this not-so-welcome sign on a texas highway is now gone. the ad on i-40 near amarillo advised liberals to keep on driving until they have left their great state. they agreed to take it down. they didn't realize it would be so controversial. >> what are your options once you enter texas near amarillo? >> a lot of driving. carry on. >> carry on. you may recall that video that we showed you last week of a mama bear opening the doors of a car in the adirondacks of new york and hopping inside. >> she certainly made herself

comfortable. bears and vehicles, it's all fun and games until this happens. so that's a sheriff's deputy shattering the windows of a subaru to free a bear that got trapped inside. >> it happened in the great state of california near lake tahoe. the bear destroyed the interior so badly in its panic to get out that the doors couldn't even be unlocked from the outside. >> so it managed to destroy the entire car but couldn't figure out how to break a window? >> i had a similar thing on my cruise last week. i had a seagull that came to steal my -- >> that was so funny. >> came to steal the salmon from my plate, and it got trapped in the veranda of my balcony, trying to get out. and it kept flying into itself. >> you have to understand, the veranda glass is maybe this high. all the seagull has to do is get up and over it. there's nothing covering it. >> nope. >> and the bird just -- >> seagull kept flying into it. flying into it.

>> what did you do about that, kendis? did you help the bird? >> i watched, recorded it for a good half hour and then called room service. >> he called room service to help him with a bird. yeah. >> manly. moving on now, baseball fans found out hot dogs can be a health hazard, and not in the way you might think. >> kathy mcvay was enjoying a philadelphia phillies game when the club's mascot hit the field armed with his hot dog launcher and hit mcvay right in the head. the dog and bun were wrapped in duct tape. oh, no. >> oh, no. >> her face was left black and blue. she still has to ice it. she said it caught her by surprise. >> it came out of nowhere. and hard. i think it just came so fast and just hit me like that. i didn't even realize it.

>> she said she doesn't plan to sue. she did warn other philly fans to stay alert. the team reached out to apologize as well. and the phanatic is said to feel horrible about what happened. [ laughter ] >> she had a hot dog fly at her face. >> a hot dog canon. a hot dog canon. >> what happened to the hot dog? [ laughter ] >> you got to watch'em. >> "the skinny" is next. inny" is next. . so try febreze one. with no aerosols and no heavy perfumes. so you can spray and stay. febreze one.

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you've gotten pretty good at that. >> am i? >> the little george jefferson walk. congratulations are in order for pete davidson who got a piece of the pie. they just moved in together, and it may not be the east side, but it's pretty nice. >> tmz reports that the engaged 24 year olds who started dating a little over a month ago moved into a $16 million chelsea apartment. look at the size of that tongue. >> that's what you're focussed on? i think people are focused on the apartment. >> it is a modest 4,000-square foot space, five bedrooms, four and a half baths, but the new home is far from the most impressive thing about this couple. >> no, it's not the tongue. >> it's not? >> no. look at their freshly-inked matching tattoos. see that? >> that's cute. >> that's true love right there. >> is that going to be tough to

remove in like five years? >> apparently it's short for honest to god knock me out. pete opened up about the relationship on the "tonight show." >> good. >> you know that you didn't have to get engaged to ariana grande to come on our show. >> but i did, though. [cheers and applause] >> it's so funny, walking down the street. because dudes are like walking by, and they're like -- some dude goes, yo, man, you gave me hope. i'm like, i didn't know i was that ugly. >> he does. he gives us hope. >> he's glowing. >> he is glowing. he didn't get on the couch and -- but he's happy. we're a happy for them. give it five years. now to another power couple. >> ayesha. entrepreneur and wife of golden

state warrior steph curry. the bay isn't known for barbecue, but that's not stopping steph's bay from opening up an international smokehouse deep in the heart of texas. >> her new houston location doesn't open until next month, but it is already getting terrible reviews on yelp. presumably by rockets fans who lost to golden state in the playoffs. here's one. saw numerous snakes on the ground at this restaurant, all wearing blue and yellow shirts. one out of ten, would not recommend. >> this one says one of their staff members known as draymond has a knack for kicking guests. oh, he does. ooh! >> might have a little something to do with a basketball rivalry. >> maybe. or is draymond secretly the

phanatic? >> i don't know, but i think the guy who got kicked got five stars. coming up, national selfie day. >> national selfie day. >> ready? got your selfies ready to go? we're going to celebrate. >> let me take a selfie.

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let me take a selfie. let me take a selfie. >> oh. >> oh, hi. sorry about that. we were busy celebrating national selfie day. >> and to kick off this special day, we're going head to head to a special place in the middle of the pacific ocean that got made for an instagram. >> dozens of tourists have had brushes with the law and face thousands in fines, possible jail time for taking selfies in restricted kilauea volcano eruption zones. 40 people have been arrested since may 3rd while trying to

get a shot with this force of nature. >> violators have been hit with loitering and trespassing charges for doing it for the gram. >> let's take a look at some of the most famous selfies in history. of course ellen degeneres, bradley cooper. the big selfie taken at the oscars. >> it got a handful of some of the most famous faces in hollywood. including kevin spacey. remember him? right there in the middle. oh, wait. did they fix that? >> oh. >> here we go. here we go. all right. and this is the first known space selfie, taken in 1966 by buzz aldrin during the gemini mission.

