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colossuscolossus. ♪ ♪ we're back with the big cable news controversy. bill o'reilly left the no spin zone for the unemployment zone. >> a whole new tv world. last night the first episode of "the o'reilly factor" aired on fox news minus bill o'reilly's name. after that stunning fall from grace for the man who pioneered opinion-led tv news. here is abc's nick watt. >> reporter: beginning of the end for o'reilly april 1st with "the new york times" expose

claimed five women who accused o'reilly of harassment were given settlements totalaling $1 million on condition they would never talk. abc news has not independently verified the claims. two days later in los angeles, lisa bloom, revealed another o'reilly accuser. >> i'm not litigious, i don't want money. i'm not -- there is no lawsuit. >> we are beginning a new segment, are we crazy? >> reporter: a triad, soon, she got a dinner invite from o'reilly's assistant. >> i thought the big boss, wow. and he brought it up first. soon as we sat done to dinner. saying we would look to make you a contributor. >> after dinner she says, as we walked past the hostess stand at the restaurant. he turned right towards the bedrooms and i turned left towards the bar. he caught up with me, said, no come become to my suite. and i said, i'm so, i can't do

that. and then it became hostile, all his charmingness went away. he said the words, you can forget all the business advice i gave you. you are on your own. >> reporter: april 3rd, advertisers began to abandon o'reilly's show. o'reilly issued a statement on his website like prominent and controversial people, i'm vulnerable to lawsuits from individuals who want me to pay them to avoid negative publicity. >> the reason why my clients got so much love from the public in the last couple week they're not asking for any money. >> reporter: two days later, april 5th. the president, an avid fox news fan weighed in with an interview in "the new york times." >> i think he shouldn't have settled, personally. i think he shouldn't have settled. no, i know bill. bill's a good person. i don't think bill would do anything wrong. >> reporter: the advertiser exodus trickle became a flood. o'reilly's ratings stayed strong and grew, averaging 3.7 million every night last week. viewers untroubled by reports that he was a serial offender.

accused in 2002 of publicly berating a producer. in 2004 of making lewd phone calls to another producer. the times reporting back in 2011, o'reilly personally settled with former fox business channel host, rebecca gomez diamond for $1 million. middle of last week, the tide began to turn. against fox's biggest star. o'reilly took what was characterized as preplanned vacation. >> well have a contest on billo'reilli.com. guess where bill is going? a full report when i return. >> he never did. this was his final fox signoff. >> yeah, thank you for watching us. i'm bill o'reilly, remember the spin stops here. >> tonight the o'reilly factor aired with a guest host in the air. but now it is just called "the factor." i'm nick watt for "nightline." >> ironically enough, o'reilly was spotted over the weekend meeting with pope francis in rome. >> shaking his hand, in the vip section. there has been a lot of talk.

he was and still is in italy. >> hope he is enjoying it. having a few glasses. coming up, richard simmons speaks out for the first time in more than a year. >> and a doubles partner for serena williams. "the skinny" is next. williams. "the skinny" is next.

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♪ skinny ♪ ♪ skinny so skinny ♪ >> oh, richard simmons. starting "the skinny." breaking more than a year-long silence. >> people are concerned about him. celebrity fitness guru has not been seen in public more than three years. fueling speculation that he may be missing or even worse. >> but now the sweating to the oldies star posted a message on facebook after being hospitalized for severe indigestion on monday. >> his message and a photo of himself from 2014, three years

ago, simmons thanking fans for their good wishes. saying you will never know how much it means to me. >> an early throwback thursday photo. the 68-year-old's absence from the public eye spawned a pod cast released in february called "missing richard simmons." now a business deal includes merchandising, endorsements, and licensing could suggest a reappearance. is imminent. >> i think simmons too, there were headlines he was upset about the pod cast. >> he was. >> what are you doing getting into my business. simmons telling his fans, hope to see you again soon. okay. maybe some cheerier news. some big news from serena williams. >> the grand slam tennis phenom confirmed that she is 20 weeks pregnant with the first child. posted the photo in a bathing suit. showing off her baby bump. then apparently she deleted it. >> the 35-year-old williams

played at the australian open, back in january, when she was already close to two months pregnant. >> she was pregnant when she won the australian open. >> only serena williams. >> absolutely. her spokeswoman says williams is sitting out the rest of the 2017 season and hopes to return to the circuit next year. >> the announcement, the latest surprise from williams. last december she announced her engagement to a reddit co-founder. the photo. the baby is said to be due some time this fall. >> congratulations to them. could have played australian open. beyonce could have done coachella pregnant. >> let's not push it. next to magical news about will smith. >> oscar nominee in talks to reprise the role of the late robin williams as the the genie in the live action remake of "aladdin" from our parent company disney. that's different. >> going to be great. >> like disney's "beauty and the beast," "aladdin" will be a musical right up smith's alley

who started his career as a rapper. racking up four grammys back in, 20th century. >> wow, feel talking about sinatra or something. >> he was great. >> back in the 20th century and all. "aladdin" will reportedly wrap up shooting early next year. i really feel like everybody knows the theme song from fresh prince. >> of course. >> should have been grammy nominated. >> yeah, anyway. ricky martin channeling tom cruise for tonight's showdown. >> my favorite stories. two-time grammy winner, stripping down, to a dress shirt and white socks and tighty whities and preview clip, re-creating cruise's dance from "risky business." >> even uses a brass candlestick like cruise in the film. he can get away with it. >> he did good. >> so we are fair and balanced in the overnight hours. the only reason we are showing his competition. kate upton. the model going all out. >> i feel dirty watching all this.

>> back into the '90s. >> lip-syncing. >> i apologize. >> baby one more time. >> can we play the clips one more time? >> no. me. >> can we play the clips one more time? >> no.

