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shootout between police and robbery suspects at a baltimore 7-eleven. the suspects but not hit.ay fra those men are stl on the loose. well, a second day of emotional testimony expected this wednesday in a michigan courtroom as they confront a former usa gymnastics team doctor. >> larry nassar is being convicted of 1 counts of sexual misconduct. >> i've experienced flashback nightmares of the abuse. >> reporter: a steady stream of women stared down their monster. >> i remember laying there frozen stiff on the table utterly mortifie confused and scared. i felt so powerless to control what's happening. >> reporter: the first day of testimony at the sentencing of dr. larry nassar, the former

olympics team doctor. a friend was just in kindergarten at the time. >> you used myody for six years for your own sexual that is unforgivable. >> reporter: more than 140 women have accused nassar of abuse, including simone biles who have had had scathing words for u.s.a. gymnastics. >> they allowed larry to continue to work on limb girls in michigan and molest gymnasts for a lo time. i don't know how they sleep at night. >> reporter: in cot he wiped away his own tears as he listened tvictim after victim detail their loss of innocence and child hood. >> little girls don't stay little forever. they grow into strong women determined to destroy your world. >> 28 women spoke yesterdabut a total of 98 are pected by friday. >> 98? >> yep. >> and in a statement u.s.a. gymnastics says it's attending

this week's proceedings for one reason to lien first hand to those who we victimized. we remain focussed on our highest priority, the safety, health and well being of our athletes and creating culture that empowers and supports them. >> kayla will not be fined if they speak out against nassar. that was it penalty for speaking out on her $1 million settlement with u.s.a. gymnastics. at one point chrissy teigen said she would be honored to pay that fine for her to speak. >> so much blame to go around here, not just with nassar. >> the number of victims in this case is unbelievable. >> well, when we come back we're going to lighten things up with a celebrity couple posing with their twins, but never each other. baky. i'll take a sick day tom. on our daughter's birthday?

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good wednesday morning. here are the top headlines we are following. president trump has been declared healthy in body and mind. after his first physical in office, they said the president is overweight, but mentally sharp and fit to serve. we have a full report, next. it southern california parents who allegedly kept their kids in horrible conditions will be in court tomorrow. they say the 13 kids were severely malnourished and three were found chained to furniture. the siblings could face years of mental health rehab. the two korea's hold olympic talks today. they discuss working together next month at the games. today's talks take place between it rival nations.

and world war ii veteran and republican presidential nominee, bob dole will be presented later today with a congressional gold medal. the 94-year-old represented kansas in congress for 35 years. those are some of our top stories on this wednesday, january 17th. >> announcer: from abc news this is "world news now." a good morning to all. we're going to start this half hour off with president trump getting a clean bill of health both physically and mentally. >> they revealed the results of a four hour physical. he credits what he calls the president's incredibly good genes with keeping him in excellent health. we have the details. >> reporter: with questions swirling about his fitness for office president trump sent the white house physician out to face reporters, telling him to answer everything and hide nothing. >> absolutely, he is fit for duty. i think he will remain fit for

duty for the remainder of this term and maybe the remainder of another term if he's elected. >> reporter: he says president trump himself asked for a cognizant assessment. >> there are reports that he's repeating himself. are you ruling out things like early on set alzheimers? >> it screens for all those things. and so the fact that the president got 30 out of 30 on that exam i think there's no indication whatsoever he as any cognitive issues and it's been my experience that the president he's very sharp. >> reporter: at 71 the biggest health risk, his weight. dr. jackson says he needs to lose 10-15 pounds. >> tell me how a guy who eats mcdonald's and all those diet cokes and never exercises is in as good a shape as he is in?

>> genetics. some people have good genes. >> reporter: he wanted to put to bed the questions about whether he was fit to serve. dr. jackson took questions for nearly an hour and before the briefing started, president trump called for sarah sanders and told her not to end it until every last question for the good doctor was answered. abc news, the white house. >> there we have it. it's on the record. a lot of people were making a lot out of the president possibly being obese, but he's in good company. exhibit a, mike trout of the angels. 6'2", 235 pounds. the same color scheme, same body build. or you have also the angel, al ber pujols, 6'3", 240 pounds. they're both -- >> it's an athletic build.

i'm very glad mine aren't scrutinized in the same way. >> can you imagine if our numbers were up there? no, i wouldn't put it out there. so the president's in good shape there. so house republicans have crafted a short term spending plan to avoid a government shutdown, but it does not include a bill to prevent young immigrants from deportation. the democrats are not expected to back it. it's where we find abc's mary bruce. >> reporter: in the oval office president trump tried to extinguish the racial fire storm he ignited saying he welcomes all immigrants. but on capitol hill his secretary faced a barrage of questions. she was in the room when sources say the president used a vulgar slur to describe african countries. >> you're under oath. did president trump use this word or a substantially similar word to describe certain countries? >> i did not hear that word used.

