sex scandal a sex scandal has now cost louisville a championship ncaa appeals panel. they all stemmed from allegation that is a former staffer hired strippers to sleep with recruits. the school forfits 123 wins, including the 2013 title and $600,000 in tournament income. a new report claims the governing body in swimmer swimmi up sex awe bus cases. >> they claim the abuse began in the '80s when a coach assaulted a 12-year-old girl and claims a usa swim official was aware and

did nothing. the news just weeks after a former gymnastics doctor was arrested for abusing members in his care. and chris cornell who committed suicide last year opened up. >> vicki cornell has opened up about her husband, saying she doesn't believe he meant to kill himself. >> my husband was the furthest thing from a rock star junkie. he just wasn't. he was the best husband, the greatest father. i lost my soul mate and love of my life. >> and you believe it was the addiction that led him to do what he did that night in taking his life? >> i don't think he could make any decisions because of the level of impairment.

i know people say, can't blame yourself and i'm trying not to. but there were signs. people think that addiction -- people don't recognize it as a disease and it was -- i feel guilty. you think addiction is a choice. and it's not. >> and you can see robin's full interview on "good morning america" later today. when we come back the star who has quite an opinion on curling and what curling has to say about it. >> "the skinny" is coming up next. ar without getting ripped off. you could start your search at the all-new carfax.com that might help. show me the carfax. now the car you want and the history you need are easy to find. show me used trucks with one owner. pretty cool. [laughs]

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♪ skinny, just give me the skin any ♪ . it is skinny time and a fashion first. the queen is hitting london fashion week. >> her majesty was a surprise guest at richard quin's show. the audience stood up to greet the 90-year-old, who was, of

course, in the front row with a special cushion on her seat. >> and she was seated right next to anna wintor. she became a dame in 2008 and the two of them appeared to get along well. chatting throughout. >> do you think the queen was like, oh, my god, it's anna wintor. >> but she left those trademark oversized sunglasses on, even in the presence of the queen. >> that's a no, no. she's previously said she wears the glasses to hide her emotion during a show. okay. >> in other news she says she has emotions. >> i don't believe it. >> don't hate the player, hate the game. actor will smith joined instagram in december and has since racked up an impressive 10 million followers. >> wow. >> he shared pictures and videos of his family and vacations.

he makes instagram look good. he posted a launch a milestone. >> launched on ellen december 14th, she has 60 million followers. she taught me about selfies, duck lips and holding white babies. justin timberlake helped out. i showed him my nipple. blows to my genitalia, bought a new camera i didn't need, jury duty, eagles won the super bowl, eagles won the super bowl. >> i love him. he also included a post about imitating his son jaden's icon video and what a mistake the gold glitter was. a little difficult to get out. lasted longer than he intended. congrats to will. 10 million followers now. >> not bad. not bad. >> you have a different strategy, though, when it comes

to acquiring instagram followers. >> lately i've noticed if i don't post photos, i get more followers. i have been slacking in posting. i tell you, every day, i'm like, look at this, i haven't posted in a week. >> every now and then there's someone on the subway singing real badly or playing an instrument badly. people are paying them. like i'll give you five bucks if you stop. do you feel like that's what people are doing with you. i will follow you if you stop posting those nike ad photos. everybody knows they are taken by you. >> they are candid. there's someone following me while i run. there's a little olympic controversy brewing at home. kirstie alley who starred in "look who's talking" "look who's talking 2" and "look who's talking now." she is in hot water with the u.s. olympic curling team. >> she took to twitter saying, i'm not trying to be mean, but

curling is boring. the curlers are not pushovers. they responded right back. we're not trying to be mean either but your movies weren't exactly riveting theater. >> oh, burn! sting! >> she backs down saying okay. i'm going to give it another chance. my son loves watching curling. >> okay. >> they buried the hatchet with team usa adding, we knew you would come around. allow us and our friends at hollywood curl to show you and your son the ropes some time. >> but her movies did suck. >> i liked "look who's talking." >> that was good. "look who's talking 2" did not need to be made. >> but you saw it. >> i'm just saying. we talked about sally field. trying to set up her son with adam rippon. >> sally and her son were texting about adam's performance. she had some advice saying about adam, he's insanely pretty. find a way. long story short she tagged adam on twitter.

now the skating superstar responded. he said sam, your mom, i admire her so i'm sure we're going to meet. thanks, mom. sally said make it happen. now, it sounds like it might be happening. >> just like that. >> she was the it one who made the happen, not sam. >> i got to tell you adam rippon has a lot of people sliding into the dm as a result of the olympics. i don't think he has anything to worry about. >> he might be the biggest superstar of the olympics all because rippon got ripped off. off is a really good catch race. i think he's winning a lot regardless had. coming up we got the inside scoop on the sky walker sound where the galaxy far, far away is brought to life. >> you are watching "world news now."

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do you remember? i'm still bitter about the last jedi when leah was flying midair. what was that? >> well, maybe we'll learn a little bit about how it was made. if you have ever seen a "star wars" movie, you have heard lots of soundses, the bleeps, the bloops, the swoops and the wam. how do they do that? >> or the sound effect when leah was flying midair. we're getting a look that sounds >> reporter: the last jedi

wouldn't be a "star wars" film without special effects. but it's not what you see but what you hear. why is it so loud? this is skywalker sound? a phonic playground for artists busy creating every new blast and burp in that galaxy far, far away. >> it's not just on top of the story telling, it is the story telling. >> reporter: one new creature, the pork sound, is a sonic mash up of chickens and an intern with a turkey call. kris cal foxes get their sound from a simple pair of wind chimes. dv8 filled with coins. it's this. and that's not a slight saber, it's garlic crust. >> when someone asks if i do lightsaber sounds, i say i do. i pick them up and put them

down. >> and virtually none. why not do a big exposure. >> that's the thing you do bigger and bigger and bigger explosions. can you communicate through the lack of sound? >> reporter: the right sound making special effects just a little more special. i'm clayton in california. >> see. >> silence is golden. >> answered all of your questions. >> except what was the flying thing about? >> what's so confusing? >> when did leah get the ability to be superman? >> she's a jedi. she has the force. you know she's luke's sister, right? >> spoiler. >> which makes her vader's daughter. >> i'm done. done. done. >> he's still working on season two of "game of thrones." going to take a while. season two of "game of thrones." going to take a while.

