evan is the man. he also watches "right this minute." so his game is tight. he's headed back to get it and of course they take a few detours. >> that's a good part of your relationship where you can sing and you don't care what you sound like with your boo. >> well, at one point she realizes -- >> did you get lost? >> no. the cop's pulling me over. >> they've got some company. >> he's there for the singing. >> no. according to the police officer, the brake lights are out. >> did you know about that? >> no be, sir. >> do you have your driver's license and insurance with you? >> i have my insurance. my license is at my house. >> she sits in the car and then evan returns. >> not in handcuffs so it's a happy ending. >> they're still running everything. and here the officers returned, he signs the written warning. then he takes a piece of paper off of the clipboard and shows it to gina. and she's just taken back as the

police officer tells her -- >> sweetheart, you've been set up. >> what? >> you've been set up. >> i hate you. >> thank you for being a good sport about it. >> i hate you. >> now the big question is, do you have an answer? >> no. >> no? >> plead the fifth. plead the fifth. >> yeah, sure. >> all right. >> he set it all up, includes her mother and the norwood police department. got it all on video. now it's here on "right this minute." she said yes. >> by the way, that's recording. >> what the heck. oh, what? the end of the episode already? just watch the next one.

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outrage is not subsiding it so the outrage is not subsiding it seems after that violent removal from a united airlines flight. >> united is refunding the cost of the tickets for every passenger on board. but there is more damage control ahead for the company. >> its ceo spoke exclusively with abc's rebecca jarvis. [ screaming ] >> reporter: the video that had the world buzzing for days. a united airlines passenger caught in a travel nightmare. >> come on. >> come on. >> dr. david dao visibly shaken as he is forcibly yanked out of his seat and dragged down the island off the united jet by law enforcement after refusing to give up his seat. >> oh, my god, look what you did to him?

>> reporter: the episode unleashing a pr crisis of epic proportions for united airlines. >> united airlines is in hot water. >> united kicked off several passengers. >> united better fasten its seatbelt. >> reporter: everyone asking how could this have happened? >> it was a system failure. we have not provided our frontline supervisors and managers and individuals with the proper tools, policies, procedures, that allow them to use their common sense. >> united ceo oscar munoz sat down with me for an exclusive interview. what did you think when you saw that video of a man being dragged off of one of your planes? >> probably the word ashamed comes to mind. as i think about our business and our people, the first thing i think is important to say is to apologize to dr. dao, his family, the passengers on the flight, our customers, our

employees. that is not who our family at united is. >> this is what you would call a perfect storm of bad pr. you saw people saying that they were going to boycott united. you saw people protesting by lowering the stock price. by selling off their stock. >> reporter: especially on social media. where the incident has quickly mushroomed into memes like these. some twitter users controlling the airline with #newunitedairlinesmottos. you carry on. we carry off. and board as a doctor. leave as a patient. the three officers who dragged dr. dao off the plane have been placed on administrative leave. and munoz said united's policy would change. in the future if no one voluntarily decides to leave a plane, based on the amount of money that united is offering, will united -- >> we are not going to put a law enforcement official to take them off. >> a law enforcement official will never come on one of your

planes again? >> to remove a booked, paid, seating passenger, we can't do that. >> reporter: the airline has also said it will compensate all the passengers on the flight. as for dr. dao. what do you think he deserves in all of this? >> well, certainly an apology. and, from that point on i think we will have to see. >> reporter: do you think he is at fault in any way? >> no. he can't be. he was a paying passenger, sitting on our seat, in our, in our aircraft, and no one should be treated that way. period. >> for "nightline," i'm rebecca jarvis in chicago. >> it will be interesting to see what he does get. obviously he is going to get a lot more than an apology. >> he is about to get paid i think the doctor. his lawyers are expected to have a press conference by the way later on this morning. and maybe they'll give us a sense of what their next move will be.

but it's also like, they will teach this in schools. in communications schools on how not to handle a situation. >> you are exactly right. this will be textbook don't say this. and even as we saw, just there, when he said, she said, well was he victim? >> so, did he do anything wrong? >> absolutely not. absolutely not. >> got to jump in. >> that's it. not -- oh, well. we will see. >> live and learn. "the skinny" is next.

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♪ so skinny >> we are going to start "the skinny" with a surprise from oprah winfrey. there is a not a lot that rattles the billionaire media mogul. but she is revealing one thing that intimidated her. >> right, in an interview with "people" magazine, oprah admitted she felt like a real novice while talking to reese witherspoon on the set of their new movie. >> so, i was saying to reese how many movies have you done? i don't know, i don't know, hundreds. i don't know, hundreds y'all. and i was like, oh god, please don't ask me how many i have done. asking her how many movies she'd did. made me think i have done five. so it is rare that i feel intimidated. but i feel, i felt, you know, intimidated. >> really impressive. >> she worked with steven spielberg. >> right. >> that was her first movie out of gate "the color purple." she was phenomenal.

>> if acting was baseball, she landed on the third base, probably thought she hit a triple with that first movie "the color purple." i guess she is intimidated by the big stars, oscar winner, reese witherspoon. >> being perfectionist is, you never feel you are good enough. she has a little bit of that. next to shia lebouf our favorite hollywood rebel. found a way to like his wounds after selling a few tickets to his last movie. a new stunt in the name of art. >> he has done these before. this was our favorite. his three-day nonstop live streaming of him watching his own films here in new york city. what is he up to now? well, shia spending a month alone in a cabin in finland. but wait, before you start celebrating, he can still communicate with us. >> whew! >> he can do so with text from visitors to museum there in

helsinki. >> for a time yesterday there was a live stream of him in the cabin. that was brought down three times by hackers trying to annoy him. it is still down apparently. so they're having a bit of success with that. i can't imagine watching, can you, like, "world news now" watching yourself back-to-back for three days. could you do that? >> i don't watch it. of course i watch it, dvr. >> can't do it back to back to back. like that. at least not sober. >> so then you can do it. >> absolutely. chance the rapper is showing, again, what a nice guy he is. you recall just last month. he announced he was giving $1 million to chicago's public school. clearly no problem giving more. he is giving away, giving away a lot of music as well. >> now inviting all of us to his 24th birthday party. >> yes. >> chance, the birthday. sunday in chicago. be there or be square. tickets are $100. all proceeds go toward his charity.