no, sir. >> that's not the question. did he use anything similar to that describing certain countries? >> the conversation was very impassioned. i don't dispute the president was using tough language. >> reporter: that didn't satisfy democratic senator, dick durbin, who was also in the room. >> what was that strong language? >> what i was struck with, as you were as well was the general profanity that was used in the room by almost everyone. >> reporter: it's not just the specific words sparking outrage. according to senator durbin, president trump asked why the u.s. couldn't take in more immigrants from europe, norway, in particular. >> what he was specifically referring to is the people of norway work very hard. >> norway is a predominantly white country? isn't it? >> i actually do not know that, sir, but i imagine that's the case. >> reporter: the focus of the

oval office showed down a bipartisan plan to protect the nearly 800,000 undocumented immigrants brought here as children. when the president's tone turned vulgar and racist, senator lindsey graham faced him. senators say the president seemed to be on board with their plan, then he changed his mind. graham blasted the mixed messages coming from the white house. >> what we need to do better is a reliable partner at the white house. we cannot do this with people in charge at the white house who have an irrational view of how to fix immigration. >> reporter: all this comes as a government shutdown is looming this friday. republicans are pushing for a short term fix while democrats want to tie any action on d.r.e.a.m.er's spending bill. both sides are optimistic they can come to an agreement. the bottom line the shut down is a real possibility. mary bruce, abc news, capitol

hill. >> thank you. and the trump administration is moving independently on the issue of d.r.e.a.m.ers, those are the 800,000 people brought here illegally as children. they have appealed the federal court's ruling that forced them to receive renewal applications. attorney general jeff sessions maintained his call for strict immigration law on fox news. >> what good does it do to bring in somebody who's illiterate in their own country, no skills and is going to struggle in our country and not be successful? that is not what a good nation will do and we need to get away from it. >> sessions said the u.s. should be like canada when it comes to immigration, that means evaluating people to make sure they are going to be lawful. more than 1 quarter of the nation is in the path off a dangerous weather system.

the arctic blast forced places not used to the frigid temperatures. one had to use a spatula to get ice off his wind shield. as long as it works. he may have to use a few more cooking utensils today. dallas will be in the single digits this morning. parts of tennessee will see subzero winds chills. the system stretches about 1700 miles. pope francis is in chile. he met yesterday with sexual abuse survivors, wept with them and apologized. but critics called for demonstrations against the pope, furious over the pedofile priest that a top papal adviser knew about, but did not remove from ministry. officers will face charges for two deadly and separate collisions. seven sailors were killed in the

collision of the "uss fitzgerald." charges include dereliction of duty and negligent homicide. a change is coming to the way youtube vets its comments. this following logan paul's posting of an apparent suicide victim. in order to make money from ads, creators must now meet new requirements. the change is designed to give youtube more time to learn about a channel before it starts to sell advertising on it. a group visiting the tennessee mountains got a little too close to nature. >> a baby bear decided to join the party by climbing into one of the cars. apparently they left dog treats inside and forgot to lock 24 door. the bear managed to open it, then got stuck inside. >> then the friends huddled

inside another car trying to come up with a plan and then they saw another bear in the first car. they freed the cup without anyone getting hurt. >> except the car. the car got beaten up. look at that there. it got torn up. there was another bear nearby. they believe that was the mama bear. i didn't like that car anyway. >> animals though, they're smart. they figure out how to open the car door and everything. he ate more than just the dog treats. >> everybody's auditioning to be an uber driver nowadays. could holding in a sneeze cause serious injury? and a college football quarterback found dead. we have new details coming in. stick around, you're watching "world news now."

we're back with some breaking news. the campus of washington state university in shock and mourning because of the suicide of a football player. tyler was expected to be the couga cougars starting quarterback next season. police say the 21-year-old was found dead in his apartment from an parent self-inflicted gun shot wound. a statement from the school called hilinski a tremendous individual.

many of his teammates posted thoughts on twitter, one saying, let tyler find peace. a southern california couple says they were terrorized by scam artists claiming to have kidnapped their son. the father got a call from a caller whose number appeared to originate from mexico and demanding $800 in ransom. >> i'm going to kill your son. i'm not [ bleep ] around. i'm going to release him. i'm not going to be calling you back. i'm not going to risk being caught by the police. >> yeah, i just don't want you to hurt my son, man. >> while the father was on the line with the scammers, the boy's mother called school and confirmed he was safe on campus. many of these schemes originate from inside mexican prisons. wire payments of over $2,000 are restricted from crossing the border.

$800. and five years after being dropped from the "today" show, ann curry's opening up for the first time since leaving nbc news. she went on to say today i'm stronger now, i'm smarter, i'm happier. as happy as i've ever been. she opens up with a new series titled "we'll meet again." >> and she didn't necessarily want to weigh in about the whole matt lauer scandal. she was with matt so many years. many people are curious to hear what she has to say after that. coming up how you can grow your money. >> we're focusing on our finances including real estate and the one thing you can do right now while interest rates are still low. you are watching "world news now."

