more than 100 firefighters responded to this out of control fire inside a gutted factory in york, pennsylvania. four firefighters were trapped and the building partially collapsed on them. two of those firefighters have died from their injuries. the two survivors are recovering in the hospital. the cause of this fire is still under investigation. workers in the process of renovating that building into apartments. >> you can say it was really difficult to fight that fire. it was a tough 24 hours for firefighters in this area. just learned that a new york city firefighter just died in a blaze. we're going to move on to the former playboy model who is now speaking out.

>> in an interview with cnn, karen mcdougal said she had feelings for trump, but the affair was tearing her apart. >> she apologized to melania trump. after the first affair, he tried to hand her money. >> i just had this look of -- i don't know how to describe it. the look on my face must have been so sad. i don't even know how to describe it. i've never been offered money, number one. and number two, is that what he thinks i'm here for. and i said that's not me, i'm not that kind of girl. and he said oh, you're special. i said thank you. so, i left. i actually got into the car and i started crying. i was really sad. it really hurt me, but i went back. he obviously assumed that's the kind of girl i was. maybe because i was a playmate,

i don't know. it did hurt me. i was crying in the back of the car. like i said, i got home and i cried a lot. i felt terrible about myself. >> he also admitted she voted for trump. earlier this week she filed a lawsuit against the company that owns the national inquirer, which she says paid her for the rights of her story about the affair and never ran that story. the white house says trump denies having an affair with mcdougal. when we come back, the simpson's crystal ball still works. plus, we are hitting the gym with giselle and justice ginsburg. "the skinny" is next. mother...nature! sure smells amazing...

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♪ skin any, just give me the skinny ♪ we've got a freaky friday edition of "the skinny" this morning because they've done it again. the simpsons have predicted the future. >> it's actually kind of freaking us out but more proof the writers are time traveling

illuminati. just recently, they predicted a random nobel prize winner, team usa's unlikely curling win over sweden, of all countries, and of course, donald trump becoming el presidente. >> and now predicted the down fall of toys "r" us, sort of. >> let's kill every child friendly thing in town. >> yeah! ♪ >> so, in the episode, angry adults destroy everything child-like and you can see that toys "r" us, check it out. they flip the "r" the right way as children watch in distress. >> i didn't even recognize the name. look at the distress in their faces. that's basically how we all look when we learned toys "r" us was going out of business.

>> but, there's a gofundme campaign. we're holding out hope. >> whether there's hope in trying to figure out how the simpsons were able to predict all this stuff. >> that, i want to know. >> nostradamus, one of their writers. >> the notorious rbg, of course for short. she's giving us a glimpse of how she stays in such good shape. >> stephen coe colbert hit the gym with her and tried to keep up with ginsburg, but the struggles may have been due to the music. >> rbg prefers classical and opera for her workouts. >> can can we try a new workout song? i think you might enjoy this one. ♪ everybody dance now >> i would never, ever exercise to that noise. >> oh, wow.

>> c & c music factory, she called it noise. she is not having that. >> but classical music. >> da, da, da, da, da, da. >> that's very fast, actually, to workout to. classical music. is that really a workout? >> i don't know. >> apparently she can can do a mean plank. >> oh, really? >> yeah. also, several push ups every day. speaking of workouts, tom brady recovering from his super bowl loss and working out with his lovely wife, giselle. >> and maybe gisele should replace tom. showing her strength and flexibility by holding up tom. >> wow. >> this is throughout the course of announcing her new book. >> and it's a good thing they already have a few kids. i think she's taking him out at that point. >> i think her feet are on the hip bone. that's the way you are supposed

to do it, at least. >> she has a new book titled "lessons clb my path to a meaningful life." >> how about my path to lifting my quarterback husband. i love how much longer her legs are than her arms. >> and good form. >> well, done rk everybody. finally jennifer garner just won instagram for her instagram message to pal, reese witherspoon. >> showing off precision foot work from her old days. as a marching band member. let's listen. ♪ not bad at all. i do believe she's got spirit. >> and she got in the, an many

more. and she marches off with sass. happy birthday, reese. the friday rewind is next.

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so this week we've seen a basketball team get a little help from above, plus spring arrived but winter did not give up. >> and the city's three weeks long nightmare came to an end. here's your friday rewind. >> breaking news, the suspected serial bomber in texas is dead. >> what is your reaction? >> i was happy it was over. >> the brave men and women of the austin police department put their lives on the line tonight to stop this man from setting off bombs. >> investigators say mark conditt left a 25-minute recording on his phone, detailing his plot. in a statement, his family saying we had no idea of the darkness mark must been in. an armed school resource

officer is credited with saving lives in yet another high school shooting. >> reporter: investigators say the 17-year-old was armed with a handgun, walked into great mills high school, shooting and injuring a 14-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl. we know local and federal law enforcement are trying to figure out the gunman's motive. >> the company getting their hands on the information from 50 million americans and their facebook accounts. >> this is a major breach of trust and i'm really sorry it happened. we have a major responsibility to protect people's data. if we can't do that, we don't deserve the opportunity to serve people. >> reporter: a snowy storm. a miserable path from philadelphia to new england. the fourth nor'easter, impacting millions. it's that heavy, wet snow, capable of bringing down trees and power lines.

