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welcome back to "who wants to be a millionaire." and welcome back to a great game today and a great player. jamie rosler is now at $30,000. [cheers and applause] you have played extraordinarily well. you've only used one lifeline. you still have the audience. you still have your plus one sitting behind you here to help if you need, but thus far, you really haven't needed much help. and now you're right there at that precipice. that next step is $50,000. it's also the second threshold. so this is a big one right here. you ready to take it? >> i'm ready. let's do it. >> here we go. let's play "who wants to be a millionaire." [dramatic musical flourish] [cheers and applause] good luck. >> [mouths silently] thank you. >> $50,000 question. which of the following legendary rock bands got its name from one of aldous huxley's most famous nonfiction works? >> uh, the book is
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"the doors of perception," and the answer is d. final answer. >> that's $50,000. >> yes! [cheers and applause] ♪ oh, my god! that's more money than i've ever made in a year. ever. [horn blares] >> that's incredible. just incredible. that sound means that time is up. time is definitely not up for jamie. two lifelines. she's at $50,000. you are four questions away from the million dollars. >> oh, my god. >> could she be the one? we'll find out. thanks for watching, for everyone who's been a part of this one. i know we'll see you next time. [cheers and applause] ♪ closed captioning sponsored by: (becky) i started smoking when i was 16. now i have end stage copd. my tip is; if you keep smoking, your "freedom" may only go as far as your oxygen tube.
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that's a guy in a stolen front loader being pursued by police in anchorage, alaska. after taking the vehicle from a landscaping business, the man behind the wheel rammed it into a liquor store and stole several bottles. okay. when he was finally cornered, he was arrested, of course. a police official said the man "performed poorly on standard field sobriety tests." >> do you think? >> do you think? how do you think he got in that front loader? so about 5,000 miles south of there, a heart-stopping case of road rage played out near tampa, florida. >> cell phone video shows a driver running his car over a motorcycle with the driver and passenger barely getting out of the way in time. abc's steve osunsami has the story. >> reporter: florida highway authorities say here's proof we're looking at a long summer, this is cell phone video of a driver's temper going from zero to 100. >> 911. what's the address of your
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emergency? >> yeah, we just got run over by a car. >> reporter: the couple on the motorcycle just left a memorial day bike ride for veterans were lucky they could walk away. >> how is the person now? >> they're standing. but it was a crazy driver. >> reporter: police arrested 31-year-old robert paul vance who they say had the short temper and started the argument. >> people are crazy. your life could end instantly. >> reporter: in an increasing number of these incidents, guns are part of the equation. this beatdown of a driver near tampa last month only ended when the driver's wife gets out of their bmw with a pistol. over the weekend in houston, witnesses say this fight broke out over a right turn. >> that aggravated the truck driver because he thought no, you're not. you're not going in front of me. >> reporter: authorities are encouraging angry drivers to take a deep breath. more than two-thirds of traffic fatalities are caused by aggressive driving. steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. >> people need to do some yoga, meditate. >> when we come back, mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the most regal cover girl of them all. >> and the latest bizarre baby name. we've got "the skinny" next.
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>> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations.
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♪ skinny, so skinny ♪ skinny, so skinny >> how do you know i haven't done it before? >> you have done it before. topping our headlines this morning, britain's newest cover girl.
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>> yep, hitting the newsstands tomorrow in new york and the uk and next tuesday everywhere else, it's queen elizabeth gracing the cover of the june issue of "vanity fair." to mark her 90th birthday, the queen sat for a series of photographs with contributing photographer annie liebovitz. for a complete portfolio of capturing queen elizabeth ii within her familiar surroundings at windsor castle. those are great. >> leibowitz said the most important thing about the shoot is that all of the photos were the queen's ideas. she knew exactly how she wanted to be portrayed, at peace surrounded by her family and her beloved corgis. >> in other words, annie was taking direction from the queen. >> annie didn't say no. >> she's the boss. >> exactly. next to another beauty queen. tying the knot for the second time to the same guy. vanessa williams and jim skrip got married last fourth of july. >> now the former beauty queen has posted this photograph on instagram sharing the moment after they exchanged vows on
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monday in her own church. >> can you imagine getting married once every year? >> once is enough. >> she captioned the photo "yesterday we took one last walk down the aisle, this time in my little church. officially wedded catholic amen." #my jim. >> well, good. this is williams' third marriage. she shares daughters melanie and jillian and son devin with her first husband roman and shares a 16-year-old daughter sasha with former nba star rick fox. >> thanks for bringing us up to date there. >> now that we know about all of her marriages. >> family tree. speaking of celebrity children, we've heard of some pretty unusual baby names, like apple, there's blue ivy and north. >> now "hunger games" actress jenna malone just had a baby with boyfriend ethan delorenzo. they've named him ode mountain.
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>> ode mountain. >> they must like mountains. it's the only -- only the latest in apparently a growing trend of unusual baby names. >> two years ago you recall kate winslet and her husband ned named their son bear blaze. interesting. >> off beat celebrity baby names are hardly a new thing. legendary guitarist frank zappa named his kids, moon, unit, ahmet, dweezil, and diva muffin. >> just to spell it out so you can see. some celebrities even chose to keep things simple. so you had boxer and cooking appliance pitchman george foreman who named his five sons george junior, george iii, george iv, george v, george vi with nicknames to tell them apart and one of his seven daughters georgetta. >> oh, my gosh. he's not self-important, is he? >> finally, one guy, one name and one very big price for his old house. >> so singer lenny kravitz may be regretting having let this one go.
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his former mediterranean style miami beach mansion, 11,000 square feet, six bedrooms, very nice there, 11 bathrooms. because you never know where you want to go in the middle of the night, saltwater swimming pool, no less, and it's right there on biscayne bay. >> he bought the mansion in 2001 for just under $9 million, sold it four years later to a new york city real estate developer for $14 million. >> still a good payback. > $5 million after just four years. >> so this developer, this property developer is known for renovating the fountainebleau hotel, the iconic hotel. >> he has a good eye. >> now that developer is selling it for $25 million. >> and see this area here? that was actually added by kravitz. he added a beach. he brought in sand and made a fake beach. >> it's a great location. that's what you call a profit. >> want to move in. >> the developer has a good eye for these things.
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>> go halves, right? >> halves on it. >> i hope your half is really bigger than mine. >> all right.
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♪ ♪ >> that well-known lady gaga song. okay, so we're well into season 12 of "the bachelorette." and there's no question jojo did look stunning at monday night's rose ceremony. >> how does she do it? jojo and her stylist are now giving us an inside look at the closet of the bachelorette. here is abc's kayna whitworth. >> reporter: before jojo takes off on her world tour of surprise exotic locations, gma got an exclusive inside look at jojo's traveling closet with the bachelorette herself and celebrity stylist cary fetman. >> welcome to my wardrobe room. >> oh, my gosh. this is wardrobe magic.
