deal for weinstein's company would have short changed weinstein's accusers. but a final offer included a $50 million fund to try to compensate accusers. bill paxton's family is filing a wrongful death lawsuit. he died a year ago, just 11 days after heart surgery. the official cause was listed as stroke but his family claims the doctor performed an improper procedure and the hospital failed to properly treat the complications. and the obamas made history as the nation's first black president and first lady and their official portraits now doing the same. >> they were just unveiled at the national portrait gallery in washington. they're the first by african american artists. mrs. obama's portrait paid tribute to alabama. and the former president's

haifrihaifr i haifian and african background. >> i tried to negotiate less gray hair and his artistic integrity would not allow him to do what i asked. i tried to negotiate smaller ears. struck out on that as well. >> mrs. obama says she's proud young people of color will see an image of someone who looks like themselves at the hall of a great institution. >> so the internet had some fun with it. because these are unusual paintings for presidential paintings. one twitter user asking if anyone else was getting the beyonce vibe. >> the president's making lemonade. >> another reference, former press secretary sean spicer hiding in the bushes outside the white house. >> another in these lines was homer simpson. and how about chris christie who

was photoshopped sitting right there. the former president seems to like it. >> and the memes keep on coming. when we come back a ticket mix up that has one music fan piping mad. piping mad.

♪ skinny the skinny the skinny ♪ skinny the skinny the skinny >> just give me the skinny. then there were four on "the bachelor." arie made the hard choices. >> and let's get the full breakdown, our senior global cont is here. >> amazing, amazing. i considered my whole outfit, i really did. there were seven ladies who started this whole thing. so chow bella.

first of all this is becca and arie. nothing quite like falling in love in the tuscan sun. she wound up getting a rose. also in a one on one date was lauren b. who we're not seeing there but that's okay. that's becca ann got emotional on this one. this was at the end. this was the two on one date where tia got the rose. so she is also in the final four. organize now. next. >> oh, the youngin'. >> yes. the analysts picked jacqueline. she melted it down from the stress of the whole thing. she went over basically threw herself under the bus. she was taking herself out of

the competition and that gets us to the sound bite of the day. >> i came here open to love but i certainly did not expect it. and i feel like i did find love here, i just don't know if it was the love. >> so she's sending herself home? >> i am out of here. in fact our girl jacqueline said i suck at being happy. the analyst's pick is gone. tinder that. forget about jacqueline. she's out of there. kiss count, kiss count. the kiss count stops at a hefty 11. >> there were only seven people there. >> this guy's not stopping. >> the women keep getting smaller in number and the kiss count -- >> and the kissing keeps going. they don't call him the kissing bandit for nothing.

big week, tia, kendall, becca, lauren. >> cao bella. thank you, jack. a lot going on there. and it's that time of year. girl scout cookies are being sold by just about everyone, even celebrities apparently. actress jennifer gardner was spotted selling girl scout cookies. >> she said she would take a limited number of 0d orders fr fans. >> so what if you just happen to be coming out of your brentwood grocery store and needed some cookies. though she may have wanted to adopt that other little girl strategy, outside the marijuana dispensaries. >> that's where you make big bucks. a guy who meant to give his girlfriend tickets to see the red hot chili peppers. >> for a valentine's day gift?

that is a good boyfriend right there. ♪ give it away >> except one tiny oversight. so he thought he spotted an ad on twitter to see the chili peppers, and when he saw the seats were great in the arena, he thought what a great deal. >> but it wasn't until they flew from england to northern ireland that they realized the chili peppers were not playing. he had bought tickets to see the red hot chili pipers, the bag pipe band. >> that's the best possible name for the bag pipe band. >> they said they had a great time. they also didn't realize that a bag pipe band could pack an arena. i guess only in ireland.

i wonder if they play any red hot chili pepper covers? >> it's a better valentine's day gift than otherwise. >> and as the story makes the rounds, maybe he'll get some free red hot chili tickets for their effort. >> are the boys still touring? and john cena is getting his family together in the latest ad. >> it's a play off the nutty professor's family dinner. but this time we have a baby cena, a dog cena and even a rock loving dad cena. >> and you have to love teen cena, a girl who loves to take selfies and a boy big into emo. >> this is awkward. coming up the triple axel that landed one olympian in the record books. anded one olympian in the

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♪ all right. it is time to check the official medal count of the olympic games. norway's up top with nine overall medals. germany's leading the count for gold. >> team u.s.a. now has six total including a third gold medal in snowboarding. >> that means we're in second place for gold medals. >> slow but steady. two-time gold medalist, shaun white, who was kept off the podium, appears to be on his way to redemption. >> scoring a near perfect score of 98.5 on his last run of the day.

today is the men's halfpipe finals where he will be going for the gold again. >> and you've probably heard of mirai nagasu becoming the first to stick the triple axel. >> david muir took back at the long road before the historic jump. >> reporter: this is the moment mirai nagasu made history. the first american woman to land a triple axel at the olympics. fr >> well, that will go down in the record books. >> reporter: making it look easy but even she knows it was anything but. posting video of herself trying and failing. perfecting her form on this pulley. >> do you try to convey the feeling of a triple axel? >> the faster you spin, the harder to basically breathe because there's so much force.

