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that's triple the population. the entire town is set to be placed on lockdown as early as tomorrow for a pre-wedding rehearsal. meantime, there's a new wrinkle. >> a new report suggests thomas markle may be undergoing heart surgery today. >> reporter: meghan markle's father undergoing heart surgery today. he reportedly checked himself into a hospital in mexico after having a heart attack. just hours earlier, the website reporting that after days of back and forth, markle was planning to attend his daughter's wedding, markle telling tmz i hate the idea of missing one of the greatest moments in history and walking my daughter down the aisle. the 73 year old had reportedly canceled his trip after accusations that he staged these photos with paparazzi. meghan's estranged half sister said she was behind the stunt. >> he wanted to say no.

they have an obligation, an ethical obligation to allow me to be portrayed as i am, living a healthy lifestyle, not caught in unflattering positions as media vultures had done. and, and -- >> there's no bigger media vulture than you, is there, ms. markle? >> reporter: before this setback, meghan markle was hopeful her father would come. the palace now faces a big change of plan. meghan's mother doria now likely to take her daughter down the aisle. the only member of her family to be with her on her big day. >> that's the striking part for me. of the hundreds and hundreds of guests, only one family member will be there? >> i guess so. >> something's -- all right, cool. >> the wheels are turning up here. >> it's great. can't wait to watch.

coming up, an airline pushes back against a prehistoric service animal. and laurel or yanny? "the skinny" and the investigation, next. investigation, next.

♪ skinny ♪ just give me "the skinny" all right, we are leading off "the skinny" this morning with justin timberlake taking care of his adoring fan base. >> one of his super fans got a thrill of a lifetime. nanny. this is betty maloney who was super pumped to get tickets to his man of the woods tour. >> i saved money to go.

>> nammie is pumped. and after seeing the video, timberlake was also pumped, so much so that he wanted to meet nanny when he rolled through town. >> i saw your story. >> did you? >> along with everybody else in the country. >> in the world. >> hey, we have a little gift. >> oh. all right. what is going on here? gettin' hustled. >> the lady asking permission first before she gives him a kiss on the cheek. >> she continued from then on. >> she took advantage of the situation a little bit. >> indeed. >> things get even better for nammie, he gave her a shout out

in front of the whole crowd in orlando, florida. >> wherever you are in the audience tonight -- [cheers and applause] there she is. i love you! >> oh, man, that must have been the thrill of a lifetime. >> there you see her in the crowd. >> nammie's pumped. >> he does a great concert. good for her. next to chris pratt who in "jurassic world" has a great rapport with raptors, but can he fly with them? >> in a new video, they attempt to convince an airline worker to let them bring a velociraptor on the flight as an emotional support service animal. >> i cannot allow that animal on the plane. >> oh, that's okay. she's a service animal. >> she's a dinosaur. >> he needs her for emotional support. >> no. >> yes. please. i get anxiety. i need her to calm me down.

>> we wouldn't have the courage to talk to you right now if she weren't here. >> he's the most cowardly man you've ever seen. >> seems like it would be normal, right? >> why not? >> of course we've had emotional support cats, dogs, monkeys, peacocks. but a raptor? seems fine. >> any raptor? we're buckling down here. by the way, "jurassic world fallen kingdom" comes out june 22nd. >> of course. nice. and finally, john travolta busting a move as only he can, really, really well. okay. so we've seen him in the movies, like saturday night fever, becoming an icon of dance and contributing to disco fever, the 1977 classic spawning some of the greatest dance moves in history.

>> uh-huh, however, these, well, they're not those moves. here's travolta on stage with 50 cent at the cannes film festival. what happened? >> i mean, once you get in a tux, it kind of screws up your whole -- >> oh, that's what it is? the tux? >> he has all the moves. at some point he got the rhythm. >> he needs to get warmed up. >> he was there at the cannes film festival. but it draws to mind this other piece of video we saw. somebody who did really tear it up. >> wow. >> check out our own smokey robinson there. >> i am fanning myself. >> making the moves work for him. >> he was trying to convince congress to force streaming services to pay royalties for older songs. >> he got on stage and said can i get a witness.

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♪ look at the outfit and the hair is on point. ♪ look at the outfit and the hair is on point. >> yeah, yanni. >> forget beyonce, some say this is the best concert ever, yanni, live at the acropolis. >> you might ask, why are we listening to yanni? he is now at the center of a heated internet debate. this is up there with that dress photo, which is clearly stupid because it's white and gold. >> and remember the big debate

over which way would a dog wear pants? of course it's the latter. it's the one on the right. >> so stupid. but now back to yanni. and we're going to fade him out. do you hear yanny or laurel. >> yanny, yanny. >> yanny. >> laurel. >> i think i just heard one yanny. >> people appear to be losing their minds. they're bitterly divided over which word this robot is saying. >> it happens that kendis and i are on opposite sides of the debate. i hear a very clear laurel. >> i hear yanny. >> it has to do with whether your ear is tuned to high frequencies or low frequencies.

