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>> the only thing that makes sense to me would be the internet. "c," final. >> and that's exactly what ann landers was talking about. that's right. $3,000. all right, this next one will get you to that first threshold of $5,000, so let's do it. $5,000 question. designer jeans aside, who did "business insider" say seemed to excel only in "inheriting and spending" a fortune on real estate after "billy" died in 1885? >> designer jeans? i'm wearing a dress. i don't know about jeans. come on. i'm going to "ask the audience." >> okay, final? >> yes, final. >> okay, audience, rachel could use a little help here, so if you would, pick up those keypads, enter your vote now. [percussive music] ♪
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okay, let's see what the audience thinks. well, 56% say the vanderbilts, "d." >> okay, "d," final. >> [sighs] i think what the jeans was trying to unfortunately explain was vanderbilt jeans. >> yes. >> you're right. >> thank you! thank you! >> $5,000. [buzzer buzzing] that sound means that time is up for today. but, rachel, because you used that lifeline, you're coming back. >> yay! >> still two lifelines and we're still nine away from the million. thank you so much for watching. from everyone who's been a part of this one, i'm chris harrison. we'll see you next time. >> closed captioning sponsored by:
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i'm lucky to get through a shift my bargain detergent, it couldn't keep up.ter. so i switched to tide pods. they're super concentrated... so i get a better clean. voted 2016 product of the year. if it's got to be clean, it's got to be tide. a traffic nightmare for some folks in traffic nightmare for some folks in los angeles. after a man climbed a tower at a tv station. that stunt forced the closure of busy sunset boulevard. the man was on the tower for more than three hours. at one point, he appeared to be smoking and talking on a cell phone. he eventually climbed back down after a woman from his church offered to help him. the man was taken into custody for medical evaluation. back on the ground if a new
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invention gets off the way, you won't have to worry about traffic nightmares anymore. you go through the drive through window at the bank, you see the tubes you put your cash in. exactly. it's kind of like that. >> so imagine you're inside one of those tubes, traveling, hundreds of miles an hour. it's not crazy. it really might just be the future of high speed transportation. here's abc's brandi hitt. >> three, two, one. >> reporter: it didn't go very far but hyper loop transportation is now one step closer to reality. hyper loop one engineers successfully completed their first full scale propulsion test with this sled in the desert near las vegas. >> we're really engineering a commercial system from scratch. and this is part of the testing to deploy that. >> reporter: it's a low pressure vacuum tube system that would push cargo and people inside pods like these at speeds of more than 700 miles per hour. powered by an electric propulsion system with
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compressed air lev tating the pod. in 2013, entrepreneur elon musk first unveiled the futuristic idea as a cheaper faster alternative to california's controversial high speed rail project. but the ceo of tesla and spacex. >> two, one. >> reporter: challenged others to go out and develop the concept. hyper hoop one is one company stepping up, another hyper loop transportation technologies which is working to build a five-mile hyper loop test system in central california. >> 760 miles per hour. we're completely solar powered. >> the idea to transport passengers from l.a. to san francisco in just 30 minutes now this test topping out at 116 miles per hour is a start, just don't call it a train. >> ain't no train. >> reporter: brandi hitt, abc news, los angeles. >> just don't call it a train. it is super cool. they're hoping to have a three-mile version of that later on this year. >> i'm voting for the hamptons hyper loop.
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>> that would be very. >> how awesome is elon musk though. >> very 1% of you. >> the man is going to take over the world. >> he is. >> you would have to be 1% to go to the hamptons to get anywhere around the city. there's so much traffic. i want to go in a levitating little cart. >> there's a new helicopter service for you, 750 miles per hour. you know how short your commute would be? >> like a couple of minutes. >> like "i dream of jeannie." >> just blink and you're there. when we come back, the hottest jaw dropping fashions from the red carpet at cannes. you're trying to get me to disappear? you're still here. >> it's not working. >> all right. >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations.
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♪ skinny, so skinny all right. topping "the skinny" this morning, we're going to start overseas we shall say. full-fledged fashion on the french riviera. >> the 69th annual cannes film festival kicked off yesterday evening. for the opening ceremony, a screening of woody allen's film "cafe society." and leading the glam pack on the red carpet, blake lively showed off her tiny baby bump in a nude sheer gown with shimmering panels. >> also going sheer, julianne
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moore. according to our writer matt, looking stunning. i just can't get these words out of my mouth in an intricately woven black design covered with silver and gold shimmering swirls curling up her chest into the shape of two cobras. >> that didn't just roll off your tongue. >> just came off. >> naomi watts went strapless in a pale lilac covered dress with silver embellishments. >> kristin stewart debuting her new bleach blonde hair stepping out in a sheer black blouse with a full black patterned skirt. do we like it? >> it's a little risque. >> it's bold. >> i don't know if i'd wear it. should i try it on the show tomorrow, see how it goes. >> let's not and say that we did. >> and why wear a gown when you don't have to? super model victoria beckham rocking a simple black and white jump suit proving that sometimes
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less really is more. >> she will look stunning wearing anything clearly. next closer to home, prince harry is making new friends on this side of the popped. >> and day three of the invictus games in orlando, florida, a touching moment for the spare to the heir as he presented a gold medal for swimming to a 25-year-old arizona born elizabeth marx. she pressed the medal back into his hand telling him to give it to the london hospital that saved her life at the invictus games twos years ago when she nearly died from a lung condition. >> he was also making a new four-legged friend as he presented a gold medal to retired special operations command sergeant leonard anderson with his faithful service dog aza at his side. >> harry found time to slip into disney world owned by our parent company for a late night ride on splash mountain. the young prince last visited disney world when he was just 8 years old. that iconic photo with him and his mom. remember princess diana and his
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brother will. >> i hope he got a chance to go to space mountain. that's my favorite. >> i look great in space mountain just in the dark. next, why serena williams says she was riding the struggle boat. >> the number one ranked tennis phenom took to snapchat to caution everyone why you shouldn't eat dog food. in rome, williams says the gourmet dog food came up from the kitchen for chip and it looked so good, she couldn't resist. and then this happened. >> i mean, it did taste weird like i forced -- i force swallowed it. like it was a little, i don't know, i don't think it's consumable for humans. and they should have wrote that. >> not for human consumption. in her defense, it was salmon and rice and it didn't look so bad. >> kind of looks all right. >> remember pet food contains
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raw meat many of the times. your pets can eat it. it's fine for them. not so fine for us as she learned the hard way. >> it looks decent. >> yeah. >> she invented a new word. >> if she it's it, what's the dog going to eat? did anybody think of him in all of this. >> maybe she figured when in rome do, that. finally, just in time for throwback thursday, looking back three decades. >> it was 30 years ago that "top gun" held its world premiere in new york city starring tom cruz and kelly mcgillis winning an oscar, grammy and golden globe. the film would eventually rake in nearly $354 million worldwide. >> also marking a 30-year milestone, heath locklear posted this photo of she and her ex-tommy lee captioned happy 30 years, baby. problem is they are not married anymore. 54-year-old locklear, 53-year-old lee would have been married for 30 years this week. except they divorced 23 years
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ago. happy anniversary. >> not. >> i don't know. >> that's kind of awkward. >> kind of weird. kind of weird.