>> the roads here in maryland, a mess. by midday, 400 reported. 400 re. >> so it's definitely enough -- oh, there is a mouse underneath my foot right now. sorry about that. >> that little guy. that is the ball game. loyola chicago moving on to the elite 8. >> they are on a mission from god. someone ask them to pray for me tonight as well. >> we meet outside the locker room. i say a prayer. i pray for the other team, perhaps not as >> sister is rough. >> they'll need her prayers. elite eight round starts saturday. >> it will be a fun weekend ahead. don't miss our updates on wnnfans.com. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now" informing insomniacs for two decades.

good friday morning i'm kendis gibson. >> and i'm diane macedo. here are some of the top headlines we're following on "world news now." filled streets in sacramento, forcing the street of a major interstate. we have full details ahod. frds record rainfall has triggered floods. forecasters say the southern part of the state is drying up, but a new storm is moving into northern california and the pacific northwest. facebook ceo, mark zuckerberg will address people at an all-hands meeting about the misuse of personal data of 50 million facebook users. and another prayer has been answered for sister jean and the loyola chicago ramblers basketball team.

the windy city school and its biggest fan are a win away from making a trip the final four. those are some of our top stories on this friday, march 23rd. >> announcer: from abc news this is "world news now." good morning to you all. we begin this half hour with anger on the streets of sacramento, california. >> they delayed the start of an nba game as they protested a deadly police shooting. an unarmed black man was can killed grandparent's backyard. now the actions of the officers before and after that shooting are now under fire. >> reporter: it's not just the disturbing manner in which stephen clark died. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: but, what happened after this split-second decision by police and why they turned off their microphones that has so many in sacramento, including

his family, out raged. >> he was shot so many times. >> reporter: police say it started when neighbors called 911 reporting a man breaking car windows and hiding in a backyard. in the air, a police helicopter zoning in on someone running south then hopping a fence. >> just broke a window. got a hoody on. >> reporter: that car, parked at clark's grandmother's house. seconds later you see police approaching him. police say they fired 20 rounds because clark advanced towards them holding what they believed to be a gun and that they feared for their safety. police held their positions for nearly six minutes before administering cpr. soon after their body cams going silent as they discussed what happened with a supervisor. >> when they fired the service weapons, they believed this

individual had a firearm. >> reporter: body cam footage showing the father of two, holding just an iphone. no weapon was found. police are launching an investigation. and we have to point out that the rules allow them to deactivate body camera when they want to discuss a concern with a supervisor. but the two officers involved remain on paid administrative leave. they do believe clark is the one responsible for vandalizing the cars that night. so many people are questioning the officer's decision to fire 20 rounds at him. kayna whitworth. organizers say hundreds of thousands of people will rally against gun violence tomorrow in washington d.c. while stoneman douglas high school students are already in the nation's capitol. they called on members of congress to take more action on gun control and school safety. they say while there's been movement in their state and nationally in the seven weeks

since the tragedy, it's not enough. >> it's been 36 days and nothings happened. we have to move fast. the march is just the start. we will fight for this until change happened. you don't want to hear about it anymore, you fix it so we don't have to keep repeating ourselves. >> they plan to establish groups across the country to establish gun legislation. in the meantime, five student survives and the word enough. the senate worked through the night to avoid what would be the third government shut down. $1.3 trillion spending bill provides $1.6 billion for border security and fencing, $700 billion for military and $600

million for school security. but it does not take any steps to stop people who came as children from being deported the latest move at the white house could mean tougher foreign policy for the united states. the president is bringing in someone well known in washington for his hard line views. >> reporter: president trump making another surprise hiring decision by tweet. replacing national security adviser, h.r. mcmaster with former united nations ambassador, john bolton. the announcement even catching bolton off guard. >> i think i am still a fox news contributor. i didn't really expect an announcement this afternoon. >> reporter: sources tell abc news, mcmaster's departure had been planned and expected. by appointing bolton, it inserts one of washington east most vocal war hawks to work with him

in the west wing worrying some congressional democrats. senator ed marquee writing bolton played a a key role in politicizing the intel that misled us to war. earlier this year he advocated for regime change in iran and withdrawaling from the iran nuclear deal and making the case for striking north korea, writing in the wall street journal, it is perfectly legitimate to respond to the necessity of nuclear weapons by striking first. in an interview with fox news, bolton let his outspoken views speak for themselves. >> i have my views. i'm sure i'll have a chance to articulate them to the president. some people don't like people who have substantive views. they're more process oriented. >> reporter: the move comes a week after the president fired secretary of state, rex tillerson and could lead to changes in foreign policy,

especially ahead of talks with north korea. abc news, washington. and speaking of rex tillerson, the outgoing secretary of state bid his final good-byes to the state department. employees gathered in the lobby where he urged them to continue doing their jobs with with integrity and respect for one another. >> in closing, i'd like to ask that each of you undertake, to ensure one act of kindness each day toward another person. this can can be a very mean spirited town. >> tillerson's deputy, john sullivan will take over april 1st. the conformation process begins later this month. the fbi and department of homeland security are investigating a cyber attack on the city of atlanta. the ransomware attack included more than $50,000 in bitcoin. atlanta's mayor is not saying