so if you mess with the pitch, that can affect which way you you hear it. >> yanny, yanny. >> still yanny. >> laurel, laurel. >> yanny for me. >> laurel, there you go. >> see, i heard two yannys in the beginning. >> jack, are you a yanny or a laurel? >> i hate to come down, you know, be gray in a black and white situation, but i have heard it both ways. >> i've heard that about you. >> you've got those yanny ears going on. >> i thought that was only college experimentation. >> we listened to it back here earlier, and it clearly was laurel. and then all these hits right now, it's been yanny. i think there are two recordings going on.

good morning, i'm kendis gibson. >> and i'm diane macedo. the ash cloud over the kilauea volcano reaches 12,000 feet into the air. the eruption is disrupting air travel and causing power outages. at least three people were killed by falling trees as severe storms swept through the northeast. the storms are also blamed for snarling the evening commute and left tens of thousands of people without power. federal officials say a deadly explosion at a medical building in southern california appears intentional. one person was killed and three injured there in the orange county city. a investigation is under way. and three days before the british royal wedding, super fans are taking their places outside the castle.

they are bracing for a lockdown as early as tomorrow. those are some of our top stories on this wednesday, may 16th. from abc news, this is "world news now." we begin this half hour with the latest from the active volcano in hawaii. >> the ash plume over kilauea is rising as much as 12,000 feet in the air and the national weather service issued an alert about ash fall. the volcano's cracks are also emitting poisonous gas. >> meanwhile, frequent explosions rock the area. matt gutman is there. >> reporter: scientists predicted the ash would blacken the sky over kilauea. and a 20th fissure pumping out clouds of sulfur dioxide. officials here declared a condition red with the gas

posing an immediate danger to health. we drove through that area. some of the roads impassable. these plants haven't been burned. it is some of the fumes that have actually killed them over the past ten days of continuous exposure to this hazardous gas. at least five new eruptions since saturday, rattling some 400 residents who stayed. shaking your house. >> oh, yeah. every five seconds, boom, boom. >> reporter: barely a half-mile away there are explosions and rock. sending those boulders hundreds of feet in the air. you can see the heat radiating. much of that lava from kilauea. the lava is finally starting to hit the water table, triggering an explosive eruption which could blast rock and boulders for miles around. the national weather service is warning that the ash and gas

being spewed out by those eruptions is hazardous. people who live nearby should avoid exposure to the outside. they're also warning that this could last for weeks to come. volcanologists say it could smother parts of the island, closing the airports. matt ghut man, abc news, hawaii. >> it is having a widespread impact. most of hawaii's major tourist areas are not currently affected by kilauea, but that could change. >> accuweather's paul williams explains the situation. paul? >> well, diane and kendis, thus far we've been quite fortunate and quite lucky. take a look so you can get a view of what we're talking about here. this is where we have the problem and the wind direction has been carrying the volcanic ash and activity out away from the islands where you have vacationers, so far it's working in our favor. things don't necessarily stay that way. we have changes coming in the

upper atmosphere. here's the big problem. lava flow continuing. this is going to be an ongoing eruption. it's not stopping. we can't say okay we've had enough. we have ground cracks happening, dangerous air quality along with frequent earthquakes. so hilo, throughout the entire island where we have the initial push of the volcano, it's staying active and although the winds are in our favor for now, it won't necessarily stay that way. it could change as early as next week. we're still waiting to see. breaking overnight, a closely-watched senate race is set. lou barletta will face robert casey in november. it could determine the balance of the senate.

and newt bueller will take on kate brown. oregon hasn't elected a republican governor since the '80s. and two parents who lost their daughters in the florida high school massacre are running for county school board. they announced their candidacy the together. they say they want to change the system that they say let the gunman fall through the cracks. the election is at the end of august. overseas, north korea issued another warning overnight saying kim jong un would rather walk away from an upcoming summit with president trump than bow to u.s. pressures and demands. hours earlier, the north pulled out of a high level meeting with south korea. apparently, they're angry about the joint u.s./south korea military drills now under way. and israel is sending truck loads of humanitarian aid to the gaza strip. but nikki haley is coming to israel's defense.

she walked out of an emergency meeting before the palestinian representative had a chance to speak. here's terry moran. >> reporter: ivanka trump and jared kushner bidding israel farewell after opening the u.s. embassy in jerusalem. fanfare and fireworks, their work now behind them. they also left behind this. more clashes throughout gaza and the west bank. in bethlehem, israeli forces firing tear gas from vehicle-mounted launchers. in ramallah we saw protesters hurling stones with slingshots in a running battle that lasted for hours. the palestinians are throwing stones. israelis responding with tear gas and the occasional rubber bullet. there have been several injured. no fatalities. in gaza, two protesters were killed, but it was more a day of grieving the 60 killed here, babies suffocated by tear gas laid to rest.