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♪ clean-up everybody clean-up, clean-up everybody clean-up ♪ >> been a long time since i heard that song. >> yeah, for me a lifetime. >> really? never heard it. >> i don't know if i recall it. >> some of my relatives used to sing that thinking if they sang it to you it would make you clean-up. no matter how neat you are, anyone can do a better job of cleaning out some of the clutter. >> the woman you're about to meet is billed as the most organized woman in america. tracking an almost rock star following on twitter. >> now she's sharing her secrets how you can whip your home into shape. here's rebecca jarvis. >> reporter: she's conquering clutter one drawer at a time. >> this is the junk drawer. >> reporter: the most organized junk drawer in the history of drawer.
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>> she is not just a neat freak. hgtv called her one of the most organized people in the country. >> i hear that you have a tea drawer. >> i do. >> reporter: so, my gosh. nothing is left out. or heaven for bid, just stashed in a cupboard at home in virginia, from the pantry. >> i put all the produce that doesn't go in the fridge like the onions, potatoes. >> reporter: to the home office. >> all my tax returns, personal on this side, business on this side. everything is labeled by year. >> reporter: i have a feeling the irs is never calling you. >> reporter: she says being uber organized doesn't have to cost much either. >> these are all ice cream jars that were recycled. >> reporter: she uses vinegar bottles to hold glass cleaner and marbles for a homemade lazy susan. >> were you like this as a kid? >> yes, i've always been oh organized and loved to create order. you know, now i get to teach
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people how to do it. hi, everyone, i'm alejandra. >> reporter: her lifelong pursuit of order is now a full-time gig. along with her husband ed, she's bringing her brand of home organization to the masses with over 653,000 subscribers and more than 60 million views on youtube, she says her method makes a difference in people's lives. >> we change their relationships. we save marriages. it's amazing. > organizing might be the secret to a good relationship. >> it might be. >> it might be the secret. >> reporter: all this organization, is it an obsession? is it a little ocd? >> it's about finding things when you need them. i don't think anyone would say i don't want my life to be easier at home. >> reporter: rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. in my head, my home looks like that. i'm always working on one of those projects. they just -- they either never get finished or if they do, somehow they never. >> it's tough to keep up with it. in my head, my home looks like that.
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in reality it's a hot mess.
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good morning. i'm diane macedo. >> i'm kendis gibson. here are some of the top headlines we're following this morning on "world news now." isis claiming responsibility for three bomb blasts in baghdad which killed more than 90 people and injured dozens more. the attacks come amid political turmoil that's threatening to completely destabilize iraq. we have more details straight ahead. family members of the massachusetts man who killed two people in a violent stabbing rampage say the whole thing could have been prevented. they say a mental hospital where had he gone for treatment should not have released him the morning of those attacks. ted cruz is seeking another term in the senate after dropping out of the white house bid. cruz filed official paperwork for a re-election bid in 201. it clears the way for his senate campaign committee to start raising money. and the 69th annual cannes
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film festival kicks off in high style on the french riviera. hollywood's glitterati turned out for the opening ceremony, a screening of woody allen's new film "cafe society." those are just some of our top stories on this thursday, may 12th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." let's begin now with iraq. major security concerns there after a series of bomb blasts in baghdad left dozens of people dead. >> those attacks come as critics are demanding an overhaul in iraq's political system. and more americans are now finding themselves in the line of fire. abc's martha raddatz is there in baghdad. >> reporter: the most violent day in baghdad this year began with an isis car bomb. ripping apart this market, killing 63. reportedly among them, brides and grooms getting ready for their weddings. two more car bombs exploded in other parts of the city, taking
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at least 93 lives in total and wounding hundreds. and as the danger increases here, more american troops are heading into harm's way. about 200 additional americans are soon to be deployed as advisers to the iraqi army. but they will be closer to the front lines than ever. just last week, adviser and navy s.e.a.l. charles keating iv was killed in a fire fight with isis. the third american combat loss since the u.s. forces returned to iraq. despite the recent violence, the u.s. says the iraqi military has retaken momentum from isis. >> as the enemy loses more and more terrain, they resort to some of these desperate acts. while isis has lost significant amounts of territory they still hold iraq's second largest city mosul and there's little chance the iraqis and americans can take it back by the end of this year. so that will be on the shoulders of our next president. martha raddatz, abc news,
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baghdad. fbi director james comey says the u.s. is making progress against isis recruiting, he says his bureau is tracking nearly 800 isis-related cases across the u.s. he claimed fewer americans are now traveling to enlist with the terror group. comey claimed that a couple years ago six to ten americans headed to the region monthly. now the number is down to about one per month. now to some breaking news. some potential big clues about the disappearance of malaysia airlines flight 370. that plane vanished more than two years ago. >> the boeing triple 7 with more than 200 people on board at the time. abc's lauren lyster is here with the new details that we're learning this morning. good morning, lauren. >> good morning. those two new clues confirmed in the disappearance of this aircraft. more than two years after it vanished in the sky on its way to beijing. let's tell you about them. they were just released. this partial rolls-royce stencil from an aircraft's engine and
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the interior panel from the main cabin of the plane are most certainly from the flight 370, according to australian government. the pieces of debris were found in south africa and the other on an island off of mauritius. they were found in march. this makes five pieces of the jet recovered. an american tourist discovering these parts on a beach in mozambique this year and last year it was the barn kal covered wing found on reunion island. march 8th, 2014 was the last time the plane was seen in one piece. the government saying it deliberately flew off course. the malaysian government. kendis and diane, later that month, it was deemed the longest disappearance in modern aircraft history. and it's still missing despite an ongoing investigation to this day. >> unbelievable how much time passed and how little we still know about this. >> absolutely. >> thank you. donald trump meanwhile looking at politics is facing some growing criticism over his taxes now. he's refusing to make them public. he says because he's being audited.
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>> but trump's comments on those tax returns triggering attacks from republicans as well as democrats. it's "your voice/your vote." more now from abc's megan hughes. >> reporter: how much is donald trump really worth? >> i'm worth over $10 billion. and i don't say that bragging. >> reporter: trump has never backed away from his status as a billionaire businessman but so far he still won't back up his boasts and now the "associated press" is reporting that trump says he may not release his tax returns till after the election. adding "there's nothing to learn from them." that's a 180 in his comments just days ago when trump said he wanted those returns out before november. >> you don't learn much from tax returns but i would love to give the tax returns. >> reporter: he has several years of tax returns urge under audit. he would be the first presidential candidate in 40 years to refuse to release that information. mitt romney the last gop presidential nominee slammed trump on facebook. saying not releasing his returns is disqualifying.