whether the city is considering paying the ransom. it did not impact public safety, water or the airport. well, the gator managed to outdo himself in the pool. caleb dressal made history in this race last night. the 50-yard free. he set a new speed record. breaking a record he'd set earlier in the day and cementing his status as one of the fastest swimmers on earth. >> and he's broken several of his own records in that race. >> twice in one day! >> yeah. march madness isn't just limited to the united states. >> check out this shot at the end of the game in brazil. the guy throws it from behind the basket as he's falling out of bounds and it goes in. >> some are calling this the greatest basketball play, ever. so did it hit the rim and then -- >> it doesn't matter. it went in. >> he tried to intentionally miss the free throw and then went off to the side just like

practice. and we're just getting word that the game, by the way, is over. see the final play there. ahhh. sister jean. nice. >> she must have been praying for them too. >> yeah. coming up broadway gets frozen over. the disney film you just can't let go, well, it's now a musical. we'll take you to the red carpet premier. >> just when i got over that song it keeps pulling me back in. and a baffling case of a new born baby taken from the hospital by local law enforcement officials. first, a look at today's temperatures. oh, sorry i'm late, sir. i had a doctor's appointment.

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killing the driver. officials tell abc news, the vehicle was killing propane tanks that exploded on impact. they also say the driver was a civilian. police in bermuda say there is no sign of foul play in the death of the philadelphia college student. >> experts concluded the 19-year-old freshman died from a fall off a 35-foot cliff. his wallet and phone were found with him. a full autopsy report will be released later today. now to the custody btl pitting a south florida couple against their baby's grandmother and her native american indian tribe has ended peacefully. >> the couple is expected to be reunited with their newborn daughter. victor oquendo has more. >> reporter: the 2-day-old back in the arms of her mother. a happy family until police

moved in and took the infant from a florida hospital. >> a police officer and security guards came in the room asking me if i knew what was going on. i said i didn't know what was going on. he told me i no longer have custody of my daughter. >> reporter: the grandmother taking custody of getting this order from the miami-dade police officers were there when the police took the infant to, quote, maintain the peace. in a statement, the hospital says it's our policy to cooperate with law enforcement. now, after a day long hearing, baby ingrid expected to be reunited with her parents. police say they only got involved after they were asked to help with a court order. victor oquendo, abc news, miami. >> such a bazar case.

>> it's a really bazar case. marco rubio, the senator down there has been tweeting about it. saying there were a lot of lives involved in this. he's happy to see the baby back with his mom. >> confuse zing case there. coming up, the great white way gets iced out. >> the premier of frozen, the broadway musical straight ahead. stay with us. premier of frozen, the broadway musical straight ahead. stay with with wus. dway musical straight ahead. but zzzquil is different have pain medicine because why would you take a pain medicine when all you want is good sleep? zzzquil: a non-habit forming sleep-aid that's not for pain, just for sleep.

hey, diane and kendis, we're on the red corporate for "frozen." i am not going to stop singing "let it go" for the next three months. apologies in advance. if they get sick, y'all would make a great anna and elsa understudy. . >> yes. >> you can hit it. ♪ let it go, let it go ♪ la, la, la ♪ let it go, let it go >> should we let it go now? wow, you sound just like edina, gazelle. ethena? what was her name? >> that one, the one with the voice, the singing thing. >> very nice. >> our thanks to will, by the

way. we have team coverage of this huge thing with juju chang with a look at how the movie "frozen" became the musical. ♪ let it go, let it go ♪ for the first time in forever ♪ >> reporter: a love story about two sisters. a familiar fairy tale and yet you've never seen "frozen" like this. ♪ >> it's not just watching a movie on stage. it's two living and breathing women who aren't just disney princesses. >> that is the thing. it's a story about two women who happen to be princesses, as opposed to disney princesses who happen to be sisters. >> reporter: husband and wife duo and first ever double e got winner, bob lopez are the minds behind the music that launched the highest grossing animated film of all time.

♪ let it go let it go >> reporter: now creating nearly a dozen new songs for the new grown up broadway version. >> when we looked at turning this movie into a full length, two-hour musical, we knew we had to go deeper, get more sophisticated and add a lot more music. >> also, we had practical considerations. on stage, you can't do a close-up and a big action sequence with cars and explosions and reindeer and sleds off cliffs and wolves. so you need to find musical solutions to all those things that worked in the film that cannot work as well on stage. >> nearly tripling the music set list, meant creating a new power ballot, "monster" for elsa. ♪ if i'm a monster then it's true -- >> reporter: shakespearean themes evoked by a shakespearean director.

>> we have a new monster and in it, the character of elsa comes on and has a deep debate about whether she is a monster that should be here. >> that is to be or not to be. >> reporter: and, of course, there's olaf, just as charging and lovable as he is in the film. this story of two princesses delivers a message that feels timely. >> this is about empowered women, a princess in pants, about finding your power, nuance, three-dimensional women dealing with leadership, love, and their own relationships. >> reporter: ju ju chang, abc news, new york. >> a princess in pants. take that. >> and of course it's from our parent company, disney. the reviews, it was the first night. >> they're mixed. >> they're mixed. new york post says robbed frozen of its heart and fun. >> ew says broadway's "frozen" is worth melting for. >> there you go.

