making news in america this wednesday morning, breaking overnight, a massive bomb rocks kabul. dozens of people are dead. the explosion happening near several western embassies. the video just coming in. we have breaking news at two airports, a plane is forced to land after a laptop catches fire, and passengers run to safety during a man's three-hour standoff with police. and several stories also breaking involving the president. comedian kathy griffin apologizing after she was featured in an anti-trump photo and the president's midnight tweet bewilders the internet. why you'll likely hear the word covfefe today. and it's turning out to be a

very busy morning here on this wednesday. we're going to start with that breaking news in afghanistan. a deadly explosion going off in what is considered a highly secure part of kabul. it is lined, of course, with foreign embassies. >> afghan officials say a suicide car bomb killed more than 60 people and injured roughly 300. that blast went off in the height of the morning rush in what's considered the city's safest area. >> and you can see some of the early images we're getting, quite a powerful blast that blew out the windows and destroyed more than 50 vehicles. that death toll expected to rise. the nationalities of the victims are not yet known. of course, we're going to continue to stay on top of this breaking news. that explosion in the heart of kabul this morning. and also breaking overnight, a midair scare for jetblue passengers flying from new york to san francisco. the plane forced to divert to grand rapids, michigan, after a passenger's laptop battery caught fire. >> i was stunned. i knew something was going to happen because, you know, lithium batteries catching on fire when you're up at 38,000 feet, you can't help but think

that, you know, we've got to do something. >> a frightening scene there. well, after a three-hour delay, the plane resumed its flight to san francisco where it touched down just moments ago. also breaking overnight a police standoff is finally over after shutting down parts of the orlando airport for nearly three hours. a 26-year-old ex-marine waved a gun at police officers in the car rental area, and police say he also pointed the weapon at his own head and then asked officers to shoot him. luckily neither the police nor the man fired any shots. in fact, it turns out the gun he was holding was fake. police say he was trying to commit suicide by cop. he will now undergo a mental evaluation. developing this morning, kathy griffin apologizing amid the growing outrage over that anti-trump photo that she posted to social media. >> the comedian admits she crossed a line and made a mistake, but her troubles could be far from over now that the secret service is investigating. >> hey, everybody, it's me, kathy griffin. >> reporter: overnight kathy

griffin issuing an apology for this controversial photo shoot of the comedian staring coldly at the camera while holding a fake decapitated head of president trump. she posted it to social media and the backlash online was swift. the president's son, donald trump jr. tweeted, disgusting but not surprising. this is the left today. they consider this acceptable. imagine a conservative did this to obama as potus. the video and images sparked outrage across the political spectrum. chelsea clinton wrote, this is vile and wrong. it is never funny to joke about killing a president. the outrage even reached the secret service and they confirmed it's investigating saying each alleged or perceived threat has to be investigated thoroughly which taxes secret service manpower and resources that could be utilized elsewhere. griffin has been a strong opponent of the president but it appears that wasn't always the case. here she is embracing donald trump three years ago when she was a contestant on "celebrity apprentice." hours after the video surfaced, griffin put out a video apologizing. >> i sincerely apologize.

i'm a comic. i crossed the line. i went way too far. i made a mistake and i was wrong. >> griffin has been a part of cnn's new year's eve special co-hosting with anderson cooper. cooper put out a statement saying he found the display quote disgusting. cnn says they're evaluating their new year's eve coverage. president trump is taking aim at the media yet again as his inner circle comes under more scrutiny. >> just after midnight the president tweeted this unfinished thought writing, despite the constant negative press covfefe. we assume he was trying to write the word coverage. >> everybody has been trying to decipher exactly what he meant in the overnight hours. the post came as lawmakers looking into russian meddling contacted the president's longtime lawyer, and now there's word that michael flynn is now ready to cooperate. abc's kenneth moton has the latest right now from washington. good morning, kenneth. >> reporter: good morning, kendis and diane. no word on covfefe, but things definitely heating up in the russia investigation on capitol hill. the senate intelligence committee gave its power to the

