>> because some people say it's sensory overlead that happens. >> she's rebooting right here. a all the computer systems in her head are going -- >> oh my, oh my, oh my, what was i thinking? i can tell you when they pull the chute, it's a jolt to your body. >> she woke up in a bad dream. you know when you wake up and are falling, she's suddenly like -- whoa! she's working up an entire lip different dream and it's awesome. >> the look on her face is like, well, where am i? this little one is on the roller coaster in california. she's so cute, she's at disney's california adventure and is taking life by the horns. hold on because that ride takes off like a bullet. >> three, two, one! ah! >> this wasn't such a good idea!

>> you see her and she's like, okay, okay. >> you adults are crazy! >> next she has the fake smile going. and now she's back to, what was i thinking? several different expressions come across her face. and when she comes to the end, it was all worth it. >> the video was worth it. thanks for watching. catch the next new episode of "right this minute."

babies aren't fully developed until at least 39 weeks. a healthy baby is worth the wait. >> i think we should do that with your photo when we raise it to the rafters. not that i'm hoping that happens anytime soon. coming up, the earth shattering discovery by nasa. a solar system just 39 light

a solar system r seven earth-like planets. why this could be a game changer in the search for life in outer space. >> are you kicking me out before i'm even named? and rihanna is going to harvard. we'll explain in "the skinny." bye. >> bye. ♪ >> announcer: "world news now" weather, brought to you by mucinex. yeah, that stuff only lasts a few hours. or, take mucinex. one pill fights congestion for 12 hours. no thank you very much, she's gonna stick with the short-term stuff. 12 hours? guess i won't be seeing you for a while. is that a bisque? i just lost my appetite. why take medicines that only last 4 hours, when just one mucinex lasts 12 hours? start the relief. ditch the misery. let's end this.

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when just one mucinex lasts 12 hours? let's end this. oh! >> oh, my god. i would have lost my lunch. >> so cool. >> this magnificent sight was captured near cape henry, virginia. the boaters were stunned, delighted and doused by the whale's acrobatics. no complaints about the drenching.

just joyful squealing. the humpback whale was swimming by several boaters before making that giant leap. >> i think we're going to need a bigger boat. >> and then some. nasa revealed the discovery that it is calling a huge step in the search for e.t. > reporting the discovery of a solar system containing seven rocky earth-sized planets orbiting a star. >> several of those planets are located in what's called the habitable zone where our earth resides in relation to our own sun. that could allow for the existence of water and life. >> the discovery gives us a hint that finding a second earth is not just a matter of if but when. >> so this solar system is just 39 light years away from earth. in cosmic terms, that means we're practically bumping right

up against what are they here already? what is going on -- whoa. whoa. >> see, i see venus. >> no, i think those are the new planets. >> uranus. >> you definitely don't see that. >> those are the planets in. >> have they been named. >> in our solar system. these are new planets in the new solar system. >> okay. they're pretty cool. wouldn't you say? >> they're a lot closer than i expected. 39 light years, that's what that looks like? >> i like the big red one. >> 39 light years. >> is matt damon still up there. >> i wonder if we could grow potatoes. >> i do think this lighting is improvement on what we normally have, wouldn't you say? i can't see anything right now. when we come back, the big mistake at the brit awards. >> and why rihanna is headed to harvard. "the skinny" is next. t let joint keep you down. come play with us! i'm coming.

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♪ just thing i ♪ just something i could -- somebody i can kiss, i want something just like this ♪ >> that's the new single from coldplay and the chain smokers debuting doing a big night for music. >> the brit awards, britain's version of the grammys handed out last night in london. and this is a live debut of the song. ♪ i want something just like this ♪ >> it was one of the big moments complete with a light display. chris martin running all over the place, jumping into the crowd. a lot of confetti. the chain smokers stood there behind their keyboards. >> but there were some other moments, too. david bowie's son accepted awards on behalf of the late legend including album of the year and best male solo artists. >> it featured tributes to george michael which included a

speech from michael's wham partner and a duet between george michael and coldplay's chris martin. ♪ this fear of being used, i should go back to being lonely ♪ ♪ and confused >> very cool. >> interesting. i believe natalie cole did something similar with her dad at the grammys decades ago. >> "unforgettable." >> it was a great moment. i got to say, you listen and watch that tribute and you think, what adele could have done at the grammys. >> and katy perry by the way brought down the house literally while she performed her new single "change to the rhythm" and-set covered by dancers dressed actually as houses. i don't know if you noticed, one of them fell off the stage. >> oh, no.

>> that dancer reportedly is okay. >> was it a foreclosure or what? >> i don't know. was there a big bad wolf on the stage? puffed and blew the house down. >> was it left shark? >> it wasn't the same dancer. so rihanna is being celebrated for a very different kind of honor that has nothing to do with her music. >> the eight-time grammy winner named harvard university's humanitarian of the year. >> the reason? her funding of a state-of-the-art center for oncology and nuclear medicine to treat and diagnosis breast cancer in her home country of barbados. >> she joins former recipients james earl jones and arthur ashe. she will be accepting the award at a ceremony on campus next tuesday. a celebrity baby announcement. nick cannon welcomed his third child. he took to instagram to share an adorable photo to share a photo with his son named golden saigon cannon. he tweeted on instagram, weeping may endure for the night, but joy cometh in the morning. >> golden is his first child with former miss arizona

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>> yes, and now he is taking matters into his own hands trying to track down the culprit. here's abc's byron pitts. >> reporter: there are so many unsolved mysteries keeping us up at night. where is big foot, what's with the bermuda triangle and who took tom brady's super bowl t-shirt. that piece of memorabilia estimated to be worth $500,000 disappeared from the locker room right after the game in the middle of the super bowl celebration. nearly three weeks later, the houston police still don't have a suspect. five-time league champions taking matters into his own hands posting this photo to the facebook identifying a list of possible suspects asking who did it? was it gollum with the help of julian edelman bonding over their love of rings? >> must have the precious. >> reporter: was it lady gaga? using her escape ropes to pull off the perfect illusion?

