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♪ purple rain, purple rain can you believe it? tomorrow is the second anniversary of the sudden death of prince. ahead of that anniversary, we are getting our first look at images from inside his home, just after he was found dead. >> this comes as investigators reveal new details about the medication that superstar took, and their decision not to file criminal charges in the case. here is abc's eva pilgrim. >> reporter: never before seen images inside paisley park moments after police discover mega music star prince dead in his home by an elevator. a meal and sunglasses on a kitchen table. a bag and coat placed on a chair. this as minnesota investigators reveal the star may have unknowingly taken counterfeit medication laced with deadly amounts of fentanyl. >> in all likelihood, prince had no idea he was taking a counterfeit pill that could kill him. >> reporter: but after an extensive two-year investigation, authorities declining to file criminal
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charges, saying they don't know how he got those drugs. >> there is no doubt that the actions of individuals around prince will be criticized, questioned, and judged in the days and weeks to come. but suspicions and innuendo are categorically insufficient to support any criminal charges. >> reporter: in april 2016, the singer was found dead in his home. >> we need a paramedic at paisley park, 7801 audubon road. >> police finding a bag with the words "opium" inside his music vault. pills scattered all over his paisley park estate, some prescribed by minnesota dr. michael schulenberg who admitted to investigators he prescribed prince percocet in his friend and bodyguard's name to protect the musician's privacy. but authorities say it was counterfeit vicodin that killed the star.
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while they think someone close to the superstar knows how he got the bad meds, a lack of solid evidence is now leading them to close this case. one of the major obstacles investigators had in this case, prince didn't have a cell phone. he didn't use a cell phone. so all the communications about these medications were person to person, not texts, making it really hard to pinpoint exactly who knew and who was involved in getting these counterfeit medications. eva pilgrim, abc news, new york. coming up, a beloved series comes to a close, and its final scene is now the subject of much debate. >> yes. and what's in store for beychella round 2? "the skinny" is next. b-chella round 2? the skinny is next.
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"world news now" now continues after this from our ab
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♪ ♪ we're leading the skinny today with gladiators trying to come to grips with the series finale of "scandal." >> yes. in case you're not caught up, we'll give you this spoiler alert. hide your eyes and ears. not you, diane. >> what? >> you got to -- >> oh, sorry.
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>> tell the folks. all right. here's what happened. even though i didn't see it yet. olivia pope and her crew kept their promise and came clean at the senate hearing about all the secrets -- they did? -- and fixing they've done over the past seven seasons. what? >> but guess what, diane? >> what? >> here's the moment everyone is talking about. the final scenes of the show, two young black girls in the national portrait gallery who stop to admire a portrait of olivia. but what we don't know is how she received the honor, something jimmy kimmel pressed kerry washington and series creator shonda rhimes who had written the final episode. >> it's not clear whether it's because she is a president or a first lady or exactly what's happening. >> it doesn't say that it's not clear and we don't know. it says that the audience is left not knowing. we know. >> do you know? >> i know. >> tell us! >> i'm not going to say. >> you know. but you'll never tell. you'll never tell. >> one last thing to say as a spoiler that i'm going to hold on for the rest of my life, oh
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my goodness. >> not fair, shonda, not fair. >> is it over? >> yes. but you -- could you not hear me? >> no. i've learned to tune you out. but i didn't want to see the shots on the screen. >> this is how i get treated. >> apparently this reaction kind of sums it up. no more monologues, white hats, old school music or excuses to get drunk on wine on thursdays. this ain't fair. >> can we go back to the fact that shonda knows the answer. she is not giving it up. shonda, listen, we did this for you. >> oh, boy. >> we watched the show. we deserve an answer, shonda! we deserve an answer. >> he is upset. i don't know what he is upset about, because i wasn't listening or watching. but apparently he wants an answer. >> i want an answer, shonda. okay. this will make me feel better. next to one of the funniest women in show business right now, tiffany haddish explaining why she proudly committed a hollywood fashion faux pas, wearing the same dress more than once. >> quite a few times actually. she has worn her alexander
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mcqueen white halter gown three times now, to the academy awards, when she hosted "saturday night live" and the first time at the premier of the movie "girls trip." >> you do you, tiffany. and now she tells "w" magazine that she has repeated wearing the dress for a very simple reason. it was a business investment. >> and when i saw the receipt, i cried. so i'm wearing this dress multiple [ bleep ] times. i don't care what nobody say. that's a lot of money. that's a down payment on a car, a roof over my head, food in my stomach, my family's health. those things, i think that's what money is for and that's what's most important. but i guess fashion helps get more money. >> she recovered those emotions quite quickly. >> she surely did. i couldn't eat for a week after i bought this suit i'm wearing right now. >> oh, yeah? very expensive thrift store?
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>> you know what? i don't get paid much. up next, to the second weekend of the coachella music festival. if you happened to miss beyonce's performance of a lifetime -- >> i didn't. >> -- we're sorry for you. >> because what we know is that last saturday, her set will not be -- unlike last saturday, it will not be streamed on youtube this weekend. in fact, no performances will be live on youtube, which i think this is really upsetting, that means if you want to see what bey does differently in week 2, get a ticket, make your way to the southern california desert, and do whatever you can to see it. >> or you can just rely on the bey-hive to give the latest updates on social media. forecast in the 90s. wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour. so if you're camping, better stake your tent really well. we have a lot of updates from the bey hive. >> i'm going to get my phone. i'm going to look at the instagram videos and piece it together and see the show. >> okay. all right. so let's check out brianna.
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she taught herself all the choreography from bey there. >> wow. >> we will have to see if these moves hold up or if beyonce switches it up for week two. she's got it. >> i think we're going to see a little different. but yeah, she nailed every single move. good for her. >> i can do something pretty similar myself. >> oh, is that true? >> yeah. we'll also have to see if the other members of destiny's child will join beyonce for a reunion. either way, michelle williams will likely be celebrating her recent engagement. >> the singer revealed yesterday that she and pastor chad johnson are planning a summer wedding. and even though the couple has only been together a year, johnson has been saving for that five carat stunner for 11 years, putting away $150 at a time into a ring account. >> about six or seven years, and he thought about it, spending the savings on a sports car. >> but luckily he didn't. he kept it in there for the ring. i'm sure michelle is grateful. >> that's it. ♪ >> where is kendis?
