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and the centerpiece of it all is a chef's kitchen. and she caught the big reveal on camera for the latest episode of "my house." >> this is the kitchen, right? it's really, really special because i want it to work for you. all of it is custommade to fit your tiny height. >> i love my house. i don't have to tiptoe. >> wait, mom, how tall are you? >> 5'2". >> ish. >> munn says if there's anyone who deserves it, it's her mother. i want to hear more about the kitchen.

>> speaking of proud mamas, how about celine dion. >> her 17-year-old son is an aspiring rapper. >> he goes under the name big tip and has dropped two cover songs. remixes of the weeknd and one original song on sound cloud. >> big tip is currently at the top of the r&b chart. >> how does he sound? >> i don't hear rapping, though. >> he is the next great canadian rapper. >> is this rap? >> sort of. i don't know. snow was awesome. >> da, da, da.

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with britain's royal wedding nine days away, we are taking a closer look at meghan markle's road from california to london. >> reporter: as meghan markle nears closer to walking down the aisle, we get a picture of the woman living the dream in la. where she got her first acting gig at 19. >> she was here behind the desk, talking to a doctor, giving him a message. >> just one second. >> reporter: she was cast as a nurse on "general hospital", now he's watching as she's thrust into an even bigger spotlight. >> i was just happy for her. you know, you want anybody to find true love. >> reporter: he says meghan's instincts on camera were undeniable. >> right out of the gate. >> reporter: she did calligraphy for celebrities.

splurging at sugarfish. l.a.'s hottest sushi pot. we're living like meghan. she gave a shout out writing, #trust me. she also posted she dreams of tacos. >> i'm here for a specific reason. to order the tacos that meghan markle dreams about. do you know what i'm talking about? yes, yes. i know why you've been dreaming, meghan, about these, they're delicious. flash forward to when meghan met harry. she had a lesson on drinking tea. owner of the rose tree cottage says she asked the right questions. and when asked how she rated, what would you score her?

>> out of ten, i'd say 9.5. >> reporter: and here at rose tree cottage, they're going to be having viewing parties and special events in honor of this royal wedding. but i love what edmond said. once you have tea here everyone should feel more like a royal. in pasadena, adrian bankert, abc news. >> adrian had a tough time with that assignment. >> so she ate, had great tea. >> struggling. >> a hat from her own personal collection. not bad. so did you see madame tussaud's wax figure? >> there's the new edition, meghan markle in wax form. >> she looks good. harry looks a little stiff.

good morning. i'm diane macedo. >> i'm kendis gibson.

here are some of the top headlines we're following on "world news now." the breaking news, those three american hostages who were being held in north korea are making their way home. they were freed after the secretary of state made a visit with kim jong un. israel says it has struck dozens of iranian military sites inside syria, they come after they intercepted a barrage of missiles aimed at the golan heights. senator john mccain is urging his colleagues to reject the nominee of gina haspel as cia director. he says he respects her experience, but that her refusal to say that torture is immoral should disqualify her. and philadelphia will have to trust the process for at least one more year. boston knocked out the 6ers with a game five win. nowtics and

cleveland for the eastern conference crown. those are some of our top stories on this thursday, may 10th. from abc news, this is "world news now." we start with the breaking news, the three korean american men who had been held captive in the north have completed their long journey home. >> their u.s. government plane landed at joint base andrews outside d.c. early this morning. president trump, the vice president and their wives were there to greet them under a huge american flag. >> yeah, they were released after a 90 minute meeting between the secretary of state and the north korean leader kim jung-un. >> the fact that we were able to get them out so soon was really a tribute to a lot of things, including a certain process that is taking place right now. and that process is very important. so we will see what happens. we have a meeting scheduled in a very short period of time, you will be hearing about it soon. we have the location set.

and we will see if we can do something that people did not think was going to happen for many, many years. and a lot of bad things could have happened in between. so i just want to say this is a special night for these three really great people. and congratulations on being in this country. thank you. we're starting off on a new footing. this is a wonderful thing that he released the folks early. that was a big thing. very important to me. and i really think we have a good chance of doing something very meaningful. and if anybody would have said that five years ago, ten years ago, even a year ago, you would have said that is not possible. so i will say this, a lot of very good things have happened. [ inaudible question ]