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so the stock market has hit a new milestone, unemployment is low and consumers are spending more money. so what does that mean for your money in 2018? we have some answers for you. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> so, let's bring it on. we're already in record territory with the stock market. can it keep going? >> we keep hitting new records. there's two sides. the one side says the market is overvalued, it's got nowhere to go but down. the other side say there is's a lot to like, consumers are spending. we've been resilient with our spending. the economy's growing at a nice clip. that's all good and the global economy's on the upswing. so i think 2018 is going to be a good year for your stocks and portfolio and 401(k). >> but the job market outlook for 2018. what's it looking like?

>> we a very strong 2017. unemployment rate, a 17-year low at 4.1%. so people who have wanted jobs have found jobs and that's a good thing and i think the strength is very much predicted for 2018, especially if you're in those high demand fields like tech, like e-commerce, for example. >> i know they said there would be minimum wage increases at the start of this year. will they raise overall? >> they're expected to. some of the economists i spoke to have said yes. employers are going to have to raise wages to attract and retain workers. so that's good news for people looking for for some more money. let's move on to the next topic. talk about home ownership and real estate. time to buy or sell? >> well, here's the thing. so we're probably going to see a little bit of the same scenario we saw in 2017 as 2018 where

there's a lot of demand brought on particularly by the strong economy. prices are definitely up there. so they're telling me it's pretty much going to be the same type of scenario where it is a seller's market. if you are looking to buy, though, i would start getting your ducks in a row, boost your credit score. there are lots of tips and ways to do that because this is a really important part of the process. mortgage rates are expected to remain low but you have to have good credit. so i would focus on boosting your credit in 2018 so you can take advantage of the low rates. >> what if you skip that and decide, should you be renting or no? >> the rental market is tough, but we are not seeing the kind of gains we've seen in previous years. a little bit more stability there which is good because there's more construction coming online. so that's good. if you are in a situation where you think you might want to move, i think it would be a good time to do research. you can see what other places

are going for. if you find a place similar to yours, go to your landlord and say, i found this place at a better price. why not? >> car sales were up in 2017. let's move on to gas prices. what's it out dds look? >> a little bit rockier in 2018 according to the gas analysts i've spoken to. last year the average was $2.40 a gallon for 2017, costing a typical family a couple hundred dollars a month. 2018 is going to be $2.45, a little bit higher. still well below the 2013. but there are a lot of variables that could come into play, like mother nature. hurricanes, storms, hard to forecast or predict what that's going to do. >> one of the powerful storms hit the gulf we're in trouble. >> it's problematic. >> we covered a lot. >> we did. >> we're set for 2018.

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two sensations. one great way to discover new feelings together. ♪ time for weird science. we are all geared up and ready to go. put on my reading glasses here. okay. so we're going to start things off in china and space. there's this growing problem in space. space junk. we've all these satellites out there, all this debris, if it crashes into each other, it could be a problem. >> it's a mess. >> china now says they have a solution, giant lasers and we have secured some exclusive footage of how it works. check it out. >> wow.

we did it wrong, didn't we? >> no, that's it. watch it again. >> the earth is not supposed to explode. >> i guess the aim's off a little bit but they're going to work on it. >> i knew it chinese were out to destroy us all. there we have it. so, we have definitive proof that you should not hold back a sneeze. so, apparently, there's a previously fit 34-year-old man in england who actually ruptured his throat because he held his nose and tried to hold back a sneeze. so the next time you sneeze, let it all out. so the doctors said they heard crackling and learned air bubbles were permeating the soft tissue in his neck and chest. when you sneeze, air comes out at 150-mile-an-hour. that is science, folks. >> you're supposed to let it out. but tis next story may want to rethink that, actually.

no letting it out because germs, we know they can live in our hands and the surfaces that we sneeze on, which is why you have to be careful. but if you thought those winter gloves were protecting you, think again. it turns out, hats, gloves, scarves, they can all carry germs. you touch a door knob and then your face, might have well have touched your nose to the door knob. same thing. >> that's why i wash my gloves with my laundry. >> studies say germs can live on gloves anywhere from a few hours to a couple of days. >> just wash them off. a scientist in the meantime, an animal behavior scientist has found a way to communicate with dogs. he says using a.i. and computer you can help humans understand what a gesture of a pet, like wagging of the tail or growling really means.

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this morning victims of torture. >> that's how they're describing the 13 siblings allegedly held captive inside their home. a 17-year-old escaped through a window and then called police. the police thought she was 10 years old. so how did this all go unnoticed? we have new details ahead. >> and the fireworks on capitol hill. the head of homeland security, testifying under oath that she could not recall specifics about president trump's explosive comments over immigration. could a deal be reached before friday's looming government shutdown? across the midwest report a bright light in the sky accompanied with a boom. we'll tell you what authorities are saying. and if you get dressed in the dark like we do, you probably can't do that. wow, bro.

