logan. >> no, no. what is this, bro? >> wow. >> look at this. >> like, how expensive is that? that's six figures. >> yo, stop. stop, stop, stop. jake, bro. >> heez are the modern day rock stars. >> it's a prank. >> and there it is. >> this should be a prank. >> yo. stop. jake, jake. >> god, it's beautiful. >> he breaks down crying. >> no! >> they even have a video with their mom talking about this. >> i'm waiting for the shoe to drop here. let me see the title. i want to see the paperwork. >> finally he realizes, no. this is really my car. my bro really did just buy me a lambo and he starts krieg like a baby. >> oh, my god. >> even if it is a prank, you have a key to a lamborghini in your hand right now. go now. >> don't cry. >> i'm not crying.

i'm sweating from any eyes. >> you've been onto it the whole time. >> is he for real? >> is when it is going to turn into the worst day of his life. >> april fool's man. >> it was nothing more than a big april fool's gaubecause apparently his birthday falls on april 1st. >> oh! >> you go back to the beginning, they show you how they pulled it off. but he still does kind of get a lam lambo. >> every year i forgot it's my birthday own april fool's day. >> thanks for joining us. we'll see you on the next brand new episode

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>> they'rer headed north on crocket. and dash cam video from a small town in northeast texas. police chased an 18-year-old who stole an ambulance. the guy was a patient in the emergency room. jumped into the ambulance. and took off. speeds getting up to 90 miles an hour and then this. >> get out of the vehicle! get on the ground! [ sirens blaring ] get on the ground! >> so the 18-year-old is charged with dwi, evading arrest and reckless driving. he is being held on a whole lot of money. $115,000 bond. looks like richard simmons is headed back into the spotlight. for decades known for the over

the top fitness videos and tv appearances. but lately, he has apparently been reclusive. there even been public concern about his well-being, a whole podcast revolves around that. well now he has signed a new deal with a company will handle his company, endorsements and launch a line of motivation products. no time line on when he may start promoting those products. >> welcome back, richard simmons. pepsi is trying to hide from the spotlight right now. after heat the backlash over the ad. >> the soft drink giant is apologizing for the ad critics say trivialized black lives matter protests. here's abc's david wright. >> reporter: pepsi's edgy web ad features a diverse crowd, led by reality star, kendall jenner. ♪ we have the moves disarming tension between police and protestors with the help of a beverage. the similarity with this iconic image offended activists who

accused pepsi of trivializing the black lives matter movement, the daughter of dr. martin luther king jr. shot dead in memphis 49 years ago this week tweeted, if only daddy would have known about the power of pepsi. pepsi apologized to dr. king's daughter. and pulled the spot. ♪ i'd look to buy the world >> coke famously keyed in on turmoil in the 1970s with its hilltop ad. madison avenue moment so successful, it served as a series finale for "mad men." ♪ like to buy the world a home >> but pepsi hasn't had don draper's touch. >> come on. which one is he? >> few years back the company pulled this mountain dew web ad featuring a rambunctious goat. in a police lineup with black men. pepsi does have regrets. the company notes a commitment to diversity. 42% of the company senior executives are people of color.

the company says its new ad was trying to project a global message of unity, peace and understanding. adding, clearly, we missed the mark. david wright, abc news, new york. >> i do wonder if the controversy would be there if it was somebody other than kendall jenner. if it was a, a black woman, actress, would there be the outcry. >> people do love to hate that entire family. so maybe, anyone other than, some one from the kardashian clan would have garnered less anger. pepsi apologizing. hopefully bounce back from this. >> let us not what you think. would it make a difference if it was someone else or more like a jenner thing. on website. wnnfans.com. when when we come back, we will speak about somebody else, britney spears. who its meddling in an election. kind of. there is also an epic prom-posal taking a page out of "lala land" have to see it. "the skinny" is next. it.

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♪ skinny ♪ so skinny ♪ skinny ♪ so skinny we could have started with britney spears remix to "the skinny" song. we are starting off "the skinny" with america's princess of pop. she is shaking up politics in israel. >> yeah, that israel. ♪ can't you see >> britney spears apparently set to perform in tel aviv july 3rd. same day as the country's labor party elections. >> well that conflict was enough to force the party to move elections to the next day. >> they apparently. >> july 4. >> they think it's toxic. party's primary concern was that one main polling locations is right across the street from where spears' concert will take place.

the concert is apparently already stretching security personnel thin. >> at least one israel publication suggest that there may be a few party voters want to watch britney do her thing. >> sleep in. >> maybe a good way to lure people to the polls. britney spears will be performing next to the location. >> come on in. don't think so. response from britney was like, oh, oops, i did it again. next, never too early to learn how to beat box. so bad, just going to move on. sorry. sorry. pretty sad. >> check out the 2-year-old son of alicia keys, and he is proving to all of us this morning, we are just not really all that talented. check out this post from his dad on instagram. >> hey.

hey. hey. hey. one, two. >> cutest thing ever. >> by the way, just december, you may recall that swiss beats, a proud dad, showed off musical talent of their other son, egypt. who wrote performed a song "super boy." >> stop, just stop, stop it. it is not fair. >> 2-year-old, 6-year-old. not only very, very cute kids. they're talented as well.

>> reporter: a mother's laughter, smile, knowing the gift her son has given. in fort worth texas, so many student wearing aaron singleton's, number 33. a profound lesson in giving. aaron grew up living sports, up at bat, playing for the joshua all-stars. later baseball and football in high school. too many medals too many award to count. >> track. baseball. >> reporter: it was last november aaron suffered a serious head injury during a game. he did not survive. his team, his community, heartbroken. >> i wish more than anything for him to be here with us. playing by our side. >> reporter: in the community a lesson about life and the gift from number 33. his mother made the difficult choice to donate his organs. and you are about to see the moment aaron's mother meets the three people who are alive today because of her son. 32-year-old dustin early receiving a kidney. >> you know, do just about anything i want to now. i am grateful for that. a mother, brenda flores receiving a kidney and liver. >> i am so glad to meet you. so grateful. >> me too. >> two mothers brought together.