>> i really think he wants to do something. i think he did this because i really think he wants to do something and bring that country into the real world. i really believe that, john, and i think that we will have a success. i think this will be a very big success. it's never been taken this far. there has never been a relationship like this. and we're starting from here. but i really think a lot of progress has been made. and we'll see what happens. we're talking about a few weeks. i guess many of you will be with us. but some great things can happen. and that is what we hope. so i want to thank you all. it's very early in the morning. i think you probably broke the all-time in history rating for 3:00 in the morning, that i would say. but i want to just congratulate, these are three great people and congratulations. >> the president basking in the glow of this release, but also

of the possibility of this summit that he says is coming up within the next few weeks. >> a very big moment and the men will head to walter reed military hospital in washington for a full medical evaluation and treatment they may require, but they are said to be in good health and as we saw them arrive off that plane, it was all smiles, they waved peace signs. so it looks like they are in good condition and quite happy to be home. >> there was a lot of pressure on the presidents to try to get these prisoners released and a big victory for him. >> that it is. and it is seen as a goodwill gesture ahead of the summit, and that summit between the president and kim jung-un we're told is just weeks away. >> and let's go over to brad mielke now who has more. >> from the start here oig studio, while everyone i've spoken to is happy to see the prisoners return, there is still a lot of skepticism over north korea's intentions here.

i spoke to someone who served on president obama's national security council and he says while they would always cheer the release of prisoner, you also don't want to give north korea too much satisfaction. >> they are used as pawns by these regimes. they can be signals and we interpret those signals as best we can, but we don't go overboard and say, oh, thank you so much for releasing these citizens deep down because we know that they were only seized for leverage in the first place and we don't want to encourage further seizures of american citizens. >> i also asked you were in the obama white house, why could you guys not get this far in negotiations? and his answer was fascinating. you can hear the entire conversation on start here oig later this morning. check it out on apple podcast or your favorite podcasting app. and we saw the first lady and the president walking from marine one. earlier they put on a very public display of affection for the second time this week. >> the first lady had kind words for her husband at an event for military spouses and they

embraced and shared several kisses and he heaped praise on her as well. the gestures follow a report that they spend little to no time together. >> putting on quite a show lately. hawaii's governor says lava is moving close a geo they were mal energy plant. >> it is now within about half a mile from the facility, so plant workers are scrambling to move thousands of gallons of flammable liquid from the location. he is asking for help from washington to deal with the damage done. >> i've taken action to enable a more comprehensive response to the current eruption situation on hawaii island. >> geologists are warning that explosions from the summit could send giant boulders and rocks into the air in the next few weeks. they say some of those rocks could travel and fall several miles away. and a florida woman is in

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got in to a heated discussion with the wait staff. one video shows the officer grabbing the 22-year-old around the neck and shoving him into a wall and he says he was struggling to stay alive. >> i was trying to scream for air and to breathe because he was holding my throat. but i pretty much -- that is when i got a aggressive with him because you are choking with me. i'm not trying to be a person that dies out here. i just want you to stop choking me. >> the local police department say they are gathering additional video and they say they have reached out to the district attorney. the e. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce appears to be spreading. the cdc says so far one person has died and nearly 150 have gotten sick in 29 states. dozens more have been hospital lized. there is a lag in reporting, so they are not quite sure if these new illnesses are actually occurring.

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with north korea back in the headlines this morning, we're taking a look back at some of our groundbreaking reporting. >> diane sawyer went inside that secretive regime some 12 years ago now, and got an upclose look at how people really live. >> reporter: it's a satellite photo that tells it all. a nighttime portrait of the two koreas separated 50 years ago u.s. and south koreans battled the north and their allies in the deadly three-year korean war. in the no man's land between north and south korea, nearly 700,000 troops stared down at their decades-long enemy, the united states.

america still has 37,000 troops in south korea. the u.s. convinced the north koreans are unstable aggressors. the north koreans convinced the u.s. still wants to finish the mission from 50 years ago. and just two months ago the north koreans upped the ante, announcing an underground nuclear test of their own. we saw the terrifying processions, threatening banners. >> yeah, they can look pretty crazy. but if we look at the world from their perspective, what they're doing makes sense. >> reporter: but how can americans be sure of the truth about this closed society with the leader who has been labeled as eccentric as kim jong il? and what about the defectors who through the years have told the west that in north korea the centers live in terror. >> there are many political

prisoners in north korea, there's no question about it. >> reporter: in the meantime, north korea on the far side of the dmz and perhaps the far side of history, continues building up its defenses. bolting the door against a world of political and personal freedom. exuberant with playstations, paparazzi and personal consumption. ♪ their children performing traditional music. ♪ while the world downloads music videos. how much longer can north korea hold out against the barbarians at the gate? and we're not talking about soldiers. these are south korean tourists who live right next door. they come by the bus loads, allowed to visit a kind of national park in north korea. a north korean song sings "good to see you, fellow koreans."

and as they hike around in their brand name clothes, toting their cellphones and cameras, they are not permitted to see the north koreans nearby in their sober clothes with their spartan lives. >> our thanks to diane sawyer. so interesting to look back and see the music popular back in 2006 that the north koreans were enjoying. can you trust youtube to protect your kids? >> what you may not know what your kids are really watching. maybe your kids are up watching us. kids are up watching us. well, here's to first dates! you look amazing. and you look amazingly comfortable. when your v-neck looks more like a u-neck... that's when you know, it's half-washed. add downy to keep your collars from stretching. unlike detergent alone, downy conditions to smooth and strengthen fibers. so, next time don't half-wash it.