>> reporter: going in at 20 miles per hour. pulling it off in less than a second. >> i focus on the things that will help me land it. i think of things like stay on the circle and left shoulder in front. so very technical as opposed to oh, my god am i going to land it? >> her teammates cheering on her flawless landing. among them adam rippon from pennsylvania. the two didn't make the olympics four years ago. instead they got in-n-out about yourer burgers and climbed on the roof of their house. they're being cheered on by all of america. >> i can only imagine the feeling when she finally landed that jump. >> dizzying. but how impressive. and that contraption. >> that's the news for this half hour. ur. this is abc's

good tuesday morning. i'm kendis gibson. >> and i'm diane macedo. here are some of the top stories we're following on "world news now." the white house is not saying whether the president believes the domestic abuse allegations made by the ekts wives of rob porter. abc news has learned porter told senior officials his first wife 36s black eye was the result of an accidental fall during an argument. fire in a power unit on a southwest airlines plane forced more than 140 people to evacuate. the jet was about to leave the john wayne airport in southern california when the fire broke out. some minor injuries were reported. and issuing a warning to facebook and other social media sites, clean up your toxic content or we're pulling our ad money.

and it's mardi gras, the last day before catholics observe lent. there's a big parade of course in new orleans but the good times are already rolling. the king has declared the holiday at a pre-mardi gras parade. those are some of our top stories on this fat tuesday. it is february 13th. >> announcer: from abc news this is "world news now." it's fat tuesday but we ate so much for national pizza day -- >> fat friday for us, recovering saturday. >> all right. we'll look more on the fat tuesday festivities later. first new details surrounding the allegations around porter. >> they're saying he downplayed domestic violence allegations by his two ex-wives. dismissing them as accidents. president trump has still not mentioned the accusers and the

white house is still strugging to explain how all of this unfolded. >> reporter: three senior administration officials with three different stories. >> as soon as rob porter was proven wrong when had the photos came on wednesday, he was gone almost immediately. >> he learned the full information by tuesday. >> we learned of the extent of the situation involving rob porter last tuesday evening and within 24 hours his resignation had been accepted and announced. >> reporter: new details about why the white house stood by former staff secretary rob porter for more than 12 hours. according to two sources with knowledge of porter's story, he explained the black eye was the result of a struggle over venesian glass. they struggled as porter tried to stop her and during the struggle, she accidently bruised her eye.

in the second case, porter said he was merely tapping on the glass pane of their door. his knuckle went through the glass and he tried to enter to wrap it up. hours after hearing porter's account she announced his resignation while defending him. >> they have had full trust in his ands and performance. >> reporter: in "time" willoughby fired back at president trump for appearing to take her ex-husband's word over hers. and turning to terrifying moments for the president's family. his daughter in law taken to a new york hospital after opening a package containing a white powder. they underwent tests as a precaution. but the substance turned out to be harmless. it was postmarked in boston and contained an angry letter to

her husband donald trump jr. and fallout after calling for a release of a memo and then deciding not to declassify the democrats rebuttal. pierre thomas has the details. >> reporter: some accusing the president of a double standard involving the russia probe. he decided not to release the democrat's response to the declassified republican memo which claimed the fbi relied on a dossier to contain a search warrant against carter page. mr. trump tweeting the democrat's memo is political, adding the democrats knew it because of sources and methods and more to be heavily redacted. this after releasing the republican's memo despite fbi's grave concern. >> this week the white house has a new found admiration for the fbi.

>> reporter: sourgss say the democrats response challenges the republicaning memo by showing the dossier was far from the only source used to get that warrant. the president told democrats to redo and send back in proper form. congressman schiff is said to meet with fbi officials soon. >> somebody should get that car alarm fixed there in d.c. president trump has spoken to the russian leader, vladimir putin for the first time since december. trump expressed condolences about the deadly plane crash near moscow that killed 71 people. and spoke about the mideast peace process ahead of putin's meeting with the palestinians. the two also discussed the nuclear standoff with north korea, with president trump saying more steps are needed. and the senate is now in the mid of an open ended immigration

debate. the decision received overwhelming support to launch discussions. leaders of both parties know getting to a final bill will be much more difficult. the key could be the fate of the young immigrants known as dreamers. the hope is to finish work on a bill regarding that issue this week. and a mexican immigrant who was about to be deported has received a last-minute stay. he was at a church in phoenix. he's been in the u.s. since he was a toddler. he has five kids and a pregnant wife. one of his kids has leukemia. they granted his one-year stay based on humanitarian grounds. two detectives have been convicted for their part in a police corruption scandal. daniel and marcus were members of a special gun task. frgs but instead they stole cash from suspects, resold drugs that been

seized and then lied under oath. each faces up to 60 years. testimony during the trial described an elite unit that was out of control. officials say a few thousand cases may have been tainted. and more than 60 children have now died during this flu season. the latest may include a 5-year-old girl in new jersey who had had flu-like symptoms. health officials say that 5-year-old girl in brooklyn died of flu. she's the city's fourth young victim. oklahoma has the been hit hard. and the perry school district north of oklahoma city is the latest to cancel classes because so many students are sick. a new study warns sea levels are rising faster than we once thought. previous studies showed they were rising at a constant rate. but this research shows they are accelerating.