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i looked at this movie and thought, she is back in a room that is hard to get out of. >> little bigger this time. and mr. people. >> reporter: when an arms deal between south africa gun marchant and goes sideways, a captivating shootout with larson's justine trying to save them among the bullets. >> all the male personalities, egotistical fight for power, she is the one frying to keep everything okay as calm as she is it not enough. this is not cool action hero moves. so that's what i like about it. >> reporter: larson in high demand since winning the oscar for best actress in 2016. sunny will join marvel as captain marvel. with that success, larson says she feels she is only as good as her next picture. >> for most of my life if i wasn't on set i was going on three, four auditions every day. if you are not working, you are

just sitting at home with anxiety, you think i am never going to get another audition never going to make it. >> you shared with us a dream you had, you were talking to your 7-year-old self- and you said, keep at this. but it is going to be 20 years before you get any recognition for it. what's it look now to have that recognition for you? >> i feel the same. it hasn't changed how i feel about myself. at the end of the day, like, i still question if i'm a good actor, i still question if i am doing enough. >> you have a statue in some room in your house? >> it's kind of random, isn't it? it happened that year with those people. like in my brain i can sort of extrapolate and go not an absolute. it is just a thing that happened one time. i think i am always going to question myself. is that okay? >> come on, man. chris connelly -- >> why don't you calm the [ bleep ] down! >> oh, my goodness, what she said. what's fascinating learned about brie larson. began her career as a child actor performing skits on the jay leno show. >> there you go. >> tonight show. >> starting with jay.

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good morning. i'm adrienne bankart. >> i'm kendis gibson. ? of the top headlines we're following now on "world news now." the network cutting ties with bill o'reilly after a growing sexual harassment sandal. more in a moment. >> second time in as many days two russian bombers have flown close to alaska. this time the planes were 36 miles from the coast. u.s. aircraft did not intercept the planes. they weren't actually in u.s. airspace. >> just days after justice antonin scalia's replacement, neil gorsuch reported to work and the supreme court will soon face another resignation. one senator says he expects a justice to resign this summer. but he didn't name which one. and suvena williams taking on a brand-new challenge. motherhood. the 23-time grand slam winner

has stunned the world with the news she is expecting. revealing on snapchat, that she is 20 weeks pregnant with her first child. those are some of the top stories on thursday, april 20th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> hey, we do say good morning to you, everybody, on this thursday. begin this half-hour with the end of an era at fox news. bill o'reilly is out. fired after the investigation into the sexual harassment claims. >> o'reilly was so popular as we all know. consistently high ratings making him the cable channels most lucrative personality until advertisers started pulling out of the show. >> o'reilly was outside of the vatican, shaking hands with the pope, when fox made the announcement. kind of ironic. abc's danya bachus with details. >> you are about to enter the no spin zone. >> reporter: fox news' biggest

star is now out. the network addressing bill o'reilly's departure on air wednesday night. >> bill o'reilly who hosted this program for 20 years is leaving the fox news channel. >> reporter: a statement from 21st century fox says after a thorough and careful review of the allegations, the company and bill o'reilly have agreed that bill o'reilly will not be returning to fox news channel. the ouster reportedly pushed by murdoch executives at fox parent company. a decision that comes weeks after a "new york times" article reported o'reilly and fox pay nearly $13 million in settlements over claims of inappropriate behavior and sexual harassment dating back to 2002. and wednesday -- >> first mr. o'reilly said nobody calls into our hot line. we took him up on it and called into the hot line. >> reporter: attorney lisa bloom sharing this picture of a fox employee calling the company's anonymous tip line. accusing o'reilly of leering, grunting, and calling the african-american woman, hot chocolate, while they were

alone. >> fire bill o'reilly! >> reporter: pressure mounting for the murdochs to take action. at least 83 companies pulled advertising from o'reilly's show. bill o'reilly reacting to the news, releasing a statement, saying, it is tremendously disheartening that we part ways due to completely unfounded claims. but that is the unfortunate reality many of us in the public eye must live with today. fox news channel has announced that recently hired host tucker carlson will get o'reilly's time slot. moving on now, the trump administration slamming the iran nuclear deal as a failure. even as it acknowledges that tehran is holding up its end of the bargain. >> secretary of state rex tillerson says the deal only delays iran's goal of becoming a nuclear state. he warned an unchecked iran could travel the same path as north korea. tillerson accused iran of supporting terror and destablizing the middle east. but he stopped short of

promising to scrap the deal. >> the u.s. is sending a blunt message to north korea, this time from u.n. ambassador nikki haley. "we're not trying to pick a fight, so don't try to give us one." haley's comments come as tensions escalate over north korea's nuclear arsenal. she said members of the united nations security council working on a statement condemning the north's latest failed missile launch. israeli defense officials say syria has up to three tons of chemical weapons. three tons. the assessment two weeks after the horrific attack that killed more than 80 syrian civilians and head of the international chemical weapons watch dog group says lab tests show undeniable evidence that the victims were exposed to sarin nerve gas or similar banned toxin. syria reportedly removed its military jets from the air base targeted in the u.s. missile strike, relocating them to a russian base to protect them from any other missile attacks.

questions now swirling around the apparent prison suicide of a fallen nfl star. the death of aaron hernandez came on the same day his former team visited the white house. the new england patriots marking their historic super bowl victory. hernandez was found hanging from a bed sheet tied to a window in his jail cell. the bible verse, john 3:16 written across his forehead. friends and family shocked by his death. >> one of my nephews had tweeted on facebook that he had spoke with aaron last night. and he was in good spirits. he was thinking about his future ahead. how he was going to win his appeal. just days ago hernandez was found not guilty for a double-murder from 2012. his attorney saying hernandez was looking forward to overturning a prior conviction for the 2013 murder of a man dating his fiancee's sister. >> before he left the court, see him blowing a kiss to his young

daughter in the court. raises some of the question for many people. two executions scheduled today in arkansas will not happen. state supreme court stayed one of them for reconsideration of the dna evidence. minutes later a judge blocked the state from using a lethal injection after a drug company argued it was misled by the state about the use of the drugs. that decision can potentially halt the state's plan to put several men to death. before the april 30th expiration of a lethal injection drug. >> scientists say they discovered a new planet. yes. it is just like earth. >> oh. >> bigger. nearly seven times the size of earth. so, yeah. the new planet, lhs-1140 b. >> need to work on the name. >> be a little sassier than that 39 light years away. tesla will not get you there. the new planet is rocky, like earth. also has the the right

temperature for water. and all that means it is one of the best targets for finding alien life. >> ooh. >> new telescopes under development may be able to detect oxygen molecules on the planet. all the intergalactic geeks, are super -- >> stoked. i can understand it. it is a sister planet to earth. so far away. not too far away. >> it's, we could find it. the cool thing. former yankee star derek jeter and former florida governor jeb bush reportedly teaming up in a bid to buy the miami marlins. multiple parties submitted bids offers running as high as $1.3 billion. marlins president says talks with all interested parties are in the fourth inning. possible the team won't be sold at all. moving on the heroic actions of the man in the water. he jumps into action, saving two sisters from drowning. the frantic moments as he tries to pull them to shore.