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>> reporter: with hot guys and glamour in tow, the ever friend setting show, now in its 12th season, promises to be all glitz and high style. >> you are spectacular. >> thank you. this is one of my faves. it's amazing. > i have a rose ceremony that i know we're doing something spectacular and so i'm willing to take one whole suitcase just for this dress. >> reporter: fetman tacked with making sure that jojo is camera ready for every climate and every date. >> i have no clue what i'm doing half the time. some days i'll be wearing hiking boots during the day and throw on a pair of stilettos at night. you make both work. >> reporter: she says her style is casual bohemian. like you saw in the first episode, rompers are her go to. >> don't have to worry if the pants are going to match the shirt, the shirt's going to match the shoes. it's one thing. you stick it on. they're comfortable. >> reporter: the getaways spanning the entire globe makes preparing the wardrobe a daunting task. this season it's all climates. >> this is a spring coat. she's going to a country where she will arrive and be getting
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off of a private plane. and so that's all i can tell you. >> private plane in another country. this is very jackie o. in case she's goes on a motorcycle ride, there's 20 leather jackets. >> yet, this is her style. when every girl has only black, bring pink leather. >> reporter: jojo admits leather is her favorite material. >> i love leather. i could do leather pants, leather jackets all black. >> reporter: maybe chemistry and fashion will be the perfect combination for jojo and her mr. forever. kayna whitworth, abc news, los angeles. >> definitely closet envy. i've always wondered about this, whether they're dressed or not. she was a contestant on "the bachelor." are they all dressed then? >> jack, you know this. our senior bachelor analyst. >> ten women on the show, they all have help. >> do they have help? >> casual bohemian. that's the thing. going big.
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>> i don't even know what that means.
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good morning. i'm linzie janis in for diane macedo. >> i'm kendis gibson. here are some of the top headlines we're following this morning on "world news now." on a tirade. a furious donald trump unleashing on the press as he accounts for millions of dollars from his fund-raiser for veterans. he targeted reporters who grilled him, calling them dishonest, even sleazy. a full report coming up shortly. >> targeting our tom llamas. in oklahoma, a former volunteer deputy has been sentenced to four years in prison for killing an unarmed man last year. robert bates said the shooting was an accident when he hiss took his handgun for his stun gun. >> in new jersey, a mother who contracted zika virus overseas has given birth to a baby with a severe birth defect. zika has been linked to brain
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abnormalities in infants. >> the tsa says it had a pretty good memorial day weekend. after complaints about long lines earlier in may, the average national wait time for screening was less than ten minutes. those are some of our top stories, on this wednesday, the 1st of june. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." so just a little humble brag from the tsa there like yeah, you got through in less than ten minutes. >> i traveled. it wasn't so bad. >> it wasn't bad at all? >> they deserve a pat on the back i think. can i say that? >> we give them a lot of heat. it's good to know. we've got the entire summer ahead of us. speaking of summer and the heat, things got really, really heated during a press conference with donald trump slamming reporters for questions about his fund-raiser for veterans. >> he was brutal, firing off a barrage of insults at a news conference. he called to reveal which groups received millions in
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contributions, calling the press dishonest and sleazy. he said he's never received such bad publicity for doing such a good thing. here's more from richard cantu. >> i sent people checks of a lot of money. >> reporter: the presumptive republican nominee on defense. >> instead of being like thank you very much, mr. trump, or trump did a good job, everyone said who got it, who got it, who got it. you make me look very bad. >> reporter: back in january during an event in iowa, he claimed he raised $6 million for veterans including $1 million of his own money. >> we just cracked $6 million, right? $6 million. >> but recently, trump's campaign manager suggested the total raised was closer to $4.5 million. and trump's own million dollar contribution was only made last week. abc's tom llamas asked trump about the mounting questions and criticism. >> mr. trump, writing a $1 million check is incredibly generous. the night of that iowa fund-raiser, you said you had raised $6 million. clearly you had not. your critics say you exaggerate and have a problem with the
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truth. is this a prime example? >> i raised almost $6 million. more money is coming through than didn't come through. >> reporter: that question seemed to strike a nerve. three minutes later, trump lashed out. >> i'm not looking for credit. but what i don't want is when i raise millions of dollars, have people say like this sleazy guy right over here from abc, he's a sleaze. >> why am i a sleaze? >> you're a sleaze because you know the facts and you know the facts well. >> because i ask fair questions. >> hillary clinton wasted no time responding. >> but it took a reporter to shame him into actually making his contribution and getting the money to veterans. >> reporter: mrs. clinton vowed to get along with reporters better. >> you think i'm going to change. i'm not changing. >> reporter: richard cantu, abc news, new york. >> so trump was also angry over the release of sales pitch documents from trump university. his now defunct real estate school. the so-called playbook from trump university revealed employees were instructed to target customers who made at least $90,000 a year and told to
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use flattery and sell feelings, not products. trump university is facing three lawsuits accused of fleecing students and failing to deliver on promises. donald trump claims that many customers were satisfied. 6 >> some of those courses $30,000. hillary clinton and bernie sanders are both zeroing in on california ahead of tuesday's primary. starting tomorrow, clinton's going to be on a five-day swing across the state despite an endorsement from governor jerry brown and virtually every major california democrat. sanders is putting up a tough fight. he's been crisscrossing the state and holding back to back rallies every day. clinton's trying to avoid an embarrassing loss there, but it won't stop her from clinching the nomination. the name of a possible third party candidate has been revealed. identified as david french, french is a conservative writer, constitutional lawyer, and iraq war veteran. a source involved in an effort to recruit an independent alternative to donald trump
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tells abc news that french has had serious discussions about agreeing to run. french tweeted last night, i'm incredibly humbled by and grateful for the many expressions of support. now to the flooding emergency happening in the southeast part of texas. want to show you this drone video that shows how widespread the flooding of the brazos river is. so much brown muddy water and virtually nowhere for it to go. hundreds of people have been forced to evacuate in several communities. the river crested last night at more than three feet over its previous flood record. local officials say the situation isn't getting better anytime soon. >> this river is going to stay high throughout the rest of this week and into the weekend. so we are going to have some -- this is going to be awhile. maybe the worst news of all, up to three more inches of rain are expected in that area later on this week. >> and this flooding in the city of brownwood, texas, which is about 140 miles from austin, texas.
