this morning on "world news now," the president takes aim at th this morning on "world news now," the president takes aim at the fbi. >> he says the bureau's standing is the worst in history after it helped bring a guilty plea from former national security advise michael flynn. now the former head of the fbi who was fired by president trump now weighing in. as the final elections draw near, senate candidate roy moore sticks to his church's only campaign tour. while many say they'll let the people of alabama decide. we'll hear from moore supporters who were out defending him this weekend. and defiant in detroit. the pontiac silverdome hoping to driving some heart into the michigan with one final blast, but it's proving to be built ford tough. ♪ c is for cookie ♪ that's good enough for me ♪ c is for cookie ♪ that's good enough for me >> yes, good enough for us, too, cookie monster. today is cause for celebration,

everybody, on this national cookie day. >> yes. >> it's monday, december 4th. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> national cookie day, not national cookie dough day. cookie dough day is a different day. i'm confused. i think we should move on. we are going to move on. we're going to begin with the president's twitter attacks against his own fbi department as it investigates any collusion with russia. >> in a series of tweets, the president said the agency's reputation for fairness is in tatters, the worst in history. lawmakers and others rushed to defend the fbi. >> former attorney general sally yates wasn't having it saying the only thing in tatters is the president's respect for rule of law. the president, in the meantime, may have turned up the heat on himself during the twitter

storm. here's abc's david wright. >> reporter: the white house is racing to explain this tweet from real donald trump that appeared to admit for the first time that the president knew his former national security adviser had committed a crime. i had to fire general flynn because he lied to the vice president and the fbi. now the president's lawyer insists he drafted that tweet for trump. another white house official admits it was sloppy. the issue is significant, because former fbi director james comey gave sworn testimony that the president urged him to go easy on flynn. >> i took that as a direction. i mean, this is the president of the united states with me alone saying i hope this. i took it as this is what he wants me to do. >> reporter: comey did not back

down, and trump ultimately fired him too. >> i think what we're beginning to see is the putting together of a case of obstruction of justice. >> reporter: the president tweeted, i never asked comey to stop investigating flynn, just more fake news covering another comey lie. he also attacked the fbi, tweeting after years of comey with the phony and dishonest clinton investigation and more, running the fbi, its reputation is in tatters, worst in history. and trump also raised questions about a top investigator fired last summer by the special counsel after allegedly sending anti-trump tweets during the campaign. >> this president has been obsessed with this investigation, always saying there's nothing there, but each week another shoe drops. >> reporter: a rare public

appearance by another top trump adviser. >> you've been in the news the last few days. to say the least. >> reporter: son-in-law, jared kushner. sources familiar with the investigation say he's the very senior member of the transition team who, according to the flynn court documents, directed flynn to reach out to foreign governments during the transition, something flynn later lied about. the special counsel continues to build his case. now, with michael flynn's help. >> if there was coordination between the trump campaign and the russians, i can't think of a person who would know more about that than flynn. >> reporter: as for former fbi director comey, he is now shooting back, taking to instagram to post a montage of fbi agents hard at work. he writes, the fbi is honest. the fbi is strong. and the fbi is and always will be independent. a quote from his opening statement to the senate select committee. david wright, abc news, the white house. >> david thank you. we saw jared kushner there. he was making a rare public appearance at a forum on the middle east in washington. he acknowledged there are many stumbling blocks to achieving peace between the israelis and palestinians. however, his father-in-law has had a history of accomplishing

things other think is impossible. >> we do think it is achievable. and we think there is a lot of reasons why this is a time why it should happen. >> president trump may decide today whether to keep the u.s. embassy in tel aviv or move it to jerusalem. the palestinians say jerusalem is a deal breaker, and kushner said at the forum that the president has not yet made a decision. president trump was notably absent from last night's kennedy honors. not only did the president and first lady not attend the performance, they also canceled the usual white house reception. the white house says that that was done so that honorees could enjoy it without any political distraction. and today congressional leaders will start the process of combining the tax bills that were passed separately by the house and senate. mow the senate's version was passed over the weekend in the middle of the night.