>> we get asked a lot, a lot, about how we manage to get great selfies. let's hear from the viewers -- we have special techniques. starting with diane. what's your secret? >> you want to find the light. that's the first thing. wherever the light is, you want to be facing it. >> oh, that is awesome. >> and the angle is always a good thing. >> look at that. the background helps, doesn't it? >> yes, if you have a nice background, that's something to take into consideration or a cute, cuddly little pet, that helps. you want to avoid bad hair days, unless you want to exploit them. >> and product placement as well. i try to do all of those in my selfies. i do a lot of great workout ones. >> you nailed that one. >> that's one of those on the timer. this is another one i took in riverside park on a timer. that's a selfie. that was last week. >> here's my other tip. if you are going to use a timer,

you need to know how to count. it usually works better. >> happy national selfie day, folks.

good morning. i'm diane macedo. good morning. i'm diane macedo. >> i'm kendis gibson. here are some of the top headlines we're following on "world news now." bowing to pressure, president trump halts the separation of families at the border with the stroke of a pen. but the battle over immigration is not over. parts of western pennsylvania are under water this morning after torrential downpours triggered flash floods near pittsburgh with dozens of swift water rescues. the president who grew up in queens will soon meet the queen. president trump's trip to england next month will include a visit with queen elizabeth. the u.s. ambassador described the meeting as an important part

of his trip. and we're just a few hours away from the official start of summertime. today's also the day of the year with the most sunlight here in the northern hemisphere, so enjoy it. those are some of our top stories on this thursday, june 21st. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> it's summertime, everybody! >> summer! that's pretty good. >> is that where you were aiming? >> no, i was aiming for back there, but happy first day of summer almost, officially at 1:00 p.m. eastern time and 1:00 p.m. each time zone. we're almost there. we're going to start this half hour with the dramatic turnaround by president trump signing an executive order to keep migrant families from being torn apart. >> he insists he'll be just as tough on immigration as before. at a rally in duluth, minnesota he said democrats were putting

illegal immigrants before citizens, prompting chants of "build the wall." >> we want people to come in through merit, not just through luck or happenstance. [cheers and applause] and they're not sending their finest. that, i can tell you. [cheers and applause] >> well, the president also threatened to withhold aid from countries that allow their citizens to return to the u.s. illegally. >> he leaves the zero-tolerance policy in place so all adults arrested from crossing the border will still be prosecuted but not separated from their children. cecilia vega has more. >> reporter: president trump did exactly what he said he could not and he would not do. he ended this policy with a stroke of a pen. >> we're going to keep the families together. i didn't like the sight or the feeling of families being separated. we're keeping families together, and this will solve that problem.

>> reporter: it was a stunning reversal. just days ago he said he couldn't do this by executive order, yet that's exactly what he did, completely proving himself wrong. and the big question n, exactly how long will these families be detained together. for now, up to 20 days, but the trump administration is asking a judge to be able to go beyond that, so these could potentially be long-term stays that we are looking at. the order president trump signed allows for new construction of facilities to house all of these families, but this one is far from over. the president says he is bracing for lawsuits. cecelia vega, abc news, the white house. the president's decision to end those forced separations follows pushback from his own party. >> many were spooked by the images of kids in cages. brad mielke has more. >> there were a lot of people calling for this move by president trump. but one really critical group

had been, congressional republicans. so i talked to congressman chris stewart from utah. he said the president made a mistake and took too long to correct it. he said at the end of the day the president made the right decision. but i reminded him of the president's support of this policy for weeks until there were pictures and public outcry. has the president lost moral authority to govern immigration policy in this country? >> i don't think so. i wish he had acted more quickly. it frustrated me not just with the president but with the house and senate as well. we have responsibility, as i said earlier, to create a legislative fix, something long-term, something permanent. >> but the president was okay seeing the families separated for more than six weeks, right? that's how long it was happening, but it's just that he saw the pictures in the last few days. when people come to him with new proposals, when there aren't pictures spelling out the consequences, do you trust him to make the right decision? >> the president's not perfect. he made a mistake here. but i don't think you can paint

with a broad stroke of the brush he's a bad man. he has compassion. >> we will see if now there's a renewed sense of urgency to push legislation through. check it out on apple podcast or your favorite podcasting app. in the meantime, the president's lawyer, former lawyer, seems to be distancing himself from his old boss for the first time. michael cohen has resigned his position on the republican national committee, citing the federal investigation into his business and the russia investigation. but he also attacked the president's former family separation policy, calling it heartwrenching. cohen has hired a former federal prosecutor with experience in the same office that's investigating him.

and dean schmidt making it official that he has left the republican party. he was a top official for george w. bush and he calls the party indecent and immoral. he is calling for a democratic takeover of congress in the november election. and police in pennsylvania are asking for patience as the investigation into a police shooting gets started. protesters took to the streets last night to voice anger over the death of 17 year old antoine rose. the demonstration continued despite a heavy downpour. we're learning new information about the officer involved in that shooting. kenneth moton reports. >> reporter: multiple law enforcement agencies are reviewing this video and shots fired by police. killing the teenager seen running from an officer in east pittsburgh. >> ran, boom, boom, boom. i said oh, my god. he shot them boys just for runnin'. >> reporter: around 8:30 tuesday night police stopped this vehicle, a suspected getaway car involved in a nearby shooting that happened minutes before. the back window shot out.

