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a support beam failed in an office building that stuck out from the main building. some of the debris fell ontoose collapse happened five minutes after everyone was evacuated. tempers were flaring at malls across america as a toy store promotion spiralled out of control. >> children and their parents lined up for block outside build a bear stores across the country waiting at hours at times to get in, drawn by these three words "pay your age." what could go wrong? here's marci gonzalez. >> reporter: a stuffed animal frenzy, causing snaking lines and unbearable waits, as long as six hours at build a bear workshops across the country. >> this is crazy. >> reporter: the chain offering a one-day deal. the plush creatures that normally cost $30 to $40 now the price of your child's age.
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the deal drawing turnout unprecedented and overwhelming. >> this is like 4,000 people. >> reporter: while prompting a lot of frustration. >> there's people that have been out here for seven hours. >> reporter: some customers turned away with concerns growing about crowd safety. >> you got to call somebody, real fast. because we're about to have a [ bleep ] problem out here. >> reporter: build a bear offering $15vvouchers to those customers forced to leave the line and to all members of their rewards club. marci gonzalez, abc news, los angeles. >> i got excited about teletubbies as a kid. >> i had no idea there was a frenzy around these bears. people take these serious. >> they do. people also take the bachelor and bachelorette seriously. so much so there was chaos. we'll tell you where and why. >> and who just took the in my feelings challenge to a new
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♪ skinny ♪ just give me "the skinny" it is an action-packed skinny. >> the front of our studios was mobbed with young women hoping for their shot at love. a major casting call for the next season of the bachelor. >> come to the city to find labels and love, right? >> i want to find somebody who wants to know me. >> i look for good energy, someone who really is going to be in this to maybe find love. >> i'm looking for love. >> i'm just ready to find true love. >> looking for my best friend. that's really it. >> i'm a transgender girl looking for love, looking for someone to love me as much as i love myself. >> basic application, where you live, name, age.
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and we take a photo of every girl and do a little three to five-minute interview. typically, we are looking for someone who has a leap of faith to do something like this. because you never know how it will turn out. >> i don't think i would have an extravagant entrance like some people. >> they're maybe tired of social media and doing things the new way. >> i go out a lot. i'm on the apps. >> i've dated a lot of guys in new york. they're literally all [ bleep ] boys. >> a lot of single women. >> put a ring on it, honey. >> i love that. >> so we just got it hot off the presses. my favorite question in that is have you ever had a restraining order filed against you. that's a good question. >> that's something that would turn people off, i guess.
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the one i think will be the most difficult question is list three adjectives that would surprise people about you. >> that's a hard one. >> yeah, i can't three adjectives period. >> people know you. >> i don't know that people would know what an adjective is, many of those ladies out there. coming up, the celebrity who just won the viral dance challenge sweeping social media. >> it all started, you see kevin hart doing it, an instagram star did his own interpretive moves to drake's song "in my feelings." >> let's get right into will smith. nobody has done the shiggy like him. >> this morning, "in my feelings". and i was like, i got to let them out. there is no way, no way this is legal. on the bridge.
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always ♪ ♪ we're closing out another busy week of headlines, to president trump's heated exchange at nato. >> here now is our weekly friday rewind. >> president trump emerging from an emergency meeting in nato to declare victory. >> i let them know i was extremely unhappy with what was happening, and they have substantially upped their commitment, yeah. >> earlier, president trump arriving at the summit late and alone. ernatireports that he threatene
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pull the u.s. out of the alliance it founded nearly 70 years ago. >> a miracle survival. tourists on board as the plane crashed into the mountain. >> new video of the dramatic video of the rescue on the side of the mountain in alaska. watch as the coast guard pulls one after another to safety. 11 people survived after their float plane crashed into a mountain on prince of wales island. >> we were fully expecting fatalities due to the sheer rock faces. >> this morning, new video, showing the families of that soccer team meeting the rescuers who saved their sons' lives. >> new video shows how teams of expert divers pulled those 12 boys and their coach from the
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belly of that cave. >> this is the most difficult dive i have ever been to. >> this video shows them being cay the hospital.y out.kewhe e >> charlotte stole the show. she is heard telling the media, quote, you're not coming. while staring them down as she walks in. she's such a boss. she's my favorite royal, hands down. >> completely bossy. >> yeah, so charlotte -- >> you're not coming! i love that. >> i was looking at some of the other questions, by the way for "the bachelorette." besides the restraining order, have you ever been arrested or charged or convicted of a crime. >> have you ever filed for bankruptcy? >> schools attended if any. >> they get into the nitty-gritty. >> they do. >> it's for life, it's for love.