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>> friday rewind is next. ♪
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♪ ♪ this week started with a marathon, and that set the pace for the next five days. >> we saw heroes jump into action on an airliner. an outpouring for a former first lady, and lots more. check it out. >> we do begin with that sad news coming in now. former first lady barbara bush has died. >> she was the matriarch to an american political dynasty, known for her fierce family loyalty and her marriage, well, a love story lasting more than 70 years. mrs. bush, a rock by her husband's side, also called the glue that held the bush family together. >> my dream for our family has always been they grow up, they get a good education, they'd be happily married or they'd find someone they could be happy
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with, and that they would then turn around and give back to the country. because they're so lucky. and my dream has been answered. horrific scene on southwest flight 1380. it had just taken off from new york city. an engine then exploding. >> they said there is a hole and someone went out. >> the dramatic emergency just 20 minutes into the packed southwest flight from new york city to dallas. the left engine ripping apart, sending shrapnel flying through this window and sucking passenger jennifer riordan partway out of the airplane. riordan, a mother of two from new mexico, eventually died from her injuries. we begin with that big surprise in court. fox news anchor sean hannity named as one of the personal clients of michael cohen. >> named as a personal client during this explosive hearing monday, related to last week's fbi raids of cohen's office, home, and hotel room. >> michael cohen never represented me in any legal matter. i never retained his services.
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i never received an invoice. >> after those fbi raids on cohen, president trump made a hard push for his legal team to review those seized documents. but the judge is so far holding off on that decision. it's been five years since the attack on the boston marathon. today under a gray sky, 30,000 determined runners running those 26.2 miles. among them 34-year-old des linden from michigan. 2 hours, 39 minutes, 54 seconds. the first american woman to win since 1985. >> great moment there. first american woman to win in quite some time. >> incredible week. >> and don't forget again, coachella's second weekend continues with beyonce closing it out. and happy earth day on sunday. >> sounds fun. coming up, more news. >> this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades.
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good morning. i'm diane macedo. >> and i'm kenneth moton in for kendis gibson. here are some of the headlines we're following. on this morning of "world news now." more than halfway through the month of april, a wintry blast has dumped more than half a foot of snow over parts of wisconsin. so is there any more snow in the forecast? we'll have an update from accuweather straight ahead. the fugitive grandmother who triggered a nationwide manhunt has been caught in texas. 56-year-old lois riess is suspected of killing her husband and a woman in florida. she was arrested in a restaurant near the mexican border. teachers in arizona have voted overwhelmingly to walk off the job next thursday. leaders of a teachers organization say 78% of the more than 50,000 educators who voted supported the job action. the teachers are demanding increased school funding.
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former first lady barbara bush will lie in repose in houston today as the public pays final respects. the president will not attend her funeral tomorrow, but first lady melania trump will be there, as well as the obamas and the clintons. those are just some of our top stories on this friday, april 20th. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning to you. >> good morning to you. >> it's great to see you. >> welcome. >> good to be here. we begin with weather. extremes all over the country. >> in parts of the north, it looks like winter never left. this was the scene in parts of wisconsin. >> to the south wildfire conditions in oklahoma are worsening with flames reaching up to 70 feet high, blackening over 300,000 acres. but relief may be on the way. accuweather's julia weiden joins us now with the latest. good morning, julia. >> diane, kenneth, thankfully we're getting rid of the snow for today and for the weekend, but there is a deep dip in the jet stream in the northeast. that's allowing cold air to continue to flow in.
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your temperatures are going to feel more like what you would expect for march than for the end of april. farther off to the south and west, we've been seeing a lot of dry and blustery winds in this place. this is going to continue for arizona. but thankfully for oklahoma, we are watching for some wet weather to move on in. showers possibly even some thunderstorms down into texas. could even see a few isolated severe thunderstorms up in the panhandle region to west of lubbock. this is going to drop to the south and east sunday into monday, bringing some localized areas of flooding. diane, kenneth? >> julia, thank you. authorities in northern florida are looking for a motive after a gunman's deadly ambush of two deputies. sergeant noel ramirez and deputy taylor lindsey were inside a restaurant getting lunch when police say a gunman opened fire through the restaurant window. the 59-year-old suspect was found dead soon after sitting in his vehicle. a state attorney says the suspect took his own life.
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we have some new images from inside that southwest jet moments after an engine exploded in midair and killed one passenger. on the ground, investigators are focusing on the engine fan blades and looking into whether more thorough inspections should have taken place years ago. abc's linzie janis has details. >> reporter: new video showing the moments of panic on board southwest flight 1380. that passenger wearing her oxygen mask recording as a flight attendant calls for calm. >> everybody breathe. we are almost there. >> reporter: investigators now pouring over the flight's mangled left engine. the faa is saying they will order more inspections of heavily used 737s. but the action comes a year after the engine's manufacturer recommended more frequent ultrasonic inspections of some fan blades after a similar incident in 2016, also on southwest. at the time, southwest and several other airlines opposed the time frame for the recommendation, asking for more time to complete inspections. >> washington and bureaucracies are horribly slow.
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they're not incentivized to move quickly. when they have to work with the airlines, the airlines have a say in what kind of directives they issue. so the whole process can take a long time. >> reporter: the faa says 220 engines should be examined for signs of fatigue. but that number could be much higher. and for the first time, we're hearing from firefighter andrew needum, who along with others tried to save passenger jennifer riordan. we learned she was wearing her seat belt, but was fatally injured after being partially sucked out of the plane. >> i felt the calling to get up and do something, stand up and act. i'm no different than any other firefighter in this country. >> reporter: captain tammie jo shults, a former navy pilot and her crew also speaking out. saying we were simply doing our jobs, and our hearts are heavy. southwest is out with a new statement defending itself. it says that while it did object to the timeline of those recommended inspections last
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year, it did implement its own inspection program. and since this week's fatality, it has accelerated those inspections. linzie janis, abc news, new york. >> our thanks to linzie. memos written by former fbi director james comey have been leaked to the media shortly after the justice department turned them over to congress. in the notes comey details a conversation in which he said the president expressed serious reservations about michael flynn's judgment days before he resigned as the national security adviser. another memo says trump says that vladimir putin bragged to him about beautiful russian prostitutes. the president reacted with a late night tweet saying the memos show, quote, no collusion and no obstruction, adding he leaked classified information. wow. will the witch-hunt continue? the president is counting on long-time friend and former mayor rudy giuliani to negotiate a quick end to the russia investigation. giuliani joined the president's legal team, along with two other top lawyers following the departure of his lead attorney last month.