but if you can, what a way to start the day. so stop flipping out over your wardrobe and just flip into it, on this wednesday. wow. january 17th. announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> such a simple idea and yet so entertaining. >> if the pants are big enough, we can flip into anything, do you think? >> do you? >> i don't know, we'll test it out. >> we're going to have to try this one. but we have to start off on a much more serious note. the southern california parents accused of holding their 13 children captive face court tomorrow. david and louise turpin face charges of torture and child endangerment. hospital officials say they were reduced to tears at seeing the children. >> they say they're very friendly and very cooperative, but likely facing years of rehabilitation. matt is in corona, california. >> reporter: the dramatic escape

from that torture house hold. authorities praising the 17-year-old girl who called for help. clammering through a window early sunday morning, calling 911 from a deactivated cell phone, showing deputies photos of her siblings in their prison. >> if you can imagine being 17 years old and appearing to be a 10 year old, being chained to a bed and being malnourished and injuries associated with that, i would call that torture. >> reporter: surveillance video showing the moment they were led away from their southern california home in cuffs. police say louise turpin was, quote, per flexed. but, what they found inside was shocking. >> there were three individuals chained to some type of furniture in the residence. there was a very foul smell. it was extremely dirty. >> reporter: investigators say their 13 children were

horrifically malnourished, ranging in age from 2 to 29. in an exclusive interview, the doctor who has been treating the adults said they have likely been enduring this for years. >> when we first saw them everybody thought they were children. >> reporter: even the 29 year old? >> the 29-year-old, specifically. she has a body, under developed, 15 years old. >> reporter: the 29 year old has the body of an undeveloped 15 year old? >> yes. >> reporter: in family photos, it seemed a happy family, a trip to disneyland. at this ceremony in las vegas, the elvis chapel posting their ceremony online. >> they sang with me, they had fun, they seemed to be happy, all of them. >> reporter: several neighbors telling us they never even knew children lived at the house or only caught a glimpse of them at night. >> they've been outside before doing yard work at 11:00 at night.

>> reporter: 11:00 at night? they were doing yard work? >> yeah. like 10:30, 11:00 at night. >> reporter: the doctors at this hospital said it took years of abuse to so severely stunt the development of the young adults and that's why they have to very slowly begin to nourish them again. their psychological scars will take much longer to heel. abc news, corona, california. >> matt, thank you. and from rio vista, texas, we're getting a look inside the home where the family once lived. the new home owner said they were hoarders and there were vents which are now covered up. texas child protective services said they had no complaints about the family. >> we are going to move on to the harsh winter blast hitting the country. >> warnings or advisories are in effect from texas to maine. meanwhile the south is freezing again. wind chills will drop to the single digits. >> icy roads created rough conditions for this pick-up

truck. you can see there t driver in northern mississippi, wow, and another truck nearly went into oncoming traffic because of the ice. and in western kentucky at least 12 people were hurt in a accident involving a tractor trailers and a bus. paul williams has details in terms of what to expect for snow in the northeast. >> good morning. the low pressure system that's helping to guide are this snow, d.c., new york, philly, boston. expecting snow, one form or another. how much snow? four inches in massachusetts, north of new york and along the coast where you see the dark blew and two to four in rur sounding areas. then, further to the south, we could see snow in roanoke, down towards raleigh. >> all right. snow in places that they're not used to it. thank you, we're going to turn to the president's health and the white house physician

declaring him fit to serve. the doctor said the overall health of the 71-year-old president is excellent, even though he's border line obese and doesn't exercise. the doctor revealed the president personally requested a cognitive test to put questions of mental acuity to rest. >> it screens for cognitive issues and alzheimers and other things. so, you know, the fact that the president got 30 out of 30 on that exam, there's no indication he has any cognitive issues. on a day-to-day basis, it's been my experience the president is very sharp. >> the president weighs 239 pounds and his cholesterol level is higher than recommended. the doctor says he will increase the dosage of a statin drug the president already takes. he also wants him to lose 10 to 15 pounds. former white house strategist, steve bannon claimed executive privilege as he was grilled for 10 hours behind

closed doors by the house intelligence committee, looking into russian meddling and possible collusion. congressman adam schiff is accusing the white house of effectively putting a gag order on bannon. meanwhile, "the new york times" is reporting bannon was subpoenaed by special counsel robert mueller to appear before the grand jury. house republicans are hoping to vote on a bill and lure democrats by adding an extension to children's health insurance program. but it doesn't include a solution for the immigrants brought to the country as children. that's likely a deal breaker. we have more. >> reporter: tensions are flaring over protections for the so-called d.r.e.a.m.ers. >> this has turned into a s-show. >> reporter: last tuesday president trump urged law makers to craft a bipartisan daca deal. >> should be a bill of love. >> reporter: two days later, senators dick durbin and lindsey graham presented the president

with a bipartisan plan, which he rejected. >> tuesday, we had a president who i was proud of and called my friend and understood immigration had to be bipartisan. i don't know where that guy went. i want him back. >> reporter: in that same meeting, the president made comments about haiti and african countries, setting off a dispute over what he did or didn't say. >> i stand by every word i said about what was said and what happened at that meeting. >> i did not hear that word used. the conversation was very impassioned. i don't dispute that the president was using tough language. >> the commander and chief, in an oval office meeting, referring to people from african countries and haitians with the most vile and vulgar language. your silence and amnesia is complicit. >> reporter: president trump is facing questions about whether he said he's prefer more

immigrants from countries like norway rather than africa. >> i want them to come in from everywhere. >> just caucasian or people of color? >> out. >> reporter: congress is facing a friday night deadline before government funding runs out. one democratic senator predicts without a daca deal, a shutdown is more likely than not. >> thanks, we should try that around here. out. >> no. >> didn't work. not at all. there was one more moment that was kind of cute and it immediately went viral. >> it happened when senator orrin hatch tried to remove his glasses, check it out. unfortunately, for hatch, he wasn't wearing any glasses. >> we all have our moments. that may have been one of his. he committed to it though. because up until an hour ago i thought he had glasses that -- >> invisible frames or something? >> exactly. exactly. we couldn't see.