top republican and democrat to issue subpoenas. this morning, trump advisers under the congressional microscope. >> it's going really well. >> reporter: ex-national security adviser michael flynn will now give up some documents in the senate's expanding investigation into russia's election meddling. a source tells abc news a narrow subpoena made it easier for flynn to cooperate without waiving his fifth amendment rights. >> this is michael cohen. >> reporter: the congressional probe also now focused on president trump's confidant and personal attorney michael cohen. cohen told abc news he declined an invite to testify saying the request was poorly phrased, overly broad and not capable of being answered. >> i would say to mr. cohen that we will issue a subpoena, and he will be compelled to come and speak. >> reporter: the senate also wants to question former white house and campaign aide boris epshteyn. >> we love trump. >> reporter: but the president's son-in-law and adviser jared kushner is under increased scrutiny. investigators want to know why he met secretly in december with officials of the new york branch

of a russian bank previously known as a u.s. base for spies. the white house asked if and when they knew kushner was trying to set up back channels with russia before taking office. >> i think that assumes a lot. and i would just say that mr. kushner's attorney has said that mr. kushner has volunteered to share with congress what he knows about these meetings. >> reporter: the white house did not deny kushner tried to set up secret communications only pointing to top administration officials who say back channels are an appropriate part of diplomacy, diane and kendis. >> back to covfefe, the internet is having fun with it. we'll take a look at some of the memes later on, kenneth, thanks. breaking news from syria. russian missiles have hit a target or several isis targets. russia says it fired four missiles from two warships in the eastern mediterranean sea and russian defense officials say those missiles hit heavy weapons and isis fighters near the ancient city of palmyra. the russians say they alerted the u.s. about those strikes. now let's take a look at today's weather.

a cold front is moving through the northeast today bringing a threat of showers and even thunderstorms to western new york and pennsylvania this morning. later today, the front will slide east and bring showers and storms to the northeast around dinnertime. some storms could include lightning and heavy rain. severe storms also pounded san antonio yesterday with nearly 2 1/2 inches of rain falling in 2 1/2 hours. there were at least five high water rescues, but three adult brothers were swept away and still have not been found. ariana grande is getting some high-caliber help with her benefit concert for the victims of the manchester terror attack. >> justin bieber, coldplay and katy perry are just some of the names on a long list of people who will join her on stage. they also include take that, miley cyrus and pharrell williams. >> the concert will take place sunday night in manchester and will raise money for those, of

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the water company apparently had been conducting tests and increased the pressure too much. >> quite a scene there. and also seen over the pacific, the u.s. military successfully shooting down a mock long-range ballistic missile for the first time. all of this as north korea poses a growing threat. the critical test of the pentagon's missile defense system involved firing a rocket from vandenberg air force base in california to stop a warhead that was launched some 4,000 miles away. they collided over the pacific ocean as planned, but there's still no guarantee it would work in a real war scenario. a heavily promoed flight from philadelphia to iceland was diverted to boston overnight. the flight was iceland air's first ever from philly to reykjavik, and the mayors of both cities were on board but the pilots noticed an unusual smell and when they couldn't determine what it was, they changed course and landed in boston. there were no other problems or injuries reported. now the first court appearance for the suspect accused of killing two men on a train in portland, oregon. >> death to the enemies of

america. leave this country if you hate our freedom. >> 35-year-old jeremy christian is facing two counts of felony aggravated murder and other charges. he did not enter a plea. christian was confronted by three men after allegedly hurling anti-muslim insults at two young women. now police say christian attacked the men killing two of them and wounding a third. the cleveland police department is taking disciplinary action against the two officers involved in the shooting of tamir rice. one officer is now fired. the other is suspended more than two years after the 12-year-old was shot and killed as he played with a toy gun in a park. now, rice's family settled with the city for $6 million but none of the officers involved face criminal charges. rice's family now says these disciplinary charges don't go far enough. the stock for online retailer amazon opens this morning at nearly a thousand dollars a share and that's good news for founder jeff bezos. if it keeps rising it puts him on track to become the world's richest man. he's worth about $85 billion

