girls. she doesn't do crying princesses, she does strong fairies. >> she's essentially their fairy godmoth godmother. >> yes. >> the images are so gentle and loving. she calls her work fairyography because that's really what she creates. but she thought, how can i grow my business. >> grown men go you and i should get our picture taken with fairy wicks. >> you say that, because that is exactly what is happening with her new series called hairyography. she's taking these photographs of this very hairy dude, some hairyer than others, yes. nonetheless, still very, very unique photos. >> this woman is talented. like really, really talented. to take grown men and still make a beautiful image out of it.

>> in fact, she's not doing this just for fun, for giggles like you got. she's taking these images, putting them together in a calendar and selling them for $10 per calendar going to the prostrate cancer foundation. >> i think this is great. having a relative who battled prostrate cancer and survived, i love this idea that she's making guys get in touch with a little bit of their feminine side. >> it's all cool. you can tell everybody has a good sense of humor about it. some of these images crack you up. if you want the link to find one, get over to "right this minute" and find it on our mobile app. >> thanks for joining us. we'll see you on the next brand-new episode of "rtm."

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our breaking news, the u.s. military launching dozens of our breaking news, the u.s. military launching dozens of cruise missiles overnight at syrian airfield used for tuesday's chemical weapons attack. a syrian official says there were casualties as a result of the u.s. air strikes. >> moments ago official reaction from athe kremlin. the russian government calling the u.s. strike on syria, aggression against a sovereign state in violation of international law. according to the kremlin.

more news now, hillary clinton has now opened up in her first extensive interview since the election. at a women's conference she said she has no doubt russia contributed to her defeat and she underestimated the impact. clinton admitted her presidential campaign made mistakes, although she did not point the finger at anyone. she criticized the trump administration for hurting women, especially by cutting health care. clinton says her only plans now are to work for the rights and opportunities of women and girls, other than that, she will take it easy. >> i have no plans at all other than, you know, trying to find some interesting things to do, trying to support other people to pursue their interests, spend time with my grandchildren which is a great, great joy. so, you know, i just i'm not, i'm not making any plans to do anything. >> not pursuing any government offices at all from that statement. clinton added she now wants to

do interesting things as you heard there. i don't think i will be running for office again. all right. let's get to a stunning story from india. a girl found living in the wild with monkeys. first police are now scouring missing person cases to identify her. but a worker at a nature reserve says the girl seemed comfortable with the monkees. when he tried to rescue her, the apes screeched at him and so did the girl. >> sounds just like "jungle book" almost. eventually, police were able to take her to the hospital. so they had to call in a group of people. doctors say she acted like an animal, running on her arms and legs, eating food off the floor with her mouth. after treatment she has begun walking normally and is now eating with her hands. but imagine how long she has been there to develop the same characteristics as monkeys. >> yeah. >> that is, but the fact that she is a life is even more remarkable. >> incredible story some day. >> wow. for a movie.

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skinny ♪ ♪ skinny ♪ so skinny >> and "the skinny" this morning will start with the world look back on the career of a man known as mr. warmth, also merchant of venom. >> for more than half a century, don rickles built career as acid tongued equal opportunity offender. he did die at the age of 90. he appears to have left a lasting impression on today's generation of comedians. here's what they said overnight. >> i once took him to motza, the restaurant here, very nice restaurant. rented private room. had food. invited his friends. it was beautiful. it was very expensive, okay.

i paid for it. end of the meal, after the, at the end of this beautiful meal. he, he says to me, i'll never forget it. i can't believe you took me to a pizza place. >> i was at a party and don rickles was there. sitting at a table. he was alone. i said, i will always regret it if i don't say hello to don rickles. i went over, i said mr. rickles. my name its seth meyers. i'm on "saturday night live." >> i am so sorry to hear "saturday night live" was canceled. i was like, it wasn't canceled. he went, oh, a guy can dream. >> backstage at the emmys both up for best host of a variety show. and, the better one of us won. and i went over to congratulate him, when he was doing his photos backstage with his emmy. our show, colbert report had just won for writing. and he, he -- he hugged me. and told me i was good.

and i felt like a made man. because, we all should have his career and be who he was. >> you know what is interesting to me. i am so impressed that so many today's comedians are looking at this man, and saying this was a mentor of mine, someone i aspired to be like. just good to pay homage to your elders, predecessors. but also, though he had these very biting comedic remarks, you always knew there was love on the inside of them. >> absolutely. king of insults. but there was love beneath it all. >> what a guy. well, next, guess who is stealing the show at this year's masters? >> masters tournament getting turned. snoop dogg jetted in to augusta to play golf and par-tay. snoop did tee up at augusta country club, borders augusta national golf, home of masters, before playing a set at a nearby saloon. the expert in all things greenery, donned his own green

