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or the guggenheim museum. >> i think i know this one. i had an idea before the answers popped up that it was the guggenheim, because i feel like i know he designed that. um... but my brother lives in new york city. so i think i'm gonna use my "plus one" just to be sure. >> all right, you're gonna use your "plus one". as you just said, your brother. what's your brother's name? >> peter. >> hey, peter. what's up, buddy? good to see you. [applause] >> well, i am 100% sure it's the guggenheim. i have been inside of it. it does look like a toilet bowl. absolutely, yes. >> that's excellent, okay. so i trust that, and i'm gonna go with d, guggenheim, final answer. >> whew. peter, you sure you're 100% sure? >> yeah.
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while i was on a combat patrol my c in baqubah, iraq,nned out. a rocket-propelled grenade took my arm off at the shoulder. when i came home, i felt alone. my family was around me, but i couldn't talk to them about what i'd seen and what i'd done. i remember just thinking, man, the way i am right now, i don't want to live. i was discharged from the army, and i've been working with the wounded warrior project since 2007. warriors don't have to be severely wounded to be with the wounded warrior project. we do have a lot of guys that have post-traumatic stress disorder.
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being able to share your story, i guess it kind of helps you wrap your mind around what did happen over there. just because you've left the military doesn't mean your life is over, because when these guys are coming home, i'm kind of leading and training them, instead of for combat, i'm leading and training them to heal. and if i come away with anything from the wounded warrior project, it's them giving my life back. my name is norbie, and yes, i do suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, but i'm okay. these are just some of the 50 million people in this country who live with hearing loss. of that 50 million, one in five are teenagers. hearing health foundation is working to restore hearing. to learn more about their research for a cure visit hearing health foundation dot org. help us make hearing loss a thing of the past. a public service from hearing health foundation.
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♪ now to the growing backlash
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over the sentencing of a former stanford university swimmer convicted of campus sexual assault. >> now vice president joe biden is adding his voice to the growing chorus of outrage as we learn new details about the athlete's background. here's abc's matt gutman. >> reporter: the vice president opened his letter echoing the sentiment of millions. writing, "i do not know your name, but your words are forever seared on my soul." the victim's letter, clicked on nearly 14 million times, describes in raw detail her sexual assault by former stanford swimmer brock turner. "i am filled with furious anger," biden wrote, "both that this happened to you and that our culture is still so broken that you were ever put in the position of defending your own worth." adding, "and while the justice system has spoken in your particular case, the nation is not satisfied." national outrage reaching a fever pitch. this banner hanging off an l.a. freeway. and a petition to recall the judge in the case signed by nearly a million people. all this as more details emerge
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about another side of brock turner whose lawyers say he denied ever using any illicit substances. but in a sentencing brief submitted to the judge and obtained by abc news, the prosecution says texts and photos found on his phone show excessive drinking and using drugs including this photo prosecutors say is turner with a pipe. a second photo in the prosecution's brief which we misidentified as turner holding a bong was in fact another student turner had on his phone. in one text sent the summer before college turner writes, dude, i did acidlast week. the judge weighed all of that and still decided on that six-month sentence. we already know that turner will be out on september 2nd. that is after serving just three months of that six-month sentence. matt gutman, abc news, los angeles. >> still a very heated case. you know, before it though, this judge has 13 years behind the bench without controversy. >> and as a result of all of
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this, now he's getting some death threats. but there is that petition to recall him. i just checked. it now has more than a million signatures. >> even the public defender on this case said despite what you may think about the sentencing which obviously he didn't agree with, he said that he doesn't think that the judge should be recalled. he says there can be public outrage but you don't want people recalling judges because they don't support the way they do their jobs. he followed his job lawfully. when we can come back, what president obama said to jimmy fallon about his new smartphone. and how justin bieber got into trouble again with his fists. "the skinny" is next. >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations.
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♪ skinny, so skinny we have breaking news in "the skinny" this morning with president obama appearing on late night tv. >> the commander in chief appeared last night on the "tonight show" slow jamming the news and bemoaning the fact that he was once a hi-tech guy when he first got into the white house. >> the president said he was proud to be the first president ever to carry a blackberry and finally this year, the white house issued him his first smartphone. but it wasn't quite as smart as he was hoping. >> i get the thing and they're
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like, well, mr. president, for security reasons, there's a great phone state of art, but it doesn't take pictures. you can't text. the phone doesn't work. you know, you can't play your music on it. so basically, it's like does your 3-year-old have one of those play phones? it's like that. >> the president of the united states. >> it's got like the stickers on it. >> i'm going to call minnie mouse. i want minnie mouse. >> your imaginary friend. >> that's the phone i've got. >> president obama also said that the first thing he's going to do when he leaves office is get some sleep. >> oh. >> what's that? >> you would think he would get a real-life phone. >> maybe that, too. >> also appearing last night on the show was the queen of pop. >> madonna was apparently so thrilled to cross paths with the president backstage, that she found herself a little starstruck. she shared two photos of her encounter with the president on instagram captioning one of them "for once i'm speechless."