no democrats voting for it. among the differences between the bills that must be reconciled is the mortgage interest deduction. it's capped at $5,000 in the house. but in the senate, it's $1 million. and there's difference in how the bills treat the medical expense deduction. separately, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says there will be no government shutdown this week. some democrats said they would try to force a shutdown unless congress resolved the future of d.r.e.a.m.ers program. alabama republican senate candidate roy moore has some new momentum in his campaign just over a week before election day. a new poll has moore up six points against democrat doug jones. another poll shows jones ahead by three points. an overwhelming number of alabama republicans, 71%, say

they don't believe the sexual misconduct allegations against moore. the idea was repeated by some members of a group called bikers for trump. who held a rally to support him. >> how many times he ran for office, and we haven't heard anything. >> we do not need a man that is not in support of our second amendment rights. >> a few weeks ago, senator mitch mcconnell said moore should end his campaign because of the allegations against him. now he says he'll let alabama voters decide if moore should be in the senate. and there are new developments this morning in the sexual assault case of a former swimmer from stanford university. brock turner's legal team is appealing the verdict saying that what happened between turner and a woman at a party was consensual. here's abc's marci gonzalez. >> reporter: brock turner whose six months sentence sparked outrage across the country is appealing his conviction. the former star stanford university swimmer served just three months behind bars. now more than a year later, his attorney filing this appeal, claiming the actual evidence

does not support any of the three convictions. saying turner, who maintained the encounter was consensual, did not get a fair trial. >> she was completely unconscious. >> reporter: the district attorney argued the then 22-year-old victim referred to as emily doe was intoxicated when he sexually assaulted her. two students say they witnessed him on top of her and chased him away. the victim read a powerful statement in court that went viral, in part telling turner you tried unyieldingly to save yourself, your reputation at my expense. the distinct attorney telling abc news turner received a fair trial and was justly convicted. nothing can ever roll back emily doe's legacy of raising the awareness of sexual assault. the judge who issued turner's controversial sentence is facing backlash, but if this appeal is granted, it will be presided over by a different judge. marci gonzalez, abc news, santa

monica, california. >> our thanks to marci there. a winter storm is moving across the northern plains overnight bringing snow and strong winds. by tomorrow morning it will be much colder throughout the midwest. it will feel like single digits in many areas. the cold air will keep marching east as they do and may trigger lake-effect snow off the great lakes. woo-hoo! we expect temperatures below average for much of the eastern u.s. for the next two weeks. 19 in burlington, vermont. >> zero in minneapolis, chilly! >> that's the feels-like temperature. >> that's the important one. christmas is a few weeks away, but for some, santa came a little early this year. >> they hit the slopes for the sunday santa charity event. they've got some speed. >> lots of santas. and check out what happened in

north carolina. one kriss kringle there apparently wanted to practice coming down the chimney. >> yeah. >> he rappelled down the mountain in chimney rock state park. >> how big of a chimney does he expect? >> the climb is 300 feet, and he's going to be doing it again next week. >> okay. all right. >> because why not? he'll do it three more times next saturday and in between, he and mrs. claus will be handing out presents. >> we hope he makes it to christmas day. >> be careful. coming up, we're having a cocktail party. no, not that kind of cocktail. we're talking shrimp cocktail and some very enthusiastic shellfish eaters, mind you. and before you shop for gifts online, make sure you know what you're getting. we'll tell you how to avoid buying counterfeit toys. and remember to find us on facebook on wnn fans.com and abc wnn. you're watching "world news now" (coughsah! hey, chad! i missed you.

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at the former home of the detroit lions and pistons. they're hoping gravity will bring it down now if not workers. it will take them later this week. the weather channel broadcasted it live. and you want to see what it ed channel? >> let's see it. >> oh! the bus blocked the implosion. someone on twitter actually wrote wrote that it became the first to wish a bus had gone by. shield the it from public view. >> absolutely. because someone else would be waiting for it. >> someone else just wrote the most troy things ever. >> it really is. we love detroit. >> i guess the building is not used to implosion on a sunday until 1:00 p.m. >> too soon. like rough football jokes. >> they're hoping that gravity will take care of the issue? >> yeah. that ought to work, right? >> wait and see. >> all right, we have a new

warning this morning for consumers with just 20 days until christmas. >> a number of holiday shoppers are finding that some of this year's most popular toys and electronics sold online are fakes. here's abc's erielle reshef. fingerlings, one of the hottest holiday toys. >> i wanted to surprise my children with it. >> reporter: so when mom lois found them on walmart.com, she ordered them immediately. but when the package arrived -- >> there was miswording on the package. the product inside wasn't, you know, wasn't secured. the color was leaching off of the product onto their hands. >> it was just really scary. we were really disappointed. >> reporter: turns out her toys were fake, sold by a third party on walmart's website. walmart gave her a refund, telling abc news, we take these issues very seriously and have zero tolerance for sellers who list items in violation of our service.

