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oh, it's time for the hard court. and if are you the hibernating kind and woke up at this time every year, the only two pro basketball teams you've seen play the past few years are the cleveland cavaliers and the golden state warriors. >> yep, and tonight they meet again for the fourth straight nba final showdown between these two teams, it's happening right here on abc. let's get you caught up. the golden state warriors are known for speed and skill. with kevin durant ready for action with his apparently loose-fitting shoes that keep falling off. >> they can't stay on. >> he owns his own sneaker line.

>> steph curry is looking for threes. >> lebron has been gearing up for the series ever since posting this workout video. he hastagged it #i hear them praying on my downfall. >> let's kick it old school to t.j. holmes who's there with behind the scenes with action. >> reporter: i am behind the scenes at oracle arena, where i have spent a lot of time over the past four years, but it's about to happen again. this is not exactly the matchup a lot of people wanted, but it's historical. one of greatest teams of a generation going up against one of the greatest player of a generation, maybe of all time. this is where they will run out to get onto the court.

this is where the media had to walk through to get to the court. we come through the tunnel, walk out. and what's happening right now is the cavs are going through their practice. the warriors had theirs, but now the cavs are doing their thing. come head this way. >> excuse me. >> reporter: so here they are. you can give him a look here. but the cavs are going through their practice, one of their last ones before game one on thursday night. 9:00 eastern time on abc. let me get that plug in. but the cavs know that they are a historic underdog, as big of an underdog as you're going to find in the history of the nba finals. sell this, warriors/cavs. >> a once in a lifetime athlete in lebron james. if you don't want to watch him, you don't like basketball. you have a guy who is the best

shooter to ever play in steph curry. if you don't want to see him, i'm sorry. if you don't want to watch this matchup, you really don't love the game. >> it's going to be a difficult challenge. like i say, with lebron, hopefully some wisdom from our vets, it will be fun. >> reporter: this is a true story, i checked in my hotel, and the guy said to me at the front, welcome back, i see it's that time of year again. it seems a lot of this is routine, for us, for the cavs, for the warriors, but really, we're seeing something that we may never see again, which is to teams going head to head for a championship for four years in a row. that's just unprecedented. and what lebron's doing is also unprecedented. if it goes four games, if it goes seven, either way, we're going to be here with you throughout for a fourth straight year. abc, thursday night, 9:00 eastern time.

this is t.j. holmes in oakland, once again. see you guys soon. >> t.j.'s like, i'm just hanging around here. >> he looks like he's having a good time. how did you not get that gig? >> how about a tour of tv 3? i'm just going to show you tv 3. >> let's show you how we do. >> here's a column. i think it's made out of formica. forget draymond green back there. our boy wonder, matt. >> this is great tv. i am very entertained. >> who needs the oracle arena when you get a tour of tv 3. >> is it too late to bring t.j. back?

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skinny in the house. ♪ just give me "the skinny" >> we are leading off "the skinny" with a young hollywood star's reaction to discovering he was in the same country as his favorite super hero. >> yeah, we're talking about 11-year-old jacob. he was in tokyo and posted this instagram pic of the same cityscape as ryan reynolds. >> ryan happened to be there for the "deadpool 2" premiere. >> jacob went all over the city in search of him, looking around at tokyo disney. >> tokyo's a big city by the way. >> he provided an update on the hedge hog cafe. dead pool wasn't there. >> he added that the hedge hog was cute until it pooped on him. >> that ruins everything, same thing with frank. >> frank can sympathize with that. but after two days they found

each other. mission accomplished. >> he just went to the deadpool premiere. >> it's amazing how he found him from the get-go. next up, even more fun on instagram with an icon. i am just an icon. rock 'n roll attitude, proving on social media, he is just another dorky dad. >> mick jagger has been touring but taking time to comment on his 19-year-old son lucas' instagram pictures like this one. looks like fun. >> and he switches it up on this next one. >> looks like fun tree emojis. he's really original with all these comments, huh? he's got jokes, too, check this out, watch out for the water. >> and lucas has been commenting

on mick's pictures as well, that jacket is pretty flames. to be honest. >> they need to work on their instagram captions. >> spelling bee next. on their instagram kangss. >> spelling bee next. does ready? really? i didn't do it so when i heard they added ultra oxi to the cleaning power of tide, i knew it was just what we needed so now we can undo all the tough stains that nobody did dad? i didn't do it huh, he didn't do it introducing new tide ultra oxi; it's got to be tide

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>> he tied in 2015. he appears to be doing well. he's a spelling coach, and for $200 an hour you can call dev for help with your spelling. isn't auto correct cheaper? >> auto correct doesn't quite work so well. >> mine always says ducking. >> yeah, yeah, this ducking phone isn't ducking working for me, uh-huh, yep. and the best of the best are back at it with fierce competition expected at the final round tonight. and david muir has the highlights. >> reporter: 519 spellers, a record number. >> say that again? >> multi-loquius. >> reporter: the scripps spelling bee, ages 8-15, and the pressure is enormous. >> i'd be lying. >> reporter: there was honesty. >> how are you. >> pretty good. how about you? >> we'll see in a minute. >> hello.

>> reporter: we also noticed a 12-year-old from a middle school in illinois. >> v-i-t-a-s-c-o-p-e, vitascope. >> reporter: turns out, spelling runs in the family. world news tonight meeting his father in 1985 when dad won it all. his son did not survive all the rounds, but he says he'll be back. then there was liam,is first spelling beendhen he heard this -- >> lanbency. >> bless you. >> reporter: it made us laugh, too. and he got it right. david muir, abc news. >> he's got jokes. >> he's got lots of jokes. the bets are in. most think it will be an indian american who wins. and likely a boy. >> how's your spelling? >> it's ducking awful. this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades.

