that are brand-new that cost 4 grand. i've seen that on television and i'm pretty sure if it was from 1790 and a designer handbag, probably more than 4 grand, that's my guess. >> okay. >> 24-karat gold wristwatch, again, i know there's watches that are more than $4,000. solid gold wristwatch, i'm gonna say that's more than $4,000 too. then i get down to wine and coin and for some reason, and i can't tell you-- i couldn't tell you why, when the word came out, and i don't even know how to pronounce it... ser-- >> sercial. >> thank you. >> in march 2015, christie's auction house sold a sercial 1790 for almost $4,000. >> sercial--when you said "sercial" i'm looking at it, i see "serial." i think serial number. i think money. it probably means nothing, has nothing to do with this whatsoever, but that's what comes to my mind, and so i started thinking money and a coin popped up.

so i'm thinking coin. i'm gonna go d, an early u.s. coin. final answer. >> rolling the dice again, this time for $30,000. it actually was c, a bottle of portuguese wine. >> oh. >> jason, you got to give it to you, man. you had the guts to go for it, and you're walking away with $5,000. you played a good game. thank you for watching. for everyone who's been a part of this one, i'm chris harrison. we'll see you next time. closed captioning sponsored by: americans... ... 83% try to eat healthy. yet up 90% fall short in getting key nutrients from food alone. let's do more. add one a day women's gummies. complete with key nutrients we may need... ...plus it supports bone health with calcium and vitamin d. one a day vitacraves gummies.

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outside mobile, you see the moment when this twin engine cessna crashes a few feet away from their office tuesday. witnesses say it was leaking fuel even before it crashed, and you can see them running back and forth, worried it might explode. and then the fire grew. authorities say that pilot russell smith had just taken off from a small airport. and as you see here, no one's looking at this thinking he survived. but when they pushed through the smoke, they ended up pulling him from the flame. he walks away with only a few small burns and lives to tell the story. >> all hell's breaking loose. it happened so quick, i didn't have time to think. >> reporter: smith refused treatment and went back to the airport to get his car. everyone else in the story thinks he ought to play the lottery tonight. steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. >> a lucky man there. when we come back, "skinny" time on a thursday morning. and beyonce takes her lemonade act on the road and actors playing real life people. "the skinny" is next. >> announcer: "world news now"

♪ skinny, so skinny ♪ skinny, so skinny it is "skinny" time. let's start with beyonce. she took her show on the road. >> yes, she did. >> queen b got her fans in the mood for her world tour with a black and white video posted to instagram. >> then it was showtime in miami.

beyonce opened her show with the song "formation" from her new album, of course, "lemonade." and during the show sang the so-called becky moment becky with the good hair and paid tribute to prince playing purple rain" . >> despite what's been said about their marriage, jay-z was in the crowd. she seemed to shutdown rumors by dedicating "halo" to her hubs. she said "i want to dedicate this to my beautiful husband. i love you so much." >> i interviewed her in 2004 way back when she first performed on the grammys with prince moments afterwards. she said that was the career highlight up to that point and forever. it was one thing she really, really wanted to do was perform with prince. >> now she looks back on that moment very fondly. >> it was a great performance. >> jay-z in the crowd, huh? >> yeah. >> okay. >> interesting. becky might not have been there. >> i hope not. next up, will ferrell said to be in line to play another commander in chief. variety reports it will be former president ronald reagan.

>> the story reportedly begins at the start of his second term as he falls into dementia. there's then an intern tasked with convincing reagan he's an actor playing the president in a movie. >> i'm lost. farrell knows how to play a president. he portrays george w. bush on "saturday night live" and on broadway. the stuff of comedy legends. word is the movie "reagan" will soon be shopped to studios. next to another movie, this one a lot closer to theaters. it's all about edward snowden. >> it is starring joseph gordon-levitt who is playing the infamous whistleblower in oliver stone's upcoming there you can see the drama. in the trailer we see him go from al army reservist to someone in on the government's top secrets. >> the deputy director of the nsa offered me a new position. >> can you tell me anything about it? >> you know i can't. >> think of it as a google search except instead of

searching everything that's public, we're looking at everything they don't. >> which people? >> the whole kingdom, snow white. >> "snowden" was supposed to open last christmas but pushed back presumably because of that "star wars movie, you might have heard about it? >> oh, yeah. >> it's now scheduled to hit theaters september 16th. >> edward snowden himself tweeting there for about two minutes everybody at nsa stopped working to watch the trailer. finally miley cyrus getting ink and getting grief about it. this one is all about the planets. >> tattoo fail. she took to instagram yesterday to show off her newest tattoo, the planet on her left arm with the rings around it. miley then told followers she had a #little baby jupiter. >> so the problem is as many amateur astronomers told her the planet with the rings around it is saturn, not jupiter. some offered advice while she's getting her next piece, she should do research about it, as well. like look up.

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"the whole nine yards," and playing the love interest in "saving silverman." >> i'm wayne. >> i know. >> but amanda peat saying it's painfully obvious but i'm still ashamed to admit this. i care about my looks. the 44-year-old actress recently of hbo's "togetherness" isn't firing there off in an article for lena dunham's newsletter lenny telling readers she's ashamed of her gray hair admitting i've bleached my teeth, dyed my hair, peeled and lasers my face. >> for her personally this has become a res nant issue. >> she's now pushing there back on hollywood's insistence at all costs in the name of her dogs. >> she's in this stage of her life. it provided a good point for her to reflect on these things. >> reporter: the star revealing she's constantly pushed out by younger talent like alicia vikander, writing, everyone's looking at me like let go.

