good morning to you. i'm adrienne bankert. >> and i'm gio benitez. diane and kendis are off. here are some of the stories we're following on "world news now." the president clears up the international confusion caused by his cryptic comments about sweden which seemed to suggest some kind of terror attack. the president says he was referring to swedish crime in general. not my president's day protests taking place across the nation today. thousands are expected to hit the streets in los angeles, new york and chicago and other cities. and u.s.-backed iraqi forces have resumed their efforts to take back mosul from isis. it is the last stronghold in the country, but the u.n. warns that

hundreds of thousands of civilians are trapped in that city. and they kept scoring and scoring and scoring again during a record-setting nba all-star game. the league's best racked up nearly 400 points in new orleans. those are some of the top stories on this monday, february 28th. from abc news, this is "world news now." trying to fast forward? >> i don't know what day i'm livin'. >> february 28th? no, it's february 20th. >> you can calm down. it would be nice if payday were around the corner. we get started with the president explaining himself after comments made at a rally caused international confusion for some. >> that's right. the president referred to something that happened on friday in sweden. many thought the president was talking about a terrorist incident. that was news to swedish

officials who wondered what he was talking about. here's abc's richard cantu. >> reporter: in one of his now familiar free-wheeling speeches, president trump included these remarks. >> you look at what's happening in germany. you look at what's happening last night in sweden. sweden. who would believe this? sweden? they took in large numbers. they're having problems like they never thought possible. you look at what's happening in brussels. you look at what's happening all over the world. take a look at nice. take a look at paris. >> reporter: and that set off a trans-atlantic tizzy. many thought the president seemed to be including sweden with brussels, nice and paris, all targets of terror attacks. but swedish authorities reported there was no terrorism there friday. the swedish government asked the state department for clarification. a former swedish prime minister tweeting, sweden? terror attack? what has he been smoking? questions abound. on sunday, the white house explaining the president was talking about rising crime and recent incidents in general and not referring to a specific

incident. adding that the president was referencing a news report he had seen the night before. president trump heads back to washington, facing a crowded slate of problems. he's promised a new version of his travel ban, his first one halted by the courts, and he has yet to name a new national security adviser. in florida sunday he met with four possible replacements after michael flynn was asked to resign. that selection is expected soon. richard can tu, abc news, new york. two members of the national security council have now been ousted in less than a week. political appointee, craig deare was fired after making critical comments in a private speech. he was named head of the council's western hemisphere division months ago. his firing came four days after michael flynn resigned as national security adviser. canada is feeling the impact of the president's promise to crackdown on undocumented immigrants. there's a dramatic increase in people trying to cross america's

northern border into canada. at least 22 immigrants were caught making that journey over the weekend. two canadian politicians want the government to stop the illegal crossings. abc's eva pill grim has more. >> reporter: immigrants desperately fleeing to the north. grim has more. >> reporter: immigrants desperately fleeing to the nortgrim has more. >> reporter: immigrants desperately fleeing to the north. families with children desperately making the flight on foot in the snow. >> we made it. and we're happy again. >> reporter: the number of asylum seekers illegally crossing along the quebec border sky rocketing. in january, 452 incidents, an increase above 230% above the same month in 2016. >> all our resources are pretty much booked. there's almost no space left.

the influx really picking up in november. election night, the canadian immigration website crashing. here in upstate new york, a steady stream of people using these closed roads to illegally cross into canada. canada allowed nearly 40,000 syrian refugees into their country in the past year. in a joint news conference with president trump, justin trudeau promising canada will remain open. >> we continue to pursue our policies of openness towards immigration refugees without compromising security. >> reporter: so far this weekend, immigration lawyers tell us there has been a steady stream of people crossing into canada and it does not appear to be slowing down anytime soon. eva pilgrim, abc news, champlain, new york. officials are telling resident of northern california to be ready to evacuate at a moment's notice. a new strong system is moving in bringing strong winds, heavy rain, flash flooding and mud slides and other problems are likely in the already saturated area. some residents of the town of maxwell have already evacuated. storm runoff overwhelmed a creek, flooding parts of the

rice-farming community about an hour north of sacramento. half a mile north of los angeles, they're cleaning up from a powerful windstorm that knocked down dozens of trees. one of the trees fell on a moving vehicle while others knocked down power lines. it's so interesting. maxwell, really tiny story, is the town of my first grade teacher's mother. so i know i need to make a phone call or send an e-mail after this broadcast. the focus is on the weather in northern california but it's not the only area expecting weather. >> accuweather eps cam tran is here with the forecast. >> we are looking at the barrage of storm systems continuing out in the west coast with another one moving in right now. another one moving in late tonight into tomorrow. and between the two storm systems we're looking at over three inches of rainfall across the bay area. locally higher amounts across the central valleys of california and foothills, including the oroville area. in the sierras, above 7,000