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good mor good morning, i'm diane macedo. >> i'm kendis gibson. here are some of the top headlines we're following this morning on "world news now." secretary of state mike pompeo meets today in new york with north korea's spy chief. they shared dinner as well as smiles and drinks. their discussion today will determine if kim jong un and president trump's summit will take place. authorities are searching for a man named steven wiggins, accused of killing a deputy during a traffic stop yesterday. a woman has been arrested in connection with the officer's death and charged with first degree murder. 41 of the nation's top young spellers have advanced to the finals of the scripps national spelling bee. part one starts later this

morning at 10:00 a.m. on espn. part-time in primetime tonight at 8:30. and the warriors and cavaliers tip off the nba finals tonight, the fourth straight year that the two teams have met for the championship. golden state has won two of the previous three. all the action is right here on abc and those are some of our top stories on this thursday, may 31st. from abc news, this is "world news now." any bets on who will win the series? >> i'm rooting for the cavs. >> i'm rooting for the cavs as well. jack? >> i'll root for entertainment. >> weren't you guys pointing out that like last year it was 4-1, right, with the warriors? >> my memory served me differently, but yes, jack went ahead and checked. >> i'm going with lebron and the cavs. we're going to start this half hour with the secretary of state mike pompeo and a busy day in new york.

he's got a full day of meetings scheduled of course with a top north korean official. >> they should know each other pretty well by now after having dinner last night and holding previous meetings together. but the stakes could not be higher. tara palmieri has more. >> reporter: secretary of state mike pompeo meeting face-to-face with kim jong un's right hand man, the highest-ranking north korean official to visit the u.s. in 18 years. kim reportedly oversaw the hacking of sony after their film "the interview" mocked kim jong un. they are trying to get the summit back on track. >> this will be the secretary's third meeting with kim yong chol. they've had very deep conversations where they've talked about a lot of detail about what the united states' expectations are. >> reporter: not joining pompeo, the most senior diplomat for asia, susan thornton. she's been largely cut out of these key summit negotiations,

despite being the most senior official on asia, she did not join pompeo. she plans to withdraw her nomination after the summit. but preparations for the talks are still ongoing. >> so far the readout from these meetings has been positive. >> reporter: there's a mad dash to keep the meeting on track after the president canceled it last week. now theed from try president trying to temp kim. >> i will guarantee his safety, yes. >> reporter: they say it could be on june 12 or july 12. diane, kendis? >> good to know. it is coming up. but in the meantime, now to the president's other high-stakes meeting with another kim. kardashian. she went to the white house to seek a pardon for a grandmother

serving a prison sentence. they discuss the prison reform and sentencing. kardashian-west who also met with jared kushner said they hope johnson will get another chance at life. the president ended his day the way he started it, railing against one of his number one targets, the attorney general for recusing himself from the russia investigation. he tweeted a quote from a fox news contributor. he said the recusal was an unforced betrayal of the president. earlier he said outright he wished he had picked someone else for the job. and many will spend the day under a cloud of wet weather. >> take a look at the radar, zooming in on the hurricane-like rotation of alberto, which is spinning now in the upper michigan area, a rare sight so far from the ocean. >> leftover rain hit chicago at the height of the evening

commute leaving roads under water and some drivers stranded. >> and in north carolina, the town of boone looked like this. two people died when a mudslide crashed into a house causing it to collapse. nearly 20 inches of rain drenching that area in the last two weeks. the governor declaring a state of emergency. >> paul williams has more. >> kendis, diane, alberto still picking a fight with the upper mississippi valley region and ioalley region, mping significant rain, flash flooding to occur. showers and thunderstorms thhout the great lakes region, leaning into the ohio valley region. in st. louis, cape girardeau, louisville, southern illinois and indiana, damaging hail part of the mix. billings looking out for localized flooding and damaging winds and possible hail. the southeast, widespread drenching showers from nashville, atlanta, savannah and orlando. then from pittsburgh, syracuse and d.c.

that's thursday and friday. then more rain hitting us saturday and sunday. get out your boats. diane, kendis? >> i think we're going to need a bigger boat there, paul. >> and boots and an umbrella. a delta flight was diverted to oklahoma because of an unruly passenger. a witness tells abc news the passenger stood up in the middle of the flight and started singing out loud. and when a flight attendant tried to get his attention, he ripped off his headphones and said touch me again and you'll regret it. >> so he wasn't a very good singer, is that the problem? >> most of the passengers thought he was doing great, but randy jackson was like you're not doing it for me. southwest flight had to make an emergency landing just 30 miles away after a pilot smelled mostly cloudy. turns out a passenger lit up a

cigarette in the bathroom. that passenger was turned over to law enforcement. and now to the ukraine. it involves a journalist thought to have been killed. >> but he's not dead, and he proved it by appearing at a news conference. brad mielke can explain. >> coming at you from the "start here" studio. this story was sad, mysterious and straight-up bizarre. you have it journalist arkady babchenko, he's reportedly dead. authorities said he had been murdered by russian agents. then at a press conference, the supposedly dead journalist strolls in, very much alive. he's based in moscow, and apparently this was a sting operation designed to learn more about russian hit men. >> they haven't really explained exactly why they had to go to such elaborate lengths, releasing this fake suspect police sketch and there were photos about his supposed dead