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♪ ♪ time to check "the pulse" starting with a vague tweet from the president that is lighting up the internet. >> yes, it is, around midnight the tweet from the president's account read despite the constant negative press covfefe. that's it. there's all you got. not clear what the president was saying but covfefe trending atop overnight. >> one twitter user showed what could be the president's new hat, make america covfefe again. >> it's got a good ring to it. a t-shirt maker jumped on it. within minutes of the tweet you could purchase a covfefe shirt. >> and within just an hour of the president's message a person sent out this message showing her dad purchasing the california license plate covfefe. >> jimmy kimmel weighing in as well saying, what makes me saddest is that i know i'll

never write anything funnier than covfefe. >> we're guessing he meant coverage. >> we think so. for the record we checked the dictionary, there is -- as did many did overnight. there is no covfefe. >> no covfefe. there will be now. a top tennis player banned from the french open. >> it's all because of this moment. maxime hamou was being interviewed on live television when he grabs the reporter and starts kissing her neck. she keeps trying to pull away. he keeps pulling her back. the french tennis federation calls his actions inappropriate and revoked his pass for the rest of the tournament. >> well deserved. it also is considering further measures. the report tells the newspaper if she hadn't been live on the air she would have punched him. >> she should have just done it. we would have had a lot more to talk about this morning. the 90th annual scripps spelling bee kicks into high gear today. google issued a special map to mark the occasion. >> yeah, you see it right there. so, it reveals which word comes up the most when users type in how to spell in each state, so

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>> announcer: good morning, north bay. welcome to wednesday, it's 4:27 on may 31st. get that big cup of covfefe to go, and let's get this day started. >> i will share later. >> there were sprinkles on my wind fieshield this morning. >> we have rain showing up on live doppler 7. remember that chance we talked about yesterday? it's all green, which mean it's very light and a lot is evaporating, but we have slick spots like this. temperatures running in the mid to upper 50s this morning. a little milder. we will be in the 50-degree range along the coast today. 69 around the bay and inland around noon, and low to mid-70s with increasing sunshine and warmer than it was yesterday. we will see if there are any

issues this morning because of the wet weather. hi, sue. >> we had sprinkles on my windshield this morning, too in san rafael. we have roadwork north 101 near francis drake boulevard, and a problem, a car off the road and the green on the map is the potential for the rain for commute and blue is puddling possible here. this is off the freeway westbound 580, a car into a ditch and they will have to get a tow truck and we will follow this with you. and passengers finely landed at sfo after a fire. >> the problem was a laptop in somebody's carry on. and matt keller is live for us at sfo. >> reporter: good morning, reggie and natasha. what a night. what a relief. they are finally back home. hopefully the passengers who landed here a short time ago at

sfo are getting much-needed rest this morning. but what a flight. the faa tells us a lithium battery in a passenger's laptop caught fire and it was in the backpack in the cabin of the plane and because of that flight 915 had to make an emergency landing. >> it was scary. it was at 35,000 we didn't know what was going on, smoke. >> i didn't know what to think, basically. >> reporter: that fire was put out there the plane landed around 8:00 p.m. in michigan, and passengers report they were at the grand rapids airport a little less than three hours, and once the crews inspected the

plane the plane went to san francisco, and now that plane is en route to florida. matt keller, abc7 news. a former marine that caused a real scare at the orlando airport is being held for mental a evaluation this morning. the man pointed a gun at officers and shouted shoot me, and they called in a crisis negotiator. the man is a former marine and that gun turned out to be a replica firearm. breaking news from the live desk. >> at least 80 people are dead in afghanistan and 300 people are hurt after an explosion in kabul overnight. officials say it was a powerful car bomb. look at this. you can see the huge plume of smoke that could be seen all over the capital city, and it happened in front of several foreign embassies, when a lot of people were going to work and most of the victims were