>> got to love that. >> chance gives back to chicago. so, got no problem with him. >> this is your jam, huh? >> this is your jam, huh?

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♪ oh i need someone to read me stories ♪ ♪ oh >> interesting to see bill o'reilly there on top of the best-seller list after all the controversy. so, finally this half-hour, the color blind grandpa getting a whole new view. >> here's david muir. >> reporter: knoll stafford is

about to open a very special birthday gift. his grandchildren gathered around, grandpa has been color blind his entire life. and his family has a surprise. he reads off the label, color, for the color blind. >> color for the color blind. i am color blind. >> reporter: laughter from his family. then an explanation from his son. >> these are special glasses. that when people wear them that are color blind, you can see color like we see all see. >> i can put these on. >> yeah. >> then he puts them on. >> oh. his daughter molly giving dad a hug.

for the first time in 66 years, he is seeing the colors. special corrective glasses by enchroma that have help sewed many. there are millions who suffer from color vision deficiency. it turns out color is something he has been working with his whole life. he is a landscaper. sending us this photo, smiling in his garden. more beautiful than he could even imagine. david muir, abc news, new york. >> taking in all that beauty in full color. i love his reaction. >> see what a beautiful garden he has right there. you see what he has been missing out on. and now he gets to see it all. >> yep. >> don't miss our updates on facebook at wnnfans.com. >> stay with us. more news is next. >> gators. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now" informing insomniacs for two decades.

good morning, i'm linsey davis in for diane macedo. good morning, everyone. i'm linsey davis in for diane macedo. still on the run. more than a week after disappearing with stolen weapons. the details we're learning ahead. grim assessment. all-time low over a clash over syria's chemical weapons attack. rex tillerson is echoing that claim after a face-to-face meeting with president putin. united airlines is refunding the price of tickts for every passenger on the flight where a man was forcibly removed. his attorneys and a member of his family will discuss the incident at an appearance today

in chicago. and two men from illinois are under arrest and facing terrorism charges. they were the suspects of a two-year fbi sting and are accused of trying to help isis. if convicted they face 20 years in prison. those are some of our top stories on this thursday, april 13th. >> announcer: this is "world news now." we begin this half hour in the search for new details of the wisconsin man believed to have sent a 61-page manifesto to president trump. >> a copy of the document has been obtained by a local tv station there in wisconsin. reveals how the 32-year-old feels he has been wronged by the government. "i choose my death to be carried out by the hands of the president." >> reporter: wrote an

letter to the gun store owner he was accused of robbing. he wanted to protect himself and his family but as a felon was not allowed to do so. he is considered armed and dangerous. they say he robbed that gun store taking 16 high-powered handg handguns, two assault rifles and possibly silences. also sent a 61-page manifesto to president trump that did make it to the white house. officials telling us it expressed calculated outrage and accuses police and the government of enslaving people. this video shows light on jakabowski's plans. they were seen carrying away evidence. his stepfather who didn't want to be shown on camera saying his stepson is on a self-destructive spiral.

the criminal complaint formally charges him with three new felonies in connection to the theft of the gun store. a reward for information leading to his arrest is now up to $20,000. president trump has flip-flopped on two issues that he repeatedly highlighted during his campaign. >> after vowing to label china a currency manipulator, the president changed his mind. he says the declaration could jeopardize talks aimed at getting china to pressure north korea to curb its nuclear program. >> the president reversed course on nato which he insisted was obsolete. he says nato is fighting terrorism and no longer obsolete. counselor to the president kellyanne conway calling out media over its coverage and public perception during a forum at washington, d.c. she fired back at michael wolf discussing "the washington post" motto.

democracy dies in darkness. >> you are the darkness. >> i'm not the darkness. >> no, i don't -- >> that's not, that's not. >> you are saying that's what it is meant to be. what i tell small children, just because somebody says something, doesn't make it true. a great lesson for everyone. >> conway criticized the way the president is covered in the media. she said he is often seen through a negative lens which robs the american people of knowing what is really happening. new york city police are investigating the death of the first muslim woman to serve as judge in the united states. the body of sheila abda-salam was found near the hudson river, a day after reported missing. police say there were no visible signs of trauma. the 65-year-old the first black woman appointed to new york's highest court. in chicago, a local judge was murdered as part of a targeted robbery. it was not, they say, a random crime. one suspect arrested. police expect to make other

arrests. the judge's girlfriend was wounded first. as they were about to go to the gym. judge raymond miles was shot and killed when he heard that commotion and went outside. a sacramento, california, police officer is on leave after the release of a controversial video. it shows him tackling and beating a man who is suspected of jaywalking. now that man is speaking out. here is abc's kenya wentworth. >> hey, hey, hey! >> reporter: the arrest video that even the sacramento police department calls disturbing. newly released dash cam video shows the confrontation. it was just after 5:00 p.m., and he had crossed the street. >> come here, bud. >> reporter: the unidentified officer attempts to stop him for jaywalking. >> get down on the ground now. >> reporter: they bedwin to argue. cane removes his jacket. a neighbor recording the confrontation. the officer takes him down. throwing punches and multiple