>> mike norton from houston, receiving aaron's heart. >> i'm so sorry for your loss. but i am very appreciative of your gift. >> you are welcome. >> thank you. >> everything i do the rest of my life, aaron is taking me there. >> along with the hug, she hears her son's heart. a mother's strength. a son's gift. and three strangers grateful. david muir, abc news, new york. >> what a powerful image. listening to her own son's heartbeat. >> that's got to be really, really odd and thrilling for her at the same time. she says his legacy lives on. through all of the people. also, two people had their sight restored. >> right, three other donors in total weren't able to make it to that event. she did quite a beautiful thing there. >> don't miss updates on facebook.com at wnnfans.com. >> 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 top headlines we are following on "world news now." president trump hours away from his first face-to-face meeting with the chinese president at mar-a-lago. and north korea's nuclear ambitions could be high on the agenda. we have a full report coming up. history this morning on capitol hill. democrats poised to filibuster supreme court nominee, neil gorsuch. republicans plan to hit back. voting for a change in the rule to allow confirmation with a simple majority. we learned this morning a secret service agent suspended after being charged with soliciting a prostitute. the alleged incident took place

last week. the agent report lead part of vice president pence's detail. former vice president joe biden signed a deal to write two books. one looking at his decision not to run for president. his wife has a book deal. no release dates announced. one of our top stories on this thursday, april 6th. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning, we begin this half-hour with president trump sitting down with his chinese counterpart after months of criticizing china. >> the president is hosting china's president today at his sprawling mar-a-lago estate in florida. he is turning up the pressure on china to do something about north korea. we get more now from abc's kenneth moton. >> reporter: president trump facing a policy test, hours away from south florida summit with china's president. >> we have a big problem. we have some body that is not

doing the right thing. that is going to be my responsibility. >> reporter: the president standing with king abdul of jordan for a joint press conference in the rose garden all eyes on the next world leader, the chinese president. from mar-a-lago the president is expected to put pressure on north korea to essentially stop behaving badly. the latest, tuesday's missile launch into the sea of japan. white house officials reportedly say the north korean threat by kim jung-un. he tries to get attention. >> just have to say that the world is a mess. i inherited a mess. whether it is the middle east. whether it is north korea. >> reporter: trump blaming past administrations for north korea but pointing out he is the man in charge. and if china won't solve the problem in north korea, the u.s. will. but no details on how the president plans to do that.

kenneth moton, abc news, the white house. >> two leaders meeting for 25 hours there at mar-a-lago. in the meantime, the trump administration is blaming the suspected chemical attack in syria squarely on the syrian president, bashar al assad. >> president trump condemned the attack as an affront to humanity. he said his views on assad have changed. he didn't say how the u.s. might respond. >> after saying assad's fate was up to the syrian people, rex tillerson took a tougher stance. >> syrian regime responsible for the attack. need to think carefully about their continued support of the assad regime. >> u.s. ambassador held up photos of the victims of the attack. she delivered an emotional plea to the security council. haley said when the united nations fails to act collectively, there are times that are compelled to take our own action. we are getting word this

morning of a bit of a shake up at the white house. politico top aid steve bannon threatened to resign. a donor convinced him to stay. news as bannon was removed. tracking the developments out of the west wing. >> reporter: at the white house, a staff shakeup. president trump reversing his controversial decision to put his chief strategist, steve bannon, on the national security council. bannon's presence drew harsh criticism, a lightning rod, his right wing views on nationalism and islam no secret. >> it's pretty dark here in europe but there is something much darker and that is islam. >> reporter: the president added bannon to the principals committee, he excluded key military officials and was accused of favoring politics over national security experience. restructuring largely do to the growing influence of general h.r. make master who took on the job after michael flynn was fired after 24 days.

the military and intelligence leaders initially excluded, now restored to their permanent seats on the council. vice president mike pence saying "this is just a natural evolution to ensure the national security council is organized in a way that best serves the president in resolving and making difficult decisions." white house officials say mcmaster and bannon share the same philosophy and vision. no longer a need for bannon on the council. they say bannon has not been demoted. as news was breaking the president in the oval office with "the new york times." talking about what he called, one of the big stories of our time. it involves president obama's national security adviser susan rice and her acknowledgement she asked to know the identities of americans picked up by surveillance, a process known as unmasking. sources telling abc news in some cases they were the names of trump campaign and transition officials. caught up in surveillance as intelligence community investigated russia's election meddling. rice denied leaking any names. >> i leaked nothing to nobody. and never have and never would.

>> rice says she simply needed to know the names in order to understand the significance of the intelligence reports she was reading. >> we can't be passive consumers of this information. and not, do our jobs effectively to protect the american people. >> reporter: but asked by "the new york times" if rice committed a crime, president trump said, do i think? yes, i think. and a spokesperson for rice tells us, quote i am not going to dignify the president's ludicrous charge with a comment. members of the house and senate intelligence committees now tell us they have question for rice and would look her to testify before their panels. cecelia vega, abc news, white house. restless night in the southeast where residents are dealing with the threat of tornadoes and other severe storms. >> yeah, one system on the coast as you can see there from north carolina to northern florida.