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power down and exit your pod. >> the critics were apparently looking to exit the theater, giving "pacific rim uprising" a 48% splat on rotten tomatoes. "it's big, loud and as dull-witted as homer simpson roused from a medically-induced coma. >> that's an insult to homer. >> and pry yan says, it punches you in the face with the monstrous nonsense. hmm. punches you in the face like a monstrous nonsense. that doesn't necessarily sound like a bad review. next, another sequel, an animated film for kids z, sherlock gnomes. the help of legendary detective to solve the case of missing friends and family.

>> what the fertilizer. >> sworn protector of garden gnomes. >> you mean except for the one you literally just broke. >> broken? whose broken. >> it stars the voices of james mcavoy, emily blunt, johnny depp. it might not be bad. critics have not been able to view it yet but we have special reviews sent in just to us. fun movie but i fully expect royalties for your use of the name, gnomeo and juliet from one bill shax spear. . >> they are time traveling. >> that does it for this half hour. from sherlock.

this morning on "world news now" another top level departure this morning on "world news now" another top level departure from the white house. >> the president chooses a new national security advisor. there's new reaction just in to his controversial pick. plus the president's new tariff plan rattles the stock market. an explayboy model gives a new tv interview, claiming an affair with donald trump years ago. hear what she's revealing. and outrage in the streets of sacramento. hundreds protesting the shooting of an unarmed black man in the california capitol. the victim, you hear it there, shot some 20 times while in his grandmother's yard. and getting paid thousands of dollars not to fly. it happened to a united passenger. we'll find out how it all went down. and holy cow sister jean and her dream team keep on dancing.

loyola chicago's cinderella run turning march madness into mayhem. we have the latest from the big dance this friday, march 23rd. announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> the good news is my bracket looks no worse than it did before tonight's game. >> oh. you're doing that well? >> because all the games were already busted. that's okay. we will get to that later. we don't need to talk about that. >> i think we're all in that boat. we're going to start with the two key departures from the white house. >> imagine if we had a white house bracket? >> oh, that also would have been busted. >> it would have totally been busted from a year ago. president trump is bringing in a well known hawk, as they call him, to lead the national security team. john bolton wants tougher foreign policy. meanwhile the president's attorney for the russia inquiry is quitting and a former playboy

model is speaking out about an alleged affair she had with trump. richard cantu has all the details. >> reporter: another shake up. president trump announcing on twitter he's relacing h.r. mcmaster with former u.n. ambassador, john bolton, tweeting mcmaster has done an outstanding job and will always remain my friend. saying the decision was mutual. bolton, a fox news contributor. >> i think i still am a fox news contributor. i didn't really expect that announcement this afternoon. >> reporter: one of washington's most vocal war hawks, bolton will undoubtedly inject a tougher foreign policy voice. also out trump's lead attorney on the russia investigation, john dowd. the two men at odds for some time. sources tell abc news, dowd felt the president was no longer taking his advice. also grabbing headlines, the president's legal drama, involving three women from his past.

former playboy model, karen mcdougal, who says she had an affair with trump in 2006, appearing on cnn. >> so, the sex was consensual? what happened afterward? >> after that night? >> you said it ended on a strange note, so, what happened after you had been intimate? >> after we had been intimate, he tried to pay me. >> reporter: another woman, stormy daniels, an adult entertainer is looking to invalidate a nondisclosure agreement she signed days before the 2016 election. daniels is said to tell her side of the story, sunday. and somer, who appeared on "the apprentice" saying her case can move forward. richard cantu, abc news, new york. >> lots of changes in the white house. bolton didn't necessarily know the announcement was coming so quickly. >> i love that they even asked him.

he said i think i'm still a fox news contributor. the anchor is like, no, actually, you're not. >> you are future national security adviser. my question with all this as we look at john bolton, can that be considered a hapdndlebar moustae or what is it? >> oh, that's a good question. >> a manchu. >> no, that has to be connected. that is just a straight up, old school, 100% a-quality moustache. >> he could be a detective. >> not a bad quality in a national security adviser. he was asked on fox news after the announcement about trump's planned meeting with north korea and he didn't go on to say whether he felt trump should go through with that or not. that's a question mark as bolton comes in. we have other breaking news overnight. the trade war with china has started. china says it doesn't fear a trade war with the u.s. and is

imposing tariffs on imports from the u.s. the products are aluminum, steel, fruit and wine, this mornings announcement follows president trump's ordering of tariffs on at least $50 billion in chinese imports. the announcement from the white house causing a lot of volatility in the stock markets. it sent the u.s. stocks tumbling. the dow had its worst day in six weeks. rebecca jarvis tells us why. >> reporter: two primary issues weighing on stocks. those new tariffs against china on industries like aerospace, machinery and i.t. the fear on wall street is retailuation. what does it mean for u.s. businesses that sell their goods to china and how will china respond with its own retaliation in terms of tariffs or even a ban on certain u.s. goods being sold in china. the second major issue is facebook and this question about what happens to technology companies in the wake of this facebook scandal, involving