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and adding there's only one logical explanation. there is a bombshell in them. it appears hillary clinton may agree with him. >> so you got to ask yourself why doesn't he want to release them? yeah, well we're going to find out. >> reporter: the democratic front-runner campaigning a day after losing to rival bernie sanders in west virginia. despite that win, sanders facing tough questions from msnbc's andrea mitchell about whether his criticisms of clinton are giving trump more ammo to attack. >> we've had to take on senators and governors and mayors and members of congress. that's what we have taken on. please do not moan to me about hillary clinton's problems. >> megan hughes, abc news, washington. brazil's embattled president is edging closer to impeachment this morning. the senate is still debating what would be a historic vote to out of dilma rousseff. the vote was delayed as dozens of lawmakers lined up to speak. if a simple majority votes in favor, rousseff will be
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automatically suspended from office. in italy, there were celebrations in the streets as the government approved same sex civil unions after a year's long battle and opposition from the catholic church. gay rights activists hailed the vote as historic. italy was the last of the european union's 28 countries to legalize and recognize those reunions. "60 minutes" correspondent is retiring after 46 years on the broadcast. the 84-year-old made the announcement yesterday saying the time has come to say good-bye. cbs will devote an hour long special sunday night looking back at his extraordinary career. his final piece for "60 minutes" ran back in march. and president obama's relationship with russia's president vladimir putin has been described as icy. >> first, a russian ice cream maker stopped making a
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controversial new flavor. it's called obamka, or little obama. >> production halted after accusations of racism and concern that the chocolate treat could strain relations between russia and the united states. >> and then from ice cream we go straight to the ice for a little hockey. there goes putin. he was in a game the other night. got an up-close look at the playing surface after going down on his skates. >> despite the mishap, putin and his team recovered, winning the game, of course. and he kept his jersey on. not very often you see putin. >> with his shirt on. >> with any kind you have shirt on. >> thankfully he did. it was a closer game than normal with most of putin's matches. this one was 9-5. usually it's like 20-1. they allow him to dominate. >> aren't russians born knowing how to ice skate? >> the person who hit him hasn't been seen since. >> oh, boy. >> and he won. no surprise.
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>> trophy case looks liking. > no surprise at all there. coming up, pregnancy and alcohol. some new guidelines are sparking a firestorm of controversy. should bartenders be allowed to turn away expectant moms? >> we're just one day away from the official honoring of a centuries old mediterranean staple. our "insomniac kitchen" shows you how you can make your own hummus. >> yum. >> tasted good. but first a look at our today's forecast. >> announcer: "world news now" weather, brought to you by mypillow. weather, brought to you by my pillow.
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world health organization which found restrictive laws do little to lower abortion rates, but they are more likely to force women into having unsafe abortions. the researchers also say 80% of unintended pregnancies are in women who lack access to modern contraception. newly released guidelines on pregnancy and alcohol stirring up fresh controversy over the rights of expectant mothers. >> new york city is now telling bars and restaurants refusing alcohol to pregnant patrons amounts to discrimination. abc's juju chang has that story. >> reporter: baby bumps and booze? mixing the two together, taboo. and doctors recommend that women steer clear of alcohol for the entire nine months of pregnancy. now new york city's human rights commission weighing in. new guidelines unveiled last week say that bars can't refuse to serve pregnant women alcohol. >> pregnant women should be allowed to enter any place of public accommodation in new york city that a nonpregnant person would also be able to enter. >> reporter: this all part of a
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larger effort to enhance and protect the rights of pregnant women. particularly in the workplace. >> the law that this guidance is based on was really focused on making sure that women who are pregnant or pregnant people are able to stay in the work and not be forced out on unpaid leave not be forced to lose out on economic job opportunities, et cetera. >> reporter: cases that prompted the new guidelines include a pregnant woman being denied access to a bar that her two nonpregnant friends were allowed to enter, bouncers allegedly keeping her out because of her bump and another where a pregnant woman was denied access to a concert venue because of her pregnancy. but many people up in arms about the new guidelines. speaking out on message boards. if a woman has to drink while she's pregnant, she's not fit to be a parent wrote one critic. nyc has become a joke wrote another. the cdc warns against drinking while pregnant noting in guidelines earlier this year that no amount of alcohol during pregnancy no matter how small is advisable.
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and some 18 states consider the consumption of alcohol during pregnancy the equivalent of child abuse. juju chang, abc news, new york. so the cdc goes further in its guidelines on this. they're even encouraging single women who are not on birth control that they should abstain from alcohol. >> think that one's going to be tough to enforce. this also this whole debate also applies to risky foods like raw fish, soft cheese. there are lots of things people are not supposed to have while they're pregnant. are you going to ban them from having it all. >> controversy one. coming up, counting down to international hummus day. >> the humble chickpea dip is set to enjoy its fourth international birthday. kendis gibson checked out just how easy it is to make your own next. >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. rom our
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[female narrator] foods rich in folic acid like white bread and leafy greens can help prevent some birth defects before you even know you're pregnant.
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♪ i'm eating hummus dip into my hummus ♪ >> chris has a song for everything. >> how do they find a song about hummus? ♪ i like for once you have a dance for something and i don't. wow. >> oh my word. >> so tomorrow, you might know, is friday the 13th.
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it also marks the fourth international hummus day. >> but today on national nutty fudge day, we celebrate hummus. and fans of the humble mediterranean dip might be surprised how easy it is to actually make. i traveled across the river to hudson, made it back to michigan in month claire, new jersey, for "insomniac kitchen." >> reporter: what's like the key ingredient behind hummus. >> the key ingredients of course the chickpeas and then there's another i guess you can call it super ingredient which is the ta hee tahini base. >> what is it? >> tahini. that's the sesame paste. >> wow. >> and it's in hebrew so you can't even really know exactly what it is. >> that's why it's secret. >> like the secret sauce from kfc. awesome. should we get started. >> let's go. >> what do we start with. >> we start with the chickpeas. we want to get it in the food processor about two cups. of chick peas. then we're going to go with the tahini on top. you add fresh lemon juice.
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a little bit of cumin, fresh garlic, extra virgin oil, a little bit of water, a little bit of salt. just to tie it all together. stop it and taste it. >> all right. >> it tastes finished. >> it tastes finished? >> so if it's finished, it's finished. >> what do you think. >> i think it's okay. yeah, it's pretty good. make our basic hummus. what you want to do when you plate hummus is kind of like spoon it around and create a little crater in the middle. that's our platform for whatever you want to put on top. >> very cool. >> put it right on top. >> why do we call it that. >> it's an arabic word for the cooked chickpeas. so we have the tahini sauce. extra virgin olive oil. something fresh like cilantro. we always want to finish with a little bit of paprika. >> that is beautiful.
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>> and we have some seasonal vegetables to put on top right there. ♪ >> this is our finished product? >> that's our finished product. then we have our last one which is for carnivores which is our chicken shawarma hummus. we have our chicken thighs, boneless and skinless and marinate them for 24 hours in our seasoning. you want to have a really nice hot grill. this way you get a nice mark that doesn't stick. ♪ you always want something green and fresh. you know that by now. >> all right. now is the most important part. >> important part to taste it. we have fork and knife and napkin here but the real way to taste the hummus is to just with your hand, with your face. >> just. >> take a piece pita out. >> it's still warm. >> fold it in half and just go around the ends and then you go
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-- >> that really is the most basic meal for every person in the middle east. it's filling. it's protein and it's cheap. it's a good way to fill up. and to be healthy. >> amazing. >> see how that can be a main course on its own for vegetarians, for vegans, for carnivores. >> it's really good. >> great. >> nice job. >> thank you. >> you might have a future in this. >> that's what i thought. >> so there are a couple of reasons or a few reasons to eat hummus, high in protein and fiber and good for weight management and balancing blood sugar levels. >> it's straight up delicious. i have an etiquette question. if i can't decide which one i want, can i do this and undo that. >> yes. it is socially acceptable. it's sort of disgusting. >> after i did it? >> uh-huh. >> i like it, whatever. it's delicious.