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>> that's a pretty cool moment. she did manage to find words for this one. "a meeting of the leos .. a cosmic convergence." >> talked about birthdays and everything. >> uh-huh. >> according to another photo she shared of the president and the first lady, the feeling is apparently mutual. look at them decked out. >> that is very cool. next up, justin bieber gets in trouble with his fists, again. >> bieber was outside a hotel in cleveland after game three of the nba finals when he got into shoving match with a guy that was 5'0" tall, twice his height. so tmz obtained this video. the shoving match escalated into bieber throwing a flurry of punches and the guy almost effortlessly slamming him to the ground before bystanders pulled them apart. >> the guy's massive. >> some witnesses say bieber was getting bombarded with requests for photographs which could have sparked the fight. >> apparently trying to save face, he posted his instagram
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picture the next day with the caption -- not a scratch on this pretty boy. >> on another photo he writes "no hesitation." >> he's really good friends with floyd mayweather. i got to say in that five seconds. >> his sense of boxing. > in that clip, he landed more punches than floyd and pacquiao did in that glorified fight last year. >> no one hitting anybody, right? >> no. >> the thing is, i wonder how many people just mess with bieber all the time? god knows what happened leading up to that and i can't imagine the patience level has to run thin at some point. finally to a much classier photo from across the lake. >> and this was certainly no instagram selfie. kensington palace released the final portrait in the series taken to celebrate queen elizabeth's 90th birthday. this was taken by famed photographer annie liebovitz. >> just in time for prince philip's 95th birthday. we're seeing him pose with his bride of 58 years taken just
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i'm going to build a wall. >> claiming a person can't do their job because of their race is the textbook definition of a racist. >> this is one of the worst mistakes trump has made. i think it's inexcusable. this judge was born in indiana. he is an american, period. >> we've reached a milestone. first time in our nation's history that a woman will be a major party's nominee. >> we are going to fight hard to win the primary in washington, d.c. and then we take our fight for social, economic, racial, and environmental justice to the philadelphia, pennsylvania! >> i'm coming to you simply as a woman wanting to be heard. yes, there's plenty more i'd like to tell you about me. for now, i'm every woman. >> he ignored a jury and in my mind, ignored her. >> i could hear her screaming as
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i tried to take my child. >> he was getting his butt kicked by mom. and that was one of the refreshing things that you saw in that video. >> it's not a mystery to me. the same thing that happened to my daughter is what happened to whitney. there's only one person that was around both occasions. >> you won't say his name. nick gordon is who you're referring to. >> i won't say his name. ♪ ♪ i'll write your name >> and next tuesday, presidential primary in d.c. >> and next monday, cupcake lovers day. >> how do you celebrate that one? >> i don't know. by loving cupcakes. >> okay. all right. >> a little awkward. the president and the former secretary of state will campaign in wisconsin next wednesday, as well. >> pie day, june 14th. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now." informing insomniacs for two decades.
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good morning. i'm kendis gibson. >> and i'm diane macedo. here are some of the top stories we're following for you this morning on "world news now." tens of thousands of fans, family and dignitaries are expected to come out to say a final good-bye to muhammad ali. yesterday, ali's body arrived at the arena in his hometown of louisville. today there will also be a 19-mile procession through the town. we have full details ahead. in libya, pro government forces are moving into the city of sirte. that is the islamic state's only strong hold outside of syria and iraq. loss of the city would be a major setback for isis but its fighters are showing remarkable little resistance. hundreds of arizona residents have been evacuated as a brush fire threatens their homes. the fire in yarnell has already scorched 1300 acres and destroyed three structures.
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and the golden state warriors and cleveland cavaliers get back on the court tonight in game four of the nba finals. lebron james and the cavs hoping to draw even in the series against steph curry and the warriors. you can see all the action right here on abc. those are some of our top stories we're following on this friday, june 10th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning, everyone. we begin this half hour with this final public good-bye to muhammad ali. >> we do expect tens of thousands will gather later today in the champ's hometown for a memorial service. before the service gets underway, there will be an a 19-apply procession through louisville. >> yesterday thousands gathered at a louisville mosque for the traditional muslim prayer service. family members say ali designed the service to be open to the world and to offer americans a different view of the muslim faith. abc's marci gonzalez is in louisville with more. >> peace, blessings, welcome.
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>> reporter: friends and fans joining in prayer. ♪ >> reporter: honoring muhammad ali's muslim faith at a janazah service louisville. coming to the champ's hometown from around the world to pay their respects. >> beyond the ring, ali found greatness. he used that strength of his to fight for peace. >> reporter: that legacy and ali's broadly impactful life will be celebrated friday at an inner faith memorial service, one week after the 74-year-old icon's death celebrities world leaders and admirers moved by his messages will say good-bye to the greatest. the sendoff planned by ali himself. >> ali, ali. >> reporter: people lined up for hours for the 15,000 available tickets given away to the public within 25 minutes. >> so i'm just honored and grateful to celebrate memorial of the great muhammad ali. >> reporter: but frustration
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from the ali family learning some of the tickets are being scalped online, some posted for hundreds of dollars. >> it is deplorable that some people are trying to profit off of the solemn service as we celebrate the life of muhammad ali. >> reporter: scalping is illegal here and that family spokesperson says they're now working to have all of those ticket posts taken offline. marci gonzalez, abc news, louisville. we're going to turn our focus now to the race for the president and signs that the democratic party is quickly getting behind hillary clinton. she, of course, is the presumptive nominee getting high profile endorsements. >> including elizabeth warren who has broad support among progressive democrats. she came out firing against donald trump last night calling him a fraud. >> vice president biden also now offering his support after his boss, the president, weighed in. we've got details right now from abc's jonathan karl. >> reporter: on the sidelines no more.
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president obama is all in for hillary clinton. >> tens of millions of americans have made their voices heard. today, i just want to add mine. >> reporter: she was once his bitter rival. now he says she's better prepared for the job than he was. >> in fact, i don't think there's ever been someone so qualified to hold this office. she's got the courage, the compassion, and the heart to get the job done. and i say that as somebody who had to debate her more than 20 times. >> reporter: in the slickly produced video endorsement, he even gives mrs. clinton some credit for the single most celebrated decision he made as president. >> from the decision we made in the situation room to get bin laden, to our pursuit of diplomacy in capitals around the world, i have seen her judgment, i have seen her toughness, i've seen her commitment to our values up close. >> reporter: now, in essence, passing the baton. >> so i want those of you who have been with me from the beginning of this incredible journey to be the first to know that i'm with her.
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i am fired up and i cannot wait to get out there and campaign for hillary. >> reporter: as for bernie sanders' hard-fought campaign -- >> i know some say these primaries have somehow left the democratic party more divided. well, you know what, they said that eight years ago, as well. >> reporter: the president called sanders a patriot and walked the senator down the white house colonnade to the oval office. sanders is still in the race, but after the obama meeting, he sounded ready to join forces with clinton. >> i look forward to meeting with her in the near future to see how we can work together to defeat donald trump and to create a government which represents all of us and not just the 1%. >> reporter: and this was more than just an endorsement. the white house made it clear that the president plans to campaign vigorously for hillary clinton during the course of the general election campaign beginning on wednesday with a rally with the two of them in green bay, wisconsin. first lady michelle obama will
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also be out on the campaign trail during the course of the campaign. and this comes as the president's approval rating is at its high water mark for his second term. he is hugely popular among democrats of course, but also among independents. jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. donald trump has been focusing on campaign fund-raising as he tries to move past the controversy over his comments about a federal judge. trump gathered with dozens of allies and gop heavy weights in new york yesterday. that meeting kicked off his general election fund-raising operation which some critics have said has been slow to get going. trump's chief strategist says the amount of money needed to win in november is "not as much as people think." breaking news overnight from ohio where residents of a cincinnati suburb are being urged to stay indoors at this hour. police searching overnight for a suspect who shot a female deputy and another man. the suspect described as a 19-year-old man. the deputy was shot in the leg as she responded to a domestic dispute call late last night.