the other moving up into west virginia, and western pennsylvania. now that storm system brought a lot of damage to the atlanta area. roads flooded. trees down. a lot of property damage. there was also hail. some of the pieces as large as golf balls. and, baseballs. even. two dozen homes were damaged or destroyed in southeastern alabama. two tornados there. >> the storm systems are now taking aim at the northeast and should be here just in time for the morning commute. how convenient. >> yes. winning. here is justin povick with the details. >> good morning to you. heavy soaking rains on the way for the bulk of the northeast. venture into the evening hours. morning time frame. back to the west. severe weather. south, d.c. to the south. norfolk. and look at this. rain into snow out toward detroit. also, tracking a powerful system out west. this one is also going to

deliver some heavy rain to reno. high mountain snow over the sierra crest. kendis, diane. >> thank you. busy street in midtown manhattan was shut down at the height of new york's evening rush hour by this. an underground fire near the city's main bus terminal. started with a loud bang. then a cloud of smoke. about two dozen residents of a shelter nearby were evacuated. another tech giant is getting into the private space travel race. amazon chief, jeff bezos says he is selling about $1 billion in company stock a year to finance his blue origin rocket company. at a space imposium he showed off a capsule with room for six people. bezos wouldn't talk date. but said next year might be the start of tourist trips. you know those my student, my son made the honor roll sticker? my daughter made the honor roll sticker. >> humble brag.

parents humble bragging to shame. they win. >> take a look at nigel, zach, aaron, and neck. wade brothers. liberty township quadruplets all accepted to harvard, yale and other acceptances among fab four include cornell, duke, georgetown, and stanford. >> so they are what we call underachievers. mom and dad say financial aid offers will help play a big role on where the brothers decide. >> wonder if they all go at the same place? >> could you imagine paying for four kids to go to college at the same time. >> why they were smart enough to be really smart kids and get scholarships. >> mom and dad, we will not afford to send you to college if you don't study hard. there are four. >> mom talking to her kids while embryos. >> listen up. >> listen up. >> huge congratulations to them. what an accomplishment. talk about proud parents. a new jersey teen is making

some news because of his application to stanford. ziad ahmed answered the question what matters to you and why. keeping it simple. he wrote #blacklivesmatter, 100 times to meet the word requirement. >> guess what? he was accepted. ahmed didn't think stanford would say yes. he is happy the school viewed his activism as positive. the 18-year-old bangladeshi çó american and muslim says that -- to be muslim is to be #blacklivesmatter ally. >> very creative writing. wish i had thought. you know how much time i spent on college essays. should have found a catch phrase. cut paste. cut paste. >> gave my school a pepsi. hope that would be the key. awe thought one works. didn't work. >> will you got in. >> oswego. thank you. coming up, barry manilow is breaking news. finally ready to take day chance on his fans. >> ooh, legendary grammy award winning superstar is opening up

about an aspect of his private life he has been keeping a secret for 50 years. >> did he tell us who lola was? >> she was a show girl. >> that's right. later, we have been taking the pizza wars to a whole new level. our viewers weighed in on it. >> ooh. >> love the slow-mo. >> didn't want to relive this. >> still paying for it. oh, my god. really? the slow-mo. you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by -- life alert.

the toronto blue jays, nicknamed superman. for anyone needing another reason why, there you go. he runs face first right into the wall to rob baltimore's manny machato which would have been a run, if not a home run. and gave up his body in a losing cause. the orioles won a game. >> if he were superman that wall would have been penetrated. he could have flown. >> fine. fine. and the masters gets under way today, but the world's best golfer may not be able to play. dustin johnson injured himself. may not be okay enough for the 2:00 p.m. tee time. that's scheduled for today. his agent said in a statement he took a serious fall on the stairs in the rental home in augusta yesterday. he landed very hard on his back. had been on a roll, having won the last three tournaments.

many thought he was it for the tournament. design and contracting companies across america are waiting to find out if they have been chosen to build the president's proposed border wall. >> this comes as a drop in immigrant trying to cross the border illegally. here is marcie gonzalez. >> reporter: a sharp decline of people taken into custody crossing the border illegally. 33,000 last year. to 12,000 march of this year. a 63% drop. yet plans for president donald trump's signature campaign promise of building a border wall are still moving forward. >> physical barriers do work if they're put in the right places. >> reporter: homeland security secretary john kelly testifying on capitol hill that it likely won't be a true wall across the full border, but rather a combination of wall, fencing and surveillance. still unclear how it will be paid for, proposals from companies hoping to get the coveted contract to construct

the border barrier are now all in. all keeping with the administration's guidelines it be at least 30 feet tall, impossible to climb over, or dig under for at least six feet, also, that the side facing the u.s. be in the administration's word, aesthetically pleasing in color. but from there, each company -- >> the side here. >> brings its own variations. >> this is high end stuff. >> reporter: one designing a wall made of solar panels. carpet from land fills fused with concrete which will cut material costs in half. >> we think will be a benefit in building border wall. >> reporter: those companies hoping to get the green light for the controversial project while bracing for backlash. >> i would hope they understand that we are builders. and that's what we do. we're not politicians. >> reporter: next step from here, several companies invited to build prototypes in san diego. from those the final design will be chosen.

marci gonzalez, abc news, los angeles. coming up, what you may have never known about barry manilow. >> what the legend is revealing about his private life.

the man who wrote the songs for decade, of course that made the whole world sing. both on radio and tv. he is now on the latest cover of "people" magazine. >> barry manilow has opened up about an aspect of his life he has been trying to keep private nearly 50 years until now. here's abc's chris connelly. ♪ at the copa copacabana >> reporter: for nearly 50 years as a hit maker and entertainer with flare. barry manilow delighted devoted

listeners. ♪ i can't smile without you >> reporter: giving them a steady stream of easy on the ear love songs since his 1974 ballad "mandy." ♪ you came and you gave without taking but i sent you away oh mandy ♪ >> reporter: now 73 and he says off the road for keeps after a 2016 tour, barry manilow has news to share revealing in "people" that he is gay and in 2014 he married his long-time love and manager, gary keiff. >> barry told us looking at his husband saying i love you in front of their close family and friend was much more meaningful moment than he anticipated. ♪ i'm ready to take a chance again ♪ >> reporter: rising to stardom in an era when revelations were thought to be career threatening, he chose not to share his sexual orientation

with his fans earlier because he says, i thought i would be disappointing them if they knew i was gay. >> barry remained mum on his sexuality for years and something he never talked about. >> reporter: in a career that began with writing well-known ad jingles. ♪ there is nothing so clean as my burger machine ♪ >> do the jingle. >> like a good neighbor state farm is there. >> reporter: served as music director for bette midler in 1971. ♪ going to the chapel and we're going to get married ♪ >> reporter: on to the main stream sing-along melodies so many have savored. ♪ i write the songs that make the whole world sing ♪ >> reporter: those who love manilow and his music have never been disappointed. ♪ looks like we made it >> chris connelly, abc news, los angeles. >> i found out something way more surprising about barry manilow.