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i regret nothing. take that. >> dancing to the song. what is this? can we blast music and go out. >> i don't know. i like how he says that, hummus. hat, hummus. those are mom's. yes they are. and our adult children are being savvy with rent so they're here too. mom we're out of peanut butter! we tried the bargain detergent but we had to use twice as much. so we switched to tide. now we get three generations of clothes clean in one wash. has anybody seen my pants? i found them helen! put those on dad! one bottle lasts up to two times longer. it's got to be tide.
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at such an affordable rate. it's true. if you're 50 to 85, you can get guaranteed acceptance life insurance through the colonial penn program for less than 35 cents a day, just $9.95 a month. there's no medical exam and no health questions. you know, the average cost of a funeral is over $8,300. now that's a big burden to leave your loved ones. as long as you're 50 to 85, you cannot be turned down because of your health. your premium never goes up and your benefit never goes down due to age. plus, your coverage builds cash value over time. call now for free information and a free gift. all i did was make a phone call and all of my questions about the colonial penn program were answered. it couldn't have been any easier and we both got the coverage we should have had for years now. mm-hm, with change to spare. (laughing)
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(colonial penn jingle) ♪ ♪ okay, so maybe you don't need a facelift and perhaps not even botox yet. but who doesn't from time to time need a little quick freshen up. >> believe it or not, in just a few minutes, you can have flawless skin. here's abc's eva pilgrim with some quick and easy anti-aging fixes. >> reporter: nathan lane the bird cage may have said it best. >> you look tired means you look old. and you look rested means you've
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had collagen. >> reporter: if you don't have the time or money for cosmetic surgery, what is one to do? "allure" magazine to the rescue giving us the lowdown for when you're feeling rundown with quick anti-aging fixes you can do in five minutes. >> you know, women have been obsessed over anti-aging for centuries. it's getting younger and younger the obsession thanks to instagram and social media. >> reporter: first up, eye masks to hide wrinkles caused by dryness and reduce undereye bags. >> i look like i could be a quarterback. >> it is going to take more than five minutes but it doesn't take any time to put them on. you can do something else while wearing them and take them off and your eyes look getter. >> reporter: next three to four sprays of water or facial mist. using a dry sponge tap across your face to prevent makeup from settling in wrinkles. >> it blends and gives you an extra filter. >> reporter: another tip. put your head between your knees for a minute to mimic the after exercise glow. >> i think i might fall off the
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chair. >> you're done. >> reporter: lastly, there's nothing a good ponytail can't fix. first, pull your hair up leaving your face framing layers down. then flip the remaining strands to one side and pin them behind it your ear without flattening the hair. >> by getting the hair up and adding volume it, opens up your face and makes you look more awake. >> reporter: eva pilgrim, abc news, new york. >> she looks good in the before and after. >> you should try the ponytail trick. i think it would work well for you. >> pinning it. love the one about going down. >> the ponytail with the parted bangs to the side. >> i've tried it. >> how did that work out for you? >> not very well. i've tried. >> i think we should try again. >> all right. we'll see. >> we might get some wig action going. >> i'm just going to go back to botox. e might get some wig action going. >> going to go back to botox.
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this morning on "world news now," donald trump heading to capitol hill. >> the parent republican nominee set to meet with top leaders of the party despite some not supporting the presidential hopeful, this as the pressure to release his tax returns continues to mount. and breaking news. in the mystery of that missing malaysian airplane that vanished more than two years ago, officials confirming debris found is from that plane. hundreds of passengers were on board at the time. their families still waiting for answers. what this new clue tells us. and we have new details in the massive explosion that killed 15 people in texas. why investigators are calling it a criminal act with the search for the suspect now under way. and talk about a stadium splurge. the professional caliber athletic complex at one texas high school raising eyebrows this morning but in a state
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where football is practically a religion, is the price tag worth it? at least to the taxpayers footing the bill. you decide on this thursday, may 12th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." good morning, everyone. i'm diane macedo. >> and i'm kendis gibson. i have to say my favorite story of the day so far in this half hour is the octojenarians who just gave birth to a kid. >> blessings. >> blessings in your 70s. >> miracles perhaps, as well. >> wait 40, 50, 60 years and you might have your first child. >> we'll have more details on that one coming up. in the meantime, wept to give you a live shot of capitol hill right now. it is very quiet right now in d.c., but -- >> i expect it won't last that way for very long. >> it will get heated and interesting. >> because donald trump is heading to capitol hill this morning to come face to face with the republican establishment over the future of their party. >> trump will meet with house
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speaker paul ryan and other republican leaders a week after ryan said he wasn't ready to support trump. they're expected to work on unifying the gop splintered by a rough and messy primary battle. ryan saying they simply need to get to know each other. >> meanwhile, trump is drawing new criticism from mitt romney and hillary clinton for not releasing his taxes. it's "your voice/your vote," with more on that tax controversy, let's go to abc's tom llamas. >> reporter: donald trump loves to boast about his fortune. >> i'm worth over $10 billion, and i don't say that bragging, folks. i have tremendous cash flow. i'm really rich. i'll show you that in a second. >> reporter: but so far, he's refusing to prove it. and the "associated press" reporting trump says he may not release his tax returns until after the election, adding, quote, there's nothing to learn from them. but just days ago, trump signaled he wanted those returns out before november. >> you don't learn much from tax returns. but i would love to give the tax
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returns. >> reporter: now, trump could be the first major presidential candidate in 40 years to refuse to release the information. hillary clinton asking, what's trump hiding? >> my husband and i have released 33 years of tax returns. so, you got to ask yourself, why doesn't he want to release them? yeah, well, we're going to find out. >> reporter: trump has waffled on releasing his returns for months. in february, tweeting this image, "signing a recent tax return. isn't this ridiculous?" that same month, this explanation. >> i will absolutely give my return, but i'm being audited now, for two or three years, so, i can't do it, until the audit is finished, obviously. >> reporter: he's not the first candidate reluctant to disclose their returns. in 2012, david asking mitt romney why he wouldn't reveal his taxes. >> can we clear this up by asking you a simple yes or no question? was there ever any year when you paid lower than the 13.9%? >> i haven't calculated that. i'm happy to go back and look.