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♪ ♪ ♪ front and center in the news headlines this week, of course, is syria. >> aside from the horrifying images from overseas there was quite a bit of turmoil here at home. here now is our weekly "friday rewind." >> in many ways, we will be waiting for something like this to happen because russia is so engaged in syria and in a war against terrorism while backing out bashir al assad's government. >> gas attacks continue every day. and no one is doing anything to stop this gas attack. >> tonight i ordered a targeted, military strike on the airfield in syria from where the chemical

attack was launched. >> this is not -- anything political has been alleged. the allegation is, that somehow, obama administration officials utilized intelligence for political purposes. that's absolutely false. >> if being complicit is wanting to be a force for good and to make a positive impact, then i'm complicit. >> i cannot support this nomination. >> i will not, i cannot, support advancing this nomination. >> i will not support judge gorsuch's nomination. >> neil gorsuch will be confirmed this week. >> 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. >> it is disgusting. so disgusting. she was so scared. >> disgusts me that people would

look at those videos and not pick up the phone and dial 911. >> he got very hostile very quickly. he told me, flat out, forget any career advice i gave you. >> fox is now in the midst of chaos. in the midst of a crisis of credibility. >> told us that looking at his husband and saying, i love you in front of their close family and friends was much more meaningful moment than he had anticipated. >> it made them work hard in the offseason to be the best player they could be. to get become to this. amazing we got back. hard to get here, isn't it, to finish the game out look that. pretty special. >> yes it was. forgot there were wonderful moments this week. >> you did good -- >> let's end it on a happy note. you did good on your bracket, right? >> i didn't get paid. >> oh. >> pretty good bracket. >> he got bragging rights. likes those almost as much as money. >> no, no, no. money. we'll be right back. >> oh. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now" -- informing insomniacs for two decades.

good morning. good morning. i'm adrienne in forne in macedo. >> i'm kendis gibson. our top headlines this morning on "world news now" -- the breaking news. the u.s. firing missiles at syrian targets. just hours ago. it was president trump's response to syria's chemical attack against its own citizens. supreme court anominee neil gorsuch expected to be confirmed today. republicans changed the rules to break a democratic filibuster. and allow confirmation by a simple majority vote. gorsuch could be sworn in time to hear the final cases of the term. a day of high-stakes talks on tap at mar-a-lago for president trump and the chinese president.

with the focus on north korea and trade after meeting for the first time, president trump said they have developed a friendship. comedian known as mr. warmth, don rickles, dies at age of 9 o0. known for his insults of anyone and everyone, rickles was actually one of the most loved people in entertainment. those are some of our top stories on this friday, april 7th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning to you everybody. we'll begin with the u.s. attack on syria. 59 cruise missiles fired at the airfield used to launch tuesday's chemical weapons attack. >> russians are reacting calling it an aggression against a sovereign state in violation of international law. abc's lana zach is live in washington with the details in the strike on syria. lana, good morning. >> good morning, to you, kendis, adrienne. president trump ordered unilateral actions in the first test of his military leadership as president. and while some members of congress are decrying it, others are praising him. and the president himself said it needed to be done for

national security, and for humanity. an attack on syria, united states rapidly responding to the syrian government's suspected chemical weapons attack on their own people. president trump ordering the strike, a show of military might, against a government of syrian president bashir al assad. >> there can be no dispute that syria used banned chemical weapons, violated its obligations under the chemical weapons convention. >> reporter: firing 50 tomahawk missiles at an air force base in syria. u.s. officials say the same base where the plane carrying the chemical weapons took off. the strike happened after 8:40 p.m. eastern time. for now we are told this will be the only attack. >> tonight i call on all civilized nations to join us in seeking to end the slaughter an. >> reporter: previously president trump repeatedly argued against military action in syria but

says heartbreaking disturbing images changed his mind. many of them are hard to watch. the chemical weapons attack killed more than 100 people, many children. the syrian government accused of using sarin gas against their own people. it is something they deny. those images are so horrific, really what motivated many people to action on this. you know, russia is one of syria's closest allies. they are responding negatively to this action. they're calling for an emergency u.n. meeting. they say it could be seen as an act of aggression. however, do hear from u.s. sources russia was notified in advance. kendis, adrienne. >> believed many forces were in area. lana, before taking office, the president was vocal about not taking action in syria. sending out tweet i wrote down, the president saying, president referring to president obama at the time, must get congressional

approval before attacking syria, big mistake if he does. that tweet sent in 2013. now trump is president, he is receiving support from congress? >> some members of congress certainly, we did hear from other previous rivals like his, lindsey graham and john mccain saying this is the right action to be taking. even some, some, democrats are saying, that he is, he is acting boldly and -- and, showing the international community some leadership on this issue. but we are also hearing from, from republican senator, rand paul, his actions were incorrect. to not consult congress. and tim kaine, democratic senator, hillary clinton's vice president is calling the action unlawful. >> lana zach in washington. we thank you. an eyewitness says the u.s. attack lasted more than half an hour and it had houses near that syrian airfield shaking. >> earlier we asked abc news contributor, colonel steve

ganyard to weigh in. >> the united states struck a single airfield in syria last night. launching more than 50 tomahawk missiles from two u.s. navy destroyers in the eastern mediterranean. tomahawk missiles containing warhead, 1,000 pound. traveled at low altitude over the mediterranean sea, up over lebanon, up again north into the single airfield. this airfield was struck as a statement. clearly the trump administration wanted to tell assad "stop the chemical attacks against syrian civilians." in this case, this was the airfield from where the syrian air force launched chemical attacks against syrian civilians. so the idea here was to take this one airfield out, so that no other chemical attacks would occur. but the larger statement again, is, that, assad needs to stop chemical attacks against his people. back to you. >> all right, thank you so much. steve. there are a lot of questions still about the next moves by the u.s. and international community. abc's terry moran reports from london on what is next. >> the u.s. attack in syria raises a host of questions for that troubled country. most important of which is what

comes next. that depends on what president trump was trying to accomplish. was this just a punitive attack, a one off, a message to president bashir al assad in syria, don't do it again. don't use chemical weapons again. or is this part of a broader strategy to make it impossible for assad to use chemical weapons. to degrade his ability to do so. that means there will be on follow-on strikes or is it an effort to change the war itself. change the equation and weaken bashir al assad's grip on power. if that so that will bring in vladamir putin's russia which is a key ally of bashir al assad, and stands by him in the u.n. security council and elsewhere. from here, the next step is really what russia, the united states, and other powers involved in syria, decide should happen in the wake of this appalling chemical attack and u.s. retaliation. terry moran, abc news, london. thank you so much. and we, of course, are