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all of a sudden, there was this da, da, da, da. and it shook the plane. >> brace for impact. >> brace for impact. >> were you praying in that cockpit? >> oh, my goodness, constantly. >> friday night. >> i had leaned over to pull jennifer in.

so youtube has been facing controversy. >> juju chang checked it out with shocking results. >> the best thing ever. >> reporter: youtube says more than a billion users watched more than a billion videos every day. >> youtube is the most popular online destination for children under 13. >> reporter: these kids, ages 10-13 say they watch hours of youtube every day. do you think youtube does enough to restrict inappropriate material? >> no. >> reporter: how come? >> well, like, whenever it says verify age, you just have to sign into an e-mail. >> reporter: on youtube's main site, the terms of service say it's not intended for children under the age of 13. >> hi! >> reporter: yet that site has

channels like sesame street and peppa pig. >> they want kids on youtube. >> reporter: we created an account for a 14 year old. and we turned on restricted mode, which is supposed to filter out potentially mature content. even with these restrictions, we found sexual content, interlaced with videos of people playing their own customized versions of children's games. we showed our findings to josh goldwyn of campaign for a free childhood. as we watched, we see youtube referring us to more videos on the sidebar. >> minecraft triple x. >> the algorithm is zeroing in on you.

>> reporter: youtube says created the youtube kids app to offer a parents a safer alternatives for their kids. but on youtube kids -- >> all right, it's time for you be the dragon. >> reporter: -- a puppet talking about drugs and using a gun. >> if you were peeking in, what would you see your child watching? that one is particularly deceptive to parents. >> reporter: they say they should just flag content. youtube says it has created more controls on youtube kids so that only videos screened by human moderators can be viewed. parents have to turn them on themselves and they do appear to work. juju chang, abc news, new york. >> who knew. that explains why i get a lot of content on youtube. >> not that you're searching for it. coming up, better late than never. world war ii veteran has for us all. test test

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lots of great books to read. but many young americans are probably swearing off books for a while as they prepare for graduation. >> yeah, but not all of them are young, as you mentioned. one newly-minted graduate is four years shy of 100 years old. here's david muir. >> reporter: bob barger from toledo, ohio, he joined the navy right out of high school and flew during the war. he met his wife jean at a dance. and after the war they got married. bob enrolled at the university of toledo but left for a job to support his family. and nearly 70 years after bob took his last class at the age of 96, a surprise. the head of military and veteran affairs at the university of toledo and bob are friends.

and he decided without bob knowing that he would look up bob's old school records. >> we able to retrieve his transcripts from the archives. they were actually on microfiche. >> reporter: it turned out he had completed enough credits for an associate's degree. and with a fellow veteran recording on their phone, he surprises bob with the news. at 96, he's going to graduate. >> here's the deal, bob, you're going to get your diploma. >> what? >> you're going to graduate this may. >> i am? >> yeah. >> reporter: and just listen as it sinks in. >> i can't believe this. >> yeah. >> reporter: and that world war ii veteran who more than earned that diploma. the crowd on its feet, a salute from bob, holding up that diploma for everyone to see.

this message -- >> this is bob barger, world war ii naval aviator, and this is my diploma, and i am very proud of it. >> reporter: it's the best message we've received in a long time. and what was it like on that stage? >> like i was in a different world. whoopee. i felt very good. >> reporter: and bob says he's thankful. >> i never thought i'd live to see this. it's a miracle. >> reporter: david muir, abc news, new york. >> he said yipee. >> i never got mine because of a $15 parking ticket. >> he is the oldest graduate in the history of the university of toledo.

this morning on "world news now," three americans flight to dream.

north korea released three captives and they were quickly put on a plane bound for home. we have complete coverage of that homecoming. and the nominee to lead the cia grilled on capitol hill, depending her role in past cases. one prominent senator urging his colleagues to reject the nomination. and crews set to resume their search for a teen. hear what the sheriff's office is now saying. and we've heard talking to plants helps them thrive. but what happens if you bully them? a bizarre experiment shows plants have feelings too. take that, vegetarians. it is thursday, may 10. from abc news, this is "world news now." good morning, we start with the breaking news. the three korean american men who had been held captive have

completed their long journey home. >> their plane landed outside d.c. early this morning. president trump, the vice president and their wives were there to greet them under a huge american flag. >> they were released after a 90 minute meeting between the secretary of state and kim jung-un. >> we're starting off on a new footing. this is a wonderful thing that he released the folks early. that is a big thing. very important to me. and i really think we have a very good chance of doing something very meaningful and if anybody would have said that five years ago, ten years ago, even a year ago you would have said that is not possible. so a lot of very good things have happened. [ inaudible question ] >> i really think he wants to do something.