♪ it was a perfect illusion >> reporter: or was it michael never been caught scott, taking a break from the office? >> that's crazy talk. >> reporter: all kidding aside, brady needs to keep his conundrum in the public eye to get it solved or else. >> it shows up on ebay somewhere, someone let me know, try to track that down. >> well, if he's trying to keep it in the public eye, he succeeded. the suspect board has already racked up more than 200,000 likes on instagram. >> so who did it? so many people wondering right now. $500,000? that's right there, number 12, there it is. >> how many people have access to the locker room on super bowl sunday. >> that's the question. exactly. >> i would think the list would be narrower. >> how did the falcons get in there. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades.

good morning. i'm kendis gibson. >> i'm diane macedo. here are some of the top stories we're following this morning on "world news now." reaction is coming in on both sides of the issue after the white house rescinded is federal guidelines regarding transgender student bathroom use. the move leaves it up to the individual states to set their own policies. we have full details ahead. most of the protesters now gone from the camp at the dakota access pipeline after the government ordered them to leave for safety concerns. as they left, they set fire to the camp shacks, more details coming up. we have breaking news. iraqi forces have retaken control of mosul airport from isis. the liberation of the airport and a nearby military camp was confirmed overnight by joint operations command. this follows some heavy clashes. there was one winning ticket for last night's $435 million powerball jackpot.

it was sold in indiana. there was also a $2 million and $4 million ticket sold. those are some of our top stories on this thursday, february 23rd. from abc news, this is "world news now." definitely related to that powerball winner. >> to that person, yes. >> even though we don't know who they are yet. >> i'm sure by somehow we are their kin folks of ours at least now. we'll get started this half hour with reaction to a change in what was already a controversial policy. >> the trump administration has reversed the guidelines on transgender student bathroom use. individual states can now decide if students can use bathrooms based on gender identify? so the move spurred a response interest from the teen who sang the national anthem at the inauguration jackie evancho whose sister is transgender says she's disappointed and she's not alone. here's abc's andy field.

>> reporter: protesters outside the white house wednesday evening supporting gavin grim, the 17-year-old face who has become the face of whether transgender students should be able to tuesday bathrooms based on gender identify? notice one month i do what few teenagers have a chance to do, stand before the united states supreme court. >> reporter: gavin may now never have his day in court. justices could decide not to hear the case now that the white house has ended federal protections for transgender students. that reverses an obama administration rule that granted transgender students access to restrooms in line with their expressed gender identity and not their biological sex. the justice and education department saying the issue is not a federal one and should be up to each state. >> the president made it clear throughout the campaign he's a firm believer in states' rights and certain issues like this are not best dealt with at the federal level. >> reporter: gavin hopes the move is just a temporary setback. >> i hope they move towards acceptance in the future.

>> reporter: not affected by the white house action, anti-bullying is safeguards for lgbt students. they are still in place. andy field, abc news, washington. and we're learning more about president trump's first budget. the white house says the fiscal plan should be released mid-way through next month following the outlines set by congressional republicans. both call for domestic cuts and so-called entitlement to firm what the president says is a huge problem. >> the finances of our country are a mess. but we're going to clean them up. >> reporter: according to the congressional budget office, increased spending on retirement and health care for the elderly along with rising interest payments on the government's debt are expected to drive up the federal deficit. senator john mccain made a secret trip to syria last week. a spokesperson says he wanted to discuss defeating isis was u.s. troops. the trip comes as the u.s.

military reviews options for getting isis out of syrian stronghold in raqqah. he chairs the senate armed services committee. he also visited syria in 2013. it hasn't been a great week for some republican lawmakers holding town hall meetings. congressman leonard lance got an earful just a few hours ago. he did however manage to keep his cool during outbursts of booing. he has spoken out against the trump immigration policies and arkansas senator tom cotton faced a boisterous group last night, as well. voters grilled for hours, the loudest reaction coming when he seemed to avoid questions about the affordable health care act. >> some voters in maine say they're feeling left out. neither republican senator susan collins or bruce pol la gin announced plans to hold town hall meetings there. >> to southern california and

protests in anaheim after an off-duty lapd officer fired his weapon during a confrontation with teams. -- teens. demonstrators demanding his firing. the incident was captured on video. you see here the off duty officer is in the plaid shirt arms locked in confrontation with that teenage boy each pushing against each other. at one point the officer pulls out a gun and fires the weapon. >> but he was telling somebody that he was going to shoot them, in reality he was saying i'm going to sue you. you kept hitting me, you're hurting me. i'm going to sue you. >> police say there have been on going issues with kids walking across the officer's property. no one was hurt during the confrontation. but the officer has been placed on administrative leave. some residents in san jose california, are blaming bad information for the magnitude of damage from extensive flooding.

the mayor says the first word many people got was when rescuers arrived by boat to their homes. 14,000 residents had to evacuate when the coyote creek overflowed. hundreds rescued and many lost just about everything they owned. officials thought the creek could handle more water than it could. that storm that dumped all that rain in northern california is about to bring a major snowstorm to the upper plains. >> but the northeast is going to have another lovely day. we'll take that, thank you very much. accuweather's justin povick has the details. good morning. >> diane and kendis, thanks and good morning to you. talk about warmth. it's going to feel like spring, almost like may later on this afternoon throughout the northeast. the ohio valley and also the middle atlantic states. temperatures here running up to 30 degrees above normal. and check out some of the high temperatures that are in jeopardy today. lots of 70s and some of these records stand all the way back into the 1800s. and then we go right back into winter here throughout the plain states. blizzard conditions developing, heavy snow.