toys, among a litany of items frequently knocked off many more than $1.3 billion in counterfeit goods seized last year. >> when you're shopping over the holiday season you have to be very aware, especially when dealing with third parties. >> reporter: experts say look out for misspellings, for suspicious prices that are too low or too high, and make sure any website you order from has safeguards for consumers. fake goods can alsbeo dangerous. authorities have seized toys with lead in them and electronics that can catch fire. coming up in our next half hour, a nanny watching out for more than the kids. check out how she helped catch a package thief in the act and what you're supposed to do if you're in that same situation. but first, one of the nfl's most popular players is facing criticism. hear what gronk said after a late hit. sports is next on "world news now." good for my teeth? ne that's now i don't have to choose! from crest 3d white comes new whitening therapy.

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weekend for sports. let's start with college football. fans are arguing over whether the college football playoff committee made the right choice. very controversial. fans of the ohio state buckeyes are not happy. they think their team should be in the playoffs, surprise, surprise, especially after winning the big ten title on saturday night. >> yeah. so no luck. but here is what's set for january 1st. alabama will face clemson for the third straight year. clemson of course, the victory from last year, this year. oklahoma will take on georgia. >> more importantly, boston college is going to the pinstripe bowl, yeah, baby. >> woo. is that right? boston college. >> yeah! >> oswego still doesn't have a football team. and new england tight end rob gronkowski grew up outside buffalo, though he may not want to go back for a while. he may have a few people angry with him over there. >> so gronk tapped tradavious white. >> what? what?

>> while the rookie was on the ground. >> if by tapped you mean assaulted. >> white did suffer a concussion after that tap. gronkowski apologized for that love tap and said he was frustrated after white picked off a pass. he was penalized but stayed in the game as he's allowed to. >> look at that shoulder down, straight for the dive. >> it -- it -- he slipped. that's all it was. and amid some chocolate, head coach mcadoo could be fired. the giants eli manning played -- it took you a second. they played without eli manning for the first time since 2004. or to quote jack, they tried to play. geno smith started in oakland. he was sacked three times, lost two fumbles and threw a touchdown pass. the giants lost to the raiders, 17-24. >> if i'm eli, i'm saying, i'm not going in if they ask me to. >> by the way, that is what cold callers say when they call my

house. is mr. mcadoo there. the seahawks flew high over the nfc east. the loss ended the eagles' nine-game winning streak. >> and ended the streak of awesome touchdown celebrations. they play the rams in la. on sunday. >> and finally, the world's best competitive eaters were -- no this isn't you. this is an eating competition, and it involves shrimp cocktail. >> it took place there in indianapolis, of course. your all, where they're surrounded by all that water. joey chestnut took the lead early, downing more than ten pounds of st. elmo's shrimp cocktail. that's one of the spiciest on the planet. he's on the champion the fifth consecutive year. last year he ate 15 pounds in eight minutes. he's slowing down in his old age. >> joey chestnut, only ten

pounds this time, huh? >> he's allergic to chestnuts, though. pounds this time, huh? >> he's allergic to chest nuts, though. nuts, though. e

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♪ c is for cookie ♪ that's good enough for me ♪ c is for cookie ♪ that's good enough for me ♪ c is for cookie ♪ that's good enough for me ♪ oh, cookie, cookie, cookie starts with c ♪ >> we have so much cookies. >> it's national cookie day, people. >> who wants cookies? you want a cookie? >> look at this. >> tony! >> and of course, scott. >> not so good. >> kendis, you want a cookie? >> you'd miss it, too. anybody wants a cookie? >> everybody's getting cookies, because it is national cookie day. the 40th annual national cookie day. mrs. fields hooked us up with some good cookies. >> mr. fields did nothing.

>> the best part of this is they said oh. >> oh, wow. >> how do you taste? >> guys, i have a cookie! >> i love -- that's my face. >> let's see. >> that's like five years ago. but it's my face. the guy with hair. that looks great, right? all right. how do you taste? >> ready? >> it's going to take a while. i'll just -- good. yeah. >> i'm going to bite into it. not surprising, i taste a little salty. >> nutritious. >> you taste cranky? >> okay. so -- >> happy national cookie day, everybody. enjoy. thank you, mrs. fields. i'm going to eat all of these. so somebody overindulged in florida. >> not on cookies, though. check out what happened to this possum. >> we've said drunk as a skunk.