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giuliani is a former u.s. attorney. he tells the "washington post" he has high regard for special counsel robert mueller and says he has advised the president to allow mueller to do his job. cuba's national assembly has officially handed over power to a 57-year-old bureaucrat to secede raul castro as president. the 86-year-old castro, however, will still be head of cuba's communist party, and his successor, miguel diaz-canel has made it clear for at least for now castro will continue to lead the decisions about cuba's future. state department spokesperson heather nauert says the u.s. is disappointed in what she called an undemocratic transition of power. she says she is not aware of any plans for u.s. officials to reach out to cuba's new president. after about a 30-hour blackout, the power is back on in puerto rico. the island's power company says it has restored electricity to all customers affected by the outage, which was caused by an excavator hit a transmission line. line. unfortunately, tens of thousands of families are still without normal service seven months after hurricanes maria and irma
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hit. students at thousands of schools across the country will be walking out of class this morning as part of their effort to change the nation's gun laws. >> today's walkout comes on the 19th anniversary of the columbine high school massacre. brad mielke talked to one of the organizers of today's events. brad? >> hey, guys. and you said it right there. 19 years. think about that. that means of all the high schoolers in america today, none of them were alive when columbine happened. they don't know a world without school shootings. lane murdoch is 16 years old. she lives near sandy hook elementary school in connecticut, and she organized today's walkout. right now more than 2,000 events are registered across the country. how does that happen? how does a 16-year-old begin to organize that? >> i didn't stop. once i made the petition and i saw that people were responding to it, i just kept on going and going. i made the twitter. i made the instagram, i made the facebook. i started expanding my team with
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fellow students. i made sure that we were answering people's questions and not just having them decide to walk out, but engaging them and hearing their concerns and hearing their input, and making them feel involved. because there is no reason this should be the lane movement. this is the gen-z youth movement. >> well, today she says at 10:00 a.m. in each time zone across the country, students will be walking out of class and they won't return for the rest of the day. instead she said they'll focus on getting each other registered to vote. hear the entire interview later this morning. check it out on apple podcast or your favorite podcasting app. kenneth, diane? >> sounds good, brad. thanks. new jersey taxpayers are in for a big surprise. according to public records, they'll shell out $85,000 for former governor chris christie's official portrait. that's more than the cost for paintings of his three predecessors combined, though to be fair, none of those governors served two terms. okay. so big question everyone is asking this morning. who is that masked man running around the court last night in miami?
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>> okay, so answer, it was joel embiid of the philadelphia 76ers. he had to wear the mask to protect a facial injury. he suffered late in the regular season. >> fans are loving it. they're comparing to it something from "star wars" or even "black panther." embiid called it annoying, but it didn't slow him down. he scored 23 points and the sixers did win against the heat. >> kind of amazing. you would think it would affect his peripheral vision just a little bit. he seemed to do just fine. >> they got batman there. 23 points. coming up, see how times have changed when it comes to marijuana. we're going into the abc news vault for a special report from 1970 featuring a young sam donaldson. >> that's not sam right there. and stoners love super troopers. so what better movie to open on 4/20 than "super troopers 2." a shenanigans filled preview is ahead. you're watching "world news now." >> i can't pull over anymore. ahead. you're watching "world news now." >> i can't pull over anymore. now." >> i can't pull over anymore.
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this refinery explosion outside ho this refinery explosion outside houston rocked the nearby town of texas city. the smoke could be seen for miles away, but officials said there was no danger to the
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public. the cause of the explosion is still under investigation. and two new lawsuits have been filed in the usa gymnastics scandal. those suits were filed by seven women against former dr. larry nassar, michigan state university where nassar used to work, and usa gymnastics. >> one of the suits also targets an international gymnastics organization. the women claims the school and both gymnastics bodies failed to reveal nassar's abuse to other victims, families and authorities. at syracuse an engineering fraternity has been suspended over what the school calls a racist, anti-semitic and homophobic video. >> the fraternity is apologizing and trying to explain the video, saying it was a skit and was meant as satire. here is abc's gio benitez. >> reporter: video from inside a syracuse fraternity sparking outrage. >> this is sacred. >> do you know what you signed up for today? >> i did know what i signed up for. >> reporter: we're not showing the full disturbing video obtained by the school paper, but the university calls it and additional videos in its
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possession extremely racist, anti-semitic, homophobic, sexist and hostile to people with disabilities. >> i solemnly swear. >> i solemnly swear. >> to always have hatred in my heart for. >> to always have hatred in my heart for -- >> hatred, the students in the video go on to say for black people, hispanics, and jews. the university sending out a letter about the video wednesday morning, suspending the school's theta tau chapter, but declining to release other videos those fraternity members made. >> release the videos! release the videos! >> reporter: that decision now leading to protests, demanding that the other videos be made public. >> i don't think it should be withheld to protect the individuals that did it. >> reporter: the syracuse university chancellor addressing the issue. >> we are dealing with the aftermath of an incident in our university life that challenges what we stand for as a university. >> reporter: and the fraternity's national chapter has issued a statement calling the actions of those students truly disgraceful, and the university has launched a full investigation to decide how to punish those students.
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gio benitez, abc news, syracuse, new york. >> and in a statement overnight, the syracuse chapter of the fraternity said that this was a satirical sketch, that the person saying those things was playing the part of a character who was meant to be uneducated, racist, homophobic, the list goes on. and they say the men who were laughing along with it were not laughing in concurrence with the beliefs, but actually in opposition to the beliefs. >> what is incredible is this is the fourth fraternity to be suspended from syracuse this academic year. according to the student newspaper. these greek organizations, i think they've been known for being rowdy and other things. but they're going to learn that there is a real lesson here that they're going to have the learn. >> two others were suspended in hazing cases. all right. coming up, reefer madness on 4/20. >> and while more and more states are choosing to relax marijuana laws, we are opening up the vault to a time when things were a bit less green, you could say. you're watching "world news now." s now."
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this is the real action, the
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pot party, the trippers, t this is the real action, the pot party, the trippers, the grasshoppers, the hip ones, all gathered in secrecy and flying high as a kite. outside the boundaries of their phony world of kicks is the ever present possibility of discovery. this must be avoided at all costs, for discovery brings with it the penalties of society -- shame, arrest, prison. so destroy the evidence. >> i'm loving the descriptions there. looking back at one of the many drug films of the '60s that took aim at the hippie counterculture and its fondness of reefer. furthering the stigma that marijuana is dangerous. >> since then many states have legalized the use of marijuana for medicinal and recreational use. it's a global industry. and yet it is still illegal at the federal level. >> so on this 4/20, the unofficial weed holiday, we're going to open up the vault back to 1970 for a report from sam donaldson called "the kid next door smokes pot."