body, riddled with bullet holes. >> there's a fake body that they put out? >> a photo that shows a body that looks like babchenko's but with three bullet holes in his back lying in blood. >> his family is thrilled that he's okay, given that so many russian reporters have been killed. but some ask if taking part in a hoax could put some of his colleagues at risk. we will have that entire conversation on "start here" later this morning. check it out on apple podcast or your favorite podcasting app. >> that story was absolutely wild. his wife thought he was dead, others thought he was dead. if i'm him i'm getting out of town. we turn to a decision by a judge ruling against the makers of sesame street. sesame workshop sued over the marketing of the new film "the happy time murders" which shows muppet-like characters doing very, very naughty things. the marketing includes a slogan,

no sesame, all street. they argued it confuses the public and harms its wholesome brand. the judge disagreed. kendrick lamar has accepted the pulitzer prize for music. >> he is the first rapper to receive the award. >> the committee gushed over his album, saying it was a virtuosic song collection with dynamism. >> he stood up to get the award, but then he remembered sit down, be humble. the stanley cup final will go at least six games this year. >> the vegas knights had the lead before the caps scored the next three goals. caps win 3-2. that ties the series at one game each. the next game is in d.c. and check this out.

only an elvis impersonator sitting in the crowd would be more vegas than this. a group of cirque du soleil performers in costume, cheering on their team. >> you just wait until saturday. they'll have a bunch of lobbyists in suits. >> woo-hoo. coming up, incredible video of a truck driving around with an archway on its roof. low clearance? and roseanne barr, no stranger to controversy. we take a look at her sitcoms and career. you're watching "world news now." now." eer. you're watching "world news now." if you're age 50 to 85, and looking to buy life insurance on a fixed budget, remember the three p's. what are the three p's? the three p's of life insurance on a fixed budget are price, price, and price. a price you can afford, a price that can't increase,

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make the most of a few minutes with ky natural feeling with aloe vera an abc rep says they may know by the end of the week what an abc rep says they may know by the end of the week what show will replace "roseanne." >> after apologizing, roseanne rned cbative on twitter, slamming her co-stars who denounced her remark, and she says she's not a racist. overnight, she tweeted, i'm going through all the stages of death. shock, grief, anger, resignation and acceptance. that post was then deleted. >> president trump did not talk about roseanne's tweet specifically. also likening that tweet rather

from roseanne, likened obama's adviser to an ape, but he did complain that he never got an apology from abc for things that were said about him. >> didn't necessarily specify what those things were that he says abc said about him. and it's been a long, winding road of questionable conduct for the comedian. david wright gives us you a look back at her body of work. >> reporter: they say what goes up must come down. >> i was not prepared for like the crazy crash of celebrity. >> reporter: roseanne barr is living proof. >> i'm one of these people, i call them my fans. people who love to hate me. >> reporter: back in the '80s and '90s, the roseanne show dominated prime time. in 1989, she was on more magazine covers than anyone else in history. but the original "roseanne" show was also widely known as hollywood's unhappiest workplace. >> roseanne has been a notorious figure in television for decades now.

on the original version of her show it was a revolving door of writers. people would get hired and fired and rehired. it was a chaotic type of set. >> reporter: the roseanne reboot confronted an update list of blue collar issues, health care, a tough economy, changing gender roles and trump. >> our last election, the jokes were just writing themselves. we wanted to show an accurate depiction of america. it's very divided. >> reporter: this episode won praise from the council on american islamic relations. >> that was so rude of us. i'm jackie, roseanne's sister. i'm is certified life coach if you have any trouble assimilating. >> reporter: but despite huge ratings, roseanne's sometimes controversial twitter feed ended up upstaging everything else. her humor has always pushed the envelope. almost a decade ago, she courted

outrage with this photo shoot, the domestic goddess in a hitler mustache. >> baking cookies in the shapes of jews? >> no, people said it was the shape of jews, but it was palestinians. >> reporter: then the night she maled the stpangd banner. >> it was disgraceful. >> i was likoh, my gosh, i'm going to lose every single thing i've ever worked for. >> reporter: after the original "roseanne" show ended she fled to her macadamia nut farm in hawaii where she started her own reality series called "roseanne's nuts." the idea that you have retired to a nut farm in hawaii sounds like a punch line. >> it kind of does. it's quite different from being in a sitcom in los angeles. >> reporter: this time, it may not be so easy finding a retreat. >> do you feel like you've sold

yourself to become famous and you've paid a price for it? >> yeah, that's a deal that we make, these are safe topics that i can speak out on. >> reporter: david wright, abc news, new york. coming up, how twitter has become problematic for another person in power. >> an nba executive accused of sending out negative tweets about his own players. you're watching "world news now." test test

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at a time when twitter accounts are under great scrutiny, this next story shows that even if you want to talk trash anonymously, it can still catch up with you. >> ask an executive for the philadelphia 76ers who allegedly used secret accounts to defend his reputation, but ironically, that may have destroyed it. walter perez has more. >> reporter: the 76ers organization has launched an independent investigation into agencies that allegations that bryan colangelo, the 6ers

president of basketball operations, employed the use of several anonymous twitter accounts to post messages that sometimes were critical of some members of team while praising his own work. the report was posted by an online media outlet. he has since acknowledged his use of one of those accounts in question but denies any involvement with the other four. he says it was to monitor news on the basketball industry and keep an eye on current events. according to a report, tweets from those accounts at times question joel embiid's ego, offer theories about shooting problems and refer to noel as a selfish punk. meanwhile, the 76ers front office put out a statement saying that they are investigating the matter. they will report the results as soon as it is concluded. >> he doesn't have a great track record. and he's got to go.