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good morning. i'm diane macedo. >> i'm kendis gibson. in the headlines this thursday morning from rival to running mate, ted cruz has tapped carly fiorina as his choice for vice president hoping to save his struggling campaign. but donald trump is mocking the announcement as ridiculous saying cruz is not getting the nomination. full coverage ahead. the former oklahoma reserve deputy who shot and killed an unarmed man last year has been convicted of second degree manslaughter. robert bates says he mistook his handgun for a stun gun and didn't mean to kill eric harris. president obama is heading to flint, michigan, for the first time since the city's water crisis. the president was invited to the city by that 8-year-old, she is an activist who sent him an e-mail. the nfl draft is back in

chicago tonight with more than two dozen top prospects attending of roosevelt university. they include a record tying five players from ohio state. the action starts with the first round tonight at 8:00. those are just some of the top stories we're following for you on this thursday, april 28th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> the ohio state. >> you have to say the. >> yeah. >> i think i said it, right. we begin this half hour with the race for the white house and the general election looking more and more like it will be a trump/clinton showdown. >> donald trump took shots at hillary clinton during his policy speech after they sparred about the so-called woman card. this morning it's your voice, your vote. we get more from abc's tom llamas. >> reporter: donald trump laying out a fierce vision for america's role in the world. >> i will never send our finest into battle unless necessary, and i mean absolutely necessary. and will only do so if we have a

plan for victory with a capital "v." >> reporter: in a rare move, trump's team even setting up a teleprompter. but it's not trump's world view shaking up the race. it's his view of hillary clinton. >> well, i think the only card she has is the woman's card. she's got nothing else going. and frankly, if hillary clinton were a man, i don't think she'd get 5% of the vote. >> reporter: standing behind trump, new jersey governor chris christie, and his wife, mary pat. look at her reaction as trump attacks clinton. >> the only thing she's got going is the woman's card. the beautiful thing is, women don't like her, okay? >> reporter: hillary clinton quickly turning there the tables. >> mr. trump accused me of playing the "woman card." well, if fighting for women's health care and paid family leave and equal pay is playing the woman card, then deal me in!

>> reporter: polls show 69% of female voters have an unfavorable opinion of trump. clinton supporters like amal clooney predicting his comments on women will be his downfall. >> if at the end of all of this he gets been by the person who becomes the first female president of the united states, then i think that would send a very positive message. >> democrats are convinced those comments from trump will come back to haunt him and right now, hillary clinton is fund-raising off trump's rhetoric, calling it dangerous, unpredictable and that it's creating a volatile atmosphere in the race for president. tom llamas, abc news, washington. ted cruz overshadowed trump for at least part of the day. cruz introduced former rival carly fiorina as his running mate should he win the gop nomination. cruz is lagging trump in delegates, but he's hoping to

jolt his campaign. the indiana primary may make or break the moment for cruz next week. but fiorina says she's up to the challenge. >> i've had tough fights all my life, tough fights don't worry me a bit. what matters is the fight worth having. this is a fight worth having, this is a fight worth winning and with your help, we will win this fight. >> donald trump is the only gop candidate with a shot of winning the nomination before the republican convention. he could not wait to pounce on cruz. >> what a winner. what a winner. cruz can't win. what's he doing picking vice presidents? can't win. can't win. >> trump held a massive rally in indianapolis last night. he went on to say if he wins indiana, it's over. to the other story we're following this morning, it is of course the severe weather slamming parts of the midwest and south. >> across 11 states from texas to west virginia, 15 million americans were in the path of large hail, dangerous lightning and damaging winds and at least six reported tornadoes. those twisters flattened homes,

uprooted trees and even killed at least one person. a woman northwest of houston. and parts of nebraska, meanwhile, saw 6 to 8 inches of rainfall in under 24 hours. that triggered flash floods and forced the evacuation of parts of city of desler, west of toe picot. crews had to evacuate an entire nursing home and assisted living facility to a nearby high school. and the storm danger isn't over yet. >> the storm system is now moving out of the plains and heading east. accuweather's justin povick joins us now with the latest. good morning, justin. >> thanks and good morning to you. looks like our wet weather chances are ramping up again for the northeast later on in the afternoon. eventually edging towards new york city, philadelphia and d.c. the dry air will hold into north new england. storm chances returning to the south plains from dallas on westbound. large hail, damaging winds and very heavy rain all possible. diane, kendis, back to you. >> our thanks to justin at

accuweather. scientists at nasa are helping public health officials pinpoint the spread of the zika virus. they've come up with a map of the u.s. tracking the likely movements of mosquitos carrying the virus using temperature, rainfall amounts and poverty levels they found the risk will likely increase in the south and east over the next few months as the weather warms up. overseas, south korea's olympic is showing off zika proof outfits for athletes to wear during summer games and training in rio at this summer's games. similar chemical repellents could not be added to uniforms used for competition because of strict olympic rules. here at home, an age old disease is causing a health crisis at harvard. there are now at least 40 confirmed cases of the mumps. many of those were infected even though they were vaccinated. students are being urged to use common sense to prevent spreading the infection

including keeping their hands clean and not sharing cups and utensils. shifting gears a little bit, three tsa officials are now spilling the beans about a disturbing culture of fear, intimidation inside the agency. >> apparently that includes poor leadership, security warnings that were ignored and retaliation against employee who's speak up. abc's lauren lyster joining there us now with the details of this report and these hearing theres. >> ken disand diane, one official compared the culture to lord of the flies. attack or be attacked. and you know it's part of the house oversight committee's on going investigation of the agency. it's related to allegations of executive misconduct. for many, the tsa is associated with patdowns and bag screenings. in the nation's capital wednesday, the agency's own baggage was the focus. >> we have low morale, a lack of trust and field leaders who are fearful to speak out and for good reason. >> reporter: three to mid high

level tsa employees testifying accusing top brass of discrimination, burying whistle blowers and racial profiling. one saying he reported sexual harassment, a senior leader telling them this. >> if she files a complaint, it's our word against hers. i said, no, i'm not going to lie. he said, if you don't, we can't work with you. >> another official alleging bigotry involving community outreach atmosings. >> my supervisor accused me of going native. it's a disgusting there bigoted term. >> describing there a tsa culture that puts security at risk. >> employees are less likely to report threat evaluate issues out of fear of retaliation. >> the tsa saying it takes seriously all allegation afc inappropriate behavior by its employees at all levels. and doesn't tolerate illegal or unethical or immoral conduct. when it comes to specific allegations brought up, the tsa said it can't comment on many of them because of pending there litigation.