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>> reporter: there is growing concern with the use of marijuana as well as many other drugs. that the young people are using drugs in the american heartland has been known for some time. but what causes it and its extent has not been deeply probed. in an effort to provide activities for the young people and thereby minimize the loneliness that often leads to drug use, there are friday night dances sponsored by china lake. the 10:00 curfew for everyone under 18 recently enacted as a measure to combat the use of drugs is lifted, but the dancers must be home immediately after the dance ends at 1:00. if they are not, they are picked up by the police and held at the station house until their parents come for them. whether or not this measure has in any way materially reduced the use of drugs is not apparent at this time. >> my job is to enforce the laws that the legislature gives us. however, i believe that the laws
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pertaining to new jersey and narcotics are quite adequate. >> reporter: in an attempt to discover the effect of this drug, tests are being scientifically conducted in many laboratories. we are in the metropolitan hospital in new york city, where with government approval, the new york college of medicine is endeavoring to discover what effect, if any, marijuana has on man's vital functions. >> while we allow him to smoke at his own rate, the research assistant times him as to the length of time of the draw and the maintenance of the inhalation. this is a crude way of controlling the amount of marijuana consumed. >> reporter: in this laboratory and others, individual performances are not viewed as conclusive. many experiments with many different kinds of people using marijuana of various strengths will have to be done in exhaustive study before even fragmentary conclusions can be drawn. congress with the backing of the nixon administration is writing legislation to strengthen the government's ability to attack
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the narcotics traffic. new tools for the narcotics agent, stiffer penalties for the professional smuggler and pusher. at the same time, the penalties for the casual user of marijuana and other drugs would be reduced. a response to the growing awareness that if we want the attack this national problem, we must give youngsters like those we've seen on this program more help than punishment. this is sam donaldson, abc news. >> of course we know now many states have chosen to embrace marijuana instead. and you'll see a lot of celebrations going on around the country today, particularly in those states for 4/20. festivals, dispensaries with discounts, you name it. >> nearly 50 years later, so much as changed. you saw the lab test. i knew a lot of people in college who voluntarily were subjects. >> were they actually being studied or just doing their own experiments, perhaps? coming up, a stoner movie classic gets a sequel.
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time now for our "insomniac time now for our "insomniac theater." checking out two comedies opening at the box office this weekend. >> that's right. we're starting with the highly anticipated sequel to a cult classic, 17 years in the making. "super troopers 2" following the comedy troop broken lizard reprising their roles as the five wacky vermont state troopers, all this as an international border dispute arises between the u.s. and canada. >> it turns out that the french canadian town is actually on american soil. >> you'll be phasing out a canadian mountie unit. >> best behavior, boys. >> you guys ride horses? >> this isn't 1957. we drive crown victorias. >> let's give the big canadian welcome to the highway patrol. >> come on, guys. they've come up here to tell us how great it's going to be for
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all of us to become americans. >> i pledge of allegiance to the flag of the united states of america! >> this is happening. >> critics aren't laughing. they're giving "super troopers" a 33% splat on rotten tomatoes. owen glieber man calls it an aggressively lame and movie. a tired sagging movie populated by tired, sagging men still making pot jokes and fart noises well into middle age. >> what's wrong with fart noises? >> i don't think he liked it very much. >> i don't think so. next amy schumer and "i feel pretty." schumer plays an ordinary woman with low self-esteem who wakes up from a brutal fall at the gym believing she is the most beautiful woman in the world. >> modeling is an option for me. you are taking a risk. is this girl going to walk out of this office and right on to the runway and never look back? is that realistic for me? 1000%.
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but it's not who i am. >> so while schumer is feeling pretty, apparently the critics are feeling petty, giving it a it a 37% splat on rotten tomatoes. calling it an all honest to god fiasco. virtually every single aspect of this rigidly unfunny comedy is botched, from characters to core message. but roger moore has just two words. shockingly sweet. >> oh, that sounds like roger moore liked it. >> yeah. i feel petty? >> i feel pretty. >> oh, pretty. >> it's different from the song. >> "super troopers 2," i'm there for that. >> so maybe if you go to one and you don't like it, you can walk out and catch the end of the other one? it doesn't sound like the story lines are all that elaborate. where you would miss too much. >> your favorite scene in super troopers? >> i can't say it on the air. >> and i know that. >> i want a liter of gulla. i skipped the bad words. >> okay. that's it for this half hour. >> pull over. i can't pull over anymore! >> thanks for watching.
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this morning on "world news now," big changes to the president's legal team. >> he is hiring rudy giuliani. he says he'll help bring an end to the russia probe. plus, we now know what's in the memos james comey wrote about his meeting with president trump. and the president tweeting about the comey memos overnight. also breaking in morning a nation wide manhunt for a grandmother wanted in two murders is over. police caught and arrested her just miles from the mexican border. we have new details about the takedown. and paying tribute to barbara bush. she was born in new york, but she was cherished in houston, where the city has come together to celebrate her life and the legacy she leaves behind. the ceremony held in a place deer the former first lady's heart. and it's the ultimate corporate crime. a peanut butter cup with no peanut butter inside.
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so question is, did reese's make it right? we're warning you this story may give you the munchies on this 4/20, friday, april 20th. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> there are only two ingredients. >> right. chocolate and peanut butter. >> how do you miss one of them? >> and you know how i feel about the peanut butter in reese's. >> it's a very important part. >> we'll get to that. >> we're going to get to the bottom of how this happened coming up. we're going to start things off with president trump beefing up his personal legal team with former new york mayor guiliani. >> giuliani was brought on in hopes of negotiating a quick end to the russia investigation. they share a similar abrasive style. >> he joins the team weeks after the departure of the president's lead attorney. jonathan karl has more. >> reporter: with two investigations heating up,
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president trump is bringing in a big gun, adding rudy giuliani to his legal team. giuliani isn't just the former mayor of new york, he is also the former u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york. the very u.s. attorney's office that ordered the fbi raid on the president's personal lawyer, michael cohen. giuliani is also a political bulldog. >> i am sick and tired of the defamation of donald trump by the media and by the clinton campaign. i am sick and tired of it. this is a good man. >> reporter: the giuliani hire comes as the president has turned up the heat on special counsel robert mueller. escalating his attacks on an investigation he calls a witch-hunt. but giuliani told "the washington post" he has high regard for mueller, saying i hope we can negotiate an end to this for the good of the country. as for what he'll tell the president, giuliani says my advice on mueller has been this. he should be allowed to do his job. he is entitled to do his job.
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the big question is whether the president will listen to giuliani's advice, especially when it comes to talking or tweeting about robert mueller, something he has not always done with his current legal team. but giuliani comes into this with a much higher profile and he has known the president for a long, long time. as the president himself said in a statement, rudy is great. he has been my friend for a long time and wants to get this matter quickly resolved for the good of the country. jonathan karl, abc news, west palm beach. the justice department has given congress james comey's memos. they detail his conversations with president trump before he was fired as fbi director. the notes support much of his previous testimony. one new revelation. comey wrote he told him he has serious reservations about michael cohen's judgment, saying his then national security
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adviser failed to inform him about a call from a world leader. saying vladimir putin bragged to him that russia had some of the most beautiful hookers in the world. >> interesting conversation. and police in northern florida are searching for a motive after a deadly ambush of two officers. the officers were inside a restaurant getting lunch when a gunman opened fire through the restaurant 101. sergeant noel ramirez leaves behind a wife and two children. deputy sheriff taylor lindsey was 25 years old. their boss called both men heroes. >> sergeant ramirez and deputy lindsey were the best of the best. they're men of integrity. they're men of loyalty. they're god-fearing, and they loved what they did. and we're very proud of them. >> the suspected gunman has been identified by police as 59-year-old john hubert highnote. he was found dead of a gunshot wound in a vehicle shortly after the shooting. one states attorney says it appears the suspect took his own life.