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not so much on other teen things. check out this video of a man savi check out this dramatic video of a man saving two sisters drowning in florida. the man's wife started screaming after spotting the girls struggling in the water. cell phone video shows the man pulling them to safety. the man says he heard a pop as he landed in the water. but swam through the pain. he ended up in the hospital with a foot injury. though everybody was able to get out of the water and safe now. my goodness. >> incredible there. you know prince harry has done some pretty revealing interviews. we thought we knew a lot about him. but this week he did some interesting interviews that kind of revealed something we never knew about him. >> yes, how he struggled after his mother's death. now he is hoping to share his story with others who can help heal. here is abc's david muir. >> reporter: it was nearly 20 years ago, prince harry was

12 saying good-bye to his mother. prince harry, prince william and duchess kate teaming up. >> serious one. >> reporter: for what is called heads together. bringing awareness to mental health. harry opening up about the their therapy he needed. prince harry saying he heard from so many others who have suffered. >> after however many years of listening to stories from veterans and, and their families, and then, hearing some of the most heartwrenching stories, based around, what people have experienced, it was only, only right to, to share my experiences and to help, hope to encourage others to come forward. >> reporter: so he did. with extraordinary candor this past week. >> i can safely say that losing my mum at the age of 12 and therefore shutting down all my emotions for the last 20 years has had a quite serious effect on not only my personal life, but also my work, as well. >> reporter: describing depths of his sadness after losing his mother.

>> i've probably been very close to a complete breakdown on numerous occasions. >> reporter: the campaign with his brother to end stigma around mental health. >> children especially, young people growing up in the world today where everything is just forced upon you. we need to remove the stigma around mental health. >> reporter: when asked what would his mother princess diana think? >> i think she would be proud of the campaign. proud of everybody involved. proud of us. she would be overwhelmed and hugely encouraged by the fact that the uk, not known for wanting to talk about mental health issues has suddenly got to this point. >> david muir, abc news, new york. >> we love harry. >> yes we do. >> great to see he is on the mend after all the years. earlier in the show we showed you the new england patriots at the white house. >> yeah, not all the team members were there including quarterback tom brady saying he would not be attending because of quote, personal family matters. espn reports he spent the time instead with his mother who has

cancer. >> tight end rob gronkowski, love rob gronkowski. tom with his mother at the super bowl. she attended it. gronkowski was there and crashed a white house press briefing. >> what pans out in the negotiation. can i just -- >> you need some help? >> i think i got this, but thank you. >> you sure? >> maybe. >> all right, thanks, man, see you in a minute. >> hold on, one second. all right. that was cool. >> oh, my gosh. that wasn't scripted. totally -- spontaneous. >> gronk shared the photo on instagram of him fist bumping president trump in the oval office. >> isn't gronk the same guy we talked at wwe. >> yes, yes. >> he is quite the funny character. >> a party animal. great guy. i would have thought sean spicer would have run with it. come on. please, please, save me. coming up, a record number

of americans have been taking to the skies for spring break. before the recent united pr disasters, we sat down with an airline expert for the best and worst airlines. >> that's really noteworthy because of one of the airlines in the top five. later on this half hour, festivities in the nation's capital to celebrate 420. >> announcer: "world news now"

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♪ ♪ ♪ a record number of americans are hitting the air this year for spring break travel. and that basically means more people exposed to the best and the most cases the worst in airlines in this country. so, what are the best and worst? the points guy is out with their annual list. and brian kelly joins us this morning with that. good morning.

there are a lot of people who would say there are no best airlines when it comes to domestic carriers, you say, not the case. >> not all terrible. what we did with this survey was we tried to look at data. what matters most to consumers. when it comes to flying. consumers care about price. dollars saved. money in their pocket. the number one factor of the survey. >> that said you can have a whole lot of bad when it comes to price. anyway. >> true. with price we didn't look at airfares, we also looked at fees. as the you know now the airfare is one small component of the total cost of travel. but we looked at other things, too. cabin comfort. lounges. how much route, the air lane can get you where you want to go as well as the missed baggage and negatives as well. we blended that all into -- a number. the results were pretty interesting. >> all right. talk about the top five best airlines here in america. number five on the list. going backwards. american airlines. why so? >> american has really great route network and frequent flier

program is pretty strong. that was 10% of our score. american did well there. >> people rave about jetblue in the meantime. >> best cabin comfort. that's where they really excelled. i am 6'7", i fit in jet blue economy. which was shocking. went to costa rica. did well for customer service, cabin comfort. not so much on price. jetblue is more expensive than people realize. >> virgin america, number three. best airlines. skip them for now. because they're going to cease exist in essence by merging. very soon. >> have a little funeral for virgin america. >> united airlines. shocking to me. number two. >> this was the biggest shock to me as well. trust me i crunched the numbers again and again to make sure. united did well. pricewise. it may help that they recently launched basic economy fares which they stripped everything out of their fares. >> because they give you a

really cute little teddy bear. >> not everyone. get the teddy bears in the new polaris business class. >> amenity kit. >> united upping the game. united for years was kind of struggling. >> can i? >> all yours, kendis. amenity kit. >> how the other half lives? >> pricewise, did well. >> toothbrush. >> and best frequent flier program. united miles among the most valuable miles out there. >> is that right? i used to use them. but through canada air. air canada's frequent flier program. number one. best airline in all of the u.s.? >> in all of the land. alaska airlines. combined with number three virgin, looks like they will be poised for success again next year. good carrier. strong on customer service. friendly flights. really good prices. also, they do really well on fees. they don't gouge you nearly as much as other carriers. >> need to race through bottom feeders here. six, is southwest. then delta. seven. hawaiian airlines one of the

worst airlines? >> this is where i feel really bad. someone had to come in at number eight. their fares were high. now i think could be held against them. they're, you know out in the middle of the pacific. they have good, really good. number one on time. of the airlines. frequent flier program. just okay. route network, can't get that many places. >> frontier airline? >> frontier and spirit came in at the bottom. i can't agree more. why do you say so? >> they charge you for fees across the board. fares aren't that cheap. cram you in. that's what we want consumers to look at. when you see cheap airfare, not all airlines are the same. if you are going to get nickel and dimed. splurge extra and fly an airline that treats you as a human. >> all said. this is the golden age of travel. >> this is in my opinion. although many people would disagree. >> because you get a teddy bear. >> all right, brian kelly, the points guy, thank you for being here with us. >> thanks for having me. >> now we know.