wednesday morning. i'm kendis gibson. >> and i'm diane macedo. here are some of the top headlines we're following this morning on "world news now." three bus loads of students who survived the florida massacre have now arrived in tallahassee. president trump is also hosting a listening session with people impacted by school shootings. a down day on wall street blamed largely on shares of walmart. the company posted disappointed earnings. then shares lost about 10% of their value. that's walmart's worst one-day drop in more than 30 years. and today is the deadline for the pentagon to announce its new policy on transgender policy for troops. it comes after six months of legal battles sparked by president trump tweeting he was banning transgender service members. and what may be lindsey

vonn's final olympic run settled for bronze instead of had her second gold medal. those are some of our top stories this wednesday, february 21st. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." a good morning to you all. we're going to start this half hour off with that renewed push for tougher gun laws driven by the survivors of the florida school shooting. >> students from stoneman douglas high arrived in tallahassee. today, they're coming face-to-face with state lawmakers who have resisted gun control for decades. president trump took a step toward some change. maggie rulli has the latest. >> reporter: survivors have become activists. one week after a gunman opened fire in their high school, students from majory stoneman douglas taking their fight to

tallahassee and they're vowing washington is next. the white house is feeling the pressure after a string of recent mass shootings. 17 in florida, 58 in las vegas, 26 dead in texas. >> can you explain? >> well, i was trying to before you interrupted me. >> reporter: metrodomes after a contentious white house briefing, the president with this announcement, taking action on bump stocks used last year by the las vegas shooter. >> i signed a memorandum to the attorney general to ban all devices that turn legal weapons into machine guns. >> reporter: students in parkland say it was not a bump stock, but an ar-15 that killed 17 people at their school. >> we're here to hope to get them to change their minds. >> reporter: in their home state, people remain divided. students watched as the florida house voted against bringing a bill to the floor that would have banned assault weapons.

and a week after the school shooting, they have rejected a move by gun rights making it clear that the government has broad power to regulate firearms. the justice's left in place the state's ten-day waiting period for new purchases. the waiting period could apply even if a person already owns a gun and their background check is completed. a new jersey school district is hiring armed officers in the aftermath of florida. the east brunswick school board voted unanimously to add the extra layer of security in all 11 public schools. the officers will come from the local police force and expected to be in place at every school by next week. and an attorney who was fired last year is now the fourth person to plead guilty in robert mueller's russia investigation. it could put pressure on some of his former associates that could already have been charged. pierre thomas reports. >> reporter: the special

counsel's latest target, london based attorney is accused of lying to investigators. why did you feel the need to lie to the special counsel, sir? >> reporter: he a dutch national who married a russian oligarch in a lavish wedding that lit up social mead i a. he pled guilty to making false statement about contact with rick gates. e-mails in his role to pr war. and manafort and gates were allegedly involved in years beor the trump presidential campaign. according to prosecutors, van der swaan was communicating with a mysterious person, described as person a. the pressure mueller is putting on manafort and gates, already indicted in the special counsel's probe. they have been engaged in talks for a plea deal.

so far, they have been inconclusive. if he doesn't reach a deal, that means a lot more pressure on manafort. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. critics say donald trump jr.'s current trips to india is raising serious ethical concerns. trump jr.'s trip is meant to publicize the construction of new luxury apartment complexes. he's also scheduled to make a foreign policy address that will be attended by india's prime minister. the state department says trump is there as a private citizen and there is no consultation about his speech. but those critics claim he's acting as an informal ambassador while selling trump properties. jared kushner's policy won't be effected. the president's son-in-law is operating under a temporary clearance. white house chief of staff, john kelly's new policy says white house staffers working without a permanent clearance will lose

all access. kelly also says kushner will maintain his role working on foreign policy issues with no apparent change in his access. and united nations is calling for a cease-fire in syria, describing what is being described as a massacre. assad's forces pounded rebels. at least a quarter of those killed are children. >> reporter: bloodshed and fear as parts of syria descend into chaos. in middle of the day bombs are destroying neighborhoods. women and children escaping from demolished homes. one aide worker says it feels like the end of the world. a handful of brave rescue workers struggle to help the wounded. often the youngest and most vulnerable, scrambling to get people to safety. this man hands a small child through a window into an ambulance. this is one of the last rebel held areas in syria. it's been under constant a over 200 killed in the past two

days, alone, including more than 50 children. president assad have dropped hundreds of missiles and mortars on homes and hospitals. barrel bombs thrown from helicopters, precise and deadly. the same tactics used by the government elsewhere in syria. this was aleppo in 2014. some say what's happening here is even worse as children plea for help from collapsed buildings. as rescue workers try to help. and as the bombs continue to fall. if you thought the syrian war was ending, think again. we're hearing the bombardment still has not stopped. people in syria are desperate and pleading to america and the world to help. abc news, london. much needed rainfall and strict water saving measures in cape town, south africa have pushed day zero to july tth. that's the day when taps are expected to run completely dry in the drought stricken city.