they say melting in antarctica and greenland is the major cause of all of this. coastal areas could see an additional four inches of sea level rise per decade by the end of the century. elon musk, the head of spacex says the rocket is not only more powerful than the competition but also a lot chiper. >> because they can reuse the rocket boosters. video shows just how spectacular they are. watch as two of the boosters land near simultaneously at cape canaveral. >> and that's not smoke. that's soot because of excess pressure. all is fine with the rocket. and a couple valentine's day tradition could be explained with the phrase if it ain't broke, don't fix it. >> they first spent the day together in 1980. he gave her a box of chocolate.

>> you never know what you're going to get. >> the staff at the store where he bought the sweets told him to bring the box in next year and they will fill it for free. >> so he did. every year. tomorrow will mark the 39th time. she says she's happy with her candy and her guy. >> you're a lucky lady. >> that's why i'm going to keep him. he's a keeper. >> you haven't kicked him to curb yet. >> oh, hell no. >> she's frisky. >> he says the only requirement is that they're dark chocolate cream. do you think the store is now regretting bring them back for free? we didn't know 39 years later. >> we had no idea how cheap ron was. coming up, tech battle sheets up. apple is joining the fight to

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welcome back. weight watchers is under fire for offering free memberships to teenagers. they say the goal is to develop healthy eating habits. it would require parental consent. but critics are arguing the plan could lead some young people to develop eating disorders. a major beauty products chain is facing a lawsuit. >> they claim for years ulta has been repackaging the items and selling them again to unsuspecting customers. and say the company has a limit on how many returned items can be thrown away. >> a spokesperson says it will vigorously fight this lawsuit. ulta's stock dropped more than 4% on the news. and amazon is cutting

hundreds of corporate jobs. the online retailer is laying off hundreds around the world, most from the seattle office so it can shift resources to other growth opportunities. and barnes and noble suffering a dismal season. cashiers were among the workers expected to be laid off. a new competitor has joined the battle to make your house smarter. apple is throwing its hat in the wing. >> you can get info for them while your hands are full. question is which one should you use? becky rulely is mere to help us out. >> reporter: commonly placed phrases. but apple hoping.

>> hey, siri. >> reporter: will be the new request. so apple's leap into this space makes a lot of sense. >> we call it homepod. >> apple's smart speaker, home pod is all about music and keeping you in your apple tv, iphones world. >> one thing apple is good at is creating and feeding its ecosystem. >> reporter: at a cost of $349 they are starting with a high-end speaker. ♪ >> reporter: how's the base? it sounds amazing but this is a home assistant. so how does this stack up when it's time to get to work? i asked alexa and google home to search, set timers and control smart devices like my thermostat. they did well and so did homepod. hey, siri set a timer for five minutes. what's the weather going to be

like tomorrow? >> the high will be 68 and the low will be 46. >> reporter: turn on the fish tank lights. >> done. >> reporter: so while they race to own your kitchen counter, which device is right for you? >> what can i do for you? >> reporter: oakland, california. >> i think i'm in all the ecosystems. >> you're in everything? >> i do not discriminate when it comes to voice assistants. >> and none of them doing your laundry? >> no, still working on that one. >> home pod is about $300. echo about $100. guess which one i'm getting? >> what it you have a daughter named alexa? >> that is kind of -- >> that could get complicated. coming up we're going inside new york city's version of charley's chocolate factory. >> barry, our polka master. aster, berry

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so chocolate is one of the most popular gifts for valentine's day. >> so we're going behind the cocoa coating, you might say, with our own barry mitchell to see how some of new york's most delicious bites are made. >> reporter: we're in new york city. what are you going to show me how to make? >> french caramel kisses. >> what does tash mean? >> every time my classes come in to make chocolate, i say the good sign of a good chocolateer is when you have chocolate on your apron. the first step of the process is you want to paint using the edible glitter. next step is you want to fill this mold with chocolate. ♪ oompa >> and we're going to shake off all the excess chocolate.