>> the driver of the vehicle was ordered out by the officer and directed to the ground. two other occupants of the vehicle bolted from the vehicle onoot. >> reporter: police say the officer fired on the two runners. one of them, unarmed antoine rose, hit three times, pronounced dead at the hospital. inside the car investigators found two guns. they interviewed the 20-year-old driver but later released them. the officer was sworn in hours before the shooting, working his first shift with the department. he's on paid leave and they're calling for patience as they investigate. kenneth moton, abc news, east pittsburgh. passengers on board a southwest flight that ended with a woman's death are suing the airline. it made an emergency landing after an engine exploded in mid flight. jennifer reardon was sucked out of the aircraft. the airline isn't commenting on the case.

reardon's family is not part of the lawsuit. shifting gears now, burger king russia is apologizing for a world cup contest designed to promote a different kind of scoring. so the offer seems to stem from a lawmaker cautioning women not to have sex with foreign men during the tournament. burger king russia, the ad anyway, offers russian women the chance to win $50,000 if they become pregnant by a world cup player. okay. >> the woman would also get free whoppers for life. >> wait, really? >> tempted? burger king russia pulled the ad, calling it insulting. >> for life. >> $30,000. so they pulled the ad. does it mean the offer does not stand anymore? >> are you considering it? >> no. keep trying. coming up, let the theater wars begin.

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reporters do reporters dominated congress on the softball field. a bipartisan group of lawmakers took the field in a congressional women's softball game. nancy pelosi and speaker paul ryan cheered on from the sidelines. but they lost for a third consecutive year. the game raised some $300,000 for young women with breast cancer. and disney has raised its offer for fox's entertainment business in a bidding war with comcast. >> the new $71 billion bid from disney is about $6 billion more than the comcast offer. it would help beef up the upcoming streaming service and could put disney in a better position to compete with companies like amazon and netflix. you have a couple more, like

$20 bucks? a quarter? >> chip in? >> that we can chip in? i want to do my share. america's largest movie theater chain is creating a new subscription service to compete with movie pass. amc's service will cost $19.95 a month and will allow viewers to see up to three movies per week. but unlike moviepass it will allow you to see any movie, any theater, any available showtime, imax or 3d. amazon is hoping to remove one of the barriers for those reluctant to buy clothing online. >> they are announcing prime wardrobe, a new service that lets you try on clothes in the comfort of your own home before you buy them. here's rebecca jarvis. >> reporter: an exclusive first look at amazon's newest innovation, prime wardrobe, an online shopping experience that lets you try before you buy, bringing the dressing room to your living room. >> what we kept hearing from our customers is that they wanted to shop for fashion, but they wanted to try things on. they wanted to touch, they wanted to feel.

but they didn't want to see a huge amount of money taken from their credit cards. >> reporter: here's how it works. you select at least three and up to eight items. >> i choose my size, add it to my cart. once i've selected up to eight items i can choose to ship my prime wardrobe. after your shipment arrives, you have the next seven days to make your picks. but, unlike traditional online shopping, there's zero upfront cost. you pay only for what you keep and send back the rest in this resealable box with a prepaid label. why is amazon becoming more interested in the online fashion space? >> we are trying to improve on the online shopping experience. so for us we see fashion as a huge opportunity. >> reporter: last year, americans spent more than $450 billion online and every retailer wants a piece. >> there needs to be a shift in the way consumers are shopping for clothes, because amazon has come in and disrupted

everything. and if you don't change the way that you're playing in the game you're going to lose. >> reporter: which is why many traditional retailers have rolled out new approaches to shopping. ann taylor recently launched its own clothing rental service, and walmart announced jet black. and there's the newer crop of personal style services, like stitch fix and trump club which are capitalizing on consumers' desire to make shopping even easier, offering curated boxes of clothing delivered straight to your during with the option to subscribe. >> i like it. shopping without the effort. >> it's sort of like rent the runway, isn't it? >> yeah, but it's like keep the runway. >> like oh, i have a big event. you get on amazon, wear it and return it. isn't that how it works? >> no, that's not what they mean. you don't wear it and return it. >> i'm trying it out for a special event.

>> try it on does not mean going out and wearing the clothes. trying it on in your home and see if it fits. >> oh, okay. details. >> i'm always ruining your fun. >> mm-hm. coming up, we're going to celebrate a unique and very special rabbit. >> frank? >> definitely. >> we open up our abc news vault and go behind the scenes of "who framed roger rabbit" on its 30th anniversary. you're watching "world news now." now." you're watching "world news now." what does life look like during your period? it's up to you, with tampax pearl. you get ultimate protection on your heaviest days and smooth removal for your lightest. tampax pearl and pearl active. for up-to 100% leak-free work outs.

long time no see. >> what are you doing here? >> it's been kind of slow since cartoons went to color, but i still got it, eddie, boop, boop, de boop.