residents have been ordered to limit total daily water usage to no more than 13 gallons a day. that's 1/10th of what americans use. prince william had a chance to take a ride on the wild side. the leather clad duke of cambridge took a spin on a 700 cc motorcycle in birmingham, england. >> and look at him go. zoom, zoom. >> he said the test ride on the triumph tiger 1200 was nice but not long enough. >> he tried to extend it as long as possible by going as slow as humanly possible. and then he channelled his inner james bond in the aston martin. he went a little faster in that vehicle. >> not fast enough. you know, he is the heir to the throne. >> careful. >> exactly. coming up you've seen curling at the olympics. but what are the rules? >> no idea. >> what is curling? we're hitting the ice in the

suburbs of new york to learn the difference between a button, a stone, a house. >> are we still talking about curling? >> i don't know. >> all right. we'll find out. there's a new development in the real life buried treasure. $2 million hidden somewhere in the west. well, now there are new calls to end that hunt. first here's a look at today's temps. day's temps. ♪ tired of wrestling with seemingly impossible cleaning tasks? using wipes in the kitchen, and sprays in the bathroom can be ineffective. try mr. clean magic eraser. simply add water, and use in your kitchen for burnt on food, in your bathroom to remove soap scum, and on walls to remove scuffs and marks. it erases 4x more permanent marker per swipe. for an effective, multi-surface clean, use mr. clean magic eraser. brand power. helping you buy better.

>> get back here. stop! seattle police opening fire on a suspect as he apparently rummaged through the backseat of a stolen car. police say he ignored requests to stop reaching for his gun. the suspect died at the scene. no officers were injured. and to a case of road rage that was caught on camera as well in new hampshire. >> a man was seen pushing a woman to the ground during a confrontation in the street. the woman reportedly said it happened after the man became enraged when she didn't turn right at a green light. he passed her and intentionally backed into her. 28-year-old ricardo has been charged with assault. he says he was acing in self defense.

a fourth death is linked to a millionaires challenge to find buried treasure in the west. he published a poem two years ago to say where you could find the riches. a man fell in yellow stone park. critics say the search should be stopped. now, to a health alert involving women and heart disease. we're getting warnings now. a yale study shows women under the age of 55 are more likely than men to have heart attack symptoms, not heart related. the symptoms include the usual chest pain, tightness and pressure. women are likely to mistake other symptoms that aren't as obvious. shortness of breath, pain in the neck, jaw or back. coming up our friend will ganz is back. when did he leave? he's taking on one of the most dangerous olympic sports out there.

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♪ sliding down the ice for spouses can be so nice ♪ ♪ just be careful with the hand ♪ >> what? is this a real song? >> is that song about curling? >> yeah. >> it's always one of the most talked about events every four years. we're talking not skating, not skiing, not luging, not bobsled, not hockey. >> what could it be? >> curling. >> reunited and it feels so good. >> so many times we are watching the winter olympics and everyone's sitting around going, what is this sport? how do you do it? i don't understand. so many questions. so you went to check that out for us. >> i did because i'm the most

athletic person we all know. it was going to be me, right? it was such an adventure. take a look. ah, curling. the sport with the things and the sticks and the people and they try to do good. curling? or at least that's what it looks like to the untrained eye and trust me, my eye and the rest of me were very untrained when i showed up at the curling club outside new york city to learn how to curl. do i let it go? nailed it. al though, i will say, it doesn't take skills to notice they have the snaziest pants of any sport, anywhere chrks is honestly why i showed up in the first place. more on that later. as far as the actual sport go, i figured the curling cup

president could give me the details on winter's coolest and probably least understood winter sport. first up a vocabulary lesson. what's in your hand? >> it's called a brush or a broom. >> the rings we are standing in are called? >> the rings are the house. >> are they called rocks? >> they're calls rocks or stones. >> reporter: those stones by the way are 45-pounds each and the goal is to slide your stone to the middle of the house. that bull's-eye in the middle is called a button. >> you don't get more points if you are closest to the button, you only get a point if you're closest. >> and if your stone seems like the may not make it to the button by itself, that's where the brooms come in. whenever you see someone using their broom, what's the purpose? >> it melts the ice making the rock go further and straighter. >> aha. after that crash course, i was ready to make like the french fries at arbys and curl, curl,

curl. but the key to olympic success is all about the outfit. ♪ >> reporter: and, since i, apparently, wasn't going to win any medals for my world class outfit, i figured i should probably learn to play the sport. >> your right foot. >> reporter: after a few trial runs, i got the hang of things. not that i was 100% curly. i was less perm and more beachy waves which is when the regulars showed up. inter nancy clancy who has been curling for 30 years. how did you find curling?

>> basically a friend who curled invited me to an open house where three attractive men gave messages which all said we're nice people and this is fun and i said i'm in. >> reporter: i'm in. all it took was three attractive men and an invitation to have fun. >> and the word fun. >> reporter: and since then, in your 30 years of curling, you're here recreation nally, but you've also traveled. tell me where you've gone. >> iceland, germany, france, las vegas, montreal, halifax, tampa. there was a thing about curling in the olympics. i curled there last year. >> reporter: and since tampa and pyeongchang didn't quite happen for me this year, i jumped at the chance to get competitive on the ice with nancy here in new york. would you please sweep? and i mean competitive. was it all right?

>> no, it was fabulous. >> fabulous, baby. >> i thought that was going to go in a different direction when she said no. also, nancy clancy. >> that's her name. >> the real deal. the lebron james of curling. >> we love nancy clancey. what was it like meeting everybody? >> they were so fun and so nice. after the game is over there's a bar next to the rink and they buy each other drinks. >> oh, my god. we could be curlers. >> we should be curlers. >> you're halfway there. you have the outfits. >> we were so pumped about your outfit, we decided to copy you. >> 90% of the battle is the outfit. >> i heard it wasn't all smooth sailing. >> i don't know where you're hearing that. it was 100%. >> what is this? >> what is that? >> are these the outtakes? >> that's flair. that's curling with flair. >> that doesn't look like quite

the same form as the olympians. >> it was a blast. >> we'll be back.