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>> reporter: romney ultimately did release his tax returns well before election day. and he's slamming trump for not doing the same, calling it "disqualifying," adding, "there's only one logical explanation. there is a bombshell in them." we reached out to tax experts and they tell us regardless of the audit, there is no law preventing trump from releasing his tax returns. this is his choice. tom llamas, abc news, new york. meanwhile, ted cruz is seeking another term in the senate after dropping his presidential bid. cruz filed official paperwork to run for re-election in 2018. that move reactivates his senate campaign committee that would collect money for his run. so far cruz has refused to back donald trump as well and he's vowed to keep fighting for jobs, freedom and security. the head of the fbi says he's not familiar with the term that hillary clinton has repeatedly used to describe the
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investigation into her use of a private e-mail server. when asked about the term security inquiry, fbi director james comey told reporters quoting here i don't know what that means. he added there was no time line to wrap up the investigation, but he said he was committed to making sure it is done well. and speaking of comey, he made some comments about isis which claimed responsibility for a series of deadly bomb blasts in baghdad. the three separate explosions killed at least 93 people and wounded more than 160 others. it was the deadliest day of violence in the iraqi capital so far this year. comey said the fbi is tracking nearly 800 isis related cases across the u.s. and he claimed fewer americans are traveling to enlist with the terror group. comey said six to ten americans headed to the region monthly a couple years ago, now that number is down to about one per month. there's breaking news in the search for the missing malaysia airlines jet. authorities say two new pieces from debris are almost certainly from the plane. one of those pieces was discovered in south africa, another on an island in the indian ocean. they include a piece of an engine covering and an interior panel from the aircraft's cabin.
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flight 370 vanished in march of 2014 with 239 people on board. we'll have more details on this new find in our next half hour. and the hunt for a cause has become the hunt for a suspect after federal investigators revealed that massive fire and explosion at a texas fertilizer plant was intentionally set. that blast three years ago killed 15 people, many of them volunteer firefighters. officials now say after an intense investigation, they have eliminated all reasonable accidental and natural causes concluding this was criminal. the atf is offering a $50,000 reward for any information leading to an arrest. the man who went on a stabbing spree inside a massachusetts mall may have been mentally ill. he was discharged from a mental hospital the day before the attack, but out of the tragedy are several stories of heroism. district attorney says a macy's employee tried to stop arthur darosa from attacking people in the store and after he crashed
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his car through the front door, darosa then went to a restaurant in the mall where he stabbed a waitress. patron george heath, a teacher tried to get the knife away and died in the effort. finally an off-duty officer shot and killed darosa after he refused to drop the knife. a judge has ruled that a man claiming responsibility for a deadly shooting rampage at a colorado planned parenthood clinic is unfit to stand trial. robert deer is heading to a psychiatric hospital for treatment. three were killed and nine others injured in the november attack. deer said he is a warrior for the babies. massachusetts state police say they're looking into whether the level of force used during an arrest was appropriate. before the arrest, a 50-year-old man in a pickup truck led authorities on a high speed chase from massachusetts to new hampshire. the suspect was wanted on multiple active warrants and at some points he hit 90 miles an hour. but when the chase ended, he fell to his knees at that point, police delivered several violent blows before making the arrest. three women were arrested
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after allegedly trying to smuggle 70 pounds of opium into chicago's o'hare airport. the women all in their 50s were heading to minnesota from japan. police say they found 470 packets of opium concealed in bags of tea leaves and packed inside their luggage. the drugs are worth more than $3 million. madonna will pay tribute to prince at this year's billboard music awards. the ceremony will be broadcast on abc on may 22nd. meanwhile, the investigation into prince's death continues to focus on his doctor. here's abc's eva pilgrim. >> reporter: new questions about prince's visits with a minnesota doctor, as investigators conduct fresh searches at the singer's estate. law enforcement is looking into whether prince died of a drug overdose. a search warrant reveals dr. michael schulenberg arrived at prince's home the morning he was found dead, telling police he was bringing medical test results to prince. the doctor, seen here talking about health care in this youtube video, told police he saw the singer on april 7th and
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on april 20th, the day before his death, saying he wrote him a prescription to be filled at a walgreens. prince spotted at the walgreens that same day in this tmz photo. authorities have searched both the drug store and the doctor's health network, taking "any and all medical records for prince rogers nelson." >> there's going to be a microscope on this doctor now, in terms of what did he prescribe, why did he prescribe it, and what were the circumstances surrounding it? >> reporter: schulenberg no longer works at the clinic and there is no answer at his home. we did reach out to dr. schulenberg and his attorney and they have no comment. eva pilgrim, abc news, chanhassen, minnesota. the international olympic committee says it has no plans to relocate or even postpone the rio games because of fears over the zika virus. that follows a warning from a canadian public health expert
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who said the influx of visitors to brazil will result in the avoidable birth of malformed babies. brazil is by far the country most impacted by the virus which has been linked to brain damage in children. researchers say the active ingredient in tylenol does more than reduce your pain. a study from ohio state university says in addition to helping with pain that active ingredient acetaminophen decreases the taker's empathy for the physical and social aches that other people feel. the same team of researchers is beginning work on whether ibuprofen has a similar effect on how we view others. let's see how we feel about this guy. a two-time lottery winner from long island, new york. >> he is 48-year-old bruce majistro. he won a million on a scratch off card five years ago and last week he won $1,000 a week for life. >> i turned to my fiancee and said we just won. she said yeah, right. no, i just hit life. >> the winning ticket is in both of their names of majistro and his 17-year-old son. so the youngster will receive more than $50,000 a year even
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after his dad passes away. >> yeah, that's a good deal indeed. for now he says he's just going to enjoy life. >> yeah. a lot easier to do after you win the lotto twice. >> the odds of winning a million bucks more than one in 7 million. the odds of winning that scratchoff more than 1 in 2 million. >> i think maybe we need to have bruce in the studio, call him in for an interview, see if some of that luck rubs off on us a little bit? >> if i was a fiance, i would get a ring stat. coming up later in "the mix," meet the oldest first time parents ever. but first, it's being called sextortion where hackers find images of their victims and blackmail them and one college warning all of its students to protect themselves. and if you think you can do more situps than this girl, you're probably wrong. find out the incredible number
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you are looking at a huge geyser on a virginia college campus after a valve broke during construction. this happened at old dominion university. the problem was fixed within a couple of hours, and no one was hurt. but quite a video there. the lack of job
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opportunities for female directors in hollywood is now being investigated. two federal agencies are handling the investigation. that's according to the aclu which also requested the probe. it follows a report that women comprise just 9% of all directors for the top 250 films last year. diversity is a hot button issue in hollywood these days. this year's acting nominations for the oscars came under fire for being all white. federal officials issuing a new warning about a growing online and threat known as sextortion. >> that is of course when offenders find ways to get sexual images of their victims and then they blackmail them. two students at george mason university found themselves targeted. abc's linsey davis has the story. >> reporter: the alert was urgent. an e-mail blast warning all george mason university students of threats of sextortion on campus. >> to hear that there was not one but two more cases was really disturbing. >> reporter: police at the virginia school say unknown suspects gained the trust of two
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students over the internet enticing them to broadcast sexual acts over web cams. once they did, the suspects recorded those videos and later blackmailed the students threatening to post them on the internet if they didn't pay $5,000. >> i think everyone puts their lives on the internet. i feel like we should back away from that. >> reporter: it's something the department of justice says is becoming all too common calling it a significant and growing global threat. especially when it comes to children. saying in a new report that many victims drop out of school, have declining grades and in some cases engage in activities to harm themselves like cutting or even attempting suicide. section sextortion is something cassidy wolf crowned miss teen usa in 2013 knows all too well. >> congratulations. >> reporter: at just 18 years old she says she unknowingly linked on a link that gave her hacker a former classmate access to fer camera and webcam secretly taking photos and
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threatening to make the photos public. >> they watched me for a year. in my room without me knowing. they had videos of me changing getting ready for school. >> reporter: her hacker was convicted and sentenced to 18 months in federal prison. now she's hoping to use her voice to help others keep themselves safe. >> i became aware how important it is to be safe online to protect your social media accounts, protect your e-mails because if someone were to get hold of any of that, they could basically control your life. >> reporter: linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> it's such a scary issue. i think for a lot of people when they hear someone got enticed into sending a nude photo, you want to blame the victim and saying what are you thinking? these can be so much more complicated. in some of these cases, these predators are mimicking someone's boyfriend or husband. they hack into the person's e-mail account and you think you're sending that photo to someone you know and trust and you're sending it to a complete stranger. >> it is absolutely frightening. usually it's organized groups,
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not individuals doing these sextortions. >> hopefully they get to the bottom of it with a crackdown now. coming up in our next half hour, kicking off the hyperloop wars. could the future of high speed transportation involve shooting people through giant tubes at 750 miles per hour? what engineers are now saying after a test run. >> kind of looks like splash mountain. >> a little bit. first, the skyrocketing costs of those friday night lights. why residents of one city in texas say a stadium for high school football is completely out of bounds. you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. continues after this from our abc
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friday night lights have been, of course, a teenage rite of passage for generations of americans mostly texans but they're becoming increasingly expensive. >> the race to build bigger and bigger high school football stadiums has left taxpayers in one city in texas with a bill for $63 million.