he did not write the song "i write the songs." >> what? >> bruce johnston from the beach boys. >> first i learn he is gay, shocking enough. now that.

time for our "inbox segment" where we stop telling our stories to tell your stories. >> in essence you telling us about ourselves. flooded our inbox is the pizza-palooza took place. this dream sequence. >> jeez. >> it wasn't real life. there has been controversy about all these, pizza what is wrong with some of the pizza. put an end to it. >> outdoing themselves with gross pizza. hoping to come up with the grossest concoction. you had strong reactions. classic kendis won't eat a gourmet meal on television but eats his own self-created monstrosity. >> i made it.

>> how do you feel about your culinary art called monstrosity? >> it was a thing of beauty. as steven of philadelphia was saying. you will eat the bottom of a garbage can? >> yes, you're right. i love pizza, but this -- you didn't taste the peanut butter on top. it was a wonderful thing. >> you did put peanut butter on it and diet coke. the sauce. yum. good friend, colleague, gio benitez, he is handsome. equally perplexed. garnering four lolo. >> that's what you choose to eat on air? >> yes, gio. >> we had folks asking for proof that you did eat the pizza didn't just sort of take a bite off camera spit it out. what proof do you have? >> i was sick all day long. and if there is any proof on instagram, had to run immediately afterward. if you can see, look at the slow-mo.

then it was also -- wow, that is, wow, the slow-mo, oh, my god. >> you know what you look like you were really enjoying it. the first time you have eaten in a while? >> it was awful. awful. >> this. >> i can actually act as your witness in this one. he did legitimately eat the pizza. >> hadn't eaten in decade. >> i know. that was for real. no spitting it out. >> "world news now" survivor. next, diane's new life as a bear. >> yeah. we made a little bet. with our ncaa brackets. you probably guessed. if you saw my bracket, i lost. and this ended up being the payoff. >> on twitter, announced that we are going to replace them for ted three. >> got a new gig out of the deal. >> buddies for life. >> rich made a funny observation. noticing the staff behind us. he says the funny part. people behind us had zero

reaction to this whole thing.

this morning on "world news now" -- tornados and severe weather battering a good part of the country. >> residents dealing with golf ball sized hail, high wind, several damaging tornados and there are more thunderstorms and flash floods on the way for today. we'll show you where. and the horrific war crime in syria that may have finally pushed the world to respond. president trump's reaction suggesting that a broader response to atrocities could be on the way. but what would that mean? a good samaritan rescues a man who drove into the water. hear how the bystander responded to the driver who said he didn't want to be saved. then, the truth about digital dating. more than 30% of newly married couples say they met online. but despite that success, one of the industry's most popular sites gets an f from the better

business bureau. we'll find out why and how to protect yourself on this thursday, april 6th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." check your match.com. tinder profiles. make sure everything is in order. >> it isn't. >> can't keep track of how many dating websites there are. >> so many, bumble, tinder, match, what are the other ones? >> i wouldn't know. of course. >> that's true. as you flashed the bling. many out there. delve into that. important issue a lot of people are talking about. >> talk more about that. we start our top story off, this half hour with a new round of severe weather stretching all the way from florida to the great lakes. >> one system located right there on the carolina coast. as you can see, another extend from georgia up into west virginia and ohio. 60 million people in the danger zones today. expecting tornados, destructive

winds and large hail. one large tornado, half a dozen weaker ones reported. in southeastern alabama, about two dozen homes were damaged or destroyed. residents report seeing, several tornados there. >> large hail fell 200 miles to the north of that. between birmingham, atlanta. there was also heavy rain and flooding in eastern georgia. yesterday's practice round for the masters golf tournament, that was cut short because of bad weather. the course likely off to still be wet for today's first round. >> busy day at accuweather. here is justin povick. >> kendis, diane. thanks. tracking more dangerous thunderstorms as we go throughout the day. notice severe threat. d.c., philadelphia, richmond and norfolk. heavy soaking rains, points north and west. rain and the snow heading out toward detroit. we are tracking severe weather like i said down into the eastern portion of the country.

all the way down to eeastern north carolina. looking at again all modes of severe weather being possibility. diane, kendis. >> thanks. president trump has the world in suspense after emphatically denouncing the chemical attack in syria calling it an affront to humanity that cannot be tolerated. >> the president says his attitude changed toward syria and its president, bashir al-assad, not offering details on how the u.s. might respond. abc's jonathan carl at the white house. >> reporter: welcoming the king of jordan to the white house, the president firmly condemned the chemical weapons attack in syria. placing the blame squarely on the syrian government. >> terrible. >> reporter: later at a joint press conference in the rose garden, he suggested there should be retaliation. >> these heinous actions by the assad regime cannot be tolerated. >> reporter: in the past, again and again, donald trump said the u.s. should not get involved.

tweeting, syria is not our problem. when president obama proposed protecting civilians. and after assad's massive chemical weapons attack in 2013, he tweeted do not attack syria. fix usa. adding if you do, many bad things will happen. and from that fight, the u.s. gets nothing. but now the president says the horrific images have changed his his views on the assad regime. innocent civilians suffering from this week's attack. more than 80 dead. here a father clutches twin 9-month-old babies. both of them killed. at the white house, talk of a changed syria policy. >> i do change. and i am flexible. i am proud of that flexibility. i will tell you that attack on children yesterday had a big impact on me. big impact. and -- it is very, very possible and i will tell you, it is already happened, that my attitude towards syria and assad has changed very much.