>> it's delicious. >> so now just one quick scrape across the top. so we have our homemade salted caramel in these piping bags. >> laugh, i don't care. >> and you're going to pipe caramel into your shells. about 3/4s of the way up. salt brings out the natural sweetness. and when you're doing this at home or you can always come back here, you can use your favorite peanut butter and jelly, jam. so we're actually going to freeze this because you never want to pour a warm, liquidy chocolate into a cavity that's liquidy. so i have your mold right over here, and you're going to take a

little extra layer of chocolate and pour it in the mold which will serve as the bottom of the truffle. >> waiting is the hardest part. oh, look at that. >> it needs a little love tap. french caramel kisses. >> to order chocolate online or to sign up for chocolate making classes. >> go to tache chocolate.com. >> reporter: life is like a tray of chocolates. >> he needs a little touchup on his lipstick. >> true story barry dropped off his chocolate for us here. >> we cannot find it.

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all right. it is time for a little this happened and we're going to start off with new york fashion week. we want to take you to the cromat fashion show where the designer has paired the models with flaming hot cheetos. >> why? >> because. they all had flaming hot cheetos to spice up their outfit. >> so if you get hungry, have a cheetos. >> look at the guy in the background. looks like somebody dropped a

bag of cheetos. >> see that's his job? >> i think he just wanted a snack. go get cheetos. i want to show you a new -- what we think should be the new olympic sport right here. >> big time. >> check out swiss free style skier, fabian, the escalators in pyeongchang. after 20 years he's still trying to figure out how these things work. am i doing it right? he nailed it. he posted a video. >> can you imagine if he fell and hurt himself before the competition? >> mind you he only weighs 126 pounds. so is it really that difficult? >> very much enjoying the spectacle. and police in the golden state are on the case looking for a perp. a deputy was on his way to an

assignment at the golden state warriors game when he says this popped on to his windshield. >> i would have crashed. >> he said he wasn't sure if the perp was trying to carjack his vehicle or just leaving a crime scene. the suspect was likely a san antonio spurs fan, trying to intimidate us. they used deescalation techniques. suspect 4 inches tall with a gray and white furry coat. >> all points -- >> all points bulletin. wanted. to quote that once poet, age ain't nothing but a number and here's proof for it. >> is in a brittany? >> or was that monica? >> i always get them confused. check this out. >> a grandma in miami, zumba for days. she's getting it. she showed everyone that she's still got it.

this morning on "world news now a scare for the trump family. taken to the hospital after opening after a package containing white powder. new details about what former white house aide, rob porter, told senior staff after his ex-wives went public with abuse claims. this as the white house struggles to explain its handling of the scandal. and a woman accused of kidnapping a baby and raising her as her own since birth and why the victim's asking for leniency. and the middle school kids who are told they must say yes if asked to the middle school dance. has the effort for kindness gone too far?

>> announcer: from abc news this is "world news now." we're going to get right to that big scare for the president's family. they're trying to find out who sent a package to president trump's oldest son containing a mysterious white powder and angry note. >> vanessa was taken to the hospital along with two others after she opened the envelope and complained of feeling sick. it happened at their manhattan apartment. the secret service and nypd are investigating a suspicious package sent to don trump jr. vanessa called 911 just after 10:00 a.m. telling police she was feeling dizzy. firefighters treating vanessa trump and two others at the new york apartment before taking them to the hospital where they had tests done as a precaution.

donald trump jr. tweeting thankful that vanessa and my children are safe and unharmed after the incredibly scary situation that occurred this morning. truly disgusting that certain individuals choose to express their opposing views with such disturbing behavior. the white house reacting. >> i know the president spoke with her. beyond that, it's an ongoing and active investigation. i can say that the president has spoken with her in the last hour. >> reporter: in march 2016 a package with white powder was sent to the president's other son, eric. also nonhazardous. and one sent to the president's campaign office, addressed to mr. trump himself. that turned out to be harmless too. ivanka tweeting "thinking of mrs. vanessa trump and wishing i was by her side today.

no one deserves to be frightened this way. there is no excuse." and all we know is that it had a very angry letter directed at don jr. but no doubt we're just at the beginning of this investigation. and the former white house staff secretary reportedly played down alligations after his two ex-wives publicly accused him of domestic violence. porter told officials he did not punch his first wife. he said the black eye was an accident saying she fell while he tried to stop her from smashing a vase during an argument. sources say porter also denied punching through the door of the second wife's home while separated. he says he was tapping on the glass when his knuckle went through it. president trump has defended porter but failed to mention his accusers and the white house is refusing to say whether he believes the women. >> does he believe rob porter's accusers? >> as i just said the president along with the entire

administration take domestic violence very seriously and believe all allegations need to be thoroughly investigated. >> that doesn't answer the question. >> that's where we are right now. >> in a washington post op-ed, porter's first wife says she lived in constant fear of his anger. says the abuse chipped away at her self worth and took years to get her life back on track. president trump has unveiled a $4.4 trillion budget that includes a billion dollar infrastructure plan. he's also asking for nearly 700 billion in defense spending. but the president wants to slash billions from programs like food stamps, housing subsidies and medicare. and stocks are rebounding from some of the recent losses.