>> it's the most unethical thing i've heard recently in the sports world. it really is, it's just despicable. >> got to love sixers fans. >> okay. >> one of the players by the way, joel embiid, and now it's been reported that it might be his wife behind those burner accounts. >> ah. so here's one of the tweets in question. when someone called him a clown and said he was going to ruin what his predecessor, sam hinkie, had built, an account allegedly connected to him replied, clown, why. what did hinkie build? >> and joel embiid responded with a little sarcasm but it ended wi fun night on twitter. all jokes aside, i don't believe the story, that would just be insane. it would be. >> well, if it is true, maybe this is how embiid would react.

>> oh. >> that's a basketball. >> oh, that's how you do it. >> ouch. >> do your talking on the courts, joel, if you're not injured and all that, you know. u know.

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look, like one half has the rest of the archway. >> bad transportation job if they are just transporting it. as kendis alluded to, frank the buns is on a diet. we took him to the vet, the vet said he's off the treats a little bit. so now i think frank can understand the next story. apparently this deer in rockford, michigan is trying to get into shape and it did so by running straight into a gym, crashed through the window. the gym says it ran around the lobby for a little bit and ran out the front door. this time the door was open. the deer seemed to be okay and no people were injured in all of this. the window on the other hand -- >> probably deer saw itself, and i don't know. cutest video that we saw on this kindergartner in texas. this is asher bates, listen to him.

this is him greeting every one of his classmates in kindergarten. the video has gone popular, but this is something, ah, with the hug. this is something they do in the class there for kinderrten every day. there's somebody different who acts as a greeter. >> they shake hands or hug. >> they captured him greeting his classmates. and over to boston now where you know the baby bjorn, they help parents carry the babies. i think this mother possum wished they made ones for possums. here she is trying to carry seven baby possums. she looks like she's struggling a little bit. >> she is struggling, man, ah, that's motherhood right there. >> frank, go help her out. >> go help her out. >> go. >> do you even lift, bro? >> frank is probably happy that no one's trying to carry him

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this morning on "world news now," just two reality stars hanging out. >> yeah, nothing to see here. but try looking away for a moment. kim kardashian at the president's side in the oval office. how culture and politics collide. we'll get into why she was the in the fir place. so this morng, an urgent manhunt in tennessee. authorities are searching for a suspect who gunned down a veteran sheriff's deputy. police warn the suspect is armed and dangerous. and new body cam video being released of that violent arrest on a new jersey beach, what led to the confrontation between police and the woman. did officers go too far? and dude, you had one job, and it was to park this car. by the way, you were not

supposed to park it under another car. details. we'll get to the bottom of this one on this thursday, may 31st. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> that did not look like the best parking job for sure. >> no, he may have failed a parallel parking test. but if it's your one job, ah, man. >> it looked like a monster truck rally. >> missed by a little. >> so what's your caption, 2018? this is america? >> oh, for kim and -- i was going to say kim and kanye. >> kim and the president. >> kim kardashian and president trump, in the oval office. >> yes, what do you think? >> it's a good photo op. >> reality show stars. >> you know, he went with the big tooth smile and she went with the serious. >> is she even smising? >> she looks like she's down to business.

and she was meeting with the president on serious business. she was meeting with the president in hopes of securing a pardon for a grandmother serving a life sentence for a first-time drug offense. the president posted that photo you just saw, tweeting great meeting with kim kardashian today talking about prison reform and sentencing and kardashian-west was there advocating for 63-year-old alice marie johnson of tennessee, she has served more than 20 years and is not eligible for parole. no word from the white house on whether the president will give a pardon, but he looked pretty happy to be hanging out with kim kardashian. >> as he should, but it's great to see kim kardashian use her celebrity and her influence for a legit reason. >> she hired a few lawyers on behalf of alice marie johnson as well. she says she's not giving up until she sees her freed.

>> kardashian-west in a statement said it is our hope the president will grant clemency to ms. alice marie johnson. we are optimistic for her future. >> she was evaluated by president obama, but they passed on that. still unclear why. and president trump is taking aim at the head of abc's parent company after the cancellation of "roseanne". >> he complained on twitter that bob iger apologized for roseanne's racist tweet but never about comments made about him on abc. still, the press secretary said the president was not defending barr's tweet. she insisted she's not a racist. after barr blamed her behavior on ambien tweeting the maker of the sleeping pill tweeted back saying we have a lot of side effects, racism is not a side effect. and mike pompeo has a full day of meetings with a top north korean official.

the two had dinner in new york with close aides last night. kim yong chol is north korea's spymaster so to speak, the highest level north korean official to visit in 18 years. and the visit is to determine whether the summit between kim jong un and president trump can take place. a woman in tennessee has been charged with first degree murder in connection with a killing of a sheriff's deputy, but a manhunt continues for a man also wanted for the deputy's death. alex perez is there. >> reporter: an intense manhunt outside nashville. investigators going door to door, looking for a suspect they say gunned down a deputy sheriff trying to pull him over. >> anyone that would murder a deputy sheriff, protecting our community, is a threat to anyone. >> reporter: the ordeal unfolded in dixon county, tennessee. >> all units. >> reporter: sergeant baker was responding to a suspicious

vehicle report when he spotted stevens wiggins. then baker's radio went silent. using gps they tracked down his vehicle, finding his body inside. according to a police report, wiggins was wanted for assault and theft after police responded to a domestic call tuesday and were told he slapped a woman, put a gun to her head and threatened to kill her if she called police. later, stealing her car. as authorities work to zero in on wiggins, sergeant baker's colleagues are praying for justice. >> it is my prayer to god that our court will be a terror to him on the punishment that he receives. >> reporter: sergeant baker is a dedicated officer who rose through the ranks and was a supervisor. he leaves behind a wife and young daughter. alex perez, abc news, st. louis, missouri. harvey weinstein has been indicted on rape and a criminal sexual act.

