♪ this is "nightline." >> tonight, cabin pressure. a toddler and father thrown off southwest airlines flight as passengers voice outrange. and a pair of pet incidents dogged united. another forced in a overhead baggage bin died mid flight. turbulent times in the unfriendly times. . plus "love simon" the new romantic comedy about coming of age and out of the college. >> i'm gay. >> gus kenworthy who famously came out on the cover of espn magazine getting personal with the star. first the "nightline" 5. ightline" 5.

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there are two types of people in the world. those who fear the future... and those who embrace it. the future is for the unafraid. ♪ ♪ ♪ good evening. thank you for joining us. we've all got used to cramped flight, late take offs and airport security hassles but this week airlines taking travel woes to new lows, one costing the life of a famy pet.

raising questions of what abuse of authority by flight attendants. we welcome in "nightline"'s wit johnson. >> the busy travel season daking off in a turbulent week for the air lions. >> united airlines apologized. >> southwest airlines facing questions tonight. >> this father kicked off a southwest airlines flight after trying to calm down his daughter who is recoportedly afraid of flying. >> we have incident of possible belligerent passenger going do be returning. >> no more discussion. >> even though the child had calmed down they are still asked to leave the plane. >> fellow passengers can be heard defending them, to no avail. >> this is not helpful. >> finally the father gives up and they are escorted off the plane. >> just trying to keep it simple as possible.

cannot fly on this plane. >> leaving southwest. >> the airline in a statement saying we always aim for a welcoming and hospitable experience and regret the inconvenience to all involved. adding that the traveling party was booked on the next flight and that they plan to reach out to the customer about any concerns. >> if you have a child or baby or pet that is causing some sort of commotion that in and of itself is never a reason to be kicked off a airplane but it does cause a situation where flight attend an thes are having to manage the situation of everyone on board and sometimes can escalate to other problems. >> and a bumpy week for another airline. just days ago a pair of pet related air born incident brought heart ache to two familiar ris traveling on united. >> he was a member of our family, was like my brother. >> on monday a french bull dog traveling in a soft kennel with his family.

>> we were going to put him under the seat and flight attend ants said you have to put him up there because it's going to block the path. we're like it's a dog, it's a dog. she's like it doesn't matter you still have to put it up there. >> he was just a puppy. reportedly barked softly during the first part of the flight then stopped. when the plane landed after three hours the family discovered the grim reality. >> she took him out and opened the thing and she got the dog. and he was dead. >> kok i to had died in the overhead bin during the flight. attempts at resystem tags unsuccessful. >> it's a indication where one person makes a mistake and the other cabinet attendants have said wait that's not smart let's find another place so nothing terrible happens. >> united's own policy states

animals should be put in kennel bags under the seat in front of them. united telling abc news the flight attend an the didn't the know there was a dog in the bag. >> everyone feels terrible can including the flight attendant. there's no way someone could tell someone would put a dog up there if they understood there was a dog in that bag clearly they didn't understand in that moment so we need to look at that and make sure doesn't ever have again. >> next month united will issue brightly colored tagged with passengers flying with animals. >> this is our worse nightmare happening. >> on tuesday this ten-year-old was loaded on a flight from oregon to kansas, normally a three and half hour trip but ended on a twelve-hour flight from tokyo to japan. >> for him to be traveling this long is killing me, i know he's going through hell.

he's obviously not useed it to this. >> when his owner went to pick him up was meant with a great dan zblerks up popped this great dane instead of my german shepard. i was in tears. >> it was a mix up in denver where two dogs were accidentally placed in the wrong carriers after being locked. united sent her photos after arriving safe in japan and flew him back on a company jet to a very excited family. >> the airline tells abc news they apologize for this mistake and are investigating the mishap. >> oh, my god! >> these most recent incidents happening less than a year after that stunning video of dr. david dow being forcibly removed from a flight set the internet on fire he could be yanked out of his seat, face bloodied and

dragged down the aisle by law enforcement after refusing to give up his seat. >> no this is wrong. oh, my god look what you did to him. >> he and united reached a settlement after he sued the airline and united announced changed of improved customer experience in the wake of the incident. >> the skies are not as friendly simply because airplanes are more crowded and fewer people to take care of everyone and there's considerable amount of pressure on the airlines to operate on an on time basis. >> with spring break in full spring many hoping to fly the clear and friendlier skies. for "nightline," i'm wit johnson in new york. >> next, special correspondent gus kenworthy meeting the stars of new stars of "love simon." megared advanced triple absorption

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♪ for gay teenagers, coming out of the closet can be terrifying, but a new romantic comedy hopes to set a better example to help young people to deal with the decision. who better to speak about it than our special olympian gus kenworthy. >> gus kenworthy putting down the switch triple rodeo. >> i'd known i was gay since i was five years old. for the longest time i didn't think i was going to tell anybody i wanted to come out and be a beacon of light for kids like me when i was kid i didn't feel like hi anything to look up to.

>> it's been three years since i kax out onto cover of espn magazine and three weeks since this happened at the winter olympics. today hollywood is taking it a step further with a coming out movie. >> abbey? >> yeah. >> i'm gay. >> oh. >> already fans have taken to social media in support of the film. one fan coming out in this tweet. nick robinson plays 17-year-old simon in the film directed by greg berlanti. >> after i came out kids told me my story helped them come out. have you felt that? >> to a certain degree, yes. this film showed in kansas months ago and there was a young man in the audience who had the cu courage to come out to his dad. >> it provides a point to dauk about the issue even if you are not lbgt.

most people know someone who is and might walk in simon's shoes. >> one of the sweetest seens is when jennifer garner who plays his mother sits to tell him how much she loves him. >> you get to exhale now, simon. you get to be more you than you have been in -- in a very long time. >> after i came out there were two things that i really wanted to hear and didn't realize i needed to hear. one was when someone said to me i still love you. i told the writers and they turned it into a great scene gave it to someone like jennifer garner and she performed the scene and nick burst in tears and i looked around and all of the crew was crying. in that moment we realized this is a much more universal message than we thought. >> just want you to know that i love you. i wouldn't change anything about you. >> josh duhamel plays simon's father. >> stop crying. >> come here.