i think he did this because i really think he wants to do something and bring their country into the real world. i really believe that, john. and i think that we'll have a success. i think this will be a very big success. it has never been taken this far. there has never been a relationship like this. and we're starting from here. but i really think a lot of progress has been made and we'll see what happens. we're talking about a few weeks, i guess many of you will be with us. but some great things can happen. and that's what we hope. so i want to thank you all. it is very early in the morning. i think you probably broke the all-time in history television rating for 3:00 in the morning. that i would say. but i want to just congratulate -- these are three great people and congratulations. >> the president basking in the

glow of this release, but also of the possibility of this summit that he says is coming up within the next few weeks. >> it is a very big moment and the men will head to walter reed military hospital in washington. they will undergo a full medical evaluation and have treatment they may require, but they are said to be in good health and as we saw them arrive off that plane, it was all smiles, they waved peace signs. so it looks like they are in good condition and quite happy to be home. >> there was one reporter that asked them a question and said how were you treated and there was a long, long pause. >> there was a very long pause. >> and then finally he said we were treated in different ways, one of them had hard labor, but when needed medical treatment, he was given medical treatment. >> yeah, i expect we'll hear more on that. but they will be given medical treatment now as they head to walter reed medical center and of course they will be greeted by their families that would be very happy to see them. >> and the vice president will be doing the rounds this morning on the morning shows including

"good morning america." you heard the president promising that he will reveal the site of the upcoming summit in the next few days. >> we now know that it won't be at the dmz. singapore is the likely site. mike pompeo says the meeting is expected to last a day, but could be extended a day if they are making progress. and the other major story we're following, the iran deal. >> that's right. in tehran, people burned american flags and pictures of trump in reaction to the president's renewal of the u.s. from the deal. the iran leader saying they may step up their nuclear program in reaction. jonathan karl asked the president about that. >> what are you going to do if they start up their nuclear program again? >> if they do, there will be very severe consequence. >> so the president left open the possibility of a new deal with iran and he predicted that iran's leaders would choose to negotiate eventually.

but israel was retaliating after accusing iranian forces of firing 20 rockets from syria into the golan heights. they intercepted some of the missiles and reported no casualties on israeli side, but they took aim at a iranian position inside syria rocking the capital with pre-dawn explosions. iran had threatened to retaliate after several of its soldiers were killed in an air strike. today the pentagon is releasing its final report on the brutal ambush that claimed the lives of four soldiers in niger. there were problems with the approval process and found that the army special forces did not have enough training or equipment when they were attacked last fall. npr obtained details from the report and says it does not assign blame to any specific person. gina haspel spent hours answering tough questions regarding her record over techniques like waterboarding

and whether she believes torture is a viable tactic. mary bruce has details. >> reporter: after 30 years in the shadows, gina haspel stepped into the spotlight. >> i think you will find me to be a typical middle class american. >> reporter: her career has been anything but typical. >> i recall very well my first meeting with a foreign agent. it was on a dark moonless night with an agent i'd never met before. >> reporter: her history at the cia is largely classified. but what we do know sparked protests. haspel once reportedly led a black site prison in thailand where terror suspects were waterboarded. critics call it torture. haspel was adamant she would not allow those techniques at ceo chief. >> i would not restart under any circumstances an interrogation

program at cia, under any circumstances. >> reporter: but democrats pressed further. >> do you believe that the previous interrogation techniques were immoral? >> senator, i believe that cia officers to whom you referred -- >> please answer yes or no. >> what i believe sitting here today is that i support the higher moral standard we have decided to hold ourselves to. >> please answer the question. >> i think i've answered the question. >> no, you've not. >> reporter: during the campaign, president trump supported waterboarding. >> under not only does it work, but that you would bring it back. >> i'd bring back a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding. >> reporter: haspel insisted that she will not bend. >> if this president asked you to do something that you find morally objectionable, will you carry that out, that order, or not? >> senator, my moral compass is strong. i would not allow cia to undertake activity that i thought was immoral even if it was technically legal.