the dow climbed 410 points which is 1.7% and overnight the top markets posting solid gains as well. a 14-hour standoff is over but not before he killed his girlfriend, her two aunts and himself. three police officers were also injured but expected to recover. the siege started when the two older women arrived to try to help their niece. alex perez tells us what happened next. >> officers are swarming this detroit neighborhood after a frantic call of shots fired. the standoff lasting for some 14 hours. >> just a ton of police activity unfolding right now. >> reporter: police say the gunman barricaded inside his home had killed two other women

outside when he opened fire on arriving officers, wounding three. >> the dps officers were pinned down for at least an hour. the ordeal began when the gunman, lance smith, became involved in a domestic situation. the two women gunned down, investigators say were trying to help. >> the suspect was heard saying i will not be taken without a fight. >> reporter: authorities finally able to enter the home. discovering the bodies of his suspect and the girlfriend inside. the officer's injuries are not life threatening. alex perez, abc news, chicago. a suburban cleveland man is the second man to be arrested in connection the shooting of two ohio police officers. they say jared lossen bought the gun, even though he has a criminal record and not allowed to own a gun. the officers were killed while responding to a domestic disturbance call. a former all-star pitcher in major league baseball is accused of drug trafficking.

police say after a traffic stop they found 44 pounds of white powder believed to be cocaine at the home of esteban loaiza. he spent more than a dozen years in the big leagues, he made more than $43 million in his baseball career. and one of the largest advertisers in the world is threatening to pull ads off its sites like facebook and google over what it calls toxic content. >> unilever saying it's become a swamp of fake news, sexism and racism. with brands like dove and ben & jerry's, unilever spent nearly $2 billion. it may come as no surprise they say they have already entered into talks to resolve the issue. i think when you spend that much in advertising, you get a quick response.

and a building developer painted over graffiti and tore the buildings down. they argued the buildings were his to treat as he pleased. but the judge said he failed to wait for the proper permits and violated the visual artistic rights act. the artists say the buildings once represented the largest open air museum. the property is now luxury condos. >> they fought back as graffiti artists and won. >> it's not the first time graffiti artists have won this kind of a case. the judge singled out forty artists and said those artists merited the status to be protected by the federal law. >> so art pays, even if it's graffiti. a firehouse made quite a splash.

>> take a look at justin and his wife waiting to find out is it a boy or girl? and then it turns. >> it's a girl. >> their daughter's due in july. so the firefighters were all in on it. they had one bucket with blue, one with pink, with red-ish water and voila. >> surprise. coming up a woman pleads guilty to kidnapping a newborn and raising her as her own. hear why her victim is pleading for leniency. and chloe kim's high flying and near perfect run just landed her on top of the olympic podium but it was her tweet in the middle of the competition that got everyone a little nervous.

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winds topping 120 miles an hour, destroyed churches, even the parliament building. at least 5,000 people have been forced to shelters. the kidnapping case that grabbed national headlines. a woman pleading guilty for kidnapping a newborn and for nearly two decades raising her as her own. >> the young woman she kidnapped is asking the court for leniency. >> reporter: a woman accused of kidnapping a baby and raising her as her own pleaded guilty. gloria williams admitting in 1998 she posed as a nurse stealing the baby from this hospital just eight hours after she was born. 18 years later, two tips leading them to williams in south carolina. >> you know i love you so much. it's okay.

>> reporter: newly released police tape showed the emotional moment after the arrest. the teen hugging the only mother she'd ever known. >> everybody always asking how did you handle this? probably better than people would think. >> reporter: the now 19 year old is getting to know her birth parents. >> for alexis, it's tough but she just looks at it as more love. >> reporter: williams is facing a recommended 22 years behind bars. alexis is expected to speak on her behalf. coming up in our next half hour the national portrait galleries, two new editions unveiling their tributes to the obamas and the internet unveiling its own tributes. >> that's the best part. but first one of the breakout stars of the winter

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cue the ch cue the orchestra because it is time to check the medal count, shall we. >> see how team u.s.a. is doing. >> norway still in the lead overall with nine. germany has a gold medal lead with four. >> and team u.s.a. has six total including a third gold medal. >> all right, all right. so we're in second place for gold medals. >> and fifth place overall. but all thanks to the gold medals, by the way. the high flying 17-year-old from california, chloe kim. >> a pair of massive 1080 spins. she dominated with a near perfect score. her teammate grabbing bronze in the competition.

