buddy. >> 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

roseanne her show, and the question this morning, what's next for the cast and crew? those stories, plus the hollywood actress who is pregnant at age 54. also the school football team demonstrating teamwork. trying to rescue a woman trapped after this crash. and feathers fly during a truly wild goose chase at a major league baseball game. a good thursday morning, everyone. we begin with president trump heading to texas today to meet families devastated by the sante fe school shooting. eight students and two teachers were killed in that incident. >> today's visit follows a big moment at the white house. a young reporter putting the press secretary on the spot leaving her visibly emotional, but what was the administration doing about school shootings and what are the plans? kenneth moton joins us from washington now with the response. kenneth. >> reporter: good morning, kendis and diane. the white house says president trump is taking action to take

on gun violence in schools, but there have been no major changes to gun laws, and his school safety commission has been chris sized for doing little. two weeks after the deadly sante fe school shooting, president trump is looking to deliver on a promise made three months ago after the school massacre in parkland, florida. >> the world is watching, and we need to come up with a solution. >> reporter: a solution something a kid journalist from "time" asked about during wednesday's white house press briefing. >> one thing that affects mine and other students' mental health is the worry about 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. >> reporter: press secretary sarah sanders' response emotional. >> i think 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 el that wa is ainistration takes it seriously. >> reporter: abc news spokes

with that 13-year-old, benje choucroun. >> i really thought that her answer was really authentic, and i really look forward to see what steps the white house will make to resolving this issue. >> reporter: the president's trip to texas comes a day after the state's governor announced a plan to increase law enforcement at schools. in a proposal, arming educators. >> the recommendations include actions that can be taken right now as well as proposals for lawmakers to consider as we proceed forward. >> reporter: today president trump's school safety commission will travel to maryland for its first of several filled visits but there's been no significant action by that commission or the administration to combat gun violence in schools. diane and kendis. >> well, that young kid is demanding action, so we'll see what happens. kenneth moton, thank you. and turning to the russia investigation we're learning about a memo written by the former acting director of the fbi andrew mccabe after his boss james comey was fired. sources say the memos detail a conversation in which deputy

attorney general rod rosenstein told mccabe president trump wanted him to reference russia in his letter justifying why comey was fired. special counsel robert mueller now has that memo and is looking into whether the president fired comey to impede the russia probe. those preparations for the possible summit between president trump and the north korean leader will be the subject of meetings today here in new york city. the secretary of state mike pompeo and that top north korean official shared a beef dinner last night. as you can see, they're all smiles. they even took o in the skyline in new york on a beautiful night. when they get back together this morning, they'll try to determine if the proposed june 12th summit can take place. a woman in tennessee is in custody charged with the first degree murder of a sheriff's deputy during a traffic stop. police say erika castro-miles participated in the crime but haven't specified how. authorities are still searching for the alleged shooter, steven wiggins. meanwhile a solemn profession moved sergeant daniel baker's body to the medical examiner's office.

auorities e w offeri $12,000 reward for information leading to wig' arrest. rtant hs this morning. the american cancer society is changing its guidelines on screening for colorectal cancer and it now says that people should start getting screened at 45 instead of age 50. the new recommendation is in response to the rising rates of colorectal cancer among young adults, but experts are not recommending a colonoscopy for everyone at that age. instead they're urging doctors to offer patients a choice of six different screening options. you can read more about those options on our website, atmfans.com. the flooding rains drenching parts of the south are now blamed for at least two deaths. up to eight inches of rain fell overnight in parts of virginia. the extreme conditions have already prompted a state of emergency and forced thousands to leave their homes. this morning, the heavy rains in north carolina have turned deadly. this is what's left of a home in the town of boone after a

landslide came crashing down collapsing every wall of the house. two people inside were killed. the governor has declared a state of emergency for several counties after remnants of tropical storm alberto pounded the area for 24 hours dumping up to 7 inches of rain. >> they told us it was rising a foot an hour. >> reporter: 2,000 residents had to be evacuated because authorities feared this dam could fail, but after a safety check, residents have now been allowed back home. >> it was scary because when they was taking people out, it was like i've never seen nothing like it. i mean, it was unreal. >> reporter: two transportation workers had to be rescued interest this 33,000-pound dump truck. they were using a snowplow to clear debris when a massive mudslide swept the truck a thousand feet downstream. the men escaped through a side window. the heavy rain then moved north unleashing floods in the chicago area. water overtook some cars faster than the drivers could realize what was happening. >> people were ripping their bumpers off because of the

water. we lost -- like we saw like two bumpers come off. >> right now roads are closed and water rescues are being reported west of charlottesville, virginia, where 8 inches of rain have fallen so far. and now let's take a closer look at your forecast for this thursday. good morning. alberto still plowing its way through the great lakes bringing with it flooding rain, showers and thunderstorms throughout the great lakes, portions of the ohio valley region and southern illinois, indiana throughout st. louis, cape girardeau, louisville. look for a good deal of hail, flash flooding possibilities and in the northwest corner watching out for river stream flooding from idaho falls, billings up towards williston. i'm accuweather meteorologist paul williams. coming up, what kim kardashian is saying about her visit to the oval office. also ahead, the fallout from roseanne barr and her tweet.