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the teammate says the accident happened last week after he was pinned down by his opponent. >> no update on his prognosis. a gofundme account has been set up for him. a school has shut down classes for a week because of the flu. >> all 50 states are reporting widespread flu activity as this year's strain hits the healthy particularly hard. we have more. >> reporter: the family of katy oxly thomas tell us they're pretty sure she got a flu shot this season but it didn't protect her. just 48 hours after she first started showing signs of the flu this 40-year-old mother of three from california was dead. >> this was nothing like i've ever seen how quickly it deteriorated her and attacked her. >> reporter: this particular strain of flu that doctors are seeing most can be a quick killer. in alabama 38-year-old adam york is suddenly fighting for his life and needing a machine to breathe. >> in a 24-hour period he went from talking to me on the phone

to being in the bed on these machines. >> reporter: at the cdc in atlanta, they shared 20 children across the country have died from the flu this winter, seven of them reported just last week. one of them is a 4-year-old from dayton, ohio. >> one of the most difficult things i ever had to do was tell my other children saturday morning that their little brother wasn't coming home. >> reporter: health officials underlined that the flu vaccine still worked. families should go out and get it, pointing out about 80% of children who died from the flu last year, weren't vaccinated. abc news, atlanta. >> our thanks to steve there and coming up the battle that an '80s icon went through that we haven't heard about before. >> that's right he's on the cover of every '80s teen magazine, but underneath it all there was darkness and depression. a revealing and honest interview with rick springfield next on "world news now."

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rick springfield warning us not to talk to strangers but but the singer and actor is talking to lots of strangers about his very serious struggle. >> he's opening up about the depression and suicidal thoughts he's had to abc's paul faris and wants people to know there is hope. ♪ you know i wish i had jesse's girl ♪ >> reporter: he's the rocker and heart throb fames for hits like "jesse's girl" and "i've done everything for you." ♪ i've done everything for you ♪ >> reporter: now, 68, rick springfield giving us a taste of his iconic song. ♪ where can i find a woman like that ♪ >> reporter: but these days his music has a different sound and a darker edge. on his new album called the

snake king with songs like jesus is an atheist, little demon and suicide manifesto. ♪ meet me at your >> reporter: admittedly it's a very different record for him but very much fuelled by his life-long battle with depression and suicide. you write, quote, it gets so bad, sometimes i just want it all to stop, there's nothing worth living for. rick, is that truly how you feel? >> not at all. it was how i have felt. i've been there in that place and that's where the song came from. >> reporter: he's long been open about his depression. in his autobiography writing about a failed suicide attempt at age 16. >> i put the noose around the thing and stood on a chair and kicked it away and hung there for a while, until i started to lose consciousness and the rope broke or came undone or something. >> reporter: his depression which he refers to as mr. "d" has never left him and drove him

to a place last year, where he once again, thought about ending it all. did it scare you? >> at first it did. it's weird, you kind of become traumatized, becomes almost like a friend and a way to get away from the pain. >> reporter: why did you decide not to do it? >> i worked my way through it, which i've always done. >> reporter: do you have suicidal thoughts a lot? >> yeah, but it's part of my makeup. >> reporter: how do you explain it to your children? you have two boys. >> they see the darkness in me and none of them go what? they see it. and i've been very open with them. >> reporter: what to you think it would do to your family? >> oh, it would devastate them that's a really dark moment that is a nonissue. >> reporter: you're not thinking about that? >> no. >> reporter: you're not thinking about your family? >> you think they'll get through it and they will because we're human beings and we deal with that stuff. >> reporter: what are you thinking about? >> just getting out.

when it gets to that point, the pain is pretty intolerable. >> reporter: the rocker, now hoping his story can help the many battling this disease. what do you want people to pull from your story? >> i want them to have hope and know that the moment will pass. i'm an example of the moment passing because i've been there a couple times and haven't, for want of a better phrase, pull the trigger. >> this too shall pass, good advice from rick springfield. our thanks to paula. >> the song "jesse's girl" was apparently about his friend, gary, but he thought jesse worked better. >> gary's girl. >> gary's girl. i think it works. ♪ gary is a friend i know he's been a good friend of mine but lately something changed that's hard to define ♪ ♪ gary's got himself a girl and i want to make her mine ♪ ♪ gary's got a girl but the