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breaking overnight, the grandmother suspected of a multi-state killing spree has now been captured. officials say 56-year-old lois riess was arrested without incident inside a restaurant on south padre island in texas near south padre island in texas near the mexican border. she's believed to have killed her husband in their home south of minneapolis. then days later, a look-alike victim in florida. authorities had feared she would continue to target women who look like her to steal their identities. a former california death row inmate is enjoying his first full day of freedom in 25 years. 68-year-old vicente benavides walked out of california's san quinten state prison. he had been on death row since 1993 after being convicted of sexually assaulting and killing his girlfriend's young daughter. that conviction was overturned last month when california's supreme court ruled false medical testimony was presented at his trial. southwest airlines says it has launched a fleet wide engine inspection program after that
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deadly midair explosion on one of its flights. the move comes after federal regulators announced new inspection requirements for certain engine fan blades. and for the first time we're hearing from the firefighter, andrew needum, who along with others on board pulled the victim, jennifer riordan back into the plane through the blown out window. >> i felt the calling to get up and do something, stand up and act. i'm no different than any other firefighter in this country. >> family members are overwhelmed and grateful for the outpouring of support. they set up the jennifer riordan memorial trust to fund causes important to her. last night barbara bush's hometown of houston paid tribute to the former first lady near a spot where a plaza is being planned to honor her. deborah wrigley of our houston station was there. ♪ the sun and moon to make the ocean flow ♪
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>> reporter: against a backdrop of children singing, barbara bush's life was remembered as one well lived and celebrated. by fourth grader bailey moore who is an author. >> barbara bush still stands as a giant in education throughout the participation of the many houston youth that participate in her literacy program today. >> reporter: by the clergy she called friends, not grieving. >> one of thanksgiving to our god that he gave her to us. >> reporter: it was pointed out mrs. bush would have loved the crowd, all ages, race, all walks of life. president bush sent a letter thanking everyone for his wife's tribute. >> if i could, i would be with you. but at age 93, i need to save my strength for the days ahead. >> reporter: the houston children's choir has performed many times over the years for the bushes, this time different. but even now barbara bush's life
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is influencing another generation. >> i think it's going to push me to be more like her, like respect the people that need respecting and help the people that need help. >> reporter: and that's called a legacy, children dreaming a little bigger because of her support for literacy for families. her life may be over, her impact isn't. for a barbara bush elementary student. >> i would die one day, i would go to heaven and i will see her again. see her again and thank her for everything she has done on earth. >> reporter: in houston, deborah wrigley, abc news. >> quite a tribute there to the former first lady. all right. so a baby girl has made history on capitol hill. >> senator tammy duckworth's 10-day-old daughter maile became the first newborn to appear for a vote on the senate floor. just the day before the senate changed the rules allowing babies on to the floor. >> now we're told maile did follow the dress code by wearing a blazer. you can't see it there. so you're going to trust us there. but maile was also wearing a
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hat, which diane, that violates the dress code. >> maile is a rebel! look at her. >> i guess it's like mom. historic there. >> duckworth is the first senator to give birth while in office. >> that's pretty cool. coming up, the trump administration gets tough with a major wall street bank, handing down one of the largest fines ever. plus in their own words, the two men arrested inside a starbucks speak out for the first time as the chain prepares to shut down 8,000 stores to train staff members. and remember to find us on facebook at wnnfans.com. you're watching "world news now." 8,000 stores to train staff members. m. you're watching "world news now." n electric toothbrush really cleans better than a manual. and my hygienist says it does but they're not all the same. who knew? i had no idea. so she said, look for one that's shaped like a dental tool with a round brush head. go pro with oral-b. oral-b's rounded brush head surrounds each tooth to gently remove more plaque, and oral-b is the first electric toothbrush brand accepted by the
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in missouri, investigators are trying to find in missouri, investigators are trying to find out why this nearly 2,000 foot television tower collapsed. crews were working on the tower when it fell. one of those workers was killed, three others injured. a man who lives nearby said the collapse sounded like a car crash magnified by 500. lance armstrong has reached a $5 million settlement with the federal government. >> the agreement settles claims that armstrong defrauded the federal government by using performance-enhancing drugs while the u.s. postal service
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sponsored his cycling team. the whistle-blower lawsuit could have cost armstrong up to $100 million in damages. $5 million, not so bad by comparison, i suppose. and federal regulators are about to slap wells fargo with a $1 billion fine. the bank forced auto loan customers into car insurance that they didn't need and charged unfair mortgage fees. the bank apologized last year. this fine will be the most aggressive action taken by the trump administration against a major wall street bank. and we're hearing from the two men arrested at a philadelphia starbucks. for the first time, they describe their surprise at being told to leave minutes after arriving, before they eventually found themselves in handcuffs. >> this comes as the philadelphia police commissioner issues his own apology. here is abc's linsey davis. ♪ keep on walking >> reporter: for the first time, the two men whose arrests at this philadelphia starbucks sparked protests and outrage, they broke their silence. >> it didn't really hit me what was going on that it was real until i'm being double locked and my hands behind my back.
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>> reporter: donte robinson and rashon nelson had just arrived for a business meeting when rashon asked to use the bathroom. he said the manager told him no, unless he made a purchase. they say just two minutes later, that manager called 911. >> i have two gentlemen in my cafe who are refusing to make a purchase or leave. >> reporter: police arrived on the scene. it was get out. you have to leave. >> he wasn't read any rights, nothing. just double locked handcuffs behind our back and escorted out and put into a squad car. >> reporter: the philadelphia police commissioner who initially said his police didn't do anything wrong is apologizing. >> my apology is because i exacerbated the situation with my messaging. real simple. >> reporter: as for that arresting officer? >> he has been absolutely mortified. >> reporter: both men say this guess far beyond what happened in that coffee shop. >> it's not just a black people thing. this is a people thing. and that's exactly what we want
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to see out of this. and that's true change. >> reporter: and both men say while they appreciate all of the public support, they say they're not pushing for boycotts. they say they want real long-term change, and they're working with starbucks to that end. linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> starbucks will be shutting down stores for an afternoon for training. >> i still feel a part of the community because philadelphia folks, they treat you that way. so i know this story has completely rocked them this past week with protests in the streets. i covered richard ross, the police commissioner who apologized there. known as a cool, calm, collected level headed guy. and so he is a philly guy. so if he apologized, i think a lot of people are feeling that he was definitely -- the sentiments from him were genuine. >> well, maybe this can help bring them closer together. so coming up in this next half hour, the growing effort to legalize it. marijuana, that is. on this 4/20, we've got the latest on the plan to dismantle
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federal marijuana laws. but first, the absentminded announcer who takes two fighters on an emotional roller coaster. so can you figure out who won the match? that's next on "world news now." d news now."