watching this story from several vantage points. some for the president's actions. others critical of him. but we do want to mention that the question of retaliation has come up. it could come in several forms. there is concerns that the shiite militia there could attack u.s. forces there on the ground. it could be hezbollah, syria's military, vastly degraded after years of civil war. >> what a lot of americans forget, there are nearly 1,000 u.s. personnel that are on the ground there in syria. in the, in the town of raqqa, right now. so there is a possibility that there could be some sort of retaliation. and i'm any sure that's -- that sort of thinking went into this sort of attack. prior. >> yeah, this decision. we are going to be watching a lot of this. what strain it could put on our relationship with russia. which is already tense. and we'll stay on top of the global reaction. >> of course the very latest on "america this morning" and on "good morning america." well, forget the calendar.

winter isn't over for parts of the midwest and northeast. >> take a look at the weather radar. may have seen impact of the storms. >> whoa. >> yesterday, a storm system bringing snow overnight to michigan, ohio, and western new york. pennsylvania and west virginia, getting some too. another storm system has moved out to sea. but before it did, it brought high winds to the east. look at this tree down in a home in south carolina. killing a woman inside. striking seeing all that white over western new york there. and wind by the way, also tore off the roof of this industrial plant just outside of philadelphia during a thunderstorm. none of the workers inside injured. and the strong winds whipped up the waves at the southern end of lake michigan. putting beach front homes at risk as well. >> yeah. >> there was a tree that killed that one woman as well. look at the rest of forecast now shall we. >> yes. >> still breezy on the east coast.

finally dry and free of thunderstorms in the south. warming up in the midwest. but rainy for much of the west. >> yeah, i love how it is 79 in dallas. 75 in miami. not quite that warm here. cool today, only around 50 in the northeast. 61 in atlanta. minneapolis, and in kansas city. phoenix, our hot spot, i have a girlfriend there. 91 degrees, she spent her day at the pool. spring break extended. >> good to know. >> sunshine envy can you tell. >> in the new york area, there was a lot of rain as we mentioned. but this was a beautiful spot. our own gio benitez caught the photo in new jersey at the time. you can see it right there. >> beautiful. >> empire state building in the middle after all the rain went away. >> you know one of our crew mentioned that this was a double rainbow. that we saw here. >> many double rainbows all over the place. >> jumped out. >> yeah. >> pots of gold. spontaneously. emerging. >> went searching for the gold. coming up, more coverage of this morning's big story. >> martha raddatz will be here to weigh in on the u.s. military action.

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the anniversary marked across the nation. >> they did the same thing over the hudson river a week ago. amazing sight. twitter is suing the government after denying the request for records that could reveal who was behind an anti-donald trump account. twitter says the effort to unmask the account is a violation of the first amendment. the account describes its users as current and former employees of the u.s. citizenship and immigration services office. and it has been critical of the president's immigration policies. but twitter says the government cannot force them to disclose information unless it proves that a crime was committed. investigators have released new video of the suspect in the murder of a deputy in texas. video taken a day before the murder of clint greenwood who was ambushed and gunned down monday. investigators say the suspect was casing the scene, a man gets out of his vehicle, and walks out of frame. several seconds later he returns then leaves again. on thursday, greenwood was remembered by friends and family at funeral services. at least 3,000 people attended.

also, a california murder suspect is free after posting an unprecedented $35 million bail. she is accused of orchestrating the murder of her children's father. that bail was raised by family, friends and business associates with ties to china. tiffany li must turn over her passport, wear electronic monitor and remain under house arrest. she pled not guilty to charges she directed her boyfriend and another man to kill keith green. prosecutors say she feared losing custody of her children. $35 million bond. wow. there are some rules for interacting with wild animals. don't feed them. don't annoy them. >> kind of like you. now, in la jolla, california. couldn't help it. don't take selfies with seals. tourists were getting too close to the pups at a delicate time in their lives. right after birth. see that's crossing the line. the mother sees people near her

babies she could abandon them. >> oh, no. >> officials warn these are wild animals who may bite you. federal government put out the same warning last year in new england. always a cool little spot there in la jolla, san diego, seal beach. >> an amazing mexican restaurant. >> knew you were going with food. knew you were going with food. that's how, that's, when adrienne looks at the map. barbecue. you know, good hamhocks. >> hungry. >> more from the top story. u.s. air strike on syria. >> what we are finding out about dozens of u.s. missiles fired at syrian air base used to launch tuesday's chemical weapons attack.

returning to our breaking news, u.s. attacking syrian air base overnight. the airfield used by syrian jets to launch tuesday's chemical

weapons attack. >> it was a brief operation, but one that leads for enormous issues with the trump administration. dan harris talked about it with other abc news correspondents on "nightline." what did the u.s. military have off to take into account as their carried out at takes. >> one of the sensitive parts of the attack was to make sure no russians were targeted or hit. they also had to make sure that the russian anti-aircraft missile systems didn't launch and go after the cruise missiles that were coming off the u.s. ships. so that was very sensitive. they were looking really for a one night war without escalating this without bringing russia into it in some way, forcing russians to defend or retaliate. also important in terms of the relationship and dynamics of isis, al qaeda which remain, active in syria. whenever the assad regime is weakened it is a victory in a sense for isis and al qaeda. point was to make this a message, not a real weakening of the assad regime. >> you use a term. one night war.