>> reporter: trump blames president obama for the humanitarian crisis. but acknowledges it is now his challenge to solve. >> i now have responsibility and i will have that responsibility and carry it very proudly. i will tell you that. it is now my responsibility. >> quickly ask you if the chemical attack crosses a red line for you? >> it crossed a lot of lines for me. when you kill innocent children, innocent babies, babies, little babies, with a chemical gas that is so lethal people were shocked to hear what gas it was that crosses many, many lines. beyond a red line. many, many lines. >> reporter: he gave no indication of what he may do? >> one of the things you have noticed about me is militarily i don't like to say where i'm

going and what i am doing. i'm not saying i'm doing anything one way or the other. but i am certainly not going to be telling you. >> reporter: king abdullah made it clear the world is looking to president trump. >> i believe under your leadership, we will be able to unravel this very complicated situation. >> reporter: the president, while blaming his predecessor, is promising to take action. >> the world is a mess. i inherited a mess. we are going to fix it. we are going to fix it. >> reporter: the president himself chaired a meeting of the national security council here at the white house wednesday about the chemical weapons attack in syria, a sign that figuring out a way to respond to it is high on the agenda. jonathan carl, abc news, the white house. >> president trump taking aim at former national security adviser susan rice suggest she may have broken the law. rice acknowledged as part of her job she had asked for the identities of americans caught up in surveillance. and sources say it stemmed from investigations into russia's election meddling.

when asked if rice committed a crime, the president said yes, i think. but he offered no evidence. a spokeswoman for rice said "i'm not going to dignify the president's ludicrous charge with a comment." the president is heading to florida today to welcome chinese president xi jinping to his mar-a-lago estate for a two-day summit. expected to pressure the chinese president to rein in north korea over its nuclear program after warning earlier the u.s. could act alone. trade is also on the agenda. as a candidate trump repeatedly accused china of abusive trade practices. an international guard pilot got quite the scare when he was forced to ditch his jet in a d.c. suburb. f-16 on a training mission when the pilot bailed out. thankfully he was able to ditch the fuel tanks steer the jet away from houses before ejecting. the plane crashed in a wooded area about 200 yards away from homes. but, then residents also reported hearing gunshots.

the shots are suspected the ammunition the jet was carrying. the pilot made it out with minor injuries. and nobody else was hurt. this morning we're hearing from one of the heroes in an amazing rescue caught on camera in central florida. russell aaron in his car when he saw an suv plunge into a lake in winterhaven. aaron and another man jumped right in to save the driver and it's a good thing. the water was up to the man's chin when they reached him. and aaron says the man had given up. >> i said, man, what's going on. got to go. got to go. he looked at me calmly, and said please will you let me drowned. i said, no, not today, bubba. >> aaron and the man pulled the driver to shore. he is recovering in the hospital. but aaron says he doesn't think of himself as a hero. he says he hoped someone would be willing to do the same for him. >> we can hope that young man gets some help. >> yes, we hope aaron never needs anybody to do the same for him. >> yeah.

from a life saved to a man who appears to put a lot of lives in danger. >> elmwood gutshell, iii, was picked up for dui while wearing this. t-shirt said drunk lives matter. police near harrisburg say his blood alcohol was 0.217. >> in addition to dui, he faces a number of other charges including driving on a suspended license. no judgment on the t-shirt. >> wasn't incognito. >> no. >> there is that. coming up, navigating the pitfalls of online dating. >> if you haven't lived through it yourself. then you have at least heard the horror stories. there is also plenty of of eternal love to be found. may not want to pay for the help. we'll explain why. and grab your corkscrews and grab a bottle, everybody. our drinking habits have been justified. can it exercise your brain?

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check this out. talk about someone who needs anger management. a customer, at a convenient store. his card was denied. in southern california. that was his response. >> he went crazy. taking out his rage on the clerk. cash register as well. what did the cash register do to you? this wasn't some big ticket purchase either. listen. >> 75 cent bag of m&ms. his card was what got declined. he took it out on the person, just there working trying to make a living. >> yeah, now luckily, the clerk is just fine. the guy though will face assault and vandalism charges if he is caught.

he still has not been caught. but, the candy promises not to melt in your hand. don't say anything about meltdowns. >> reminds me of the snicker commercial. you're just not yourself. maybe he was a different person. >> surprised the clerk didn't try to sock him in the face for putting a bag of m&ms on a credit card. >> i would do it. from that meltdown to a different sort of meltdown playing out at the fox news channel. >> more than 50 advisers leave o'reilly factor. bill o'reilly is finding a powerful ally in the white house. linsey davis has more. >> you are about to enter the no spin zone. >> reporter: as embattled star of fox news faces a firestorm, over alleged sexual harassment, the president is coming to his defense. in an interview with "the new york times," president trump said i think he is a person i know well. he is a good person. fox news is facing growing calls to fire o'reilly.

nearly 50 companies have pulled their ad from his show, since it was reported the network and o'reilly paid five women almost $13 million in settlements over claims of sexual harassment or other inappropriate behavior. the president says personally i think he shouldn't have settled. you should have taken it all the way. i don't think bill did anything wrong. it's not the first time he defended a fox titan. last summer when former ceo roger ailes faced multiple allegations of sexual harassment, candidate trump defended his friend. >> they're saying these horrible things about him. it is very sad. he is a very good person. >> reporter: just a month before the election, it was trump under fire for that infamous access hollywood tape where he talked about groping women. >> when you are a star they let you do it. you can do anything. >> not going to play too much of it. it is crude guy talk. >> reporter: candidate trump gave o'reilly the first tv interview in the wake of the explosive tape. >> first of all, locker room

talk. most people have heard it before. >> reporter: he apologized for remarks, more than a dozen women came forward accusing him of inappropriate sexual advances and groping. allegations he has denied. as for o'reilly as he said in a statement over the weekend, his fame makes him a target. so he has to put to rest any controversies to spare his children. president trump's defense of o'reilly days after the president acknowledged april as sexual assault and awareness month. linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> all of that not impacting ratings at all. up week to week. 20% since the scandal came up. >> lot of people tuning in. >> just under 4 million people watching every night. in our next half hour, talk about the new business deal that might put richard simmons back in the public eye. >> wait, he is around? >> he is around. >> looking for love. why the honeymoon may soon be over for one particular outlet. the story is next.