it stems from accusations by two women and the first charges brought forward since numerous women came forward. he could face up to 25 years in prison. weinstein will plead not guilty and fight the charges. weinstein has denied ever having non-consensual sex. happening right now, severe weather is threatening a big stretch of the country, from the rockies to the great lakes. >> the heaviest storms are hitting the east, from florida to michigan. hurricane-like rotation is over michigan. kind of rare to see that so far from the ocean. and leftover rain drenched chicago's suburbs and leaving drivers stranded. in north carolina, a state of emergency has been declared. accuweather's paul williams has more on what's ahead for

today. >> alberto still plowing his way throughout the upper mississippi valley region, targeting the great lakes region, bringing showers and thunderstorms with heavy downpours and flooding. cape girardeau with flooding. from billings down to idaho falls, damaging wind gusts, hail, localized flooding. the american cancer society is advising people as young as 45 to undergo screening for colorectal cancer. they want patients to be offered six different options. the recommended screening age is

dropping from 50 to 45 because of rising rates of colorectal cancer among younger adults. today marks three weeks since first lady melania trump was seen in public. many are speculating about her health and whereabouts. she spent five nights in the hospital for what we were told was a kidney procedure. earlier this month, wednesday, she tweeted, rest assured, i'm here at the white house with my family. feeling great and working hard on behalf of children and the american people. and president trump has signed legislation allowing terminally ill patients to try experimental treatments not approved by the fda. >> president says the so-called right to try law is a fundamental freedom and offers potentially life-saving treatments to those who have run out of options. critics say it offers false hope. >> but an 8-year-old almost stole the show from the president, smiling for the cameras as he waited to receive one of the ceremonial signing pens.

not only did he get the pen, he got a hug, too. jordan suffers from a deadly form of muscular dystrophy. >> he spent several seconds trying to get the president's attention, the president signing everything. finally, he got the hug. >> mission accomplished on both levels. coming up in the mix, the newest reason to enjoy a cupf coffee. people will like you more apparently. the science behind that ahead. plus, the new video just in of a high school football team helping to save a woman trapped in the wreckage after a car crash. you're watching "world news now". now". fter a cash crash. you're watching world news now. who knew? i had no idea. so she said, look for one that's shaped like a dental tool with a round brush head. go p with oral. oral-b's rounded brushead surrounds ch tooth to gently remove more plaque, and oral-b is the first electric toothbrush brand accepted by the american dental association for its effectiveness and safety. my mouth feels so clean. i'll only use an oral-b.

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anif you've got a lifee. you gotta swiffer that crane toppling over and smashing through the roof of a home in a florida neighborhood. another home was damaged. it's still unclear why the crane fell over while it was installing power poles near ft. lauderdale. the crane's operator as well as a man inside the seriously damaged home suffered minor injuries. the incident knocked out power to that area. and we're getting our first look this morning at newly-released police body cam video shot during a violent beach arrest on the jersey shore. >> the two officers involved have been placed on

administrative leave. here's gio benitez. >> reporter: new body cam video revealing the moments leading up to the incident. they punch the woman in the head. police say they spotted 20-year-old emily weinman with a bottle of alcohol in plain sight on the beach. they asked her to take a breathalyzer test. everything appears calm until police ask for her last name. >> i'll give you one more chance to give me your last name. >> [ bleep ]. >> reporter: while attempting to place her under arrest, police say weinman struck one of the officers. and that's when officers seen here restrained her, punching her in the head. >> [ bleep ]. >> reporter: and weinman faces several charges, including assaulting a police officer. her attorney calls this excessive use of force and the officers have been placed on administrative leave while the

department investigates. gio benitez, abc news, new york. >> they are usually summertime officers. >> they don't always have the same type of training, they are trying to remedy that. wrongdoing on the part of the g officers, but they're looking into it. and the members of a football team in boise, idaho are being hailed heroes for helping two people from a car crash. the victims were trapped in an overturned vehicle in a remote stretch of a highway in oregon. >> the team came across the wreck on their way home from a competition and helped a man to safety. but then they worked together as you can see here to lift the vehicle and get a woman out. it's unclear why the vehicle ended up on its roof in the first place. nothing like teamwork there. >> well done. coming up in the next half hour, the intense action at the scripps national spelling bee.

ding by ding. contestants are dropping by flies. who will rise above the pressure? but first, dance music's peter pan! or is it like benjamin button for dance music? we show you why some people consider these parties religious experiences. we show you why some people consider these parties religious experiences. riences.

the apartment building where the fire was. when things like this happen, i think you find a new perspective on life. hi. red cross put us in a hotel so we were able to stay together. we're strong and, if we overcame that or if we can overcome that, we can overcome anything, so. [ sniffle ]

♪ lik ♪ like a boom, boom, boom, boom ♪ ♪ ♪ boom, boom, boom, boom if you like to dance as much as we do, you have probably heard of dj tiesto. and if you haven't, you are about to meet an electronic dance music dog. >> and he throws one heck of a party. here's zachary kiesch. >> reporter: on a saturday afternoon in las vegas, this is the mood. ♪ thousands of people leaving

their problems behind, under the desert sun. and they're all here for this guy. he goes by tiesto. and for them, he's something like a god. >> the crowd is always wild, and sometimes they are really wild. >> reporter: his beats drop barriers and inhibitions. some call it a religious experience, and for others, it's out of body. our cameras were granted all access. inside the life and times of a celebrity deejay. >> here in las vegas, i play probably 30 weekends a year. and it's never the same. like every week, there's people from all over the world. they all have a different vibe with them. >> reporter: at 49 years young and not a day beyond his prime, the grammy award winning deejay and producer is an international superstar, making the forbes list of highest-paid celebrities, banking $39 million last year alone. you are an underground deejay. you're flying private, man.