but kendisand diane, the agency did seem to defend itself against at least some of the complaints saying employees are encouraged to speak frankly when they see evidence of security failures. >> have they given any sense of any changes they're trying to implement to stop this from happening? >> this is part after investigation. i think we'll hear more once all their findings are completed. this is part of a number of hearings, part of a larger investigation. we'll hear more from employees and yeah hopefully get some results. we'll see. >> continues to be a controversial agency. the tsa. >> that's right lauren lyster, so nice to have you with us. >> great to be here. thanks. ford is recalling more than 2,000 vehicles including the f-150 pickup truck. >> the problem is the automatic transmission can suddenly down shift to first gear. the recall covers 2011, 2012 models as well as the 2012 expedition. full information at abcnews.com. okay. in case you didn't realize this, we are now in alligator mating

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women in the u.s. military have hit a major milestone. captain kristen griest has become the nation's first army infantry officer. after her graduation today from the career course, she would be commanding units made up of 300 soldiers and organizing combat missions. the world was outraged two years ago when the news broke from africa about a terror group's kidnapping there of hundreds of girls. the #bringbackourgirls going viral. >> that outrage has subsided but most of the girls are still missing. abc's juju chang recently went to africa for this update. >> reporter: we're traveling to the danger zone with the u.s. ambassador to the u.n., samantha power. it's been two years since boko haram kidnapped nearly 300 schoolgirls. 219 of them still missing. the terror group now using kidnapped children as weapons in their war, turning them into suicide bombers. 1 in 5 suicide attacks in the last year there was carried out by a child. they tell us some of those children are drugged. >> many of them don't even know what they are carrying, some that know they are already

drugged. >> reporter: these children escaped the horror, carried through the forest on a days-long trek. >> t-w-o, two. >> t-w-o, two. >> reporter: this 14-year-old girl told ambassador power, she still fears for her life. for the children here, going to school, an act of defiance. we're told that child suicide bombers are either coerced or detonated remotely or brainwashed into thinking this is a direct path to heaven which is a double tragedy because even when children are rescued, they are seen not only as innocent victims, but as potential security threats. juju chang, abc news, new york. coming up, a guy who has to be among the greatest adventurers maybe ever. >> either that or a massive glutton for punishment. his story is straight ahead here on "world news now.." >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. continues after this from our

♪ all around the world ♪ row if you want to ♪ all around the world >> b52s yes. when you think about great adventurers you might think of lewis and clark, early astronauts, explorer types, right? >> real explorers. the man you're about to hear from, he hasn't been in space but he's been plenty of other places both at sea level and

high above it. kimberly nelson of salt lake city station with his story. >> reporter: martin frey has hauls had a love for the ocean, but he never dreamed it would have taken him here. sailing all seven seas. but martin's 11-year journey didn't start on a sailboat. believe it or not it, began on an african safari. >> we were on safari and we decided we would include kilimanjaro in our itinerary. >> reporter: martin caught the climbing bug and four years later successfully scaled alaska's denali. >> on denali, we were stuck in a storm for six days at 17,000 feet. we couldn't go up. we couldn't go down. it was a complete whiteout. it was there that my friend steve gasser who is my climbing partner and really good friend, brought up the idea of seven summits. why couldn't we do this? >> but steve never made it.

he passed away shortly after this photo was taken. >> and all of a sudden, is the idea sort of said i'm going to finish climbing for steve and that's really how i pursued that dream. and i took his photo to every summit after that and had a little reflective moment with steve as my partner on each of the peaks. >> reporter: martin completed his mission of climbing the highest peaks on each continent when he made it to the top in 2012. two months later he decided to tackle the seven seas. >> we got the seven summits done. then there was like how could i find something that still met my need for adventure and yet, i could bring the family along. >> reporter: so they chose sailing. the freys bought their sailing yacht amara and sailed across four of the seven seas together. >> i think it had been 11 days >> reporter: they spent nine months together in the south pacific.

then continued through indonesia, africa, brazil and back up to the caribbean. >> then the idea bell, if you've done that much, you might, as well sail the five oceans of the world 1993 joined the aventura expeditions to cross the oceans and the around the world yacht race to sail across the north pacific. the race started in china and some 5700 miles later finished in seattle on april 17th. >> in seattle, yeah. >> reporter: 11 years, seven peaks, seven seas and a lifetime of stories. >> anyone can do this. you just have to sign on and be willing to take on a great adventure and have great attitude. and your dream of crossing an ocean will come true. >> good for him. people now, you get a challenge and you want to give up right away. he says this was to inspire people to take on those obstacles and push through them. >> that's inspiring. i think i might explore harlem later. >> adventurous. i like how he said and then i did the seven summits like it was no big deal. >> why not? that's what we do. good for him. he's inspiring. > so harlem.

>> harlem and then tomorrow, brooklyn. >> sure you can handle that? >> i don't know. williamsburg. williamsburg.

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those couples. >> reporter: after four years of disappointment, ben and kate lundqvists' best chance of growing their family was in vitro fertilization. >> we were looking at about $17,000 total. that is all out of pocket. >> reporter: required to pay the full amount up front, ben a full-time student and kate an executive assistant were going to be stretched thin. so they turned to a growing option for many looking for help paying for medical costs. crowd funding. >> we were hoping to do ivf. >> reporter: they posted a fund-raising campaign on youcaring.com to spread the word to friends and family who may want to contribute. >> i felt if we didn't ask others for help that we would not have the opportunity to have kids. >> reporter: youcaring.com which says 50% of its fund-raising campaigns are dedicated to medical needs has seen the number of fertility related campaigns grow steadily. gofundme.com says at least 1700 ivf campaigns have raised over $3 million so far. but no matter how you're planning to pay, experts say advancements in science have helped the bottom line.