big-time travel impacts over the central plains and the upper midwest. severe weather a big concern later on friday over the ohio valley with damaging winds. diane, kendis? >> thank you. and finally, we insomniacs have a study boding well for us. sleeping too much. apparently may be an early warning sign of dementia. a study finds older adults who suddenly start sleeping more than nine hours a night have more of a risk of developing dementia a decade later. excessive sleep is a warning sign and the increased risk was not seen in people who have always slept more than nine hours a night. who are those people. >> i don't know at all. so things are getting a little tense at the end of the college basketball regular season. check out louisville head coach rick pitino there. he got into a shouting match with a fan at halftime during last night's loss at north carolina. he had to be held back by his assistant coaches.

he was a bit more calm after the game. >> we said this is the classiest place in college basketball till i met a fan on the way out. i take it from the students all the time. you expect it from students. but from an adult who then turns his back on me like he's a coward so. >> there you have it. he told reporters the man said quote something nice about me. officials at north carolina say the fan was ejected. and in new york subways you see lots of different musicians performing from a string quartet to a drummer banging on a plastic bucket. i like those guys. but they all have one thing in common. a place for listeners to put money. however, this guy, he's not playing for himself. he is actually playing to raise money for the homeless and will let them just reach into his guitar case and help themselves. >> no, you can take it all. take it all. i don't care. yeah, go crazy. treat yourself. >> yeah.

>> well, he says he figures people would take everything in the case, but they actually don't. they say they want to leave something for someone else who needs help. >> if there's anything left at the end of the day, he hands it out himself. he's at the 42nd street. >> is that where we have to go. >> i think it's the a train based on the blue. >> i think we know where to find kendis this afternoon. >> exactly. >> will, will. >> i need a couple of bucks. take as much as you want. okay, i'll take the whole case. >> very nice thing he is doing there. some are pointing out he would be better off donate that money to a charity. >> it's a great idea. he's playing, people are donating and he's giving it back right there at 42nd street and eighth avenue. all right. coming up, the pipeline standoff in north dakota with dozens of people still camping out despite an order to leave. and the airline's new airfare wars for the deepest discount dollar. what you need to give up to fly for less. the red carpet is being

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unit on that. >> it seems as if that was the important thing for that bus driver there in bangkok. in the north dakota, pipeline protesters remain overnight despite at order to leave. >> others left but set fire to parts of their camp. we're hearing more from tribe member who's say they're fighting not just for clean water but for respect. here's byron pitts. >> reporter: protests have lasted nearly a year, intense and some heated clashes with authorities all to prevent a pipeline from being built next to the sioux tribe sacred land which they say could also pollute their source of drinking water. for months, standing rock advocates calling themselves water protecters have camped out around the construction site through tear gas and blizzards. the standing rock sioux tribe has called this had land home long before it was renamed the state of north dakota. they say they're fighting back against a prophesy that tells of a black snake that will go

underground and destroy the tribe's way of life, that snake they say the oil pipeline. the original 1851 treaty, the sioux nation signed with the u.s. government. native american tribes have been negotiating with washington for centuries. but the close of the 19th century, the sioux had endured abusive assimilation, the outlawing of their religion, dependence on government rations and the massacre at wounded knee. >> today we're saying no, don't put this here. enough is enough. respect our lands. respect our people. respect our rights. >> reporter: suddenly, what appears to be a stunning it reversal. on december 4th, the airplane -- army corps of engineers announces it will not approve the easement needed for the pipeline to cross the missouri river pledging to consider alternative routes in a full environmental impact statement. >> i'm so happy right now. >> i'm really proud to be living be here at this time. this is history.

>> reporter: but it is a short-lived victory. >> this is with respect to the construction of the dakota access pipeline. >> reporter: less than a week after taking office, president donald trump signs a memorandum ordering the army corps of engineers to review the pipeline in an expedited manner. >> it makes me laugh when i hear the president worried about the safety of this nation because of immigrants. he's an immigrant bringing harm to this nation. he's the first immigrant. we're the only ones that can claim we're not immigrants. >> reporter: energy transfer partners says oil could be flowing in as little as two weeks and in a statement to abc news, the company said they are committed to the safe construction and operation of all its pipelines throughout the country. dakota access is state-of-the-art underground pipeline with advanced safety technology and construction methods. >> we will not quit fighting until this pipeline has stopped. >> reporter: the tribes will be in court next week seeking an

injunction to stop the pipeline. many of the protesters vow to persist and keep standing rock in the spotlight. byron pitts, abc news, new york. >> thank you. coming up, the race to the bottom for your discount airfare dollar. >> what you're now going to have to give up to get the deepest discounts. you're watching "world news now." st discounts. you're watching "world news now." yeah, that stuff only lasts a few hours. or, take mucinex. one pill fights congestion for 12 hours. no thank you very much, she's gonna stick with the short-term stuff. 12 hours? guess i won't be seeing you for a while. is that a bisque? i just lost my appetite. why take medicines that only last 4 hours, when just one mucinex lasts 12 hours? start the relief. ditch the misery. let's end this.