>> this possum was offended by that and said i'll show this possum who is boss. apparently, the possum in okaloosa broke into a liquor store and helped itself to a few different drinks of choice. >> how did he get the bottles open? >> apparently, he was downing some bourbon when the wildlife people came in and rescued the possum. i'm not so sure the possum was happy to be rescued. nobody likes going to aa. do you think that possum is like, hi, my name is --. >>he's been treated and released. the possum is doing well this morning, although he's craving chicken fingers. >> would you pay $5,000 for wine and beer glasses made of cheese? >> no. >> it's actually a genius idea. this is a company that brought them both tomorrow, finlandia. they make cheese as 100th anniversary. they came up with this concept. >> wine and cheese. multi-tasking.

this morning on "world news now," bending the bill. the republicans plan to change the tax code has more hurdles before the next vote. and will this one-party push spell political success, or will democrats say "i told you so" if the economy falls flat. and billy bush has a new message for the president. the former tv host lost his job after the release of the "access hollywood" tape where the president now says that it may not be real. overnight, bush is issuing a direct reply to that. and new this half hour, the nanny turned crime fighter. >> she's being credited for her quick thinking, taking down a package thief after the get away car takes off. see what happens next. ♪ ♪ shake your body ♪ shake your body >> gloria estefan making history at the kennedy center honors. with fears the eventual would

get too political, so did it? and who else got a fancy necklace? we'll tell you, coming up in "the skinny" on monday. december 4th. from abc news, this is "world news now." ♪ rhythm is going to get you ♪ rhythm is going to get you >> every time i'm at a party and i have a couple too many drinks and i start breaking out my dance moves, that's when i'm like, gloria estefan, you were right. the rhythm is going to get you. that's what happens. >> and then everyone looks at you strangely. >> absolutely. gloria's role in my life. but we're going to start this hour with the republican drive to push a tax cut through congress. >> now that the senate has approved its version it has to be combined with the version passed in the house. the house plans to vote today to formally set up a conference committee to hammer out the

differences. republicans are trying to act quickly in order to get it to the president's desk by christmas. here's abc's stephanie ramos. >> reporter: the senate passing the sweeping tax bill in the dead of the night. >> the tax cuts and jobs act as amended is passed. >> reporter: leaving democrats fuming. about the hand-written changes. >> can you tell me what that word is? if you can, you have better eyes than me. >> reporter: now the republicans racing to get the bill on the president's desk before christmas. >> now we go on to conference, and something beautiful is going to come out of that picture. >> reporter: there are some major differences between the house and senate bills. both bills would reduce the corporate tax rate to 20%, but the timing of when the cut kicks in is different. jim garth owns a small restaurant in chattanooga, the tennessee. he said he's excited the about the prospects of the cut in a future. >> that's what i need so i can give my employees a much-needed increase in their rate of pay.

>> reporter: the other difference, the mortgage deduction for new homes capped at $500,000 in the house bill. the senate keepd it at $1 million. the medical expense deduction, the house bill repeals it. the senate bill expands it. and the house bill makes the individual tax cuts permanent. the senate bill would allow the them to expire in seven years. >> why not make it so you can say everybody in the middle class will get a tax cut that's permanent? >> it's impossible to do that. you can't craft any bill that would guarantee no one was in a special category that might get a tax increase. >> reporter: graduate students marching this week over the house bill's provision to repeal deductions for student loan interest rates. >> it will make graduate accessibility inaccessibility to those other than in the upper class. >> reporter: how much will it cost? many republicans are arguing it will pay for itself by promoting economic growth. but the nonpartisan budget

office says the senate bill would add $1 trillion to the deficit on over the next decade. stephanie ramos, abc news, capitol hill. president trump makes a quick trip to utah today. he's expected to sign an executive order shrinking two national monuments. it's a move requested by state leaders, recommended by the interior secretary and opposed by environmental leaders. and native americans. thousands of protesters demonstrated at the capital this weekend. more protests are expected today. so as the president heads to the chopper, i'm sure he will face plenty of questions today about his latest tweets slamming the fbi. they came two days after his former national security adviser pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi. michael flynn struck a deal with robert mueller who's investigating russian influence on the presidential election, but the president himself is saying that the fbi's reputation is in tatters, the worst in history. this as a top democrat on the