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officials say she is alert and conscious. the other victim is also expected to survive. attorneys for the man accused the shooting deaths of nine parishioners at a south carolina church have requested a judge not a jury decide the case. in court papers filed yesterday the attorneys acknowledged that federal prosecutors have said they won't go along with that request. dylan roof is set to go on trial in november. israel is temporarily barring all palestinians from entering the country after two palestinian cousins allegedly killed four israelis in an outdoor tel aviv cafe earlier this week. israel had already announced other restrictions on travel by palestinians and this new ban remains in effect till midnight sunday. today is the first friday in the muslim holy month of ramadan. a family tragedy in houston. three family members going to visit a sick relative were killed when their small plane crashed. the pilot was the mother of six children. the recordings from air traffic control reveal trouble as she
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prepared to land. abc's david kerley with the details. >> reporter: the small plane crashed into a car in a parking lot. >> all of a sudden it just -- right down. >> reporter: after missing multiple landing attempts. >> ma'am, ma'am, straighten up. straighten up. >> reporter: all three of those on board killed, but there was worry. >> get back, get back. >> reporter: the small plane is equipped with an explosive charge for its parachute, responders worrying it was still armed. the crash, coming after a controller tried for eight minutes to help the pilot get on the ground. >> don't force it if you can't. >> okay, okay, thank you. >> i think you're too high, cirrus, uh, 5-2-golf. >> reporter: the small plane was lined up to the wrong runway at houston hobby airport. it turns, circling, lining up for the correct runway but it's too high. misses that landing and another go around. >> 3-5 cleared to land, trying to get down again, 4252 gulf. >> no problem. >> reporter: but that landing misses too, and the plane crashes just past the runway. no one on the ground was hurt.
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the ntsb is on the scene. in addition to looking at the wreckage, they will also be examining the pilot's experience who started this fatal flight in norman, oklahoma. david kerley, abc news. meanwhile, riders were trapped after the power went out at an amusement park in charlotte, north carolina. a rotating swing ride called the wind seeker the tallest ride in the park was among three of the rides affected. the power was out for a minute or two but it about two hours to bring people down from the ride. a houston area man is suing harris county, texas, because he says jail employees choked him. and he offers as proof this mug shot which shows hands around his neck. christopher johnson says he was choked because he wouldn't stop smiling. he says he always smiles for a photograph. the sheriff's department says jailers often have to hold up the heads of uncooperative suspects while they're taking
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mug shots. johnson had been arrested for drunk driving. on a much different note, here's something sure to make you smile comes from a farm in northeast indiana. >> let's call it a silo like none other. there it is. painted to look exactly like a minion. >> the owner says it took her family two days and 14 gallons of paint. now they have people from all over the place coming to see it. >> she also says she came up with the idea with her husband and after they had a few cocktails. shocking. > no, i don't believe that. but look at those perfect straight lines. paint it after a few cocktails. >> i would agree with you on that. >> who knew a silo could look so much like a minion. >> it's brilliant. >> i wonder what the eyes are made of. >> interesting though. all right. deep thoughts on this friday morning. coming up, seersucker thursday. why these senators donned these
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and there's moving with thermove free ultra. it has triple-action support for your joints, cartilage and bones. and unlike glucosamine chondroitin, it's all in one tiny pill. move free ultra. get your move on. three, two, one, blast off. an american communication satellite is now in orbit thanks to a russian rocket. it will broadcast television signals direct to homes in latin america but the rocket was actually launched from the russian space facility in kazakhstan. >> makes sense. >> russia's next launch in early july will send new crew members to the international space station. a federal appears court in california finds that people do not have a constitutional right to carry concealed weapons in public. that means california counties
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can require people seeking permits for concealed guns to provide specific reasons. many states have similar restrictions on concealed guns and carry permits. lower courts are divided over whether they violate the second amendment. in detroit, another court ruling has released a young man from prison after serving nearly nine years for murders he did not commit. >> so get this. he was convicted when he was just 15 years old. even though authorities say the real murderer confessed a long time ago. here's abc's alex perez. >> reporter: the embrace davontae sanford thought he might never get. >> okay. >> reporter: hugging his mom as a free man for the first time in nearly nine years. what was the hardest part when you are behind bars and so young? >> knowing i'm in there for something i didn't do. >> reporter: 23-year-old sanford walked out of the detroit prison wednesday, charged when he was just 14 of murdering four people. sanford, who is blind in one eye was picked up by police near the scene of the crime.
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his attorney says he was coerced at the time into falsely confessing after two days of interrogation. >> davontae talks about the police officers who befriended him and then coerced him into a confession. >> reporter: a convicted hitman already in jail admitted to the murders just weeks after sanford's prosecution. the prosecutor defending the handling of the case. >> i can't be a monday morning quarterback. we had a reason. a good reason to charge. >> reporter: sanford saying he's not bitter. >> i was angry when i was in. but i'm home now. i'm not angry anymore. >> reporter: and davontae's first meal as a free man, chinese food. he says he's now looking forward to getting his driver's license. alex perez, abc news, detroit. so as of october 13th, 2005, there have been 156 death row exonerations in 26 states. >> wow. highest number of death row exonerations, florida. >> is that right? interesting. coming up, suiting up on
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capitol hill, why u.s. senators picked yesterday to dress down in this. >> i like that look. >> do you? >> are you going to rock some seersucker for us? >> seersucker suits. thursday. >> maybe i'll wear one. >> i don't like to conform. >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our
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a) - ( snaps, clatters ) that sounds awful. ( music stops ) but a lot better than last week. ( rock music playing ) ♪ we weren't born to follow. ♪
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♪ ♪ there are those times when brian is just trying to figure out what music can i stump them with and success. >> you win, brian. >> you win. >> today is your day. we have no idea what song that was. >> no clue. but it got you in the mood, didn't it? the weather is heating up. and the calendar just days away from the official start of summer. we're packing away our dark heavy clothes and pulling out those lighter cooler ones. >> but on capitol hill, the ritual is giving rise to this renewing of an old tradition. seersucker thursday. here's abc's ali rogan. >> reporter: it's a quirky annual photo op and it comes but
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once a year. seersucker thursday in the u.s. senate. democrats and republicans united for once in their love of the lightweight cotton fabric, but why. >> it started when congress was literally full of hot air in the early 20th century before air conditioning, they would switch to lighter fabrics when it got warm. mississippi senator trent lott made the changing of the garb an annual affair in 1996 in honor of senate history but mostly just for fun. >> but it is the first day of summer. it is the day of the ice cream social and the senate needs to lighten up and loosen up. >> reporter: the tradition died for a few years, but louisiana senator bill cassidy helped bring it back. >> it's kind of fun. it's bipartisan. it's something people can participate in and kind of see each other and smile and thumbs up. doesn't matter anything else going on. >> reporter: everyone else seems to agree. >> i have to say i understand why southerners are in love with seersucker. i think it's kind of fun to see everybody in bright colors.