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it's here that i've got to stay ♪ >> big old jet airliner. >> oh. yes. >> you'll get it in a second. because some new airfare or new airfare war rather among the country's biggest big old jet airline ares are making it much more affordable to fly. >> but if you're going to have to make some pretty big sacrifices to get those deep discounts. here's abc's rebecca jarvis. >> reporter: the battle for budget airfares. american and united airlines joining delta in rolling out new "basic economy" pricing as much as $40 cheaper. >> airlines are offering this reduced economy to try to target that last little bit of the market. that penny-pinching market that really wants to try to take a trip. >> reporter: the lower fares available at about a dozen cities, but before you book, know there are restrictions. passengers are limited to one carry-on and no access to overhead bins, no see the choice and you're last to board. and restrictions on flight

changes and refunds. plus -- >> if you are traveling as a family, they don't guarantee that you'll sit together. >> i think that these basic economy fares are really good for an individual traveler. but for families, i don't think this is ideal. >> reporter: these new fares are for flights after march 1st and our experts recommend using apps like google flights and hopper to help you spot the best deals. rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. thanks. one of the big questions people are asking is, how are they going to know who paid the basic economy fare and who just paid a normal full fare ticket. will they check ticks before you put your bags away. >> that might be one of those things as you're boarding your flight and they see what sort of fare you have and see your two bags, nope, sorry. you have to check one of them. >> sorry, kendis, you can only bring your purse. >> but it's a man purse. >> no, joke on our flight to florida, a man showed up with a full sized guitar and they let him put it in the overhead bin.

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♪ okay. so whi okay. so while airlines make cuts knew the passenger amenities, there's at least one place where certain passengers are being pampered. >> it's the world's first privately owned airport animal terminal. it's opening up or already opened up at jfk international. and for your pets, forget about us. we're stuck in economy but for the pets it's all about first class. wabc's michelle charlesworth checked it out. >> reporter: opera music plays for the horses, dogs are walked. cats get cozy cages and all animals are fed gourmet food.

>> waiting for our international flight. we can buy coffee, a newspaper, get a massage. >> reporter: animals can't do that. here is their first class lounge, the arc, a service designed to calm them. >> pre and post flight care for the animals. >> reporter: dogs and cats cost 125 for up to six hours before or after a flight. for $75 extra, they will throw in grooming. > this is messina who is a sweetie, 7 years old. for horses, the four to six-hour an stay runs about $350. do you like the pavarotti? do you like the opera? you like it? that plays all the time. >> the opera keeps the horses calm. that makes them know that they're going to be well cared for. >> reporter: a usda veterinarian is also on hand for any last minute shots. >> another necessary feature for animal travel is veterinary certificates. if you're traveling internationally, there's a

variety of vaccinations and treatments that animals needed to have. >> reporter: in the off chance an animal is hurt during a flight. >> if a dog was upset during flight, they might come up against the crate and tear a paw or sometimes their nose. >> reporter: they expect to welcome thousands of animals every year back to the opera, any particular favorite? ♪ >> of course, pavarotti. >> reporter: pavarotti, of course. michele charlesworth, channel 7, eyewitness news. >> i have a proposition. they can make money by charging people to go into the animal section while they're laying over. i would hang out with the horse during my layover. >> yes.

this morning on "world news now," members of congress head home and get an earful. >> this morning on "world news now," members of congress head home and get an earful. >> you work for us. >> heated town halls as lawmakers and constituents face off in auditoriums across the country. tensions raised over the republican plan to overhaul the health care system. many fearful they'll be losing their coverage while others applaud the changes. the debate just ahead. and protests erupt overnight in southern california after an off-duty police officer fired his weapon during a scuffle with a group of teenagers. the latest on the investigation. and the chilling new piece of evidence that investigators hope will solve the double murder of two young girls in indiana. hear how one of those girls may have been able to record the suspect's voice and why police are now going public with it. then the stakes have never been higher for our own jimmy

kimmel. so he's already hosted the espys, amas, the emmys. hear why he says his blood pressure is going through the roof as he prepares for his first ever hosting gig at the oscars. it's thursday, february 23rd. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> you can understand how that might make you a little nervous. >> yeah, no pressure there at all. just you know, a good 50 million people in the u.s. watching and millions more around the world. >> it will be great though. he always is. >> we're going to start this half hour with all the anger on display at town hall meetings across the country. >> some republican lawmakers are hosting town halls and many constituents say they're frustrated with congress -- others frustrated with the white house and president trump says those angry crowds are actually mostly professional protestesr.

>> especially rowdy group greeting tom cotton last night. things got really heated when cotton seemed to dodge a question about whether he would preserve the affordable care act's protections for people with pre-existing conditions. >> my husband with dementia alzheimer's because -- multiple multiple other things. and you want to stand there with him at home expect us to be calm, cool, and collected? well, what kind of insurance do you have? >> passions running high there at that the auditorium in arkansas. some republicans are holding their town hall meetings by phone but some constituents have resorted to putting their congressman's picture on milk cartons in hopes of getting a town hall with them. >> let's get more from abc's janai norman on heated discusses and some of the responses we're seeing. >> reporter: constituents reminding their lawmakers who's boss.

>> you work for us. you work for us. >> reporter: across the country, town hall turmoil for republican leaders on congressional recess. they headed back to their districts only to be greeted by anger and frustration. >> when you continue to ignore us as constituents, why would we possibly pay you any attention when this six-year temp job is over? [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: while some lawmakers are missing and others replaced by empty chairs some are braving the packed crowds. >> i give the man credit for showing up for this. i'm more concerned about him just blindly following this administration. >> reporter: republicans questioned the legitimacy of some of those attending. > some people are clearly upset but there is a bit of professional protester manufactured base in there. >> reporter: but democrats say their constituents concerned about real issues like health care and immigration now demanding answers. >> the veterans are not getting what they need.

if you could answer any of that, i'll sit down and shut up like elizabeth warren. >> reporter: in kentucky, mitch mcconnell saying he's proud of protesters adding trump took nearly 70% of the vote there. >> they always remind people winners make policy and losers go home. >> some republicans are refusing to face those crowds by not holding town halls and democrats are taking heat from constituents too who want to see them push back against republicans and the administration. janai norman, abc news, new york. the secretary of state and homeland security chief are in mexico hoping to ease tensions there. rex tillerson and john kelley are expected to discuss president trump's stances on trade, the border wall and undocumented immigrants. the immigration's new guidelines incan you a plan to send undocumented people to mexico even if they are not mexicans. the trip started yesterday with mexico's foreign minister saying his country will not accept what he called unilateral decisions imposed by one government on another.