hear why her ex-husband, tom arnold, is not surprised at what happened. and the televangelist who is asking for donations to buy a privt, wate jel, now he's defending himself in a new interview. my name is eddie metcalf. i enjoworking in my yard and you know, i can't. i can't do that any more,'cuz i'm missing most of my lung. they did a cat scan of my kidneys, no more kidney stones. that's the good news. "but, we found a spot on your lung." that frankly scared the "hell" out of me. i hadn't smoked in 22 years. how could this happen to me?

he said, "well, you know about radon gas?" we'll... you know, i heard about it. he said, "well, the second leading cause of cancer" "in america is radon, 22,000 people a year die from this." i literally left the doctor's office, got a test kit, put it in my house, and our result was 39.8. the upper limit is 4. we got to get this fixed. that was on a monday, and on wednesday, our mitigation system was up and running. well, i think everybody should have their house tested. we'd never know. we'd still be living there. i could get another tumor from it. right now, it's changing my life.

kim kardashian visited president trump on behalf of a tennessee grandmother serving a life sentence. the reality star is seeking a pardon for alice marie johnson who has already served 20 years for a first time drug offense. the president said they discussed prison reform and sentencing. kardashian says she's optimistic that johnson and others like her will get a second chance. roseanne is fighting back after getting fired, of course, from her show because of a controversial tweet. she says that she's not a racist, and in the meantime, her tv husband and her former real-life husband are now

breaking their silence on the controversy. roseanne's co-star, john goodman, steered clear of the drama when approached by "entertainment tonight" near his home in new orleans. >> i would rather say nothing. >> yeah. >> than to cause more trouble. >> reporter: barr's ex-husband, tom arnold, who was a writer on her original show told cnn he feared an implosion was inevitable. >> when i read her social media in the very beginning and saw how she was so into the conspiracy stuff with donald trump and so how far gone she was, i just knew that this would not end well. >> reporter: meantime, roseanne is back on the offensive after abc immediately pulled the plug on her show's successful reboot. roseanne has tweeted more than 200 times since getting fired writing, i'm not a racist and never will be, even going after her co-stars accusing michael fishman who plays her throwing her under the bus. she blames her racist tweet in which she compared a senior adviser under president obama to an ape on the sleeping pill ambien.

the company that makes the drug responded saying while all pharmaceutical treatments have side effects, racism is not a known side effect. president trump who celebrated roseanne before -- >> even look at roseanne. i called her yesterday. look at her ratings. look at her ratings. >> reporter: -- has so far not condemned her racist words. instead the president tweeting about disney's ceo bob iger, the head of abc's parent company after iger called jarrett personally to apologize for roseanne's comment. he tweeted, he never called president donald j. trump to apologize for the horrible statements made and said about me on abc. maybe i didn't get the the president says he was only calling out media bias. >> the president's pointing to the hypocrisy in the media saying the most horrible things about this president and nobody addresses it. this is a double standard that the president is speaking about, no one is defending her comments. they're inappropriate but that's what the point that he was making. >> one of the executive producers of "roseanne" says the writers on the show are not even sure whether they'll get severance pay. he says the crew is still in

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>> don't touch me. don't touch me. >> reporter: police in wildwood, new jersey, releasing the body cam footage of the moments that led up to that disturbing video that quickly went viral. police spotted 20-year-old emily wine plane with a bottle of alcohol. after she takes a breathalyzer police ask her for her last name. >> i'll give you one more chance for your last name. what's your last name? >> you don't need my last name. >> that's it. i'm done with you. >> reporter: police say while attempting to arrest her weinman struck one of the officers. >> don't pull my hair. get off me. what are you doing? >> reporter: that's when officers restrained her punching her in the head. those officers are now on administrative duty while the department investigates. >> a male walking down the road. >> reporter: a similar controversy in raleigh, north carolina. on friday a judge ordered the wake county sheriff's office, the north carolina state highwapatrol and the raleigh police department to release all videos related to an april 3rd altercation between officers and