>> it's been 30 years since "who framed roger rabbit" thrilled moviegoers. >> it has often been imitated but never quite duplicated. so we're opening up the abc vault to 30 years ago, the week that roger rabbit got loose. >> reporter: the movie, "who framed roger rabbit" opened all across the country today. and we have this report on the mixture of man and little beast. at first glance, it looks like one of the better saturday morning cartoons. but then -- >> cut, cut, cut, cut. >> what the hell is wrong with that take! >> nothing, you are perfect, you are great, better than perfect. roger, he's blowing his lines. >> reporter: it isn't the first time animated characters have shared the scene with live actors. mary poppins did it 25 years

ago, but the cartoon characters in roger rabbit look three-dimensional and cast shadows and interact in an astonishingly believable way with human actors. >> what we've done is take an old idea and violate all the rules that have developed since the '40s. put it together in a new way, and it's absolutely startling. >> reporter: here's how this scene between roger rabbit and actor bob hoskins was done. hoskins was wired with devices to make his coat move as if a rabbit were actually inside. >> we would print black and white photostats of every motion picture frame. and the animators would draw line drawings with tracing paper over that. >> reporter: a total of 326 animators drew and then painted each frame of animation by hand, more than 8,000 pieces of

artwork in each minute of film. >> is that a rabbit in your pocket or are you just happy to see me? >> reporter: the painstaking process took two and a half years. the end product is a whodunit set in hollywood in 1947, a simpler time when good guys were good guys and weasels were weasels. there's a human villain and a sultry comic striptease. >> i'm not bad, i'm just drawn that way. >> reporter: the animated characters blur the line between fantasy and reality. and that's what his creators hoped roger rabbit will do. making you believe in the make-believe, draw you in. >> don't ever kiss me again! >> reporter: beth nissen, abc news, new york. >> such a good movie. still. >> it is. an absolute classic. by the way, it was made by disney and steven spielberg collaboration. >> teamwork.

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kind of thing but the cops say they've dealt with things like this all the time. they got a call from someone who couldn't find their television remote. >> but they found their phone. >> which does sound like an emergency. >> but why didn't they show up with like mcdonald's or poutine? >> because then you call 911 every day. >> you're absolutely right. shall we say a big congratulatory retirement to this mayor? >> happy retirement. >> that's the mayor. >> huh? >> mayor duke who's a great pyrenees in a town in minnesota. >> they have a dog for a mayor? >> he's been a successful mayor. ran a write-in campaign, been reelected three more times in the town there, duke's owner says it's time for the 13 year old to retire as the ceremonial mayor of the town.

>> is that a brownie sash on his neck? >> i think it is. >> happy retirement, mayor. all right, let's go over to we think russia. a dad visiting for the world cup tried to make a restaurant reservation. as you can imagine, it's pretty crowded around there. they said no, we're booked up. so he came up with a new strategy. he said he was the prime minister of morocco. best table of the house opened right up. the chef came out to ask him to sign a plate. i wonder how upset they're going to be when they find out he has nothing to do with morocco. he just wanted to eat at the restaurant. i think he enjoyed his five minutes of fame there. >> that's awesome. i'll be like i am the king of dubai. dubai doesn't have a king. the next time i try to get a reservation here in town. this burglar in texas got into a little predicament. this was his way of getting across the floor there at the smoking glass door. slithering. they released the video.

he stole merchandise and cash. >> why is he doing that? >> he was trying to avoid being

this morning on "world news this morning on "world news now," president trump's stunning reversal. >> he signed an order ending family separation at the border just days after saying he couldn't do that. now the new questions, where will families in detention be housed, and what happens to those families already split apart. >> plus the journey home for one migrant 10 year old separated from his family. we're with him as he says good-bye to his foster family in michigan and arrives back in guatemala. severe storms pounding pennsylvania with torrential downpours and flooding. cars have been washed away, and parts of texas are getting soaked with more than a foot of rain. and in a few hours it will be officially -- >> woo!

>> summer, summer, summertime. the longest day of the year is here, but all that sunshine is one benefit of living above the equator, and you can cash in as well. we're talking freebies, on this donna summer day, june 21st, the first day of summer. >> woo-hoo! >> do we have -- from abc news, this is "world news now." ♪ >> summer geared up. >> you ready for this? >> sun block is on. it is summer! >> woo! summertime, people. >> everybody, yes! >> woo! >> party like it's june 21st. >> can we celebrate this summer solstice before the sun's even up? aren't we supposed to wait until sunrise? plenty of light to be seen in time's square. wait, why is it -- >> is it sunshine?

>> is it pouring right now? oh, man. >> new york city forgot to get the memo. >> no beach party yet? no? we're not going to -- >> i guess. >> i guess the picnic is canceled. >> we have three months to get used to this. >> we'll do the news instead. >> way to kill the party. we'll get to summer and the freebies. >> i should have just let you read the serious news story with cream all over your nose, but i decided to be nice. >> good looking out. we're going to start this half hour with president trump caving under pressure, signing an executive order aimed at ending the forced separation of migrant children from their parents. >> families will now be detained together while they await cases in court. >> in the meantime, the president is continuing his tough talk on immigration.

janai norman has more. >> reporter: president trump rallying his base in minnesota. firm in his stance on immigration. >> democrats don't care about the impact of uncontrolled migration. >> reporter: earlier, with the stroke of a pen, doing exactly what he said he couldn't do. >> we're signing an executive order. we're going to keep the families together. >> reporter: a complete 180 from just five days before. >> wait, wait, you can't do it through executive order. >> reporter: contradicting the administration's previous insistence. >> congress alone can fix it. >> reporter: the president signing the executive order, making changes to his own zero tolerance policy. he received bipartisan backlash over the sound and images of children held in cages and babies held in facilities called tender age shelters.