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>> reporter: well almost everyone. >> not being a southerner, i don't totally understand it. in fact, i purchased the suit rather involuntarily. my staff tricked me into purchasing it when i first took office a few years ago. long story. >> reporter: those who didn't wear seersucker could pose with this cardboard cutout. who says congress is just a bunch of empty suits? there were several ways for visitors and staff to get involved. where else are you going to see a giant seersucker picture frame? check ouall the fun everyone was having including myself by searching the hash tag seersucker selfie. diane, kendis? >> that is very cute. >> really cute. you should wear seersucker. >> i will. you're dominating your own. >> i am. i brought my own special outfit. this is my portugal jersey. it's portugal day. >> by the way, for the record, the song was "this is it," from future rock and roll hall of famers camp blow. >> i still don't understand what that has to do with seersucker day. >> i don't get it.
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(colonial penn jingle) ♪ it is time now for our insomniac theater, our weekly look at the movies opening this weekend. >> this morning we are starting with "warcraft" the adventure based on the popular video game. looking to escape his dying world, orc uses dark magic to open a portal into the human realm of azeroth. it forces the king to unite with a powerful wizard as the two races collide. >> you'll take us to them. >> no. >> you'll take us to them. or you'll end up like your friend in the cage. >> you think you're fearsome? orc children have pets more fearsome than.
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>> we're not trying to be fearsome. we're trying to protect our people, our families. if you help us, i give you my oath. you will have your freedom. >> believe it or not, the critics are not liking "warcraft." it scored a 22% splat on rotten tomatoes. chris writes sitting through "warcraft" is like being bludgeoned on the heads with a dungeons and dragons manual for 100 minutes, the big hard cover one. julian roman says don't believe the haters. fans of the game will definitely like warcraft. it's an entertaining and immersive epic. >> it's based on a true story. next to something not quite so epic in "now you see me 2" one year after outwith itting the fbi and winning the public over with their robin hood like magic
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spectacles, the four horse men work to expose an unethical tech magnet. now there's a new arrival. lula. >> every girl i get close to, i end up taking their dress and then their wallet. >> wow. you take their wallets. >> do you ever take their belts? oh. i'm sorry, did you think that i was like those other girls? >> oh, snap. >> boom. >> now you see me 2 also starring daniel radcliffe, mark ruffalo, woody harrelson as well as jesse eisenberg is getting only a 34% splat. on rotten tomatoes. james marks says it's preposterously shallow in that you can almost hear the actors counting their pay over the incoherent scheming. steven witty writes notice woody slowly they made two hours of our lives disappear.
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this morning on "world news now," democrats are rallying around hillary clinton. >> their presumptive nominee winning big endorsements from the president, the vice president and progressive party leaders as bernie sanders holds a rally last night saying he's not giving up. paying tribute to the greatest. see the preparations under way for the emotional farewell to muhammad ali as the devout muslim is remembered for his commitment to faith. a frightening standoff as a woman is taken hostage at a museum. her terrifying ordeal caught on camera with her captor threatening her with her life. how she managed to escape. and a dolphin stranded on a beach gets a much needed lift from a human friend. a happy friday on this june 10th. >> announcer: from abc news,
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this is "world news now." >> friday. >> good morning. happy friday to you. >> do you know what else today is? >> it is happy portugal day. happy portugal day. let's celebrate. >> i brought a little something for you. >> oh. it's a red shirt. >> it's a portugal jersey. >> oh, okay. great. >> see what it says on the back? >> a little name branding. >> very nice. happy portugal day. how do you celebrate? >> by eating sardines, lots of other food. drinking lots of wine. >> so your breath is going to be all rancid. >> it doesn't matter because everybody's been drinking wine so nobody notices. >> you're numb to it. good. we will celebrate. should mention you're portuguese. >> a little bit, yes. >> a little bit. me too. we begin today with new developments in the race for the white house. bernie sanders is making good on his pledge to campaign until that last primary vote is cast. now, he didn't mention hillary clinton last night at a rally attended by about 3,000 people in washington, d.c. but it does seem sanders is being eased out of the race as
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hillary clinton collects the endorsements of some high profile democrats. >> vice president joe biden attacking donald trump last night while saying clinton will be the next president and quoting him "god willing." massachusetts senator elizabeth warren has also endorsed clinton saying she's ready to work her heart out to put clinton in the white house. warren's backing came after president obama added his support as abc's lauren lyster reports. >> i'm with her. >> reporter: president obama endorsing hillary clinton via many video. >> in fact, i don't think there's ever been someone so qualified to hold this office. >> reporter: this coming shortly after the president met with bernie sanders at the white house. fresh from sanders' defeat at the polls this week and with hillary clinton now the presumptive democratic nominee. sanders staying in the race for now. >> i will, of course, be competing in the d.c. primary, which will be held on next tuesday. >> reporter: and campaigning in the nation's capital thursday night. >> our job is to create an economy that works for all of
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us, not just the 1%. >> reporter: but sanders saying he'll work together with clinton in the near future. senator elizabeth warren also making her support known on msnbc's "rachel maddow." >> i am ready to get in this fight and work my heart out for hillary clinton to become the next president of the united states and to make sure that donald trump never gets any place close to the white house. >> reporter: on the republican side, donald trump meeting with donors trying to get his campaign back on track. and blaming political correctness for the uproar over his comments about the mexican ancestry of a federal judge george stephanopoulos asking house speaker paul ryan about it. >> he says his critics have to get over. do you think he gets what's going on? >> i don't know the answer to that question. that comment is beyond the pale. that's not political correctness. >> reporter: with the focus on the general election, next week president obama will hit the campaign trail with hillary clinton in wisconsin. kendis and diane. >> our thanks to lauren in d.c. one more note about bernie