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the water has spilled out of what's called pecan bayou, a tributary of the colorado river. additional rainfall is expected in that the area, as well. which will only make the flooding there worse. >> there are increasing fears about the 50,000 civilians in fallujah as iraqi government troops try to retake that city from isis. humanitarian groups warn of a "human catastrophe." there are reports of people starving to death or being executed for refusing to fight for isis. informers say families are being used as human shields. thousands of canadians are expected to begin returning home today almost a month after a massive wildfire. you'll remember these images about 2,400 structures were lost in ft. mcmurray. but 90% of the city remains intact. 80,000 residents were displaced by the fire. they'll move back in phases. now to cincinnati where police are looking into whether the parents of the child who
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fell into a gorilla enclosure committed a crime. the incident triggered outrage with some calling for the mother to be charged with child endangerment. abc's alex perez is in cincinnati. >> reporter: after those heart-racing images, cincinnati police confirm they are investigating whether the 3-year-old boy's family properly supervised him in the moments before he fell into the gorilla exhibit. the boy's mother can be heard screaming as the horrifying ordeal unfolded. >> mommy loves you! i'm right here! >> reporter: the first call came in at 3:52 p.m. saturday. >> a child has fallen into the gorilla cage. >> reporter: authorities say the child climbed over the three-foot barrier, plunging 15 feet into the moat. the 450-pound gorilla named harambe cornering the boy. at one point, the little boy moves away from the gorilla, but is then pulled back towards him. he later props him up from behind and eventually dragging him all the way to the other side of the cage.
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at 4:01, after ten agonizing minutes, the zoo's emergency response team makes the decision to shoot and kill the gorilla. officials say a tranquilizer dart would have taken too long. the boy rescued two minutes after that shot was fired at 4:03. >> the last option is something that we train for on a regular basis. we don't ever want to have to use this, but deadly force is what ended this situation. >> reporter: a similar incident at an illinois zoo in 1996 saw a very different outcome. a gorilla cradling this 3-year-old after falling in. the zoo believing the gorilla was trying to protect him. in the cincinnati case, the zoo felt the boy was at risk. renowned wildlife expert jack hanna saying he stands by the zoo's decision. >> i'll tell you right now, i'll bet my life right now, if i had to, that that child would not be here today. >> reporter: animal activist groups slamming the zoo. >> the physical barriers at the cincinnati zoo are not adequate to keep people out of the enclosures. >> reporter: our cameras capturing crews making changes
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to the barriers at the gorilla exhibit. and the zoo's most recent federal inspection was less than two months ago. the zoo and those barriers passed without any citations. alex perez, abc news, cincinnati. >> if you're planning to go to europe sometime this summer, strong warning from the state department, says be careful. it warns several high profile events could be targets for terrorists including this month's european soccer championships in france. the tour de france and the catholic church's world youth day in poland. concerns about terrorism in europe have increased since the november attacks in paris. another black eye for the tsa. a new government report indicates the embattled agency isn't helping airports keep up with the threat of intruders breaching security fences at american airports. that report indicate there were
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more than 2,500 security incidents in each of the past three years at hundreds of airports. the tsa acknowledges it could do more and it says it will be looking at how that can happen. a hacker with some clear political leanings hacked into the dallas, texas, department of transportation computer. here is the result. a sign reading bernie for president. another sign a short distance away called donald trump a shape shifting lizard. this isn't the first time it's happened in that area. other signs were hacked last july. >> all right. interesting. he's got a leaning, definitely. so a blessed event for the national zoo. the birth of a kiwi chick to the zoo's -- >> we're not talking about a girl from new zealand. >> no, that would be nice, too. to the zoo's breathing pair of endangered flightless birds. the zoo hatched at the zoo's research center outside washington. >> the newborn is currently in an incubator and its gender won't be known for several weeks. it appears to be healthy and doing well. >> as you mentioned it, did happen at the conservation institute. kiwis are native to new zealand
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and are endangered because of predators out there. >> odd looking. >> coming up, really an amazing landing by spacex on an ocean-going drone ship. this morning, new incredible video of that historic landing. and the young surfer and shark attack survivor who is wowing the crowds all over again. what bethany hamilton did at the world surf league's fiji women's pro. first though, have a look at today's temperatures. >> they need to turn the oven off in phoenix. 103. >> wow. >> announcer: "world news now" weather, brought to you by vistaprint.
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helicopter and then the woman was carefully brought to safety. despite the ordeal, she was not seriously hurt. and then there's this. spacex is giving us a feel for what it's like to ride one of its rockets. take a look at this sped up video taken as the first stage of a falcon 9 booster descended and landed on a ship at sea. did you see that? that's absolutely amazing. >> so cool. >> it's part of spacex's program to develop fully reusable rockets which would dramatically cut the cost of space flight. this booster may be used again this summer. that's the view from space. i'm kind of geeking out. sorry. that's amazing. here on land, it didn't drop from the sky but from a man's hand. and into his date's drink, and thanks to three eagle-eyed ladies, it dropped him in jail. >> those women are being praised for coming to the unsuspecting woman's rescue by ratting the guy out before she took a sip of her spiked drink.
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here's abc's lauren lyster. >> reporter: a california man in court facing assault charges after allegedly slipping a drug into his date's drink. the suspected plot foiled by fellow diners who took matters into their own hands. >> i noticed a gentleman at the table next to me acting pretty suspicious. >> reporter: what did you think he was doing? >> i thought he was trying to lace her drink. >> reporter: one friend rushing to the bathroom to tell the woman. >> i know this is really weird, but we saw the guy you were with put something in your drink. >> reporter: another flagging restaurant staff, who called police after security footage allegedly confirmed their suspicions. the police arresting 24-year-old michael hsu in the restaurant and confiscating the woman's drink as evidence. those friends sharing their story on facebook to warn other women. >> i am completely filled with gratitude that we were able to see it, to tell someone about it and to help another woman out.
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>> it is really really frightening. some tips for staying safe on a first date. talk on the phone first. don't ignore red flag warnings. if you go to the bathroom -- >> always watch your drink, right. in case a stranger or maybe a bartender. but then your date, watch your date, too. >> yeah. >> a lot to look out for these days, huh. >> try not to leave your drink out when you go to the bathroom. you never know. it's so frightening. >> never know who you're dating these days. you don't know them from their social media profile. you don't know everything you might need to know. coming up, she's one of the world's most famous surfers. >> but not just for her talents on the waves after losing her arm to a shark 13 years ago, bethany hamilton is wowing the world all over again. that's next. >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our
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♪ ♪ nothing's going ♪ ♪ nothing's going to ever keep you down ♪ >> well-known joe esposito, of course. >> of course. she's the young surfer who made headlines more than a decade ago after losing her arm to a shark and then getting right back in the water. >> now bethany hamilton is making waves herself all over again. here's abc's dan harris. >> reporter: arguably the world's most famous surfer
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bethany hamilton continues to outdo herself this time with a stunning performance at the world surf league's fiji women's pro. >> her ability. >> she is a super human. >> reporter: after earning a wildcard spot at the event, the 26-year-old mom beat some of the best surfers in the world to advance to the semifinals of the competition where she ultimately placed third overall. tweeting "beyond stoked to finish third in the fiji pro as the wildcard, loved competing and looking forward to more adventures." >> i'm so happy because like i haven't had a good heat in awhile. feels really good. >> reporter: hamilton was the top amateur surfer at age 13 when a 14-foot tiger shark ripped off her left arm. you might recognize this image of her surfboard with a bite mark. she captivated the world with her comeback and was back in the water within a month.