>> her parents were born in south korea and they were watching along with their grandma who lives nearby in seoul, south korea. and by the way we should give chloe extra props because she managed all this despite a major setback. she tweeted wish i finished my breakfast sandwich but my stubborn self decided not to and now i'm getting hangry. >> it is tough to perform when you're hangry. >> we should know. >> don't we know it. and on to someone who missed gold but maybe shouldn't have. adam rippon may still be the biggest star emerging. >> after a flawless skating routine, many say rippon got ripped off. matt gutman sat down with the champ. >> reporter: it was a performance as smooth as the ice he skated on.

adam rippon wearing his emotions on that sequin sleeve, dazzling the crowd. the american cleanly landing two triple axels, helping to propel team u.s.a. to the bronze and instantly launching him to the prized olympic darling status and even the bronze wasn't without controversy. fans quick to point out that the first and second place skaters both fell. but the judges awarded them more points because their routines had a higher level of difficulty. and many turning to social media making it the top trending topic. one person tweeting do judges award extra points for falling? he addressed the backlash with his trademark sass. >> i think we need to get those people that think i was ripped off on a judging panel

immediately. maybe before the individual competition. >> he was a relative late bloomer. he says he was awkward and unathletic. >> i fell in love with skating because of the performance aspect. growing up i sucked at every sport that i tried but i loved being active, i loved playing sports and when i found skating it was a combination of something i could perform and i was also getting that athletic satisfaction. >> reporter: saying there was a time he subsisted on free apples at his gym but now has found his authentic self. >> you don't get those highs if you don't allow yourself to be vulnerable. and he continues to develop what he would become known for, his artistry during performances.

here he is singing "diamonds" at the grand prix final last year and now at 28, he's the oldest american rookie single skater since 1936 and he's not just representing himself. it's almost shocking it took 2018 to be the first openly gay male for the winter olympics. >> in 2018 there's still a taboo that being gay means you're weaker or it doesn't mean that you're strong. and that is absolutely not the case. >> reporter: in his corner in pyeongchang so many, including his mom who is a single mother of six. what are you proud of most? >> one that he kept with it and persevered. >> a single mother of six. she deserves a gold medal. >> absolutely. bravo. a lot of people are asking if he's had butt implants.

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time for your mix on this tuesday and we're throwing it back all the way to the 12th century because that's what they're reenacting in italy. the battle of the orange carnival. >> were they throwing oranges? >> they're throwing oranges. so it's a reenactment of an uprising when the townspeople battled against their feudal lord. >> is there a strategy? >> i think you just try to take out the person next to you. >> like that? >> wow. you did that with such veracity

and feeling, i can't even hear you. >> i was just trying to emulate -- >> you nailed it. >> well, we'll keep practicing or you will. over to -- this is the kind of story we call a talker because it has a lot of people talking this morning. students have to say yes when asked to the valentine's day party. natalie richards is a mother, her daughter's in sixth grade and she was shocked when she came home from school and said i can't say no. she was first told it was a misunderstanding and then her teacher confirmed they have to say yes. it's an effort to promote kindness. so you cannot say no. richards is not happy with the message that's sending to her daughter. interesting story in pennsylvania. this young lady when she was 10

years old, nicole renee. she got a cute puppy and four years later she was told she had to get rid of it. later she wanted to adopt a dog and thought this family dog looked familiar to her. it turns out that was the dog that she gave away so many years ago. >> the same dog? >> the dog recognized her. she picked up the same dog. jumped on her, began licking her. so many years later. >> oh, that one makes me happy. your aim on the other hand -- let's stick with the dog theme shall we and see a dog who's learned a new trick and maybe got a little too good at it.

this morning on "w this morning on "world news now." an accident and a household mishap, that's how rob porter reportedly explains claims of domestic abuse. and moments of chaos for passengers on board a southwest airlines flight in california. fire and smoke forcing passengers to evacuate. and the close call involving a palm tree. >> a group of people including a 2-year-old narrowly escapes getting crushed. and arie and the ladies of "the bachelor" are under the tuscan sun. our senior chief global bachelor analyst contributor is here to break it all down for us coming up in the skinny this february 13th.

>> announcer: from abc news this is "world news now." good tuesday morning everybody. we're going to start the half hour with the denials from former presidential aide, rob porter. we're learning what he told senior white house officials as his two ex-wives went public with the domestic abuse allegations. >> he denied punching his first wife in the face. he claimed the black eye and door incident were accidents that happened during arguments with his spouses. >> and the white house is defending president trump's response to the allegations. cecilia vega is there. >> reporter: president trump sought to shift the focus to his 200 billion infrastructure plan. >> to me this is a very, very sexy subject. the media doesn't find it sexy. i find it sexy because i was

always a builder. >> reporter: but no mention of the two ex-wives of rob porter who went public a week ago with their claims of domestic abuse. even after his first wife released this photo, he had nothing but praise. >> we wish him well. obviously it's a tough time for him. as you probably know, he says he's innocent and i think you have to remember that. >> reporter: on twitter president trump seeming to side with the accused, writing people's lives are being shattered and destroyed by a mere allegation. is there no such thing any longer of due process? >> the president has been very clear that all forms of abuse, all forms of battery against women is deplorable and disgusting. >> reporter: instead press

secretary sarah sanders read a statement saying the words many have been waiting to hear from the president himself. >> why haven't we heard the president say what you said right there that he takes domestic violence very seriously. >> those are actually directly his words that he gave me. >> but why hasn't he said that? >> i spoke to him and he relaid that directly to me. >> does he believe rob porter's accusers or are they lying? >> the president along with the entire administration believe all allegations need to be thoroughly investigated. >> reporter: but the president has defended men accused of abusing women far more than their victims. from roger ailes. >> i can tell you some of the women that are claiming, i know how much he's helped them. >> reporter: and bill riley. and more than a dozen have accused the president of misconduct.