i don't know if you are underground. >> i feel like i'm commercial underground deejay because i never had that commercial appeal like top ten hits. but all my music is known in subcultures. so it's known in colleges or dance festivals. everybody knows tiesto but i never have like 20 hits like beyonce for example. >> reporter: he became a force in the u.s. by remixing classic balance into dance anthems. sarah mclaughlin's "stylin'" to john legend's "all of me", which would earn him a grammy. ♪ all of me >> reporter: today he's redefining the dance music genre with a new wave of collaboration. >> you can lose your identity. i feel like for me, it's always important to stay dance music, no matter what, that's what i am.

i mean, dance music forever. it's in my blood. so i try to make music that stays four to the floor. >> reporter: tiesto is like a psychologist without the ph.d. in the lab it's the cloud with the connection. he curates the vibe that almost effortlessly cuts him free. >> get the energy up. everybody's excited. and then i try to slow it down, bring more emotional music in. ♪ >> reporter: one of the byproducts of his success, including a residency at a nightclub, is that he's opened doors for the next generation of deejays. they call you the godfather. >> yeah. >> reporter: how do you process that? >> i noticed when i got older and when social media opened up, i really started to have more connection with different deejays. >> reporter: it's a non-stop,

no-sleep kind of schedule, but the weekend's just getting started. just hours after deejaying an afternoon pool party, he's off to headline this year's electric daisy carnival. >> it's always special to play in front of 120,000 people. it never gets old. >> reporter: how do you find balance in your life? >> i always live in the present. i don't think too much about tomorrow or yesterday, and that's the only way i can stay sane, actually. >> reporter: you get the sense there's a mindset, a mentality that keeps him on top. all gas, no brakes. >> i have a list of people i would like to work with. kanye west is on that list. a lot of people, but yes, it happens in the moment. >> reporter: for "nightline," zachary kiesch in las vegas. >> it's weird that he didn't say us. >> i got like an eight track -- >> we're available. >> tiesto is in frankfurt, germany tomorrow. grab our water bottles and fist bump.

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all righ all right, time now for the mix. we're going to start things off with an interesting note from science. this is out of the university of california davis. their coffee center now says that coffee makes people more likeable. >> oh. >> so they surveyed a bunch of participants and split them into two groups. one group had to drink 12 ounces of caffeinated coffee. the other group went coffee-less. both groups had to discuss an argument. and they all liked each other more with the coffee. they said they made clearer arguments, better decisions and they encouraged more people to participate in the discussion.

>> what does that say about us? >> yeah, so coffee makes you more likeable. >> that's -- jack, can i get a hug? >> no way, dude. i'm drinking coffee, though. >> you guys still love us, even though we don't drink coffee, right. >> i love this coffee. >> crickets. >> just us. yesterday we talked about people with glasses being smarter. >> we don't wear glasses or drink coffee. so we're not very bright and we are horrid to deal with. >> frank likes coffee. >> he does. this dude in australia had one job. you know when you have one job and that one job is to be a valet driver. >> oh, no! >> at a hotel. and that thing underneath is a porsche. a $90,000 porsche. >> whoopsy. >> the driver says he made the wrong move and backed up that vehicle on top of the porsche.

>> just made the wrong move. >> hotel says the main thing is that he's okay. what about the porsche? >> yeah, that's what they were thinking, as long as you're okay. >> everything's under that suv. >> the hotel's insurance can take care of it. >> what about the porsche? over to it's kind of like the biggest loser for pets, in the uk. check out this year's participants, five dogs, seven cats and a rat. frank can relate. the vet said he needs to cut down on the treats. he's not overweight yet. let's cut down on the treats. poor frank is on a diet. >> you're a banana away from being overweight.

>> he can still eat scripts. >> i want to see frank on the treadmill. >> good luck with that.

this morning on "wld this morning on "world news now," the firestorm surrounding roseanne and her racist tweet. now her ex-husband, tom arnold, is weighing in. and the president breaks his silence on the scandal. and a rare moment in the white house briefing room. a young reporter asks the press secretary about school shootings. watch sarah sanders' emotional reaction. and a pastor's plea for a $54 million jet. >> we caught up with him a few hours ago, and he's clarifying his comments. hear what he's saying now. and he may be one of the baddest men on the planet. but is mick jagger just another dorky dad? his kids comments on social media. on this thursday, may 31st.

from abc news, this is "world news now." ♪ never stop, never stop >> we are rockin' out this morning. carry on, carry on. and we begin this half hour with the new fallout surrounding roseanne barr. now her ex-husband is weighing in. >> you remember him, tom arnold. here he is telling cnn when he was married to barr, she was a liberal and a feminist and suggested that mental health issues may have changed her. he said after he heard about the reboot of "roseanne", he knew it wouldn't end well because of her politics and belief in conspiracy theories. >> remember, this is her ex-husband. so take it with a grain of salt. but we have more on the controversy and president trump's response. here is matt gutman.