>> reporter: many republicans are saying you will not find a more qualified nominee than gina haspel and right now she does have the support of at least one democrat, senator joe manchin of west virginia, which means as of now, haspel does appear to have enough support to pass the senate. mary bruce, abc news, capitol hill. meanwhile republican senator john mccain is urging his colleagues to vote against haspel's confirmation. the senator from arizona issued a statement saying in part her refusal to acknowledge torture's immorality is disqualifying. mccain was detained and beaten in prison during the vietnam are war and has been an outspoken critic of harsh interrogations. he has brain cancer and is not expected to vote on haspel's nomination himself. tens of thousands may soon be evicted from nursing homes across louisiana. state officials warn that the funds covering their care could dry up in july.

proposed medicaid spending cuts are to close a budget gap. managers are concerned that many residents will have nowhere to go. republican lawmakers say the notices are being used as a scare tactic. and the mormon church is ending its partnership with the boy scouts of america. the church said it needs a more global youth program to match its leadership goals. the mormons and scouts began working together in 1913. 20% of u.s. boy scouts are mormon. the partnership ends at the end of next year. a student decided to grin and bear it when she doesn't like something she heard from a professor, and we do mean bear it. >> cornell senior was upset with the professor who questioned her decision to wear shorts to deliver her thesis. so she responded by stripping down to her underwear in class

as she gave her speech. >> everyone was paying very close attention. she asked some of her classmates to join her. more than two dozen stripped off as well. apparently the professor asked her is that really what you would wear in reference to her shorts that were a little short. and i guess she didn't like that too much, instructions to dress appropriately. >> i mean, you had a nice day in central new york. good excuse to wear shorts. and then some finally. >> she said people have been questioning themselves too much based on the perception of their appearance. so trying to prove a point there. coming up, the baby boy in oklahoma who managed to cheat death while sleeping in his own crib. what his mother saw on the floor the next morning. and we are going inside the half billion dollar company

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likely in the coming weeks with the potential to travel several miles. they also say emissions of ash, steam and sulfur dioxide are also possible. nearly 40 homes and structures have already been destroyed, about 2,000 people have now evacuated. >> so perfect time to go to hilo right about now. it is fascinating to see all that plume and we're just at the beginning. >> and the boulders, they could be as big as ten tons and they are molten boulders and they will be flying into the area. it could be devastating. back to the mainland and search and rescue crews in orlando who will resume their search for a teen who witnesses say was attacked by an alligator. >> he was pulled in to a pond and appeared to struggle before being pulled under.

victor oquendo has more. >> reporter: rescue crews are searching this retention pond, a witness reporting that a teen pulled under by an alligator. >> he sunk down once, you could see his hands kind of going botch the water and then he came up one last time fighting and then he went down again and you didn't see him anymore. >> reporter: teams also using sonar to search the water, but so far finding nothing. >> we've seen alligators out in this water already. >> reporter: they are a rare but real threat. experts say they can lunge at 20 to 30 miles per hour. they say if there is someone in that pond, it is highly likely that they will find them. victor oquendo, abc news. a baby managed to cheat death.

>> andrea johnson found splintered wood in his room and noticed the bar of his crib was messed up and then she found a bullet. >> the crib bar blocked a stray bullet from hitting her son and even more remarkable since the bullet went through the wall of the house, the living room ceiling and an upstairs wall before finally being stopped. >> that is a good crib. >> of course they are looking into where that bullet came from as well. >> they say probably from about a half a mile away. coming up, the communication revolution. >> the company helping to replace language with short looping videos. ng to replace language with short looping videos.

we're back now with a new warning about gifs. >> the short videos could have a long-term negative impact. here's dan harris. >> reporter: they're used in almost everything we use. gifs are a powerful tool. most of us have seen frames like

this, white guy blinking or this one, crying michael jordan. but some are concerned that communicating in short form leads us to stereotype and generalize entire swaths of the population, it's seen by some as a form of cultural appropriation. they can become a digital black face. >> women of color are frequently called on to provide emotions for us. >> reporter: more than 300 million people use giphy's platforms every day. they say they, too, have had to confront this idea of digital black face. >> anytime there's culture put out other cultures will appropriate the culture and it becomes part of mass culture. there is a responsibility for media companies to look at what they're doing and how they are a citizen in this kind of community.

>> reporter: the first gif was created 30 years ago and the first to go viral was the dancing baby. now there are millions of them. with the explosion of gifs is human attention, the average attention span for any one thing is 12 seconds. >> are you sure that the move toward shorter and shorter and shorter is a positive? >> i think there are concerns on the internet. if you think about the average time anyone's watching video on the internet is really small. is it good or bad? don't know yet. >> reporter: this is a psychologist who studies people's relationships with technology. she thinks gifs are leading us to the art of forgetting great communication. >> they're great for some things and terrible language for other things. you start to get attached to your gifs and you forget how

much you're not communicating. >> reporter: adam and alex say they aren't trying to kill conversation. they're just trying to add to it. their success has led to thousands of partnerships, the nfl, comedy central, they all have their own giphy channels. they have celebrities come by and create original content. >> so, you sit up -- >> reporter: they even let me give it a try. lamely. this is vegan leather? hopefully gifs will not replace books or television or heaven forbid, actual human interaction. but they are a part of our digital landscape and everyone should know about them. >> our thanks to dan harris. the mix is next.