>> far less spending is done today in certain cases than was done years ago because we can achieve pregnancies with fewer cycles. >> reporter: in just three months, kate and ben raised $4,100 from 33 people. mostly friends and family. at 38, kate says it allowed them to put operation baby into action quickly and keep them from maxing out their credit cards. in march, ben and kate found out they're having twins. and the fund-raising campaign provided something else. >> it motivated us to keep going and to realize people actually supported us and trusted us to have these children. >> reporter: rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. >> curious to see their journey and how it all plays out. what a creative and innovative way to get that done. >> people may not realize how expensive these processes are. in this case, we all say it

this morning on "world news now," the candidates are searching for the spotlight. >> one day after donald trump's five state sweep, ted cruz names carly fiorina as his running mate. how trump responded overnight to cruz's bold move. and where the race goes from here for bernie sanders as his delegate math struggles to add up. he was one of the most powerful people in washington. now former house speaker dennis hastert is heading to prison for using hush money to cover sexual abuse. see why his appearance in court may have played a role in that sentence. a pilot arrested for drunk flying. a breathalyzer reading showing that he was above the legal limit, even for drivers. the investigation into what exactly happened and how long he might have been flying under the influence. and ready, set, running man. or is it?

it's the latest viral dance craze stirring a debate, but should it really be called the running man? we will investigate later in "the mix" on this thursday, april 28th. ♪ >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> intense investigation. >> we are. we are on this, i want everybody to know. i'm sure you're very concerned about this running man thing. >> the entire brian ross unit has been looking into this. brian himself has been attempting the running man. >> thank you so much for this detailed investigation. embedded in fact. >> all he came up with so far is that it was a movie starring arnold schwarzenegger. >> okay. >> we'll get to the rest of that. we want to get started with the latest twist. what a wild day in politics. that's saying a lot. >> a lot going on. >> so you have bernie sanders downsizing as ted cruz tries to give his struggling campaign a

jolt. >> cruz announced carly fiorina as his running mate after getting crushed by donald trump in the northeast. trump delivered a sober and scripted speech on foreign policy, but then later at a rally he unleashed on cruz. it's "your voice, your vote." more from abc's bazi kanani. >> reporter: donald trump fires back. >> he is the first presidential candidate in the history of this country whose mathematically eliminated from becoming president who chose a vice presidential candidate. okay? it's a record. >> reporter: trump rallies in indiana with famed college basketball coach bobby knight just hours after his closest challenger, ted cruz, steals the day's headlines. >> my friend, and the next vice president of the united states, carly fiorina. >> reporter: cruz makes the unusual announcement of a running mate well ahead of the convention choosing former hewlett-packard ceo carly fiorina.

>> carly isn't intimidated by bullies. because she's faced challenges a lot worse than someone bellowing and yelling and insulting her face. >> reporter: a reference to a slight from trump that backfired with fiorina's strong response in a gop debate. >> i think women all over this country heard very clearly what mr. trump said. >> reporter: the businesswoman still returning punches. >> donald trump and hillary clinton are two sides of the same coin. on the democratic side, bernie sanders makes clear he will also fight on against his party's front-runner. >> we are in this campaign to win and become the democratic nominee. >> reporter: sanders campaign announced its laying off hundreds to focus on the remaining primaries and denies the move is in response to the disappointing losses in this week's primaries. hillary clinton took a break from the trail wednesday but was

still slamming donald trump for his policy proposals which she calls reckless. diane, kendis. >> always eventful. thanks, bazi. our other top story, severe weather slamming a lot of the country's midsection. >> across 11 states from texas to west virginia, those storms packed large hail, dangerous lightning and at least six reported tornados in iowa, nebraska, missouri and kentucky. those twisters flattening homes and ripping trees right out of the ground. northwest of houston, a 62-year-old woman was killed when this tree you see there fell on her house before dawn. >> those storms also dumped inches of rain across many areas outside of topeka, kansas. rescuers had to make four trips by boat to rescue a family of nine from the rising waters. crews used a rope attached to the front porch to guide them to safety across fast-running flood waters that were more than nine feet deep. meanwhile, the storm danger

isn't over yet. the latest radar image shows the storm system heading east, while the imminent threat of tornados may have subsided for now. fierce straight line winds could reach up to 80 miles hour. the only known surviving suspect in the paris terror attacks is back in france this morning after months on the run. salah abdeslam was captured just four days before suicide bombers attacked that city's airport and subway, killing more than 30 people. abdeslam faces multiple terror related charges and now in isolation inside a high security prison outside of paris. back here at home, a former oklahoma volunteer sheriff's deputy who shot and killed an unarmed suspect last year has been convicted of second degree manslaughter. robert baits said he mistook his handgun for a stun gun when he fired that fatal shot, killing eric harris during an illegal gun sales sting. a memo revealed questions about bates qualification that he was a close friend of the sheriffs and donated money to the department.

he was once second in line for the american presidency. dennis hastert is going to prison for 15 months former house speaker was sentenced in a hush money case that revealed he had sexually abused at least four teenagers. abc's brian ross has the details. >> reporter: frail and in a wheelchair because of a recent stroke, the 74-year-old hastert came to court today, forced to face his victims for the first time. >> mr. hastert hurt his victims many decades ago, but today, they struck back. >> reporter: hastert was once a beloved wrestling coach, but one of his star athletes, scott cross, broke three decades of silence to describe how hastert abused him in the locker room at the age of 17. now a chicago banking executive and a married father of two, cross, through tears, said, "it was my darkest secret," especially, he said, as hastert grew more powerful. also testifying, jolene burdge, whose late brother steve was another one of hastert's victims.