those 50 million accounts that were exploited. allegedly by cambridge analytica. so far mark zuckerberg has apologized and said it's a breach for facebook's trust. but, the issue for wall street is, what does this fundamentally mean for the business of facebook? facebook's greatest asset is the value of information it gets from you, your activity on the platform. if this invites new regulation, something mark zuckerberg said he's okay with, it could mean a change to facebook's business model, especially if the amount of information they can collect on its users is restricted. rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. and we have breaking news from capitol hill where the senate worked beyond midnight to approve a budget bill. it goes to the president for a signature to avoid that would be the third shutdown. $1.3 trillion spending bill

provides $1.6 billion for boarder security and fencing, 700 billion for military, 600 millon for for election security and 50 million for grants in school safety. but it does not contain any steps to keep undocumented immigrants brought as children from being deported. protests have blocked the streets of california's capitol in response to the police video of the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man. crowds could be seen shutting down roads in sacramento to protest the death of stefan. you can see it there. it caused the sacramento king's nba game to be delayed. clark was shot in his grandparents' backyard by police searching for a burglary suspect. officers say they thought he had a gun, but he was only carrying a phone. police fired 20 shots at him. new details in the serial bombing case. two paramedics may have tipped off the suspect that police were closing in. sources tell abc news, law enforcement told the emts to go

to the 23-year-old's home. shortly after, he went to a nearby hotel. they say it actually helped investigators and allow them to engage the suspect in a less popular area. agents are trying to be sure no one else was involved in the attack. one week after toys 'r' us announced it's closing, the stores stores, the company's founder died. toys "r" us says the 94-year-old has been in declining health. he founded the company back in 1957. in the meantime, the toy executive behind bratz dolls launched a gofundme campaign to try to raise $1 billion to save toys "r" us. they've pledged $200 million. so far 600 others have pledged additional $22,000. >> the giraffe might still have -- >> there's still hope for geoffrey. so sad for the founder who died. at this time, too. >> let's hope he didn't see the business go under.

united airlines passenger picked up a big bonus for not flying on the airline. >> a woman scheduled to fly from washington, d.c. to boston was bumped from her flight because it was oversold. after some negotiating, she agreed to sign a document saying she voluntarily got off the plane. >> but in return they gave her a voucher worth $10,000. her original ticket was only 160 bucks. >> apparently, she said they picked her because she had the lowest fare ticket on the plane. i think she got her money's worth. coming up one fan's bracket is busted and she couldn't be happier about that. see what sister jean's ramblers just did as their remarkable streak continues. plus the new video showing the las vegas gunman days before the massacre, gambling, eating alone and filling his suite with an arsenal of weapons. stay with us, you are watching "world news now." an arsenal of weapons. stay with us, you are watching "world news now." you could apply for a medicare supplement insurance

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the school district officials say one student was sent to the hospital but only as a precaution. >> what? >> the driver of the truck has been charged with kroz crossing the center line. amazing that wasn't worse. >> incredible they were able to walk around the bus after that. incredible moves there. we have new video that has emerged, the gunman in las vegas, easily blending in as he wheeled his luggage through the hotel. >> what nobody knew at the time, that luggage was filled with guns and an arsenal he would use in the country's deadliest mass shooting. matt gutman has more. >> reporter: he moved through the mandalay bay like any other guest. the newly released surveillance shows steven paddock walking up to the vip counter a full six days before the massacre. alone he sits down at the sushi bar. it's only hours later he begins to bring in his arsenal.

pulling his car around, a bellhop brings over a cart and together they wheel five large bags to the hotel's service elevator, heading up to the suite on the 22nd floor. that was only phase one. police photos later revealed a massive cash of weapons, 23 in all. rifles everywhere, on the bed, by the bar, on the floor. thousands of rounds of ammunition. they were brought in methodically. one trip after another, after another over the course of several days, none of it raising flags. paddock chatting with the porter, handing him a tip. he played video poker, sometimes working two machines at once, shaking hands with a casino employee. he was a regular and they knew him there. on the video, he seems relaxed. an unassuming presence moving among the hotel guests. politely, making way for tourists. on the day of the massacre hauling one last load of luggage up to the 32nd floor.

10 hours later he opened fire. days after that we got a bird's eye view of the aftermath. it doesn't look like there was a concert there, but that a tornado swept through there. those overturned lawn chairs, strollers, walkers there. evidence of just absolute chaos. >> reporter: what the video couldn't show was how he rigged his room. his own surveillance cameras under that plate, the hammer he used to shatter the window and finally, his lifeless body among the bullet casings. mgm tells us they show the extraordinary lengths he went to to hide the activity, bringing all the weapons in on five separate occasions, sometimes in the middle of the night, indicating there was virtually nothing that could have been done to stop him. one mystery that remains is motive. he killed himself without a trace. matte gutman, abc news, las vegas. >> still such a chilling crime. you can hear those bullets

constantly going. the fact that he so cavalierly walked through the hotel, unbelievable. >> and amazing to see how often he kept reloading the carts and how much ammunition he had in that room. incredible. >> eerie, for sure. coming up, we are going to get a bit of a pick me up. we could certainly use it after that story. everybody's new favorite basketball fan, sister jean. >> the busted bracketology next on "world news now." basketball fan, sister jean. >> the busted bracketology next on "world news now."