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♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ don't criticize it >> no, man, no criticizing of it. back in 1979, singing that. >> still got the accent going. yeah, man. >> doctors, nurses, even the judges smoke it. >> ganja, marijuana, 4/20 day. >> 4/20 day. even on capitol hill. no one here is partaking. serena marshal has the the story. at least that we know. >> reporter: a joint session of congress. no, no, no, not like that. more like -- >> is that a joint, man? that looks look a quarter pounder, man.

>> reporter: yeah, that kind of session. >> say, man, you got a joint? >> reporter: the first annual free give away for members of congress and their staffs. advocacy group rolling up and passing joints around to make sure congress reauthorizes the rule that would prevent the dea and department of justice from interfering with local state's medical marijuana laws. the rule expires next week. and without it, the trump administration could crackdown. during the campaign, then-candidate trump said he supported medical marijuana, called it a state's issue. a new yahoo! report found that 54% of people who say they use marijuana and 51% who say they use it regularly are parents. currently, 29 states have medical marijuana laws. and seven states including d.c., have legalized recreational use. >> thank you. thank you very much. >> reporter: an admitted

one-time former president obama, before leaving office called for the schedule one narcotic to be treated like tobacco. the new administration not so forgiving. >> a potentially dangerous, gate way drug that frequent leap leads to the use of harder drugs. use and possession is against federal law. >> reporter: the new attorney general. >> the united states congress has made possession of marijuana in every state and distribution of it an illegal act. so if that is something is not desired any longer congress should pass a law how to change the rules. >> it would be a lot cooler if you did. >> three new bills have been introduced into the session of congress with bipartisan support. they could do that. chain the laws. make the federal government treat marijuana like alcohol. >> there is going to be a fight with this one. because, this is also a financial fight. $20 million from just -- >> enjoy 420 day.

this morning on "world news now" -- the king of cable. now dethroned. >> bill o'reilly out at fox news, fired after numerous allegations of sexual harassment. the show's new look debuting hours after the announcement. full story ahead. deal or no deal. trump administration not worried about making friends. now calling on iran and announcing the nuclear treaty will be reviewed. this as some asian countries call the president a liar over that u.s. warship that was headed in the wrong direction. the deadly clash between police and protesters in south america. demonstrators running and jumping through sewers to escape tear gas. organizers calling it the mother of all marches. we do say bottoms up. all right. so admittedly it may be 420. but never a bad time for a cold one or is it? find out why one brewer is

taking on the fake news phenomenon. we'll get straight from the tap. on this thursday, april 20th. it's 420 day. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." good morning to you on this april 20th. >> yes. >> a lot of people know it as a day in spring. >> a day in spring. >> some are using it as day of celebration for marijuana enthusiasts. talk about that later in the show. >> remember to celebrate it except they got high. but we are going to start. >> forgot what day it was. >> we'll start this half-hour, with the ouster of fox news anchor bill o'reilly, fired overnight after an investigation into growing claims that he sexually harassed female workers. >> changing the cable news landscape. o'reilly outside the vatican shaking hands with the pope when fox news announced his departure. he says in a statement he is disheartened calling allegations against him completely unfounded.

>> get this, fox news has already changed the name of the show that bears his name. renaming it, last night, the factor. we get details from abc's rebecca jarvis. >> caution you are about to enter the no spin zone. >> reporter: no spinning it the king of cable news dethroned. bill o'reilly host of cable's most popular show for 16 years out at fox news. in the wake of that growing sexual harassment scandal. laughlin and james murdoch executives reportedly pushed for o'reil o'reilly's ouster. their father, rupert murdoch signing off amid a growing scandal. 21st century fox announcing after a thorough and careful review of the allegations the company and bill o'reilly have agreed that bill o'reilly will not be returning to the fox news channel. bill o'reilly releasing his own statement. it is tremendously disheartening that we part ways due to completely unfounded claims.

but that is the unfortunate reality many of us in the public eye must live with today. >> o'reilly's statement comes after the new images showing him on vacation, shaking hands with the pope at the vatican. back in new york, fox executives, clearly were not forgiving. and an advertiser revolt, at least 83 pulling their commercials from his show. new accusers coming forward. including this african-american fox employee, her attorney says this picture shows her calling the company's anonymous tip line. alleging o'reilly would leer and grunt at her calling her hot chocolate. one of the few who publicly defended o'reilly when the scandal broke, president trump. >> i think well. he's a good person. personally, i think he shouldn't have settled. >> reporter: trump reportedly a friend of o'reilly's for years. and a frequent guest on his show. after the release of that

infamous "access hollywood" video. i'm not going to play too much of it because the it is crude guy talk. >> reporter: then candidate trump also defended former fox ceo roger ailes before he was forced out last summer after his own harassment scandal with multiple accusers coming forward. after 20 years, a stunning fall for the fox host. one of o'reilly's accusers, radio host, wendy walsh saying she doesn't want money. >> we know this is the tip of the iceberg. >> reporter: an internal 21st. century fox memo obtained by abc news, the company says it reached this decision following an extensive review in collaboration with outside counsel and that memo was signed by rupert, locklin and james murdoch. rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. move on right now.