and other funerals anger and defiant. the trump administration standing 100% behind israel amid calls for an investigation of the violence. nikki haley rejecting any suggestion that israeli troops may have used excessive force. >> no country in this chamber would act with more restraint than israel has. >> reporter: then -- as the palestinian ambassador prepared to speak, haley walked out. palestinians are calling what happened here a massacre. and they have recalled their envoy from washington, rejecting any further talks, but they know they are a powerless people in the world right now. as one man put it to me, what can we do to stop any of this? we just have to take it. terry moran, abc news, jerusalem. >> our thanks to terry there. that company that mined facebook about its users apparently is in new trouble. the "new york times" reports the justice department and fbi are investigating cambridge analytica. the agencies are questioning former employees as well as

banks that handled its business. the company has said it would shut down and declare bankruptcy. and an alarming report now about pregnancy. researchers say about 700 women die of pregnancy-related causes every year in the u.s. that's the highest maternal death rate among all developed countries. >> and while those rates have been climbing here they've been falling dramatically elsewhere. brad mielke looks at the reasons why. >> hey, guys, coming at you from the "start here" studio. health care for infants has basically never been better. the mortality rate continues to go down. but in the u.s., only the u.s., the death rate for mothers during childbirth is going up. dr. jennifer ashton is abc's chief medical correspondent and an ob/gyn and is explaining why more mothers are dying as they give birth. >> women are dying in three important time periods, during pregnancy, they're dying unfortunately and shockingly during labor and delivery.

and then they're dying postpartum, a big part of it is what goes on in the hospital when a woman is in labor. >> she says a big part of this is that babies do take so much of our attention that even medical staffs don't always give mothers the attention they need. you can hear the entire conversation with dr. ashton on "start here" later this morning. check it out on apple podcast. and her report will air on "nightline" later tonight. >> our thanks to brad there. famed author tom wolfe has died. he produced "bonfire of the vanities". he was a pioneer of a literary style known as new journalism. two amazon customers are complaining about being charged sky high shipping prices. a woman in georgia says she was charged $7500 to ship three cases of toilet paper.

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mcdonald's employees near milwaukee is serving up punches instead of egg mcmuffins. the argument was apparently over how much food was being made. ah, man. it soon became a brawl involving most of the restaurant's employees. maybe it's something in the water. i don't know. a customer became violent at the same mcdonald's this spring because she said her order wasn't made properly. >> they need more happy meals there. >> they really do. we're getting our first look this morning at dramatic video catching a cliff collapsing into

a river in washington state. this was east of seattle, blamed on near record flooding from snow melt warmed by recent high temperatures. and an asteroid that was lost by tracking satellites eight years ago buzzed the earth. it was about the size of the statue of liberty, the closest an asteroid has come to earth in 100 years. did you feel the breeze? >> yeah, it clipped my hair. the names of more fallen law enforcement officers have just been added to a national wall in washington. >> a colorado sheriff's deputy is among them, and fellow officers are sharing details of the ambush that claimed his life. here's clayton sandell. >> reporter: the officers caught in this harrowing ambush are speaking out for the first time. >> this was never like anything i ever imagined.

>> reporter: it is new year's eve, a mentally ill man dials 911. he is barricaded. >> sheriff's office! >> reporter: the douglas county, colorado sheriff's department tries to help. four deputies are shot, including 29-year-old zach parish. he does not survive. >> my first thought is my friend's down, i need to go get him. i move him probably two, three feet, that's when the next volley of rounds start coming out. >> i ran into the room, just looking for some kind of concealment. i saw a window. so i broke the window, and then proceeded to jump out of it. >> i'm hit! i'm hit! >> reporter: hours later, suspect matthew riehl is killed. parish is honored. >> that is the type of man that if you had told that team someone is going to die tonight, zach would have said, i'm still going in there.

>> reporter: clayton sandell, denver. >> unbelievable to see that footage. >> you realize there's nothing routine about the work they do. >> no. >> absolutely troubling there. dozens of police officers were on hand when a little boy returned to school in terre haute. >> this was such an emotional scene here. this is 5-year-old dakota pitts who wore his father's badge around his neck. his father was fatally shot while trying to apprehend a homicide suspect. mom had asked for just a couple volunteers to welcome him and help him make it back to school on his first day back. >> he said he was super duper surprised and loved it when he saw all those officers show up to escort him to school. >> such an emotional scene. >> yeah. coming up, we're doing a deep dive into our abc news vault and continuing our series on past royal weddings. >> the couple still going strong next on "world news now."

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well, it's sort of about that time when many brides and grooms ask themselves, it's not too late, is it? >> that's not what they're asking themselves right now, no. let's hope maggie -- maggie, i just merged their names. let's hope harry and meghan aren't having cold feet. certainly not the case when prince edward, when he and sophie reece jones tied the knot. >> edward's marriage is still going strong. let's open up the vault to 1999 for that royal wedding. >> paul beryl who was princess diana's close confidante. that's beryl in 1986. so we asked him to cover saturday's nuptial between prince edward and sophie reece jones.