units respond, taking can't into custody. cane was arrested for resisting arrest. an outstanding warrant. cane challenged the officer to a fight. can't says he took off his jacket to show he was unarmed. >> thought i would be the next trayvon martin. >> reporter: in sacramento, police launching that criminal investigation. saying the officer's actions are not indicative of the dedicated women and men who work for the department. in addition to that criminal investigation, that officer is now on paid administrative leave. and the department is reviewing their training policies. to the northwest now where all that rain this year, something had to give. and that was the case. a mountain hillside in northern idaho. a surveyor caught it on camera because there had already been similar landslides on that highway. workers heard noise and realized that another slide was coming. and stopped traffic just in the

nick of time. >> sculpture of the charging bull statue on wall street is demanding the fearless girl, that young lady be removed. he says his 1989 statue is supposed to represent peace, strength and love, but the recent placement of the other statue has turned the bull into something negative he says. and even worse, he says fearless girl is an advertising gimmick that exploits his work. the sponsor and its ad agency say they're proud of fearless girl and its support of women. >> interesting to see how that all plays out. if she has to move or not. all right. new updates from our abc news giraffe baby watch division. april, the giraffe, she is expecting. she has been followed by a live camera since february. >> april's minders in upstate new york are pushing back against conspiracy theories that april is actually not pregnant. she is showing physical signs

she will be giving birth soon. >> it appears this is sponsored by toys "r" us. there is no more waiting at the zoo in houston. this baby female was born monday. >> wow. >> she doesn't have a name yet. already weighs more than 140 pounds. stand more than 6 feet tall. by the time she is an adult sunny will be more than 14 feet tall. >> oh, my god. >> wow. >> born one day ago. and already 140 pounds. must have been some sort of labor. >> only two hours. that was -- >> that's it. >> quicker than most women. >> wow. >> all right, moving on. coming up, meet the world traveler with lots to share. and, how he has managed to visit dozens of countries on a budget and without taking a lot of time off work. and the deadly danger in pools. it's not what you might expect. this morning the growing calls to improve safety standards. >> first, a look at today's temperatures. >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by oral i was wonder

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all right, weather warms up of course, backyard pools are filled across the country. but there is a warning this morning about deadly dangers in pools. >> that's right. most think of drowning when we

think about pool danger. there is another electrocution. abc's linzie janis has tips on how to prevent it. >> reporter: an invisible danger that can paralyze or even kill in an instant. thousand of volts of electricity in pool water. caused by hazards like faulty wiring. watch these children at a florida pool. this girl touching the metal rail instantly going limp. as the man tries to help her. he is zapped, too. before yanks the girl out of the water. but rachel roseoff wasn't lucky. the high school senior and lifeguard at her community pool tragically lost her life last labor day weekend last year. after she was shocked, leaving her unable to move and fight her way to the surface. >> she always said she wanted to be strong like me. she was so much better than i was at 17. >> reporter: now her family is

filing a lawsuit. claiming her death was caused by the allegedly substandard repair work of two raleigh companies. williams electronic motor repair and future connections electrical, who the family alleges among other problems failed to replace faulty wiring back in 2011. >> they knew or discovered conditions dangerous at the pool. they didn't correct them. >> lots of things swimmers should look for. if the lighting looks old. in disrepair. could be dangerous. >> reporter: that same kind of shock killed 7-year-old calder sloan at his family pool in 2014. >> the boy that never stopped running, never stopped doing anything. >> reporter: safety experts say many pools are only inspected by an electrician when they're first installed. >> not a bad idea to look for an inspection notice. make sure that the municipality, city, state has looked at this pool, made sure it is safe. >> reporter: in the wake of rachel's death, some north carolina lawmakers want a law requiring additional inspections of all public swimming pools in the state.

linzie janis, abc news, new york. >> we should mention abc news reached out to both of the companies being sued by rachel roseoff's family. we have not heard back. >> in case you think somebody has been electrocuted in a pool. experts say first turn off the electrical supply. know where that is. and then call 911 to get some help immediately. >> they're saying you have to be careful that you don't get electrocuted. helpful to have a rescue hook made out of fiberglass, not metal. coming up, see the world on the cheap without quitting your day job. meet the guy who did it next.

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♪ roam where you want to >> appropriate song for this story. >> don't we want to roam around the world? most of us dream of traveling for an entire year. but one man was actually able to do it in real life. he didn't have to lose his job for it as a result. >> that's right. travel blogger, seth dogan managed to visit 25 countries in 2016, all while working on a full time job. abc's jeannine elliott caught up with him to show us all how he did it. >> hi, i'm seth dogan.

this is the place to be. best sunsets. >> at 32-year-old, seth dogan has seen more of the globe. than you ever will. especially when he spent last year doing this. >> i had flown for 11 days, 59 one way flights. the length of the flight was six times around the world. >> i am here in dominican republic. >> reporter: seth spends any spare minute he can find traveling. jetting from his day job at digital marketing agency in new york city to explore destinations across the world. >> this is so scary. >> you have three day long weekend. you leave on thursday afternoon. if you are flying to europe. means you are in europe early morning friday. if you leave in the evening of sunday, that gives you pretty much three full days. >> day two in budapest. >> reporter: he didn't blow his life savings in the process. managed to do it all on a budget. ♪