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she spoke with abc's abbie boudreau in 2011 about the experience. >> i already knew how to surf. i had to adapt to the new change in my body. >> reporter: tell us about the day that you decided to go back into the water. >> i kind of struggled on my first couple waves and didn't get up. and then i got up on my third wave and rode it all the way to the beach. >> she's had quite a journey since then from competing in the "amazing race." >> yeah. i hope this challenge is doable. >> reporter: to starting a family last june and now finishing third at the world surfing league competition. hamilton's story continues to inspire. >> even after losing my arm, i'm still like doing everything i hoped i could do in my future and even more. and i think i'm just a reminder for the young girls that like hey, you can do it if you set your mind to it. >> dan harris, abc news, new york. >> incredible woman. >> yeah. can you believe she lost like 60% of her blood in that attack? >> they made a movie about her, too. i got to watch it. it's called "soul surfer." 2011. >> watched her on "amazing
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♪ trump wall got replaced. facebook is back. all right. it's the little things, folks. she's cracked up millions of people online with her facebook video. and now chewbacca mom, candace payne has broken a record becoming facebook live's most viewed video ever. >> she's riding her fame all the way to disney world to meet chewy himself. but not before dropping in on "gma" to speak with our own robin roberts. >> reporter: she's the viral sensation with the force on her side. >> i'm such a happy chewbacca.
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>> reporter: candace payne, aka chewbacca mom, taking facebook by storm, racking up nearly 150 million views and counting. her infectious laugh has america loling. what's been the best part of all of this? >> in all honesty, being able to share joy with people. >> reporter: we caught up with candace for some out of this world fun. >> i like her. she's a lady. >> reporter: at walt disney world. she even met the legendary wookiee warrior himself. >> do you use any beard oil? >> no. >> can we take a selfie? >> yes. >> okay, ready? here we go. oh! i like that one. are we going to do -- duck lips? can you do duck lips? oh, that one works.
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[ laughter ] oh. i love you. okay. chewbacca loves me. >> reporter: a joyous day for this super fan, fireworks and all. >> when simple joys turn to extravagant joys, this is what you end up with. when you have a heart full of joy, it will change everything. >> you have a heart full of joy, don't you? >> no. a stone heart. it's great to see her there enjoy disney. >> you make me very happy. >> i do? thank you. finally i got one. >> oh, wow. there we are. >> that is quite frightening. and i look normal. it is quite frightening. >> side burns are out of control. that's the news for this half hour. remember to follow us on facebook. >> that was quite a weave.
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this morning on "world news this morning on "world news now," flood emergency across texas. >> more residents forced to evacuate their homes as the relentless rain strands drivers and damages property. and the storms are not showing any signs of letting up as twisters touch down in the region. >> donald trump lashing out at the media unhappy with being questioned on the specifics of his charitable donations toward veterans groups and offering a glimpse at what life would be like inside a trump administration press corps. a woman's wild encounter with an elk at a national park. the animal charging her and sending her flying. what that tourist is saying this morning about getting too close. >> and keeping him on his toes. the golfer on the edge and playing the ball as it lies, a noble effort, but can he pull it off? his buddy's reaction might give you a hint.
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that's next in "the mix" on this wednesday, june 1st. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." good morning. i'm linzie janis in for diane macedo. >> i'm kendis gibson. it is great to have linzie back fresh from vacation. >> it's wonderful to be back and to be here with you. >> it is great. are you number ten. >> number ten lady. >> number ten. the tenth co-anchor. absolutely. it's great to have you here. diane is still under the weather and speaking of under the weather, that's where we're going to get started right now with the flooding that is widespread in southeastern texas. here's what we mean by widespread. look at that. >> all that muddy water has spilled over the banks of the brazos river forcing hundreds of people to evacuate their homes. experts say the river appeared to crest last night at more than eight feet above flood stage and well above the previous record level. it is not expected to recede
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below flood levels until the weekend. the water could remain high for up to three weeks. >> wow. so north of there in central oklahoma, it was really a frightening day as a series of small tornados were seen. the twisters were short lived. they caused no reports of damage or injuries. so let's get more now from the texas flood zone. abc's phillip mena is there. >> reporter: in texas, the rivers are rising and the records are falling. >> this is at a critical stage here, because this water is just about out of its banks. >> reporter: we toured the devastated neighborhoods in richmond. residents helplessly watching floodwaters creep to their doorsteps. how bad is it right now? >> real bad. i was here last night, i haven't slept all night. >> reporter: in booth, they're packing up and moving out. >> my husband came home at 5:00 this morning and said, "get out of bed, get your clothes and let's get out of here." >> reporter: the town of thompsons cut off. the main road in now a river. i'm about two miles away from where the banks of the brazos river should be.
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instead, it's right here. the river is cresting at nearly 54 feet, the highest levels in more than 20 years. the floodwaters infested with fire ants, water moccasins and debris. families trying to save livestock. horses in simonton -- >> there they are, all ten of them. >> reporter: -- sheltering on this home's front porch. parts of texas, seeing their wettest may on record. up to 20 inches of rain in the past week alone. now, at least seven dead, including an austin woman who drowned while tubing monday evening. it's not raining here now. that's the good news. but the bad news is, more rain is coming later this week. phillip mena, abc news, richmond, texas. >> quite a scene there. the rain showing no signs of quitting in texas. checking the radar right now, parts of central and western texas could get up to 4 inches of rain. over the next two days. unbelievable. some flash flooding could happen there during that time. fortunately, eastern texas will see smaller amounts of rain.