feet, we're talking about a couple feet of snow. gio and adrienne, back to you. the. >> thank you, cam. now to the latest in the apparent assassination of kim jong un's half brother. security video appears to show the attack. kim jong nam was sprayed with poison. he died on the way to the hospital after suffering a seizure. investigators are looking for at least four others. the ambassador so north korea has been recalled, and the north korean ambassador has been called in for questioning b malaysian officials. and results in the ecuadorian presidential election appear to indicate that wikileaks' founder julian assange can remain in the country for now. one candidate has promised to

remove assange from the embassy if he's elected. now a runoff in the election appears like lay. kim dotcom could be headed to the u.s. for trial. a judge has upheld an earlier court ruling which cleared the way. he and his colleagues face racketeering and money laundering charges over mega upload. a desperate manhunt is under way for the primary suspect of the murder of two young girls in indiana. this man was photographed along a nature trail along the same time those two girls disappeared. he is suspected in the 13 and 14 year old's murder. the bodies of liberty german and abigail williams were found nearly a week ago near a creek. they never returned home from a hiking trip. >> he's going to have some history with this trail and with the surrounding area. because it's not something that someone probably traveled from a distance away. he knew the trail was there. they just happened to be on it that day.

>> such a tragic story. police are not sharing much information about the case, including how the girls died. but they've also not disclosed what kind of evidence they've gathered. gio? and possibly coming to your smartphone? fm radio. the fcc wants to make it easier for that to happen and keep listeners on the go tuned in. many of the top-selling smartphones can stream fm live now. many say you would save cash on your data plans and allow smartphone users to get the same emergency alerts drivers get in their car. now cops in washington state prove they're no dummies because they caught a speeder using the hov lane in tacoma using a giant mannequin. that looks like a barbie. but both the driver and dummy were wearing seat belts. >> that is a convincing mannequin. the viral hash tag over the weekend.

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perspective. >> there is nothing new about a president of the united states criticizing or even vilifying the press. even thomas jefferson, the same thomas jefferson who wrote the declaration of end pins and ten years after that wrote our liberty depends on freedom of the press. even thomas jefferson when he was a few years into its own presidency was so upset about what was being written about his administration that he flatly h presidency was so upset about what was being written about his administration that he flatls o presidency was so upset about what was being written about his administration that he flatly , what was being written about his administration that he flatly declared nothing can now be believed that is seen in a newspaper. teddy roosevelt who now is next to thomas jefferson on mt. rushmore wrote, to announce there must be no criticism of the president or that we are to stand with the president right or wrong is not only unpatriotic and servile but is morally treasonable to the american public.

i couldn't agree more, but i also know t.r. wrote that more than a decade after he left office. while he was still in the office, he coined the term muckrakers. he claimed they were focussed on so much negative, they were missing the good in the world, including what he was doing as president. and that brings me to president donald trump who has taken presidential criticism of the news media to a new level. in a way it surprised me. the donald trump that i knew as a young reporter in new york was nothing if not media friendly. and for most of the past republican primary, he was the most accessible major candidate. no ones was even close. at thursday's press conference, we saw flashes of that. 17 reporters called on. many that he knew would ask

tough questions. but now the president has declared the press the enemy of the american people. i've reported in countries where leaders not only complain about a critical press but also try to shut it down. throwing reporters in prison or worse. i've seen my colleagues risk their lives and with increasing frequency lose their lives in the pursuit of the truth. we are not about to stop doing our jobs because yet another president is unhappy with what he reads or hears or sees on tv news. there is a reason the founders put freedom of the press in the very first amendment to the constitution. as long as american democracy remains healthy, there will be reporters willing to pursue the truth, even if that means incurring the wrath of the most powerful person in the world. a free press isn't the enemy of america. it's a big part of what makes america great. >> and that was our jonathan karl. on this week with stephanopoulos. this was the topic of conversation on all the sunday morning talk shows.

>> i think if you are in fear, if you are angry or defensive, whether you're the president of the united states, a member of the press, you have to remember you stop thinking clearly when you have any of those scenarios, so we have to keep our head in the game. coming up here, why you may want to cover up even when you're in the privacy of your own bathroom. the growing problem of spy drones. spy drones, coming up next. bathroom. the spy drones coming up next.