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we're back now with a strange we're back now with a strange moment in seattle. with runners on first and second, evan gattis hits into a double play. you see him tagging out the second base runner. gattis make it to first base. look, he jogs back to the dugout. >> why? >> don't know.
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so of course the mariners then tagged first base and get him out as well. very bizarre triple play. it seems like he forgot how many outs there were. so he thought the double play made three. well, in the end, he was right. they did end up with three outs. but not quite the way a triple play normally guess down. we're not done yet, kenneth. >> oh, i thought we were done. >> no. we still have a show? that's what he did. just following his example. it's friday. >> it didn't end well for him. did you miss that part? >> all right. so now to another moment of disappointment that had a happy ending during an nhl play-off game. the young hockey fan proving that patience pays off. here is abc's david muir. >> reporter: she is the little girl seen by millions online. capitals forward brett connolly right there spotting 6-year-old keelan moxley himself behind the glass. he tries to throw her a puck,
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and then listen to the announcers. >> that kid grabbed the first puck from her. now look at her face. look at this. is that the saddest? look at her. she is devastated. >> reporter: we were too. the hockey player tries again. >> and now that kid steals a puck from her. >> hitting the glass, signaling one more chance. he finds a third puck, and this time it's all hers. >> look at her, though. is that all worth it right there? my heart is melting now, watching this little girl. >> that father orchestrated that. >> reporter: but her family telling us that wasn't her dad or her brothers. she was lucky to get that puck. keelan telling us what it was like to watch the boys go first. >> i felt happy for the boys because the boys were like happy and because they got the puck. but i didn't really feel happy for myself. >> reporter: she is honest. and when her moment finally came -- >> i felt so happy, i felt amazing.
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i felt awesome. i didn't know -- i just -- i was so happy. >> reporter: and this weekend, she'll be right there at the glass again, because the owner of the capitals says he watched as that little girl had to wait behind the boys. so this weekend it will be keelan right there in the front row in his seats. >> i was happy for the boys, but i wanted to hip check them and take their puck until they finally gave me one of my own. >> she needs to learn to do that. very cute. our thanks to david muir. now a similar moment of double disappointment. >> this one took place in the usc octagon after two men pummelled each other and waited for the judge's decision. but the announcer had a little bit of trouble. check it out. >> for your winner, david -- excuse me, my bad, elijah young snipes terrell. >> oh, that's not all. >> my bad. i called it wrong. my bad. i got the scores right. i got the winner wrong.
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time now for the mix. time now for the mix. it's a big day, by the way. >> what is it? >> happy 4/20, everybody. >> i don't know what that means. >> that is a big day for marijuana smokers. >> oh, that's why i didn't know. >> and we got a little history lesson for you. apparently the term 4/20 dates back to the '70s of san rafael, where a group of high school students from san rafael used to get together every day at 4:20 to smoke some marijuana. >> so not police code. >> correct. that is an urban legend. it really comes from this group of friends who got together every day at 4:20. so they just started using that as general code for let's get high. they were known as the waldos. and it caught on. and they were able to prove the high times. they've been using this lingo way longer than anybody else. >> you know who would like a bunch of reese's? people who enjoy celebrating 4/20.
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a man got an unfortunate lottery win here, i think. he got a reese's that did not have the peanut butter. only the chocolate. >> boo. >> reece's sent him a bunch to make up for it. >> it's also jelly bean day, by the way. happy national jelly bean day. >> enjoy! >> hey, man, bad karma got you down? come on, let's polka! ♪ ♪ music peace and love and sex, yuppies generation x, that's the woodstock polka ♪ ♪ traffic jams and camping greens, automated bank machines, that's the woodstock polka ♪ ♪ there is knickknack and concession stands to meet your every need ♪ ♪ a counterculture brought to you by corporate greed ♪ ♪ stand in line to use the john, that's the woodstock polka ♪ sing out, you hippies!
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let's hear it ♪ that's the woodstock polka ♪ good, concert promoters only. what is it? ♪ that's the woodstock polka ♪ the festival authorities helped get you in the mood, they'll bust you if you bring the kids or even your own food ♪ ♪ it's all tame, it's all wild, come on every flower child, do the woodstock polka ♪ ♪ if you want to protest, here is a very simple way ♪ watch it on pay-per-view and then refuse to pay ♪ ♪ now is now, then is then, you can't go back home again, that's the woodstock polka ♪ ♪ do the woodstock polka >> gee, thanks, dr. leery. >> gee, thanks, dr. leery.
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this morning on "world news now," a florida community in shock, remembering two deputies gunned down and killed while they were eating lunch. the young men are being described as the best of the best. new details in a search for a motive. also breaking overnight, the president lashes out at james comey in a new tweet as the memos comey wrote about the president are released. we have some new reporting on what they reveal. and new this hour, an urgent warning about something in your fridge. >> an e. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce has spread to more states. dozens of people have become sick. hear what the cdc is advising to stop the outbreak. spoiler alert. "scandal" is over. and spoiler alert, it was amazing. but what has many of us frustrated overnight, spoiler alert, we may never know the meaning behind the show's final scene. shonda, you must tell us, please?
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spoiler alert, it's friday, april 20th. >> what? from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning to all. we're going to start things off on a serious note with the ambush double murder of two deputies in northern florida. >> authorities say they were shot and killed while eating lunch. sergeant noel ramirez was 29 years old. he leaves behind a wife and two children. deputy taylor lindsey was just 25 years old. >> a search for motive is still under way. >> reporter: the gilchrist county sheriff's office calling this a terrible tragedy. this is downtown trenton outside of gainesville. the gilchrist county sheriff's office says their two deputies were shot and killed while inside of a restaurant after a suspect walked up and shot them both through a window. >> sergeant ramirez and deputy lindsey were the best of the best. they're men of integrity.
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they're men of loyalty. they're god-fearing, and they loved what they did. and we're very proud of them. >> reporter: the shooter was found dead when other deputies arrived. attorney general pam bondi saying my heart breaks with the news of two gilchrist county deputies who were senselessly killed today while in the line of duty. president trump tweeting that his thoughts and prayers were with the friends and families of those two deputies who were heroes killed in the line of duty. victor oquendo, abc news, miami beach. >> thanks to victor there. reports say there was no incident inside the restaurant before the gunfire. last night police identified the suspect as 59-year-old john hubert highnote. he was found dead from a gunshot wound inside a vehicle near the restaurant. also breaking overnight, the nationwide manhunt for a minnesota grandmother suspected of two murders has now ended. officials say 56-year-old lois riess was arrested at a texas restaurant near the mexican border.