the trump administration reviewing the iran nuclear deal after declaring it a failure. secretary of state, rex tillerson said the deal struck in 2015, only delays iran's goal of becoming a nuclear state. and he warned, an unchecked iran could travel the same path as north korea. now mind you the same state department had acknowledged that iran was complying with the terms of the agreement. but tillerson complained that iran remains a leading sponsor of terrorism. >> whether it be assassination attempts, support of weapons, mass destruction, deploying, destablizing militias, iran spends treasure and time disrupting peace. >> well, tillerson stopped short of promising to scrap the nuclear deal and reinstate sanctions, but he said the trump administration will not pass the buck on iran to a future administration. the white house right now is under fire for a contradictory statements on the whereabouts of aircraft carrier group of ships. president trump said he was sending the ships to the korean peninsula as a show of force. but at the time the "uss carl vinson" was 3,000 miles away heading in the opposite direction. this morning, asian newspapers

are accusing the u.s. president of lying. "uss carl vinson" aircraft carrier finally en route to sea of japan. the white house insists it did not mislead anybody. republican senator believes there will soon be another high court vacancy. chuck grassley chairman of the senate judiciary committee expects resignation as soon as this summer. grassley did not name a justice. two oldest justices, ruth bader ginsburg and anthony kennedy both in their 80s. the court is back to full attendance currently after neil gorsuch sworn in ten days ago. one justice short for nearly 14 months. after the death of scalia. it turns out a bible verse was written on the forehead of former nfl star aaron hernandez. his body found in his massachusetts jail cell. dead from an apparent suicide. and there are reports this morning that hernandez smoked a synthetic marijuana called k 2 before his death. that drug has severe side effects including erratic behavior.

we get more know from our correspondent. >> guilty of murder in the first degree or guilty of murder in the second degree? >> not guilty. >> reporter: days after he was found not guilty for the 2012 murder of two men, aaron hernandez used a bed sheet to hang himself in his jail cell. it happened here at a maximum security prison in massachusetts. where hernandez was serving a life sentence for murdering his friend, odon lloyd, semiprofessional football player who was dating his fiancee's sister. the prison saying hernandez showed no signs he might try to hurt himself. his family in disbelief. >> he was the first one to make it. and from our side of the family. the first one. >> reporter: hernandez rose to fame as an all-american tight end playing for the university of florida. winning the 2009 national championship. he played for the new england

patriots from 2010 to 2012. the team cut hernandez in 2013, following his arrest for the lloyd murder. attorneys for hernandez promising a separate investigation. hernandez was just acquitted. now the fathers of the victims speaking out. >> he sat there, his reaction as a christian, as a person, that he never likes for anybody to die. >> according to reports, a legal technicality could mean hernandez died an innocent man because his legal team hadn't exhausted all appeal options. to venezuela now where at least two people are dead after protests against the government turned violent. opposition leaders promised what they call the mother of all marches. all in hopes of forcing the president there to hold elections ahead of schedule. tens of thousands of people turned out as you can see. and so did police. and paramilitary. venezuela's economy in severe recession.

the supreme court dissolved the parliament transferring legislative power to itself. back here at home owner of holiday inn crown plaza and other properties says hackers accessed credit and debit card info from guests at 1200 of its hotel properties over a three-month period. the intercontinental hotels group says malware stole identifying information from customer strip on any of the payment cards. the company warning anyone who stayed from september 29th to december 29th to check bank card statements. also, a popular high-end popular headphone maker is now facing accusations of spying. a lawsuit claims that bose tracks and shares user information without telling them. the lawsuit alleges that bose collected users' music and audio choices through its connect mobile app and that information was then allegedly shared with third parties including a data mining firm without permission. bose has not commented on the suit. we have been watching this

absolutely riveting kiss a kia contest for much of the last three nights. >> oh, my. >> all contestants kissing a kia. came down to -- a -- no. it was a draw? >> well, listen. there was a number of different people. their lips stuck on a car. this optima sedan at a dealership in austin, texas. the winner of the drawing, this woman here, 30-year-old state health lab technician. after 50 hours of kissing that car. that is insane. >> so the six remaining contestants received lesser prizes. interesting techniques. >> she won a car. they won like, tickets to a music festival. >> 20 people began kissing the kia 7:00 a.m. monday with ten minute breaks each hour. >> look at this. facebook live streamed. >> trust me. i watched it. now to know it came down to a draw. i feel gypped. >> a lot of them feel asleep

over the overnight hours. 50 hour straight of keeping your lips on everything, got to be wearing. >> moving on. >> yeah. coming up, the fiery collapse of a power line tower, drone video captures the scene as a fire causes it to collapse. according to a new book, the clinton campaign collapsed on itself. the fascinating look inside the election and learn where hillary's run for the white house apparently went off course. and check out our behind the scenes pics on instagram. promise won't show you, kendis gibson kissing a kia. >> or anything for that matter. >> you're watching "world news now." ew carfax.com that might help. show me the carfax? now the car you want and the history you need are easy to find. show me used minivans with no reported accidents. boom. love it. [struggles] show me the carfax. start your used car search and get free carfax reports

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drone video capturing the dramatic moment an electric tower collapsed on to a busy highway. watch as this plays out. all of this taking place in the philippines. see what happened there. the tower of course caught fire. and then came crashing down. it happened during the morning rush hour.

there were no injuries however. back here at home we have new details on the shooting rampage in fresno, california. investigators treating it as a hate crime. the suspect allegedly targeted white men. >> reporter: the shooting rampage took less than four minutes. we just got another call in, with six shots fired. >> reporter: shaking the city of fresno to its core. zachary randalls died behind the shattered windows of the utility company truck. it was his first day in the field. 37-year-old mark gassette picked up food at the catholic charities office. >> he was a good-hearted person. caring and loving. >> reporter: 58-year-old david martin jackson killed feet away from gassette. 39-year-old kori ali muhammad was targeting white people. in his social media accounts he railed against white devils online. and talked about destroying the white man's world. >> he was going to kill as many white males as possible.

that's what he set out to do that day. >> reporter: police say muhammad spared the lives of a hispanic family trying to flee the area. he pointed a gun right at the female passenger but didn't pull the trigger. well, coming up in our next half hour, an apparent incident of air rage and it was caught on camera. an irate passenger gets into a shoving match with a pilot no less. so what allegedly sparked the altercation? first an explosive new look inside the hillary clinton presidential campaign. the new book that portrays a presidential bid, plagued by missteps and missed opportunities. you're watching "world news now." presidential bid, plagued by missteps and missed opportunities. you're watching "world news now." leading whitening toothpaste i passed the tissue test. oh yeah. crest whitestrips are the way to whiten clearasil rapid action begins working fast for clearly visible results in as little as 12 hours.