29-year-old kyron hinton. when officers responded to calls of a man standing in the street yelling at passing cars. >> police cannot continue to police police. >> reporter: the wake county district attorney charged three of the officered involved with assault with a deadly weapon along with several other charges. hinton was initially charged with disorderly conduct, resisting officers and attacking a law enforcement dog. but those charges were later dropped. maggie rulli, abc news, new york. disgraced hollywood producer harvey weinstein has been indicted by a new york grand jury on charges of rape and a criminal sexual act. the charges cementing from accusations from two women are the first charges against weinstein since dozens of women accused him of sexual misconduct. his lawyer says weinstein will plead not guilty and vigorously fight this. if convicted, he could face up to 25 years in prison. weinstein has denied ever having nonconsensual sex.

the makers of "sesame street" lost a court battle over a trailer that uses its trademark. sesame workshop sued ftx films over melissa mccarthy's upcoming movie called "the happytime murders." at issue was its slogan, no sesame, all street and argued it confused the public and harmed its brand, but the judge disagreed saying the trailer actually distinguished the movie from the "sesame street" trademark. the tv pastor who told his followers he needs a new $54 million private jet is now defending the request. televangelist jesse duplantis says jesus told him he needs that specific jet. but he denies it's a luxury item. >> first thing, i never think of an airplane as luxurious. i think of an airplane as work and all about preaching the gospel of the lord jesus christ. nothing do with luxurious. >> reporter: duplantis who lives in a $3 million house funded by donors is being investigated by the irs. a local news station in new orleans reported he took nearly 2500 trips on a private jet since 2000 including trips to hawaii.

he already owns three private jets. >> okay. who doesn't need another one. turning to sports, the stanley cup final is now tied at one game apiece. the las vegas golden knights had the lead last night before the capitals scored three consecutive goals and the caps held on for that victory. game three is saturday night in washington, d.c. and in detroit last night, there were tigers, angels and a goose. the animal flew onto the field during a rain delay, and the grounds crew tried to chase it away but mission not accomplished. the goose looked like it was flying off, but then it crashed right into the scoreboard sending feathers flying. >> oh, come on. >> don't worry, though. we're told the goose is okay. a fan carried it away, and it was later released outside the ballpark. >> ah, good to know. up next in "the pulse," why a state lottery is refusing to pay out millions in prizes. also, the 54-year-old actress who just revealed she's pregnant. plus, how a curious dog ended up there.

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talk to your doctor today. see if lyrica can help. good morning. it's 4:27 on thursday, may 31st. big game. the warriors playing game one in the finals. >> right below you we have the countdown clock. a little under 13 hours to go before abc's coverage starts at 5:00 p.m. >> a great day, breezy, not too hot while you're standing in line waiting to get in oracle. winds out of the west gusting to 21. there's still an issue with the winds. 24 at half moon bay. 23 in oakland, 28 in fair fair 32 right now at sfo.

so bumpy ride getting in and out of sfo. temperatures running the low to mid 50s except for los gatos and morgan hill and clear lake. bundle up when you head out. here is sue. >> the wind is affecting your drive, too. we'll check out the san mateo bridge. you can see the white advisory light -- the l.e.d. sign on the bridge, that lets you know of the high winds. also on the bay bridge. there's your emeryville >> sue, thank you. we are expecting an update later this morning from zuckerberg general hospital after a missing patient was found dead in the hospital. >> the victim is identified as ruby leander son. the 76-year-old woman was a dementia patient at the hospital. she had been missing for ten days. her body was found yesterday afternoon in the stairwell of the power plant building.

the hospital says the interior stairwell is not accessible to patients. the medical examiner is now trying to determine her cause of death. the discovery of anderson's body is bringing back painful memories from five years ago. that's when the body of 58-year-old lynn spalding was also found in a stairwell. in her case she had been missing for 17 days and the stairwell was in the hospital building. developing news, the coast guard is reaching out to the public to figure out the source of debris that washed ashore in pacifica. some of the debris is marked with the words barka and rio. cruise also found lifejackets and clothing. the coast guard has no reports of accidents or missing boats. the coast guard is searching for a possible ship wreck between the pacifica pier and mori point. pg&e crews on the watch for

power problems caused by the i understand. they were on the scene last night in concord where strong gusts knocked down power lines. about a dozen customers lost power for a while. one tree toch ld on to power lines. it's 4:30. let's get a quick update of weather and traffic. the same breezy wind today, mike? >> yes, up until about 9:00. then it will start to taper as we head through the evening hours. hold on to the steering wheels and hats once again, especially our north-south bridges like the benicia brej and the carquinez bridge. a little cloud cover out there, a little drizzle. i had some coming across the bay bridge, not enough to use the windshield wipers. my accuweather 12-hour day planner, 48 to 55 today, random drizzle. at noon 55 to 61. e