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two sensations. one great way to discover new feelings together. time now for the mix. and we're going to start with a little bit of a scare, at least my take is it's a scare. this is in queensland, australia. robert and jason were fishing and hanging out on their jet skis and wave runners when, suddenly, they realized they were surrounded by 15 bull sharks. they were having a complete feeding frenzy below the water. >> i don't understand. why are they not speeding away? >> yeah, they decided to sit around and enjoy the show. would not have been my approach. but -- >> like -- >> not completely harmless, but, yes, more than a reputation. bull sharks are known to be very

aggressive and before that they saw a tiger shark and a great white. so basically they saw the most aggressive sharks in the ocean all in one shot and they stuck around to enjoy the show. >> oh, hell no. that's when you become jonah. time to leave. >> see ya. >> exactly. so some people put on their pants one leg at a time, not niles wilson, the british gymnast. boom! >> that's one way to do it. >> he decided to post a few videos here, the 21-year-old, just pictures of him just doing some back flips into his shorts. this is apparently how he starts his day. he won the -- >> he didn't stick the landing on that one. that's another guy. they can all do this. >> he only won the bronze in 2016 summer olympic games, which is probably why he didn't stick the landing. but nice olympic ring tattoo. >> maybe this can be the next olympic gymnastics event. >> i'm down with it.

i like it. >> the shorts event. over to the uk, shall we, where ginger zee and rob have competition because, good morning britain invited rapper big narstyie or as they say, big nasty to do the weather. listen to the forecast. >> everybody's got pets, eden brock peek times. highlands a bag of snow. london, a 7 down here so, it's moderately cool. please dress appropriately. >> please dress appropriately for the weather. here is the whole forecast centered around telling people what to wear. he started off saying no one t-shirt business. later in the forecast, he said double up, double up, double up. we think he was still talking about the clothing. >> we had to read the transcript because we couldn't figure out what he was saying. >> the weather.

this morning on "world news now" a powerful and dangerous winter storm is on the move, heavy snow and ice from texas to the northeast. behind it an arctic blast is hitting the deep south. we're tracking it all. we are learning more about the shocking case of child abuse in southern california. investigators say this is like nothing they have ever seen. they're praising the bravery of one of the 13 children. a 17-year-old who came forward to report the abuse. new this half hour, a former cia officer is under arrest. >> charged with keeping notebooks full of classified records including names and home numbers of covert cia assets. this could be one of the worst intelligence failures in decades. ♪ ♪ everybody's gone surfing

♪ surfing usa well, the beach boys bryan wilson isn't going surfing, he's going back to high school. 58 years after graduating and failing a music class. hear how he got a do over on "the skinny." ♪ announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> the lamb chop side burns, we should bring those back. >> if you can grow it in, yeah, let me know how it works out. >> i'll give it a shot. i'll let you know. >> it was fun to get into the whole surfing music mentally and it's going to be 79 in honolulu. >> that's about the only place. >> 71. so, picture that. >> here comes the bad news. >> now picture this, the eastern half of the united states is just going to be rocked today. >> take a look at the radar.

that band of white that's stretching from louisiana all the way up to maine, that's what we're keeping an eye on. it's expected to bring up to eight inches of snow and extreme cold. >> and my former home, washington, d.c., what's up? doesn't look that bad. if you are indoors. most of the midatlantic region is prepping for one to three inches of snow this afternoon. to the south icy roads are already causing chaos. >> reporter: the 1700 mile swath of ice and snow is making travel treacherous for millions and it's all moving east. watch this pick-up truck try to pass in mississippi. four-wheel drive no help on these roads. another one nearly crashing into oncoming lanes. the deep freeze shutting down multiple interstates across the deep south from louisiana to alabama where there's a state of emergency in effect to texas. >> if you don't have be to on the roads, please don't be on the roads. >> reporter: watch kevin quin from our station, ktrk, getting

ready to report from this crash when another truck careens down the same embankment, nearly crashing into other cars. further north on interstate 65, near bonneville, kentucky, multiple tractor trailers and a greyhound bus piled up. more than 1500 flights canceled and thousands more delayed. and we're going to be seeing that storm move from florida all the way up to new england. in fact, north carolina's governor has issued a state of emergency. so no doubt a messy and dangerous commute. snowy and frozen roads will also make a mess of things for a lot of today. >> accuweatherer's paul williams is tracking this. >> good morning. we're looking at possibly four to eight inches of snow. new york to massachusetts, along the coast of maine and surrounding areas, two to four to one to two inches and we could see a targeted area of

four inches of snow. that would involve richmond, raleigh, roanoke, so, 81/95, nearly shut down from that much ice and snow. it shifts along the region. but remember here, it's going to freeze very quickly. >> we are going to have to take note of that in the south. paul, thank you. now to the immigration show down playing down as it clock ticks to possible government shut down. republican senator lindsey graham slammed the white house for sending mixed messages, saying there was an irrational view on how to fix immigration and outraged senators grilled the homeland security chief about the vulgar and racist comments attributed to president trump. >> i did not hear those words used, no, sir. the conversation was very impassioned. i don't dispute the president was using tough language. >> commander in chief, in an oval office meeting, referring to people from african countries and haitians with the most vile