>> i recently flew to sweden round trip 192 from new york. i just booked in advance. during the low season. >> for the novice traveler. say they're starting from scratch. going to book a flight. don't want to spend a lot of money. don't have time. what's the first step? >> knowing your credit score, taking advantage of the credit card deals. banking points, miles. i did not book all my flights on miles. >> reporter: instead seth relied on unconventional methods to get the best deal. >> there are airlines norwegian, you can get really cheap return tickets. go to the norwegian language website. that gives you even better prices. >> reporter: then you have to decode. >> not that hard. like the same flow. you can use google translate. i did try it with, a new airline, that's mexican, they do also charge you little cheaper if you book in mexican pesos. >> reporter: regardless of the

currency, seth says the key is to take advantage of the airlines digital mixups. >> sometimes manual human error. sometimes algorithm messing things up. some airlines they do end up offering really cheap tickets. i did fly to united arab emirates, $178 round trip. >> reporter: seth recommends taking part in hotel loyalty programs to save on accommodations. you booked hotels sometimes nine months in advance. did that help you get better deals? >> get really good deals. like a smaller hotel. not a chain one. because they want to fill it up as soon as possible. what i paid like for a really nice hotel in, in europe, was not really more than $30 a night. >> reporter: some would argue you can't really appreciate a city spending such a short period of time there. how do you make the most of your time? >> i took advantage of walking tours in every city. >> smile! >> three walking tours, they take you to the, to the most important places in a two hours,

three hours. >> reporter: when asked if he has any plans of slowing down? >> right now, i am at 45 countries. i want to hit 100 by age of 40 in eight years. in every place you see different things. different standard. to know you really appreciate what you have back home. and it's -- feeling of gratitude. as cheesy as it is, it is true. >> jeannine elliott, abc news, new york. >> so, volaris. and, taking notes. >> i did the same abu dhabi trip for $178. here is the deal. there are different sites. flighthack. flight deal will tell you mistake fare. have to jump on it. >> be willing to go wherever. >> at any point. one just last weekend on expedia, tickets to asia from new york $200 round trip. >> you are heading to asia? >> i was passed out at the time.

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the fact that well have a community of gladiators that watches the show. feels like they're part of something. they know they're in this community with us. one of the reasons why we are still around. >> to celebrate the milestone, 100th episode. creator shanda rhymes asked the question, what if. >> i think a lot of viewer fantasies are fulfilled. topsy-turvy nature. different pairings. whatnot that you might not have ever expected. >> 100th episode. interesting to me. because everything was so different. everyone was different. yet, our writers kept our hearts the same. >> the fact that the episode plays out in such a way. ties in with the story line. so the ending is going to be extremely satisfying for the viewers. there will be jaws on the floor. it will also be, yes, yes. >> it is such a gift to our, to our, gladiators. really, old school. inside, deep track jokes.

>> getting specifics out of this crew, forget it. >> i think it will be a satisfying episode. confirm the fans will be satisfied. in many ways. yeah. >> i cosign with what shonda says. >> do we see you, do we not? >> we have to see. not that much. we have to see. >> i will yell at shonda rhimes when i see her. does anyone yell at shonda rhimes? >> no. check out the 100th episode. see the show tonight at 9:00 on abc 7. better watch it. back to you. bye. >> leave us on a cliffhanger. >> tonight an interesting episode. >> that's the news for this half-hour.

this morning on "world news now" relations with russia at an all-time low. >> that's how president trump put it as secretary of state tillerson met with russian president vladimir putin behind closed doors. what was the discussed. we'll have the full story. the officer in this dash cam video featuring a controversial arrest is on leave while investigators try to figure out what led up to that. the jaywalker confronted by the officer. the situation escalating quickly. the chief now calling this video disturbing. united airlines continues its apology tour with all passengers being compensated after security personnel dragged that doctor from his paid seat. the ceo tells abc exclusively that will never happen again. stop me if you heard this one before.

a boy gets a cheeseburger craving and drives his little sister to mcdonald's. how young was this boy and how did he learn to drive from youtube. wait until you hear what happened here. it's thursday, april 13th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> when you get a craving, you crave. >> you learn what you have to do. >> it wasn't for a kids meal. wait until you find out how old this kid was. my favorite story of the day. we'll start this half hour with what the white house says is a declining relationship between the u.s. and russia. this as the president acknowledges a stark reality. >> the president says relations with moscow may be at an all-time low and rex tillerson expressed similar sentiments after a face-to-face meeting with vladimir putin. >> both sides at bitter ends on the differences over syria. terry moran is in moscow. >> reporter: at the white house

along nato the secretary-general offering a grim view of u.s./russia relations. >> right now we're not getting along with russia at all. we may be at an all-time low in terms of relationship with russia. >> reporter: the u.s. missile strike on syria struck a crisis between the u.s. aand russia. there were russians on that base and some u.s. officials believe they knew, maybe even facilitated the attack. >> was it possible that syrian forces could have launched that attack last week without the russians knowing? >> i think it's certainly possible. i think it's unlikely and i know they're doing investigations into that right now. i would like to think that they didn't know. but, certainly, they could have. they were there. so, we'll find out. >> reporter: and trump still

speaking fondly of a closer relationship with vladimir putin who u.s. intelligence believes meddled in the to 16 u.s. election. >> putin is the leader of russia. russia is a strong country. be a fantastic thing if we got along with putin and if we got along with russia and that could happen. >> reporter: but the chilly greeting for secretary of state rex tillerson in moscow makes all that seem a distant dream. tillerson himself as ceo of exxon once clinked glasses with putin. a tense two-hour meeting with putin. the kremlin not releasing pictures. in front of the cameras the secretary of state echoed the white house line. >> the current state is at a low point. >> reporter: and then angered russia by blunting calling for regime change in syria. >> our view is that the assad family is coming to an end. >> vladimir putin has shown the world for years that he will not back down under pressure and he is still standing by assad and that regime. but the common ground between the u.s. and russia is fighting