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a good morning to you on this thursday. no secret that many hillary clinton supporters are still bitter over her election defeat. >> but according to an explosive new book, many of the supporters should have seen this all coming, well before election day. here is abc's tom llamas. >> this is the night for donald trump. he is now going to be the 45th

president of the united states. >> reporter: the headline that rocked the world and shocked so many. but the news shouldn't have taken the clinton campaign by surprise. just months before election day, a long time clinton adviser, drafted a memo telling the campaign, donald trump could win. and not to underestimate him in battleground states. >> this adviser says donald trump can win this election. fact, he says at the top of the memo. and then, as the memo goes on it says, i would add three or four points to every poll you see to trump's numbers. >> reporter: that report part of a gripping new book "shattered." inside hillary clinton's doomed campaign. the book, outlining how even before clinton launched her 2016 campaign, she instructed her team to download top aides' e-mails from her 2008 run trying to pinpoint which staffers leaked to media and track down infighting. then, early on in 2016, while battling senator bernie sanders in the primary, the authors claim clinton admitted she couldn't get a handle on the new wave sweeping american politics.

>> there is this rise in populism. she is on a plane with one of her close aides. and she is, basically questioning what is happening in the country. she doesn't quite understand it. >> reporter: the book also details how clinton herself created tension in her campaign by surrounding herself with rival aides inside and outside of the campaign. and some of those closest to her, like huma abadeen couldn't be honest with the democratic nominee. >> she had trouble telling hillary the truth. she was a gatekeeper for people to got to hillary clinton. >> reporter: in the campaign autopsy, the writers found unlike the trump campaign which ran primarily on gut instinct. >> i just get the feeling we are going to win in a landslide. >> reporter: the clinton campaign relied heavily on voter data. in some key battleground states, that data hurt more than it helped. even causing a rift between bill clinton and campaign manager robbie mook. >> her team decided more

expensive and difficult to persuade people who didn't agree with her. and spent more and more time focused on the people that they thought they could turn out. >> reporter: but still clinton's message wasn't resonating with certain voters. >> do you think donald trump beat hillary clinton or do you think hillary clinton beat herself? >> i think hillary clinton did so many things to damage her own campaign that she was not able to beat a flawed candidate in donald trump. and a big part of that was not understanding what was going on in the electorate, same thing, donald trump and bernie sanders were able to tap into. >> reporter: in the final chapters of the book, a play-by-play from election night. how clinton apologized to president obama for losing. and making that call to the future president. >> so she calls up donald trump, and she says those words, she never thought she was going to have to say. congratulations, donald. >> reporter: tom llamas, abc news, new york. >> emotional moment for her. no doubt. but also for so many of her --

those who loved her and wanted to vote. >> more difficult moment to call president obama and say i'm sorry. going to church on 420, of course. president obama and say i'm sorry. going to church on 420, of course.

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♪ >> okay, it is 420. for those of you who don't know, it is a high holy day for those who enjoy marijuana. >> marijuana. >> weed. >> uh-huh. >> ganja. purple urkle. >> mary jane. >> some calling it sacrilege. others say hi, hallelujah. starting an international church of cannabis in denver open its doors today. and welcoming elevationists it calls members. home to adults everywhere to those who are looking to create a best version of themselves by way of the "sacred plant." >> hashish. >> yeah. see how long that lasts.

>> the cush. >> okay, we get it. thank you. thanks. moving on to the next story now. >> move on. >> talk about beer. all of the vices this morning. >> all the vices. because adrienne is here. we love this. some folks in canada have come up with a new branding for beer. called fake news ale. guess who is on the cover of that. >> my goodness. >> they went with our president. it is only sold in canada. direct delivery only. it will be available mid june. they claim that 5% of sales will go to help reverse questionable policies. whatever that means. >> yeah. >> good luck with that. good luck with that. okay. this is. >> did i do ganja, say ganja? >> no. >> favorite story "the mix." dipping sauces. what do you look to dip your chicken nuggets in? sweet n sour, barbecue? >> why can it be chicken? steak, salmon?

>> we're talking about mcd's. >> stereotyping. >> a szechuan sauce from 1998 just sold on ebay for $14,000. the tiny square like, that you dip the chicken nugget in. just sold for $14,000. why? because people are crazy. >> judging. >> the sauce, released as promotional item for disney movie "mulan." and they were cleaning out the car. person sold it. cleaning out the car. found the sauce. >> probably good stuff. >> he put it online. >> go to churches. fried chicken that is. >> $14,000. >> dipping. >> that will be a whole -- >> apparently. >> new level. >> they're asking for the sauce to come back. >> craziest air bnb here. take a look. >> lifestyles of the rich and kendis. >> just imagine the colors you will see.

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this morning on "world news now," iran on notice. conflicts with syria, russia, north korea and now the trump administration turning its sights to iran. the world seemingly on the brink. the stunning fall from grace for icon of conservative television. how the decade's long career of a cable television colossus who reigned supreme for more than 20 years on fox news was undone in less than three weeks. new this half hour. airline rage caught on camera. >> a pilot approached by an irate passenger. the two get into a shoving match. what the passenger says the pilot was doing that started it. >> wow. and ready for the spotlight? after years of worrying about his whereabouts and general well being, fans making contact with richard simmons. you see him in the tutu?

>> i did. more interestingly hearing you say making contact as if he is an alien from another planet. >> oh, we don't know. some of the conspiracy theories. what might this mean for everyone's favorite short fitness guru? it is thursday, april 20th. who wears short-shorts? >> you wear short-shorts. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> realized i was quoting a nair commercial. ♪ who wears short shorts ♪ we wear short shorts >> i'm too sleep deprived. >> so is everybody else. happy thursday to you. welcome to adrienne. we will start this half-hour with the trump administration putting the iran nuclear deal under a microscope. >> secretary of state rex tillerson announcing the u.s. is reviewing the nuclear agreement slamming it as a failure. he is also taking aim at iran for supporting terrorism.