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overseas now where the syrian government has carried out a wave of deadly air strikes on rebel targets. some of these images is difficult to watch. the video shows young children being pulled from the rubble after the bombs hit. at least 17 people were killed and dozens more were hurt. the u.n. estimates 400,000 people have died in the syrian civil war. >> now to donald trump coming out swinging against the media as he backed up claims that he raised millions for veterans. trump held a news conference to name dozens of groups that benefited from $5.6 million that he collected during a fund-raiser for vets in january. some of the contributions including trump's own million dollar check was only mailed last week after trump was pressured to give an accounting of the money. yesterday he railed against reporter who's questioned him including our own tom llamas. >> i'm not looking for credit. but what i don't want is when i raise millions of dollars have
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people say, like this sleazy guy right over here from abc, he's a sleaze in my book. >> why am i a sleaze? >> because you know the facts and you know the facts well. >> and i ask fair questions. >> tom's a good guy. trump also made it clear that this is what it will be like when a president trump meets with the white house press corps. >> hillary clinton is shifting her fos to california as she battles bernie sanders for the biggest delegate prize in the country. after picking up the endorsement of governor jerry brown she now has the support of virtually every major democrat in the state. we get more from abc's jonathan karl. >> reporter: hillary clinton blasted donald trump calling his fund-raiser for veterans a stunt. >> he's bragged for months about raising $6 million for veterans and donating $1 million himself. but it took a reporter to shame him into actually making his contribution and getting the money to veterans. >> reporter: clinton is fighting
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a two-front war. out in california, bernie sanders is riding a wave of momentum. sanders is drawing huge crowds in santa cruz. >> and if we win here in the largest state in our country, we're going to go marching into the democratic convention with incredible momentum and we will march out with the democratic nomination. >> reporter: the reality, sanders could win in california, but has very little chance of actually winning the nomination. clinton has built up a huge delegate lead. jerry brown, california's popular governor, endorsed clinton in a letter saying, "clinton's lead is insurmountable." a point echoed by california's senior senator, a clinton supporter who suggested to me it's time for sanders to pack it in. >> he ought to be able to read the sign posts as well as anybody else. and if he did that, he would know that it's all but over. >> reporter: it's a total
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reversal of eight years ago when hillary clinton scored a big victory in the california primary and we all know what happened then. symbolically, it would be a huge blow for clinton to lose in california. that's why the clinton campaign has just announced she will go on a five-day campaign swing throughout california beginning on thursday. she may not need the delegates, but she sure doesn't want to end her primary campaign with a loss in california. jonathan karl, abc news, washington. new details are emerging about this weekend's shooting spree in houston. army veteran dionisio garza fired 212 times before a sniper killed him. police believe he was suffering from some sort of depression. they think he acted alone, not as part of any terrorist group and he left rambling messages taped to the walls of the tire shop where he killed a customer. a former oklahoma volunteer deputy has been sentenced to four years in prison for killing an unarmed man last year. 74-year-old robert bates said
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the shooting was an accident when he mistook his handgun for his stungun. killing eric harris. the judge said that he took into account bates' age, failing health and dozens of letters asking for leniency. lawyers for bates are planning an appeal. police in charlotte, north carolina, are trying to determine why a packed school bus crashed into a man's house. that man needs to find a new place to live. abc's david kerley has the details. >> reporter: down a 30-foot embankment with nearly two dozen onboard, it was a house and a tree that stopped this school bus. >> somebody help! >> charlotte police. do you need police, fire or medic? >> i need an ambulance. i need 911. the bus is wrecked! the bus is wrecked! >> reporter: that frantic call as students crawled out of the crumpled charlotte, north carolina, bus. >> some people jumped out the window, some people jumped out the exit. >> reporter: and a stunned homeowner wondering exactly what had happened. >> i need police, medic. a school bus just went careeni into my house. >> do you know if any kids are on the bus? >> no. i just heard the crash.
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i'm getting dressed now to go outside, i hear them yelling. >> reporter: 12 of the students taken to the hospital have been released. the bus driver who was trapped for a time, still in the hospital, along with one of the students, both in good condition. the driver of the bus has been suspended with pay, which is normal, as the investigation is conducted. the news is not good for the homeowner who tells us he's without a home. authorities have condemned his house because of all the damage. david kerley, abc news, washington. >> a woman who contracted the zika virus overseas has given birth in new jersey. and than newborn has severe brain damage. the mother is visiting the u.s. from honduras. doctors say the baby is also suffering from intestinal and vision issues. zika has been linked to brain abnormalities in developing fetuses. the number of children who suffer concussions may be vastly underreported. until now. up until now, the only cases
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recorded are those diagnosed in an emergency room. but a study finds kids are more likely to be diagnosed in a pediatrician's office than at a hospital and thus not reported. the researchers say being treated in a doctor's office is appropriate unless there are severe symptoms. on another note, completely different note. >> switching gears. >> yes. attention beer lovers. and we know there's jack who loves beer and a lot of you out there. a new device, no? a new device might just be what you need to brew up a quick cold one. >> it comes from the folks at sodastream, the company that popularized countertop carb carbonators. the new offering is called the beer bar. >> all you do is mix beer concentrate with freshly carbonated water and you've got your own brew. it's only available in germany and switzerland. that's the buzz kill there. sodastream expects to launch the beer bar elsewhere by the end of the year. which is fantastic. >> right now, it sounds like it's one type of concentrate
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that you add to the koush carbonation. it's not like you can play around and make your own. >> make your own belgian brew, chimay or something like that. only 4.5% alcohol by volume. >> i'm not a beer drinker. that seems. >> it's kind of weak. >> it's not a stella. stella is more like a 7. >> that's like 5% or chimay which is 12%. >> i'm a wine girl myself. >> of course. coming up later in "the mix," meet the dog that probably has a nicer car than you. >> but first new details in the series of shark attacks this past holiday weekend including the giant bite one victim is recovering from this morning. >> blogger's regret. why one so-called mommy blog says her online musings nearly ruined her life. remember to find us on facebook on wnnfans.com and twitter @abcwnn. you're watching "world news now." @abcwnn.
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>> ma'am, ma'am, could you >> ma'am, ma'am, could you please. >> oh, oh. oh. >> ouch. >> visitors to yellowstone national park are warned to keep a safe distance from the wildlife. now you see why. after all the park belongs to the year round residents, not the tourists. this elk let the woman in the blue jacket know it. luckily it doesn't appear she was seriously hurt. she was going up to take a photograph. >> it was so quick and sudden and probably painful.
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>> 25 yards you're supposed to stay away. >> i would have stayed away farther than that. >> she's lucky she didn't get trampled. >> another frightening series of animal incidents in open water and two swimmers seriously wounded in shark attacks. >> two attacks over the memorial day weekend on both coasts. here's abc's brandi hitt. >> lifeguards are on scene. >> reporter: a shark bite survival story surprising doctors in southern california. 52-year-old maria korcs-maros recovering from a giant bite across her side. >> it extends from upper torso area down to the pelvis. there's multiple lacerations. >> it's very obviously a mouth. you can see individual marks from individual teeth. >> reporter: the mother of three was training for a half ironman sunday in newport beach swimming 100 yards offshore when suddenly attacked. >> we couldn't tell exactly what it was but it was big and gray. >> reporter: that same day another attack, this time off
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the coast of florida. a 13-year-old boy swimming in two to three feet of water. >> he's like shark, he bit my leg. go, go, shark, it bit my leg. >> reporter: that bite seven to eight inches wide. last year there were 98 shark attacks in the u.s. including six deaths, the highest number on record and experts warn that number could grow this year as shark populations increase. luckily for korcs-maros, a lifeguard boat was nearby. she treaded water, crying out for help. >> she was remarkably calm. >> the patient's physical fitness was a critical element of her ability to survive what was most definitely a terrifying experience. >> reporter: lifeguards shutdown several miles of beach through memorial weekend. after several days of searching, there has been no sighting of that shark, linzie and kendis. >> coming up in our next half hour, a heart-stopping case of road rage. chilling cell phone video shows a driver running his car over a
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motorcycle before speeding off. we'll let you know what happened to those bikers and the driver of that car and who police say started the whole dangerous confrontation. >> but first, confessions of a blogger. why this mother says her mommy blog ruined her life. the warning for anyone considering trying to make money off of their blogs. you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our and i take my job seriously. while i'm busy watching the game, i need your help keeping an eye on the stands. if you see something that doesn't look quite right, tell a law enforcement official. we all play an important role in protecting our communities, and you can help. if you see something suspicious,
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say something to local authorities. [ crowd cheering ] ♪ everybody talks too much >> interesting song choice. all right. ♪ everybody talks too much >> interesting song choice. all right. so these days it does seem like everybody's talking through their blogs making big money off of some of the even most amateurish posts. >> but one mommy blogger who was earning thousands of dollars with her posts is now coming clean about how much of what she posted was a lie and how faking it was hurting her family. abc's juju chang has the story.