she first revealed his story in an interview with abc news last year, describing how her brother confided his secret of being molested by his coach. >> i said, why didn't you ever tell anybody, stevie? i mean, he was your teacher. why didn't you ever tell anybody? he just looked at me and he said, who is ever going to believe me? >> reporter: outside court, she told me she's waited 25 years for this day. >> that no matter your power or your position, you can't get away with things like this, especially in the molestation of a child. >> reporter: hastert also has his supporters. former cia director porter goss wrote to the judge that hastert was a loyal american who stood for "center of the country values." but the former wrestling coach, the former speaker of the house, finally admitted what he had tried to hide for so long. that he molested those boys. all this happened so long ago that hastert could only be charged with failing to report all the cash he took out of the bank, more than a million

dollars, worth to pay off one of his victims to keep quiet. the judge said in court had hastert been caught back then molesting children he might still be in state prison today. brian ross, abc news, chicago. moving on now, another health crisis is unfolding on the campus of one of america's most elite universities. there are at least 40 confirmed cases of the mumps at harvard university even though many of those infected had been vaccinated, it underscores the fact that even though the maximum dosage of the vaccine on average is only about 90% effective. >> that leads to about 10% of the population being susceptible for mumps and that leads to recurrences and outbreaks every few years. >> one health official says that college campuses are particularly vulnerable with so many students living in such close quarters sharing things and especially during finals not getting enough sleep to bolster their immune system.

if you're looking to minimize your workouts, we have a study for you. >> arguably it's a tiny study. just 25 men. >> can we just focus on it any way? >> it's good. researchers at macmaster university in ontario have found for general health benefits, ten minutes of exercise that includes just 60 seconds from all out exertion are just as beneficial of 45 minutes of moderate exercise. >> amen. the secret involves interval training. warmup for two minutes on a stationary bike and then you exercise intense bursts of 20 seconds and slow down for two minutes and repeat that for four cycles. >> but this isn't new. >> interval training is not new. i think this idea that you can get ten minutes worth of a workout in one minute, that might be the new part. >> that's like the whole process or thinking behind tabata. have you heard of tabata? if you just stretch your arm and raise your hands like the workout jack's doing, that's the

equivalent of 45 minutes i did on the treadmill today. >> but i don't think -- you're supposed to do more intense stuff for less time. >> okay. >> just lost ten pounds. >> i think kendis did too just thinking, just trying. how many calories are burning in there. >> thinking i lost an entire olson twin in weight. >> maybe dancing is more your speed. coming up, we take a look at the latest viral dance craze, but is it really the running man? >> inquiring minds want to know. but first the latest on the pilot accused of driving while drunk. we'll hear what air traffic control heard that might have tipped them off. and missing the boat, but the kids didn't. why a couple sent their kids off on a cruise but seemingly forgot to join them. also check out our behind the scenes pics on instagram. abcwnn. you're watching "world news now." missing the boat, but

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well, this is never good on a vacation. this is in the bahamas. on board that vehicle are parents racing to get back on their cruise ship. okay, so they didn't make it. the problem is their three kids they were on board that cruise ship that was sailing away. yeah, the woman who dropped to her knees there on the dock was late returning to the ship. her husband then des embarked to wait for her, leaving their kids with their uncle and his family on the ship.

we should say that norwegian cruise lines helped arrange a reunion at the next port. just imagine the nightmare for the parents. >> at least they were with their uncle. but still -- not winning any awards for that one. right? so a former pilot for jetblue airlines is now free on $50,000 bond but this morning, authorities say he is facing some serious charges. >> prosecutors say that he failed a random sobriety test last year at jfk airport. abc's david kerley covers aviation stories for us. >> reporter: former jetblue pilot dennis murphy wasn't talking as he left federal court, charged with operating a passenger jetliner under the influence. did you put 270 passengers at risk? >> no comment. >> reporter: murphy allegedly failing a random breathalyzer test with a level of .11. that's higher than the driving limit of .08, and nearly three times the limit for pilots. while it is unclear who was on the radio -- >> hey, tower, jetblue 583, did we check in? i can't remember. >> yes, 583, clear to land.

>> reporter: court documents allege murphy was at the controls on a flight from new york to orlando and acted as the co-pilot on a flight back to jfk. a total of 270 passengers. but before and during both flights, the other pilot told federal agents he saw murphy drinking an unknown beverage from a cup. >> pilots know that if they're going to consume alcohol in an airplane or be drunk in an airplane, they're endangering themselves and their passengers. >> reporter: just last month in detroit, a pilot, allegedly under the influence, was arrested on the tarmac, as passengers in his jetliner watched. in fact, on average, nearly once a month, 11 times a year a pilot violates the drug and alcohol policy. while this incident happened a year ago and murphy resigned, he now faces up to 15 years in prison. david kerley, abc news. brooklyn. and moving on, coming up in our next half hour, a small plane crashes just after takeoff. the fiery scene, it is caught by

a security camera went into trees there, but the pilot escapes with the slightest of injuries. but first, we'll catch some playoff fever. hockey and on the hardwood. some teams are moving on while others are going home. you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. some

♪ ♪ love in the afternoon, in the afternoon ♪ ♪ butterflies in my trousers of course, the mamas and the papas. >> you remember the mamas and the papas? >> yes, of course. >> grooving to the mamas and the papas because today is a special day, i don't know if you know this, but it's national blueberry pie day. >> yeah, we have it on the calendar. >> we have berries from driscolls. here to discuss this moment to us occasion is chef and recipe developer david bonham. he has some blueberry pies to sample.