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we are back now with this happened and we are back still with our resident curling expert for our next story in this happened. we're going to take you to a north carolina twist where things get pretty serious. at the dancing bears toy store and this is how they decided to reenact the sport with the help of cb 8. how is their form, will? >> honestly, she is ready for pyeongchang. >> really? >> yeah, that is perfect form. as long as she's listening to the guy behind her, that's the skip. if she's listening to the skip. >> look at you throw out these terms like, oh, that guy's name is skip. she's nancy. >> nancy clancy. >> in it to win it.

>> we have heard of many, many reasons for emergency landing. we have yet to hear about this reason. >> but it might be my favorite. >> a flight from dubai to amsterdam had to make an emergency landing in austria after a fight broke out because one of the passengers would not stop breaking wind. >> yep, yep. >> oh, no. >> the alleged perpetrator would not stop disgusting his seat meats so much, they complained to the airline crew who did nothing to make this stop. >> how do you stop it? >> so they issued a warning to the complainants, accusing them of noisy and aggressive behavior, making threats. but the freedom from flachulence would not stop griping about fellow passengers to the point where a fight broke out. >> the only thing that can make traveling more stressful would be to be seated next to farty

fran or frank or whoever it was. that is my nightmare. that's my nightmare. >> but there are other flights where the person is a bit more silent about it. >> oh, god. i would just open the emergency door and jump. with a parachute, with a parachute. over to a musical elephant who was not being musical in the same way as the person on the plane was. this elephant has serious skills. can we listen in? she's playing the harmonica with her trunk. >> oh, wow! this elephant is having a more successful musical weekend than fergie did. >> yes. >> i think. >> yes, that is true. >> burn. actually that is -- we tell you it's the elephant you're listening to. you're listening to fergie playing the national anthem. >> oh, god. really. and lastly let's land on a high note. this tiny puppy sweater is just too heavy for her. check her out.

this morning on "world news now" students on a quest for change. >> more survivors of the florida school shooting are arriving in the state capitol overnight to meet with lawmakers today. but a bill about assault rifles is already hitting a setback. plus, a political staffer fired for claiming some of the students are actors. and as president trump announces new gun control ideas in the wake of the school shooting. he's also on the defensive of russia saying he has been much tougher than his predecessor. there may be hope for millions of kids with peanut allergies. we'll tell you about the treatment being tested and getting positive results. plus lindsey vonn in the gold medal race. how did she do? but how would lindsey do in the selfie olympics? it is the game taking over the world. it is wednesday, february 21st.

announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> a good morning to all. we're going to start this half hour off with the survivors of the florida school massacre arriving in the state capitol by the bus load as they prepare to confront lawmakers on gun control. >> and many of those students boarded the buses moments after attending funerals for classmates killed in the shooting rampage. >> but this was the reaction as the state house refused to consider a bill to ban assault weapons. adrienne bankert has more. >> reporter: they consider themselves family. students who refuse to quietly let their friends die in vein. nearly 100 classmates from majorly doug last high on campus shooting that killed 17 boarding these buses for the 400-mile journey to the state capitol of tallahassee, led by the student-led group, never again.

>> we don't think that people should be able to process a semiautomatic, which can be a weapon often mass destruction. >> we don't want to take anyone's second amendment rights away. that's not our goal. we do want to make sure people who are dangerous aren't able to easily access guns. >> reporter: on board the bus, frustration on hearing banning assault rifles, killing a vote on the measure anytime soon. on tuesday four more students were laid to rest, including peter wang who helped others escape to safety that day. one of three junior rotc cadets who died. the army, awarding them all medals of high rowism. wayne, dreaming of going to west point, and carmen, who would have turned 17 on wednesday. how will you celebrate her birthday? >> i will be in tallahassee but

i think what i'm doing with my classmates, we are speaking up for her. this is the way we're commemorating her and making sure no other family or individual has to go through what this city has been going through. >> reporter: parkland, florida. >> those students are going hoping to be in action a little bit later on today at the state house. in the meantime, an aide to a florida state lawmaker has been fired after making a controversial claim in the wake of the attack. his name is benjamin kelly and until last night worked for a republican state rep from tampa. >> kelly wrote an e-mail to a reporter saying quote both kids in the picture aren't students but who thier various crisis when they happen. it shows emma and david, who were interviewed on cnn. kelly later tweeted he meant no disrespect to the students or parents of parkland, florida and called his original claim an error in judgment. and a look inside stoneman douglas high for the first time

since that shooting. these exclusive photos from wplg show the ground floor classrooms that were suddenly abandoned. there are textbooks left open, desks in complete disarray and in one of the most haunting images you can see the broken window in a classroom door believed to have been shattered by the gunman so he could shoot inside. in the aftermath of the shooting, president trump is moving to ban bump stocks and other devices used to convert rifles into automatic weapons. bump stocks were used in las vegas. a bipartisan effort to outlaw it fizzled in congress. the president says we must do more to protect our children. >> just a few moments ago i signed a memorandum directing the attorney general to propose regulations to ban all devices that turn legal weapons into machine guns. >> the president tweeted last night, whether we are republican

or democrat, we must now focus on strengthening background checks. he's holding a listening session today with students at teachers. we are told they are from parkland, some from columbine and others from newtown, connecticut. and the president is claiming he's been tougher on russia than former president obama ever was. in a tweet, the president says just look at the facts. jonathan carl does just that. >> reporter: answering questions for the first time since robert mueller's sweeping indictment, of 13 russians for meddling in the election, the white house press secretary was pressed on why the president hasn't forcefully condemned russia's actions. >> the president hasn't said the russians didn't meddle. he's saying it didn't have an impact and it certainly wasn't with help from the trump campaign. it's very clear russia meddled in the election. >> reporter: but the president has never been so clear raising doubts after the story first broke during the campaign. >> but i notice anytime anything