the white house says we'll have to wait for next week for the rollout of a revised executive order pertaining to immigrants traveling to this country focusing on the seven same majority muslim countries as the original. the delay to be making sure that the implementation goes smoothly. mike pence is the latest to denounce hate after dozens of bomb threats were phoned into jewish centers and a cemetery was vandalized. he made a surprise visit to that cemetery to help in the clean-up and send a message condemning anti-semitism in america. >> there's no place in america for hatred. or acts of prejudice or violence or anti-semitism. >> pence raked up debris at the cemetery where dozens of head stones had been knocked over. a muslim group raised tens of thousands of dollars for that clean-up. the cemetery has also received offers of help from other cemeteries, headstone companies as well as girl scouts. most of the people camping

out protesting the dakota access pipeline have now left after setting fire to their makeshift wooden housing. ten people were arrested outside the camp for interfering with the government operation as many as 50 are still inside despite the order to leave. officials tell abc news anyone who leaves voluntarily overnight will not face charges. a stunning development in the murder investigation of two teenage girls in indiana. police have released an audio clip of the alleged suspect's voice recorded by one of the victims on her cell phone. the girls never returned home from that hiking trip. abc's alex perez with the details. >> reporter: new chilling evidence indiana investigators believe could help them solve the murders of abby williams and libby german. >> down the hill. down the hill. >> reporter: that voice, police say, is the killer, demanding the girls move down a hill. authorities are playing the short clip on a loop. listen again. >> down the hill. down the hill. down the hill. down the hill. >> we think that there's enough

there that somebody would recognize that voice, and we want that person to call us. >> reporter: the girls vanishing during a hike last week. their bodies discovered the next day, near this nature trail in delphi. investigators revealing that voice along with the image of their suspect were captured on libby's phone. it's unclear if the voice came from that suspect or another man. the 14-year-old pressing record before she was killed. >> she's a hero because she had the presence of mind. she didn't feel comfortable about something, and she turned on her video camera. >> reporter: earlier, libby snapchatting this picture of her friend, abby, on a railroad bridge near the trail. authorities now hoping libby's valiant effort to record her alleged killer -- >> down the hill. down the hill. >> reporter: will lead to a tip and an arrest. >> you see, even with technology, we need human intelligence. in other words, we need you. >> and there are now flowers, a makeshift memorial here at the bridge. investigators say they are analyzing more video and evidence from libby's phone. alex perez, abc news, delphi, indiana.

a new study finds that your health may depend on whether you're a morning person or a night person. researchers in finland found compared to morning people, night owls consume more fat and sugar in the evening and their energy intake is lower in the morning. past studies have shown that eating more, eating later, and eating at irregular times can lead to weight gain and decreased tolerance for glucose which can mean greater health risks. we are doomed. >> we are all doomed. >> only because night owls are forced to live on a morning person's schedule. >> oh, so if it just switched it around. >> separate jobs for night owls don't want to the work at like 10:00. >> it doesn't matter what category we are. >> sorry, everybody. we'll take you to an event in japan where we're sure that no one is up all night pulling out their hair over the outcome. >> because yesterday was the 29th annual baldness competition. a special tribute to kendis, of course. >> oh, my god. >> the highlight of the event,

suction cup tug of war. >> oh. >> two bald heads and suction pads. >> oh. oh, come on, come on. >> going to win. >> come on, jack. yes. okay. then it was the bald men guessing game. guys would stick their domes through a hole in a wall. and people had to guess who it was. >> oh, my god. >> more than 30 men. >> this is the best thing. >> took part. >> i thought the bald head tug of war was the best thing i've ever seen. but that takes the cake. >> guessing game. >> let's see how we do. >> oh, wow. no. >> do you think that you would be able to identify. >> is this taye diggs? he's kendis gibson. >> i think i could identify your dome in a lineup. >> really? >> why a lineup?

why can't it be me hanging out. >> it's the easiest way to sum it up if you were next to other bald heads that looked like yours. >> all right. >> what do you think, folks? >> i think we should explore this a little bit further. >> looks like byron's dome. this is a pretty good look. shall we move on? >> yes. >> yes, we shall. coming up, anger spilling out into the streets. protests over an altercation involving a group of teenagers and an off-duty lapd officer who fired his weapon. what we're hearing this morning about the arrests and the investigation. and jimmy kimmel bares his soul about the pressure that he's facing as he prepares to host the oscars for the first time ever. and do remember to check out our behind the scenes pics on instagram, abcwnn. you're watching abc "world news now." abcwnn. you're watching abc "world news now." i was wondering if an electric toothbrush really cleans... ...better than a manual, and my hygienist says it does. but...