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she is believed to have shot and killed her husband in their home south of minneapolis before allegedly killing a look-alike victim in florida. authorities had feared riess would continue to target women to who looked like her to steal their identities. a set of memos written by james comey is now in the hands of congress and the media. the notes leaked shortly after they were turned over by the justice department contained few new details. comey claims the president told him then national security adviser michael flynn has serious judgment issues. he said he complained about the salacious allegations in an intelligence dossier. the 15 pages of the notes largely corroborates what comey said under oath and in his new book. the president fired off a midnight tweet claiming the memos show there was no collusion and no obstruction. former new york city mayor rudy giuliani has joined president trump's legal team to focus on issues related to the russia investigation. giuliani is a former u.s. attorney and the president's
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long-time friend. the president says he wants to get the matter resolved quickly for the good of the country. giuliani tells "the washington post" he has high regard for the special counsel robert mueller, and says he has advised the president to allow mueller to do his job. and federal prosecutors are now trying to determine if they have enough evidence to prosecute fired deputy fbi director andrew mccabe. the justice department's inspector general sent a criminal referral hinging on its report that mccabe mislead investigators. abc's pierre thomas has the details. >> reporter: the former second in command at the fbi now facing a possible criminal investigation by the very agents he once led. abc news learning that the justice department's inspector general has referred the case of former deputy director andrew mccabe to the u.s. attorney's office in d.c. for possible criminal prosecution. mccabe first came to national attention after president trump fired his boss, james comey, and mccabe vowed to go forward with the russia probe. >> sir, we consider it to be a highly significant investigation.
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the fbi will continue to pursue this investigation vigorously. >> reporter: he was then fired himself just two days before retirement amid allegations he misled investigators looking into his role in authorizing a leak to the media about an investigation into the clinton foundation, a damning report by the justice department inspector general concluding he lacked candor when talking to investigators and when talking to comey himself. comey saying he could even potentially be a witness against mccabe, offering his former deputy little support. >> conflicted. i like him very much as a person. but sometimes even good people do things they shouldn't do. >> reporter: but mccabe's attorneys tell abc news they dispute the allegations and that mccabe should not be the subject of a criminal investigation. mccabe now fighting to save his reputation and to prevent a criminal investigation. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. now to cia director mike pompeo's nomination for secretary of state. if he is confirmed he will likely finish laying the
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groundwork for the summit with north korean leader kim jong-un. a major obstacle to that summit has been removed. kim is no longer calling for the removal of u.s. troops from south korea as a precondition of abandoning his nuclear program. a venue for the meeting has still not been announced. here at home, weather extremes are dividing the country between north and south. >> across parts of the upper midwest, it looks more like january than april. a wintry blast has dumped more than half a foot of snow in parts of wisconsin. >> look to the south, high winds and tinder dry conditions are fuelling the deadly wildfires in oklahoma and neighboring states. but there may be some relief on the way. accuweather's julia weiden joins us now, hopefully with good news. good morning, julia. >> kenneth, diane, we are thankfully getting rid of the snow for today and for the weekend. high pressure should help ease that off a bit. still going to be cold. still going to be blustery. your temperatures running around 5 to 10 degrees below average in the northeast. as for fire weather down towards oklahoma into arizona, we're still going to be watching for that through today.
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but thankfully getting some wet weather to move through oklahoma and the southern plains through this afternoon. kenneth, diane? >> julia, thank you. turning now to a health alert this morning involving romaine lettuce. a nationwide outbreak of e. coli linked to romaine lettuce from yuma, arizona has expanded to 53 cases in 16 states. the cdc says if you have had any store bought chopped romaine lettuce including salads and mixes with romaine in them, throw them out and skip the romaine at the restaurant as well. >> diane, is there a chase that a very different kind of leafy green could get a reprieve from the federal government? senator chuck schumer says he plans to introduce a bill that would decriminalize marijuana at the federal level. the bill would reportedly give states the authority over how to regulate the drug. he'll unveil the bill today, 4/20, a day that has become, of course, a celebration of marijuana. by the way the states legalizing marijuana has been steadily growing. medical marijuana is legal in 29 states and recreational
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marijuana is legal in nine states. a once in a decade event is unfolding, or should i say blooming right now in arizona. >> that's right. it's known as the corpse flower. it's visible right now in a live stream from the tucson botanical garden. it's one of the world's rarest flowers. it only blooms once every ten years. it then only lasts about 24 hours, and botanists are thinking it's going to bloom. any moment now. >> right now? >> any moment. >> well, the live stream may be the best choice to check it out, because one of the corpse flower's characteristics are that it apparently smells like rotting flesh. >> why would you want one of those? >> i want no part of that. i don't want that. >> no. you stay right there. >> you stay unbloomed. is that right? unbloomed. >> unbloomed, sure. we'll make it a thing. coming up, the coachella music festival enters its second weekend. and many are asking what will beyonce do differently this time around?
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>> i want to know this. and we are learning new details from the investigation into prince's overdose death. why no charges have been filed. you're watching "world news now." anif you've got a lifee. you gotta swiffer
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♪ purple rain, purple rain can you believe it? tomorrow is the second anniversary of the sudden death of prince. ahead of that anniversary, we are getting our first look at images from inside his home, just after he was found dead. >> this comes as investigators reveal new details about the medication that superstar took, and their decision not to file criminal charges in the case. here is abc's eva pilgrim. >> reporter: never before seen images inside paisley park moments after police discover mega music star prince dead in his home by an elevator. a meal and sunglasses on a kitchen table. a bag and coat placed on a chair. this as minnesota investigators reveal the star may have unknowingly taken counterfeit medication laced with deadly amounts of fentanyl. >> in all likelihood, prince had no idea he was taking a counterfeit pill that could kill
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him. >> reporter: but after an extensive two-year investigation, authorities declining to file criminal charges, saying they don't know how he got those drugs. >> there is no doubt that the actions of individuals around prince will be criticized, questioned, and judged in the days and weeks to come. but suspicions and innuendo are categorically insufficient to support any criminal charges. >> reporter: in april 2016, the singer was found dead in his home. >> we need a paramedic at paisley park, 7801 audubon road. >> police finding a bag with the words "opium" inside his music vault. pills scattered all over his paisley park estate, some prescribed by minnesota dr. michael schulenberg who admitted to investigators he prescribed prince percocet in his friend and bodyguard's name to protect the musician's privacy. but authorities say it was counterfeit vicodin that killed the star. while they think someone close to the superstar knows how he got the bad meds, a lack of solid evidence is now leading
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them to close this case. one of the major obstacles investigators had in this case, prince didn't have a cell phone. he didn't use a cell phone. so all the communications about these medications were person to person, not texts, making it really hard to pinpoint exactly who knew and who was involved in getting these counterfeit medications. eva pilgrim, abc news, new york. coming up, a beloved series comes to a close, and its final scene is now the subject of much debate. >> yes. and what's in store for beychella round 2? "the skinny" is next. b-chella round 2? the skinny is next.