wrong happens, they like the say it's the russians. she doesn't know if it's the russians doing the hacking. maybe there is no hacking. >> reporter: after the election, he acknowledged the meddling, but with a caveat. >> as far as hacking, i think it was russia, but i think we also get hacked by other countries and other people. >> reporter: and the president has never called for punishing russia. >> what is he specifically doing about it fact that russia interfered with our election and has every intention of doing it again? what is he doing about it? >> everybody wants to blame this on the trump administration. let's not forget that happened under the obama administration. >> this happened over a year ago, what has he done about it? >> we spent a lot of time working on cyber security, focusing on protecting the fairness of our elections. >> reporter: most recently the president criticized barack obama for not responding to the meddling. as for putin, he suggested the russian leader is sincere in his denials. >> i believe he feels that he and russia did not meddle in the

election. >> he hasn't called out putin. he criticized obama, the fbi. he didn't even criticize vladimir putin. >> he's been tougher on russia in the first year than obama was in eight years combined. >> reporter: we've heard from both the secretaries of state and treasury that sanctions on russia are coming. but the bottom line is, it's seven months after congress passed those sanctions. they have not been fully implemented by this administration. jonathan carl, abc news, the white house. speaking of the russian probe, a 33-year-old lawyer is now the fourth person to plead guilty in the special counsel, robert mueller's investigation. alex van der swaan admitted to lying to investigators about former campaign aide, rick gates. he admitted he deleted e-mail records that prosecutors sought. his guilty plea could increase pressure on gates and paul manafort who was one of the president's campaign managers.

and we have new details on secret talks between the u.s. and north korea that ended up being canceled when the north backed out. that meeting between mike pence and kim jong-un's sister was supposed to take place on the february 10th at the olympics. they sat just a few feet apart at the opening ceremony. but the north says they refused to meet because of new sanctions imposed by the u.s. a dangerous winter storm is on the move stretching from texas to the great lakes. >> a confirmed tornado touched down just south of fort worth, texas destroying several homes in the city of joshua. two people were injured when they became trapped under their home. >> further north ice storms have killed at least half a dozen people on the roads. triggering close calls like that one in rapid city, south dakota and record warmth in the east. accuweather's paul williams. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. spring-like along the east coast with record setting heat. but this brings with it misery

of heavy showers. then an icy mix following behind. so wet that in the deep south, rain and thunderstorms, with ice behind it, keep that in mind. we're watching out for flood risk from chicago to st. louis down into texas with river flood warnings and flood warning, then bracing for ice down towards oklahoma city. kendis? diane? >> thank you. and doctors may have hope for children allergic to peanuts. in a study with 500 kids, a california company says its daily capsules of peanut flour helped kids build up a tolerance. 67% of the participants were able to eventually tolerate the equivalent of two peanuts. >> researchers are warning parents, do not try this at home. this method is still investigational and potentially dangerous in an uncontrolled setting. still, good news. hopefully progress there. and big names in entertainment are opening their

wallets to the florida students fighting gun control. >> the clooneys have also promised to join next month's march on washington. >> and oprah winfrey is giving half million dollars to the cause, along with film maker stephen spielburg. coming up. results just in from the olympics. the u.s. men's hockey team in action and so was skier lindsey vonn after sitting out the last olympics. she finally brought home a medal. and later in the mix luck or skill? you can decide after you see what happened in the middle of this tennis match. and remember to find us on facebook on wnn fans.com and twitter. you're watching abc "world news now." you're watching abc "world news now."

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we're back with breaking news from the olympics. the u.s. men's hockey team is done. eliminated by the czech republic. unlike years past, this u.s. team did not have any nhl players on it. >> and there will be no miracle on ice this year.

lindsey vonn competed in what is likely her last olympic race. alex stone shows us how she did. >> reporter: lindsey vonn will have to settle for bronze. trying to reclaim her 2010 down hill title, after missing the 2014 games because of injury. she couldn't catch sofia, who takes the gold with the fastest time with a half second ahead of vonn. it was a first ever medal for a norwegian woman in downhill, taking silver. in big air snowboarding, all three americans flying and spinning through the air to advance to the gold on friday night. and kyle macks, to a third place finish with a store of 88.75. and gerard narrowly making the cut in sixth place. and in figure skating, brady tinel skating first. she took a spill on the ice to hurt her score. and karen chen still to come. alex stone, abc news, pyeongchang. >> really wanted her to bring home the gold, lindsey vonn.

at least she medaled. >> in the build up in her practice runs she's like i'm slowing down near the finish line because i don't want them to realize how fast i really am. um, they realized how fast she wasn't. >> maybe she shouldn't have said that. >> exactly. well, you fooled them. >> missions accomplished. all right. well, now for the competition. anyone with a smart phone a mirror and a prop can participate in. the selfie olympics are back. >> what? >> so, this whole thing started back in 2014 during the games in sochi. fans just started tweeting out photos of themselves. this is bad brad. he's considered very high up there. perhaps the gold medalist. >> a gold medalist in the selfie olympics. >> yeah. you are basically have a bunch of people trying to outdo themselves with funny selfies. brad has that one on the bike.

here is a fake sleeping one. here he is playing video games in the bathtub and so on and so forth. this was his attempt to bring it back. he said we're bringing back the selfie olympics for 2018 now. mission accomplished. now other people are responding to all of these with their own versions. you have people fake sleeping in the mirror, trying to balance things on their heads. the whole thing is silly. i don't know who would participate in such a thing. really. i mean -- >> who needs to bring selfie back? >> oh, there -- oh. >> that was a candid shot. that was not really, like -- >> yeah, we just happened to be playing twister on the mirror and taking a selfie in another mirror. >> it does it by accident. how did you get into my phone like that? >> hackers. coming up in our next half hour we're going inside the secret sounds of "star wars." how do they bring the galaxy far, far away to life and what

bird call is hidden in the porg's chirp? >> i do the lightsaber sound. >> do you? >> wam, wam, nailed it. but, first, meet the 26-year-old living the high-tech high life after betting big on bitcoin. is the bubble about to burst? that's next on "world news now." packing to the last minute. guys, i have a couple of things to wash we got this. even on quick cycle, tide pods cleans great 6x the cleaning power, even in the quick cycle it's got to be tide