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>> that as my favorite scene from "modern family." it was actually gloria who shot that drone. because it was spying on her in a bikini. but it's becoming all too real for many americans. >> you've felt this way before if you're not a drone enthusiast. but police in utah arrested a couple for allegedly using a drone to spy on people in their bedroom and bathroom. >> reporter: filming your most intimate moments. >> i looked out and i literally could see the drone hovering about 10, 15 feet outside the window. >> reporter: john hinson and his wife were stunned they were being spied on. >> that's terrifying. it was kind of a reality check for me. >> reporter: a drone enthusiast himself, henson's first instinct to track it down. that's when he found disturbing

video of other unsuspecting victims. also caught on that drone, images of this man, now arrested on voyeurism charges along with his girlfriend. drone sales have increased 224% since last year. watch this drone getting too close for comfort. and in miami, christina alessi was breast-feeding her son when she noticed a drone hovering outside her window. what can people do short of shutting their blinds. >> if you are not in an area that allows you to shoot them out of the sky, unfortunately, there isn't much you can do. >> there are some states that allow you to shoot them out of the sky. fyi. >> just like gloria. >> but in many cases it's illegal, and there are cases where drone owners won. even though they were hovering over someone else's property. just watch yourself, put on your sweat suit and close your

blinds. >> we'll be right back here on "world news now." sweat suit and close your blinds. put on your sweat suit.

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>> and i saw that. >> and we now know who was in the audience. >> the great wall has $132 million more to break even. good luck with that. and to making dreams come true. a 96-year-old world war ii veteran got the chance to take the controls once again. >> here's abc's john donvan. >> reporter: not exactly is this history repeating itself, but it echoes something. this 96-year-old in this particular aircraft, once about 70 years ago, bob rocklehearst was a world war ii flyer, flying around the aleutian islands. >> we started out with 1500 guys in flight school, graduated 971. lost about 251. >> reporter: and he was delighted when offered the chance to climb up once again with a little help into a world war ii vintage p-51 mustang. in the back seat this time with

volunteer pilot brian norris in the front. >> you are amazing. you are the man. >> reporter: speaking of amazing. they rocked some maneuvers up there at 8,000 feet. >> i had the complete controls all through that, and i got to do a loop. >> reporter: a loop is like a big, vertical circle in the sky. bob got through it all easily. but back on earth he wanted it known none of it was easy, back when he was a kid at war. >> i think it's important that young people remember that there was a war, and it wasn't all parades and beautiful flight in the skies. >> reporter: but this time it did look pretty beautiful. john donvan, abc news. >> it's wonderful to remember our veterans, when they get placed back in these moments where they can replay what they did then, it's wonderful to see the light in their eyes. >> and it's wonderful that we got to see it because it was recording right there. >> always remember.

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this morning on "world news now," president trump clarifying his latest remarks. >> the president's comments referencing a documentary he apparently mistook for a news report. it's the latest in a series of gaffs calling into question the president's interpretation of facts. the full story ahead. and new surveillance video appears to show the female suspects murdering the brother of the leader of north korea. and the desperate moments after, when the victim was looking for help. then the liftoff from kennedy space center making history. why this routine blastoff is revising history books as well as advancing spacex's quest to ultimately shuttle people around space. and if you're looking for a monday motivator, how about a world champion for the world of

billiards. yes, pool players can get intense, too, you know. it's the colorful post-match interview lighting up the be with on this monday, february it 20th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> that one is going to be exciting. >> good morning to you. i'm adrienne bankert. >> and i'm gio benitez. kendis and diane, off tonight. but boy, oh, boy, what a weekend. >> we will hold it down. lots to talk about newswise. we're going to begin with president trump. after a weekend of confusion, there's clarity now about comments he made about sweden. >> the white house says the president was not talking about a terror attack in sweden as he addressed supporters saturday. mary bruce has more on that and his ongoing battle with the news media. >> reporter: the white house forced to explain this head-scratching comment from the president, speaking saturday about the link between terrorism and refugees. >> you look at what's happening

in germany. you look at what's happening last night in sweden. sweden. who would believe this. >> reporter: what couldn't be believed, what the president was talking about. incident in sweden? what incident? >> sweden. they took in large numbers. they're have problems like they never thought possible. you look at what's happening in brussels. you look at what's happening all over the world. >> reporter: even the swedish government baffled, reaching out to the state department for clarification. the former swedish tweeting tweeting sweden? terror attack? what has he been smoking? questions abound. the white house explaining the president was talking about rising crime and recent incidents in general and not referring to a specific incident, adding that the president was referencing a news report he had seen the night before. the comments about sweden game 30 minutes after he railed against a familiar target. >> the dishonest media, which

has published one false story after another. i will never, ever let them get away with it. i will do whatever i can that they don't get away with it. >> reporter: but just thursday he falsely boasted about the size of his electoral college win. >> i guess it was the biggest electoral win since ronald reagan. >> reporter: that's simply not true. and when confronted about it -- >> i don't know, i was given that information. actually, i've seen that information around. >> reporter: the president holding a campaign rally saturday to take his message directly to his supporters, without, what he calls, the filter of the press.