>> if you're really, really pathetically weak, the country's going to be overrun with millions of people. and if you're strong then you don't have any heart. >> reporter: the executive order ending the policy of separating migrant families at the border. but the zero tolerance policy of arresting illegal immigrants seeking asylum continues. one big question about those more than 2300 kids already separated from their families, how will they be reunited? at this point there's no procedure or system in place to guarantee that happens. diane, kendis? >> and the executive order does not address what will happen to the more than 2300 children already separated from their families. >> they will likely be placed into foster care or with relatives in the united states. there is a little boy left behind in the u.s. when his dad was deported eight months ago, and he's now back with his family.

alex perez traveled to guatemala for that reunion. >> reporter: it's nearly 5:00 in the morning. and this 10-year-old is already at the airport after a late night of packing up his teddy bear and art supplies, he's about to board a flight from michigan to guatemala to reunite with his family he hasn't seen in eight months. with his foster parents who are still fostering other children. so we agreed not to show their faces. you have a lot of love for your family in the united states? >> always, always, always, always. >> reporter: they and their own three children have been caring for him since his father illegally crossed the border with him and they were apprehended. his father deported, already back in guatemala. >> his father got taken away in what he described as handcuffs behind his back. and our boy was detained for 24 hours in a detention facility. but when he came to us, he was extraordinarily fearful. he was afraid to eat, he was afraid to look. his clothes were soiled. he wouldn't use the bathroom.

>> reporter: separated from his parents, able to speak with his father only by phone. >> he was overcome, he was crying so hard almost to the point of being sick. >> reporter: since the separation living here in their home, drawing, playing, becoming one of the family. and, as he said good-bye, tears and hugs from his new family in america as he boards his flight to family in guatemala, accompanied by i.c.e. agents. what will happen to the families now separated, whose parents have gone back to their country and their kids are still in america? what about the detained parents moved away from their children. back in guatemala, his father. i asked him how he feels. i may look like i am okay, he says, but my heart has been in pain hurting. about eight hours later, the child lands in guatemala city, and after an evaluation by

doctors, he's brought in for reuniting with his family. the room filled with government officials. he's overwhelmed, appearing shellshocked, going back to a family he loves and having to leave a family he loves. and i got an update from his foster mom. she tells me she's still concerned about all the trauma he's facing with this back and forth. but they plan to financially help with some of his basic needs. they've already helped his dad get a bed for him. alex perez, abc news, guatemala city, guatemala. >> good to see him back home there with his family. in the meantime, the first lady, melania trump was among those urging the president to stop separating migrant families, but she and her son came under fire in an angry tweet from peter fonda. >> it called for barron trump to

be ripped from his mother and put in a cage with a pedophile. he later apologized. secret service has been notified. an independent investigation is under way into the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black teen in east pittsburgh, pennsylvania. dozens of protesters gathered outside the police station overnight voicing their anger over the death of 17 year old antoine rose. he was in a suspected getaway vehicle in connection with a shooting. as the driver was taken into custody, police say rose and another passenger ran. that's when rose was shot three times. he died at a hospital a little bit later. investigators found two guns in the car. the driver was released without being charged. the officer who opened fire was sworn in just hours before the shooting. he's now on paid leave. severe weather is slamming a number of states. a line of storms stretching from mexico to the midwest.

>> several tornados were reported in iowa, where this funnel cloud was caught on camera north of des moines. along the texas gulf coast, up to 15 inches of rain forced water rescues in mercedes, less than five miles from the mexico border and more rain on the way. and in pennsylvania, storms triggered flash flooding south of pittsburgh, washing cars right out of this parking lot. more than 60 rescues have been conducted in the past few hours, and the borough of bethel park has declared a state of emergency. >> as we said happy first day of summer. weather and baseball don't mix. made for a fun night in pennsylvania. didn't stop the fun. >> the milwaukee brewers and pirates had their game washed out. but they made the most of it. they turned the tarp at pnc park into a giant slip and slide.

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parked construction vehicle. it set off a chain reaction crash. the driver of the big rig never got out and died at the scene. three men were doing work below the bridge deck when the boom truck was caught in the crash. >> the men were lowered into a rescue boat and brought to shore. the bridge was closed for more than five hours, causing massive traffic jams there, as you can see. that stretched for miles. >> quite a scene. and the man who stopped a carjacking in washington state by killing a suspect is still traumatized by that incident. >> david george is an emt and pastor and shot an armed suspect who went on a rampage at a walmart that left three people hurt on father's day. he broke down as he described the terrifying confrontation. >> when the gunman began threatening another person for the use of their car, i moved in order to have a safe shot at the gunman. he entered the vehicle, which i considered an even bigger threat

and i fired to stop the shooter. i train regularly to be proficient with the firearm i carry. >> he said he wanted to protect his family and the other customers in the store. he and his family are praying for the other victims. and he will not face charges. >> the suspect drove his car into the gas station, pulled up next to another vehicle and got into the driver's seat of the second vehicle before being chased away. detectives say he later used a gun he took from his girlfriend to shoot at passing drivers. coming up in the next half hour, a sheriff's deputy has a wild encounter with a suspect refusing to get out of the vehicle. but first, disneyland for dracula. we'll wander this mecca for vampires to find out if there are really any bloodsuckers walking among us. that's next on "world news now."