>> what i thought was so great about the scene was that, you know, it doesn't matter, i don't care if you're gay, i just want you to be happy. and i want you to go forward and give that same love and compassion and tolerance and acceptance to other people. >> in researching this role, getting ready for this part did you talk to parents of lgbtq kids or anyone who had their kid come out to them to share that experience. >> yeah this has happened in my family. my step-nephew who i've known since he was just a baby came out several years ago. and i remember -- i remember it was a bit of a shock to the family. his dad was at first didn't know how to deal with it, because we come from a very conservative place. at the end of the day, he was as happy and, you know, full of tears for his son as anybody would be for their kid. >> action. play back. >> starting a conversation was the goal of the author of the

best selling book on which the movie was based. >> i hope other parents will see jennifer and josh's speeches as simon's parents and could be a model for parents to have a language to speak with their kid s about this experience. >> mom. there's something i have to tell you. >> can we talk. >> one of my favorite scenes in the movie is when all of the kids are coming out to their parents as straight. >> right. >> i like girls. >> i like men. >> why do you think it was important that that was part of the movie. >> i think it sort of highlights some of the absurdity that comes along with sort of the conversation of sexuality. >> i'm heterosexual. >> oh, good. help me jesus. please. >> i feel as a generation this has been more accepting and toll ratding zblx "love simon" is charting new territory with a wide release in more than 2000

theaters release around the country. >> in a film like this would have a guy and girl, now have two guys under misstoe and love letters impacted me. >> they hope that and walking in someone else's shoes for two hours could open hearts and minds. >> any of you hope goes to see this movie. >> the obamas. >> i would love the obamas to see it. >> the obama's would love it. michelle if you're watching, check out the movie. >> for "nightline" i'm gus kenworthy in los angeles. >> and next, an international man of mystery. involved with the mafia,al quada and the trump organization. >> abc 7 "nightline" brought to you by -- by -- we get so busy, day to day. we don't get the chance to connect. i think surprising my mom with a night ski trip

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♪ and finally tonight special election robert mueller subpoena documents from the trump organization the first time ly known he's demanded information about the president's businesses. we spoke to a man who was once a business associate.

>> you worked for defense intelligence agency. >> yes. >> you also work for cia. >> yes. >> you were fbi informant. >> was never an informant was a confidential source. >> the range of things you were involved in is staggering. mafia here in the united states. >> yes. >> al qaeda. >> yes. >> phone numbers of osama bin lad lad in. >> yes. stepping into the light talk in his first ever tv interview. >> your career is straight out of a movie. >> i don't think if screen writer was trying to write this movie that they could make this up. >> for more than a decade salor has led a double life. >> somebody said it sounds like with you were building trump towers by day and hunting bin laden by night. >> secretly worked as an intelligence sa result of a plea deal.

he said he provided information to the american government on north korea, cyber terrorists and assassination attempts against gorge bush and powell. >> do you still work for the government. >> i never officially worked for the government. i was a confidential source. >> was or are. >> are. most recently last year. the u.s. government came to me and said they needed assistance in making evaluations of various foreign governments, foreign individuals. >> most of his case was sealed for years because his intelligence work was so senszittive. still leading secret life of an intelligence operative he started working with trump around 2000 when his company rented space in the t >> i would present him deals we

would discuss it and i'd work on it. >> despite the years of history between them in 2013 deposition trump would claim not to recall him. >> if he were sitting in the room right now i really wouldn't know what he looked like. >> this is your business card. >> yes. >> he says he doesn't know who you are is he at the timing you the truth. >> i'm sorry i can't speak for the president. >> you worked for him many years. >> yes. >> spoke with him dozens of times, hundreds of times. >> yes. >> what's it feel like when donald trump said i don't think i could pick him out in a room. >> disappointing. >> trump may claim not to know who sater is but little doubt robert mueller does. >> was he aware of your work, cooperation. >> at the time i never met robert mueller directly but assumed he was at such a high level that he must have known. >> the idea of the special counsel is the one that didn't close, trump tower in moscow.

>> i approached michael cohn about the opportunity. was vae exciting. donald trump designed the letter of intent. >> you known michael cohn a long time. >> since we were teenagers. >> some of the e-mails, were published one saying i will get putin on this program and get donald elected. we can engineer it. i will get all of putin's team to buy in on it what did you mean? >> two guys known each other since teenage years being beyond giddy that someone they knew and worked for trying to do a deal in russia and clearly if the deal had gone a little further and i wished it would have i would have gotten on the phone and made phone calls and gotten to people who know putin to try to get his blessing and bring him on board and hopefully -- >> -- help to elect donald trump. >> i was trying to do a real

estate transaction. i clearly was not involved in the campaign nor in the political end. >> have you at any time in your career ever been asked by anyone in the u.s. government to give information on donald trump. >> no. i have been asked questions about my work. i've been asked questions about trump moscow deal. been asked many questions but no one in the u.s. government asked me to give information on donald trump. >> he said russia did try to influence the 2016 elections but that he knows nothing with it and has harsh words for anyone who might. >> send them to jail. >> thank you for watching "nightline" and as always we're on "nightline" facebook page. thanks for the company america. have a good weekend. good night.

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