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here's abc's matt gutman. >> reporter: in the texas of tv's "friday night lights," where high school football is big -- >> clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose. >> can't lose! >> reporter: stadiums are getting even bigger. the town of mckinney, texas, just voted to build this giant 12,000-seat stadium. the price tag, colossal. nearly $63 million. the decision, not without controversy. >> please vote no. >> reporter: critics say taxpayers should not be pumping this much money into high school football. >> we've got a perfectly fine stadium. >> reporter: but the school district is hinting at what you might call texas stadium inflation. pointing to behemoths like the ones in cady and allen, texas. both priced at about $60 million. the school district tells us it will be a multipurpose facility and besides, they say they want their kids to get the same opportunities as the kids get at the other schools. matt gutman, abc news,
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los angeles. "the mix" is next. "the mix" is next. the other schools. matt gutman, abc news, los angeles. >> the mix is next. we're in the middle of potty-training. which means that most nights, this is the potty. these robot sheets, they needed more than detergent could handle. they needed a rescue. otherwise, we might have had to say bye-bye to our favorite robots ya. so we added tide rescue to the wash. it cleans super deep down where detergent just doesn't. daddy, i've got to go potty! progress! go, go, go! eww stinky. introducing tide rescue. eliminates tough odors at the source. find it in the stain remover aisle. unless you have allergies. flonase is the first and only nasal spray approved to relieve both itchy, watery eyes and congestion.
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♪ okay. so kicking off "the mix," you remember just last week there was all this controversy about janet jackson becoming a mom at possibly 50. >> right, was that too old. a lot of speculation. >> so then we introduced you to this couple from india. among the oldest to give birth. this woman her age is estimated between 70 and 72 years old. it's not necessarily clear. she doesn't have a birth certificate. but she's now one of the oldest to give birth. she gave birth to a bouncing baby boy in april. the dad is 79 years old. they've been married 46 plus years and trying for all that time. finally after two years of ivf treatments she gave birth for the first time. >> look at that. see. >> you're never too old. >> you're never too old.
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>> just imagine the gray hairs during his teenage years. >> they say staying busy keeps you young. >> they'll be busy. >> maybe they'll make new records, as well. we'll see. well, we have a new record, as well. it's not every day that the pta calls a young girl a beast on their facebook page. in this case, it was meant in a good way. this was in kansas city. because kiley bass just 10 years old did 2,110 push-ups in one sitting breaking the national record for project fit america. the goal of the organization is to promote fitness at elementary and middle schools across the country. so kylie decided you know what? i'm going to show you what her mother says are her abs of steel. >> jack, have you done 2,000 situps in your entire lifetime? >> i don't know how long it takes to do 2,000. >> are you asking me?
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>> yeah. >> no. probably not. >> i think he's sweating just watching her do those situps. >> yeah, so am i. >> impressive on her part. it's always a bummer when you get a little fender-bender or somebody scratches your car. this guy took it okay. so this was a scratch that he walked out to. then he saw this note from the guy that hit him or the person that hit him. yo, i hit your car. i'm leaving this note because someone's watching. they're still looking. okay, i'm good. my bad. peace out. he said he's not even mad about the scratches. hands down the funniest notes. >> thinks it was a hit and run, what a nice gesture, this guy left a note after all. he's just doing it pretending to be a good samaritan. >> he said he doesn't even care? >> no. just scratches. >> good for him. so, if you find yourself fishing in maple lake in british columbia, be ware of the resident thief. check out the eagle. that guy just caught a fish. no, he didn't.
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this morning on "world news now," breaking news. this morning on "world news now," breaking news. in the mysterious disappearance of malaysia airlines flight 370. after nearly two years, we now have new clues that may help find the plane. we're live with the latest. and in politics, donald trump and his taxes are the new hot topic. hillary clinton is pushing for him to release his returns this as trump heads to capitol hill in hopes of winning support from republican leaders there. new this half hour, george zimmerman managing to stir up fresh controversy. >> the man acquitted in the death of trayvon martin is offering to sell the gun he says he shot the teen with to the highest bid. and fashion parade on the french riviera. hollywood's "a" listers kick off their cannes film festival. who topped the glam pack on then this year's red carpet?
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that's all ahead in "the skinny." it is thursday, may 12th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now". >> and we say good morning to you on this thursday. i'm kendis gibson. >> i'm diane macedo. >> the can music festival sounds kind of awesome. you may have come up with something here. i think we should go with it. >> i'm not sure what sort of "a" listers is i can think of kicking it off in france. >> you get to planning. >> we'll work on it. we do have breaking news for you to start off with first about the missing malaysian airlines flight 370. it vanished more than two years ago with hundreds on board. >> since then, there's been precious little to help investigators get to the bottom of exactly what happened to that flight. this morning, confirmation about a couple of pieces of debris. abc's lauren lyster is joining us now with the details what they found. good morning. >> good morning. this has long been a source of intrigue and the focus of a major search effort, too.
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but that aircraft has never been found. now, two new pieces of debris have been discovered, two small pieces of a puzzle that span seas and an entire ocean. take a look. >> reporter: these images just released. this partial rolls-royce stencil from the covering of an engine and this interior panel from the inside of a plane almost certainly coming from malaysian airline flight 370. two new clues found in the mysterious disappearance of the aircraft. two years after it vanished from the sky on its way from kuala lumpur to beijing taking its 239 passengers down with it. the pieces of debris found here in south africa and on this island off of mauritius. in all, this makes five pieces of jet recovered. just last march -- >> a piece has been found -- >> reporter: an american tourist discovering these parts also deemed almost certainly from the plane on a beach in mozambique. last year it was this barnacle covered wing find on france's reunion island.