and vulgar language. your silence and amnesia is complicit. >> reporter:. >> senator there from new jersey and they're pushing a bill to keep federal agencies running for another month, but it duds not include an immigration deal for d.r.e.a.m. eres. democrats are not expected to support it. former white house chief strategist, steve bannon has declined to answer a range of questions during a closed door session on capitol hill. during his ten hours before the house intelligence committee, bannon invokes executive privilege and refused to discuss the trump white house or transition. meanwhile, the new york times is also reporting that bannon was subpoenaed by special counsel, robert mueller, to appear before a grand jury. and president trump has passed his first physical in office at flying colors. the white house physician said, at 71 the president's overall health is excellent. he received a perfect score on a cognitive exam. president is taking a cholesterol lowering drugs and

weighs 239 pounds, just shy of the obesity mark for his height. he acknowledged the president needs to lose weight, exercise and eat better. >> like all of us. a former cia agent is in custody for bringing about one of the worst intelligence failures in recent years. he was taken into custody at new york's jfk airport after flying back from his home in hong kong. he kept notes about facilities. the agency isn't commenting on whether lee played a role in the death or detentions of more than a dozen informants. if convicted he faces up to 10 years in prison. and secretary of state rex tillerson is warning of military action if north korea won't give up their nuclear program. speaking of a global summit in vancouver, canada, tillerson said a nuclear armed north is not acceptable. he said the north will trigger an option if it won't negotiate. however, he wouldn't say whether the white house would limit military action as of yet.

japan's national broadcasters apologizing about a false alarm about an incoming missile. nhk said north korea filed a missile at japan. the false alarm was the result of an error by a staff member. sound familiar? this follows the false alert in hawaii of course. now in hawaii it took nearly 40 minutes to correct. in japan it was corrected by five minutes. at least we're learning about the false missile alerts. >> how about we don't have anymore. >> that, too. back on the mainland, they say the siblings who escaped the horror of their southern california home could be in for years of rehab. their parents are in custody and scheduled for court appearance tomorrow. danya bacchus has more. >> reporter: authorities say it was one of the 13 abused children who alerted them to what was happening inside this home. she managed to escape through a window, call 911 and show investigators pictures of the

abuse. >> i've been in health care a long time and never seen this. >> reporter: this shows officers swarming in, taking their parents away in handcuffs. investigators found 3 of the 12 remaining children inside chained to furniture, calling the condition of the home horrific, saying the children were so badly malnourished, seven of them who were adults as old as 29 looks like children. >> being 17 years old and appearing to be a 10-year-old, chained to a bed, i would call that torture. >> reporter: abc news spoke to david turpin's parents who say they are shocked at the allegations and they are considered a good, christian family in their community. >> these kids are going to need a lot of support. it's not going to be anything that you go through a few sessions of therapy and you're all better. this is going to be long term. >> reporter: investigators say this is the first time being called to their home and they do not know how long it children

were kept in those conditions. >> horrible story, thank you. and on wall street the dow passed the 26,000 mark for the first time before retreating. the average took just seven trading days to climb. some are saying the stocks may have advanced too far, too fast during the rally. the stock averages are ul, around 4% so far. >> and those bitcoins took a hit, yesterday. >> i already sold all of mine. >> did you? $20,000 a piece? >> no. the coldest spot in america feels tropical compared to siberia. it is the coldest village on earth. congratulations. >> so temperatures there can dip to minus 88 degrees on the day these tourists stopped by it was a balmy minus 44.

>> wow. >> and yet they went for a dip. >> so, it's so cold that your eye lashes freeze instantly and as you can see from the selfie of three young women snapped from the village, the village recorded all-time low of minus 98 five years ago. it has a good looking to it. >> wouldn't your eye balls freeze at minus 98? i mean -- >> i like the look. >> all right. so, he would like to be sent on assignment to, how do you say the town? >>oy meoaken. siberia. there you go. >> i think they named it that because that's the phrase people utter when they go outside. >> it's just like oi, meoaken. >> oh, boy. coming up. why supermodel chrissy teigen is getting involved in the crisis involving u.s.a. gymnastics.

and later on "the skinny," a big day for betty white. details ahead. you're watching abc "world news now." with betty white. you're watching abc "world news now."

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shootout between police and robbery suspects at a baltimore 7-eleven. the officers were feet away from the suspects but not hit. those men are still on the loose. atf and fbi are helping in the search. well, a second day of emotional testimony expected this wednesday in a michigan courtroom as they confront a former usa gymnastics team doctor. >> larry nassar is being sentenced after pleading guilty to ten counts of criminal, sexual misconduct. >> reporter: trembling and tearful. >> i've experienced flashback nightmares of the abuse. >> reporter: a steady stream of women stared down their monster. >> i remember laying there frozen stiff on the table utterly mortified, confused and scared. i felt so powerless to control what's happening. >> reporter: the first day of testimony at the sentencing of dr. larry nassar, the former usa gymnastics team doctor,