what can you achieve with a one night war? does this change the facts on the ground, martha? >> don't think it does. this wasn't a strategic strike, hurting assad going forward. one airfield. punishing air strike. took out aircraft, took out fuel supplies. took out surrounding infrastructure. but he has many other airfields. i mean, obviously it was meant to control the air attacks with chemical weapons. and it may do that to a small degree. but we don't know where any other chemical weapons are. they removed massive amounts of chemical weapons in 2013. after assad agreed to that. they clearly hid some of them. don't know where the others are. but the americans were very sure this was the airfield. they knew those two aircraft, where the two took off from. obviously didn't know at the time they were armed with chemical weapons. but they were absolutely certain that's where they took off from. >> the colonel in washington, d.c., where do we go next with this?

are we now -- embroiled fully in syria's civil war? >> hopefully not, dan. hopefully this is it. i think as martha and brian were talking about. the attack was so proscribed. in a small area, the intent was to send a message, and not get into a wider war. if you look back at targets. the pentagon offered to president obama. there was a wide variety. not only a punishing strike, but it was going to degrade the syrian military. in this case, this is just one small airfield. auxiliary airfield. isn't going to change the facts on the ground. so it is a statement, really not a degradation of syrian military capability. >> what's next here in terms of retaliation? the syrian government have to respond is? there any other potential blow back we as americans should be worried about? >> i suspect there won't be much of a response. because it wouldn't do much good to respond that way. and president trump might decide to to hit them again. he may not like to tell us when

a tactical military strike is coming. what is the strategy? what are they going to do if the world doesn't rally around him? they didn't rally around barack obama to take action against bashir al assad. then what's next? does president trump decide for another air strike? then another air strike? you have to talk about what your strategy is, what your goal is in syria, and how you accomplish that? do you accomplish that, kind of clear, rex tillerson wants to put pressure on russia, have diplomatic pressure to bring the world together. a very, very big if. >> so many variables at play. >> lot of critics of the president's strategy here. though he was really adamant that this was a direct message after seeing those emotional images of men, women, children, really suffering through the results of the chemical weapons attacks. his speech, speaking to the fact that no child of god should have to suffer through that. >> many men, women, children,

who are refugees as well. what does this do to the refugee crisis that they're suffering through? what does that do to the policy? lot of questions indeed. .

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breaking news this morning on "world news now" -- strike on syria. after years of avoiding military action, the u.s. is staging a fight against the regime there. >> dozens of missiles have been launched in a show of force against the country's dictator. the chemical attack that tortured civilians earlier this week proving to be the last straw for president trump. >> no child of god should ever suffer such horror. >> we are going to have all the angles covered for you this morning with reporters standing by live in the region with the latest. also have the other big headlines on this friday on a special edition of abc's "world news now." >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." we do say good morning to you everybody on this friday.

thank you for being here with us. a very busy morning, of course, president trump flexing some u.s. military muscle overnight. striking just a couple hours ago. two u.s. destroyers in the mediterranean sea fired dozens of tomahawk cruise missiles at the syrian air base used to launch this week's chemical weapons attack. >> in all, 59 missiles were fired. they targeted syrian aircraft, shelters, fuel storage tanks, radars and facilities at the air base. the military says there are initial indications the targets were severely damaged or destroyed. >> president trump announced the u.s. attack at his estate in florida. >> tonight, i ordered a targeted military strike on the airfield in syria from where the chemical attack was launched. it is in this vital, national security interest of the united states to prevent and deter the spread of use of deadly chemical

weapons. there can be no dispute that syria used chemical weapons, violated its obligations under the chemical weapons convention and ignored the urging of the u.n. security council. years of previous attempts at changing assad's behavior have all failed and failed very dramatically. as a result the refugee crisis continues to deepen, and the region continues to destabilize threatening the united states and its allies. tonight i call on all civilized nations to join us in seeking to end the slaughter and bloodshed

in syria. and also to end terrorism. of all kinds and all types. >> the president making those remarks just hours ago. a syrian official says the u.s. air strikes resulted in a number of dead and wounded and a fire raged for hours. >> so the pentagon did notify russian forces before all of the missile were launched. russia is a strong ally of the syrian president, bashir al assad, and it has a strong military presence in that country. abc's martha raddatz has more on the u.s. attack. >> reporter: this wasn't a strategic strike in hurting assad going forward. it is this one airfield. it is a punishing air strike. they took out aircraft. they took out fuel supplies. they took out surrounding infrastructure. but, he has many other airfield. i mean, obviously, it was meant to control the air attacks with chemical weapons. and it may do that to a small degree. but we don't really know where

any other chemical weapons are. they removed massive amounts of chemical weapons in 2013. but they clearly hid some of them. don't know where the others are. but, the americans were very sure this was the airfield. they knew those two aircraft where the two aircraft took off from. obviously didn't know at the time they were armed with chemical weapons. they were certain that's where they took off from. >> i think one of the things we have to watch, what comes next. are they just going to wait to see what assad does and maybe go back and do more or will this be it? >> that was martha raddatz reporting. reaction to the usair strikes is pouring in. congressional leaders speaking out in support of the president's action. others angry he did not seek congressional approval. >> reaction as well from the region. let's go over there right now. abc's alex marquardt in neighboring lebanon. just arrived there, alex. i was just looking at the map. beirut is a three-hour drive from where the missiles were landing.