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sanders day in washington. after leaving the white house, sanders met with senate democratic leader harry reid. following their conversation, reid says he believes sanders has accepted the facts that hillary clinton is the presumptive democratic nominee. reid asked him to speak to a gathering of democratic senators next week. israel has extra police on duty in jury rhus jerusalem's old city today, the first friday in the muslim holy month of ramadan. tensions are high after an attack that killed four israelis. israel has canceled many travel permits for palestinians during ramadan. the palestinian authority condemned attacks against civilians in general without mentioning tel aviv. in north africa, libyan government forces are on the verge of a major victory against isis. militants reportedly are retreating from the terror
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group's stronghold of sirte pushing into the city center. sirte is the most important isis base outside of syria and iraq. its loss would be a major blow to isis. a virginia man who joined isis for two months and apparently changed his mind has appeared in federal court back here in the u.s. muhamad khweis is charged with providing material support to terrorists. he was captured in northern iraq in march later telling kurdish tv he became disenchanted with isis. >> i didn't really support their ideology and that's when i decided i needed to escape. >> at least 85 americans have been charged with isis-related crimes but khweis is the first to be captured on the battlefield. three people have been killed in houston after a small plane crashed into a car parking lot. the plane missed multiple landing attempts another houston's hobby airport. and for eight agonizing minutes the controller tried to help the plane land. that pilot a mother of six was taking her husband and brother-in-law to visit their sick father.
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an investigation is now under way. the faa has opted not to require psychological testing for pilots but the agency plans to take steps to encourage self-reporting of mental illness. more training will be provided for medical examiners who screen pilots. this comes one year after a german wings pilot who struggled with mental health issues deliberately crashed a plane into the alps. 150 people were killed. tens of thousands of fans are expected to attend today's memorial service for muhammad ali in his hometown of louisville, kentucky. yesterday the boxing legend was mourned at a muslim prayer service. abc's ryan smith has more. >> it was what the champ himself had hoped for. ♪ >> reporter: 15,000 people of all races and religions attending muhammad ali's janazah, part of the funeral ritual for the islamic faith. alis's body arriving at this arena in louisville. his beloved hometown, his family, fellow boxing greats and people from all over the world shoulder to shoulder, a sea of cell phones capturing the
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moment. >> this is a great crowning ceremony for the life of ali. >> ali had no shortage of admirers, from the common man to celebrities. >> whether you are black, white, asian or latina, jewish, christian, muslim or atheist, ali belongs to you. >> reporter: everyday people like jeff lally mattered most to the champ. lally showing us decades-old video from the day ali stopped by his gym,playfully challenging him. >> he said, "ladies and gentlemen, the kid here is white, bright, polite, and can fight." yeah. >> reporter: louisville celebrates their favorite son with a 19-mile procession through the city followed by an interfaith service for tens of thousands. >> ryan smith, abc news, louisville, kentucky. >> thank you. we'll have much more from louisville throughout the day here on abc. meanwhile, congress is moving to rescue puerto rico's
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debt-stricken government. the house voted overwhelmingly to allow the territory to restructure its $72 billion debt in return for federal oversight of puerto rico's government. the bill had bipartisan support but still needs senate approval. a $2 billion on the bond is due in just three weeks. when it comes to eating tex mex, diners apparently got to go to mo's. a survey finds that mo's southwest grill is now the most popular brand in that specialty. after a rough year with food safety problems, chipotle fell all the way from first to fifth. mo's is known for a wide selection of ingredients for some build your own menu items. >> got to go to mo's. so there's good news for parents. teens are having a lot less sex. a new survey from the cdc finds only 41% of high school students have had sex. that by the way is down from 47% for much of the last decade. the survey also finds a decrease in students who had had sex before the age of 13 and the researchers noted that video game usage has nearly doubled since 2003. the world health organization is issuing new warnings about the zika virus.
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the w.h.o. says women who live in areas where zika is spreading should consider delaying pregnancy since there's no other sure way to avoid risk of birth defects. here in the u.s., the head of the cdc is urging lawmakers and congress to act quickly in approving more money to fight zika. >> a vaccine is promising but it's going to take at least a couple years to have it available. even when and if we have a vaccine, we need better ways to control mosquitos because they carry other diseases as well. >> the house and the senate are supposed to negotiate differences in their funding bills to fight the virus. now to sports, fans were late for last night's game of the stanley cup final in pittsburgh. they missed quite a bit. the penguins and san jose sharks scored four goals in just over five minutes of the game that by the way is the fastest opening four-goal sequence in stanley cup finals history. 3-2. an empty net goal later.
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and the sharks are alive. final score, 4-2. game six sunday in san jose. >> basketball keeping things interesting. hockey keeping things interesting. >> there's something else. >> there is something else. today is the day, everybody. are you ready? >> i'm ready. i'm scared. >> it's the month long soccer party known as the european championship. >> yes. >> gets under way in france. >> i knew you wanted to know that. so this was the scene in paris early this morning as dawn broke across the french capital. last night, it was a whole different thing as about 90,000 people gathered for a concert at the foot of the eiffel tower. security is tight. following the european terror attacks. now, the tournament's first match is today with romania facing the host, france. and yes, i'm a fan of la blue to win the whole thing. >> and why is that? >> because i like the french. >> just because. >> just because.