♪ you know it's such a happy song but doesn't signal much happiness for me because i know we're going to talk march madness. that usually doesn't work well for my bracket. but, we have had a bit of a lull the past few days, but the madness has creeped back in with the tournament's sweet 16. >> so 16 teams, eight games across two nights. last night part one. here is how it all played out. starting with the later games, florida state is in its regional final for the first time since 1993, not bad.

the seminals knocked out last year's runner up, gonzaga, 75-60. fsu is a win away from its first final four since the nixon administration. it lost the '72 title game to ucla. there are some teams that haven't been there since the willard fillmore. >> oh, really? i always forget about the fillmore situation. kansas state upset kentucky. k state's barry brown hit a jump shot with nine seconds left. that is the game winner. they went to the elite eight for the first time since 2010. that was not the fillmore administration. >> not at all. that was tied up undill about 20 seconds out when they hit a jumper shot right there. and the foul. not bad. so the biggest blowout of the night saw michigan put up nearly 100 points on texas a&m. the wolverines are pumped.

they led by 24 at half and cruise to a 99-72 victory. they'll take on florida state. and finally, the tournament's cinderella sensation, loyola chicago and spiritual leader, sister jean. she was right there and praying for the ramblers as well. >> their opponent battled back at the end of the game to bring it within one point in the final seconds. but, marcus towns ended with an icy dagger from beyond the arc. and sister jean, what say you? she was feeling it. she was celebrating with with the players after the game. >> he said we broke your bracket, sister jean. i said i don't care that you broke my bracket. i'm ready for the next one. >> yeah, amen. those brackets don't matter anyway, sister. check this out. to commemorate the 98-year-old's status, lego just came out with

a slam dunking sister jean. you know you've made it. >> here's how the students reacted back at campus. >> i'm sure they were calm. >> calm down. still have classes tomorrow, or today. >> gotta love it. >> that is fantastic for them. cinderella is still dancing. so our bracket. >> we also celebrated big time. because i have no extra crossouts to put on my bracket. >> why not? >> everything was crossed out. i busted the entire bracket. >> those x's are good, right? >> no. how did you do? >> you see all those black spots there? i got nowhere to go. >> neither one of us had to make any updates to our brackets. that's how bad our pick was. >> today, we are still alive. >> yes. >> are you still alive? >> yes. go nova. go purdue.

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would you? >> it's lucky charms. >> challenge extended. >> i didn't know i was putting it out there. >> i think we can find a pothole? right, everybody. think we can find a pothole? >> down, down, down. i love how bryan gets in our ears as if the audience can hear. >> i feel an assignment coming up for kendis. this is a snowball fight in brooklyn between nypd officers and some neighborhood children. you might take notice, some of the kids have on blue plastic gloves instead of snow gloves. the officers had a great time and came back with actual warm snow gloves the kids could wear and a good time was had by all. >> happy birthday william shatner. ♪ politics and foreign wars that's the world news polka ♪ ♪ take that role way too slow ♪ that's the world news polka ♪ it's late at night, you're

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this morning on "world news now" the president fires another key advisor. h.r. mcmaster is out, bolton is in. incoming national security adviser has spoken in favor of the military strike on north korea. what does that mean for the upcoming meeting with kim jong-un? plus the president reveals what he would tell a 25-year-old donald trump. powerful storms pounding california with heavy rain, causing major flooding. mudslides are a big concern at this point. huge chunks of hillside are washing away. >> and new developments in the austin serial bomber investigation. >> police found a hit list in the bomber's phone including potential targets and addresses. and did they just do it again? "simpsons" fans are convinced this show has predicted yet another headline.

in "the skinny," why there are growing calls for the writers to admit they're time travelers. it's friday, march 23rd. announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." somewhere stephen hawking is very jealous of the simpsons writers right now. >> that they know exactly what's happening? >> that they have time traveling capabilities. >> yes. oh, all right. we're going to start with the breaking news in a change in the national security team. >> president trump tweeted ambassador bolton will be my new security adviser. >> bolton was ambassador to the united states under george w. bush. he has been serving as an analyst on fox news. mcmaster has been under fire for a while. most recently for leaking the briefing notes from the president's calls to vladimir putin. >> it was a mutual decision, still it was a surprise to bolton.

he found out on the air. >> i think i am still a fox news contributor. >> no, you're not apparently. >> well, i haven't started there, yet. so, that demonstrates the sort of limbo that i'm in because i didn't really expect that announcement this afternoon. but it's obviously a great honor. always an honor to serve our country and i think, particularly in these times, internationally, it's a particular honor. i'm still sort of getting used to it. >> bolton takes over as president trump's third security adviser on april 9th. hours ago, he told britain sky news the u.s. stands with the united kingdom in condemning the poisoning of a former russian spy. as for other positions, bolton called for tough foreign policy, including striking first against north korea and iran and backed the war with iraq.