any sense there was military action overnight? >> reporter: from here they're generally not going to hear much military action here in the city at least. keep in mind, this is something that we have seen not just -- that we have seen before, from israel. which is just to the south of here. israel has carried out countless air strikes against syrian targets. hezbollah targets inside syria over the past few years. that's a good question -- when that does happen, people up closer to the border in the valley can often hear the fighter jets screaming overhead. so far, keep in mind it is early still. this area is sort of waking up. 8:30. people getting to work. so, we may later hear reports of the tomahawk cruise missiles in the skies. but what we are starting to hear is that reaction to this -- to this strike. so far on the syrian side. it is relatively -- muted. it's -- it is not -- it is not a

big splashy banner on their main state media page as you might imagine. they are calling it an aggression. we could expect to see some sort of statement out of them later today, that is a bit more aggressive. if you will. that would be fully expected. we are hearing from prime minister benjamin netanyahu in israel praised this as "a strong and clear message." that's obviously what president trump was trying to accomplish. he want to send a strong, clear message. that's what secretary of state tillerson said in so many words. he said i think it does demonstrate that president trump is willing to act. now, this send a message that he is going to act. but as martha was just staying, this is one airfield. this is a handful of structures and planes. yes, this was a base very heavily used by the syrian military. but you just heard there in the clip you played of president trump talking about how years of trying to change assad's behavior has failed.

insinuating this is going to change his behavior. now, it could -- it could be seen as a shot across the bow. as a warning. to not do anything more. but -- this is, this is not a major action against syria. this is -- >> let me ask you quickly. >> we see you. >> didn't mean to cut you off. i know you were in syria recently. will it have an impact at all on his actions? based on what you saw there and knowing this, this situation? >> it could. i mean a lot of people are theorizing after the chemical attack three days ago. basically acting with immunity. saying i don't think the u.s. is going to respond. or, testing the limits of, of american patience. clearly he has -- he has tested those. now you also have domestic concerns as well in the states. president trump is eager to show he is tougher than president obama. this very well could change -- change their calculation. but it is a lot more

complicated. iranians, russians and coalition partners with america. so there are a lot of ingredients in this. >> i think that what the assad regime will probably end up doing is scaling back their chemical weapons attacks. keep in mind we have seen many others not just this one. >> fact is, isn't assad -- can you, can you hear us, apologize. not trying to interrupt you. a little delay. isn't assad and syria denying they had anything to do with the chemical weapon attack. we heard from russia speaking out as ally to syria saying this was an act by rebels. >> they are denying it 100%. foreign minister came out yesterday and said exactly that. they deny any sort of responsibility. the syrian military bombing a rebel chemical facility. and that that caused the, the chemical agents to be dispersed. but chemical weapons specialists, people who have pored over this video say that is very unlikely for a number of

reasons. first of all, a nerve agent like sarin, we believe it is, is complicated to make. secondly if you bomb sarin from the sky, you are not going to disperse it in a way that kills that many people. neutralize it. so all signs point to it being manufactured, dropped by the syrian military. >> as sun rises over the region, a lot of people will be seeing what sort of damage the tomahawk missiles really did have on, on, the part of central syria. alex marquardt, abc's correspondent joining us now this half-hour. thank you, alex. >> thank you. >> we're going to continue to monitor developments in syria. >> this attack on syria playing out as the the president held high-stakes meetings with the chinese president xi jiaping. now the president and first lady welcomed xi and his wife to their mar-a-lago estate before making their way to dinner. the president said the nuclear crisis in north korea was a top priority for the two. there was also tension between

the two leaders over trade. the president joked about how the two-day summit was shaping up. >> we had a long discussion already. and so far i have gotten nothing, absolutely nothing, but we have developed a friendship. i can see that. and i think long term we are going to have a very, very great relationship and i look very much forward to it. >> the president told reporters that he thinks china will want to step up to try to deter north korea's nuclear ambitions. the white house said the leaders are meeting at mar-a-lago to give the discussion a more relaxed feel. president trump's pick for the supreme court is set to be confirmed today after republicans cleared the way by rewriting the rules. as expected the democratic filibuster to block gorsuch was short lived. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell invoked the nuclear option. lowering the threshold for

conformation from 60 votes to a simple majority. democrats forced his hand. coming up, the dramatic subway rescue caught on camera. how several good samaritans jumped in to rescue a visually impaired man who fell onto the tracks. later, the king of zing. remembering the late don rickles and his half century as comedy's equal opportunity offender. remember to find us on facebook at wnnfans.com and weigh in on today's missile strike and syria. and on twitter@abcwnn. you're watching "world news now." ♪ ♪

updating breaking news story. u.s. tomahawk cruise missiles fired overnight against syria. pummeling the air base used by syria's military to launch this week's chemical weapons attack. now the pentagon says the targets of the missiles were severely damaged or destroyed. >> president trump of course,

defending, the attack was a targeted response to syria's use of chemical weapons against its own citizens. and he said it was in the vital national interest of the u.s. syria is calling the air strikes a u.s. aggression. back here at home to a dramatic piece of video, a rescue that took place during the morning rush hour commute at a train station in atlanta. several good samaritans jumped into action after a visually impaired man fell on to the tracks below. two people jumped down, next to the man. who had broken his ankle apparently. two others on the platform grabbed his shoulders. the man was taken to the hospital expected to make a full recovery. one of the rescuers said they were in the right place at the right time. looking at news coast to coast, new developments in the search for a missing college student in northern california. the fbi searching the home of a friend, 20-year-old alicia yeoman was last seen. leaving the night march 30th. her mother reportedly receiving