all the wrong places. >> you know that great singer, buckwheat on "saturday night live," sang looking for love in all the wrong places. looking for love. apparently, buckwheat was ahead

of his time when it comes to online sites. >> that's right. the biggest of them all. match.com is coming under fire getting a failing grade by betterer business bureau. and looking into this. kendis would look to know all about this. >> please, give me, looking in all the wrong places. >> good morning, i have all the details. really surprising findings. match.com claims to have led more singles to marriage than any other site. but are they more interested in love or money? >> mom, i met someone. >> i met someone. >> match.com touts its love connections. >> three or four of my friends got married to people on match. >> reporter: according to better business bureau, the dating powerhouse is the second worst rated company of more than 5 million. >> i felt scammed. really felt scammed. >> reporter: shane has one of match.com's 1,700 unanswered customer complaints. >> there is a pattern. again it has to do with the auto billing.

>> reporter: when consumers sign up for the three-month offer they assume they're making a one-time payment. so in very fine print at the very bottom of the website. you would have to scroll through several pages, to get to where they note that they auto renew without any warning at all. shane says she felt deceived when her $88, 12 week subscription was automatically renewed. she called match to ask for a refund. >> i said, well, you know, i don't remember ever clicking a button to hit opt in. shouldn't i have the choice to opt in to auto renewal. they said that's not how we do things. that's it. >> reporter: match.com is one of 11 dating websites including tinder and okay cupid owned by the match group. many of them have f ratings. is match in the wrong in terms and conditions if they're protected there? >> tell you bbb code of advertising speaks to the point. if the company wants to be transparent, instead of having an opt out, they will have an opt in. >> reporter: a spokesperson tells abc news, we are working

closely with the better business bureau to address all past complaints and plan to be back in good standing soon. we encourage all customers to contact us directly via the help portals on our site with concerns. shane says she is looking love offline. >> try meeting people in the real world now. >> is it working? >> not yet. >> the better business bureau says other complaints against match and tinder include fake profiles, catfishing and difficulty canceling subscriptions. the key here, proceed with caution. >> yes. >> there are, the better business bureau gives some tips if you are looking on dating websites, basic things. protect your identity. don't use your name, birthday. as grueling as it, read terms, conditions, look at the refund policy. cancellation. check to see if criminal background checks are run. typically they're not. >> you have no idea who you are talking to. don't give money or take money. >> yeah, kendis.

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pattern, recognition, pleasure. minor sips. the stuff that we, you and i do at 5:00 a.m. >> minor sips. how many? >> true. >> minor sips to the bottle. >> i have pretty good sip. that could work. >> next time i do burpees for my workout. grab the wine. >> brain burpees. on to, there's a few memes going around. when mom is away, what will dad and the kids do. would mom approve? so on. one in alabama may have taken it to a whole new level. decided to play photo shop pranks. started like this. looks like his son has a piece of hair shaved off. said it wasn't my fault. he moved. then here its the son, hiding in shame. finally the dad decide. one may to wake his son feel

better. they both shave their head. yeah. >> and just as his wife is just totally freaking out. he finally reveals. just kidding. >> my god. >> such a great photo shop job. >> really good photo shop. thought they both lost it. son played in with the look. >> of course, not that there is anything wrong with that look at all. >> the bald look is cool. >> all the cool kids are doing it. >> that's what i was told. it hasn't grown back since. >> this wasn't a photo shop prank. >> photo shop fail. let's go down under. tasmania. not a devil, crazy guy there. record setting slack line walker. lucas, walked above that -- huge, valley there. >> on to a dog who may outsmarted us all. perfect way to eat popcorn. check it out. there he is. golden doodle. enjoying popcorn. >> looked like the puppy we had here, on, national puppy day.

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this morning on "world news now" -- democrats and republicans are on a collision course as the battle over president trump's supreme court nominee expected to go nuclear. we'll tell you what that means ahead of the big vote over a year in the making. as president trump responds to the crisis in syria, we're getting more and more horrible images that are too difficult to ignore. parents having to bury their children in unmarked graves. will this be the moment that something is finally done? new this half hour, how a group of high schoolers ousted their principal. >> students at the school newspaper were putting together a feature story on the incoming administrator, what they uncovered led to that principal's resignation. and, hear how britney spears

is shaking up world politics. america's princess of pop just did that is forcing a rare move by election officials. that's coming up in "the skinny" on this thursday, april 6th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." ♪ you're dangerous >> don't know what this was. not a britney spears move. that was -- >> it worked with the song. other moves that britney was exhibiting there in that airplane. >> can't do them on tv. >> not quite. not sure you can do them on an airplane aisle as well. >> true. >> true. we'll get to that and the explosive details. to the explosive showdown looming over president trump's pick for the supreme court. >> after weeks of bitter bipartisan fighting confirmation of judge neil gorsuch just one day away. democrats set to make history by blocking gorsuch with a filibuster. but republicans are ready to fire back. >> abc's correspondent has the latest from washington. arlette.