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>> we want closure, we seek and we cry for closure. >> reporter: in the search for clues, grieving families still searching for closure. by march 18th, of 2014, this had become the longest disappearance in modern aviation history. kendis and diane, it's incredible to think we're still scratching our heads about exactly what happened other than a belief that this plane is at the bottom of the indian ocean in a remote area. >> it really is. i remember when it first happened, we kept thinking they're going to find something. everyday the search parties went out. every now and then it seemed like they came up with a fraction of a clue and still here we are still looking at tiny pieces. >> with the fractions of clues. that's it. it's interesting, things have been unearthed i was doing some reading. looking back over the search. they found a ship wreck while they were searching for this plane but not able to find this plane that was a modern aircraft two years ago disappearing. >> giant aircraft disappearing at that. >> yeah. >> lauren, thanks. we're going to turn our
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focus back here at home and to the race for the white house and donald trump sitting down with the republican leadership today. trump has at least three meetings on capital hill starting with house speaker paul ryan who has refrained from endorsing trump at least for now. as he looks to repair strained relations, trump is facing new criticism over his taxes. trump says he will not release his tax returns until an irs audit is finished. if he doesn't make them public before the election, he would be the first major presidential candidate to do so in 40 years and hillary clinton wants to know if he's hiding something. >> my husband and i have released 33 years of tax returns. so you got to ask yourself, why doesn't he want to release them? yeah, we're going to find out. >> well, mitt romney also slamming trump categorizing any refusal to release his tax returns before election day as disqualifying. bernie sanders is holding a string of rallies in south
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dakota today after speaking to thousands in montana, he reminded supporters he's won 19 states and not giving up anytime soon. he's shaking up things a bit in his staff. the head of his california campaign has been replaced in preparation for next month's primary. turning overseas now to iraq where isis has claimed responsibility for a series of bombings in baghdad. three separate explosions yesterday killed at least 93 people and wounded more than 160 others. it was the deadliest day there so far this year. the attacks come amid growing concern about the political turmoil destabilizing iraq and undermining the fight against the terror group. back here at home, a question of force during an arrest in new england. before that arrest, a 50-year-old man in a pickup truck led authorities on a high speed chase from massachusetts to new hampshire. the suspect was wanted on multiple active warrants. at some point, he hit 90 miles an hour. when the chase ended he fell to his knees at which point the police delivered several violent
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blows before making the arrest. massachusetts state police are looking into whether the level of force was in fact appropriate. george zimmerman is auctioning off the gun that he used to kill trayvon martin. on the auction site, he declares the weapon an american firearm icon and he said many have told him it should be displayed at the smithsonian. the starting bid has been set at $5,000 and thousands have visited the page already. now, zimmerman shot martin as the teen returned from buying snacks. he was found not guilty of murder and manslaughter. a former south carolina police officer now faces federal charges in the killing of an unarmed man who ran from a track stop. the victim's brother largely credits cell phone video for what the family calls a momentous legal victory. abc's marci gonzalez has the latest. >> reporter: handcuffed and shackled, former south carolina police officer michael slager in court, indicted by a federal grand jury in the death of walter scott.
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>> this is historic. what happened today is that the federal government said it stops now. police brutality stops now. because there's consequences. >> reporter: slager was captured on cell phone video last year shooting scott who was unarmed as he ran away following a traffic stop. the rare three-count indictment does not cite race as a factor, but charges slager fired those deadly shots without legal justification, thus violating scott's constitutionally protected civil rights. slager's also charged with obstruction of justice, accused of misleading investigators about the circumstances leading up to the shooting. >> i thank god for justice and i claim it and i stand on the word justice will prevail. >> reporter: and slager pleaded not guilty. the justice department says if convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of life in prison. diane and kendis.
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>> our thanks to marci there in new york. a north carolina school district is rethinking its policy on allowing pepper spray all of this after a public outcry. a board member sparked controversy after saying the spray might be a valuable tool for female students if they go to the bathroom not knowing who might be coming in. he has now backed away from that statement saying he meant perverts and pedophiles, not lgbt students. some lucky high school students not only got to see the hit musical "hamilton," they got a chance to show off their rapping skills right on the stage. pretty lucky. >> it was all part of "hamilton" education day at the theater. more than 1,000 kids attended. then a lucky few got to perform with the stars sitting in the audience. a dream come true. >> that's for sure. coming up, it's being called the future of high speed travel. being propelled inside a sealed tube at nearly 750 miles per hour. why engineers are so excited about the experiment in the nevada desert. prince harry making new friends at the invictus games
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and checking out the most magical place on earth. that story ahead in "the skinny." >> first here's a look at today's forecast. >> announcer: "world news now" weather, brought to you by lysol. r, brought to you by lysol. the worst thing about toilet they don't stay in the toilet. disinfect your bathroom with lysol bathroom trigger... ...lysol power foamer... ...and lysol toilet bowl cleaner. they're approved to kill 50% more types of germs than leading competitors. to clean and disinfect in and out of the toilet... lysol that.
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i'm my bargain detergent, ithift couldn't keep up.ter. so i switched to tide pods. they're super concentrated... so i get a better clean. voted 2016 product of the year. if it's got to be clean, it's got to be tide. a traffic nigh traffic nightmare for some folks in los angeles. after a man climbed a tower at a tv station. that stunt forced the closure of busy sunset boulevard. the man was on the tower for more than three hours. at one point, he appeared to be smoking and talking on a cell phone. he eventually climbed back down after a woman from his church
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offered to help him. the man was taken into custody for medical evaluation. back on the ground if a new invention gets off the way, you won't have to worry about traffic nightmares anymore. you go through the drive through window at the bank, you see the tubes you put your cash in. exactly. it's kind of like that. >> so imagine you're inside one of those tubes, traveling, hundreds of miles an hour. it's not crazy. it really might just be the future of high speed transportation. here's abc's brandi hitt. >> three, two, one. >> reporter: it didn't go very far but hyper loop transportation is now one step closer to reality. hyper loop one engineers successfully completed their first full scale propulsion test with this sled in the desert near las vegas. >> we're really engineering a commercial system from scratch. and this is part of the testing to deploy that. >> reporter: it's a low pressure vacuum tube system that would push cargo and people inside pods like these at speeds of more than 700 miles per hour. powered by an electric propulsion system with
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compressed air levitating the pod. in 2013, entrepreneur elon musk first unveiled the futuristic idea as a cheaper faster alternative to california's controversial high speed rail project. but the ceo of tesla and spacex. >> two, one. >> reporter: challenged others to go out and develop the concept. hyper hoop one is one company stepping up, another hyper loop transportation technologies which is working to build a five-mile hyper loop test system in central california. >> 760 miles per hour. we're completely solar powered. >> the idea to transport passengers from l.a. to san francisco in just 30 minutes now this test topping out at 116 miles per hour is a start, just don't call it a train. >> ain't no train. >> reporter: brandi hitt, abc news, los angeles. >> just don't call it a train. it is super cool. they're hoping to have a three-mile version of that later on this year. >> i'm voting for the hamptons hyper loop.