and after that the kremlin suggests the political future of the country can be discussed. terry moran, abc news, moscow. the president announced a stunning about face, as well. as he met with nato secretary-general after bashing nato for months during his campaign by calling the military alliance obsolete. the president suddenly declared it is no longer obsolete. mr. trump had complained about nato doing more to fight terrorism and he said nato is now doing just that. the reversal comes ahead of the president's scheduled visit next month. president trump is also reversing course on china, as well. another frequent target you'll recall during his campaign candidate trump promised to label and changed his mind telling "wall street journal" that in the recent

months china manipulation has halted. the president says he thinks china will help the u.s. deal with north korea's nuclear threat. two men from illinois are under arrest and facing terrorism charges. joseph jones and edward are accused of trying to help isis. they were caught after a two-year sting. at one point they thought they were helping a friend travel to syria to join a terror group, but turns out that friend is an fbi informant. if convicted, they face 20 years in prison. new york city police are trying to figure out what killed a trailblazing member of the top court. her body was found along the hudson river in manhattan yesterday. a day after she was reported missing. investigators found no signs of trauma or injuries indicating foul play. the 65-year-old is the only black woman ever appointed to new york's court of appeals. to sacramento where the police department conducting an administrative and criminal probe. after the release of that video

that their chief is now calling disturbing. take a look, shows an officer taking down and then beating an unarmed alleged jaywalker. it happened as the 24-year-old mandy can't was walking home. cane's hands were in his pockets when he said the officer ordered drop your weapon. cane says he took his jacket to show he wasn't armed and then the officer moved forward. >> i thought i was going to be like the next trayvon martin. they were going to draw a gun out and shoot me in my back. >> cane was charged with resisting arrest and an outstanding misdemeanor warrant. both charges were dropped. the officer was placed on administrative leave and police have not said whether he was aware of cane's outstanding warrant before the incident took place. now to the aftermath of that passenger being dragged off a united airlines flight. the company ceo is apologizing to all the passengers and that passenger, in particular. the airline is reimbursing all

the passengers on the flight. attorneys for the man and members of his family will make statements today and those attorneys have asked a court to preserve all the evidence in the case. in an exclusive interview with rebecca jarvis he said he's ashamed by the whole thing. >> this can never and will never happen again on a united airlines flight. that's my premise and that's my promise. >> in the future, if no one voluntarily decides to leave a plane based on the amount of money that united is offering -- >> we are not going to put a law enforcement official to take them off. >> two more security officers who helped drag the man off the plane have now been put on administrative leave. we'll hear more from united ceo coming up in our next half hour. a north carolina bill that would outlaw same-sex marriage is not going anywhere any time soon. the house speaker says it will not be considered. the bill is plain out wrong and its sponsor says the u.s.

supreme court overstepped its constitutional bounds rules in ruling that states must allow same-sex marriages. north carolina still reeling and feeling the effects which discriminated against transgender people. that law was mostly repealed last month. that repeal didn't go far enough for california's attorney general who says the ban on state-funded travel to north carolina remains in effect. the law that replaces so-called bathroom bill prohibits any new nondiscrimination ordinances. he says that's just unacceptable. now to our favorite story of the day. the little guy in ohio who clearly knows how to take action when it's needed. he is only 8 years old. >> unbelievable. the other night the young man and his sister must have had the craving for a happy meal. they jumped in the family van and drove more than a mile to

mcdonald's. that's when the officer spoke to them. >> you know, what are you doing? he said, me and my sister really wanted a cheeseburger. then i asked him how he learned to drive and he said he looked up youtube videos on how to drive. >> on youtube. >> you can learn it all. >> apparently he did an okay job and didn't hit anything on the way to mcdonald's. >> by the way, they did get their cheeseburgers. they were taken to the police station where their parents did pick them up. their little mugshots next to the hamburgler. the guy with the pinstripe suit. >> that's awesome. >> that's great. >> i hope they got to enjoy their burgers and fries. >> as they sit there, you know, grounded for the next few months. oh, man. all right, coming up in "the mix." the newest reason to enjoy chocolate. >> first the wisconsin manhunt closing in on the suspect who stole a machine gun. plus, a revealing new letter he left behind. and don't miss tomorrow's

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this is quite a gusher outside of boston. wate quite a gusher outside of boston. during the evening rush hour. not to be outdone, though, in the meantime. on the west coast, drivers in los angeles were treated to their own impromptu waterfall. the gun thief who sent a manifesto to the white house. a wisconsin tv station released portions of the 161-page document believed to have been

written. and reveals the anger with the government calling it a gang of terrorists. another letter sent to a judge in 2008 has come to light. he referred to troubles with alcohol and a difficult family life. a florida police officer now faces attempted manslaughter charges after shooting an autistic man's caretaker. >> the arrest warrant for that officer says other officers closer to the victim didn't feel threatened. abc's gio benintes story. >> reporter: the officer is facing serious charges because prosecutors say he should not have fired his gun. trying to help a man with autism who has wandered on to the street from his group home. listen to what the therapist was yelling. north miami police officer seen here pointing his rifle, apparently thinking this was a

dangerous situation. >> he has something inside his hands. >> reporter: but the arrest affidavit says another officer positioned just 20 feet from the therapist says twice over the radio that does not appear to be a firearm. less than 30 seconds later he fires his gun. that moment not on camera. >> it's a toy car. >> reporter: that therapist has recovered and officer aledda has been charged. he has not yet entered a plea. gio benitez. oprah winfrey often known as the most accomplished person in any room. now she is revealing what intimidates her. first, some of the funniest moments from dave's mom. you're watching "world news now."

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david letterman's mom who was a church secretary in indiana. found comedy late in life. >> soon dave's mom became everyone's mom. jimmyjimmjimmyjy johnny carson had ed mcmahon and conan o'brien has and while david letterman had the trusted paul schaefer, he had one more secret weapon. >> never give a bookie your home phone number. >> reporter: often appeared on "late show" she made her dedebut in 1986. audiences quickly fell in love with the talk show host, soft-spoken mother. letterman even sending her to the winter olympics as a correspondent, not once, but three times.