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good morning. i'm kendis gibson. >> and i'm linsey davis in for diane macedo. slamming the host. president trump heaps criticism on the british prime minister as she throws him a party. his complaint, she didn't take his advice and likely killed offer any chances of a u.s. trade deal. the president's son-in-law, jared kushner, reportedly still lacks security clearance to access the government's most serious secrets. the president's adviser was
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granted clearance in may, but certain classified information remain off limits. the lines were absolutely grizzly when build a bear offered animals as low as $1. they are now offering disappointed customers a discount voucher. ten months ago, serena williams nearly died while giving birth. tomorrow she plays for a historic wimbled. those are some of our top stories on this friday, july 13th. from abc news, this is "world news now." we're going to start overseas, with the president criticizing the prime minister theresa may. >> he complained in an interview that she didn't listen to him on brexit and warned that it will probably hurt the uk significantly when it comes to trade. karen travers joins us live from london.
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just curious to know if the white house is doing anything to try to contain the fallout from the interview. >> reporter: yeah. the white house is scrambling to contain the fallout. this interview which britains are waking up to in their newspapers actually published online while the president was in that gala dinner with theresa may. that's kind of an awkward alert for people to get on their phones. the president said a lot of very good things about her. but of course that interview contains some very tough talk from the president, especially about brexit. here's what the president had to say. >> i would have done it much differently. i actually told theresa may how to do it, but she didn't listen to me. >> reporter: so what the issue is, is the soft or hard brexit. theresa may would like to keep some trade ties with the european union. the president saying if she does that, the united states might not be able to do a bilateral
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trade deal and he thinks she's doing this completely wrong. he's going to spend several hours with the prime minister today. >> we've also heard from protesters who have gathered throughout the streets of london and the president has reacted? >> reporter: he feels a little hurt. he says he feels unwelcome by these demonstrations. i know, this is a president who doesn't like to show that maybe his ego is bruised or feelings hurt, but he said he does feel unwelcome. he's not going to spend any time in london. last week his staff told us, it was just a coincidence. these events are all happening outside the city. the president kind of threw cold water on that and said if you're going to throw a welcome like that for me, i'm not going to spend anytime in your city. of course the president did say
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the british people, he thinks they like him, he hears from them all the time. he said this is the government here that doesn't like him. not really sure that that makes sense, but that's what the president is sticking to. >> a lot of people anticipating that tea with the queen. what are royal experts saying about how that will work out? what do they do? >> reporter: well, unfortunately, we're not going to actually see the tea. we will see the queen greet president trump and the first lady at windsor castle. the queen will do everything she can to put the president and first lady at ease. her dogs will be there and they're a nice tension breaker to make everyone feel a little more comfortable. they say she'll pour the tea herself. she'll make it. she'll serve it, and it's notable. she has met with every u.s. president since 1952 except lyndon b. johnson. so president trump and the first lady joining a very long list of presidents who have come here to london to have that special visit.
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he acknowledged this is a pretty big deal for him. he's excited to meet her and bring the first lady to meet her as well. >> karen travers live in london, thank you. and we move back here at home and the extreme anger on capitol hill during a ten-hour congressional hearing. the witness has been a target for republican lawmakers for months. >> fbi agent peter strzok faced questions about his actions during the election of 2016. serena marshall reports. >> reporter: it's unlike anything typically seen on capitol hill. >> this hearing is a kangaroo court. it is a three-ring circus. >> reporter: fbi agent peter strzok, who led the hillary clinton e-mail investigation and then was assigned to robert mueller's trump/russia investigation. >> not once in my 26 years of
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defending our nation did my personal opinions take any action on the actions i took. today is just another victory notch in putin's belt. >> reporter: republicans hammered him over personal texts he exchanged on work cellphones with lisa page while having an extramarital affair. republicans seizing on one in particular, where he said, no, no, he's not, we'll stop it in a text from page asking if he'd win the election. he says they came after president trump's attack on a fallen soldier. >> i don't appreciate what was originally said being changed. >> i don't give a damn what you appreciate, agent strzok. i don't appreciate an agent with unprecedented animus working on two major investigations. >> reporter: at one point things getting personal. >> how many times did you look so innocent into your wife's eye and lie to her about lisa page. >> reporter: the chamber in chaos.
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>> you need your medication! >> reporter: when strzok was finally able to respond -- >> the fact that you would accuse me otherwise. the fact that you would question whether or not that was the sort of look i would engage with in a family member who i have acknowledged hurting goes more to a discussion about your character. >> reporter: strzok defended the agency saying accusations of bias were corrosive and deeply destructive. serena marshall, abc news, washington. the puerto rico flag incident is getting more serious. the man seen chewing out the woman has been charged with a felony hate crime. that's on top of disorderly conduct charges. in the viral video, the man is seen screaming at a woman that she should not be wearing that shirt in the united states. the justice department is reopening the investigation into the brutal 1955 murder of a black teenager.