>> reporter: even after trying to blame ambien, roseanne then retweeting images of planet of the apes and valerie jarrett. president who celebrated roseanne before -- >> look at roseanne, i called her yesterday. look at her ratings. >> reporter: -- has so far not condemned her racist words. instead, the president tweeting about disney ceo bob iger. iger called jarrett personally to apologize for the racist tweet. and the president tweeting he never called president donald j. trump to apologize for the horrible statements said and made about me on abc. maybe i just didn't get the call. ignoring roseanne's words completely, and when pressed on this, the white house at first complained of a double standard before eventually saying no one is defending roseanne. >> the president's calling out the media bias. no one's defending what she said.

>> reporter: roseanne firing off more than 200 tweets since losing her show. even turning on sor co-stars, writing to actor michael fishman who called her tweet reprehensible, you throw me under the bus, nice. and to sara gilbert, she replied, wow, unreal. >> she's been all over the map with it. i wish she had just said sorry or like valerie jarrett said, this could be a learning moment. >> reporter: executive producer saying they had just returned to work on the next season. it was their first day back, stunned by roseanne's tweet, now many of them out of a job. even so, when asked their reaction, caplan said the reaction was universal disgust, adding, we were horrified by it, we also knew what it meant for the show. when it came to racism, there was no longer any way to accept what she was saying.

roseanne saying i feel bad for potus. he goes through this every single day. and even as she retweeted that planet of the apes image next to valerie jarrett, roseanne barr still insisting she's not a bigot. i never was, never will be. she now says she is now weighing her options, unclear what that means. but cast and crew with whom we've spoken said they are crushed by the fact that this show was supposed to be about inclusivity and this controversy has only been polarizing. matt gutman, abc news, los angeles. >> apparentl the abc execs will dece by the end of this week what their future plans are for thatime slot. president trump is heading to south texas today for a meeting with families of the victims of the santa fe shooting. eight students and two teachers were killed on may 18th. >> it comes a day before santa fe seniors will graduate and follows an update on safety proposals. a question was raised by a young

journalist yesterday at the white house. sarah sanders got emotional answering his question. >> mental health, the fact that we or our friends could get shot at school. specifically, can you tell me what the administration has done and will do to prevent these senseless tragedies? >> i think that as a kid, and certainly as a parent, there is nothing that could be more terrifying for a kid to go to school and not feel safe, so i'm sorry that you feel that way. this administration takes it seriously. >> now benje was at the white house working for "time" magazine for kids. he talked about his big moment. >> i really appreciated how she called on me, but i really thought that her answer was really authentic. i felt she was really a human being.

and i really look forward to see what steps the white house will make to resolving this issue. >> you can see more of benje's comments by the way on "good morning america." that was the key part about it. yes, sarah sanders did get emotional, but a lot of people are like what is the administration doing to answer his question. >> one to see her as a mother so emotional and a kid this young has to worry about this at all to ask that question. >> there are a lot of people across the country in his situation wanting those answers. attorneys representing president trump and his personal lawyer michael cohen now have until june 15th to finish reviewing millions of documents seized by the fbi. >> they were asking a federal judge overseeing the case for more time, saying they were only a third of the way through the documents. and for the first time, we're learning that among the items fbi agents took from michael cohen, his paper shredder. investigators are trying to put those pieces back together quite

literally. anyone have some tape? and harvey weinstein has been indicted on charges of rape and a criminal sexual act. his lawyer says he will plead not guilty and fight the charges that stem from the accusations of two women. you recall we told you about the pastor who asked his followers to help him pay for a $54 million jet. >> amen. >> so he's clarifying a little bit those comments. >> jesse duplantis has posted a video showing why he needs another jet. and adds if jesus were here today he would be flying in a jet too, not riding a donkey. the reverend who lives in a 35,000 square foot home in louisiana, not too bad, abc news caught up with a few hours ago

and he has said he is actually not asking for money. >> i haven't done anything wrong. and i haven't asked the people. i haven't raised any money for that plane. i've just told people this, i want you to believe with me. all i'm asking people to do is to believe with me. >> to believe with me that he needs a plane. >> is that all you need to buy a $54 million jet? belief? >> i am clicking my heels and believing. he says he's never had a scandal in 40 years of ministry. he wouldn't mind staying home instead of flying all over the world, but he says it is an honor for him to preach. he was in new york. i'm sure he took that non-stop flight on southwest. >> oh, i don't think so. he already said there are demons on commercial flights, can't be doing that. >> clearly he's flown on some of my planes. all right, and the first chance of the year to see the uniquely new york moment known as manhattanhenge was a bust. you saw it today, the beautiful manhattanhenge?

>> thousands of people hit the streets to see the sunset framed by the city's streets and buildings, tuesday's manhattanhenge was a disappointment because of clouds, all these people had nothing better to do. >> there are two more chances for manhattanhenge this year, but i want to remind everything that for yesterday's manhattanhenge kendis ran seven miles? and just as he got to the place -- >> right behind the cloud! it was the biggest bust. and last night, i'm not going to take the bait twice. nope, fool me once, shame on you. >> and last night it was beautiful. i don't know why your misfortune makes me so happy. >> it does. >> it's cool for that run. >> thanks.

>> 95 degrees. 100% humidity. >> wind chill of 95. coming up, we're heading to the oracle, arena, that is. to check in with the warriors and cavaliers as they warm up for tonight's first game of the nba finals. and when you're in the same city as your idol, you go looking for them, right? we are on the hunt for deadpool in "the skinny." que are we are on the hunt for deadpool in "the skinny."

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oh, it's time for the hard court. and if are you the hibernating kind and woke up at this time every year, the only two pro basketball teams you've seen play the past few years are the cleveland cavaliers and the golden state warriors. >> yep, and tonight they meet again for the fourth straight nba final showdown between these two teams, it's happening right here on abc. let's get you caught up. the golden state warriors are known for speed and skill. with kevin durant ready for action with his apparently loose-fitting shoes that keep falling off. >> they can't stay on. >> he owns his own sneaker line. >> steph curry is looking for threes.