>> we are here to speak the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. >> you guys give donald trump a hard time. you dissect what he said. he's not a politician. he doesn't have the perfect thing to say. but we love the fact that he goes straight to us. and we can decipher it. >> reporter: as trump declares the media at enemy of the american people, even republican lawmakers are sounding the alarm. >> a consolidation of power, when you look at history, the first thing that dictators do is shut down the press. >> reporter: his own press secretary says the media is not the enemy. >> no, the press, as far as i'm concerned are a constituency that we deal with, and the, i don't have any issues with the press. >> reporter: the president is facing real challenges. concerns about his travel ban now on hold. questions about his administration's possible ties to russia, and he is still lacking a national security adviser. in florida, the president meeting with at least four possible replacements after michael flynn was forced to resign.

that announcement expected to be coming soon. mary bruce, abc news, west palm beach. all right, mary traveling with the president, thank you so much. anti-trump protesters are using today's holiday to stage "not my president's day" rallies all across the nation. thousands are expected to protest in l.a., new york, chicago and possibly two dozen other cities. on sunday, more that's a thousand people gathered in times square to protest immigration policies. more than 1,000 people gathered demonstrators held american flags and held signs saying "i am muslim too", and "no muslim ban". new guidelines are being planned from dhs secretary john kelly. they include hiring more agents, speeding up deportation hearings and making local law enforcement to make arrests. the guideline also make it harder to seek asylum in the u.s. overseas where a $100,000 reward is being offered on a deadly bombing in somalia. it happened in mogadishu this weekend. at least 34 people were killed in a blast at a market although no group has claimed responsibility, it bears the hallmarks of al shabab. this weekend. the battle for iraq's second-largest city is on again. iraqi forces have launched a ground offensive to retake the

western side of mosul from isis militants. the eastern side was liberated last month. mosul is the last remaining stronghold held by isis if iraq. the government forces are getting air support from the u.s.-led coalition. the aircraft carrier uss carl vinson is now patrolling the south china sea amid growing tension there. it's where china has created man-made islands. the navy described its presence and routine. last week, china warned against challenging its sovereignty. and the latest in the apparent assassination of kim jong un's half brother. kim jong nam was killed in malaysia last week. malaysia has now recalled its ambassador to north korea as

tensions grow between the two countries. the crime caught on surveillance video. here's abc's matt gutman with the pictures. >> reporter: all it took was 2.3 seconds to deliver death. grainy airport security video obtained by japanese tv station purportedly showing a single, swift move in which one of two female assassins sneaks up on kim jong nam from behind, covered his face with a cloth laced with a liquid. it was poison. later this video showing kim jong nam desperately seeking help from airport security. >> there's every indication based on north korea's history that this was a targeted kill. >> reporter: police say these women were one of the killers. police show her tracking kim jong nam throughout kuala lumpur airport. both are now under arrest. investigators say the other woman claims she thought this was part of a comedy show prank. authorities conducted two

autopsies on the man with a playboy reputation. abc news has learned he enjoyed freaking places like this singapore girls' bar. but north korea has rejected the autopsies. there's now a manhunt for four north korean suspects in malaysia. kim jong un is accused of killing off his own uncle and hundreds of government officials over the past couple years. matt gutman, abc news, los angeles. >> many questions there. now the northwest is bracing for more severe storms, especially in northern california. heavy rain and snow in the mountains are expected through the night and the day. forecasters are warning that flash flooding and mudslides are likely even as residents clean up from last week's storms. many residents have bags packed in case they must evacuate their

homes as rivers and reservoirs rise. the heaviest rainfall will be in sacramento. areas already waterlogged. some areas will get as much as five inches of rain. so much there, very strong winds ahead as well. this extreme winter weather in the west has caused another rare sight. this funnel cloud over scottsdale, arizona. this one looked more threatening than it was. it never made contact with the ground. that's the good news there. >> i told a lot of my relatives in california, stay dry. my goodness. now to the storm over alleged sexual harassment at uber. the ride company's ceo was calling for an urgent investigation into the allegations that include bias and mismanagement. a former uber engineer made the accusations in a lengthy blog post. they include a sexual proposition on her first day on the job and that uber hr brushed off her complaints. and what do you get when you combine the world's greatest basketball players and very little defense. we present the nba all-star game. they only just stopped scoring in new orleans. the league's best combined.

for 374 points last night. all-star game mvp anthony davis scored 52 of them. the west beat the east, 192-182. 16 players reached double figures. all 24 scored. >> have you ever been to the nba all-star game? i have when it was in dallas. did was a blast. so much showmanship. winning can be a universal language. but questions during a post victory news conference, not so much. >> what happens when an english-speaking reporter interviews a japanese-speaking pool player without a translator? to borrow from "cool hand luke," what we had here was a failure to communicate. >> we thought you'd won it a couple of racks before you did win it. >> my name is naoyuki. today very lucky. congratulations me! yay! english, a little, no problem. only slow!