>> all this as tensions are nearing a boiling point with north korea. abc's arlette has been following the developments from washington, d.c., at this early morning hour. good morning, arlette. >> good morning. with the 100 day mark quickly approaching. president trump is diving deeper and deeper into foreign affairs. the administration talking tough on not one but two nuclear fronts. secretary of state, rex tillerson, issuing a warning on iran. comparing its behavior to north korea. >> unchecked iran has potential to travel the same path as north korea. and take the world along with it. >> reporter: those comments after tillerson notified congress that iran is complying with the nuclear deal struck with president obama. despite that, the trump administration said it is conducting a full review of that agreement. >> trump administration has no

intention of passing the buck to a future administration on iran. the evidence is clear, iran's provocative actions threaten the united states. the region and the world. >> reporter: on the campaign trail, candidate trump railed against the deal. promising to renegotiate it. >> they're doing the iran deal it was so bad, so pathetic. i looked at it. i looked at the way they negotiated. i said, these people don't know what they're doing. >> reporter: since taking office, president trump has not revealed how he'll tackle that deal. >> the iran deal made by the previous administration is one of the worst deals i have ever witnessed. and i have witnessed some beauties. but, i will do what i have to do with respect to the iran deal. >> reporter: meanwhile the trump white house is already in the middle of confronting another dangerous nuclear power. north korea. >> u.s. ambassador to the u.n., nikki haley with strong words for pyongyang. telling reporters, "we're not trying to pick a fight.

so don't try to give us one." and vice president mike pence saying the u.s. isn't looking to negotiate. >> we are going to make it clear to the regime in pyongyang and that the days of broken promises, the days of -- of running out the clock, on agreements with the wider world are over. >> now here in washington, president trump will engage in some diplomatic outreach when he welcomes the prime minister of italy to the white house today. the two will have a press conference where the president will likely face questions about his strategy on both north korea and iran. we'll have to see what he has to say on the topics. kendis, adrienne. >> there are plenty of topics. thank you. the trump administration is about to face the judge who the president railed against during the campaign. >> uh-huh, u.s. district judge gonzolo curiel has been assigned to the case of a 23-year-old deported to mexico, even though

he has dreamer status which allows undocumented immigrants to stay in the country if they're brought here as children. judge curiel oversaw the lawsuit against trump university. and then candidate trump questioned if he could be impartial because of his mexican heritage. >> curiel's assignment, latest case said to be completely coincidental. meanwhile, former president george h.w. bush spent the night in a houston hospital where doctors say he is gaining strength. the 92-year-old admitted for mild case of pneumonia, the second bout with the illness this year. his spokesperson said his spirits are high and he is looking forward to going home to his wife. now what appears to be a case of air rage started onboard a plane and spilled into an airport terminal. it has the now resulted in some criminal charges. kansas city airport cameras captured a man identified by police as edward foster, walking behind a uniformed pilot, who was traveling as a passenger. now, as they moved into the

terminal, foster suddenly dropped his bags, and shoved the pilot. another camera. >> what? >> you can see it there. shows the scuffle escalating after foster tried taking a picture of the pilot id tag. witnesses say foster accused the pilot of taking up too much room in the aisle and being disrespectful. the pilot suffered some cuts and bruises. foster has been charged with assault. >> all a case of him thinking the pilot sitting next to him on the plane, was taking up too much space. >> uh-huh. >> the pilot had a wide stance, yeah. >> you have got to be kidding me. people calm down. anyway, millions of people in the central plains are on alert overnight for -- don't, seriously. >> i agree. >> possible tornadoes in the area. >> this time-lapse video shows the strength of the same storm system moving over nashville. inhale. at the university of nebraska softball game sent them fleeing for shelter. eventually, they got the game

in. >> yeah, spring is all about wild weather, isn't it? >> the front will move diagonally southwest, north east across the midwest. did you get all that? it is moving. >> a lot of directions. >> two areas with greatest potential for severe thunderstorms. one is the texas panhandle and oklahoma. the other is from indianapolis up to the great lakes. isolated tornados are possible in those areas. the u.s. navy says it is redesigning its submarines to accommodate female crew members. that includes obvious things like separate bathrooms, separate sleeping areas, but designers will be making other adjustments like lowering overhead valves, and making them easier to turn. the first new redesigned sub should be delivered to the navy in 2021. cigarette smokers in new york may soon get hit with a major case of sticker shock. mayor de blasio says he wants to raise the base price of cigarettes to $13 per pack.

that is up from $10.50. it would make big apple cigarettes the highest priced in the country. >> all right. and we have irrefutable proof the mascot of the university of florida does it all. >> everything. >> watch. this baseball game, young fan. albert gator shield a kid. see what he did. he was protective like a mama bear. that foul ball could have smacked him. caught on the snout. yeah, if you are a well padded mascot. >> sure it hurt. >> the boy returns the favor and performs cpr on, on the mascot. >> oh, my goodness. >> i think the mascot. >> look at the kid. i'll save you. resuscitate you. >> give you mouth to snout resuscitation. >> that kid is adorable. someone get him a ticket somewhere. so cute. the stunning fall from grace for cable tv conservative colossus. bill o'reilly, is now out of a

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colossuscolossus. ♪ ♪ we're back with the big cable news controversy. bill o'reilly left the no spin zone for the unemployment zone. >> a whole new tv world. last night the first episode of "the o'reilly factor" aired on fox news minus bill o'reilly's name. after that stunning fall from grace for the man who pioneered opinion-led tv news. here is abc's nick watt. >> reporter: beginning of the end for o'reilly april 1st with

"the new york times" expose claimed five women who accused o'reilly of harassment were given settlements totaling $13 million on condition they would never talk. abc news has not independently verified these claims. two days later in los angeles, lisa bloom, revealed another o'reilly accuser. >> i'm not litigious, i don't want money. i'm not -- there is no lawsuit. >> we are beginning a new segment called, are we crazy? >> reporter: a triad, soon, she got a dinner invite from o'reilly's assistant. >> i thought the big boss, wow. and he brought it up first. soon as we sat down to dinner. saying we would look to make you a contributor. >> after dinner she says, as we walked past the hostess stand at the restaurant. he turned right towards the bedrooms and i turned left towards the bar. he caught up with me, said, no come become to my suite. and i said, i'm so, i can't do that. and then it became hostile, all his charmingness went away.

he said the words, you can forget all the business advice i gave you. you are on your own. >> reporter: april 3rd, advertisers began to abandon o'reilly's show. o'reilly issued a statement on his website like prominent and controversial people, i'm vulnerable to lawsuits from individuals who want me to pay them to avoid negative publicity. >> the reason why my clients got so much love from the public in the last couple week they're not asking for any money. >> reporter: two days later, april 5th. and avid fox news fan weighed wd with an interview in "the new york times." >> i think he shouldn't have settled, personally. i think he shouldn't have settled. no, i know bill. bill's a good person. i don't think bill would do anything wrong. >> reporter: the advertiser exodus trickle became a flood. o'reilly's ratings stayed strong and grew, averaging 3.7 million every night last week. viewers untroubled by reports that he was a serial offender.