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it kind of works perfectly, as you look at the weather there in times square, actually works with this little scene. we don't get to see much daylight, as you know, neither do vampires. so to celebrate the day when the sun shines the longest we head to vampire territory. >> and we are in search of the most ruthless of them all. count dracula of course. terry moran has more, if you dare. >> reporter: we're in transylvania, vampire country, to find the region's most famous resident, the myth, the legend. >> i am dracula. >> reporter: count dracula, immortalized in film and culture

throughout the last century from the iconic 1931 dracula, starring bela lugosi and that unforgettable voice. okay, so mine isn't very good. >> dracula is the most-portrayed character. there have been more draculas than there have been any other character. >> you'll know that i am called the count. >> reporter: he's been a caricature for everything from sesame street to kids' breakfast cereals. >> outside of santa claus, you'd be hard-pressed to find one as regularly exploited as dracula. >> reporter: which is why we come here to this castle high on the cliff in the middle of the carpathian mountains. >> we have 57 rooms for our guests to explore.

♪ you are now inside the most popular and famous tourist attraction in transylvania. >> reporter: count dracula, as we know him is loosely based on the legend of vlad the impaler in the 1400s. >> the meaning is "devil's son." >> reporter: tourists flock to this place. >> last year we have 1 million tourists. >> reporter: in some ways, dracula is transylvania's main export. and he's a pretty lucrative business model. >> you have to go to the level of "star wars" to look at how big dracula is as a brand. it's worth millions. >> reporter: some offer dracula-themed tours for around $1400 a person. at the base of the castle is the

town of bran, population around 5100. but it's become known around the world as dracula city, everywhere you look there's dracula, dracula mugs, dracula wine. they say it is merlot. i'm saying it's blood. this is very nice. they put garlic on the table for you. a quick check outside my room for vampires, but, alas, this working father of four needs his rest. 11:00 p.m., it's bedtime. i'm ready. i got my garlic over here. i got my wooden stake, just in case. i got the holy bible. >> the lord is my shepherd. >> reporter: come get me, dracula. for "nightline," i'm terry moran in transylvania.

>> so that's where terry went. >> yeah, we haven't seen him since. >> we'll be right back. a

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♪ ♪ it's up to me ♪ steal my sunshine woo-hoo. >> it's that time again. >> happy summer. >> 1:00 p.m. eastern daylight time and in every time zone. this is a big deal. this is the longest day of the year. we get the longest amount of sunlight today, on this first day of summer. >> depends. >> depends on where you are. take a look at the map. most people in the northern hemisphere will get about 15 hours or so of daylight today. alaska will not see nighttime at all today.

so to celebrate the summer solstice, there's a lot -- that's a lot of cream. there are a lot of freebies. dunkin' donuts is having free samples of frozen lemonade. >> mcdonald's has a free quarter pounder. >> cinnabon. >> cinnabon, get any pastry and you get a free flavored iced coffee. pizza hut is giving away -- it's hard to read with these glasses. >> it really is. >> two large two-topping pizzas for $5.99 each if you order online. >> very cool. >> and white castle, 12 rings for $2.99. >> we need more balls around here. >> i need more light to read

with these sunglasses on. >> i never thought i'd say that. >> i think we're fine. >> we have enough? >> plenty, plenty of balls around here. to celebrate summer, you could have a nice milkshake. yesterday we were talking about the milkshakes, it was national vanilla milkshake day. >> i love milkshakes. they're so good. >> well, not only wi this new milkshake bring all the boys to new york, you'll need to bring all of your pocketbook. serendipity's lux milkshake in the guinness world book record. it has more than 3,000 swarovski crystals. let's end things with a world cup fail. you know how you do a flip? it's only cool if you get it right.

somebody should have told this guy. i think he missed the memo on this. >> he's praying about it. oh!

babies aren't fully developed until at least 39 weeks. a healthy baby is worth the wait. this morning on "world news now," president trump backs down. signing an order ending those family separations at the border after these images of children in cages sparked outrage around the world. even within his own family. and hear what the president told supporters at a packed rally just hours ago. powerful storms have triggered flash flooding near pittsburgh, washing some cars right out of a parking lot. and along the texas gulf coast, water rescues and more rain is on the way. and a legal break-in. watch as a sheriff's deputy breaks into a car to free a trapped bear.

ariana's fiance is living the good life now that his diamond investment appears to be paying off. we'll tell you how in "the skinny" on this thursday, june 21st. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> i did not know -- >> that was a really big tongue. the things i notice. we're going to start with president trump touting a hard-line stance on immigration, though he did sign an executive order to keep children from being separated from their parents at the border. >> the president addressed 8,000 supporters at a rally in minnesota last night hours after signing the executive order to end the separation of families and accused democrats of not caring about the impact of illegal immigration. >> the democrats want open borders, let everyone come in. let everybody pour in. we don't care.

let them come in from the middle east, let them come in from all over the place. we don't care. we're not going to let it happen. and by the way, today i signed an executive order. we're going to keep families together, but the border is going to be just as tough as it's been. [ applause ] >> the president acknowledged that he didn't like seeing images of those separated families. >> as he signed the order, he said the word compassion comes to mind. even though migrant families will be kept together, the zero-tolerance policy remains very much in place. cecelia vega has the latest from the white house. >> reporter: in the oval office, the president did exactly what he said he could not do. he ended his policy of separating migrant families at the border with the stroke of a pen. >> we're going to keep families together. i didn't like the sight or the feeling of families being separated.

but we're keeping families together, and this will solve that problem. >> reporter: it is a stunning reversal. just days ago -- >> we can't do it through an executive order. >> reporter: and homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen insisting -- >> congress alone can stop it. >> reporter: the crisis reaching fever pitch, after those images of children in cages and the sounds of their cries, news that babies are being held in facilities called tender age shelters. senator orrin hatch calling them a chilling phrase we will not soon forget. he tweeted, the child separation policy should be halted now. president trump called it an impossible dilemma. he said his own wife and daughter were moved by the images. sources tell us they both lobbied him to put an end to the policy, even as they now face widespread backlash, people calling them complicit.