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hundreds of people have been gathering overnight in anaheim, california, protesting an altercation between a group of teenagers and an off-duty lapd officer who fired off his weapon. >> no one was hurt but the officer has been placed on administrative leave as we get our first look at newly released video showing what led up to that moment. here's abc's kayna whitworth. >> reporter: the tape begins with a neighborhood argument in progress. that man in the plaid shirt, an off-duty lapd officer in a confrontation with that teenage boy. their arms locked, a crowd

gathering. anaheim, california, right after school tuesday as that off-duty officer begins to pull the boy, you can hear these words. >> [ bleep ]. >> reporter: and then this. >> i'm 13! >> reporter: they come to a stop at the hedge. there is now a second boy involved, and then in an instant, a third boy charging from the left, knocking the officer over. he grabs for one of the boys trying to pull him through the hedge. at that moment, you see the officer reach with his left hand into his pants, pulling out a gun. seconds later, this. a shot heard. everyone scatters. two minutes later, police arrive on the scene and begin to question the man and the teen. anaheim police telling abc news no one was injured and there have been ongoing issues with the kids walking across the officer's property. two of the teens were arrested. kayna whitworth, abc news, los angeles. coming up in our next half hour, the major discovery by nasa, the first known solar

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i think we need to stop and take a moment to appreciate how far we've come. in fact, if you are a person of color in our audience, especially if you're a nominee, please find a white person right now. go ahead, it shouldn't be hard. i see a bunch of them right here. just take a moment to reach out and say thanks for your bravery. >> so that was jimmy kimmel last year hosting the emmys. >> and this year, the stakes are even higher as he prepares to host the oscars for the first time. so how is he handling it you might wonder. >> no pressure. >> abc's t.j. holmes has the exclusive. >> reporter: after 14 years at "jimmy kimmel live," jimmy kimmel is preparing for the hosting gig of his life, the oscars. a regular on the award show circuit, he's already done the espys, amas five times, emmys twice including last year's ceremony, to rave reviews. >> the only thing we value more

congratulating can ourselves on how much we value diversity. >> reporter: are you studying past oscar hosts? >> yes, i've watched all of them. >> reporter: who really nailed it in the past. >> i think ellen did a phenomenal job. >> somalia, he is a sommelier so he knows a lot about wine. and that is impressive. >> billy crystal is like the gold standard. i have to say, everyone did at least a good job. some of them did great jobs. and that actually makes it worse for me because what i would have loved is if the last 14 hosts in a row had bombed miserably. that's my dream. get in a time machine, go back, ruin the oscars for all those hosts. >> reporter: you revealed you're being paid what for the oscars? >> $15,000. i made $20,000 for the whole first year of doing a radio show every morning. so from that standpoint it seems like a lot of money. between the tuxedo and the dress for my daughter and tuxedo for my son and my parents and the

limos and all that stuff, there's no doubt i lose money on this deal. we don't do this for the money. we do this for the love of giving awards to strangers. we do this because we love to present bobbles to millionaires. >> he's relying on his same team of late night writers including his wife molly who is cohead writer on his show. >> she will be backstage working with me. >> reporter: you don't want to relax. >> no, i need her to help me write jokes. >> reporter: what can we expect to see oscar night. >> you have to assume going in no one knows who you are. the home audience has no idea who showed up to host the oscars. you don't want to do your show. >> reporter: we have to expect to see something from your show in this show. >> there will be some things that i think everyone will understand. >> reporter: mean tweets? >> that's possible. it's possible there could be some mean tweets on the show. >> tom hanks is a whiner.

>> her gigantic mouth, it will devour an elephant in one bite. >> reporter: are we going to see matt damon. >> and unfortunately we will see matt damon yeah. >> reporter: damon is his long time semi serious rival and producer on "manchester by the sea." >> my arch enemy. if the joker and the batman were face-to-face, there would be some kind of standoff. >> reporter: are you legitimately rooting against him. >> course. >> reporter: you want his film to lose. >> i don't want the film to lose, i want him to lose. >> reporter: but it's his film. >> however you want to look at it, i would like him to go home with nothing. >> reporter: and kimmel is putting the biggest stars on notice. >> after the oscars, i'm going to go home and watch the broadcast and i'm going to see who was clapping and who was laughing and more importantly, who was not. and i vow to destroy those people for the rest of my days. i will not relent till they are out of show business. >> so the thing is, he keeps talking about how nervous he is. he can do no wrong.

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before getting off and escaping before animal control could try to catch it. >> smart raccoon. >> it is. such a cute image, wouldn't you say. >> i like the company. we were trying to save it but it ran away. save it. did they have one of those signs how is my driving? >> that's. >> the raccoon is doing well. we're not sure about the driver. not quite a fail on that part, but mind travel has put together a pretty hilarious compilation of just humans failing at various tasks. it's -- here's a woman looking at the wrong end of a camera. maybe she's just taking a really close-up selfie. >> is that a kodachrome? that's not one of those modern camera things, is it. >> no, it does not look like that at all. here's another woman in the rain. maybe into the realizing she's using the wrong side of the

umbrella. >> wow. >> i wonder if it flipped upside down and she thought i would work with this. i'm make some lemonade. >> here's a man sitting at a desk on a box. you notice what it's a box for? for a desk chair. >> i would totally do that because it takes so much work. >> too lazy to take the chair out of the box. good thing you got the chair. here's a woman with a dog in a child harness and her child we're guessing on a leash. >> the dog looks pretty happy and finally a man driving a quad with another man sitting on front who is then using a lawn mower. this might be an example of human genius. >> what is wrong with that? so the folks at the columbia zoo issued cute video of the day. the columbus zoo. these -- >> ah. >> cubs. they're 3 months old. >> i want one. >> so the sex of the babies still unknown. will be confirmed in a few weeks.

this morning on "world news now," going up in flames. defiant protesters at the site this morning on "world news now," going up in flames. defiant protesters at the site of the dakota access pipeline burned down their camps as they're forced out, turning what was once a rallying cry for activists into ashes. we'll have the full story ahead. millions of americans enjoying unseasonable warmth may be feeling the brunt of a winter storm. hope you didn't put those winter coats away. you're going to need them. in california, some regions there are reeling from the effects of tons of rain and snow. accuweather has an update straight ahead. and nasa has a major discovery. >> a new solar system right in our own backyard, so to speak includes seven earth-like planets. why are astronomers considering this a major step in ultimately finding e.t.