and also to do some -- >> are you slow clapping? >> yes, i am. >> here to do some tasting is "world news now" senior blueberry pie analyst jack sheehan. thank you so much. >> thank you, diana. >> how do you get from this point to this point? >> it's a fresh pie. you just cook the berries in a little bit of sugar and cornstarch and fold in the fresh berries. >> i feel like you're making this sound a lot easier than it actually is. >> no, it's simple and the recipe is on the driscolls' website. >> and then the berries. a lot of people love them just like this. however, when i go into the fridge they're covered in mold. it seems they spoil very quickly. what am i doing wrong? >> you should keep them in the clamshell, that you buy them in, put them in the fridge right away as soon as you get home. wash them right before you use them with gentle cool water and leave them at room temperature when you're about to eat them for best flavor. >> jack, how is it tasting so far? >> it tastes delicious. i'm thoroughly enjoying this. >> can we get your expert analysis? >> the crust is nice.

it's very tasty. >> that's how i like the blueberry. >> there's a lot of berries involved here. that's the fact. that's what we're here for. >> let me see them. >> how do you make the crust, david? >> the crust is just flour, shortening and a little bit of butter with some lemon zest in it to give it a lemony flavor. you mix them together, refrigerate it, roll it out and blind bake it meaning you put it in the pan with pie weights and bake it for 15, 20 minutes. >> any secret tips? >> don't overwork it. keep the butter chilled. the shortening chilled. don't overwork it. >> did you get that? >> remember. >> oh. >> all right. >> and remember national blueberry pie day means that we're heading into peak blueberry season where they're the sweetest and most abundant. >> can i bury my face in this? >> please do. >> stick your face right in there. nice. >> i apologize.

>> i'm sorry. >> a man who enjoys his berries. >> everyone's excited about blueberry season being open and blueberry pie day. this is delicious. thank you so much. >> glad you enjoyed it. >> thank you, chef. >> you're welcome. >> you can find the recipe again wnnfans.com of course, and we have to get on to sports and mention someone who is being called the worst better in the world. he or she is an anonymous supporter of leicester city football club in england. >> the team defied all the odds this season and could wrap up the english premiere league the english premiere league title on sunday. that unanimous better placed a half pound ledger on leicester to win in august. the odds were 5,000 to 1 of this happening. >> sounds good, except that that person then cashed in on the bet after their first game which was a win. they were so surprised the team won they pulled the bet. after that if they had waited it would have been worth 2500 pounds, about $3600. instead all they got was pretty much their original bet back. >> i can't way to see leicester

destroy manchester united on sunday. i can't wait for that. >> no blueberry pie.

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but now people are saying it died too soon because the news, people in the news started doing it. we figured we might, as well do our part. right? >> we're not fans so why not. >> all right. ♪ >> i think i nailed it. >> you know what though, i think if we're going to try to bring back a dance craze, we should bring back the real running man. >> the real running man because that wasn't it. this was the real running man. >> the real running man. if you want the trend to last, find a new name for your dance move. ♪ >> this is so bad. >> oh. >> all right. >> i'm out of breath. >> now that we lost that bet, we held up our end. >> we did our running man challenge. you'll see the "gma" folks take on that challenge next. now should we move on to the sacramento kings?

>> let's move on, sacramento kings. so, they put out this challenge of sorts to their fans to get a tattoo of their new logo. take a look at how many people, this is the new logo. >> they're actually paying for any fan that gets the logo and they clearly is a lot of takers. people lined up on the sidewalk around at corner to get the new logo. what i wonder is, what happened to the people who got the old logo tattooed. >> true. and what happens if sacramento moves? the kings move out of sacramento? >> or they're like you know what, maybe we should change it up a little bit? >> maybe i really am a clippers fan after all. >> that would be very unfortunate. >> all right. are we going to run it out? there's big foot in london. >> there is big foot in london. >> big foot has been spotted in london. that folks, is a car. a vehicle, somebody drives

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this morning on "world news this morning on "world news now," tornado outbreak. more severe weather causing even more trouble across the plains. with heavy winds and hailstorms the entire system marching east. we'll have the latest forecast. and in the race for the white house, the candidates are playing the name game. ted cruz announces carly fiorina as his running mate but is he just trying to take away from trump's momentum? how the republican front-runner responded to that news. and new this half hour, an airplane's emergency landing after being hit by a bird. >> the impact was so hard it left the nose of the plane with a huge dent. see how the airline responded. and in "the skinny," beyonce hits the road. kicking off her formation tour as rumors swirl over lyrics from her new album. but her song dedication last night sending a strong message.

that's in "the skinny" on this thursday, april 28th. ♪ >> oh, yeah, baby. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." i do like the beat to formation. >> i like the beat to that one. >> the quintessential question many are trying to figure out is who is becky with the good hair ? >> big mystery. >> becky with the good hair. >> big mystery, no one knows. >> i'd like her number. >> beyonce might know. if i'm becky i'm worried right now. >> have the entire beehive right after her. of course this morning we'll start this half hour with the severe weather that's been raging across 11 states from texas to west virginia. >> the storms packing large hail, damaging winds and at least six reported tornadoes so far. they flattened homes, downed trees and power lines. and have killed at least one person. there are multiple injuries. the imminent threat of tornados for now is over, but some fierce straight line winds could reach up to 80 miles per hour.

>> look at this. this was the scene in omaha, nebraska, a funnel cloud caught on camera, and then this -- the ground was absolutely covered in golf ball sized hail, with some of those hailstones as big as tennis balls. >> meanwhile in kansas city, missouri, heavy rains flooded roads and parking lots in the city's industrial district. the water in some areas was up to knee deep and up to the axles of some big trucks. in parkville, some fairways at the national golf club are underwater after a nearby spillway was overwhelmed with storm runoff from a nearby lake. >> that storm system is now moving out of the plains and of course heading east. >> but the danger isn't over with. severe storms still possible anywhere from omaha to st. louis. accuweather's justin povick joins us with the latest. good morning, justin. >> diane, kendis, thanks. good morning to you as well. as we come to a near close for the workweek, still friday, of course. it looks like our weather's going to be turning quite wet at least throughout the northeast.