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we're going to start things off with an interesting experiment from ikea. they call it the bully a plant experiment. they had students treat both plants the same except to one plant they would say lots of nice things. >> you are a beautiful plant. >> to the other plant they would just criticize that plant and say lots of mean things to the plant. we've heard that talking to your plants is a good thing, but the question is, does it matter what kind of talking? after 30 days the results spoke for themselves. >> 30 days. >> the complimented plant was thriving. the bullied plant struggling. with all these droopy leaves. some brown ones, look at that. the plant looks pitiful. >> what does that say for my office plant. >> oh, wow, oh, my god.

>> you are a disgrace to this plant. you are beautiful. you are wonderful. you is smart. you is -- >> it might also have to do with the fact that -- >> oh. >> -- we used the plant once to create a dirty -- kendis wanted to be trendy. >> i wanted to be fashionable without throwing money. it didn't work. >> sorry, plant. but this side's looking great, so carry on. >> you is smart. you, not so much. okay. let's get to a controversy happening in the burpee world. there was a record set, she claimed that she broke the guinness world record for the most burpees completed. another person says that the previous record holder says those aren't real burpees because she's not going down to the floor and doing the pushup part of it, so she's contesting this record.

she didn't attempt a single traditional burpee. you go all the way down. yeah. >> this is a long-held debate. many people do not consider a traditional burpee to have an official pushup. there should just be another record for the burpee with a full pushup. now to police having fun with a thief. he was stealing a carton full of red bull. but it looks like he didn't enjoy his own product. there he is. big yawn, big yawn.

breaking news this morning on "world news now."

prisoner homecoming. the three americans held in north korea are getting an overnight welcome. and we will hear from president trump as we learn new details about the scheduled summit with kim jong un. also breaking overnight, israel releasing one of the heaviest strikes in syria in years. and now iranian forces there have fired rockets at israel at what could be the first direct attack ever between these two countries. this morning, the middle east on the brink. and the hero pilots of southwest airlines 1380. >> they speak exclusively to abc news in the first interview since their dramatic emergency landing. what they say helped them land that plane after that deadly engine explosion. and backstreet's back all right. >> wait. >> or was it all right? we're checking the boy band's gender bending '90s throwback as they created their own reunion of the spice girls. we'll have that in "the skinny" on this thursday, may 10th.

we start with the breaking news. three korean american men who had been held captive in the north have completed their long journey home. >> their plane landed at joint base andrews early this morning. president trump, the vice president and their wives were there to greet them under a huge american flag. >> yeah, they were released after a 90 minute meeting between the secretary of state and the north korean leader kim jung-un. >> the fact that we were able to get them out so soon was really a tribute to a lot of things including a certain process that is taking place right now, and that process is very important. so we will see what happens. we have a meeting scheduled in a very short period of time, you'll be hearing about it soon. we have the location set.

and we will see if we can do something that people did not think was going to happen for many, many years and a lot of bad things could have happened in between. so i just want to say this is a special night for these three really great people. we're starting off on a new footing. this is a wonderful thing that he released the folks early. that is a big thing. very important to me. and i really think we have a very good chance of doing something very meaningful and if anybody would have said that five years ago, ten years ago, even a year ago, you would have said it is not possible. so a lot of very good things have happened. [ inaudible question ] >> i really think he wants to do something and bring that country into the real world. i really believe that, john.

and i think that we're going to have a success. i think this will be a very big success. it has never been taken this far. there has never been a relationship like this. and we're starting from here. but i really think a lot of progress has been made and we'll see what happens. we're talking about a few weeks, i guess many of you will be with us. but some great things can happen. and that is what we hope. so i want to thank you all. it is very early in the morning. i think you probably broke the all-time in history television rating for 3:00 in the morning, that i would say. but i want to just congratulate, these are three great people and congratulations. >> the president basking in the glow of this release, but also of the possibility of this summit that he says is coming up within the next few weeks. >> that's right, it is a very big moment and the men will head

to walter reed military hospital in washington where they will undergo a full medical evaluation and have the treatment they may require, but they are said to be in good health and as we saw them arrive off that plane, it was all smiles, they waved peace signs. so it looks like they are in good condition and quite happy to be home. >> i did take note there was one reporter that asked them a question and asked them that said how were you treated. and there was a long, long pause. >> there was a very long pause. >> and then finally he said we were treated in different way, one of them had hard labor, but when needed medical treatment, he was given medical treatment. >> yeah, i expect we'll hear more on that. but they will be given medical treatment now as they head to walter reed medical center and of course they will be greeted by their families who no doubt will be very happy to see them. >> and the vice president will be doing the rounds this morning on the morning shows including "good morning america." so the president said we'll know more where his meeting with kim jung-un will be in the next few days. >> singapore is said to be the likely site. the meeting is set to last a day, but it could be extended

into a second day if progress is being made. turning now to the escalating violence in the middle east, israel is blaming iranian forces in syria for launching 20 rockets into the golan heights. israel fired back taking aim at damascus. eight soldiers were killed earlier this week. israel says there were no casualties on their side, but they are vowing not to allow iran to establish itself in syria. and iranians burned american flags in reaction to the u.s. getting out of the nuclear deal. trump says that there would be very severe consequences if they restart their program. oil was trading at its highest level in more than three years at one point on wednesday. it is unclear how much that could impact consumers at the pump.