he supported regime change in i lan. bolton also supports withdrawaling from the nuclear deal with iran. a top white house lawyer is also leaving. john dowd was handling the russia probe. he was frustrated the president wasn't taking his advice. jonathan carl has more. >> reporter: with his legal team in turmoil, the president said he actually wants to answer questions from special counsel, robert mueller. >> would you still like to testify to special counsel robert mueller, sir? >> thank you, sure. i would like to. >> reporter: this, just hours after the president lost his lead attorney on the russia investigation, john dowd, the man negotiating the terms of an interview. in fact dowd just met with with mueller last week, but he quit. sources familiar with their relationship tell abc news, dowd felt the president wasn't taking his advice. dowd counseled the president not to criticize mueller, not to tweet the special counsel's name, advice the president

ignored, tweeting this weekend, why does the mueller team have 13 hardened democrats, some big crooked hillary supporters and zero republicans. mueller hired several democratic lawyers, he, himself, is a republican. perhaps in a bid to encourage the president to leave the attacks to his lawyers, dowd put out his own statement calling on the deputy attorney general to end the russia investigation, a very different sort of statement from dowd. i love the president and wish him well. as for the president, if any of this was troubling him, he wasn't showing it. rattling the financial markets, he announced his intentions to fight back against china's unfair trade practices. >> if they charge us, we charge them the same thing. that's the way it's got to be. >> shortly after that he shared this light moment with a group of young conservatives. >> what advice would you give the 25-year-old donald trump, knowing what you know today? >> don't run for president.

>> reporter: jonathan carl, abc news, the white house. >> john mentioned those new tariffs on china overnight. china started retaliating. it's imposing tariffs on recycled aluminum and wine. the tariff announcement sent overseas markets and u.s. stock futures tumbling. powerful storms are hammering both sides of the country and it's not over yet. record rainfall is swamping much of california. you can see the rushing water di- stroing a dam that's part of the san francisco bay's water system. in southern california, marci gonzalez explains why so much rain falling so quickly has become dangerous. >> reporter: and this is a big fear with all of this rain here. the ground getting so saturated that huge hunks of hillside are washing away. fortunately, there are no homes down there. in other areas left baron by

wildfires, there is still a risk. marci gonzalez, abc news. >> thanks to marcy. on the other side of the country, one nor easter moves out and another system is brewing. abc's meteorologist, rob marciano is tracking it. >> the land near the burn scars have held. we have more rain coming. the main plume is north, just east of sacramento. then we should be done. it pushes east, into the cold air. here is where the snow starts, minneapolis to indianapolis, cincinnati, through saturday. it does weaken a bit. we don't think it will be the next nor'easter, but six inches, plus. rob marciano, abc news, new york. >> our thanks to rob. thousands of students, teachers and gun reform supporters are flooding washington, d.c., ahead of tomorrow's march for our lives. stoneman douglas took part at the capital thursday. last month's massacre at their school sparked the march. more than 800 events are planned around the world tomorrow.

the probe into the austin serial bombings uncovered an important clue about the motive. a list of potential victims. detectives discovered the place he made his explosives. here is pierre thomas. >> reporter: teams pore over the home of suspects bomber, mark conditt, officials say police found a locked room in his home used to make bombs, along with a hit list of potential targets and addresses. >> they went out to the residents and swept them to make sure there were no explosive devices. >> reporter: it comes as images of conditt buying parts days before the first bomb exploded. video turned over to the atf more than a week ago. investigators pain stakingly putting the bombs back together, finding parts like nails and screws and tracing them back to possible stores. clearly closing in, but the big

break coming when conditt walked into that fedex drop off and mailed two bombs. police sharing details about a 25-minute confession recorded at his home before the explosive takedown. >> there were indications he stated in the video that he felt like we were getting very close to him. >> reporter: his chilly final words according to abc affiliate, i wish i were sorry, but i'm not. >> it is the outcry of a very challenged young man talking about challenges in his personal life that led him to this point. >> reporter: authorities clearly believe they have their man. and now the pain staking work continues to make sure there are no more bombs out there. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. miami-dade police just released frantic 911 calls after the deadly bridge collapse. take a listen. >> the bring fell down by fiu. the bridge fell down. >> fiu?

>> incredible hearing the phone calls. the family of one of the six victims is now suing the bridge's construction firms. federal investigators say workers were adjusting tension rods when it collapsed. >> you may have missed one of the great national wonders of chicago. >> twice a year, the sun aligns perfectly with the city's street grid in what's known as chicago henge. >> that of course is a play off stone henge. photographers come from around the world to check out chicago's version of it. >> pretty cool. >> and, of course, we have manhattan henge, which happens twice a year as well. >> always a safe day for pedestrians when everyone tries to stand in the middle of the street to get the best photo. a playboy model saying the president tried to pay her for sex.

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more than 100 firefighters responded to this out of control fire inside a gutted factory in york, pennsylvania. four firefighters were trapped and the building partially collapsed on them. two of those firefighters have died from their injuries. the two survivors are recovering in the hospital. the cause of this fire is still under investigation. workers in the process of renovating that building into apartments. >> you can say it was really difficult to fight that fire. it was a tough 24 hours for firefighters in this area. just learned that a new york city firefighter just died in a blaze. we're going to move on to the former playboy model who is now speaking out. >> in an interview with cnn,

karen mcdougal said she had feelings for trump, but the affair was tearing her apart. she finally broke things off with trump because she felt guilty. >> she apologized to melania trump. after the first affair, he tried to hand her money. >> i just had this look of -- i don't know how to describe it. the look on my face must have been so sad. i have never been offered money like that before and number two, i thought does he think i'm in it for money and that's why i'm here tonight? is that a normal thing? and i said that's not me, i'm not that kind of girl. and he said oh, you're special. i said thank you. so, i left. i actually got into the car and i started crying. i was really sad. it really hurt me, but i went back. he obviously assumed that's the kind of girl i was. maybe because i was a playmate, i don't know. it did hurt me.

i was crying in the back of the car. like i said, i got home and i cried a lot. i felt terrible about myself. >> she also admitted she voted for trump. earlier this week she filed a lawsuit against the company that owns the national inquirer, which she says paid her for the rights of her story about the affair and never ran that story. the white house says trump denies having an affair with mcdougal. when we come back, the simpson's crystal ball still works. plus, we are hitting the gym with giselle and justice ginsburg. "the skinny" is next.