>> and the acts that rocked the house and brought down at least one house at last night's brit awards. the live debut of the chain smokers and coldplay together along with the touching duet with george michael. the complete story ahead in "the skinny." it is thursday, february 23rd. >> from abc news, this is abc "world news now." >> big congratulations. >> to our new friend, a mystery person/relative who just won the powerful jacket, $435 million. check your tickets, people. 10, 13 i 28, 52, 61, and the powerball number is -- >> 2. >> get to it. any day now, come on, geez. >> way too long. >> $435 million on the liner.

>> if that is you. >> there it is. >> feel free to call us. kendis and i are here for you. >> we will support you. >> have a short list. i will support you. we would like you to support us. >> us. >> moving on now, we're going to start things off with the crackdown happening right now at the dakota access pipeline. >> and some of the protesters who had been camping there for several months, as you know, they set fire to their wooden shacks as they left. ordered by the government to get out overnight. >> 25 to 50 remain inside the camp overnight. the army corps of engineers called for evacuation because of the threat of spring flooding. > we feel for life and safety reasons that, this is not a place where people in a na has no sewer no water, in a flood zone. >> a 7-year-old boy and

17-year-old girl were burned by the fires and taken to a hospital. officials say those still inside the camp will not be arrest fundamental they leave voluntarily overnight. >> police will be back there in the morning. abc's phillip mena is also there. >> reporter: police moving in, forcibly arresting the remaining pipeline protesters in north dakota. facing a 2:00 p.m. deadline to evacuate or face arrest, some protesters began ceremonially setting fire to parts of their camp, preferring to burn it rather than have it seized and destroyed. >> that's all done with the intent of getting this area cleaned up. this area here potentially could be facing a flood rather soon. >> reporter: this day was inevitable. after president trump signed executive actions last month moving the pipeline plan forward. undoing a previous order from president obama, blocking it. the protesters began gathering here last april, opposing the construction of the 1,200-mile dakota access pipeline that would run from north dakota to illinois. they say the pipeline would disturb sacred native-american

sites, and pollute rivers and water supplies. the pipeline company says it will be safer and cheaper than trucks or trains. the clashes between protesters and police have turned violent in the past. at its peak, the movement drew thousands. we saw many of the few hundred left packing up and moving out. >> i don't know what to do. i'm a mother. i'm not trying to get hurt, and i'm not trying to get arrested. and i'm not a criminal. >> once all the protesters are removed from the campsite, then the massive clean-up effort will get under way. the company building the pipeline says it could be operational in as little as two weeks. phillip mena, abc news, cannonball, north dakota. >> it doesn't look warm there in north dakota whatsoever. the teen who became the face of the transgender bathroom battle is speaking out about the change in federal guidelines on the issue. the white house ended protections that allowed transgender students use bathrooms and locker rooms based on gender identity. the issue is now left with individual states.

17-year-old griffin grim hopes it's just a temporary change. >> there will be setbacks. i mean, there's always going to be twists in the road. and the most important thing to remember is that thing are going to get better. they're going to improve. >> you may recall this young lady, jackie evancho, the teen opera singer who performed the national anthem last month at the inauguration. she says she is disappointed with the move. the 16-year-old has a transgender sister. and she asked the president by twitter here to meet with both her and her sister to discuss transgender rights. congressional lawmakers are visiting their home districts this week and many republicans are running into some angry constituents. they are swarming town hall meet armed with tough questions about immigration, affordable health care and other key trump administration policies when they get answers they don't like, they erupt with jeering and booing. president trump called them so-called angry crowds organized by liberal activists.

>> the president referred to so-called angry crowds at these town halls. is he suggesting this is manufactured anger, this not real anger and real concern? >> i think there's a hybrid. some people are clearly upset. there is a bit of professional protester manufactured base in there. just because they're loud doesn't necessarily mean there are many. >> some reaching out to constituents by phone instead of in person. others especially those up for reelection in swing states next year are choosing not to hold town hall meetings this week. now to the wild weather. we hope all the folks in the upper plains had a chance to enjoy the warm and sunny day yesterday because that region is in for a radical change today. temperatures plunging as much as 40 degrees and blizzard conditions moving in. as much as a foot of snow could fall and winds will be strong. >> just to paint the picture, this is a huge contrast to the scene yesterday on the fox river

in wisconsin. those boaters were more interested in catching some rays than catching some fish. that's how nice it was. >> it was beautiful. by the weekend, the warm weather in chicago will be only a memory. it was actually in the 70s in chicago yesterday. and the parks department front end loaders will be back to shoveling snow, not sand. >> i just don't like the snow. the cold weather hurts me. >> ah. >> interesting occupation for somebody -- who hates the snow. this is the same storm system taking aim at the upper plains and the same one that slammed northern california. >> and those of us in the east have another day or so of spring-like weather. accuweather's justin povick has the forecast. good morning. >> kendis and diane, just incredible warmth on the way later on this afternoon. all throughout the northeast but especially over the middle atlantic states where record high temperatures will be challenged. some areas will feel like it's

30 degrees above where it should be. it's going to make it feel like may even here in the southeast. records challenging today heading into forward friday afternoon. no records here. we're talking about heavy snow up to a foot in spots from the central plains into the upper midwest. blizzard conditions and big-time travel impacts and severe weather later on friday afternoon into friday night. there is the concern here for downpours, possible tornadoes and damaging winds. diane, kendis? >> and justin, some of your colleagues at accuweather are giving us some impressive video. whatever that storm brings, we doubt that it will match what's already on the ground near lake tahoe. >> they actually had to carve roads through as much as 12 feet of snow in the last seven weeks. the area has gotten more snow than it averages for the entire ski season. unbelievable. >> absolutely impressive. now to some college hoops. the syracuse men's basketball team is firmly on the bubble

with march madness closing in, of course, but a win over another big-time program could make things more comfortable. that's where the acc rival duke comes in. the blue devils and the orange were tied late in syracuse there. and then you see john gillon banking that shot at the buzzer the orange win 78-75. >> what a shot. well done. >> wow. >> and the crowd goes wild. >> apparently every time duke loses in a buzzer beater, an angel gets its wings. and long-time viewers of "world news now" know that we used to have a special way of saying good-bye to anchors who's move on. we would raise their image to the rafters. >> oh, i thought raise the roof. no, so we haven't had any known mishaps. and we definitely haven't done this. so the fort wayne comets -- of