house intelligence committee thinks this is only the start. >> i do believe he will incriminate others in the administration, otherwise there was no reason for bob mueller to give mike flynn this kind of a deal. >> that plea agreement does not indicate that there's very much else there. >> the president's tweets about the fbi included one that may cause him some bit of trouble. he said he had to fire flynn because he had lied to the fbi. that right there may raise questions about obstruction of justice. new this morning, president trump is catching heat from former tv host billy bush. in today's "new york times", bush is accusing the president of quote, indulging in revisionist history for reportedly denying it was his voice on the "access hollywood" tape. the "new york times" has reported that the president has privately told aides that the voice making lewd remarks about women was not his. bush says of course he said it, we laughed along without a single doubt that this was

hypothetical. hot air from america's top-rated bloviater. along with me, there were several other guys on the bus. every one of us assumed that we were listened to a crass standup act. he was performing. surely, we thought, none of this was real. well, now we know better. the u.s. and south korean air forces are now conducting a massive five-day drill. the exercises are said to be the largest ever conducted by the two countries. they include hundreds of aircraft, including two dozen u.s. stealth fighters. lindsey graham said now is the time for u.s. military families in south korea to leave. graham also said he believes conflict with the north is getting close. >> it's crazy to send spouses and children to south korea given the provocation of north korea, so i want them to stop sending dependents, and it's time to start moving american dependents out of south korea. >> the air force drills come a week after north korea fired its most powerful missile ever.

kim jong un's regime claim the exercises push the peninsula to the brink of war. breaking news now from florida. a 4-year-old girl missing since saturday night has been missing has been found dead chelsea noel walked out of her house in port st. lucie wearing just her nightgown. she was autistic .did not speak. and a man will be in court today in connection with the missing frisina. rodriguez is in custody. frisina's parents say they're seeking counseling. as they troy to work through things. a blockbuster deal could reshape the nation's health care industry. cvs is hoping to purchase aetna for $69 billion. now cvs runs nearly 10,000 drugstores and 1100 walk-in clinics. wall street analysts say if the

acquisition is successful, it would fuel an expansion of health care services at cvs. big day today, not only is it national cookie day, but it's also a big anniversary. you might want to put your phone down if you're texting. >> all right, cool. we just passed a historic milestone in the history of texting. it was exactly 25 years ago that the world's first ever sms, short message service was sent. >> the british engineer sent the text from a computer to the mobile phone of the director of vodafone. there were two words "merry christmas". >> those two words were the beginning of a seismic change in how we communicate with each other. here's how we reported on the growing phenomenon in 2001. >> the latest edition of the concise oxford dictionary came out today with an interesting new section on abbreviations, such as bblr, call back later, and hnd, have a nice day. it sounds to some people like a

whole new language, and it is. here's abc's ned potter. >> h-e-l-l-o and an exclamation point is a capitalized a. >> and now you're thinking why not just give me a phone call. >> reporter: but look around, and instead of calling you will see more people texting. it's cheap, it's cool, it's just like e-mail but with you all the time. >> it will never catch on. >> it will never catch on. >> be one of those trendy, faddy things. >> send a text right now. >> remember when you had to dial each individual letter for each number? then there it was t-9 next. mind-blowing. >> it was easy. you could just say, "you up"? coming up, the worst get

away driver ever. >> left behind an apparent package thief, caught by a very angry nanny. so what happened? and d.j.khaled celebrating another one. his birthday bash brought out an elite group of party-goers. >> he's celebrating another one. we're going to run through it in "the skinny." you're watching "world news now." nny." you're watching "world news now."

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he here's here's some video released sunday of a frightening moment a truck started a chain reaction crash on a british highway. the driver reportedly fell asleep behind the wheel. last night he was sentenced to 16 months behind bars for that crash. no one was seriously hurt. a driver in the meantime in china probably wishes his new car was stuck in mud. that's a pickup truck trying to pull him out of the cement there. >> ooh, cement. >> eventually, he got hooked onto the cement truck and it gets him out of the mess. >> ooh, that's going to be a rough repair. >> oops. and here at home, a would-be package thief is in trouble

after being caught by the family nanny. >> and by be being caught, we literally mean being caught. >> reporter: it was a sight captured all too often on home security cameras this time of year. those holiday deliveries, disappearing in the hands of thieves, but a warning to would-be grinches. someone like kate anderson, a nanny in washington state may be watching. >> it was very intense. >> reporter: here you see the getaway driver take off. apparently scared by anderson sprinting outside. she tackles the accused thief, brings her back to the house and holds her there until police arrive. >> she literally was like i was just checking your address. no, girl, i have cameras. >> reporter: cameras in michigan helping stop this would-be thief. the homeowner seeing the video of him approaching and quickly chasing him away.