>> no matter how many marriages they've seen or divorces, the british love a wedding. crowds of people lined streets. >> i've never watched a royal wedding before, this is my first time. and i'm excited. >> while the crowd was excited as ever, one couldn't help but notice the atmosphere inside the chapel was different from weddings past. the occasion was less stuffy and more relaxed. it was a wedding of compromise. never before had the queen of england yielded so much. they had an enormous say in the guest list. >> we've got to move with the times. i think the queen knows this. >> i sophie -- >> and so does her new daughter-in-law. a 34-year-old public relations executive, sophie's had many years experience dealing with the press and royal protocol.

she enters the marriage knowing exactly what to expect. even the title bestowed on the royal couple is a compromise. countess. and finally, the moment we'd all been waiting for. the newlyweds taking a carriage ride through the streets of windsor. >> she had the wave off to a t, didn't she? >> britains have seen this before. britains are hoping that this will be the royal marriage the one that lasts. >> so far so good on that front. apparently rather than court dress, they asked people to dress in formal dress and no hats at that wedding. >> is that right? >> they wanted it to be more informal. >> by the way, those two, their

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he returned it to the neighbors on monday. they said that they just lost it back in 2011. they're glad the safe is safe. >> did they give him a reward? >> not sure if they did. they said thank you. over to a teen in pennsylvania getting a lot of attention because of her unusual prom date. she decided to go with danny devito. but she took it a step further. not only did she take danny devito, but a two-dimensional danny devito. she had trouble finding a date. she went full-on with the cutout. it had wheels on it. she put it on a segue scooter so she could roll it around. apparently her classmates had a field day. they enjoyed boogying down with danny devito. >> it's kind of like our rob nelson cutout that's also movable. two dimensional. >> how about the other guy? >> i'm not really sure.

is that neymar? >> you know very well, it's the best soccer player in the world. okay. let me show you this interesting video. a golden retriever and a baby in bangkok. they get into a little bit of a fight over a ball. who's going to win? >> looks like the dog's winning so far. >> yeah, the dog. both of them had their eye on the same toy. >> baby's coming in for a comeback. baby's coming back. >> ah. >> the dog's not having it, though, is it? >> they fight for it a little while. baby's like, no, i got this. dog's coming back for it. >> seems like the royal rumble. >> he's just kind of -- >> hanging out. >> what's going on, kendis. >> is that weird? does that bug you out? >> hey, not weird at all. no. no. not weird. >> best soccer player in the

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this morning on "world news now," storms slammed the northeast. >> powerful and deadly storms tear across ten states bringing torrential rains and devastating winds. one town closed all of its roads because of the destruction and downed trees on train tracks brought the evening commute to a halt. we're tracking the recovery efforts. north korea's mixed message. kim jong un threatening to cancel the upcoming summit between him and president trump. the white house caught off guard. new reporting from the region just coming in. professional golfer lucas glover's wife is fighting domestic violence charges this morning after allegedly attacking him after he played a bad round. while there's uncertainty over who will be at the royal wedding, one thing is for certain. there shall be hats.

lots of them. >> woo-hoo! >> so come with me and diane as we try to class up this joint for the festivities. it is wednesday, may 16th. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> you're getting your hair ready. >> i think it's going to take more than hats by the way to class up the joint. but we're going to try. >> that never classes up any joint. >> that's not the kind of hat we're talking about, but i like it. >> the yankees cap never classes up anything. >> i don't have time to fight with you right now. our top story this morning is the extreme weather in the northeast. at least three people are dead after powerful storms marched through the region. >> winds gusted as high as 60 miles an hour, knocking down trees and power lines. thousands are without electricity overnight. >> the storms hit at the height of evening rush hour, causing major travel delays. one commuter rail suspended

service completely as thousands jammed grand central terminal looking for a way to get home. >> that actually looks like a normal day, but a lot of people were stranded for a while. >> yeah. >> but then this did take a deadly turn. about an hour north, in newburgh, new york, a 11-year-old girl died when a tree fell onto that vehicle. the town closed all the roads to traffic because of so many trees and downed power lines. >> gio benitez has a look at some of the hardest-hit areas. >> reporter: powerful storms lashing the northeast. on interstate 87, torrential rain making it impossible to see. tractor-trailers smashing. workers racing to clear trees from the roadway. hail, some as large as tennis ball size, destroying windshields. >> oh, my goodness. look at the whole truck. >> reporter: those storm clouds rolling into new york city. >> this is a really dangerous situation as we go into the

early evening hours. >> reporter: wind gusts downing trees and knocking out power for almost half a million customers across the region. overnight, powerful straight-line winds pummeling the mid atlantic. tornado warnings and wind gusts toppling 60 miles per hour at dulles airport. travelers forced to huddle underground. a fire at this home. >> it struck this roof. it caused quite a fire. 70 firefighters had to empty out that attic so they could get this blaze out. >> reporter: further west, hail turned roads into rivers near denver. and four tornados reported in kansas. and this coming right at a terrible time, right in the evening commute home. but we're seeing problems at the airports. hundreds of flights canceled or delayed. gio benitez, abc news, new york. >> that's quite an image from that particular airport, those two lightning strikes. that storm system is now moving

offshore. >> the strongest cells are near baltimore and washington but new storms are expected today. >> paul williams has been tracking it all overnight, good morning, paul. >> good morning, diane, kendis. unfortunately, more unsettled weather. not only there, but we're bracing for thunderstorms to rip their way through texas along with numerous reports of hail and wind, combining forces with the humid air on the east coast and for the northwest corner, widespread showers and thunderstorms and on thursday, bracing for another round of severe thunderstorms in the center of the country. we turn now to north korean leader kim jong un threatening to pull the plug on the upcoming summit with president trump. after months of easing tensions, kim was apparently ticked off by annual military drills. tara paul palmieri has the latest. >> reporter: talks with north korea hitting a roadblock ahead of a summit between president trump and kim jong un.