pittsburgh to philadelphia, soaking showers throughout the afternoon. even some rumbles of thunder further off to the south toward dc and charleston. dry air holds for another day into northern new england. severe weather chances are increasing again over the south plains. late today into tonight. that's from dallas to amarillo, large hail, damaging winds a huge concern here. and i'm thinking as we edge towards friday, perhaps an even larger of area of severe weather with tornados now possible again over the south plains. diane, kendis? >> justin, thank you. turning now to the race for the white house and donald trump unveiling his foreign policy plan. trump read from a teleprompter and refrained from off the cuff, remarks, it's a rarity. he vowed to put american interests first, defeat isis and rebuild the military, but he was kind of short of specifics. he later took direct aim at ted cruz after finding out he picked carly fiorina as his running mate. >> he's mathematically eliminated. he has set a record though.

he is the first presidential candidate in the history of this country who's mathematically eliminated from becoming president who chose a vice presidential candidate. okay? it's a record. >> cruz is lagging far behind trump in delegates but he's hoping to win indiana and california. and set the stage for a contested convention. we'll have more on his vice presidential pick from abc's david wright. >> carly, carly. >> reporter: it's his last ditch effort to stop donald trump and save his campaign. >> my friend, and the next vice president of the united states, carly fiorina. >> reporter: an extraordinarily rare move. ted cruz picked a running mate before he's even won the nomination. the former ceo of hewlett-packard, carly fiorina. >> he is a principled fighter. he is a man of character and

conviction. >> reporter: but she and cruz haven't always seen eye to eye. just a few months ago, you said, "ted cruz is just another politician. he says whatever he needs to say to get elected." what's changed? >> well, you know, we're in the hoosier state, you know? and in a heated basketball game, sometimes players foul each other. it was in the heat of a political campaign. this is a man i've gotten to know, who will do what he says, who says what he means and who keeps his promises. >> reporter: david wright, abc news, indianapolis. now hillary clinton is taking a break from the camping trail while bernie sanders is dramatically reducing the size of his staff. >> sanders is laying off hundreds of workers after losing four states to clinton this week, but the sanders campaign is playing down the layoffs as a typical readjustment of staff. they say it would have taken place even if had he won. and we're going to turn to now a stark and actually frightening reality being revealed inside the tsa. >> the agency charged with keeping us safe in the skies from terror is being accused of waging its own internal campaign of fear intimidation ignoring

security warnings and retaliating against employees who speak up. >> lauren lyster joins us now with the details on that. good morning. it is stark and frightening. >> it is. i don't know about you, but i've gotten used to the tsa going through my personal things, at the airport, but on capitol hill wednesday, let me tell you, it was three tsa officials airing out the agency's own alleged dirty laundry. among the allegations, racial profiling, burying whistleblowers and a management culture that could put security at risk. >> we have low morale, a lack of trust and field leader who are leaders who are fearful to speak out and for good reason. >> if you tell the truth in tsa, you will be targeted. i call it the lord of the flies, you either attack or be attacked. >> the tsa issuing a statement saying it takes seriously all allegations of inappropriate behavior by its employees at all levels and doesn't tolerate illegal, immoral or unethical conduct coming amid other

concerns from airlines and airports that tsa lines have gotten too long. >> that is true definitely. we also got a sense there was quite a bit of racial profiling taking place. out of those hearings, any particular group or minority group? >> so the group that the official spoke to that issue called out, he said he was doing community outreach at mosques with somali americans and he said he was essentially kind of in a separate incident charged with racial profiling. >> and they said they were sort of going against people who were trying to speak out against this. it will be interesting to see now that this has unfolded, if more whistle-blowers come forward. >> yes. this is part of, from what i understand, a series of hearings looking into the tsa investigating some of these findings and allegations where they will hear from a number of employees. >> lauren, thank you so much for looking into this. scary one, right. >> it is. it is frightening. >> thanks so much. dallas-bound american airlines flight taking off from

seattle was hit so hard by a bird it had to make an emergency landing. >> look at this. the impact so intense it left a crater on the jet's nose that measured two feet across. bird strikes are not all that unusual, this one seemed serious enough for the pilot to warn air traffic controllers. >> looks like we hit some birds on takeoff. we're going to need to go back. and have the airplane looked at. >> while the damage to the airbus was limited to the exterior, a new plane was brought in to resume the flight that was carrying about 150 passenger and six crew members. none of whom were injured when the bird struck. a jane doe in a 47-year-old case has been identified. investigate remembers looking into whether her murder may be connected to charles manson. >> reet juvertson was 19 years

old when she moved from montreal to los angeles. her body was discovered in november, 1969 just a few miles from where supermarket executive leno labianca and his wife were murdered in their home. like the other manson murders, juvertson's was savage, she had been stabbed 150 times. over in new orleans robert durst sentenced to seven years in prison as part of a plea deal for a gun charge. he will be transferred to terminal island prison in los angeles to face a murder charge there. he's accused of killing his friend susan berman to prevent her from talking to prosecutors in new york about the disappearance of his first wife in 1982. now to the investigation into prince's sudden death. law enforcement sources tell abc news that prescription drugs were found in his possession and at his home. the sheriff's office says if the mecation played a part in the singer's death, the dea may get involved. prince was reportedly in an outpatient program to help him deal with chronic hip pain and move away from the prescription painkillers. it's barely been able to launch and land rockets without disastrous explosions, but now spacex is setting its sights farther, specifically mars. after once successfully landing

a rocket on earth and once setting it back down on a floating flat form in the atlantic, spacex founder elon musk tweeted out that he is hoping to land one of his capsules on the surface of mars' in may of 2018. >> that's not that far away. >> that's just a couple of months. wow. all right. so musk said that spacex's long-term goal is to colonize mars by 2020. >> all right. >> all right. >> yeah. from the future now to the past. a very different journey in an extremely different type of vessel. an ark, like noah's ark. >> it's been in the netherlands since being built by a christian organization four years ago. now they are planning to sail it on the open seas. they say the first leg of the journey will be from holland to brazil getting there in early july. >> it was built with biblical specifications in mind. 95 feet wide, 410 feet long and 75 feet at all. tall. it can hold more than 5,000 people at once. no word on how many people or pairs of animals will be making