>> the cameras not only deal with the case and the investigation after the fact. but now it's able to alert the homeowners when someone comes close to their home. >> reporter: some advice for experts, install a system with live monitoring on your smartphone that includes alarm and voice features so you can react when you're not home. track packages so you know when they're arriving, then make arrangements for someone to be home or ship to a secure address. and don't put yourself in danger to catch a crook in the act. though anderson says she has no regrets. >> someone's doing something wrong, i am not afraid. >> maybe we'll just have to keep kate as our house forever. bous bouncer forever, protecting our home. >> reporter: instead of approaching someone stealing from outside your home, focus on being a good witness. identify the type of vehicle, license plate number and take extra videos and photos on your phone if can you. that will help police on their investigation. >> i think that get away driver missed the memo.

you're not the only one who's supposed to get away. >> that was a baby driver. he watched the movie, like, no, i got this, i got this. >> no, you don't got it. when we come back, ladies love cool j and beyond, i would say. so does the rest of the country. plus a -- go ahead. >> yeah, all about cool j and the big birthday bash. >> "the skinny's" next. ny's" next. >> "the skinny's" next

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♪ ♪ oh, wha ♪ oh, what a feelin' ♪ when we're dancin' on the ceiling ♪ >> lionel richie tops off "the skinny" for us, because he is one of the newest kennedy center honorees. yes joins ll cool j, of course, and singer gloria estefan at a ceremony in washington, d.c. >> last night's event was the first rapper ever honored by the kennedy center. he's also the youngest honoree at 49 years old. and a performance of "mama says" >> "knock you ow." listen to gloria's tribute.

♪ shake your body ♪ shake your body ♪ shake your body >> is that like the cast from the show? do you think? gloria estefan, the first cuban american to receive the award. you are bffs with gloria. >> we are bffs. we're twitter friends. no big deal. no big deal. by the way, the president was not at the event. he said he didn't want to create a political distraction. >> but there was plenty of partying going on and a big bash that took place in beverly hills that really drew a crowd. is he diddy again? what is he? diddy gathered some of his closest friends for dj khaled's 42nd birthday. >> some of the notable names, fergie, chris brown, pharrell williams with very red hair apparently. >> snoop dogg, jamie foxx, the arabian nights theme on a private estate. >> that is kelly rowland from

destiny's child who sang happy birthday. to the guest of honor. >> and khaled's son made an entrance in his aston martin stroller. >> you're kidding me, right? >> you know you've made it when you have an aston martin stroller. and the caterer. >> so the party then ended with a danceoff with love. that's sean p-diddy's son there. all going at it there. that is "the" party event that you want to be there. jesse williams as well. yeah. >> i didn't get invited, but whatever, whatever. >> he'll have another one. and prince harry and meghan markle have made their first public appearance. everybody was very excited. >> yeah. so the crowd was psyched.

perhaps no one was as pumped at british tv reporter, alison hamped. >> this is their first royal event together. there she is. >> allison, can you see them yet? are they near you? >> harry! harry! is right here. so exciting! harry! harry! harry! come and get warmed up by me! >> go on, go on. don't give up. >> where's meghan, alison? >> right, i'm looking for meghan, she's on the other side! >> shout at her! >> can you see her there? she looks amazing. >> harry. i think she scared him a little bit. >> she's like harry, come and get warmed up here. >> the anchors in the studio

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making news in america this morning, president trump versus the fbi. the president takes on the bureau claiming its reputation is in tatters. this as his personal lawyer comes forward with an explanation about the controversial tweet about michael flynn this weekend that critics claim could build a case for obstruction of justice. new overnight, u.s. fighter jets launching the biggest ever military drill of its kind over the korean peninsula. the north claiming the drill could push them to the brink of nuclear war. this morning, a top senator calls on american military families to leave the region. deadly shark attack. a wall street executive is killed while scuba diving at a popular location. hear what happened when her guide tried to save her. plus, the new warning about the flu.