asked if he still wishes rob porter well. >> the president wants success for all americans. >> reporter: the third time the trump administration has tried to roll out its plans to fix the nation's roads and airports and the third time it's overshadowed by controversy. and now to a frightening ordeal. an investigation is underway after donald trump jr.'s wife opened a letter containing an unidentified white powder. but the substance turned out to be harmless. it was postmarked in boston and contained an angry letter for don jr. during the campaign packages were sent to eric and his campaign headquarters as well. smoke forced more than 140 people to evacuate the aircraft.

a fire in a power unit broke out. everyone on board had to use the emergency chutes to evacuate. there were minor injuries reported. the plane was supposed to fly to san jose in california. and three people and a gunman are dead after a 14-hour standoff in detroit. police say it started when two women arrived at home when their niece was having trouble with her boyfriend. they were shot and killed. and when police arrived, they also met gunfire. three were wounded. the gunman kept shooting. >> the officers were pinned down at least an hour while shots were being fired. >> investigators say the gunman shot and killed his girlfriend before turning the gun on himself. he had no criminal history. a relative says the gunman suffered from mental

illness but authorities have not confirmed that. an ohio man is accused of buying the gun used to kill two police officers over the weekend. the alleged killer had a criminal record so he could not buy it himself so he paid a friend. two officers in suburban columbus were shot while responding to a domestic disturbance call. and they're trying to figure out whether a helicopter had a crash resistant fuel system. that safety feature is not standard on that model but may have been added later. the helicopter burst into flames when it crashed and it happened on tribal lands where air tours are not as highly regulated as those inside the national park. thousand of vehicles have been added to a do not drive list because of concerns the air bags could rupture. it affects ford ranger and mazda pickup trucks. high risk of breaking during the crash. they called the trucks an immediate safety risk. we're turning to a winter tradition.

the top dog will be crowned at madison square garden. >> the westminster dog show is wrapping up. a german shepherd withdrew monday because of swelling on one of his ears that made his ear flop forward. just four years ago his owners nearly put him down after he shattered his back leg jumping out of a van. >> a fan favorite was a 3-year-old poodle from cleveland who loves to strut his stuff. unfortunately he didn't win his event. but we still like him. >> look at that haircut. and coming up the former president and first lady are checking out their official post-presidency portraits. did mr. obama try to alter his measurements perhaps? and an eager boyfriend buys

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watch watch this heart-stopping moment captured on camera here. 30-foot tall palm tree came crashing down inches away from a 2-year-old boy in thailand. his terrified mother ran to take him away. the boy wasn't hurt. actually continued playing with his friends moments later as if nothing happened. >> it gives me a heart attack and i wasn't even there. >> what about the poor guy's jeep? a civil rights lawsuit against harvey weinstein has essentially blown up the sale of weinstein's company. >> it accuses him of forcing employees to facilitate his sexual encounters. new york's attorney general, who filed the suit, says the pending deal for weinstein's company would have short changed weinstein's accusers. but a final offer included a $50 million fund to try to compensate accusers.

bill paxton's family is filing a wrongful death lawsuit. he died a year ago, just 11 days after heart surgery. the official cause was listed as stroke but his family claims the doctor performed an improper procedure and the hospital failed to properly treat the complications. and the obamas made history as the nation's first black president and first lady and their official portraits now doing the same. >> they were just unveiled at the national portrait gallery in washington. they're the first by african american artists. mrs. obama's portrait paid tribute to alabama. and the former president's hawaiian and african background. >> i tried to negotiate less gray hair and his artistic

integrity would not allow him to do what i asked. i tried to negotiate smaller ears. struck out on that as well. >> mrs. obama says she's proud young people of color will see an image of someone who looks like themselves at the hall of a great institution. >> so the internet had some fun with it. because these are unusual paintings for presidential paintings. one twitter user asking if anyone else was getting the beyonce vibe. >> the president's making lemonade. >> another reference, former press secretary sean spicer hiding in the bushes outside the white house. >> another in these lines was homer simpson. and how about chris christie who was photoshopped sitting right there.

the former president seems to like it. >> and the memes keep on coming. when we come back a ticket mix up that has one music fan piping mad. when we come back a ticket mix up that has one music fan piping mad. piping mad.