>> if you're really, really pathetically weak, the country's going to be overrun with millions of people. and if you're strong then you don't have any heart. that's a tough dilemma. perhaps i'd rather be strong. but that's a tough dilemma. >> reporter: faced with mounting political pressure, this is how the president explained the reversal. >> i think the word compassion comes into it, but it's still equally as tough, if not tougher. >> reporter: and the big question now, how long will these families be detained together. for now, up to 20 days, but the trump administration is asking a judge to go beyond that, so these could potentially be long-term stays we could be looking at. the order he signed calls for new facilities to be built. he said he is bracing for lawsuits. cecelia vega, abc news, the white house. we turn to the texas border where so many desperate families are still entering the country.

>> we hear more about a little girl heard in an audio recording crying after she and her mother were separated. gio benitez has more. >> reporter: she's the little girl whose voice was heard around the nation. [ crying ] 6-year-old alison, now seen here with her mother, who was arrested when they crossed the border illegally, fleeing gang violence. separated, propublica first receiving that tape which they say was recorded after that separation. you can hear alison begging authorities to let her call her aunt. that phone number memorized.

we tried finding alison ourselves. hi there, my name is gio benitez with abc news. officials wouldn't say where she is, but she was able to make that call to her aunt who told pro publica that alison was crying and begging me to go get her. she said she promised she'd behave, but please get me out of here. this is where some of the youngest children are kept, including babies. a visiting doctor said she found traumatized children, one crying inconsolably. and this woman sends in deacons to pray with the children. >> every child gets up and begins to pray to god in a loud voice, please, god, send me back to my parents. >> reporter: but many across the country supported the president's zero tolerance policy. >> did those images of children bother you? >> no. because they're well cared for.

we're paying $700 a day per child. if a person goes to prison or jail, they're separated from their children. >> reporter: and now that that executive order has been signed, the big question, when will these families be reunited? we just don't know. this is usually a very difficult process and now we're talking more than 2300 kids. gio benitez, abc news, el paso, texas. >> and several airlines have said they don't want their flights carrying migrant children who have been separated from their parents. >> american and united airlines made the statement yesterday before president trump ended the separations. southwest, frontier and alaska airlines also criticized the policy and asked not to be involved. now to the morning's other big story, the weather. powerful storms are stretching from mexico into the midwest. >> this funnel cloud was spotted north of des moines, iowa. >> water rescues played out along the texas gulf coast where

15 inches have already fallen. another 5 inches are expected. >> a flash flood south of pittsburgh triggered scenes like this in bethel park. you see cars in that parking lot washed away. turning upside down with the powerful flash floods. the 911 system in allegheny county was reportedly so inundated that residents were asked to call only for life or death emergencies. the california parents accused of torturing their 13 children are expected back in a courtroom today. david and louise turpin listened as a 911 call from their 17-year-old daughter was played. she detailed years of abuse she and her siblings allegedly suffered. this is part of a hearing to determine whether they will be tried on torture and abuse. they have already pleaded not guilty.

and the former catholic archbishop of washington, d.c. could be expelled from priesthood because of a decades-old sexual abuse claim. the cardinal has been removed from public ministry by pope francis following allegations that he abused a boy while he was a priest in new york nearly 50 years ago. a statement from the cardinal says he has no recollection of the reported abuse but accepts the pope's decision. canada has set a date for when marijuana will be fully legal. prime minister justin trudeau says recreational marijuana will be legal on october 17. it cleared the final hurdle in the canadian senate tuesday. >> it is only the second country to allow pot to be sold legally. in other news, there is a rush for flights. a lot of people were going to book their flights but then they got high. yeah, munchies in canada?

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this not-so-welcome sign on a texas highway is now gone. the ad on i-40 near amarillo advised liberals to keep on driving until they have left their great state. they agreed to take it down. they didn't realize it would be so controversial. >> what are your options once you enter texas near amarillo? >> a lot of driving. carry on. >> carry on. you may recall that video that we showed you last week of a mama bear opening the doors of a car in the adirondacks of new york and hopping inside.

>> she certainly made herself comfortable. bears and vehicles, it's all fun and games until this happens. so that's a sheriff's deputy shattering the windows of a subaru to free a bear that got trapped inside. >> it happened in the great state of california near lake tahoe. the bear destroyed the interior so badly in its panic to get out that the doors couldn't even be unlocked from the outside. >> so it managed to destroy the entire car but couldn't figure out how to break a window? >> i had a similar thing on my cruise last week. i had a seagull that came to steal my -- >> that was so funny. >> came to steal the salmon from my plate, and it got trapped in the veranda of my balcony, trying to get out. and it kept flying into itself. >> you have to understand, the veranda glass is maybe this high. all the seagull has to do is get up and over it. there's nothing covering it. >> nope. >> and the bird just --