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>> what about portuguese? >> i've had escargot. >> it is portugal day. >> it is portugal day. >> for today i'm with portugal. >> not today, tuesday when they play. >> i'm for portugal today in their match. where is your jersey? you have your jersey. >> my jersey is here. >> there's a little bit of competition in the back because jack is all about who? >> who's going to win this one, baby. >> england. >> my husband's british. i'm rooting for england on saturday, too. but when portugal plays on tuesday. >> he's english, by the way. >> he is english, that's true. he is english. we'll be more specific. >> is he scottish? >> no. >> listen, the key about all of this important part we want to get across is that it allows you to be drunk at 5:00 a.m. and it's socially acceptable at a bar. >> you can join us for happy hour is what we're saying. coming up, this is a scary one, a woman taken hostage, the whole standoff caught on camera. >> the ordeal happening inside a museum as police figure out how to get her out alive. that story is just ahead. also just ahead, a lucky
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he spotted something strange on a beach while driving by and realized it was a juvenile male dolphin. the kayaker picked it up and carried it into the surf. he says as soon as he put it the dolphin into the water, it took off like a bullet. biologists say that was the right thing to do for a beached dolphin, although others may want to call for help. well, here at home, bystanders tried to come to the rescue of a woman taken hostage inside a museum in oregon. >> we're getting a look at newly released video that captured the frightening standoff. here's abc's kayna whitworth. >> reporter: nearly six minutes of terror at the museum. cell phone video capturing the moment a male visitor takes a female employee at the high desert museum in oregon hostage, dragging her across the hallway. she grabs the corner of the wall, but the 6'6" aggressor pulls her away. >> you don't have to do this. >> yes, i do. >> the male is holding female, his arm around her neck, threatening to kill her. >> reporter: the suspect,
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identified by authorities as 36-year-old nicholas berger. he then puts that gift shop employee in a chokehold. authorities say he had a knife. >> he's gonna hurt her. >> reporter: others approaching him, trying to help. then you see her break free. oregon state trooper richard brannin confronts the man outside. >> shots fired. >> reporter: firing three times and killing him. >> she believed, and i believe as well, that if mr. berger got her out of that building, she would not be with us today. >> reporter: the victim who is okay had never even seen this man before. and they're still trying to piece together a motive. kayna whitworth, abc news, los angeles. >> such a bizarre story. >> it is. now this incident actually happened last tuesday but we're just getting a look at the video right now. it's frightening when you hear about it simply but then seeing the video. >> and happening in front of all those people in the middle of the day. >> absolutely weird. >> an investigation under way now, of course. coming up in our next half hour, vice president joe biden joins a chorus of growing outrage over the sentence of that former stanford athlete
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convicted of sexual assault. the words of encouragement now from the vice president and what we're still learning. but first an even closer look at oj simpson. the revealing new documentary on espn shedding new light on one of the most notorious murder trials in american history. you're watching "world news now." >> announcer:
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♪ ♪ more than 20 years later, we're still learning new details about o.j. simpson and his murder trial. >> a new documentary debuts tomorrow night here on abc offering new and revealing interviews with people close to simpson. abc's amy robach has the story. >> reporter: more than 20 years after the divisive verdict -- >> not guilty of the crime of murder. >> reporter: america's interest in oj simpson has been reborn. this spring millions watched the
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star-studded epic mini series "the people versus o.j. simpson." if i don't talk it looks like i have something to hide. now there's a brand new documentary from espn, "oj:made in america," a five-part series telling what may be the definitive story from the lawyers, jurors, friends who were all a part of it. oj as the rising football star and pitch man -- >> he's plucked out of the black community. out of the black consciousness and he submerged in an all white university. >> reporter: the film chronicles the rise and fall of the hall of famer, that initial shock of his arrest. >> it was quite surprising. your ex-husband's always a suspect in a case. >> reporter: and it delves into the explosive history of race relations and the l.a.p.d. and how that was used by the defense like when the jury was brought to see his house. >> we took all of his white friends down, put all of his black people up.
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the pictures he probably had never seen before. because that's what we were told the jury would identify with. >> the defense team's job as carl douglas and anyone else would tell you is to use all the arrows in their quiver. >> if we had had a latin jury, we would have had a sombrero. there would have been a mariachi band out front. we would have had a pinata at the upper staircase. >> reporter: so in the end, what does the film's director think? did oj do it? >> the last thing i want to do is take away from the greater message of the film which is honestly trying to hear from all sides and to understand why all this stuff happened both the crime itself potentially but also sort of why everyone lost their minds in the case in 1994 or '95 and why the verdict was what it was. >> reporter: amy robach, abc news, new york. >> i can't believe it's been 20 plus years and it's still so
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this morning on "world news now," donald trump meets with potential donors as hillary clinton earns prominent endorsements. her supporters also took the opportunity to blast trump and that campaign battle is now spilling on to social media. we have the details straight ahead. and breaking news out of ohio. an overnight manhunt for a suspect who opened fire near a supermarket. a sheriff's deputy was shot. police urging residents to stay indoors. the late breaking details ahead. and new this half hour, the latest developments in the stanford swimmer convicted of sexual assault. >> the outrage over his sentencing extending to the highest reaches of the government. the vice president now weighing in as we learn more about the holes in the swimmer's defense. president obama opens up on the "tonight show." what we never knew about the president's new smartphone and why it's really not that smart
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at all. we'll have the full story ahead in "the skinny," on this friday, june 10th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> my favorite part of the president is the slow jam in the news where he pointed out orange is not the new black. >> okay. >> referring to donald trump, of course. and hint. let's get started with the president. >> speaking of donald trump. >> exactly. both donald trump and hillary clinton are attending events in washington today. both will be speaking around midday. >> clinton begins her day with new support from several high profile members of the democratic party. primary among them president obama, of course, released an online video endorsing clinton yesterday. >> he praised her judgment as well as her toughness in his words. later clinton got the backing of the vice president as well as massachusetts senator elizabeth warren. both of them also went after the presumptive republican nominee. >> donald trump is a loud,