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>> i was a mommy blogger and it consumed my life. >> reporter: josie denise says her picture perfect life on the popular blog american mama started out as a way to earn extra money. >> i had up to 50,000 unique viewers per month and i was making up to $1,500 per blog post. >> reporter: for three years, the 27-year-old mother of three would stage and post nearly every moment of her life from birthday parties to family vacations. but she says it was squeezing the joy out of parenting and her marriage. life wasn't nearly as peachy as the pictures she posted not even close. >> i was posting photos that were happy because i needed that post. if it was a sponsored post especially, i needed the happy photo. if i had a deadline to meet the sponsored post and we weren't having a great time, i still needed to get those photos. >> reporter: feeling like she was living a lie, she quit the blog and now she's revealing
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what she says is a facade. and exposing the world of paid posts. in a candid signoff called dear mommy blogger, she writes 90% of the fake nonsense i used to share on the internet as a mommy blogger writing about my fake life and oh, so happy marriage, they are pure bull. >> what she is expressing about the insincerity of her posts is a problem with all social media. whether you're a mommy blogger or not. because we have this habit of only posting the most perfect images that make our lives look incredible. lives are just as messy as they are fun. >> reporter: today she says she's much happier without the burden of a blog. >> i feel better about myself. so i don't have the constant insecurity and need to post constant cheerful positive messages online. it's definitely a relief to be able to be authentic. >> reporter: juju chang, abc news, new york. >> i'd rather hear the honest stuff, wouldn't you? probably make less money that way. >> i guess reality does not pay all that much. >> i guess not. coming up, the dog with his own bmw. >> and the most adorable hoodie
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it's time for "the mix." >> yep. >> i'm going to start. okay? ready for this one? a dog with its own beamer. dog's name luigi maestro drives a bmw around the upper eastside of manhattan. >> of course, it's the upper eastside. >> apparently his owner who is an author, walks behind him and controls the beamer by remote control. >> a remote controlled beamer. >> so instead of a leash, he gets a beamer. >> isn't that cool. >> that is amazing. > they're obviously becoming quite popular around town and people are taking photos and twitter's going nuts. >> do you think he picks up all the female dogs like that? >> he is probably like you, a ladies man. >> without a beamer. very nice. very cute.
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>> he's got a better car than you. >> just in case his owner wanted to carrie him around, there's something that i have no idea it took so long to get to this. take a look. it's a sweatshirt where you can put your cat or your little dog right there at the bottom there. there's a little pouch. >> my favorite part about this is that you can remove the lining for easy cleaning. the lining of that pouch. >> in case they poop in there. >> shedding or any of that kind of stuff. >> that's where you're going. >> that's why i don't have a pet. that happens. >> look how absolutely adorable. you can keep your cat and little dog close. it's by a company they call it the mugaru hoodie. >> a japanese company. >> yes, so you can get that. this is hysterical. we should just watch the video. golfer. fairway fail. >> nothing wrong with this. it looks like it would be successful. good poise. >> the follow through just -- this is the best part. check out his friends, they're going nuts. >> i mean, they're supportive,
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right? >> howling with laughter. >> trying to be supportive? or not? nobody even said like, hey, dude. they never even tried to like rescue him from that. >> augusta, here we come. >> hilarious. >> mind you it does kind of look like tiger woods previous. >> there are many golfers that would maybe try that. >> yeah. they're called professionals. hyenas. it's hilarious. so there is a new ice cream cone that is out there. >> let's show people a picture of this. kind of cool. >> this is very cool. it looks like roses. they're almost as beautiful as the real thing. it's rose shaped gelato. and it's popular on social media and such. >> stunning. >> they're often used different colored ice cream for the petals there. >> wouldn't mind having that as opposed to a real rose.
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>> as opposed to a real rose? wow, that's a cheap date.
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this morning on "world news this morning on "world news now," new revelations surrounding donald trump's controversial trump university. and the candidate calling our reporter sleazy when asked a question during a news conference. their confrontation just ahead. and widespread flooding across the state of texas. a never ending barrage of storms bringing torrential rains as rivers swell to capacity forcing rescues. anxious residents this morning bracing themselves as the floodwaters continue to rise. and new this half hour, a wild hollywood style standoff. >> arnold schwarzenegger on safari. but even the terminator no match for this perturbed pachyderm. the elephant charging the star's vehicle and setting off cinema style chase scene. >> pretty cool there. guess what just landed on the cover of "vanity fair."