>> seagull kept flying into it. flying into it. >> what did you do about that, kendis? did you help the bird? >> i watched, recorded it for a good half hour and then called room service. >> he called room service to help him with a bird. yeah. >> manly. moving on now, baseball fans found out hot dogs can be a health hazard, and not in the way you might think. >> kathy mcvay was enjoying a philadelphia phillies game when the club's mascot hit the field armed with his hot dog launcher and hit mcvay right in the head. the dog and bun were wrapped in duct tape. oh, no. >> oh, no. >> her face was left black and blue. she still has to ice it. she said it caught her by surprise. >> it came out of nowhere. and hard. i think it just came so fast and just hit me like that. i didn't even realize it. >> she said she doesn't plan to sue.

she did warn other philly fans to stay alert. the team reached out to apologize as well. and the phanatic is said to feel horrible about what happened. [ laughter ] >> she had a hot dog fly at her face. >> a hot dog canon. a hot dog canon. >> what happened to the hot dog? [ laughter ] >> you got to watch'em. >> "the skinny" is next. >> "the skinny" is next. inny" is next. . so try febreze one. with no aerosols and no heavy perfumes. so you can spray and stay. febreze one.

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congratulations are in order for pete davidson who got a piece of the pie. they just moved in together, and it may not be the east side, but it's pretty nice. >> tmz reports that the engaged 24 year olds who started dating a little over a month ago moved into a $16 million chelsea apartment. look at the size of that tongue. >> that's what you're focused on? i think people are focused on the apartment. >> it is a modest 4,000-square foot space, five bedrooms, four and a half baths, but the new home is far from the most impressive thing about this couple. >> no, it's not the tongue. >> it's not? >> no. look at their freshly-inked matching tattoos. see that? >> that's cute. >> that's true love right there. >> is that going to be tough to remove in like five years? >> apparently it's short for honest to god knock me out.

pete opened up about the relationship on the "tonight show." >> good. >> you know that you didn't have to get engaged to ariana grande to come on our show. >> but i did, though. [cheers and applause] >> it's so funny, walking down the street. because dudes are like walking by, and they're like -- some dude goes, yo, man, you gave me hope. i'm like, i didn't know i was that ugly. >> he does. he gives us hope. >> he's glowing. >> he is glowing. he didn't get on the couch and -- but he's happy. we're happy for them. give it five years. now to another power couple. >> ayesha. entrepreneur and wife of golden state warrior steph curry. the bay isn't known for barbecue, but that's not stopping steph's bay from

opening up an international smokehouse deep in the heart of texas. >> her new houston location doesn't open until next month, but it is already getting terrible reviews on yelp. presumably by rockets fans who lost to golden state in the playoffs. here's one. saw numerous snakes on the ground at this restaurant, all wearing blue and yellow shirts. one out of ten, would not recommend. >> this one says one of their staff members known as draymond has a knack for kicking guests. oh, he does. ooh! >> might have a little something to do with a basketball rivalry. >> maybe. or is draymond secretly the phanatic? >> i don't know, but i think the guy who got kicked got five stars. coming up, national selfie day.

>> national selfie day. >> ready? got your selfies ready to go? we're going to celebrate. >> let me take a selfie. we're going to celebrate. >> let me take a selfie.

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let me take a selfie. >> oh. >> oh, hi. sorry about that. we were busy celebrating national selfie day. >> and to kick off this special day, we're going head to head to a special place in the middle of the pacific ocean that god made for an instagram. >> dozens of tourists have had brushes with the law and face thousands in fines, possible jail time for taking selfies in restricted kilauea volcano eruption zones. 40 people have been arrested since may 3rd while trying to get a shot with this force of nature. >> violators have been hit with

loitering and trespassing charges for doing it for the gram. >> let's take a look at some of the most famous selfies in history. of course ellen degeneres, bradley cooper. the big selfie taken at the oscars. >> it got a handful of some of the most famous faces in hollywood. including kevin spacey. remember him? right there in the middle. oh, wait. did they fix that? >> oh. >> here we go. here we go. all right. and this is the first known space selfie, taken in 1966 by buzz aldrin during the gemini mission. >> we get asked a lot, a lot,

about how we manage to get great selfies. let's hear from the viewers -- we have special techniques. starting with diane. what's your secret? >> you want to find the light. that's the first thing. wherever the light is, you want to be facing it. >> oh, that is awesome. >> and the angle is always a good thing. >> look at that. the background helps, doesn't it? >> yes, if you have a nice background, that's something to take into consideration or a cute, cuddly little pet, that helps. you want to avoid bad hair days, unless you want to exploit them. >> and product placement as well. i try to do all of those in my selfies. i do a lot of great workout ones. >> you nailed that one. >> that's one of those on the timer. this is another one i took in riverside park on a timer. that's a selfie. that was last week. >> here's my other tip. if you are going to use a timer, you need to know how to count. it usually works better.

>> happy national selfie day, folks. >> enjoy, everybody!

making news in america this morning, the new uncertainty after president trump signs an executive order that he says will keep immigrant families at the border together. so, the question now, what next for the 2,300 children already separated from their families? protests erupt outside pittsburgh. [ chanting ] the growing anger after the police shooting of an unarmed teenager. what we've learned about the officer's actions on his first night on the job. plus, a remarkable message from a friend of the victim to the other police officers on the force. shocker in the auto industry. the car company that now ranks best for quality in a survey this morning. those stories plus the frightening scene on the racetrack.