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"world news now" now continues after this from our
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♪ ♪ we're leading the skinny today with gladiators trying to come to grips with the series finale of "scandal." >> yes. in case you're not cau ♪ we're leading the skinny today with gladiators trying to come to grips with the series finale of "scandal." >> yes. in case you're not caught up, we'll give you this spoiler alert. hide your eyes and ears. not you, diane. >> what? >> you got to -- >> oh, sorry.
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>> tell the folks. all right. here's what happened. even though i didn't see it yet. olivia pope and her crew kept their promise and came clean at the senate hearing about all the secrets -- they did? -- and fixing they've done over the past seven seasons. what? >> but guess what, diane? >> what? >> here's the moment everyone is talking about. the final scenes of the show, two young black girls in the national portrait gallery who stop to admire a portrait of olivia. but what we don't know is how she received the honor, something jimmy kimmel pressed kerry washington and series creator shonda rhimes who had written the final episode. >> it's not clear whether it's because she is a president or a first lady or exactly what's happening. >> it doesn't say that it's not clear and we don't know. it says that the audience is left not knowing. we know. >> do you know? >> i know. >> tell us! >> i'm not going to say. >> you know. but you'll never tell. you'll never tell. >> one last thing to say as a spoiler that i'm going to hold
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on for the rest of my life, oh my goodness. >> not fair, shonda, not fair. >> is it over? >> yes. but you -- could you not hear me? >> no. i've learned to tune you out. but i didn't want to see the shots on the screen. >> this is how i get treated. >> apparently this reaction kind of sums it up. no more monologues, white hats, old school music or excuses to get drunk on wine on thursdays. this ain't fair. >> can we go back to the fact that shonda knows the answer. she is not giving it up. shonda, listen, we did this for you. >> oh, boy. >> we watched the show. we deserve an answer, shonda! we deserve an answer. >> he is upset. i don't know what he is upset about, because i wasn't listening or watching. but apparently he wants an answer. >> i want an answer, shonda. okay. this will make me feel better. next to one of the funniest women in show business right now, tiffany haddish explaining why she proudly committed a hollywood fashion faux pas, wearing the same dress more than once.
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>> quite a few times actually. she has worn her alexander mcqueen white halter gown three times now, to the academy awards, when she hosted "saturday night live" and the first time at the premier of the movie "girls trip." >> you do you, tiffany. and now she tells "w" magazine that she has repeated wearing the dress for a very simple reason. it was a business investment. >> and when i saw the receipt, i cried. so i'm wearing this dress multiple [ bleep ] times. i don't care what nobody say. that's a lot of money. that's a down payment on a car, a roof over my head, food in my stomach, my family's health. those things, i think that's what money is for and that's what's most important. but i guess fashion helps get more money. >> she recovered those emotions quite quickly. >> she surely did. i couldn't eat for a week after i bought this suit i'm wearing right now. >> oh, yeah? very expensive thrift store? >> you know what? i don't get paid much.
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up next, to the second weekend of the coachella music festival. if you happened to miss beyonce's performance of a lifetime -- >> i didn't. >> -- we're sorry for you. >> because what we know is that last saturday, her set will not be -- unlike last saturday, it will not be streamed on youtube this weekend. in fact, no performances will be live on youtube, which i think this is really upsetting, that means if you want to see what bey does differently in week 2, get a ticket, make your way to the southern california desert, and do whatever you can to see it. >> or you can just rely on the bey-hive to give the latest updates on social media. forecast in the 90s. wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour. so if you're camping, better stake your tent really well. we have a lot of updates from the bey hive. >> i'm going to get my phone. i'm going to look at the instagram videos and piece it together and see the show. >> okay. all right. so let's check out brianna. she taught herself all the choreography from bey there. >> wow.
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>> we will have to see if these moves hold up or if beyonce switches it up for week two. she's got it. >> i think we're going to see a little different. but yeah, she nailed every single move. good for her. >> i can do something pretty similar myself. >> oh, is that true? >> yeah. we'll also have to see if the other members of destiny's child will join beyonce for a reunion. either way, michelle williams will likely be celebrating her recent engagement. >> the singer revealed yesterday that she and pastor chad johnson are planning a summer wedding. and even though the couple has only been together a year, johnson has been saving for that five carat stunner for 11 years, putting away $150 at a time into a ring account. >> about six or seven years, and he thought about it, spending the savings on a sports car. >> but luckily he didn't. he kept it in there for the ring. i'm sure michelle is grateful. >> that's it. ♪ >> where is kendis?
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>> friday rewind is next. ♪
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♪ ♪ this week started with a marathon, and that set the pace for the next five days. >> we saw heroes jump into action on an airliner. an outpouring for a former first lady, and lots more. check it out. >> we do begin with that sad news coming in now. former first lady barbara bush has died. >> she was the matriarch to an american political dynasty, known for her fierce family loyalty and her marriage, well, a love story lasting more than 70 years. mrs. bush, a rock by her husband's side, also called the glue that held the bush family together. >> my dream for our family has always been they grow up, they
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get a good education, they'd be happily married or they'd find someone they could be happy with, and that they would then turn around and give back to the country. because they're so lucky. and my dream has been answered. horrific scene on southwest flight 1380. it had just taken off from new york city. an engine then exploding. >> they said there is a hole and someone went out. >> the dramatic emergency just 20 minutes into the packed southwest flight from new york city to dallas. the left engine ripping apart, sending shrapnel flying through this window and sucking passenger jennifer riordan partway out of the airplane. riordan, a mother of two from new mexico, eventually died from her injuries. we begin with that big surprise in court. fox news anchor sean hannity named as one of the personal clients of michael cohen. >> named as a personal client during this explosive hearing monday, related to last week's fbi raids of cohen's office, home, and hotel room. >> michael cohen never represented me in any legal matter. i never retained his services. i never received an invoice.
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>> after those fbi raids on cohen, president trump made a hard push for his legal team to review those seized documents. but the judge is so far holding off on that decision. it's been five years since the attack on the boston marathon. today under a gray sky, 30,000 determined runners running those 26.2 miles. among them 34-year-old des linden from michigan. 2 hours, 39 minutes, 54 seconds. the first american woman to win since 1985. >> great moment there. first american woman to win in quite some time. >> incredible week. >> and don't forget again, coachella's second weekend continues with beyonce closing it out. and happy earth day on sunday. >> sounds fun. coming up, more news. >> this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades.
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morning america." happy friday. making news in america this morning, the comey files released overnight. memos written by the fired fbi director are now public detailing his private conversations with president trump including what vladimir putin reportedly told trump about russian prostitutes. this as rudy giuliani joins the president's legal team. the latest from washington. breaking new details about the two sheriff's deputies shot and killed while eating lunch at a small town restaurant. the shooter opening fire through the window, an apparent ambush. a search for a motive. we have new information about that racist video at a fraternity house. students seen taking a bow to hate blacks and jews. >> this is sacred. >> overnight the fraternity is speaking out. why they say it's all a misunderstanding. those stories, plus how a bank sent $35

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