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her majesty herself, britain's queen elizabeth and her royal corgis. this morning, what photographer annie liebovitz said was the most important aspect of this very special photo shoot. it is wednesday, june 1st. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." the queen looking very lovely there at 90. we do say good morning to you, everybody. i'm kendis gibson. >> and i'm linzie janis. in for diane macedo. >> can you believe we made it already to halfway through the year. >> happened fast. >> at least we're at hump day. >> we begin with the release of the so-called trump university playbooks detailing how people were enticed into spending tens of thousands of dollars on real estate seminars. >> the trump university sales pitch manuals revealed that employees were instructed to target customers who made at least $90,000 a year. they were also told to use flattery and sell feelings, not products. >> trump university is facing three lawsuits accused of fleecing students and failing to
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deliver on promises donald trump claims that many customers were satisfied. >> okay, so trump was facing tough questions about his highly publicized fund-raiser for military veterans and he went on a tirade as he explained to the press exactly how much money was collected and where it all went. details now from abc's tom llamas. >> reporter: in an extraordinary news conference, donald trump defending himself, and unloading on reporters for questioning just how much money he raised for veterans groups. >> i sent people checks of a lot of money, and instead of being, like, thank you very much, mr. trump, or, trump did a good job, everyone is saying, who got it? who got it? who got it? and you make me look very bad. >> reporter: in january, trump claimed he raised $6 million at this iowa event, including a million from his own pocket. >> we just cracked $6 million, right? $6 million. >> reporter: but trump's campaign manager recently suggested the total amount raised was closer to $4.5
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million. and trump's own million dollar contribution? it was only made last week. mr. trump, writing a million dollar check is incredibly generous. but the night of that iowa fundraiser, you said you had raised $6 million. clearly you had not. your critics say you tend to exaggerate, you have a problem with the truth. is this a prime example? >> no, i raised almost $6 million. some of it didn't come through, but more money is coming through than didn't come through. the number probably is going to be, when we finish it, probably going to be over the $6 million. >> reporter: but that question seemed to strike a nerve, because three minutes later, trump lashed out. >> i'm not looking for credit. but what i don't want is, when i raise millions of dollars, have people say, like this sleazy guy right over here, from abc, he's a sleaze in my book. >> reporter: why am i a sleaze? >> you're a sleaze because you know the facts and you know the facts well. >> reporter: because i ask fair questions? for months, trump would not reveal the full list of veteran groups who received money. he claims he was vetting them. and he read a long list of those
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he says got checks. >> project for patriots, $100,000. >> reporter: abc news reached out to all 41 groups, and spoke with most of them. some told us they received the money months ago, but others say they only got it last week, as trump was facing mounting questions about those donations. trump's exchanges with reporters among the most contentious we've seen. >> you think i'm going to change? i'm not changing. >> reporter: he says the trump you see is the trump you'll get. >> is this what it's going to be like covering you if you're president? >> yeah, it is. >> we're going to have this kind of confrontation in the press room? >> yeah, it is going to be like this. >> reporter: tom llamas, abc news, new york. >> tom tweeted out afterwards that it's going to be an interesting week after being called sleazy. in the meantime, hillary clinton immediately pounced on trump, calling his fund-raiser a stunt. she said it took a reporter to shame trump into making his contribution to the veterans. clinton still has to get past bernie sanders. she's heading to california earlier than expected. launching a five-day swing across the state ahead of
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tuesday's primary and sanders is not going down without a fight. he's been barnstorming california holding about two rallies on average a day. thousands of people turned out to see him in santa cruz and monterey as he took aim at clinton, trump and the political establishment. despite clinton's all but insurmountable delegate lead, he could still wrap up the primary season with a big victory in california on tuesday. >> in case you're not a fan of any of the above, the name of a possible third party candidate has been revealed. he's been identified as david french, a conservative writer, constitutional lawyer and iraq war veteran. a source involved in the effort to recruit an independent alternative to donald trump tells abc news that french has had serious discussions about agreeing to run. his wife is also known in conservative circles as a ghost writer for sarah palin and her daughter bristol. >> well, now to the extensive
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flooding that isn't going away and not any time soon in southeastern texas. officials say the brazos river crested last night more than three feet above its previous record high flood stage. it is expected to recede over the next coming days. the river's levels will remain high for up to three weeks. one reason for that is because water will need to be released from swollen reservoirs upstream. further north near dallas, four men whose truck got caught in floodwaters had to be rescued by local firefighters. there were more than a dozen water rescues performed in that area yesterday from both vehicles and homes. abc's ginger zee is tracking the rain in the lone star state. >> reporter: just south of ft. worth, texas, there are cars stranded. so high water pooling up with these slow-moving storms that you see on the radar. you take a place like austin where they're already saturated. they've had their wettest may in record. a flood watch in place from the mexican border up through southeastern oklahoma for the next couple of days.
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it's going to last through thursday morning at least. that upper level low going to slow move into the weekend. 4 to 5 inches sandwiched between austin and dallas. ginger zee, abc news, new york. >> federal prosecutors say the family of the san bernardino shooters should not profit from the terrorist act. the government has filed to seize more than a quarter million dollars in life insurance payouts for syed farook. the policies were obtained through his employment with the county health department. instead, the prosecutors want to make the funds available to victims of farook's rampage. >> former cop and convicted killer drew peterson is looking at more prison time. a jury found peterson guilty of trying to hire an inmate to kill the prosecutor who placed him behind bars. jurors deliberated for about hour. peterson is serving a 38-year sentence and faces up to 60 more years in prison as a result. an actor who played a police officer on the tv show "the shield" has been found guilty of murder.
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lawyers for michael jace acknowledge he killed his wife but they say he should have been convicted of voluntary manslaughter because there was no premeditation. jace could be sentenced to life behind bars. the california man accused of putting a drug in his date's dink has appeared in court. michael hsu is charged with two felonies in connection with the incident at a santa monica restaurant. three women who say they saw him putting something into the drink alerted his date and the restaurant's management. their facebook post about the incident went viral. if convicted, hsu could get six years in prison. a health alert. general mills is recalling 10 million pounds of flour. an outbreak of e. coli sickened 38 people in 20 states. half of those victims reported eating something homemade with flour. some identified gold medal, wondra, signature kitchens flour. they may have eaten raw dough or batter. >> general mills notes no contamination has been found in any of its products. >> we all know arnold
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schwarzenegger for being the terminator and the former governor of california. >> overall bad guy. >> we also know he's just like us when faced by some real danger. >> he screams. >> he's going to charge us. >> schwarzenegger is in that jeep on safari in south africa. at that point, the huge bull elephant walks into the brush by the side of the road. it's not long before it comes back. check this out. it's chasing this jeep as it speeds away. >> i would have been so far gone. by the way, schwarzenegger tweeted after that they did have to change their pants as a result. >> but he said they're incredible animals and that he says you, you know, take a picture. not a shot. >> not a shot. they need to be protected. but they are scary when you see them up front like that running at you. >> you hear him say it's going to charge us because it kind of walks away and acts like it's disinterested and boom. >> he's the terminator. he knows these things. a frightening case of road rage caught on video. a car driving over a motorcycle
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with the driver and his passenger getting out of the way just in the nick of time. who police say started this confrontation. >> so lucky to be alive. >> and just wait until you hear what a "hunger games" star just named her new baby boy. that's in "the skinny." first we want to give you a look at today's forecast. >> no great falls. >> but fantastically warm weather. >> all over. >> over in our part of the world. >> announcer: "world news now" weather, brought to you by life alert.
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that's a guy in a stolen front loader being pursued by police in anchorage, alaska. after taking the vehicle from a landscaping business, the man behind the wheel rammed it into a liquor store and stole several bottles. okay. when he was finally cornered, he was arrested, of course. a police official said the man "performed poorly on standard field sobriety tests." >> do you think? >> do you think? how do you think he got in that front loader? so about 5,000 miles south of there, a heart-stopping case of road rage played out near tampa, florida. >> cell phone video shows a driver running his car over a motorcycle with the driver and passenger barely getting out of the way in time. abc's steve osunsami has the story. >> reporter: florida highway authorities say here's proof we're looking at a long summer, this is cell phone video of a driver's temper going from zero to 100. >> 911. what's the address of your emergency? >> yeah, we just got run over by a car.