>> is there anything you or your husband can do about the speed limit in connecticut? >> reporter: an unlikely star unphased by the limelight. the yin to david letterman's yang. >> it's hard having a son who looks older than you. >> what? >> she knows how to land the jokes, too. >> she did it so calm just before dave left the "late show" the list of the best side kicks overall and she was number four on that list for comedy. >> not surprising. >> speaking of a side kick, pretty much a front man for a lot of years. charlie murphy has passed away. died at the young age of 57. >> charlie's brother who is eddie murphy he appeared in a number of films over the years

among countless writing credits. >> cemented his cult-hero status like the time he told the story about hanging out with prince at paisley park with full reenactment, mind you. >> this bores me. is anyone up for a game of basketball? >> you know what we're going to call this? the shirts against the blouse. >> i mean, i kind of learned something. never judge a book by its cover. >> play ball . >> he was crossing. crossed me up. he was getting rebounds like charles barkley. >> shoot the j. shoot it! prince. you fouggot a towel, it's kind

hot out here? >> why don't you purify yourself. >> after it was all over he took us in the house to serve us pancakes. thank you. >> well, got to admit, it was a good game. >> i wish i could say the same for you. do you guys want some grapes? >> i mean, some great storytellers in the world that we live in today. >> by that it was clear he was one of the great storytellers, as well. >> eddie murphy says that he does brilliant impersonation of his older brother. he always wanted him to be famous so he could say, let me

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"the "mix" time here on a thursday morning. >> this story makes me happy. like vindication. a new study indicates that eating chocolate keeps you younger. you're not a chocolate fan. >> i'm not a chocolate fan. >> which explains all the crows feet around my eyes. >> consumer reports recently said that there are six anti-aging foods that we should be eating if we want to live long enough to bury our enemies. chocolate made the cut. apparently does a certain coating on the end of our caps of our chromosomes that keep us younger but then they did a study of more than 20,000 people. of those people, they said 25% had a lower risk of dying from heart disease and 23% less likely to die from having a stroke. the benefits are endless.

>> i love that you're getting a good sense of the "world news now" budget. >> one piece of chocolate. >> where you would have the entire fondue fountain here. we asked for chocolate and you got just that little bit. >> do edibles count? okay. moving on. so, we'll see. kids will fall asleep whenever and wherever they would like. here's a case, an example of that. this young girl ahere. >> look at her. >> she was on a little merry go round and then just kind of passes out. pretty much how we feel every monday morning, wouldn't you say? >> just along for the ride. >> that's really adorable. this one i can relate to. now i have a 3-year-old. but when he was a newborn you always think you hear the baby cry.

take a look at this guy. he has the newborn and he's asleep and getting some much-needed sleep and patting the baby's back trying to console the baby but the baby is with mom. >> but at least he automatically is like, okay, not having an effect at all. okay, there is an all-points bulletin out down under for a gold thief. but the sketch that's out there, it probably won't help people. so, this woman rosemary draper. she had gold in her house. >> i think i know that guy. >> so, she purchased gold a year ago as an investment and this person that is supposed to be there came in and stole the gold from her house. so, she decided she wasn't going to give the sketch to the police. she was going to draw it out herself like what this gold thief looks like. >> she did. >> that's what he

this morning on "world news now" president trump warming up to china after some very tough talk along the campaign trail. after some very tough talk along the campaign trail, the president has made an about-face on key issues involving china and nato. this as the the white house is facing image issues of its own. those details ahead. also doing his best to save his job. the ceo of united, speaking exclusively to abc news about the airline's public relations nightmare over that passenger who was dragged off the plane. what he says he will do to quell the outrage. and new this half hour, a u.p.s. driver providing some excellent pr, you could say. >> yeah, the delivery driver doubles as a fire fighter, warning residents of a fire before taking a garden hose to the flames. what will brown do for you?

she didn't become a self-made millionaire by being a wallflower. oprah reveals what rattled her making her feel intimidated. that's in "the skinny" on this thursday, april 13th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." good morning on this thursday. we'll start with president trump taking what many are considering an extraordinary u-turn on his approach to china and also reneging on forceful campaign promises. >> the president says he will not label china a currency manipulator because the declaration could jeopardize talks aimed at getting china to pressure north korea. after meeting with the president of china at mar-a-lago, and speaking by phone, president trump said, china had not been cheating on currency for months. when he was running for office he had this to say. >> and frankly china took businesses and everything else. we can't continue to allow china to rape our country. that's what they're doing.

we are going to be the people that create jobs for our country not for china. >> well, overnight, asian financial markets were mostly lower as a result of the comments on both china and the u.s. economy. president trump also told "the wall street journal," the dollar is too strong and that he would prefer the federal reserve keep interest rates low. >> analysts say all that put heavy pressure on the dollar and continued the market slide that began on wall street yesterday. we'll turn our focus to the turmoil brewing inside the white house. speculation growing about whether steve bannon has a future in the administration after clashing with the president's own son-in-law. >> now the president appears to be distancing himself from bannon. more now from abc's cecelia vega. >> reporter: the president is firing warning shots at another top aide. his controversial chief strategist, steve bannon. the nationalist fire brand a driving force behind the conservative trump agenda. >> if you think they're going to