♪ money, money, money ♪ in a rich man's world ♪ money, money, money so if you invested just $100 in bitcoin eight years ago, it might be worth $10 million. >> but, a few weeks ago, it would have been worth even more than that. >> true. >> the question is, what is bitcoin and how should you try to cash in? rebecca jarvis explains. >> reporter: it's a week night in san francisco but you'd never know it. the music thumping, the drinks flowing and jeremy gardner is holding court but he isn't a tv

star or music mogul. >> it's a movement. >> reporter: he's been dubbed a crypto celebrity. silicon valley, his kingdom and bitcoin, a source of his riches. are you a millionaire? >> yes, many times over. >> bitcoin. >> bitcoin is the world's most popular crypto currency. you could use like cash but unlike other currencies, it isn't backed by any government. you don't keep it in a bank or carry it in your pocket. it exists solely online. bitcoin has experienced an astronomical rise in value. when it started you could pick up a single bitcoin for a penny. last year that same bitcoin would have cost $20,000 at one point. but it's been extremely volatile in terms of the price, leading some to question, is it all just hype? >> check the ledger from time-to-time. >> reporter: it's even become part of college curriculums. this class at new york university.

>> there's no question crypto currency has crossed over into the mainstream. >> reporter: a far cry from the dark past, bitcoin wants the preferred currency to buy drugs and elicit items on the market site, silkroad. the fbi shutting down silkroad seeking over 173,000 bitcoins, which would be worth over $1.5 billion today. for jeremy, he's confident there's a crypto future on the horizon. >> in 2018, we're going to see across enterprises in real estate and health care, in government and i think that at that point, it will become much more real to people. >> i rebecca jarvis in san francisco. >> you got that? you understand exactly how it works now? >> completely understand it. so, bitcoin is worth about 11,000 right now. >> how much money does that make you? >> i can't afford to buy one. coming up --

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...wear for up to 12 weeks. unstopables by downy. it is time now for the mix and we have to put this one out there. is this luck? skill? or just the most ridiculous shot you've ever seen? so in the middle of serving a ball to his opponent a game of tennis, he lost the grip on the racket. >> oh. >> watch it again. >> he's serving. he drops the racket, grabs it and won the point. >> that's insane! >> just so happens it perfectly bounced off the ground, he was able to catch it in his hand and keep ongoing. how do you play tennis without a racket? well, that's how. >> usually, when you have an accidental shot and the ball bounces over and you wave off to your opponent and you got lucky. he's like, yeah.

>> i meant to do that. >> it just happens. i'm just real that good. another trick shot. this one, really, really a lucky one for a guy in minnesota. he's at the minnesota golf show. if he nails this, he earns a pretty good prize. take a look at the shot. going for it. does he make it? 120 foot hole in one. >> oh! >> $100,000 prize. $75,000 pontoon and $25,000 cash all because of that one shot. >> that is a good prize and the crowd goes wild. >> all right. over to water sports now where voting on the water is like so last year. we now have -- we now have the flying jet ski.

so remember the thing you put on your feet and it shoots hydro jets into the water? this is kind of like that, only it's a jet ski. this is to make hydro flight for beginners. the jet ski comes with buttons on it to make it do these cool tricks. you can just hit a button and suddenly it goes into a barrel. >> which could be dangerous. >> i guess. why you got to ruin it? this also looks fairly dangerous as well. a british snowborder has gone where nobody else has or faster than anybody else has. take a look. breaking a guinness world record here, going a top speed of 92 miles per hour. being towed by a maserati, no less. >> that's not fair. >> he required a second run but his slightly slower speed brought the top down to and it was enough to crush the previous record of 65 miles an hour.

this morning on "world news now," president trump says he wants to take action after the florida school massacre, possibly banning bump stocks. this, as he prepares to meet with students and survivors of mass shootings. a dangerous winter storm carving a path of destruction from texas to the great lakes with millions bracing for snow, freezing rain and some flooding. as a warm blast in the east is a welcome change for many folks. and new this half hour, new developments in a mystery at sea. >> newlyweds on a boat together when the wife disappeared. now the husband charged with her murder. and a fashion first at fashion week in london. her majesty queen elizabeth sat front row with anna wintor. but now, the dame is in hot water for a fashion faux pas of her own.

they say, fashion faids, but e "the skinny" is forever. >> who says that? it's wednesday, february 21st. announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." there are new things that anna wintor was a dame. dame wintor. we begin with the florida high school students turning their grief into activism, arriving overnight in the state capitol. >> about a hundred students from stoneman douglas high were greeted by cheering crowds in tallahassee as they poured out of buses after more than eight hours on the road. they're meeting with legislatures who refused to take up a bill to ban assault rifles. and president trump announced one change as he plans to meet with teachers and students from last week's massacre and other school shootings. >> reporter: and survivors demand action, vowing washington is next at the white house they're already feeling the pressure. >> does the president have any ideas, any ideas at all on how

to address this? or is he starting from scratch? >> i can tell you, the president supports not having the use of bump stocks. >> on the broader problem of deranged individuals killing people indiscriminately. does he have any ideas on how to deal with this? >> the president is very focussed on mental illness. unfortunately can't just flip a switch. there is a process. >> reporter: and moments after the briefing, the president revealed he is taking action on those bump stocks used in las vegas. >> just a few moments ago i signed a memorandum directing the attorney general to propose regulations to ban all devices that turn legal weapons into machine guns. >> reporter: those survivors in florida know bump stocks weren't used in their school. instead, a student, an ar-15 and red flags missed, which is why they want the president to do more. >> we don't think that people should be able to possess a