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>> reporter: the couple on the motorcycle just left a memorial day bike ride for veterans were lucky they could walk away. >> how is the person now? >> they're standing. but it was a crazy driver. >> reporter: police arrested 31-year-old robert paul vance who they say had the short temper and started the argument. >> people are crazy. your life could end instantly. >> reporter: in an increasing number of these incidents, guns are part of the equation. this beatdown of a driver near tampa last month only ended when the driver's wife gets out of their bmw with a pistol. over the weekend in houston, witnesses say this fight broke out over a right turn. >> that aggravated the truck driver because he thought no, you're not. you're not going in front of me. >> reporter: authorities are encouraging angry drivers to take a deep breath. more than two-thirds of traffic fatalities are caused by aggressive driving. steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. >> people need to do some yoga, meditate. >> when we come back, mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the most regal cover girl of them all. >> and the latest bizarre baby name. we've got "the skinny" next.
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♪ skinny, so skinny ♪ skinny, so skinny ♪ skinny, so skinny >> how do you know i haven't done it before? >> you have done it before. topping our headlines this morning, britain's newest cover girl. >> yep, hitting the newsstands
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tomorrow in new york and the uk and next tuesday everywhere else, it's queen elizabeth gracing the cover of the june issue of "vanity fair." to mark her 90th birthday, the queen sat for a series of photographs with contributing photographer annie liebovitz. for a complete portfolio of capturing queen elizabeth ii within her familiar surroundings at windsor castle. those are great. >> leibowitz said the most important thing about the shoot is that all of the photos were the queen's ideas. she knew exactly how she wanted to be portrayed, at peace surrounded by her family and her beloved corgis. >> in other words, annie was taking direction from the queen. >> annie didn't say no. >> she's the boss. >> exactly. next to another beauty queen. tying the knot for the second time to the same guy. vanessa williams and jim skrip got married last fourth of july. >> now the former beauty queen has posted this photograph on instagram sharing the moment
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after they exchanged vows on monday in her own church. >> can you imagine getting married once every year? >> once is enough. >> she captioned the photo "yesterday we took one last walk down the aisle, this time in my little church. officially wedded catholic amen." #my jim. >> well, good. this is williams' third marriage. she shares daughters melanie and jillian and son devin with her first husband roman and shares a 16-year-old daughter sasha with former nba star rick fox. >> thanks for bringing us up to date there. >> thanks for bringing us up to date there. >> now that we know about all of her marriages. >> family tree. speaking of celebrity children, we've heard of some pretty unusual baby names, like apple, there's blue ivy and north. >> now "hunger games" actress jenna malone just had a baby with boyfriend ethan delorenzo. they've named him ode mountain. >> ode mountain.
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>> they must like mountains. it's the only -- only the latest in apparently a growing trend of unusual baby names. >> two years ago you recall kate winslet and her husband ned named their son bear blaze. interesting. >> off beat celebrity baby names are hardly a new thing. legendary guitarist frank zappa named his kids, moon, unit, ahmet, dweezil, and diva muffin. >> just to spell it out so you can see. some celebrities even chose to keep things simple. so you had boxer and cooking appliance pitchman george foreman who named his five sons george junior, george iii, george iv, george v, george vi with nicknames to tell them apart and one of his seven daughters georgetta. >> oh, my gosh. he's not self-important, is he? >> finally, one guy, one name and one very big price for his old house. >> so singer lenny kravitz may be regretting having let this
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one go. his former mediterranean style miami beach mansion, 11,000 square feet, six bedrooms, very nice there, 11 bathrooms. because you never know where you want to go in the middle of the night, saltwater swimming pool, no less, and it's right there on biscayne bay. >> he bought the mansion in 2001 for just under $9 million, sold it four years later to a new york city real estate developer for $14 million. >> still a good payback. > $5 million after just four years. >> so this developer, this property developer is known for renovating the fountainebleau hotel, the iconic hotel. >> he has a good eye. >> now that developer is selling it for $25 million. >> and see this area here? that was actually added by kravitz. he added a beach. he brought in sand and made a fake beach. >> it's a great location. that's what you call a profit.
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>> want to move in. >> the developer has a good eye for these things. >> go halves, right? >> halves on it. >> i hope your half is really bigger than mine. >> all right.
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♪ ♪ >> that well-known lady gaga song. okay, so we're well into season 12 of "the bachelorette." and there's no question jojo did look stunning at monday night's rose ceremony. >> how does she do it? jojo and her stylist are now giving us an inside look at the closet of the bachelorette. here is abc's kayna whitworth. >> reporter: before jojo takes off on her world tour of surprise exotic locations, gma got an exclusive inside look at jojo's traveling closet with the bachelorette herself and celebrity stylist cary fetman. >> welcome to my wardrobe room. >> oh, my gosh. this is wardrobe magic.
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>> reporter: with hot guys and glamour in tow, the ever trend setting show, now in its 12th season, promises to be all glitz and high style. >> you are spectacular. >> thank you. this is one of my faves. it's amazing. > i have a rose ceremony that i know we're doing something spectacular and so i'm willing to take one whole suitcase just for this dress. >> reporter: fetman tacked with making sure that jojo is camera ready for every climate and every date. >> i have no clue what i'm doing half the time. some days i'll be wearing hiking boots during the day and throw on a pair of stilettos at night. you make both work. >> reporter: she says her style is casual bohemian. like you saw in the first episode, rompers are her go to. >> don't have to worry if the pants are going to match the shirt, the shirt's going to match the shoes. it's one thing. you stick it on. they're comfortable. >> reporter: the getaways spanning the entire globe makes preparing the wardrobe a daunting task. this season it's all climates. >> this is a spring coat. she's going to a country where she will arrive and be getting
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off of a private plane. and so that's all i can tell you. >> private plane in another country. this is very jackie o. in case she's goes on a motorcycle ride, there's 20 leather jackets. >> yet, this is her style. when every girl has only black, bring pink leather. >> reporter: jojo admits leather is her favorite material. >> i love leather. i could do leather pants, leather jackets all black. >> reporter: maybe chemistry and fashion will be the perfect combination for jojo and her mr. forever. kayna whitworth, abc news, los angeles. >> definitely closet envy. i've always wondered about this, whether they're dressed or not. she was a contestant on "the bachelor." are they all dressed then? >> jack, you know this. our senior bachelor analyst. >> ten women on the show, they all have help. >> do they have help? >> casual bohemian. that's the thing. going big. >> i don't even know what that means. >> casual bohemian, beating
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making news in america this morning, donald trump picking a new fight. angry during a news conference, launching an attack on reporters amid questions over donations to veterans. plus, a possible third party candidate revealed. we're live with the details. flooding emergency. texas towns underwater. a jeep getting swept away as rivers crest overnight. hot tub hideout. a suspect on the run trying to outsmart cops by jumping into a jacuzzi. we made it to the halfway mark in the year. good wednesday morning, everyone. we're going to start with donald

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