stephens was just in kindergarten at the time. >> you used my body for six years for your own sexual gratification. that is unforgivable. >> reporter: more than 140 women have accused nassar of abuse, including simone biles who have had scathing words for usa gymnastics. >> they allowed larry to continue to work on little girls in michigan and molest gymnasts for a long time. i don't know how they sleep at night. >> reporter: in court he wiped away his own tears as he listened to victim after victim detail their loss of innocence and child hood. >> little girls don't stay little forever. they grow into strong women determined to destroy your world. >> reporter: lindsey davis, abc news, new york. >> 28 women spoke yesterday but a total of 98 are expected by friday. >> 98? >> yep. >> and in a statement u.s.a. gymnastics says it's attending this week's proceedings for one reason to listen first hand to

those who we victimized. we remain focussed on our highest priority, the safety, health and well being of our athletes and creating culture that empowers and supports them. >> in another development, kayla will not be fined if she speaks out about nassar. that was it penalty for speaking out on her $1 million settlement with u.s.a. gymnastics. at one point chrissy teigen said she would be honored to pay that fine for her to speak. >> so much blame to go around here, not just with nassar. >> the impact, the number of victims in this case is just unbelievable. >> well, when we come back we're going to lighten things up with a celebrity couple posing with their twins, but never each other. plus, another famous baby has arrived. the skinny is next.

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>> where's the cheesecake? travel round the world and back again. i love this song. >> yes, we need some cheese cake as we start off the skinny. >> cheese cake? >> did you ever watch golden girls? >> yeah, all the time. we are starting off with a quick congratulations this morning, a big happy birthday to the one and only, betty white. >> the forever golden girl turns 96 today. >> 96? >> not bad. >> so white has been 75 years in show business and credits her longevity to three things. i love this. her love of pets, hot dogs and vodka. >> yes! >> amen, betty white. >> yes, down with all three. thank you for being everybody's friend. a couple years ago, we had a lot of celebrities passing away, there was a campaign to bubble wrap betty white. >> yes. >> so, it has worked. >> we are going keep her in protective custody. >> no bubble wrap needed. pets, vodka and hot dogs. now we know. >> and congrats to the west family.

kim kardashian and kanye west have just welcomed their third child into the world and it's a girl. >> they thanked the surrogate for carrying the baby girl. no word on her name. considering her siblings are north and saint, we are expecting something on the unique side. >> okay. cute. and one of the most reclusive celebrity couples in the world has released pictures with their new born twins. or have they? >> enrique iglesias and anna kournikova. they surprised everyone with the news but they never really take photos together and apparently they're sticking with that theme. >> so the question is did they really have twins. because let's compare the evidence here? how do we know there wasn't a car wardrobe change between the kids? >> they each posted a picture with a baby. >> not together, separately. >> it does look like two different babies. >> it does. yeah. one baby is smiling, the other is not. >> that's what it is.

>> definitely different babies. congratulations. they're a cute couple. and congratulations is in order for beach boy bryan wilson. he is a man of his word. after all these years, he's true to his school. ♪ true to your school >> get it? >> ah, yes. yes. >> true to your school, like the song. >> i get. took me a while. >> back before the beach boys made music history, the bryan wilson, the master song writer behind their biggest hits was a high school music student and for one of his assignments he composed the song "surfin." >> so you may be thinking he must have passed that class with flying colors? actually no. he got an "f." however, 58 years later he returned to the high school there in sunny, california to make up the assignment. >> when he got there the current

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oral-b. brush like a pro. ♪ ♪ >> finger driver and sweat coin? >> it's stranger and stranger. >> so weird. you know who else has an app? groupon. and we know of one celebrity who definitely has that app. tiffany haddish. >> that's what we call a segway. she likes to swipe so much, she's a spokesperson. >> reporter: tiffany loves a good laugh. >> that's hand sanitizer. >> it burns. >> reporter: and a good deal. >> groupon. you haven't seen it?

i'm a huge fan of groupon. >> they're just cheering for him because he got money. we're here on a groupon. >> reporter: she has a new deal of her own, as the company's spokesperson. >> my skin is like, what? my nails are like, yes, ma'am. and my face is like hello stranger. let me buy my other groupon. i been speaking out for groupon for years. ask any of my home girls. we have gone to thailand in china on groupon. we have gotten our nails done, hair weave and hair extensions and cute dresses through groupon. >> once we got to know tiffany we realized not only was he funny and talented, she was one of our best customers. does it make you look cheap? no, the shoes from the grocery store make you look cheap. >> reporter: and she's set to star in the first super bowl ad

since 2011. >> reporter: many believe she sealed the deal after she took invited will smith and wife jada on a groupon tour of the louisiana bayou. >> is that true? >> yes, that's 100% true. >> reporter: on a groupon? >> yes. >> she goes tiffany, what is going on here? why are there so many people? and i said jada, they probably all got groupones. she said what the [ bleep ] is a groupon? >> i guess will and jada smith don't use groupon very often. >> i thought you meant you get a group on a boat. a group of your friends, not a group of randos. that's it for this half hour. >> this is abc news "world news now." informing insomniacs for two decades. two decades.

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