semiautomatic, which can be a weapon of mass destruction. >> this is the way we are all driving our grief. we're making something negative with positive energy and change for the future. >> reporter: experts and law makers seem to agree, if the president wants to ban bump stocks, he needs congress to do it. it's likely going to be challenged in court. the top democrat leading the charge on the hill, dianne feinstein has a message for the president saying words are one thing, but we need meaningful action. if you want these devices off the street, call congressional republicans and tell them to stop blocking our bill. mary bruce, abc news, the white house. and in addition to proposing that whole ban on bump stocks, the white house says they want to make background checks more efficient. he also wants to open talking about raising the age limit of purchasing assault weapons. and we're getting a new

glimpse of the crime scene at stoneman douglas high school. exclus i photos from wplg. a first look at some of the classrooms in the freshman building where the shooting took place. you can see open textbooks and a student's headphones left on a desk. you can also see a broken window on one of the classroom doors, believed to have been shattered by the gunman so he can fire inside. the army awarded medals of heroism to the three rotc vets who were killed in the shooting. wang was shot after holding a door open so other students could escape. his lifelong dream was going to west point. the military academy honoring the 15-year-old with admission to the school. >> all 30 teams will wear stoneman douglas caps. the players will sign the caps, which will be auctioned off. proceeds will go to the stoneman

douglas victim's fund. police in maryland may have foiled a plot to attack a high school. he was arrested at the school. he had a gun in his backpack and knife in his pocket. during a search, authorities found several more weapons, along with an apparent list of grievances against other students. and frightening moments at a school near cleveland. he's now hospitalized in unknown condition. no other students were hurt. the school was locked down for hours. it's not clear how the boy managed to get a .22 caliber rifle into the school. classes set to begin again this morning. the tsa is out with a new report saying a record number of guns have been found in traveler's carry-on bags. agents across the country found 104 firearms in carry-ons. 87 of them were loaded. dozens with a bullet in a chamber. atlanta hartfield airport as the

most with 11. a british man has been charged with the murder of his newlywed wife, who he reported missing as they sailed off the coast of cuba last june. here is lindsey. >> reporter: the fbi arresting lewis bennet for allegedly murdering his wife, isabella helmet. then trying to make it look like an accident at sea. the couple, who left their young daughter with family were on a sailing trip in may when the coast guard received a distress signal. >> the initial report we had was that the vessel struck an unknown object and began taking on water. >> reporter: bennet telling investigators he had gone to sleep, leaving heldman to operate the vessel. within days of her disappearance, bennet asking officials for a letter declaring his wife dead. the fbi accusing bennet of staging the whole thing. an expert concluding the two escape hatches found open is unexplainable as an accident. a friend saying the couple has

been arguing about bennet's plans to move to australia. >> he was upset about her not wanting to go with him. >> reporter: he was in jail for six months on a separate charge. he's due to appear in federal court wednesday. abc news, new york. thank you and a massive winter weather system is moving across the midwest, spawning tornadoes and coating some states in ice. >> flooding forced evacuations of nearly a dozen homes near elkhart, indiana. many of those rescues were by boat. >> further north, sleet and rain on the sidewalks. meanwhile, a lot of the east, today, will feel like may. but not for long. accuweather's paul williams with the latest. good morning, paul. >> good morning, kendis, diane. very warm, record challenging warmth along the entire east coast. looking for widespread flooding

to come from cincinnati and toechb little rock, touching dallas and to the west. icy, cold air. punching toward the southwest with a chance of snow showers throughout the inland areas and then bracing for cold air early march. kendis? diane? >> we'll take it. there was one thing missing from the forecast. the weather in wakanda. >> we need to know because there are now non-stop flights to black panther's homeland. atlanta's airport is getting into the craze. >> they have jokes there. flight 1234 leaves every day at 7:30 p.m. they have not revealed the name of the airline. 80% of black panther was shot in atlanta. in the atlanta area. >> you don't need to leave the airport to go to wakanda. it's right there. >> it's basically atlanta. >> it's in the airport. coming up, we are going inside the out of the world sounds from "star wars" where

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a sex scandal has now cost the university of littleville a national championship. an ncaa appeals panel. they all stemmed from allegation that is a former staffer hired strippers to sleep with recruits. the school forfeits 123 wins, including the 2013 title and $600,000 in tournament income. a new report claims the governing body for swimming in the u.s. covered up hundreds of sex abuse cases. >> the orange county register in southern california claims the abuse began in the '80s when a coach assaulted a 12-year-old girl. it alts claims usa swim officials we of the misconduct and did nothing. congress is looking into the allegations.

the news just weeks after a former gymnastics doctor was sentenced for years of abusing team members in his care. the widow of chris cornell who committed suicide last may is opening up about his battle with addiction. >> vicki cornell has opened up about her husband, saying she doesn't believe he meant to kill himself. >> my husband was the furthest thing from a rock star junkie. he just wasn't. he was the best husband, the greatest father. i lost my soul mate and love of my life. >> and you believe it was the addiction that led him to do what he did that night in taking his life? >> i don't think he could make any decisions because of the level of impairment. i know people say, can't blame

yourself and i'm trying not to. but there were signs. people think that addiction -- people don't recognize it as a disease and i was -- i feel guilty. you think addiction is a choice. and it's not. >> and you can see robin's full interview on "good morning america" later today. when we come back the star who has quite an opinion on curling and what curling has to say about it. >> "the skinny" is coming up next. >> "the skinny" is coming up next. ar without getting ripped off. you could start your search at the all-new carfax.com that might help. show me the carfax. now the car you want and the history you need are easy to find. show me used trucks with one owner. pretty cool. [laughs]