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drenching. just joyful squealing. the humpback whale was swimming by several boaters before making that giant leap. >> i think we're going to need a bigger boat. >> and then some. nasa revealed the discovery that it is calling a huge step in the search for e.t. >> reporting the discovery of a solar system containing seven rocky earth-sized planets orbiting a star. >> several of those planets are located in what's called the habitable zone where our earth resides in relation to our own sun. that could allow for the existence of water and life. >> the discovery gives us a hint that finding a second earth is not just a matter of if but when. >> so this solar system is just 39 light years away from earth. in cosmic terms, that means we're practically bumping right up against what are they here already? what is going on -- whoa. whoa.

>> see, i see venus. >> no, i think those are the new planets. >> uranus. >> you definitely don't see that. >> those are the planets in. >> have they been named. >> in our solar system. these are new planets in the new solar system. >> okay. they're pretty cool. wouldn't you say? >> they're a lot closer than i expected. 39 light years, that's what that looks like? >> i like the big red one. >> 39 light years. >> is matt damon still up there. >> i wonder if we could grow potatoes. >> i do think this lighting is improvement on what we normally have, wouldn't you say? i can't see anything right now. when we come back, the big mistake at the brit awards. >> and why rihanna is headed to harvard. "the skinny" is next. t let joint keep you down. come play with us! i'm coming.

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♪ just thing i ♪ just something i could -- somebody i can kiss, i want something just like this ♪ >> that's the new single from coldplay and the chain smokers debuting doing a big night for music. >> the brit awards, britain's version of the grammys handed out last night in london. and this is a live debut of the song. ♪ i want something just like this ♪ >> it was one of the big moments complete with a light display. chris martin running all over the place, jumping into the crowd. a lot of confetti. the chain smokers stood there behind their keyboards. >> but there were some other moments, too. david bowie's son accepted awards on behalf of the late legend including album of the year and best male solo artists. >> it featured tributes to george michael which included a speech from michael's wham

partner and a duet between george michael and coldplay's chris martin. ♪ this fear of being used, i should go back to being lonely ♪ ♪ and confused >> very cool. >> interesting. i believe natalie cole did something similar with her dad at the grammys decades ago. >> "unforgettable." >> it was a great moment. i got to say, you listen and watch that tribute and you think, what adele could have done at the grammys. >> and katy perry by the way brought down the house literally while she performed her new single "change to the rhythm" and-set covered by dancers dressed actually as houses. i don't know if you noticed, one of them fell off the stage. >> oh, no. >> that dancer reportedly is okay. >> was it a foreclosure or what?

>> i don't know. was there a big bad wolf on the stage? puffed and blew the house down. >> was it left shark? >> it wasn't the same dancer. so rihanna is being celebrated for a very different kind of honor that has nothing to do with her music. >> the eight-time grammy winner named harvard university's humanitarian of the year. >> the reason? her funding of a state-of-the-art center for oncology and nuclear medicine to treat and diagnosis breast cancer in her home country of barbados. >> she joins former recipients james earl jones and arthur ashe. she will be accepting the award at a ceremony on campus next tuesday. a celebrity baby announcement. nick cannon welcomed his third child. he took to instagram to share an adorable photo to share a photo with his son named golden saigon cannon. he tweeted on instagram, weeping may endure for the night, but joy cometh in the morning. >> golden is his first child

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brady literally lost his. >> yes, and now he is taking matters into his own hands trying to track down the culprit. here's abc's byron pitts. >> reporter: there are so many unsolved mysteries keeping us up at night. where is big foot, what's with the bermuda triangle and who took tom brady's super bowl t-shirt. that piece of memorabilia estimated to be worth $500,000 disappeared from the locker room right after the game in the middle of the super bowl celebration. nearly three weeks later, the houston police still don't have a suspect. five-time league champions taking matters into his own hands posting this photo to the facebook identifying a list of possible suspects asking who did it? was it gollum with the help of julian edelman bonding over their love of rings? >> must have the precious. >> reporter: was it lady gaga? using her escape ropes to pull off the perfect illusion?

♪ it was a perfect illusion >> reporter: or was it michael never been caught scott, taking a break from the office? >> that's crazy talk. >> reporter: all kidding aside, brady needs to keep his conundrum in the public eye to get it solved or else. >> it shows up on ebay somewhere, someone let me know, try to track that down. >> well, if he's trying to keep it in the public eye, he succeeded. the suspect board has already racked up more than 200,000 likes on instagram. >> so who did it? so many people wondering right now. $500,000? that's right there, number 12, there it is. >> how many people have access to the locker room on super bowl sunday. >> that's the question. exactly. >> i would think the list would be narrower. >> how did the falcons get in there. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades. "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades.

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making news in america this morning, town halls across the country are getting more heated and in some cases more bizarre. residents are talking to empty chairs and even cardboard cutouts as they demand answers from lawmakers. plus, the overnight protests at the white house after the trump administration revokes guidelines for transgender bathrooms. protesters blocking streets and surround cars after on off-duty officer's confrontation with a group of teenagers. video of it and what the department is now saying. we have a winner for the powerball jackpot someone out there holding a ticket worth more than $400 million. while we don't know who they are, we do know where it was sold. close call for a group of boaters when a whale makes a big splash.