north korea suspending talks with south korea. the north korean central news agency calling the drills an intentional military provocation, this coming days after north korea released three american detainees as a sign of goodwill. >> i think he did this because i really think he wants to do something and bring the country into the real world. >> reporter: now north korea notifying counterparts in south korea that they're canceling their meeting set for wednesday. kim jong un was quoted as saying that he understands the need for these exercises to continue. last month president trump praising kim jong un, claiming that he's ready to denuclearize. >> he really has been very open and i think very honorable. >> reporter: but the state department and white house caught flatfooted. >> we have not heard anything from that government or the government of south korea to indicate that we would not

continue conducting these exercises or that we would not continue planning for our meeting between president trump and kim jong un next month. >> reporter: it's still unclear the impact of the threat on the summit scheduled for june 12th in singapore. white house press secretary sarah sanders said we are aware of the south korean media report. the united states will look at what north korea has said independently and continue to coordinate closely with our allies. >> the white house caught off guard by that announcement from north korea. we're going to move on. israel is facing international condemnation after its soldiers killed 60 palestinian protesters on the gaza border. there was no justification for what you're seeing there, said an envoy. nikki haley denied the violence had anything to do with the opening of the u.s. embassy in jerusalem. however, the violence took place on the same day as the opening and only 40 miles away. she blamed hamas for the violence. she walked out of the meeting as a palestinian ambassador

prepared to speak. and a nominee to head the cia is expected to be confirmed after winning the support of five democrats. gina haspel wrote a letter to senators clarifying her position on enhanced interrogation. she said she learned hard lessons after 9/11 when she supervised a detention center for terror suspects. she now says she does not condone these tactics. president trump joked at a luncheon that support for his wife is so high he made her promise not to run against him. and more than three years since it opened on broadway, it is still nearly impossible to get tickets to see "hamilton." >> but if you are a former president, "hamilton" comes to you. george h.w. bush snagged a

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she was shot and killed in the driveway of her parents' home in pennsylvania on mother's day in a hail of bullets. she was suspended last november after a police report was leaked involving her in a parked car with a 17-year-old student. no charges were ever filed in that case. this is a strange one. the pga golfer lucas glover predicts that his wife will be cleared of charges after being arrested over the weekend. krista glover is arrested on a domestic violence charge after he didn't play well. the report says he told an officer his wife often starts arguments with him when he plays poorly. krista glover faces a court date at the end of this month. >> that's a lot of pressure. >> it is a lot of pressure. lebron james may also be feeling pressure after playing well for the cleveland

cavaliers, but apparently not well enough for the celtics. >> not at all. 21 points in the first quarter. but the celtics dominated the second half. boston winning 107-94. they're up two games to zip. game three saturday night. and at the other end of the nba spectrum, the phoenix suns won last night's draft lottery giving them the first choice at next month's draft. they had the worst record this season and have missed the playoffs for eight straight years, hopefully that draft pick pays off. this is the year. >> they've been saying that for eight years. >> this time. the tampa bay lightning struck back in the nhl playoff series against the capitals. lightning scoring three times in the second period. they won it 4-2. the caps lead the series, two games to one. the lightning can try to tie it up tomorrow night. coming up, meghan markle's father wants to go to the wedding after all, but a new health battle could make that impossible.

but first, the fashion expected at the wedding, including the fascinating world of fascinators. we'll see if we have the style to pull off this season's hottest head wear. you're watching world nows now. . . watching world nows now.

♪ going out of my head ♪ over you ♪ out of my head ♪ over you all right, get those dance moves ready. because the royal wedding is just a few days away, and we are ready. >> while meghan is still trying to figure out who's going to be in her wedding party, we could totally step in at a moment's notice. we've been doing our homework, studying their nuptials. >> we've checked out all the outfits. while we may not have technically been invited to the wedding, we may have another way in. >> if we blend in, we can sneak in. >> how do we blend in with the crowd? >> i've got an idea. it just so happened we were at east village hats that has a selection of hats for just about any occasion, and we do mean any

occasion. we need hats for the royal wedding and you have a lot of hats. >> mm-hm. >> where to begin. >> that looks good. >> this is definitely an older generation hat. >> i wouldn't have to do my makeup in this one. >> coordinates. >> perfectly and matching is the royal thing. maybe they're not ready for food hats. >> i know you said no food, but how about dessert? >> it's not about food. >> let me show you how it's done. you're supposed to get inspiration, right? >> right. >> this is my inspiration. this is get out. >> get out! >> to the beach in coney island. >> really?

no, no, no, no, no. this is my tay diggs. >> perfect. >> i'm inspired by this one. 12 years a slave? if slavery was a choice, i'd wear this. you don't like my inspiration. clearly. >> i want to take you a little more formal. >> i found it! >> oh, wait, i see it too. oh, yeah, we got it, we got it. >> this is it. for the royal wedding! >> well, you're perfect. >> yes, thank you! >> for kentucky derby. >> eventually, julia takes matters into her own hands. >> that looks demure-y. >> it doesn't feel quite enough. >> ooh, this is nice. >> i've got a golden ticket! are we going to the chocolate factory, willy wonka?