text messages stating yeoman was alive and demanding ransom. authorities have since found her pickup truck. her cell phone and a single set of footprints. but so far, no sign of her. day two of the masters kicking off today without the man that many expected to win it. dustin johnson almost teed off for the first round of the masters. he even walked up to the tee. and then the world's number one golfer thought better of the whole situation. his back was still bothering him after falling down a flight of stairs at his home the day before. so johnson withdrew from the tournament. he summed it up in two words. it sucks. guess so. >> very, very eloquent. some people say tebow smashing a ball isn't unexpected. did take time to warm up to the story. >> tim tebow smashed a home run first at-bat. amazing thing at it in minor leagues. >> what a lot of people would say. this was also pretty incredible. foul tip by the cubs matt

bouncing hitting the cardinal's catcher molina in the chest. it stuck on him. he is like, what is the deal? he couldn't find the ball. by the time he did, cesar was on first. he scored. the cubs went on to win. >> think he had velcro, bubblegum. magnet. something along those lines. watch out. coming up in the next half-hour, what we are learning about a young girl in india, found living in a forest with monkeys. unable to speak and behaving just like an animal. but first, what you may not have known about the late don rickles who built a career on insults and we laughed at it it. you're watching "world news now." osters by downy. and if you want, pour a little more, because this scent lasts for 12 weeks, which is longer than any relationship i've ever been in. right, freshness for weeks!

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he gave me advice. good advice. not the advice people give you to hear giving advice. he would say keep my name alive. which, he would tell me to keep his name alive. i thought was funny. because, i was like you're don rickles, you keep my name alive. >> abc's jimmy kimmel get eeg motional. talking about don rickles. >> laughing through the tears. >> rickles died at his home in l.a. at age 90. this morning remembered as the man for half a century elevate the put down to an art form. here is abc's brandi hitt. >> is that your wife? jesus, christ. i tell you this --

>> reporter: they called him mr. warmth. and the merchant of venom. >> that's what i do. i laugh about people, no matter, irish, jewish, puerto rican. >> reporter: more than five decades don rickles was the king of insult comedy. behind the barbs was deep affection for those he taunted. >> i say it, nobody else has said it and i say it from my heart. you are a lousy actor. >> reporter: rickles studied to be a serious actor and did >> haven't you heard. >> reporter: frustrated by a lack of work, he turned to stand up. frank sinatra was an early fan. >> what is this, london? >> reporter: another booster, johnny carson. he appeared on "the tonight show" more than 100 times. it was all ad-lib. like this appearance in 1968, when rickles interrupted carson's massage. >> give me a break, i am so lonely. >> reporter: and ended up getting dunked in a bathtub.

he became a headliner in las vegas. a regular on dean martin's roast specials. >> how many years ago he gave me a break on a television show with -- not yet. i'll let you know when. it's good that you practice standing. >> reporter: no one was immune from his sharp wit. not even the president. >> it is a big treat for me to fly all the way from california to be here for this kind of money. >> reporter: in 2008, rickles won an emmy for his video autobiography. >> that was sweet of you to stand. next time leave a check by the door. >> reporter: rickles said if he were to insult people and mean it, it wouldn't be funny. and he always left them laughing. >> god bless america! god bless you, god night! >> reporter: brandi hitt, abc news, los angeles. >> he left us all laughing. >> an original for sure. >> yeah.

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this morning on "world news no this morning on "world news now," strike on syria. breaking details following u.s. military action against the assad regime. >> president trump launching tomahawk missiles before dawn. syrian officials now claiming deaths from the strikes. >> the question now after seven years of brutal civil war, why is the u.s. now getting involved? we'll get the latest from the region in a live report. hours before the president ordered the strikes his former rival offered her take on the crisis in syria. as well as touching upon a bevy of other topics. as many wonder what is next for clinton, she tells us exactly what she does and doesn't have planned for her future. >> he was the king of zing. looking back on more than a half century of laughs from don rickles. what the late night comedians are saying about the man who

redefined insult comedy. it is friday, april 7th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." good morning to you on this friday. busy one for us. start with the u.s. attack against the regime of syrian president bashir al assad, in all 59 american tomahawk cruise missiles were launched. see one of them there. all of them targeting the air base used by syrian war planes for tuesday's chemical weapons attack against their civilians. >> syria denying the government had anything to do with the chemical weapon strikes. an eyewitness says the missiles that the u.s. launched on syria were raining down for more than half an hour and caused houses near the air base to shake. >> and when the attack was announced on syrian state tv, it was characterized as an american aggression. a syrian official says a number of people were killed, or wounded. abc's terry moran with more.

>> reporter: a major step for this new commander-in-chief. >> tonight i ordered a targeted, military strike on the airfield in syria from where the chemical attack was launched. >> reporter: the president addressed the nation from mar-a-lago, his florida estate, leveling a harsh indictment against syrian president bashir al assad. >> using a deadly nerve agent, assad choked out the lives of helpless men, women, and children. >> reporter: two u.s. destroyers in the eastern mediterranean fired dozens of tomahawk cruise missiles into a syrian airfield. targeting runways, aircrafts and fueling areas to make the field inoperable. the same airfield that the syrian planes involved in tuesday's chemical attack took off from. this video just released from the pentagon the swift military response from the u.s. comes two days after the images of the horrific chemical attack in northern syria appalled the world. an attack allegedly carried out by the syrian regime of bashir