>> reporter: good morning, guys. democrats preparing to do something never been done before. successfully filibuster a supreme court nominee. but republicans are countering with a move of their own to get president trump's nominee on the supreme court. they're ready to go nuclear. supreme court nominees need 60 votes for confirmation. democrats are so oppose to judge neil gorsuch they summoned enough votes, 44 of them to block the nomination from going forward. that's where the so-called nuclear option comes into play. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says he has the votes to change senate procedure requiring a simple majority. 51 votes to confirm a nominee to the supreme court. that move could have far-reaching implications on the makeup of future supreme courts, leading to potentially more ideological nominees. even some republicans who support the change are warning of the repercussions. >> what we are poised to do at the end of this week will have

tremendous consequences and i fear that some day we will regret what we are about to do. in fact, i'm confident we will. >> now, the senate has gone nuclear before. back in 2013 when democrats were in control, they altered the rules to ease confirmation for lower court nominees. today's rule change paves the way for the senate to confirm judge gorsuch on friday. that vote expected to be largely along party lines. the whole process another sign of just how partisan the senate has become. diane, kendis. >> to quote mccain by the way, he says, whoever thought going nuclear was a good idea, is a stupid idiot in his words. only the way john mccain can say. he is going to vote for it in the end. >> straight shooter. president trump coming face to face with his chinese counterpart for the first time. >> the president hosting the president xi

mar-a-lago estate in south florida. they will dine with their wives. and will focus on north korea. trump presses china to rein in the north. and the two are expected to discuss trade another point of contention. the death toll from that suspected chemical attack in syria climbed to more than 85. >> we are now seeing some more heartbreaking images like this one. devastated father holding his 9-month-old twins. they were killed along with dozens of other men, women and children. >> as mourning continues, president trump condemned the attacks and change of heart about the syrian regime. we get more from abc's richard cantu. >> reporter: president trump says it is these horrific images that reversed his position on syrian president al assad. in the past trump said u.s. should keep out after assad's massive chemical attack in 2013. trump tweeted do not attack syria,er fix usa. >> that attack on children, yesterday had is big impact on me. my attitude towards syria and assad, has changed very much. >> reporter:er the president

from the rose garden suggesting action should be taken. >> these heinous actions by the assad regime cannot be tolerated. >> reporter: u.n. ambassador nikki haley going further during an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council holding up pictures of syrian children, affected by the suspected chemical attack. >> when the united nations consistently fails in its duty to act collectively there are times in the life of states, that we are compelled to take our own action. >> president trump though giving no indication what that action might be. >> militarily, i don't like to say where i'm going and what i'm doing. i'm not saying i'm doing anything one way or the other. but i am certainly not going to be telling you. >> reporter: assad and his russian backers claim the attack was the work of a terrorist group, like isis. but secretary of state rex tillerson pointed responsibility at assad calling out the russians too. >> the russians need to think about their continued support of

the assad regime. >> reporter: president trump claims he inherited a mess and says now it is my responsibility. richard cantu, abc, new york. a member of the secret service is suspended after being charged with soliciting. the arrest reportedly happened at a maryland hotel last week. cnn says police caught the agent who was off duty at the time after he left that hotel. now, once he was charged, he reportedly told the secret service about the incident. also breaking overnight. more severe weather in the south. moving up the eastern seaboard. there are two strong storm systems right now one extending north from georgia to western pennsylvania and ohio. the other sitting right on the coast, but also slicing across northern florida to the gulf. so much rain fell in columbia, south carolina, yesterday, that the downtown flooded. starbuck's customers, actually stranded inside the store. meanwhile, another day of cleaning up in goodman, missouri, where a tornado

destroyed the elementary school and damaged or destroyed many other buildings. a woman trapped underneath a 1,500 pound boulder is expected to survive. rescued by helicopter from a mountain in golden, colorado. took two hours for crews to get her free. she was in critical condition. unconscious. her legs had been crushed. however rescuers said her vital signs appeared to be good at the time. now crews don't know how she became pinned. but they think weather may have been a factor in that boulder initially falling there. weather is definitely a factor in the unusually large swarm of icebergs in the north atlantic shipping lanes right now. coast guard reports 400 have drifted in, forcing ships to slow down or take long detours. average for this time of year is 80. shout out to a group of young journalists at a high school newspaper in pittsburgh, kansas. >> yeah, students found discrepancies when researching the background of their new

principal. among them, she claimed graduate degrees from a school that doesn't really exist. it just issues diplomas. and the student newshound took their findings to the school board and a conference call with the new principal. >> their story was published last friday. four days later, that principal resigned. praise for the six student journalists pouring in from all over. going to add ours along with theirs. whoever teaches any journalism class in that school also deserves some props. they even got a shout out from members of spotlight, "boston globe." they got contacted by them. basically saying, great investigative journalism. >> find out how they did it or why, later on when they appear on "good morning america." i'm sure brian ross unit is interested in hiring them. coming up, the pepsi ad that kind of lost its fizz. the soft drink giant saying about the ad starring kendall jenner after one day of intense criticism on social media. why the opening scene from "lala land" is inspiration for a

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>> they'rer headed north on crocket. >> they're headed north on crocket. dash cam video from a small town in northeast texas. police chased an 18-year-old who stole an ambulance. the guy was a patient in the emergency room. jumped into the ambulance. and took off. speeds getting up to 90 miles an hour and then this. >> get out of the vehicle! get on the ground! [ sirens blaring ] get on the ground! >> so the 18-year-old is charged with dwi, evading arrest and reckless driving. he is being held on a whole lot of money. $115,000 bond. looks like richard simmons is headed back into the spotlight. for decades known for the over

the top fitness videos and tv appearances. but lately, he has apparently been reclusive. there even been public concern about his well-being, a whole podcast revolves around that. well now he has signed a new deal with a company will handle his company, endorsements and launch a line of motivation products. no time line on when he may start promoting those products. >> welcome back, richard simmons. pepsi is trying to hide from the spotlight right now. after heat the backlash over the ad. >> the soft drink giant is apologizing for the ad critics say trivialized black lives matter protests. here's abc's david wright. >> reporter: pepsi's edgy web ad features a diverse crowd, led by reality star, kendall jenner. ♪ we are the movement disarming tension between police and protestors with the help of a beverage. the similarity with this iconic