accused in 2002 of publicly a producer. in 2004 of making lewd phone calls to another producer. the times reporting back in 2011, o'reilly personally settled with former fox business channel host, rebecca gomez diamond for $1 million. middle of last week, the tide began to turn. against fox's biggest star. o'reilly took what was characterized as preplanned vacation. >> well have a contest on billo'reilly.com. guess where bill is going? a full report when i return. >> he never did. this was his final fox signoff. >> yeah, thank you for watching us. i'm bill o'reilly, remember the spin stops here. >> reporter: tonight "the o'reilly factor" aired with a guest host in the chair. but now it is just called "the factor." i'm nick watt for "nightline." >> ironically enough, o'reilly was spotted over the weekend meeting with pope francis in rome. >> shaking his hand, in the vip section.

there has been a lot of talk. he was and still is in italy. >> hope he is enjoying it. having a few glasses. coming up, richard simmons speaks out for the first time in more than a year. >> and a doubles partner for serena williams. "the skinny" is next. "the skinny" is next. williams. "the skinny" is next. >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our our family was drifting apart... ...until we found a connection. you have the power to change your child's life. the boys town national hline can help. (tdd# 1-800-448-1433)

♪ skinny so skinny ♪ >> oh, richard simmons. starting "the skinny." breaking more than a year-long silence. >> people are concerned about him. celebrity fitness guru has not been seen in public more than three years. fueling speculation that he may be missing or even worse. >> but now the sweating to the oldies star posted a message on facebook after being hospitalized for severe indigestion on monday. >> his message and a photo of himself from 2014, three years

ago, simmons thanking fans for their good wishes. saying you will never know how much it means to me. >> an early throwback thursday photo. the 68-year-old's absence from the public eye spawned a pod cast released in february called "missing richard simmons." now a business deal includes merchandising, endorsements, and licensing could suggest a reappearance. is imminent. >> i think simmons too, there were headlines he was upset about the pod cast. >> he was. >> what are you doing getting into my business. simmons telling his fans, hope to see you again soon. okay. maybe some cheerier news. some big news from serena williams. >> the grand slam tennis phenom confirmed that she is 20 weeks pregnant with her first child. posted the photo in a bathing suit. showing off her baby bump. then apparently she deleted it. >> the 35-year-old williams played at the australian open, back in january, when she was already close to two months

pregnant. >> she was pregnant when she won the australian open. >> only serena williams. >> absolutely. her spokeswoman says williams is sitting out the rest of the 2017 season and hopes to return to the circuit next year. >> the announcement, the latest surprise from williams. last december she announced her engagement to a reddit co-founder. the photo. the baby is said to be due some time this fall. >> congratulations to them. could have played australian open. beyonce could have done coachella pregnant. >> let's not push it. next to magical news about will smith. >> oscar nominee in talks to reprise the role of the late robin williams as the the genie in the live action remake of "aladdin" from our parent company disney. that's different. >> going to be great. >> like disney's "beauty and the beast," "aladdin" will be a musical right up smith's alley who started his career as a rapper. racking up four grammys back in, 20th century.

>> wow, feel talking about sinatra or something. >> he was great. >> back in the 20th century and all. "aladdin" will reportedly wrap up shooting early next year. i really feel like everybody knows the theme song from fresh prince. >> of course. >> should have been grammy nominated. >> yeah, anyway. ricky martin channeling tom cruise for tonight's showdown. >> my favorite stories. two-time grammy winner, stripping down, to a dress shirt and white socks and tighty whities and preview clip, re-creating cruise's dance from "risky business." >> even uses a brass candlestick like cruise in the film. he can get away with it. >> he did good. >> so we are fair and balanced in the overnight hours. the only reason we are showing his competition. kate upton. the model going all out. >> i feel dirty watching all this. >> back into the '90s.

>> lip-syncing. >> i apologize. >> baby one more time. >> can we play the clips one more time? >> no. >> no. me. >> can we play the clips one more time? >> no.

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i looked at this movie and thought, she is back in a room that is hard to get out of. >> little bigger this time. and more people. >> reporter: when an arms deal between south africa gun marchant and goes sideways, a captivating shootout with larson's justine trying to save the deal amid the bullets. >> all the male personalities, egotistical fight for power, she is the one trying to keep everything okay and as calm as she is is not enough. this is not cool action hero moves. so that's what i like about it. >> reporter: larson in high demand since winning the oscar for best actress in 2016. she'll even join the marvel as captain marvel. with that success, larson says she feels she is only as good as her next picture. >> for most of my life if i wasn't on set i was going on three, four auditions every day. if you are not working, you are just sitting at home with anxiety, you think i am never going to get another audition never going to make it.

>> you shared with us a dream you had, you were talking to your 7-year-old self and you said, keep at this, but it is going to be 20 years before you get any recognition for it. what's it look now to have that recognition for you? >> i feel the same. it hasn't changed how i feel about myself. at the end of the day, like, i still question if i'm a good actor, i still question if i am doing enough. >> you have a statue in some room in your house? >> it's kind of random, isn't it? it happened that year with those people. like in my brain i can sort of extrapolate and go not an absolute. it is just a thing that happened one time. i think i am always going to question myself. is that okay? >> come on, man. chris connelly -- >> why don't you calm the [ bleep ] down! >> oh, my goodness, what she said. what's fascinating learned about brie larson. began her career as a child actor performing skits on the jay leno show. >> there you go.

making news in america this thursday morning, fired by fox, bill o'reilly booted from his long-running show after a series of allegations against him. his old program already has a new name. the trump administration facing serious foreign challenges from iran and north korea. the secretary of state making one thing clear, the u.s. won't be waiting around to take action. details live from washington ahead. new video, the frightening moment as smoke fills a passenger plane. look at that. the jet's pilot with a request that probably didn't make too many people comfortable. and caught on camera, a truck's strange cargo on the highway. look at this. a car dragged for miles. we're going to show you more on that video.