>> now we are talkin'. >> can we get it a little more height maybe? >> i look very debontae? debutante? >> debonair? >> debonair. >> not discreet. you're not sneaking anywhere in that hat. >> not a fan of polka dots. >> ladylike. appropriate, although black is a problematic color. >> i like the veil, though. >> it is automatic botox. >> more veil, more veil! >> peter pan. >> peter pan! >> flying off from london to neverland. >> look at that. no, not really. makes my face look fat. >> still unable to find the perfect headgear, we decided to go custom. >> so, here's your hat all shaped and ready to go. >> my head is not that big. >> you don't think so?

>> this is the brim at the bottom. we're going to take that out. >> ooh. >> fantastic. >> that's a beautiful hat. >> really wish you could see what you look like right now. >> when we get that together, you're going to look really, really fabulous. we're going to shape it and trim it. ready? >> that is a lot of work. i like it! thank you, perfect, bye, good luck. we're going to sneak in. >> what about me? >> uh, good luck. >> all right, julia, forget that guy, let's do this. >> we're going to make these little elements and these twisting. >> ooh, that's pretty. >> so that we can make you your very own unique hat. >> okay. >> we're going to fold the whole thing in half. we're going to pull.

>> that actually worked. >> yeah, right? this is where the muscles come. we can work on the next part, which is going to be the lily. >> that looks hard. >> we're going to fold them diagonally in half. >> wow, how did that happen? it's a little withered or something. i made a lily! >> now we can start designing with our elements. >> it's really coming together. >> right. we'll pop this guy in here. >> this is fun. julia, i love it. >> you look great. you're totally going to get in. >> kendis will be on the curb. take that, kendis! bye! >> bye. >> there's no way they're getting in. >> poor, poor julia. >> we're totally getting -- look at us, we're totally getting in. >> you look amazing. you coordinated. it is awesome. i look as if -- >> i got a little carried away trying these on, this was way too much fun.

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it is your hump day mix time, and we beg the question, what the heck is going on in wisconsin? so -- >> also we want to come visit. >> yeah. so the centers for disease control came out with a list of the drunkest cities in the country. cities basically where per capita people are drinking excessively every day. so number three on the list, drunkest city? appleton, wisconsin. >> okay. >> okay. what's number two on the list? maybe somewhere in the south? okay. eau claire. number one has to be like california? green bay, wisconsin. that said, eight of the top 20 drunkest cities in the country? guess what state?

>> i'm thinking wisconsin. >> wisconsin. >> well done, jack! >> wisconsin. >> what is going on over there? >> wow. is it like some two for one deals? >> i wonder if we have a higher concentration of viewers in wisconsin? we also have a look at the driest -- >> imagine the beer goggles in wisconsin. >> driest cities? third going to beckley, west virginia. >> all right, beckley. >> second, st. george, utah. first, provo-orem, utah. the driest metro area in all of the united states. >> get your catalog and now get a drink in provo. move on to the squirrels here who, innovative, i would say. this is michigan resident kellen

moore who has found that these pine cones were hidden in his car. >> oh, no. >> he heard the strange noises coming from the engine in his car and he discovered hundreds of pine cones under the hood of the vehicle. he and his co-worker took 45 minutes to actually clear out the engine bay of the car. >> oh, my goodness. the squirrel was hiding them away, huh? nice and warm in there. and finally, we reported extensively about toys "r" us bankruptcy. one customer decided to take advantage and buy balls, and the result is probably the happiest dog we've ever seen. >> the happiest human we will ever see. >> this dog cannot get enough. he flies through the air. he swims through the balls. and we are all jealous right now. >> awesome. i just realized who i look like. the monopoly guy. >> oh, my goodness! you do!

this morning on "world news now," a new statement coming in from north korean leader kim jong un, threatening to pull the plug on his upcoming summit with president trump. we have details on what's behind this new threat and how the u.s. is reacting. also right now thousands of people without power across the northeast as a series of deadly storms roared through the region leaving behind a path of destruction. and there's more in store for today. and nightmare in the cockpit. >> a plane's windshield blew out mid flight, filling the jet with air as cold as 40 below zero. and never before have two words caused such a rift on the internet. some people are unable to trust their ears and some thinking they're losing their minds on

this wednesday, may 16th. from abc news this is "world news now." >> it's mind-boggling. >> we'll break that down a little bit later on, but we'll start with the strange new statement from north korea overnight, reiterating its threat to pull out of next month's summit with president trump. >> one of kim jong un's top officials took direct aim at john bolton saying he's provoking north korea and warned the president not to follow in the footsteps of his predecessors. jonathan carl has more. >> reporter: at the triumphant late-night return of american prisoners, president trump made it clear he has high hopes for his meeting with kim jong un. >> i really think he wants to do something and bring their country into the real world.

>> reporter: but a setback. angry about annual joint military exercises now under way, north korea abruptly canceled a meeting with south korea scheduled for today. the north korean central news agency added this message. the united states will also have to undertake careful deliberations about the fate of the planned u.s./north korean summit in light of this military ruckus. the development seemed to catch the state department off guard. north korea had agreed to let those military exercises proceed as the summit was being planned. >> we have not heard anything from that government or the government of south korea to indicate we would discontinue conducting these exercises. >> reporter: it's a setback, but unclear how big a setback. secretary of state mike pompeo greeting kim jong un warmly in pyongyang. the president was even asked about the nobel peace prize. >> do you deserve the nobel peace prize?