al assad, against its own citizens. as many as 86 people were killed, including 30 women and 20 children. killed by what turkish officials who have examined the bodies are now saying was sarin gas. these graphic images posted online by activists and people who live in the area show victims struggling to breathe. >> in this vital, national security interest of the united states to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly chemical weapons. >> reporter: president trump's response marks a 180 degree about face by a man who repeatedly said over the years he didn't want to get involved in syria at all. just days ago he said this. >> i am not, i don't want to be the president of the world. i am the president of the united states. and from now on, it's going to be america first. >> reporter: back in 2013 after

assad's last chemical weapons attack, trump tweeted again to our very foolish leader do not attack syria, if you do, many bad things will happen. and from that fight, the u.s. gets nothing. but after seeing tuesday's images like this one of a father cradling his lifeless children, the president had a dramatic change of heart. >> i think what happened in syria is a disgrace to humanity. and he is there and i guess he is running things, so something should happen. >> reporter: with the air strike, trump may find himself deep in just the kind of overseas entanglement this america first president promised to avoid. >> reaction to the u.s. attack pouring in. top russian lawmaker suggesting the air strike may put an end to russian cooperation with the u.s. and syria, of course, a major ally with syria. >> they backed up the regime.

alex marquardt knows the middle east. joins us from lebanon where he just arrived. alex, i know you just arrived. give me a sense of how this attack will be received in that area? >> good morning, kendis, adrienne. syria immediately responded. they called it an aggression. which is relatively tame language considering that the large escalation that we saw overnight, iran one of their main backers also called it an aggression. but by far the strongest reaction that we are seeing is coming from the russians. i will say that people across, across the region and who are, were against the syrian regime were hugely critical of president obama failing to act when assad crossed the so-called red line. and they will be fully supportive of this action by president trump. >> alex, we have spoken to syria

reporting that there were casualties. but then, we have spoken to eyewitnesses on the ground who say there were no civilian casualties or likely none because this was contained to a military base. any word, developments, whether or not people were injured. >> the governor of the biggest city near this base, about, 20 or so miles, is saying that five people have been killed. they're not giving any identities of the people. civilian, military. you have to imagine since the, the strike was confined to this air base, that any deaths, one would hope, would be military deaths. but the latest that we are hearing from, from the governor of that area is five killed. >> also, a russian speaking out at least, some of the personalities, leaders, influence there, of course, we have seen russia's allies. they have said that they defend syria. a prominent tv personality, senator there tweeting out in the 21st century every u.s. president has had their war in

the u.s. if trump goes into syria he would be walking in the same path as president obama, president bush. that is a very incendiary comment. is this a declaration of war? >> no, it definitely isn't. quite the opposite, in fact. neither russia nor the u.s. wants to see any sort of escalation. the u.s. took great care last night to strike a syrian base that was once a russian base, but hasn't been used by the russians in quite some time. they wanted to be very clear they were not going anywhere near russian operations. so, if the russians are going to be expecting to come out with very strong language. condemning it. in the last few seconds since we have been on the air, we've seen a comment by president putin's spokesman calling this an aggression against a sovereign state in violation of international law. and under false pretenses. the russians are also calling for an emergency session at the u.n. security council. all of this is to be expected. we are going to see a lot of chest pumping in the coming days.

end of the day, a very measured strike by the u.s. took great care to prevent any sort of escalation. that will be the hope by both sides. this doesn't escalate further. >> absolutely. abc's alex marquardt, joining us live from the region in lebanon where he just arrived. three hours from the border there in syria. alex, thank you. new developments by the hour. we are tracking the story all morning long for you. this morning on "good morning america," as well as "america this morning." stay with us. turn our afocus now to the other big story happening in washington. judge neil gorsuch is just hours away from being confirmed as a country's next supreme court justice. >> a vote is expected today following dramatic showdown on the senate floor. republicans broke a filibuster triggering the nuclear option. it means they change the rules to confirm supreme court nominees from now on. with a simple majority vote. valid, but just really kind of unprecedented. still many republicans express concerns about the lasting consequences. >> a bad day for the senate.

it means, probably get more ideological judges. we are who we are. >> given reservations why do it? >> we are not going to have a system where republicans can't get judges and democrats can. >> i apologize. but democrats are blaming republicans for not giving president obama's nominee a hearing last year. senate minority leader, chuck schumer says what they did was worse than a filibuster. a raucous reception for china's president as he arrived in south florida for a visit with president trump. hundreds of protesters and supporters gathered near the hotel where he is staying. five people were arrested. after having dinner at mar-a-lago xi jiaping is returning for bilateral talks. president trump is predicting they will have a great relationship. could get uncomfortable as he tries to get china to pressure north korea to curb their nuclear program and clash on

trade deals with china harshly criticized by candidate trump. back to washington, d.c. now and the house intelligence committee probe into russian interference in our election could get a fresh start. committee chair, devin nunes stepping aside temporarily after allegation he's improperly disclosed classified information. house ethics committee investigating the california republican issued a written statement that called those charges "entirely false and politically motivated." he left town for the easter break. >> did you disclose any classified information? >> i issued a statement. you guys have it. so. >> why did you change your mind, you said this was all politics? >> i sent out a statement. that my statement will stand. >> your response to the complaint specifically, did you disclose any classified information? >> i told you i sent out a statement. my statement will stand. >> cecelia vega has no need to hit the treadmill after that facedown there. the investigation will now be led by the second ranking

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our breaking news, the u.s. our breaking news, the u.s. military launching dozens of cruise missiles overnight at syrian airfield used for tuesday's chemical weapons attack. a syrian official says there were casualties as a result of the u.s. air strikes. >> moments ago official reaction from the kremlin. the russian government calling the u.s. strike on syria, aggression against a sovereign state in violation of international law.