give you your country back without a fight you are sadly mistaken. >> reporter: "time" magazine once dubbed bannon the great manipulator, president trump called him a guy who work for me. trump telling "the new york post," i like steve, but you have to remember, he was not involved in my campaign until very late. i am my own strategist and it wasn't like i was going to change strategies." amid clashes, bannon warring with senior adviser jared kushner. >> i can run a little hot on occasions. >> reporter: the president ordering them to work it out. but he made it clear, his patience is wearing thin. saying, steve is a good guy, but i told them to straighten it out or i will. >> cecelia vega, abc news. >> one more thing from the white house. press secretary sean spicer who has been under fire says he loves his job. the comment came at an event well before spicer ignited a firestorm by comparing the

holocaust with syria's use of chemical weapons. >> in addition to apologizing for a second time. spicer called them insensitive, wrong, and said he realizes he offended a lot of people. >> i would ask obviously for folks forgiveness to understand that i should not have tried to make a comparison. it is disappointing. because i think i have let the president down. >> so far, we have yet to hear from the president about those comments by sean spicer. president trump is offering a grim assessment of the relationship between the u.s. and russia as both countries remain deeply divided over syria. >> the president said the united states and russia are not getting along at all. adding relations may be at an all-time low. russia has vetoed a security council resolution that would have condemned syria for using chemical weapons. some u.s. officials accused moscow of facilitating the attack. the president apparently holding out hope for a better relationship with vladamir putin.

>> putin is the leader of russia. russia is a strong country. would be a fantastic thing if we got along with putin and we got along with russia. that could happen. >> well after a two-hour closed door meeting with putin, the secretary of state rex tillerson also said the countries have hit a low point with a low level of trust. but he says they're still working to improve ties. meanwhile, the violence continues. pro opposition media says government forces bombed eastern damascus yesterday. more than two dozen missiles and dozens of shells fell during the offensive. the assad government says it was targeting some of the last areas under jihadist control. the only shooting victim to survive monday's tragedy in san bernardino, california is improving. nolan brandy's family says the 9-year-old is in good spirits. police say, brandy, 8-year-old jonathan martinez and 53-year-old karen smith were shot by smith's estranged husband in the classroom.

smith and martinez both died. the shooter took his own life. school officials say classes at north park elementary school will resume next week. the state of arkansas plans to execute seven inmate in a span of ten days starting monday. there are efforts, we should point out, to stop the executions and they're gaining steam. religious leaders from across the state are calling on asa hut hutchison and arkansas's attorney general to commute the men's sentences to life without paro parole. several legal challenges aimed at halting executions. former executioner says it should not go forward. >> me being the executioner may have killed an innocent person. i have to ask for forgiveness. why can't the people on death row ask for forgiveness and receive it the same as i do? >> the executions were scheduled for such a short span of time because of the state's supply of the drug used in lethal

injections. expires at the end of the month. melania trump getting several million dollars from a british tabloid for a false story. more importantly the first lady is getting apology and retraction from the daily mail for reporting rumor as but her time as a model. she sued in britain and the u.s. claiming the report hurt her ability to develop business relationships. u.p.s. driver paul perrera not only delivers packages but also puts out fires. driving his route an hour north of boston he noticed a porch on fire. first alert ed occupants and thn grabbed a garden hose and got the fire under control. didn't realize how big the names were until he saw the video. he said he is not a hero that any one would do the same thing. >> he went along with his day after that. >> yeah. delivering his packages. >> what can't brown do for you? that is great. >> good guy. i don't know that everybody would do it. but. a guy heading to a bachelor

party overseas brought the staff at british airport in on the celebration. >> pictures of the man we know as ryan, trying to get past security in england with a giant boarding pass. some how managed to print it out on a 0 size paper, which is 33 inches by 46 inches. >> wow. >> actually tried to scan the bar code. that didn't work. then staff had to lay the giant pass on the floor, to try to process it. >> is that the only one that they brought. they didn't bring, you know their phone to scan? >> electronically. >> i love all the effort that they're putting into this. >> that's one way, putting a joke on him. >> part of the bachelor party. shenanigans. coming up, the abc news exclusive,er unite's ce told us what he thought when he saw the video of the flight fiasco and what he is doing to restore

unite's reputation. shila lebouf going to extremes. even for him. the latest stunt at the top of the world. but first, a look at the forecast. ♪ >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by -- life alert.

outrage is not subsiding it so the outrage is not subsiding it seems after that violent removal from a united airlines flight. >> united is refunding the cost of the tickets for every passenger on board. but there is more damage control ahead for the company. >> its ceo spoke exclusively with abc's rebecca jarvis. [ screaming ] >> reporter: the video that had the world buzzing for days. a united airlines passenger caught in a travel nightmare. >> come on. >> come on. >> dr. david dao visibly shaken as he is forcibly yanked out of his seat and dragged down the island off the united jet by law enforcement after refusing to give up his seat. >> oh, my god, look what you did

to him? >> reporter: the episode unleashing a pr crisis of epic proportions for united airlines. >> united airlines is in hot water. >> united kicked off several passengers. >> united better fasten its seatbelt. >> reporter: everyone asking how could this have happened? >> it was a system failure. we have not provided our frontline supervisors and managers and individuals with the proper tools, policies, procedures, that allow them to use their common sense. >> united ceo oscar munoz sat down with me for an exclusive interview. what did you think when you saw that video of a man being dragged off of one of your planes? >> probably the word ashamed comes to mind. as i think about our business and our people, the first thing i think is important to say is to apologize to dr. dao, his family, the passengers on the flight, our customers, our

employees. that is not who our family at united is. >> this is what you would call a perfect storm of bad pr. you saw people saying that they were going to boycott united. you saw people protesting by lowering the stock price. by selling off their stock. >> reporter: especially on social media. where the incident has quickly mushroomed into memes like these. some twitter users controlling the airline with #newunitedairlinesmottos. you carry on. we carry off. and board as a doctor. leave as a patient. the three officers who dragged dr. dao off the plane have been placed on administrative leave. and munoz said united's policy would change. in the future if no one voluntarily decides to leave a plane, based on the amount of money that united is offering, will united -- >> we are not going to put a law enforcement official to take them off. >> a law enforcement official will never come on one of your