>> everyone thinks so, but i would never say it. >> reporter: and the white house raised expectations for the summit, even though it is only scheduled to last for a single day. what does the president think can be done in a single day with kim jong un? >> certainly, the best outcome would be an agreement for complete and total denuclearization. >> reporter: there is no indication the united states is willing to put an end to those joint military exercises with south korea. the only reaction so far from the white house to what north korea has said comes from the press secretary, sarah sanders, who says the u.s. will continue to coordinate with our allies. jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. >> but i just made dinner reservations on the 12th in singapore. i made hotel reservations, they're all set. >> i'm so sorry to inconvenience you. >> it's beyond a refund point. >> that's why we're watching this so closely, because of kendis' reservations.

>> diplomacy is clearly not an easy thing as this proves. >> we will keep an eye on that. hopefully they will patch things up. but we could learn more today about that june 2016 meeting at trump tower. >> it involved donald trump jr., the russian lawyer and other campaign officials. this morning the senate judiciary committee is releasing transcripts of interviews conducted with six of the eight-known participants. the purpose was that the russian lawyer would deliver damaging information about hillary clinton. congressman lou barletta was the winner of yesterday's primary, he is a staunch supporter of president trump and he will challenge robert casey in what will be a closely-watched race in november. there was also primary voting in nebraska, idaho and oregon. you can see more about those on our facebook page wnnfans.com. and at least three are dead after a series of severe storms.

>> the strongest activity is in new jersey and below. flash flood warnings are in effect in baltimore and washington. >> roughly 50 miles north of new york city a 11-year-old girl was killed when a tree fell and struck that car that she was unloading with her mother. >> the falling trees and high winds also knocked down power lines. thousands of people are spending the night in the dark. >> the local airports had to shut down for a little while, including this one that serves the hartford, connecticut area, where the control tower was evacuated. and there were so many stuck commuters at new york's grand central terminal, entrances were closed for a time. more bad weather is likely in the northeast today. here's accuweather's paul williams with the details. >> good morning, kendis, diane. another round of showers and thunderstorms in pittsburgh,

d.c., new york and will reach into the tennessee valley region as well as the southeast. drenching thunderstorms. once again, raleigh, all the way down to the most southern tip of florida. then the northwest corner of the country. and by late week you think we get a break. not happening. more widespread showers to the west. storms throughout the southeast by late in the week. kendis, diane? >> we're in quite a spring pattern there, paul. thank you. police, hazmat teams and the fbi are investigating a deadly explosion at a medical building south of los angeles. one person was killed and at least three others injured in the blast. we're now getting a look at the damage inside the office next door. the explosion inside the two-story building triggered evacuations at a daycare across the street. and firefighters led very small children outside, some of them inside their cribs. >> wow.

>> we heard a very large boom, and i actually felt the building shake. i could feel it while i was sitting in the chair. we actually could see where part of the building had blown out. >> the fbi says there was no initial indication of terrorism, but a federal official told the associated press this was likely an intentional act, possibly involving a package. investigators haven't yet located an explosive device. hawaii's big island is facing a new danger this morning. the kilauea volcano is spewing ash up to 12,000 feet in the air. firefighters are warning people away from the area, and the utility company warns that the ash could knock out power. and meanwhile, the air quality is very unhealthy. lava is flowing from only one opening but officials say that could change. aviation officials in china are trying to figure out what caused a jet's windshield to shatter, partially sucking the

co-pilot outside the plane. the jet was flying at 32,000 feet, passengers enjoying breakfast at the time when the nightmare started. >> reporter: chaos on board a seemingly routine flight in china. passengers on board this sichuan flight heard a loud bang and then the plane dropped sharply. the pilot struggling to keep control. in these photos, you can see why. one panel of the windshield completely missing. the pilot said it broke without warning at 30,000 feet in the air, instantly sucking part of his co-pilot's body outside the plane. luckily he was belted in. but the missing window filled the cockpit with freezing air. it was so noisy he couldn't hear the radio. after a few minutes the flight crew had things under control. it's similar to an incident last

month, debris from an engine broke a passenger's window partly sucking her outside. on the chinese jet a flight attendant was treated for minor injuries. and the co-pilot suffered scratches and a sprained wrist. >> wow. >> one passenger said the earache from the decompression was so bad she thought her ear was bleeding. the longest 20 minutes of her life. that is an understatement there. >> scary. coming up, the latest on who is expected at the royal wedding. >> if meghan markle's father can't make it, who will walk her down the aisle? >> and see why it pays off to make viral videos with grandma. first here's a look at today's forecast. "world news now" weather, sponsored by my pillow. sponsored by my pillow.

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that's triple the population. the entire town is set to be placed on lockdown as early as tomorrow for a pre-wedding rehearsal. meantime, there's a new wrinkle. >> a new report suggests thomas markle may be undergoing heart surgery today. >> reporter: meghan markle's father undergoing heart surgery today. he reportedly checked himself into a hospital in mexico after having a heart attack. just hours earlier, the website reporting that after days of back and forth, markle was planning to attend his daughter's wedding, markle telling tmz i hate the idea of missing one of the greatest moments in history and walking my daughter down the aisle. the 73 year old had reportedly canceled his trip after accusations that he staged these photos with paparazzi. meghan's estranged half sister said she was behind the stunt.