♪ skinny, just give me the skinny ♪ we've got a freaky friday edition of "the skinny" this morning because they've done it again. the simpsons have predicted the future. >> it's actually kind of freaking us out but more proof the writers are time traveling illuminati.

just recently, they predicted a random nobel prize winner, team usa's unlikely curling win over sweden, of all countries, and of course, donald trump becoming el presidente. >> and now predicted the down fall of toys "r" us, sort of. >> let's kill every child friendly thing in town. >> yeah! ♪ >> so, in the episode, angry adults destroy everything child-like and you can see that toys "r" us, check it out. they flip the "r" the right way as children watch in distress. >> i didn't even recognize the name. look at the distress in their faces. that's basically how we all look when we learned toys "r" us was going out of business. >> but, it might be saved.

there's hope. there's a gofundme campaign. we're holding out hope. >> whether there's hope in trying to figure out how the simpsons were able to predict all this stuff. >> that, i want to know. we have our best people on that. >> nostradamus, one of their writers. >> the notorious rbg, of course for short. she's giving us a glimpse of how she stays in such good shape. >> stephen colbert hit the with the 85-year-old and tried to keep up with her. the struggles may have been due to the music. >> rbg prefers classical and opera for her workouts. >> can can we try a new workout song? i think you might enjoy this one. ♪ everybody dance now >> i would never, ever exercise to that noise. >> oh, wow. >> c & c music factory, she called it noise.

she is not having that. >> but classical music. >> da, da, da, da, da, da. >> that's very fast, actually, to workout to. >> doing a plank to classical music. is that really a workout? >> i don't know. >> apparently she can can do a mean plank. >> oh, really? >> yeah. also, several push ups every day. speaking of workouts, tom brady recovering from his super bowl loss and working out with his lovely wife, giselle. >> and maybe gisele should replace tom. check it out. showing her strength and flexibility by holding up tom. >> wow. >> this is throughout the course of announcing her new book. >> and it's a good thing they already have a few kids. i think she's taking him out at that point. >> i think her feet are on the hip bone. that's the way you are supposed to do it, at least. >> she has a new book titled

"lessons: my path to a meaningful life." >> how about my path to lifting my quarterback husband. >> good 215 pounds. >> i love how much longer her legs are than her arms. >> and good form. >> well done. finally jennifer garner just won instagram for her instagram message to pal, reese witherspoon. >> showing off precision foot work from her old days. as a marching band member. let's listen. ♪ not bad at all. i do believe she's got spirit. >> and she got in the, an many more. and she marches off with sass.

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so this week we've seen a basketball team get a little help from above, plus spring arrived but winter did not give up. >> and the city's three weeks long nightmare came to an end. here's your friday rewind. >> breaking news, the suspected serial bomber in texas is dead. >> you heard he was dead. what were your initial feelings? >> i was happy it was over. >> the brave men and women of the austin police department put their lives on the line tonight to stop this man from setting off bombs. >> investigators say mark conditt left a 25-minute recording on his phone, detailing his plot. in a statement, his family saying we had no idea of the darkness that mark must have

been in. an armed school resource officer is credited with saving lives in yet another high school shooting. >> reporter: investigators say the 17-year-old was armed with a semiautomatic handgun, walked into great mills high school, tuesday, shooting and injuring a 14-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl. we know local and federal law enforcement are trying to figure out the gunman's motive. next to new undercover video revealed. the former ceo of cambridge analytical helping the trump campaign win. the company getting their hands on the information from 50 million americans and their facebook accounts. >> this is a major breach of trust and i'm really sorry it happened. we have a major responsibility to protect people's data. if we can't do that, we don't deserve the opportunity to serve people. >> reporter: a snowy spring storm, cutting a miserable path from philadelphia to new england. the fourth nor'easter, impacting millions. it's that heavy, wet snow, capable of bringing down trees and power lines.

>> the roads here in maryland, a mess. by midday, more than 400 crashes reported. >> so it's definitely enough -- oh, there is a mouse underneath my foot right now. sorry about that. >> what is that little guy? that is the ball game. loyola chicago moving on to the elite 8. >> they are on a mission from god. someone ask them to pray for me tonight as well. >> we meet outside the locker room. i say a prayer. i pray for the other team, perhaps not as hard. >> sister is rough. >> they'll need her prayers. elite eight round starts saturday. >> it will be a fun weekend ahead. don't miss our updates on wnnfans.com. ahead. don't miss our updates on wnnfans.com. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now" informing

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