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nasty, thin-skinned, fraud who has never risked anything for anyone and who serves no one but himself. >> but it's my view that a presidential candidate who publicly attacks a city and federal judge who ruled in a way that was against his own economic interests cannot be trusted to respect the independence of the judiciary as a president. >> the vice president was referring to donald trump's statements about a federal judge of mexican descent who trump criticized. trump's comments are still a hot topic of discussion even among some republicans. >> but trump seems determined to move beyond the controversy while criticizing hillary clinton. abc's tom llamas is covering the trump campaign. >> donald trump attacking the president's endorsement of hillary clinton tweeting he wants four more years of obama but nobody else does. trump now trying to get his campaign back on track. the candidate blaming political correctness for the uproar over
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his charge that federal judge gonzalo curiel is biased against him because curiel is mexican-american. >> we're building a wall. he's a mexican. >> reporter: george stephanopoulos asking house speaker paul ryan about the comments that have rocked the trump campaign. >> he says his critics have to get over it. do you think he gets what's going on? >> i don't know the answer to that question. getting over that kind of a comment is not -- no, this is something that needed to be condemned. that comment is beyond the pale. that's not political correctness. suggesting that a person can't do their job because of their race or ethnicity, that's not a politically incorrect thing to do. that's just a wrong thing to say. >> reporter: trump meeting with his fund-raising team. i asked campaign chairman paul manafort about the challenges ahead. >> any reluctance after the issue? >> we're excited. >> reporter: donald trump and
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hillary clinton also got into a twitter war after trump sent out that tweet. clinton responding with her own tweet that read -- delete your account. the clinton camp telling us that is the most popular tweet of their entire campaign. more than 250,000 retweets. trump fired back saying how long did it take your staff of 823 to think that up? tom llamas, abc news, new york. >> who would have guessed a few years ago the presidential campaign would come down to a tweet war. >> yes, the words delete your account are fighting words. that's what we've come to. >> there is a theory that this may be clinton's way of trying to just kind of poke donald trump and see how far he'll go. >> and see if he'll go on a late night rant on twitter. >> but they seem to work well for him sometimes, too. >> it is. >> all right. >> at least we've moved on from talking about the size of his hands correlating with -- >> there is that. moving on to breaking news from ohio. a tense situation overnight in suburban cincinnati. law enforcement officers have been looking for an armed man
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who has shot at least two people including a sheriff's deputy. the area has been shut down and residents are urged to stay indoors. officials say the suspect is a 19-year-old man, one of the victims is a female deputy who responded to a call about a domestic disturbance. we are told she is conscious and alert. we'll stay on top of this breaking news story. and today is the day muhammad ali planned himself a grand final farewell in his hometown of louisville. tens of thousands are expected there today before the memorial service at an arena. there will be a 19-mile procession through his old neighborhood followed by a private burial. former president bill clinton will deliver the eulogy for ali who died at age 74. abc news will have coverage throughout the day. we've been following breaking news there southern california a powerful earthquake jolted millions of people awake this morning. >> 5.1 mall tud quake hit after 1:00 a.m. the epicenter was in borrego springs, south of palm springs. it was felt from l.a. western
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sub herbs all the way to san diego. orange county felt it, too. there's a series of aftershocks. >> facebook and twitter are full of reports of people who felt one woman said she felt a soft roll and moments later it felt stronger. tony hawk tweeted from his home in san diego county, it felt like a bus hit our house. still early, but there are no reports of major damages right now. again, a moderate earthquake rocking southern california this morning. we're going to continue to monitor this breaking story. hundreds of yarnell arizona residents are out of their homes overnight as a brush fire threatens their community. the blaze has consumed about 1,300 acres of land so far and destroyed three unoccupied structures. just three years ago, another brush fire killed 19 members of a fire fighting crew there. that prompted the community to clear out the brush. >> the community of yarnell has worked very hard the last two years putting in a fire break along the east side of town that we were able to tie into and
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burn off and herd the fire around yarnell. that is why we were so successful yesterday. >> and the federal government is also chipping in with funding to fight the fire, saying it has the potential to become a major disaster. the fire is believed to be caused by humans. yarnell is northwest of phoenix. on the east coast, riders were stuck at a north carolina amusement park after power went out. among the three rides affected was a rotating swing ride called the wind seeker. it's the tallest in the park. power was out for only about a minute or two. but it took about two hours before people could be brought down from the rides manually. the trial for the police officer facing murder charges in the death of freddie gray resumes today in baltimore. caesar goodson is facing the most serious charges of the six officers accused in the case including second degree murder. goodson drove the van in which gray suffered that fatal spinal injury. the judge blasted prosecutors for failing to share evidence
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with the defense. and a driver from battle creek, michigan, has been charged with five counts of murder following the horrific hit and run crash earlier this week. charles picket jr. did not appear in court. but the prosecutor says he'll be arraigned when he's medically able. he's charged with driving his pickup into a group of cyclists tuesday night and running from the scene. five people were killed. he could face life in prison if convicted. something cool from iceland, a possible breakthrough in the battle against climate change and pollution. a power plant there is the first in the world to tush carbon emissions into stone. yeah, the team took the emissions from the atmosphere, dissolved them in water and sealed them with basalt rocks managing to do so in just two years instead of thousands they originally thought it would take. basalt is available all over the world, which means the method could be scaled up and put into wider use. a lot of us get a little cranky with the weatherman
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sometimes when things get rough. >> they get it wrong. >> yell at the tv sometimes. duke the german shepherd has a better reason for being vocal. the dog apparently loves to watch chief meteorologist steve caporrizo of our new york station. >> duke comes running as soon as he hears his voice and shows enthusiasm for the forecast by barking along with the forecast. it's always great to have a fan bark back at you. >> i love that. we fostered a pitbull once. the people who adopted him sent me a photograph that i wish i still had. of course, i couldn't find. he heard me on tv once and they said he came running and perked up and stared at the television. >> i have a little french bulldog that i dog sit once in awhile. when i used to pop on tv, she would come running to the tv. she's actually barking right now. >> she's probably so confused. what are you doing in there? come out and play with me. >> exactly. she didn't actually like me. >> so maybe you were getting a different reaction. >> exactly. yeah, just about that.
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speaking of barking at somebody, bieber gets into a dogfight. a fistfight. >> uh-oh. >> that fight caught on video thankfully with a guy nearly twice his size. whoa. is it too late to say sorry? we'll have that in "the skinny." >> announcer: "world news now" weather, brought to you by american advisors group.