>> lebron has been gearing up for the series ever since posting this workout video. he hastagged it #i hear them praying on my downfall. >> let's kick it old school to t.j. holmes who's there with behind the scenes with action. >> reporter: i am behind the scenes at oracle arena, where i have spent a lot of time over the past four years, but it's about to happen again. this is not exactly the matchup a lot of people wanted, but it's historical. one of greatest teams of a generation going up against one of the greatest player of a generation, maybe of all time. this is where they will run out to get onto the court.

this is where the media had to walk through to get to the court. we come through the tunnel, walk out. and what's happening right now is the cavs are going through their practice. the warriors had theirs, but now the cavs are doing their thing. come head this way. >> excuse me. >> reporter: so here they are. you can give him a look here. but the cavs are going through their practice, one of their last ones before game one on thursday night. 9:00 eastern time on abc. let me get that plug in. but the cavs know that they are a historic underdog, as big of an underdog as you're going to find in the history of the nba finals. sell this, warriors/cavs. >> a once in a lifetime athlete in lebron james. if you don't want to watch him, you don't like basketball. you have a guy who is the best

shooter to ever play in steph curry. if you don't want to see him, i'm sorry. if you don't want to watch this matchup, you really don't love the game. >> it's going to be a difficult challenge. like i say, with lebron, hopefully some wisdom from our vets, it will be fun. >> reporter: this is a true story, i checked in my hotel, and the guy said to me at the front, welcome back, i see it's that time of year again. it seems a lot of this is routine, for us, for the cavs, for the warriors, but really, we're seeing something that we may never see again, which is to teams going head to head for a championship for four years in a row. that's just unprecedented. and what lebron's doing is also unprecedented. if it goes four games, if it goes seven, either way, we're going to be here with you throughout for a fourth straight year.

abc, thursday night, 9:00 eastern time. this is t.j. holmes in oakland, once again. see you guys soon. >> t.j.'s like, i'm just hanging around here. >> he looks like he's having a good time. how did you not get that gig? >> how about a tour of tv 3? i'm just going to show you tv 3. >> let's show you how we do. >> here's a column. i think it's made out of formica. forget draymond green back there. our boy wonder, matt. >> this is great tv. i am very entertained. >> who needs the oracle arena when you get a tour of tv 3.

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♪ skinny skinny in the house. ♪ ♪ skinny skinny in the house. ♪ just give me "the skinny" >> we are leading off "the skinny" with a young hollywood star's reaction to discovering he was in the same country as his favorite super hero. >> yeah, we're talking about 11-year-old jacob. he was in tokyo and posted this instagram pic of the same cityscape as ryan reynolds. >> ryan happened to be there for the "deadpool 2" premiere. >> jacob went all over the city in search of him, looking around at tokyo disney. >> tokyo's a big city by the way. >> he provided an update on the hedge hog cafe. dead pool wasn't there. >> he added that the hedge hog was cute until it pooped on him. >> that ruins everything, same thing with frank.

>> frank can sympathize with that. but after two days they found each other. mission accomplished. >> he just went to the deadpool premiere. >> it's amazing how he found him from the get-go. next up, even more fun on instagram with an icon. i am just an icon. rock 'n roll attitude, proving on social media, he is just another dorky dad. >> mick jagger has been touring but taking time to comment on his 19-year-old son lucas' instagram pictures like this one. looks like fun. >> and he switches it up on this next one. >> looks like fun tree emojis. he's really original with all these comments, huh? he's got jokes, too, check this out, watch out for the water. >> and lucas has been commenting

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he's a spelling coach, and for $200 an hour you can call dev for help with your spelling. isn't auto correct cheaper? >> auto correct doesn't quite work so well. >> mine always says ducking. >> yeah, yeah, this ducking phone isn't ducking working for me, uh-huh, yep. and the best of the best are back at it with fierce competition expected at the final round tonight. and david muir has the highlights. >> reporter: 519 spellers, a record number. >> say that again? >> multi-loquius. >> reporter: the scripps spelling bee, ages 8-15, and the pressure is enormous. >> i'd be lying. >> reporter: there was honesty. >> how are you. >> pretty good. how about you? >> we'll see in a minute. >> hello. >> reporter: we also noticed a 12-year-old from a middle school

in illinois. >> v-i-t-a-s-c-o-p-e, vitascope. >> reporter: turns out, spelling runs in the family. world news tonight meeting his father in 1985 when dad won it all. his son did not survive all the rounds, but he says he'll be back. then there was liam, his first spelling bee and when he heard this -- >> lanbency. >> bless you. >> reporter: it made us laugh, too. and he got it right. david muir, abc news. >> he's got jokes. >> he's got lots of jokes. the bets are in. most think it will be an indian american who wins. and likely a boy. >> how's your spelling? >> it's ducking awful. this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades. informing insomniacs for

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>> have a good one. making news in america this morning, president trump meets with victims of the texas school massacre after an emotional meeting in the white house briefing room. a boy asking what's being done to protect his classmates. >> one thing that affects mine and other students is the worry about the fact that we or our friends could get shot at school. >> today the changes in school security now being proposed. a health alert this morning offers new guidelines and when you should get screened for one of the deadliest types of cancer. the change affecting millions of americans. the roseanne backlash. for the first time we hear from her tv husband john goodman and her former real-life husband tom arnold on the tweet that cost