president trump's long time personal lawyer is brushing off allegations that he was pedaling his influence and access to the president. michael cohen is accused of using a shell company to receive about $4 million in payments from a number of companies including a firm linked to a russian billionaire with close ties to vladimir putin. he was confronted about the allegations laid out in a memo by the attorney for porn star stormy daniels. >> his document is inaccurate. >> how do you feel about you may have changed an election? >> novartis acknowledged paying cohen more than a million dollars. and at&t says he was hired to better understand the president. and the president again is lashing out at the media. tweeting the fake news is working overtime. just reported that despite the tremendous success we're having with the economy and all things else, 91% of the network news

about me is negative, fake. why do we work so hard in working with the media when it is corrupt? take away credentials? despite the twitter rant, sarah sanders insisted the white house is committed to a free press. she cited daily press briefings and access to the president as her proof. the head of the white house correspondents association slammed the tweet saying the free press must be able to report on the good and the bad and preventing that would be an unconscionable assault on the first amendment. storms have been pounding the upper midwest with rain, hail, heavy winds triggering some power outages. check out this funnel cloud spotted over a rural area northwest of milwaukee. the national weather service says it will announce today whether this was an actual tornado. and that storm will combine with another system out of the rockies to produce more severe weather from nebraska to michigan. the system is also threatening parts of the northeast. geologists warn that explosions from the kilauea volcano are likely to send giant

boulders and rocks into the air in the coming weeks. they could travel nearly a mile and the smaller rocks several miles. nearly 40 homes and structures have already been destroyed by the hot lava. about 2,000 people have now been evacuated. and california has taken a major step toward becoming the first state to make solar panels mandatory. the state's energy commission has approved the requirement for solar panels on all new homes starting in 2020. the proposal now goes to the building standards commission for a possible final approval later this year. the solar panels requirement is part of a larger plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. and chocolate lovers may still be in sugar shock after seeing some not so sweet video from poland. >> yeah, there was a big cleanup on a highway outside warsaw, a

tanker carrying at least 12 tons of liquid chocolate flipped over and made a very sweet mess. as the mocha river tied up traffic for hours, drivers weren't too upset given it was clogged by chocolate. >> they did say once -- it was tougher to deal with than snow. >> yeah, once it congealed. >> yeah. not sure if it was hershey on that highway, but a lot of chocolate. >> just go. >> just move on. coming up, police get called to the yale campus because a student was sleeping in her dorm's common area. was she a threat or simply napping while black? and the major comeback for the heartthrob rick moranis. the hollywood bad boy who had disappeared is now back and he is in the skinny. moranis. the hollywood bad boy who had disappeared is now back and he is in the skinny. moranis. he's back and he's in "the skinny." you're watching "world news now."

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oh, yes! yes! oh, yes! yes! yes! >> a soldier is looking at a very serious punishment for the airdrop of three humvees in

germany two years ago. john skipper received a bad conduct discharge. they found he purposely cut the straps on the vehicles' parachutes. yale university officials say they're deeply troubled by a racially sensitive incident. a student who is black shot video of a white student who called campus police on her. she had fallen asleep in the common room of their building. the other woman thought she was an intruder. the issue took more than 15 minutes to resolve because the student's name was misspelled in the database. families are being told they may have to put up if they shout out during graduation. greenville high school officials told students their relatives could be fined for being too noisy. however, local police say that

won't happen, they'll only get involved if someone breaks the law. >> shout away. and we hear for the first time now from two hero southwest airlines pilots who managed to safely land their plane after an engine explosion. >> it smashed a window and killed a passenger. martha raddatz asked about the moment the explosion rocked the plane. >> reporter: describe to me the moment you heard that bang, what kind of bang, what went through your mind? >> it was rather radical, and it yawed, and then it began its own descent. darren handled it beautifully in not trying to force the aircraft to stay on altitude. >> we passed through about 32,000 feet when we had a large bang, and a rapid decompression. >> my first thoughts were

actually, oh, here we go. just because it seemed like a flashback to some of the navy flying that we had done. but really, darren just is very easy to communicate with, and we had to use hand signals, because it was loud, and there was -- it was just hard to communicate for a lot of different reasons. >> they stayed so calm after that event took place. you can see martha's full interview as well as reaction from the captain's husband tomorrow night on 20/20 at 10:00 p.m. eastern time right here on abc. and when we come back, the backstreet boys as the spice girls. and the show that dragged rick moranis out of a 20-year retirement. "the skinny" is next. moranis out of a 20-year retirement. "the skinny" is next. stop fearing your alarm clock... with new*! zzzquil pure zzzs.