♪ skinny the skinny the skinny ♪ skinny the skinny the skinny ♪ skinny the skinny the skinny >> just give me the skinny. then there were four on "the bachelor." arie made the hard choices. >> and let's get the full breakdown, our senior global contributor "bachelor" analyst is here. >> amazing, amazing. i considered my whole outfit, i really did. there were seven ladies who started this whole thing. so cao bella. first of all this is bekah and arie.

nothing quite like falling in love in the tuscan sun. she wound up getting a rose. also in a one on one date was lauren b. who we're not seeing there but that's okay. that's bekah ann got emotional on this one. this was at the end. this was the two on one date where tia got the rose. so she is also in the final four. organize now. next. >> oh, the youngin'. >> yes. the analysts picked jacqueline. she melted it down from the stress of the whole thing. she went over basically threw herself under the bus. she was taking herself out of the competition and that gets us

to the sound bite of the day. >> i came here open to love but i certainly did not expect it. and i feel like i did find love here, i just don't know if it was the love. >> so she's sending herself home? >> i am out of here. in fact our girl jacqueline said i suck at being happy. the analyst's pick is gone. tinder that. forget about jacqueline. she's out of there. kiss count, kiss count. the kiss count stops at a hefty 11. >> there were only seven people there. >> this guy's not stopping. >> the women keep getting smaller in number and the kiss count -- >> and the kissing keeps going. they don't call him the kissing bandit for nothing.

the final four we'll remember. big week, tia, kendall, bekah, lauren. >> cao bella. thank you, jack. a lot going on there. and it's that time of year. girl scout cookies are being sold by just about everyone, even celebrities apparently. actress jennifer gardner was spotted selling girl scout cookies. >> she said she would take a limited number of orders from fans. >> so what if you just happen to be coming out of your brentwood grocery store and needed some cookies. though she may have wanted to adopt that other little girl strategy, outside the marijuana dispensaries. >> that's where you make big bucks. a guy who meant to give his girlfriend tickets to see the red hot chili peppers.

>> for a valentine's day gift? that is a good boyfriend right there. ♪ give it away >> except one tiny oversight. so he thought he spotted an ad on twitter to see the chili peppers, and when he saw the seats were great in the arena, he thought what a great deal. >> but it wasn't until they flew from england to northern ireland that they realized the chili peppers were not playing. he had bought tickets to see the red hot chili pipers, the bag pipe band. >> that's the best possible name for the bag pipe band. >> they said they had a great time. they also didn't realize that a bag pipe band could pack an arena. i guess only in ireland.

i wonder if they play any red hot chili pepper covers? >> it's a better valentine's day gift than otherwise. >> and as the story makes the rounds, maybe he'll get some free red hot chili tickets for their effort. >> are the boys still touring? and john cena is getting his family together in the latest ad. >> it's a play off the nutty professor's family dinner. but this time we have a baby cena, a dog cena and even a rock loving dad cena. >> and you have to love teen cena, a girl who loves to take selfies and a boy big into emo. >> this is awkward. coming up the triple axel that landed one olympian in the record books. anded one olympian in the

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♪ all right. all right. it is time to check the official medal count of the olympic games. norway's up top with nine overall medals. germany's leading the count for gold. >> team u.s.a. now has six total including a third gold medal in snowboarding. >> that means we're in second place for gold medals. >> slow but steady. two-time gold medalist, shaun white, who was kept off the podium, appears to be on his way to redemption. >> scoring a near perfect score of 98.5 on his last run of the day. today is the men's halfpipe finals where he will be going

for the gold again. >> and you've probably heard of mirai nagasu becoming the first to stick the triple axel. >> david muir took back at the long road before the historic jump. >> reporter: this is the moment mirai nagasu made history. the first american woman to land a triple axel at the olympics. >> well, that will go down in the record books. >> reporter: making it look easy but even she knows it was anything but. posting video of herself trying and failing. perfecting her form on this pulley. >> do you try to convey the feeling of a triple axel? >> the faster you spin, the harder to basically breathe because there's so much force.

>> reporter: going in at 20 miles per hour. pulling it off in less than a second. >> i focus on the things that will help me land it. i think of things like stay on the circle and left shoulder in front. so very technical as opposed to oh, my god am i going to land it? >> her teammates cheering on her flawless landing. among them adam rippon from pennsylvania. the two didn't make the olympics four years ago. instead they got in-n-out burgers and climbed on the roof of their house. they're being cheered on by all of america. >> i can only imagine the feeling when she finally landed that jump. >> dizzying. but how impressive. and that contraption. >> that's the news for this half hour. ws for this half hour. ur. this is abc's what's making news in

america this morning. making news in america this morning, the domestic abuse scandal at the white house takes a new turn. word that former presidential aide rob porter claimed his former wives' injuries were accidental and this morning, porter's first wife comes forward saying she lived in constant fear. her reaction to the white house response. a new warning from scientists on sea levels rising. what satellite data now reveals and how much higher the oceans could rise in the coming decades. soaring to gold, the 17-year-old american snowboarder dominating the halfpipe. her epic final run and why team usa's hockey team may have to remove the statue of liberty from its mask. plus, the school paying students cash to behave. >> the sixth graders not allowed