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>> that would be very. >> how awesome is elon musk though. >> very 1% of you. >> the man is going to take over the world. >> he is. >> you don't have to be 1% to go to the hamptons, to get anywhere around the city. there's so much traffic. i want to go in a levitating little cart. >> there's a new helicopter service for you, 750 miles per hour. you know how short your commute would be? >> like a couple of minutes. >> like "i dream of jeannie." >> just blink and you're there. when we come back, the hottest jaw dropping fashions from the red carpet at cannes. you're trying to get me to disappear? you're still here. >> it's not working. >> all right. >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. continues after this from our abc stations.
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♪ skinny, so skinny ♪ skinny, so skinny all right. topping "the skinny" this morning, we're going to start overseas we shall say. full-fledged fashion on the french riviera. >> the 69th annual cannes film festival kicked off yesterday evening. for the opening ceremony, a screening of woody allen's film "cafe society." and leading the glam pack on the red carpet, blake lively showed off her tiny baby bump in a nude sheer gown with shimmering panels. >> also going sheer, julianne moore. according to our writer matt,
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looking stunning. i just can't get these words out of my mouth in an intricately woven black design covered with silver and gold shimmering swirls curling up her chest into the shape of two cobras. >> that didn't just roll off your tongue. >> just came off. >> naomi watts went strapless in a pale lilac covered dress with silver embellishments. >> kristin stewart debuting her new bleach blonde hair stepping out in a sheer black blouse with a full black patterned skirt. do we like it? >> it's a little risque. >> it's bold. >> i don't know if i'd wear it. should i try it on the show tomorrow, see how it goes. >> let's not and say that we did. >> and why wear a gown when you don't have to? super model victoria beckham at least she looks like one rocking a simple black and white jump suit proving that sometimes less really is more. >> she will look stunning wearing anything clearly. next closer to home, prince
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harry is making new friends on this side of the pond. >> and day three of the invictus games in orlando, florida, a touching moment for the spare to the heir as he presented a gold medal for swimming to a 25-year-old arizona born elizabeth marx. she pressed the medal back into his hand telling him to give it to the london hospital that saved her life at the invictus games twos years ago when she nearly died from a lung condition. >> he was also making a new four-legged friend as he presented a gold medal to retired special operations command sergeant leonard anderson with his faithful service dog aza at his side. >> harry found time to slip into disney world owned by our parent company for a late night ride on splash mountain. the young prince last visited disney world when he was just 8 years old. that iconic photo with him and his mom. remember princess diana and his
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brother will. >> i hope he got a chance to go to space mountain. that's my favorite. >> i look great in space mountain just in the dark. next, why serena williams says she was riding the struggle boat. >> the number one ranked tennis phenom took to snapchat to caution everyone why you shouldn't eat dog food. in rome, williams says the gourmet dog food came up from the kitchen for chip and it looked so good, she couldn't resist. and then this happened. >> i mean, it did taste weird like i forced -- i force swallowed it. like it was a little, i don't know, i don't think it's consumable for humans. and they should have wrote that. >> not for human consumption. in her defense, it was salmon and rice and it didn't look so bad.
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>> kind of looks all right. >> remember pet food contains raw meat many of the times. your pets can eat it. it's fine for them. not so fine for us as she learned the hard way. >> it looks decent. >> yeah. >> she invented a new word. consumeable. >> if she it's it, what's the dog going to eat? did anybody think of him in all of this. >> maybe she figured when in rome do, that. finally, just in time for throwback thursday, looking back three decades. >> it was 30 years ago that "top gun" held its world premiere in new york city starring tom cruise and kelly mcgillis winning an oscar, grammy and golden globe. the film would eventually rake in nearly $354 million worldwide. >> also marking a 30-year milestone, heath locklear posted this photo of she and her ex-tommy lee captioned happy 30 years, baby. problem is they are not married anymore. 54-year-old locklear, 53-year-old lee would have been married for 30 years this week. except they divorced 23 years ago.
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happy anniversary. >> not. >> i don't know. >> that's kind of awkward. >> i don't know if that counts. >> kind of weird. kind of weird.
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♪ clean-up everybody clean-up, clean-up everybody clean-up ♪ >> been a long time since i heard that song. >> yeah, for me a lifetime. >> really? never heard it. >> i don't know if i recall it. >> some of my relatives used to sing that thinking if they sang it to you it would make you clean-up. no matter how neat you are, we can all admit, anyone can do a better job of cleaning out some of the clutter. >> the woman you're about to meet is billed as the most organized woman in america. tracking an almost rock star following on youtube. >> now she's sharing her secrets how you can whip your home into shape. here's abc's rebecca jarvis. >> reporter: she's conquering clutter one drawer at a time. >> this is the junk drawer. >> reporter: the most organized junk drawer in the history of drawer.
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>> she is not just a neat freak. hgtv called her one of the most organized people in the country. >> i hear that you have a tea drawer. >> i do. >> reporter: so, my gosh. nothing is left out. or heaven for bid, just stashed in a cupboard at home in virginia, from the pantry. >> i put all the produce that doesn't go in the fridge like the onions, potatoes. >> reporter: to the home office. >> all my tax returns, personal on this side, business on this side. everything is labeled by year. >> reporter: i have a feeling the irs is never calling you. >> reporter: she says being uber organized doesn't have to cost much either. >> these are all ice cream jars that were recycled. >> reporter: she uses vinegar bottles to hold glass cleaner and marbles for a homemade lazy susan. >> were you like this as a kid? >> yes, i've always been oh organized and loved to create order. you know, now i get to teach people how to do it.
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hi, everyone, i'm alejandra. >> reporter: her lifelong pursuit of order is now a full-time gig. along with her husband ed, she's bringing her brand of home organization to the masses with 663,000 scribe subscribers and more than 60 million views on youtube, she says her method makes a difference in people's lives. >> we change their relationships. we save marriages. it's amazing. > organizing might be the secret to a good relationship. >> it might be. >> it might be the secret. >> reporter: all this organization, is it an obsession? is it a little ocd? >> it's about finding things when you need them. i don't think anyone would say i don't want my life to be easier at home. >> reporter: rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. in my head, my home looks like that. i'm always working on one of those projects. they just -- they either never get finished or if they do, somehow they never. >> it's tough to keep up with it. in my head, my home looks like that. in reality it's a hot mess.
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>> she may have gained a new subscriber. >> rea
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making news in america this morning, high stakes meeting. donald trump and speaker of the house paul ryan face-to-face in washington, d.c. new details about what they'll discuss as trump's tax returns become a flash point in the election. we're live. new this morning, george zimmerman is sparking controversy after announcing what he's going to do with the gun he used to shoot and kill trayvon martin. a driver trapped in a car. this dramatic scene. the vehicle upside down and burning. the rescue after a fiery crash. and the mvp, steph curry, is doing it again with another must see game-winning moment. steph curry makes it look easy, doesn't he?

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