>> he wanted to say no. they have an obligation, an ethical obligation to allow me to be portrayed as i am, living a healthy lifestyle, not caught in unflattering positions as media vultures had done. and, and -- >> there's no bigger media vulture than you, is there, ms. markle? >> reporter: before this setback, meghan markle was hopeful her father would come. the palace now faces a big change of plan. meghan's mother doria now likely to take her daughter down the aisle. the only member of her family to be with her on her big day. >> that's the striking part for me. of the hundreds and hundreds of guests, only one family member will be there? >> i guess so. >> something's -- all right, cool. >> the wheels are turning up here. >> it's great. can't wait to watch.

coming up, an airline pushes back against a prehistoric service animal. and laurel or yanny? "the skinny" and the investigation, next. investigation, next.

♪ skinny ♪ just give me "the skinny" all right, we are leading off "the skinny" this morning with justin timberlake taking care of his adoring fan base. >> one of his super fans got a thrill of a lifetime. nammie. this is betty maloney who was super pumped to get tickets to his man of the woods tour.

>> i saved money to go. >> nammie is pumped. and after seeing the video, timberlake was also pumped, so much so that he wanted to meet nanny when he rolled through town. >> i saw your story. >> did you? >> along with everybody else in the country. >> in the world. >> hey, we have a little gift. >> oh. all right. what is going on here? gettin' hustled. >> the lady asking permission first before she gives him a kiss on the cheek. >> she continued from then on. >> she took advantage of the situation a little bit. >> indeed. >> things get even better for nammie, he gave her a shout out in front of the whole crowd in

orlando, florida. >> wherever you are in the audience tonight -- [cheers and applause] there she is. i love you! >> oh, man, that must have been the thrill of a lifetime. >> there you see her in the crowd. >> nammie's pumped. >> he does a great concert. good for her. next to chris pratt who in "jurassic world" has a great rapport with raptors, but can he fly with them? >> in a new video, they attempt to convince an airline worker to let them bring a velociraptor on the flight as an emotional support service animal. >> i cannot allow that animal on the plane. >> oh, that's okay. she's a service animal. >> she's a dinosaur. >> he needs her for emotional support. >> no.

>> yes. please. i get anxiety. i need her to calm me down. >> we wouldn't have the courage to talk to you right now if she weren't here. >> he's the most cowardly man you've ever seen. >> seems like it would be normal, right? >> why not? >> of course we've had emotional support cats, dogs, monkeys, peacocks. but a raptor? seems fine. >> any raptor? we're buckling down here. by the way, "jurassic world fallen kingdom" comes out june 22nd. >> of course. nice. and finally, john travolta busting a move as only he can, really, really well. okay. so we've seen him in the movies, like saturday night fever, becoming an icon of dance and contributing to disco fever, the 1977 classic spawning some of

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♪ look at the outfit and the hair is on point. >> yeah, yanni. >> forget beyonce, some say this is the best concert ever, yanni, live at the acropolis. >> you might ask, why are we listening to yanni? he is now at the center of a heated internet debate. this is up there with that dress photo, which is clearly stupid because it's white and gold. >> and remember the big debate over which way would a dog wear

pants? of course it's the latter. it's the one on the right. >> so stupid. but now back to yanni. and we're going to fade him out. do you hear yanny or laurel. >> yanny, yanny. >> yanny. >> laurel. >> i think i just heard one yanny. >> people appear to be losing their minds. they're bitterly divided over which word this robot is saying. >> it happens that kendis and i are on opposite sides of the debate. i hear a very clear laurel. >> i hear yanny. >> it has to do with whether your ear is tuned to high frequencies or low frequencies. so if you mess with the pitch, that can affect which way you you hear it.

>> yanny, yanny. >> still yanny. >> laurel, laurel. >> yanny for me. >> laurel, there you go. >> see, i heard two yannys in the beginning. >> jack, are you a yanny or a laurel? >> i hate to come down, you know, be gray in a black and white situation, but i have heard it both ways. >> i've heard that about you. >> you've got those yanny ears going on. >> i thought that was only college experimentation. >> we listened to it back here earlier, and it clearly was laurel. and then all these hits right now, it's been yanny. i think there are two recordings going on. >> i only hear yanni. >> yanni and his jokes. it is yanny.

morning america." making news in america this morning, severe storms slamming the northeast. falling trees crushing cars. a young girl among those killed and overnight the high water rescues including a train stranded in four feet of floodwater. breaking overnight, a new move from north korea. kim jong-un is now threatening to cancel the upcoming summit with president trump. the white house demand that may have crossed the line. cockpit horror. an airline co-pilot is partially sucked out of this plane when the windshield cracks. new details on how he survived. those stories, plus the new drama today surrounding the royal wedding. what the palace is saying now. caught on camera, the ultimate doggie paddle as this pooch comes to the rescue saving another dog struggling in the water. and the trend in pop music.