>> so here's the background. mr. oi had just won a match at the world pool master's championship. >> he doesn't speak much english, he decided to go with what he knew and wanted to be enthusiastic about it. and i think he got it. >> that's the rule of television, too. if you're not sure how to pronounce the name of a city or a person, say it with confidence. >> that's like when you say reservoirs rise. i said wise. they rise. >> we didn't even hear that. you were pitch perfect. coming up, that historic liftoff from the kennedy space center. what this falcon nine did that no other rocket has done for nearly 50 years and what spacex is hoping it will do in the not too distant future. and the move to try to crack a cold case. why they're now going door to door to try to catch a murderer. >> you can find us right now on facebook because what else do

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norfolk, virginia. nearly a full continent away, police are resorting to a new tactic in trying to contract a 2-year-old murder mystery. >> the family of alison feldman refuse to give up hope that her killer will be found. here's abc's ron claiborne. >> reporter: detectives going door to door, collecting dna samples in the search for the person responsible for alison feldman's murder two years ago. >> i've lost sleep over it, sure. >> reporter: detective john heiselman has been havinging the slaying from the very beginning. a case with no arrests and no suspects but one key piece of evidence, the killer's dna. >> this person could be incarcerated in another state, but we haven't figured that out yet. it could be somebody that's never been arrested. >> reporter: with no dna match in the database, police are asking for members of the community to voluntarily submit

a sample of their dna. >> at this point, it's used as a rule-out method as well as it could be our person. >> reporter: the request raising legal concerns by some. >> this, to me, is a textbook random and arbitrary search that is unconstitutional and unlawful. >> reporter: for feldman's loved ones, it is a welcome sign that police are not letting her case go cold. >> they have been true workers in trying to find her killer. >> reporter: the family gathering in a vigil friday to mark the two-year anniversary of the slaying. >> it's been two years since i last spoke to my best friend. but we will get justice. >> reporter: ron claiborne, abc news, new york. the tactics used to collect dna, going door to door, that sounds unprecedented. but in a case here in queens, they were talking about familial dna when they could not find a match. >> two years living with that question of who did that.

>> hopefully they find an answer soon. coming up in our next half hour, your private moments going very public as home security cameras become smaller, cheaper, and more user friendly, they've become increasingly easier to hack. the risks you need to know about before you put that camera online. but first, how the launch of this falcon nine rocket has moved spacex one step closer to its goal of shuttling humans into space. you're watching "world news now" from earth. sf

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>> and liftoff. >> reporter: the flames and smoke from spacex's falcon nine liftoff brought it back to life from kennedy's space center, a success for elon musk who just last year suffered a second setback when one of his rockets exploded. the launch from nasa's historic launchpad 39a where neil armstrong bid the earth farewell before his trip to the moon nearly four decades ago. the pad has been deserted after nasa launched its last mission. the space agency is calling this launch a turning point. >> part of me feels exalted that the pad's coming back into use. >> reporter: and, again, spacex was able to land the rocket's reusable first stage. >> landing legs have deployed. >> reporter: the dragon capsule and its payload of more than 5,000 pounds of scientific experiment, research equipment and supplies will dock with the international space station on tuesday. david kerley, abc news. >> awesome. >> that's exciting. coming up, a baby boy sees his mother clearly for the first

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feel the menthol burst. while powerful medicine clears your worst cold symptoms. let's end this. ♪ it is time for "the mix." okay. we love heart-warming stories. the first story today is going to make you smile. imagine an infant baby seeing mommy for the first time with the help of glasses. check this video out. oh, my goodness, so precious. this is emil. baby emil. no y on the emily. we're seeing -- it's a little boy. that makes more sense. seeing mommy for the very first time. and this was captioned in danish. our little baby had to go through a lot to sit here and smile, but now they're here. look at that. >> i wonder how they get glass, glass requires so much of them

asking can you see? how does a baby. >> by that smile, that's all the test you need. love it. >> that's it. this is an awesome story, too. this is a guy who got an apology letter from an ex. let's look at that. what he did, he posted this on twitter. what he did, with he got that letter. he marked it up as if he was a professor and he gave her a d minus. he says he would give her a revision for half credit. that would be accepted. it's gone viral. 90,000 retweets. look at that. >> i would say this is a sign, don't write a letter to your ex. just make a phone call. pick up the phone. old school, i know, old school. this all started with a college student named connor who didn't do his chores. mom paid him back by sending him the garbage he was supposed to take out in the mail disguised as a care package. >> that is wrong.