image offended activists who accused pepsi of trivializing the black lives matter movement, the daughter of dr. martin luther king jr. shot dead in memphis 49 years ago this week tweeted, if only daddy would have known about the power of pepsi. pepsi apologized to dr. king's daughter. and pulled the spot. ♪ i'd look to buy the world >> coke famously keyed in on turmoil in the 1970s with its hilltop ad. madison avenue moment so successful, it served as a series finale for "mad men." ♪ like to buy the world a home >> but pepsi hasn't had don draper's touch. >> come on. which one is he? >> few years back the company pulled this mountain dew web ad featuring a rambunctious goat. >> you better not snitch. >> in a police lineup with black men. pepsi does have regrets. the company notes a commitment to diversity. 42% of the company senior

executives are people of color. the company says its new ad was trying to project a global message of unity, peace and understanding. adding, clearly, we missed the mark. david wright, abc news, new york. >> i do wonder if the controversy would be there if it was somebody other than kendall jenner. if it was a black woman, actress, would there be an outcry? >> people do love to hate that entire family. so maybe, anyone other than, some one from the kardashian clan would have garnered less anger. pepsi apologizing. hopefully bounce back from this. >> let us know what you think. would it make a difference if it was someone else or more like a jenner thing. on website. wnnfans.com. britney spears who is meddling in an election, kind of. there is also an epic prom-posal taking a page out of

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♪ ski ♪ skinny ♪ so skinny we could have started with britney spears remix to "the skinny" song. we are starting off "the skinny" with america's princess of pop. she is shaking up politics in israel. >> yeah, that israel. ♪ can't you see >> britney spears apparently set to perform in tel aviv july 3rd. same day as the country's labor party elections. >> well that conflict was enough to force the party to move elections to the next day. >> theap >> july 4. >> they think it's toxic. party's primary concern was that

one main polling locations is right across the street from where spears' concert will take place. the concert is apparently already stretching security personnel thin. >> at least one israel publication suggest that there may be a few party voters that want to watch britney do her thing. >> sleep in. >> maybe a good way to lure people to the polls. britney spears will be performing next to the location. >> come on in. don't think so. response from britney was like, oh, oops, i did it again. next, never too early to learn how to beat box. so bad, just going to move on. sorry. sorry. pretty sad. >> check out the 2-year-old son of alicia keys and swiss beatz and he is proving to all of us this morning we are just not really all that talented. check out this post from his dad

on instagram. >> hey. hey. hey. hey. one, two. >> cutest thing ever. >> by the way, just december, you may recall that swizz beatz, a proud dad, showed off musical talent of their other son, egypt. who wrote performed a song "super boy." >> stop, just stop, stop it. it is not fair. >> 2-year-old, 6-year-old. not only very, very cute kids. they're talented as well. >> ready. >> there is egypt. >> i'll just leave it. >> i think he is his mama's kid. he has like a piano. >> everything. >> they're also just beautiful little boys. >> yeah, they are. congratulations to alicia.

congratulations to swizz beatz. congratulations to the boys. thank you for making us feel bad >> say it, not spray it. another amateur performer. >> we've seen epic promprosals. pulled out all the stops to ask emma stone to his high school prom. parody la land." ♪ if you came i think i'd lose it ♪ ♪ go insane ♪ i hope you want to come on down and i'll see your face ♪ ♪ and think how i got so lucky >> so far jacob hasn't heard back from emma stone. if she doesn't call by april 29th, he's got a backup date. >> i bet she feels great.

scottsdale, arizona, happens to be stone's hometown.

♪ this next story will truly test your emotional level. if you're not choked up by the end of it, i don't know what will work. >> a mother from texas just met three people given a chance at life thanks to her son's organ donation. >> reporter: a mother's laughter, smile, knowing the gift her son has given. in fort worth texas, so many students wearing aaron singleton's number 33. a profound lesson in giving. aaron grew up living sports, up at bat, playing for the joshua

all-stars. later baseball and football in high school. too many medals, too many awards to count. >> track. baseball. >> reporter: it was last november aaron suffered a serious head injury during a game. he did not survive. his team, his community, heartbroken. >> i wish more than anything for him to be here with us. playing by our side. >> reporter: in the community a lesson about life and the gift from number 33. his mother made the difficult choice to donate his organs. and you are about to see the moment aaron's mother meets the three people who are alive today because of her son. 32-year-old dustin early receiving a kidney. >> you know, do just about anything i want to now. i am grateful for that. >> reporter: a mother, brenda flores, receiving a kidney and liver. >> i am so glad to meet you. so grateful. >> me, too. >> reporter: two mothers brought together. and mike norton from houston receiving aaron's heart.

>> i'm so sorry for your loss. but i am very appreciative of your gift. >> you are welcome. >> thank you. >> everything i do the rest of my life, aaron is taking me there. >> reporter: along with that hug, she hears her son's heart. a mother's strength. a son's gift. and three strangers grateful. david muir, abc news, new york. >> what a powerful image. listening to her own son's heartbeat. >> that's got to be really, really odd and thrilling for her at the same time. she says his legacy lives on. through all of the people. also, two people had their sight restored. >> right, three other donors in total weren't able to make it to that event. she did quite a beautiful thing there. >> don't miss updates on facebook.com at wnnfans.com. >> this is abc's "world news now." informing insomniacs for two decades.

making news in america this morning, president trump is facing some serious foreign challenges. the world is watching for his broader response to the chemical attack in syria, and he's just hours away from a high stakes meeting with his chinese counterpart. we're live in washington. happening today, going nuclear in the senate. republicans ready to change the rules in order to get president trump's supreme court nominee on the bench. but even some republican lawmakers are warning against it. we're watching the severe weather rolling toward the northeast. the storms have already caused plenty of damage and more could be on the way. we have your forecast ahead. and the brainy brothers, quadruplets off to college, each of them with a tough choice to make, harvard or yale.