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♪ ♪ now to the growing backlash over the sentencing of a former
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stanford university swimmer convicted of campus sexual assault. >> now vice president joe biden is adding his voice to the growing chorus of outrage as we learn new details about the athlete's background. here's abc's matt gutman. >> reporter: the vice president opened his letter echoing the sentiment of millions. writing, "i do not know your name, but your words are forever seared on my soul." the victim's letter, clicked on nearly 14 million times, describes in raw detail her sexual assault by former stanford swimmer brock turner. "i am filled with furious anger," biden wrote, "both that this happened to you and that our culture is still so broken that you were ever put in the position of defending your own worth." adding, "and while the justice system has spoken in your particular case, the nation is not satisfied." national outrage reaching a fever pitch. this banner hanging off an l.a. freeway. and a petition to recall the judge in the case signed by nearly a million people. all this as more details emerge
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about another side of brock turner whose lawyers say he denied ever using any illicit substances. but in a sentencing brief submitted to the judge and obtained by abc news, the prosecution says texts and photos found on his phone show excessive drinking and using drugs including this photo prosecutors say is turner with a pipe. a second photo in the prosecution's brief which we misidentified as turner holding a bong was in fact another student turner had on his phone. in one text sent the summer before college turner writes, dude, i did acid last week. the judge weighed all of that and still decided on that six-month sentence. we already know that turner will be out on september 2nd. that is after serving just three months of that six-month sentence. matt gutman, abc news, los angeles. >> still a very heated case. you know, before it though, this judge has 13 years behind the bench without controversy. >> and as a result of all of
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this, now he's getting some death threats. but there is that petition to recall him. i just checked. it now has more than a million signatures. >> even the public defender on this case said despite what you may think about the sentencing which obviously he didn't agree with, he said that he doesn't think that the judge should be recalled. he says there can be public outrage but you don't want people recalling judges because they don't support the way they do their jobs. he followed his job lawfully. >> yes, he did, and they decided not to appeal. when we come back, what president obama said to jimmy fallon about his new smartphone. and how justin bieber got into trouble again with his fists. "the skinny" is next. >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations.
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♪ skinny, so skinny we have breaking news in "the skinny" this morning with president obama appearing on late night tv. >> the commander in chief appeared last night on the "tonight show" slow jamming the news and bemoaning the fact that he was once a hi-tech guy when he first got into the white house. >> the president said he was proud to be the first president ever to carry a blackberry and finally this year, the white house issued him his first smartphone. but it wasn't quite as smart as he was hoping. >> i get the thing and they're like, well, mr. president, for
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security reasons, there's a great phone state of art, but it doesn't take pictures. you can't text. the phone doesn't work. you know, you can't play your music on it. so basically, it's like does your 3-year-old have one of those play phones? it's like that. >> the president of the united states. >> it's got like the stickers on it. >> i'm going to call minnie mouse. i want minnie mouse. >> your imaginary friend. >> that's the phone i've got. >> president obama also said that the first thing he's going to do when he leaves office is get some sleep. >> oh. >> what's that? >> you would think he would get a real iphone. >> maybe that, too. >> also appearing last night on "the tonight show" was the queen of pop. >> madonna was apparently so thrilled to cross paths with the president backstage, that she found herself a little starstruck. she shared two photos of her encounter with the president on instagram captioning one of them "for once i'm speechless."
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>> that's a pretty cool moment. she did manage to find words for this one. "a meeting of the leos .. a cosmic convergence." >> talked about birthdays and everything. >> uh-huh. >> according to another photo she shared of the president and the first lady, the feeling is apparently mutual. look at them decked out. >> that is very cool. next up, justin bieber gets in trouble with his fists, again. >> bieber was outside a hotel in cleveland after game three of the nba finals when he got into shoving match with a guy that was 5'0" tall, twice his height. so tmz obtained this video. the shoving match escalated into bieber throwing a flurry of punches and the guy almost effortlessly slamming him to the ground before bystanders pulled them apart. >> the guy's massive. >> some witnesses say bieber was getting bombarded with requests for photographs which could have sparked the fight. >> apparently trying to save face, he posted his instagram picture the next day with the
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caption -- not a scratch on this pretty boy. >> on another photo he writes "no hesitation." >> he's really good friends with floyd mayweather. i got to say in that five seconds. >> he's done some boxing as well. > in that clip, he landed more punches than floyd and pacquiao did in that glorified fight last year. >> no one hitting anybody, right? >> no. >> the thing is, i wonder how many people just mess with bieber all the time? god knows what happened leading up to that and i can't imagine the patience level has to run thin at some point. finally to a much classier photo from across the lake. >> and this was certainly no instagram selfie. kensington palace released the final portrait in the series taken to celebrate queen elizabeth's 90th birthday. this was taken by famed photographer annie liebovitz. >> just in time for prince philip's 95th birthday. we're seeing him pose with his bride of 58 years taken just after easter. of course it's a big party
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i want to build a wall. i'm going to build a wall. >> claiming a person can't do their job because of their race is the textbook definition of a racist comment. >> this is one of the worst mistakes trump has made. i think it's inexcusable. this judge was born in indiana. he is an american, period. >> we've reached a milestone. first time in our nation's history that a woman will be a major party's nominee. [ cheers and applause ] >> we are going to fight hard to win the primary in washington, d.c. and then we take our fight for social, economic, racial, and environmental justice to the philadelphia, pennsylvania! >> i'm coming to you simply as a woman wanting to be heard. yes, there's plenty more i'd like to tell you about me. for now, i'm every woman. >> he ignored a jury and in my mind, ignored her. >> i could hear her screaming as
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i backed up my patrol car, he tried to take my child. >> he was getting his butt kicked by mom. and that was one of the refreshing things that you saw in that video. >> it's not a mystery to me. the same thing that happened to my daughter is what happened to whitney. there's only one person that was around both occasions. >> you won't say his name. nick gordon is who you're referring to. >> i won't say his name. ♪ ♪ i'll write your name >> and next tuesday, presidential primary in d.c. >> and next monday, cupcake lovers day. >> how do you celebrate that one? >> i don't know. by loving cupcakes. >> okay. all right. >> a little awkward. the president and the former secretary of state will campaign in wisconsin next wednesday, as well. >> pie day, june 14th. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now." informing insomniacs for two decades.
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this friday, june 10th, making news in america, president obama saying, i'm with her officially backing hillary clinton and another major endorsement for clinton. elizabeth warren blasting donald trump. >> he is a loud, nasty, thin-skinned fraud. he will never be president of the united states. >> plus, the twitter war between the presumptive nominees. we're live in washington. breaking overnight, a massive manhunt is underway after a shooter injured two people klug a deputy. authorities just released the alleged gunman's identity, and that teenager is now on the run. remembering the greatest. muhammad ali laid to rest today. where the legend started his boxing career. we're live in louisville. and get ready for some late night laughs.

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