>> mama was not playing around. >> that is wrong. >> i guess he'll never forget to take out the trash again. >> can you imagine what that smelled like when you opened it up? now something a little nicer. a lizard. we're talking about a lizard here, and we've got video. this is a loveable lizard that waves back. okay, ready? wait for it. >> hi, lizard, hi. >> what's up? >> that is amazing. >> it's almost like wax on, wax off, wax on. or maybe wax on, and that's it. >> that is amazing. look at that lizard. >> did you have any pets that did tricks as a kid? >> not these kind of tricks. >> i had a guinea pig. he didn't do anything. >> he sounded exciting. >> guinea pigs are not spectacularly talented. >> i had a turtle. a little baby turtle. >> you kept it alive? >> well -- >> we won't talk about that story. turtles are challenging to keep.

this morning on "world news now." the west bracing for more severe weather as we start the week. the powerful pacific storm threatening to dump a half of foot of rain. sinkholes opening out of nowhere with more mudslides expected. the forecast just ahead. and president trump starts the week with plenty on his plate, including finding a replacement for the national security adviser position. he dismissed his last week. meanwhile, republican leaders are calling on the president to get tougher with russia. details ahead. and new this half hour, are the security cameras in your home revealing your private moments to hackers. and the growing risk to your privacy by security cameras. what you need to know about who may be watching you and how to protect yourself. and angelina jolie in a rare

and candid moment. the oscar winner gets emotional in a bbc interview, opening up for the first time about her divorce before brad pitt. we'll tell you what she said and didn't say later on "the skinny." it's monday, february 20th. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> oh. you know what? it's interesting. i never would have thought that in february new york would have better weather than the west coast. >> i was in a t-shirt yesterday walking around, in a t-shirt. >> it was gorgeous today, well, yesterday. what day is it? >> it's like mid-spring. >> it's nice outside, but we can't say the same for california. that new round of storms moving into northern california overnight. >> rain and even snow in some higher elevations will grow more intense overnight. the bay area could see three to six inches of rain as could the sacramento area. there is a danger of more

flooding and mudslides. roads are eroding including one in cajon pass. this swallowed a fire truck. it's amazing to see how big these sinkholes are. the lane on interstate 15 gave way, but all the firefighters got out safely. >> after a closer examination, some repairs were made to the damaged oroville dam. marci gonzalez has more from california. >> reporter: parts of california bracing for a second round of dangerous rain. in maxwell, voluntary evacuation orders under way. that community already under water. this elementary school flooded with torrential downpours expected overnight. >> i have a suitcase packed. this is our home. i mean, to leave here, what am i going to do? >> reporter: some families near fresno preparing to leave, concerned a levee nearby could break. crews rushing to patch a dozen holes in it. a close eye on the compromised oroville dam, the waters

receding giving a better view of the damage. even with more rain in the forecast, they believe the dam will hold. friday's storm now blamed for at least five deaths in southern california, where they are now cleaning up from some extreme damage. crews repairing interstate 15 after it crumbled, taking this fire truck with it minutes after the crew escaped. so many clearing away trees brought down by high winds and finally, moving vehicles trapped in mud. >> we had to dig out the cars and literally pull them out. >> reporter: and efforts to focus the road and sewage pipe beneath after two cars were swallowed by this massive sinkhole, marci gonzalez. >> that is insane. let's get complete weather picture for northern california. >> my hometown. cam tran joins us with details. >> we are looking at very stormy weather out west once again.

we have rain moving in and another major storm on tap for tonight and tomorrow. locally higher amounts especially across the central valleys of california and foothills, and that includes the oroville area. we're expecting snow in the higher elevations of the sierras as well. on top of that, winds will be blustery. right along the coastlines, gusts of over 60-65 miles per hour. now in texas, a separate storm system will bring heavy rain across southeast texas, including houston and the galveston area where we have flash flood watches in effect. in washington this week, the week ahead begins with a continued search for a national security adviser. the president met yesterday with at least four possible replacements for michael flynn. the list includes acting national security adviser keith

kellogg, former u.s. ambassador to the u.n., john bolton, lieutenant general h.r. mcmaster and lieutenant general robert caslen. the weekend ended with the white house explaining the president's remarks about sweden at a saturday rally. the comments seemed to indicate there was some sort of attack on the nordic nation on friday. >> you look at what's happening in germany. you look at what's happening last night in sweden. sweden. who would believe this? sweden. >> now a spokesperson says the reference was to rising crime in sweden. not a specific incident. the president tweeted he'd seen the information on a television news report. and vice president mike pence is in brussels today for meetings with nato and european union officials. the vice president and his wife and daughter visited a nazi concentration camp. they placed a wreath at the international memorial at the center of the camp. more than 200,000 people were held at dachau.