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♪ ♪ skinny, just give me the skinny ♪ it is skinny time and a fashion first. the queen is hitting london fashion week. >> her majesty was a surprise guest at richard quin's show. the audience stood up to greet the 91-year-old who was, of

course, seated in the front row with a special cushion on her seat. >> and she was seated right next to anna wintor. there. anna is now a dame, she became a dame in 2008 and the two of them appeared to get along well, chatting throughout. >> do you think the queen was like, oh, my god, it's anna wintor. >> i'm so star struck. >> the editor-in-chief of "vogue" is getting slammed because she left those trademark, oversized sunglasses on, even in the presence of the queen. >> that's a no, no. she's previously said she wears the glasses to hide her emotion during a show. okay. >> in other news she says she has emotions. >> i don't believe it. >> don't hate the player, hate the game. actor will smith joined instagram in december and has since racked up an impressive 10 million followers. >> wow. >> he shared pictures and videos of his vacation, family, hanging with celebrity fans.

basically, he makes instagram look good. he posted a video to launch a milestone. >> launched on ellen december 14th, she has 60 million followers. she taught me about selfies, duck lips and holding white babies. justin timberlake helped out. i showed him my nipple. probably should have shaved it first. big fan. scuba dove the great barrier reef. blows to my genitalia, bought a new camera i didn't need, jury duty, eagles won the super bowl, eagles won the super bowl. eagles won the super bowl. >> i love him. he also included a post about imitating his son jaden's icon video and what a mistake the spray-on gold glitter was. >> yes. >> a little bit difficult to get out. >> it lasted a while. >> a little longer than he intended. congrats to will. 10 million followers now. >> not bad. not bad. >> you have a different strategy, though, when it comes to acquiring instagram

followers. >> it honestly works. lately, i've noticed, if i don't post photos, i get more followers. i have been slacking in posting. i tell you, every day, i'm like, look at this, i haven't posted in a week. >> every now and then there's someone on the subway singing real badly or playing an instrument badly. people are paying them. like i'll give you five bucks if you stop. do you feel like that's what people are doing with you. i will follow you if you stop posting those nike ad photos. everybody knows they are taken by you. >> they are candid. there's someone following me while i run. anyway. we move on. there's a little olympic controversy brewing at home. kirstie alley who starred in "look who's talking" "look who's talking 2" and "look who's talking now." she is in hot water with the u.s. olympic curling team. >> she took to twitter saying, i'm not trying to be mean, but curling is boring.

the curlers are not pushovers. they responded right back. we're not trying to be mean either but your movies weren't exactly riveting theater. >> oh, burn! sting! >> she backs down saying okay. i'm going to give it another chance. my son loves watching curling. >> okay. >> they buried the hatchet with team usa adding, we knew you would come around. allow us and our friends at hollywood curl to show you and your son the ropes some time. >> but her movies did suck. >> i liked "look who's talking." >> that was good. "look who's talking 2" did not need to be made. >> but you saw it. >> i'm just saying. remember, we told you about sally field trying to set up her son with adam rippon? >> sally and her son were texting about adam's performance. she had some advice saying about adam, he's insanely pretty. find a way. long story short she tagged adam on twitter. now the skating superstar

responded. >> he said, sam, your mom, i admire her and i'm sure one day we're going to meet. thanks, mom. sally said make it happen. now, it sounds like it might be happening. >> book, just like that. >> she was the one who made it happen, not sam. >> i got to tell you adam rippon has a lot of people sliding into the dm as a result of the olympics. i don't think he has anything to worry about. >> he might be the biggest superstar of the olympics all because rippon got ripped off. it's a really good catch phrase. i think he's winning a lot regardless. coming up, we get the inside scoop on the sky walker sound where the galaxy far, far away is brought to life. >> you are watching "world news now." far away is brought to life. >> you are watching "world news now."

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do you remember? i'm still bitter about the last jedi when leah was flying midair. what was that? >> well, maybe we'll learn a little bit about how it was made. if you have ever seen a "star wars" movie, you have heard lots sounds, the bleeps, the bloops, the swoops and the wam. how do they do that? >> or the sound effect when leah was flying midair. we're getting a behind the lightsaber look of the sounds of "star wars" right now. here is clayton. >> reporter: the last jedi wouldn't be a "star wars" film without special effects. but beyond the gates of the

skywalker ranch in california, it's not what you see, but what you hear. why is it so loud? this is skywalker sound? a phonic playground for artists busy creating every new blast and burp in that galaxy far, far away. >> i's not just a layer put on top of the story telling, it is st story telling. >> reporter: one new creature, the pork sound, is a sonic mash up of chickens and an intern with a turkey call. crystal foxes get their sound from a simple pair of wind chimes. dv8 filled with coins. it's this. and that's not a slight saber, it's garlic crust. >> when someone asks if i do lightsaber sounds, i say i do. i pick them up and put them down.

>> reporter: and jed di- ice biggest sound is virtually none. why not do a big exposure. >> that's the thing you do bigger and bigger and bigger explosions. can you communicate through the lack of sound? >> reporter: the right sound making special effects just a little more special. i'm clayton in california. >> see. >> silence is golden. >> answered all of your questions. >> except what was the flying thing about? >> what's so confusing? >> when did leah get the ability to be superman? >> she's a jedi. she has the force. you know she's luke's sister, right? >> spoiler. >> which makes her vader's daughter. >> i'm done. done. done. >> he's still working on season two of "game of thrones." going to take a while. season two of "game of thrones." going to take a while.

making news in america this morning, the florida school shooting survivors arriving at the state capitol for today's rally camping overnight at the tallahassee civic center, but already this morning a setback in their push for gun control. the rejection at the statehouse and the fierce response to claims that some of the students are paid actors. weather extremes from floods in the midwest to tornadoes in texas. and today record warmth in the east. the city that saw a 72-degree temperature change in just hours. a potential breakthrough for peanut allergy sufferers. the first treatment to prevent allergic reactions gets a big boost. plus, the wild police chase overnight with a suspect driving