according to the kremlin. more news now, hillary clinton has now opened up in her first extensive interview since the election. at a women's conference she said she has no doubt russia contributed to her defeat and she underestimated the impact. clinton admitted her presidential campaign made mistakes, although she did not point the finger at anyone. she criticized the trump administration for hurting women, especially by cutting health care. clinton says her only plans now are to work for the rights and opportunities of women and girls, other than that, she will take it easy. >> i have no plans at all other than, you know, trying to find some interesting things to do, trying to support other people to pursue their interests, spend time with my grandchildren which is a great, great joy. so, you know, i just i'm not, i'm not making any plans to do anything. >> not pursuing any government offices at all from that statement.

clinton added she now wants to do interesting things as you heard there. i don't think i will be running for office again. all right. let's get to a stunning story from india. a girl found living in the wild with monkeys. first police are now scouring missing person cases to identify her. but a worker at a nature reserve says the girl seemed comfortable with the monkees. when he tried to rescue her, the apes screeched at him and so did the girl. >> sounds just like "jungle book" almost. eventually, police were able to take her to the hospital. so they had to call in a group of people. doctors say she acted like an animal, running on her arms and legs, eating food off the floor with her mouth. after treatment she has begun walking normally and is now eating with her hands. but imagine how long she has been there to develop the same characteristics as monkeys. >> yeah. >> that is, but the fact that she is alive is even more remarkable. >> incredible story some day. >> wow. for a movie. >> or at least one book deal. when we come back, late

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skinny ♪ ♪ skinny ♪ so skinny >> and "the skinny" this morning will start with the world look back on the career of a man known as mr. warmth, also merchant of venom. >> for more than half a century, don rickles built career as acid tongued equal opportunity offender. he did die at the age of 90. he appears to have left a lasting impression on today's generation of comedians. here's what they said overnight. >> i once took him to motza, the restaurant here, very nice restaurant. rented private room. had food. invited his friends. it was beautiful. it was very expensive, okay. i paid for it.

end of the meal, after the, at the end of this beautiful meal. he, he says to me, i'll never forget it. i can't believe you took me to a pizza place. >> i was at a party and don rickles was there. sitting at a table. he was alone. i said, i will always regret it if i don't say hello to don rickles. i went over, i said mr. rickles. my name its seth meyers. i'm on "saturday night live." he looked at me and said, sorry to hear "saturday night live" was canceled. i was like, it wasn't canceled. he went, oh, a guy can dream. >> backstage at the emmys both up for best host of a variety show. and, the better one of us won. and i went over to congratulate him, when he was doing his photos backstage with his emmy. our show, "colbert report" had just won for writing. and he, he -- he hugged me. and told me i was good.

and i felt like a made man. because, we all should have his career and be who he was. >> you know what is interesting to me. i am so impressed that so many today's comedians are looking at this man, and saying this was a mentor of mine, someone i aspired to be like. just good to pay homage to your elders, predecessors. but also, though he had these very biting comedic remarks, you always knew there was love on the inside of them. >> absolutely. king of insults. but there was love beneath it all. >> what a guy. well, next, guess who is stealing the show at this year's masters? >> masters tournament getting turned. snoop dogg jetted in to augusta to play golf and par-tay. snoop did tee up at augusta country club, borders augusta national golf, home of masters, before playing a set at a nearby saloon. the expert in all things greenery, donned his own green jacket.

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♪ front and center in the news headlines this week, of course, is syria. >> aside from the horrifying images from overseas there was quite a bit of turmoil here at home. here now is our weekly "friday rewind." >> in many ways, we will be waiting for something like this to happen because russia is so engaged in syria and in a war against terrorism while backing out bashir al assad's government. >> gas attacks continue every day. and no one is doing anything to stop this gas attack. >> tonight i ordered a targeted, military strike on the airfield in syria from where the chemical

attack was launched. >> this is not -- anything political has been alleged. the allegation is, that somehow, obama administration officials utilized intelligence for political purposes. that's absolutely false. >> if being complicit is wanting to be a force for good and to make a positive impact, then i'm complicit. >> i cannot support this nomination. >> i will not, i cannot, support advancing this nomination. >> i will not support judge gorsuch's nomination. >> neil gorsuch will be confirmed this week. >> 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. >> it is disgusting. so disgusting. she was so scared. >> disgusts me that people would

look at those videos and not pick up the phone and dial 911. >> he got very hostile very quickly. he told me, flat out, forget any career advice i gave you. >> fox is now in the midst of chaos. in the midst of a crisis of credibility. >> barry told us that looking at his husband and saying, i love you, in front of their close family and friends was much more meaningful moment than he had anticipated. >> it made them work hard in the offseason to be the best player they could be. to get become to this. amazing we got back. hard to get here, isn't it, to finish the game out look that. pretty special. >> yes it was. forgot there were wonderful moments this week. >> you did good -- >> let's end it on a happy note. you did good on your bracket, right? >> i didn't get paid. >> oh. >> pretty good bracket. >> he got bragging rights. likes those almost as much as money. >> no, no, no. money. we'll be right back. >> oh. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now" -- informing

making news in america this morning, strike on syria. tomahawk missiles from u.s. warships raining down on an air base. >> president trump giving the order. >> a targeted military strike on the airfield in syria. >> just days after the regime there used chemical weapons on its own people. >> assad choked out the lives of helpless men, women and children. >> the mixed reaction overnight from washington. security at home and what happens next. live team coverage ahead. and we do say good morning, everyone, on what is a busy friday. i'm kendis gso