and about 40,000 died there. the vice president also addressed a security conference in munich during his overseas stint. at that same conference, lindsey graham urged the president to take action against russia over alleged attempts to interfere in the u.s. presidential elections. graham told a group of world leaders that congress needed to get involved to make sure russia faced consequences. >> to my friend mr. lavrov, i hope you finally suffer some consequences for what you and your regime have been doing to democracies in 2017 is going to be a year of kicking russia in the ass in congress. >> some tough language there. he says he plans to introduce a bipartisan motion for new sanctions against russia. russia has repeatedly denied meddling in the election. >> some people calling it tough language. others getting a quick laugh out of it. in new jersey, a pilot survived the crash of his plane right in the middle of a neighborhood.

officials say the pilot was briefly trapped inside that plane after it crashed. no one on the ground was hurt. but four cars were destroyed or damaged. that piloted is now in the hospital. and a freak accident in new york city. a customer was pinned between shelves when a minute ivan crashes into a convenience store in the bronx. >> wow. the victim disappears from sight as food and merchandise tumbled on top of him. but we're told he is, remarkably, going to be okay. >> incredible. investigators in a washington, d.c., suburb are searching for the cause of a fire that destroyed a multi-million dollar home. fire crews say their efforts were hampered because there were no fire hydrants nearby. something neighbors have complained about before. here is abc's stephanie ramos. >> reporter: this is what's left of a multi-million dollar mansion in a northern virginia suburb. >> fire had gone through the roof. >> reporter: fire gutted this 6,000 square foot home, nestled in a neighborhood not far from the cia headquarters.

fire crews were on the scene in moments, dowsing the flame from their own water supply. but it took over 20 minutes to tackle the fire with water from a hydrant over half a mile away. nearly ten propane tanks sitting near the house threatened to make matters worse. >> sound like propane let loose in the house. >> they had to cool those tanks as well as suppress the fire in order to try to gain some control of the fire. >> reporter: the house is owned by the embassy of the united arab emirates, everyone including two dogs escaped the mansion safely, smoke alarms tipping them off. >> thank goodness this house had smoke alarms and they worked and alerted the occupants who were here. >> reporter: there's what's left of the washer and dryer.

this mansion is a total loss. embers are still smoldering. fire investigators won't know what caused the blaze until it's fully out. abc news, mclean, virginia. many of you may be hit with lottery fever as the jackpot passes $400 million. >> what? >> yeah. that's a lot of shoes. that's after saturday's drawing again resulted in no winner. no one has won the powerball jackpot since december 17. the next drawing is wednesday. good luck. yes. good luck to us. are you going to do it? i'm going to do it. >> i'll cheer you on. the spy camera inside your home. what you need to know about that home security camera before you put it online. and lifetime is getting an earful about its britney spears movie that premiered this weekend. what angry viewers have been saying on twitter in "the skinny." you're watching "world news now." "world news now" weather, brought to you by carfax.com. ca.

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so let's talk about some students doing important work here. penn state students raised more than $10 million this weekend for charity. a 46-hour dance marathon benefits children with cancer. for nearly two days participants can't sleep or even sit down. >> thon is the biggest student-philanthropic event in the world. even the nittany lion got into the act. so cool. >> look at that. it was jammed. >> $10 million. >> that's going to go to some really great projects and research. and technology that gave a

growing number of us cues to protect our home. >> to protect us. >> it may end up exposing our most private moments in a very, very public way. >> as home security cameras increasingly become smaller, cheaper and easier to install and use, they're becoming increasingly easy to hack. >> reporter: a wake-up call for families using home surveillance cameras that could be broadcasting your private moments, 24/7. >> we have security cameras to protect them, and i feel like i failed. >> reporter: this houston whom terrified when she found out her daughter's every move was streaming online. >> people are watching my kids in our home, dressing, sleeping, playing. it's your worst nightmare. >> reporter: uncovering those live streams. >> here's an indoor shot here. >> reporter: just takes a simple online search. we found one trained on a family's driveway, another catching parents and kids come and go at this boston school. hackers find the ip addresses of your camera online and try to

crack your password. and if you haven't changed that default password, you're vulnerable. >> anybody can look up the manual and find my information. >> very often the passwords are one, two, three, four. default setting. >> and a lot of people don't know that their user manual is online and anybody can go in and find that generic password and get access to that camera. >> one, two, three, four. that's the password. >> kind of crazy. get your password set, people. when we come back, angelina jolie opens up publicly for the first time about her divorce from brad pitt. and while the entire world seems to be panning the new britney spears movie, "the skinny" is next. ♪ skinny the post office? stamps.com mail letters, ship packages,