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♪ skinny ♪ just give me "the skinny" we have an action-packed skinny for you today starting with the backstreet boys spicing things up. >> they performed for their own crews, and they decided what they really, really want, what they really, really want is to relive the glory days of the

spice girls. >> we've been waiting for a spice girls reunion and they decided to make it happen. they did more than just pose for the cameras, by the way, they performed some of the spice girls' biggest hits. >> they posted this video. so i guess they were lip synching, i assume. >> yeah. >> and they posted that photo to instagram, celebrating all the girl power that's kept us going for 25 years, #spice boys. >> i like it. nick looks good in pigtails. >> i don't know. the people on drag race would not like that at all. rick moranis coming out of retirement. >> '80s heartthrob. moranis couldn't resist reviving his role as dark helmet in

"space balls ". look see. >> take my hand. join me. and together we can rule the galaxy as father and son. >> dude, you're not my dad. >> oh, yeah? then explain this. >> no! that's impossible. i will never join you. >> by the way, "space balls" director mel brooks has hinted that a "space balls 2" could be in the works. i love it. when will then be now? soon. okay, fine, we can move on. you want more?

>> sure, i'll keep going on hershey highway. olivia munn just raised the bar for daughters and sons everywhere. parents with a makeover of her childhood home. and the centerpiece of it all is a chef's kitchen. and she caught the big reveal on camera for the latest episode of "my house." >> this is the kitchen, right? it's really, really special because i want it to work for you. all of it is custommade to fit your tiny height. >> i love my house. i don't have to tiptoe. >> wait, mom, how tall are you? >> 5'2". >> ish. >> munn says if there's anyone who deserves it, it's her mother. i want to hear more about the kitchen. >> speaking of proud mamas, how about celine dion.

>> her 17-year-old son is an aspiring rapper. >> he goes under the name big tip and has dropped two cover songs. remixes of the weeknd and one original song on sound cloud. >> big tip is currently at the top of the r&b chart. >> how does he sound? >> i don't hear rapping, though. >> he is the next great canadian rapper. >> is this rap? >> sort of. i don't know. snow was awesome. >> da, da, da.

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♪ with britain's royal wedding nine days away, we are taking a closer look at meghan markle's road from california to london. >> reporter: as meghan markle nears closer to walking down the aisle, we get a picture of the woman living the dream in la. where she got her first acting gig at 19. >> she was here behind the desk, talking to a doctor, giving him a message. >> just one second. >> reporter: she was cast as a nurse on "general hospital", now he's watching as she's thrust into an even bigger spotlight. >> i was just happy for her. you know, you want anybody to find true love. >> reporter: he says meghan's instincts on camera were undeniable. >> right out of the gate. >> reporter: she did calligraphy for celebrities. splurging at sugarfish.

l.a.'s hottest sushi pot. we're living like meghan. she gave a shout out writing, #trust me. she also posted she dreams of tacos. >> i'm here for a specific reason. to order the tacos that meghan markle dreams about. do you know what i'm talking about? yes, yes. i know why you've been dreaming, meghan, about these, they're delicious. flash forward to when meghan met harry. she had a lesson on drinking tea. owner of the rose tree cottage says she asked the right questions. and when asked how she rated, what would you score her? >> out of ten, i'd say 9.5.

>> reporter: and here at rose tree cottage, they're going to be having viewing parties and special events in honor of this royal wedding. but i love what edmond said. once you have tea here everyone should feel more like a royal. in pasadena, adrian bankert, abc news. >> adrian had a tough time with that assignment. >> so she ate, had great tea. >> struggling. >> a hat from her own personal collection. not bad. so did you see madame tussaud's wax figure? >> there's the new edition, meghan markle in wax form. >> she looks good. harry looks a little stiff.

making news in america this morning, the return to freedom. president trump greets the three american prisoners freed by north korea. this morning their emotional return and new details about the historic summit between president trump and kim jong-un. volcano emergency warning. scientists sound the alarm in hawaii about explosions that could hurl ten-ton boulders into the sky sending rocks flying several miles. the precautions and the concern about a nearby power plant. nursing home crisis. the budget cuts that could soon force the eviction of thousands of elderly and disabled people from their homes and what's being done about it. those stories, plus the best sunscreen for your money. see the brands to look out for this summer. service dog fraud. the pets advertised as specially