planes again? >> to remove a booked, paid, seating passenger, we can't do that. >> reporter: the airline has also said it will compensate all the passengers on the flight. as for dr. dao. what do you think he deserves in all of this? >> well, certainly an apology. and, from that point on i think we will have to see. >> reporter: do you think he is at fault in any way? >> no. he can't be. he was a paying passenger, sitting on our seat, in our, in our aircraft, and no one should be treated that way. period. >> for "nightline," i'm rebecca jarvis in chicago. >> it will be interesting to see what he does get. obviously he is going to get a lot more than an apology. >> he is about to get paid i think the doctor. his lawyers are expected to have a press conference by the way later on this morning. and maybe they'll give us a sense of what their next move will be.

but it's also like, they will teach this in schools. in communications schools on how not to handle a situation. >> you are exactly right. this will be textbook don't say this. and even as we saw, just there, when he said, she said, well was he victim? >> so, did he do anything wrong? >> absolutely not. absolutely not. >> got to jump in. >> that's it. not -- oh, well. we will see. >> live and learn. "the skinny" is next.

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♪ so skinny >> we are going to start "the skinny" with a surprise from oprah winfrey. there is a not a lot that rattles the billionaire media mogul. but she is revealing one thing that intimidated her. >> right, in an interview with "people" magazine, oprah admitted she felt like a real novice while talking to reese witherspoon on the set of their new movie. >> so, i was saying to reese how many movies have you done? i don't know, i don't know, hundreds. i don't know, hundreds y'all. and i was like, oh god, please don't ask me how many i have done. asking her how many movies she'd did. made me think i have done five. so it is rare that i feel intimidated. but i feel, i felt, you know, intimidated. >> really impressive. >> she worked with steven spielberg. >> right. >> that was her first movie out of gate "the color purple." she was phenomenal.

>> if acting was baseball, she landed on the third base, probably thought she hit a triple with that first movie "the color purple." i guess she is intimidated by the big stars, oscar winner, reese witherspoon. >> being perfectionist is, you never feel you are good enough. she has a little bit of that. next to shia lebouf our favorite hollywood rebel. found a way to like his wounds after selling a few tickets to his last movie. a new stunt in the name of art. >> he has done these before. this was our favorite. his three-day nonstop live streaming of him watching his own films here in new york city. what is he up to now? well, shia spending a month alone in a cabin in finland. but wait, before you start celebrating, he can still communicate with us. >> whew! >> he can do so with text from visitors to museum there in

helsinki. >> for a time yesterday there was a live stream of him in the cabin. that was brought down three times by hackers trying to annoy him. it is still down apparently. so they're having a bit of success with that. i can't imagine watching, can you, like, "world news now" watching yourself back-to-back for three days. could you do that? >> i don't watch it. of course i watch it, dvr. >> can't do it back to back to back. like that. at least not sober. >> so then you can do it. >> absolutely. chance the rapper is showing, again, what a nice guy he is. you recall just last month. he announced he was giving $1 million to chicago's public school. clearly no problem giving more. he is giving away, giving away a lot of music as well. >> now inviting all of us to his 24th birthday party. >> yes. >> chance, the birthday. sunday in chicago. be there or be square. tickets are $100. all proceeds go toward his charity.

>> got to love that. >> chance gives back to chicago. so, got no problem with him. >> this is your jam, huh? >> this is your jam, huh?

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♪ oh i need someone to read me stories ♪ ♪ oh >> interesting to see bill o'reilly there on top of the best-seller list after all the controversy. so, finally this half-hour, the color blind grandpa getting a whole new view. >> here's david muir.

>> reporter: knoll stafford is about to open a very special birthday gift. his grandchildren gathered around, grandpa has been color blind his entire life. and his family has a surprise. he reads off the label, color, for the color blind. >> color for the color blind. i am color blind. >> reporter: laughter from his family. then an explanation from his son. >> these are special glasses. that when people wear them that are color blind, you can see color like we see all see. >> i can put these on. >> yeah. >> then he puts them on. >> oh. his daughter molly giving dad a

hug. for the first time in 66 years, he is seeing the colors. special corrective glasses by enchroma that have help sewed many. there are millions who suffer from color vision deficiency. it turns out color is something he has been working with his whole life. he is a landscaper. sending us this photo, smiling in his garden. more beautiful than he could even imagine. david muir, abc news, new york. >> taking in all that beauty in full color. i love his reaction. >> see what a beautiful garden he has right there. you see what he has been missing out on. and now he gets to see it all. >> yep. >> don't miss our updates on facebook at wnnfans.com. >> stay with us. more news is next. >> gators. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now" informing insomniacs for two decades.

the apartment building where the fire was. when things like this happen, i think you find a new perspective on life. hi. red cross put us in a hotel so we were able to stay together. we're strong and, if we overcame that or if we can overcome that, we can overcome anything, so. [ sniffle ]

making news in america this thursday morning, an about-face for president trump reversing course on a number of campaign positions, what he's saying about china now, the importance of nato and a bombshell threat to repeal and replace obamacare. russian relations at an all-time low. secretary of state rex tillerson arrives from moscow and within hours of giving his sobering assessment on the strained relationship with the u.s. what was discussed with the kremlin? we're live in washington. a violent arrest. watch it go down. police officers now at the center of a criminal investigation after video surfaces of a man accused of just jaywalking being punched. what the department is saying. and bullets fly past a 4-year-old girl. her miraculous escape caught on camera.