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so skinny ♪ it's time now for "the skinny." and even though we like to do a lot of light, fun, pop news, there's a serious note, starting with angelina jolie opening up publicly about her divorce from brad pitt for the first time. >> it happened during an interview with bbc world news on a story about cambodia. when the interviewer broached the subject, there was a gasp and a full ten-seconds pause. >> i don't want to say much about that except to say it was a very difficult time, and we are a family, and we will always be a family. and we will get through this time. and hopefully be a stronger family for it. >> and the actress split from pitt last september after 12 years together. and they've since been locked in a bitter custody battle over their six children. but jolie did say she and pitt are putting the children first.

so that's good there. >> divorce affects everyone. >> everyone, absolutely. and next to the almost universal hatred in the twittersphere. >> there was no britney spears music in it. >> leading the charge was actress sarah michelle geller saying who lit this movie, and why does he hate women? >> and other comments included this is like pulling your wisdom teeth with no drugs painful. only one hour and 50 minutes to go. >> another tweet said i've been watching the britney spears lifetime movie for four minutes and it's already the worst thing i've ever seen. >> and another viewer asks, what's a bigger train wreck, britney spears' life or the lifetime movie about britney

spears' life? too close to call. what is the deal with haters. >> you know, i don't like that one. >> the fact of the matter is, everyone has some drama. to be such a harsh critic. she's been wildly successful, internationally popular. yes, we have some issues, but when you're going to make a movie about somebody who's not even along for the ride and you can't even use any of her music, what's the point? >> she had those issues, but listen, what she has done since, that vegas show is hugely successful. didn't she perform at one of these shows? doing well. next to plenty of social media love for madonna's two new twins. >> yes. her two new babies. she shared video over the weekend of her newly-adopted 4-year-old twins from malawi singing "twinkle twinkle little star." ♪ twinkle twinkle little star how i wonder what you are ♪

the video now has half a million views and nearly 3,000 comments. i love how enthusiastic they are. sell it, girls. >> and finally, to another singing legend giving a helping hand to a budding young musician. >> bruce springsteen caught a glance of one teenager's sign that said "missed school, now can i play grownup with you"? that's when this happened. >> do you know how to play the guitar? you do? come on. ♪ >> and the teenager may have missed school, but he did get a lesson from springsteen, who told him, it's not how well you play that guitar but how well you look doing it. amen. he suggested trying out

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two of the world's youngest and most likely super models have made their runway debut for new york fashion week. >> going from youtube sensations to cat walk models. >> reporter: who's just best friend? >> my sister. >> who's your best friend, lexie? >> ava. >> reporter: from youtube sensations to runway stars, they are double the trouble. 3 1/2-year-old sisters alexis and ava just made their debut at fashion week. donning matching jordan brand suits for the rookie usa fashion show. alexis taking a pause to enjoy the limelight. they gained fame for their video where they realized they look the same. >> does she look like your face? >> yes. >> she's just one minute older. >> i'm just one minute older. >> reporter: the video tallying

over 2.5 million views. the twins sat down with robin roberts at gma this past december. >> do you have fun? do you like doing the videos? >> reporter: as cute as ever, perhaps foreshadowing a little flair for fashion. >> they love jewelry. i can see that. >> reporter: the tiny new models even took a break from their schedule to dish on their fashion debut. >> oh, and when she was told that she's one minute older. >> that video, you've seen that, right? >> her little heart's breaking. because she thinks it's the worst thing in the world. >> and the little compassion from sister. like i'm just one minute older. it's not as cute when we try to say it, though. don't miss our updates on facebook. at wnnfans.com. this is abc news "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades.

making news in america this morning, breaking news, heavy damage as a powerful storm system rolls through texas overnight damaging dozens of homes. that as another round of heavy rain soaks the already saturated west coast. both areas could see further destruction today. the forecast coming up. also president trump taking on some serious issues including a new version of his travel ban. he's also working on naming his new national security adviser. another busy week in washington is getting under way right now. caught by surprise while in a gas station convenience store, wait till you see this video. this guy never saw it coming. and defense optional, the nba's top talent puts on a high-flying, high-scoring, record-setting all-star game.