, kitterman's family desperately hopes he will walk back into their lives, safe. clayton sandell, abc news, denver. >> clayton, thank you. and tonight, that new development that has millions of american customers paying very close attention. cell phone carrier at&t now under fire. the ftc suing, claiming they misled 3.5 million customers over those unlimited data plans.

accused of at financially slowing down the speed of your web brower. tonight, abc's chief business correspondent rebecca jarvis, getting answers. >> reporter: there's a limit to unlimited. the government today suing at&t claiming the wireless giant's been misleading customers with its so-called unlimited data plans, offering unlimited access to the internet, apps, e-mails and online videos. but the ftc says there's a catch. once consumers use a certain amount, everything starts to dramatically slow down. making internet access as difficult as in the dark ages of dialup. and that it's happened to at least 3.5 million customers. 25 million times since 2011. >> millions of customers affected on this rebecca with us now. you reached out to at&t what are they saying tonight? >> they say this only impacts 3% of their customers and they say they've always been completely transparent. >> rebecca jarvis with us

tonight, thank you. well, tonight, the countdown is on to the midterm elections. seven days now until america heads to the polls. it's your voice, your vote. the stakes are extraordinarily high. a president, a white house waiting to learn in the senate will now go republican, too. the house already in republican hands. and new tonight here, a portrait of america fed up really with both sides. take a look here. this is one of the tools we'll have an election night. the exit polls, the voters and what's driving them. tonight, a bit of a preview why america is fed up. a new abc news/"washington post" poll of likely voters. we asked about the direction of america. is it going in the right direction? 70% saying no. just 26% saying yes. and i wanted to show you something else. we asked about the government's ability to deal with problems. and look behind me here. 63% saying it's gotten worse. just 11% saying the government's ability has gotten better. so, i want to get right to abc's chief white house correspondent jonathan karl. jon. when the white house sees these numbers, what do they make of

snem. >> reporter: well, david, the white house is brushing off this and bad news in the polls for democrats. bull what is most disturbing in these numbers for the white house and for the democratic party is, not only do people say they distrust government, they don't think it's working, but they blame democrats and the whouls for the dysfunction. look at this number. well asked, which party do you trust more? 42% said republicans. 37% said democrats. that is a big switch from just six months ago when more said they trusted democrats. >> and jon, the entire political team, we got together today, we were talking, six senate seats the republicans need to pick up to take control of the senate? >> reporter: yeah, and here's the thing. there are at least a dozen seats that are in play. so, republicans have a chance not only to win, but to win big. but david, in each of these races, virtually every top race, the races are so close, it could go either way. this is going to be a very dramatic and intense election night. >> and we will be here every step of the way. jon, thank you. and jon and i will be joining

george stephanopoulos as he leads the way one week from tonight, right here on abc. back to the breaking news as we continue on "world news tonight" this tuesday. that explosion after liftoff from nasa. that's an unmanned rocket. just dramatic pictures coming in. martha raddatz standing by with late details. and then, at the end of the broadcast tonight, a made in america question for you. is the candy you're handing out this halloween made in america? we are just back from the factory tonight. what we've made, they've been making since 1940. any guesses? it's creating jobs tonight. try the improved formula of boost® original nutritional drink. each delicious serving provides... 10 grams of protein to help maintain muscle, and 26 essential vitamins and minerals including calcium and vitamin d to support bone health. plus, boost contains 3 grams of fiber which helps support digestive health. try boost original nutritional drink today. which helps support digestive health.

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right there on liftoff, just as it's taking off, heading for the international space station, the third of eight international space station cargo resupply and it blows up right there. no one was injured. this is an unmanned rocket. we should make that very clear. it was carrying about 5,000 pounds of nasa cargo, inside this rocket to held for that international space station. again, david, no one injured. but a rather spectacular fiery ball there from that rocket. >> those pictures coming in just as we came on the air tonight. martha, thank you. as she points out, unmanned, and private contractors taking many of these unmanned cargo spacecraft up to the international space station. nasa, the picture coming in tonight. martha, thank you. when we come back here, we're going to switch gears. tom hanks. you remember him from "forrest gump." tonight, the big surprise from one of hollywood's leading men.

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and finally tonight here, just in time for halloween, made in america is back. it's estimated, about 40 million children could be trick or treating this year. and have you ever looked at the label on all of that candy? tonight, the american candy maker helping to fill those bags and looking to hire tonight. knocking at front doors across this country, the faces of america's children. what will they be this year? but more importantly, for them, what will we hand out? and will any of that candy be made in america? we traveled to bethlehem, pennsylvania. how are you? >> how are you? >> reporter: before we were in the tactry, a halloween peep. chocolate covered marshmallow. pretty good. i like the way this is starting. before the assembly line, we suit up. you can smell it already. we could smell the vanilla, just one of the many ingredients here. their factory, even the improvements. >> american steel. >> reporter: american steel for the factory. even your elevators smell like candy. but we wanted to see it. the famous mike and ikes. first made in 1940. >> this is an orange mike and ike.

you want to taste one? >> reporter: of course. i was in. i had someone watching. samir, proud to have made it. and we were about to learn how, too. how many pounds goes into one of these? >> 500 pounds. >> reporter: 500 pounds. teach me how to do that. >> sure. absolutely. >> reporter: three ladles full. >> it's definitely strawberry. is there a technique? >> nice and even. >> reporter: somebody in america will be eating these mike and ikes. some of the workers have been here for decades. husbands meeting wives. you met your wife here? >> i did. >> reporter: this is lisa? hi, lisa. this is the hot thamales. they were invented ten years later, 1950. harry truman was president. these come from you. their box says it. made in the usa. and their jelly beans, that basket sorting out the perfect ones. what happens to this candy? you know what we were thinking. we'll eat it.

and it turns out while we were there for halloween, they were already working on something else. their peeps for easter. can i do one? that's kathy there on the assembly line. ready? oh, no! and she made it clear, i was not ready. oh, no! but that's okay. there's still plenty of time to fix them before easter. how are they? all right, kathy. >> made in america! >> i swear, it not as easy as it looks. made in america halloween. the latest on that nasa explosion online. "gma" and until then, good night. wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

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