the trip. they want to go to the olympics. big crowd. >> i wonder if they're like first class and business class. >> steerage. >> is there a bar on the ark, do you think? >> not back then. >> what about now? >> and for a rescue boat. >> the ark doesn't need a rescue boat. >> isn't the ark supposed to be the rescue boat of all rescue boats? they say the whole trip is still in the planning stages. they intend to sail it to multiple port cities, brazil, argentina, uruguay, columbia several cities in those countries and then over here to the u.s. >> we can get on board in new york. >> yeah. >> i don't know. i'd rather a disney cruise instead. >> with or without your parents? coming up, an incredible escape caught on camera. >> a fiery plane crash where the pilot was able to survive, then managed to escape from the burning wreckage. and beyonce back on tour kicking it off. she got in formation last night. we're going to get the

highlights later in "the skinny". she's got good hair there. that's like becky hair. >> great hair. >> yeah. ♪ >> announcer: "world news now" weather, brought to you by american advisers group. american advisers group. american advisors group.

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moment when this twin engine cessna crashes a few feet away from their office tuesday. witnesses say it was leaking fuel even before it crashed, and you can see them running back and forth, worried it might explode. and then the fire grew. authorities say that pilot russell smith had just taken off from a small airport. and as you see here, no one's looking at this thinking he survived. but when they pushed through the smoke, they ended up pulling him from the flame. he walks away with only a few small burns and lives to tell the story. >> all hell's breaking loose. it happened so quick, i didn't have time to think. >> reporter: smith refused treatment and went back to the airport to get his car. everyone else in the story thinks he ought to play the lottery tonight. steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. >> a lucky man there. when we come back, "skinny" time on a thursday morning. and beyonce takes her lemonade act on the road and real life actors playing real life people. stay with us. "the skinny" is

♪ skinny, so skinny ♪ skinny, so skinny ♪ skinny, so skinny it is "skinny" time. let's start with beyonce. she took her show on the road. >> yes, she did. >> queen b got her fans in the mood for the start of her new world tour with a black and white video posted to instagram. >> then it was showtime in miami. beyonce opened her show with the song "formation" from her new

album, of course, "lemonade." and during the show sang the so-called becky moment becky with the good hair from the sorry moment and paid tribute to prince playing "purple rain." >> despite what's been said about their marriage, jay-z was in the crowd. she seemed to shutdown rumors by dedicating "halo" to her hubs. she said "i want to dedicate this to my beautiful husband. i love you so much." >> i interviewed her in 2004 way back when she first performed on the grammys with prince moments afterwards. she said that was the career highlight up to that point and forever. it was one thing she really, really wanted to do was perform with prince. >> now she looks back on that moment very fondly. >> it was a great performance. >> jay-z in the crowd, huh? >> yeah. >> okay. >> interesting. becky might not have been there. >> i hope not. next up, will ferrell said to be in line to play another commander in chief. variety reports it will be former president ronald reagan.

>> the story reportedly begins at the start of his second term as he falls into dementia. there's then an intern tasked with convincing reagan he's an actor playing the president in a movie. >> i'm lost. farrell knows how to play a president. he portrays george w. bush on "saturday night live" and on broadway. the stuff of comedy legends. word is the movie "reagan" will soon be shopped to studios. next to another movie, this one a lot closer to theaters. it's all about edward snowden. >> it is starring joseph gordon-levitt who is playing the infamous whistleblower in oliver stone's upcoming docu drama. in the trailer we see him go from al army reservist to someone in on the government's top secrets. >> the deputy director of the nsa offered me a new position. >> can you tell me anything about it? >> you know i can't. >> think of it as a google search except instead of searching everything that's

public, we're looking at everything they don't. e-mails, chats, ms, whatever. >> which people? >> the whole kingdom, snow white. >> "snowden" was supposed to open last christmas but pushed back presumably because of that "star wars" movie, you might have heard of it? >> oh, yeah. >> it's now scheduled to hit theaters september 16th. >> edward snowden himself tweeting there for about two minutes everybody at nsa stopped working to watch the trailer. finally miley cyrus getting ink and getting grief about it. this one is all about the planets. >> tattoo fail. she took to instagram yesterday to show off her newest tattoo, the planet on her left arm with the rings around it. miley then told followers she had a #littlebabyjupiter. >> so the problem is as many amateur astronomers told her the planet with the rings around it is saturn, not jupiter. some offered advice while she's getting her next piece, she should do research about it, as well. like look up. >> astronomer.

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>> i'm wayne. >> i know. >> but amanda peet saying it's painfully obvious but i'm still ashamed to admit this. i care about my looks. the 44-year-old actress recently of hbo's "togetherness" isn't firing there off in an article for lena dunham's newsletter lenny telling readers she's ashamed of her gray hair admitting i've bleached my teeth, dyed my hair, peeled and lasered my face. >> for her personally this has become a resonant issue. >> reporter: but she's now pushing back on hollywood's insistence at all costs in the name of her daughters. >> she's in this stage of her life. it provided a good point for her to reflect on these things. >> reporter: the star revealing she's constantly pushed out by younger talent like alicia vikander, writing, everyone's looking at me like let go. there's no room for you. >> do you see this smile?

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making news in america this morning, days before another crucial primary, with hopes of winning the nomination now fading, ted cruz announces his running mate, carly fiorina. overnight donald trump responding. >> what's he doing picking vice presidents? >> the reaction coming in. could the move backfire? and another candidate announcing massive campaign layoffs. severe storms are erupting overnight dropping more hail and creating dangerous conditions. we're tracking it all. midair collision. an airliner forced to turn around after hitting a bird, rattling nerves and putting a big dent in the plane's nose. hissing, thrashing and not leaving without a fight, see what happens when an alligator wanders into a home.