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14 year old emmett till was killed in mississippi after a white woman accused him of whistling and grabbing at her. she has since admitted that she lied but waited until 2008 to make that admission. two white men who were acquitted but later confessed in a magazine interview were never tried and are now dead. a judge's decision is being questioned on whether to allow the merger between time-warner and at&t. the justice department argued that it would hurt consumers. the judge's ruling opened the way for other megamergers. this year's emmy nominations are out, and there's something very familiar about the list. >> but brad mielke shows us what's different this year. >> hey, guys, so as stars were wracking up accolades, there was one number people were paying attention to. 112.
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that is how many nominations netflix got in total, knocking hbo off its first-place perch for the first time in 17 years. meg james is a media reporter for the "l.a. times" and she says prestige networks like hbo are asked to look more like netflix. >> hbo has been owned by time-warner, and they were just bought. and the new management wants hbo to up their game and produce more programming. so now this network that has been beloved and an industry leader for two decades is really under the microscope and under pressure to produce more. >> she says think about it. at&t wants people glued to their cellphones. instead of big prestigious sunday nights they want things to suck you in on your
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cellphones throughout the week. we will have more on "start here." and tonight a large number of new yorkers will be rushing to check out the sunset, trying to get a glimpse of the big city phenom known as manhattanhenge. >> for those not familiar, this is what happens when the sun aligns with the east-west street grid of the city. this is sundown last night. pretty. >> new yorkers will have one more chance at sunset. you get that opportunity, chicago definitely has a chicago henge thing. >> unfortunately, it causes more traffic. people are going slower. >> i ran like eight miles in may trying to find manhattanhenge and it was a cloudy day. >> there's always tonight. coming up, a health alert involving salads at mcdonald's. and move over bachelorette. why love island is generating
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health officials are trying to pinpoint the cause of illnesses. >> some reported eating an mcdonald's salad in the days before becoming ill. in new york state, nearly 100 wedding guests suffered from food poisoning. >> and now the not-so-happy couple is suing the caterer. here's amy robach. >> reporter: it was supposed to be one of the most memorable days of their lives. but melissa connorton's wedding reception wound up being unforgettable for the wrong reasons. >> it turned into this event that you would see in a horror movie. people were walking around not themselves.
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some people were saying things like "i just want to die." >> reporter: she's suing her caterers, claiming that she and nearly 100 of her guests suffered injuries of food poisoning. the bride describing the scene as apocalyptic. nine ambulances rushing to the venue, the red tarp the area to triage. >> it's so difficult to see that all your friends and closest family, but when you see young children, too, going through this experience it was terrible. >> reporter: connorton believes the culprit was the mac and cheese. alleging the company knowingly or should have known it properly failed to prepare and maintain and serve food. but holy smoke claims that some of the damages were caused by third parties who brought food, beverages and other items to the party. the couple disagree. >> there was one source of food that people got sick.
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>> reporter: the department of health tells abc news following the reception it collected samples from ill individuals and the results were positive for staph but insufficient information to determine what was the source. >> i didn't imagine my wedding reception to have this happen, my friends and family to become ill. >> people who were attending had $12,000 worth of medical bills. >> wow. >> which is really significant. that's part of the reason she's suing. she doesn't want them to have to pay this expense. >> they got sued by holy smoke first, because they still owe them about $4,000. >> we'll see the end result. coming up, attraction, seduction and betrayal. >> it's not the bachelor and bachelorette, we're heading to love island, next. heading to love island, next. my gums are irritated. test test
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♪ no one in between ♪ how can we be wrong ♪ sail away with me there is an island, not a , and betrayal. >> and as tricky as it is to find love on the bachelor and bachelorette, in the uk, there is "love island", and it's taking temptation to a whole new level. here is jamgs james longman. >> these attractive women and men are taken to a villa in spain and contestants decide who to pair up with for eight weeks. producers watch their every move, testing them with frequent distractions. but even 40 contestants on standby can be sent in on the show at any moment to try to break them up. >> all of a sudden we were like, oh, my god, there's someone else. >> reporter: even after winning, hearts can be broken.
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>> it's time to find out whether for you two this has been about love or money. >> reporter: only one of them will get prize money and can decide to share it or not. >> of course i'm going to share it. >> reporter: we went to one of spain's most beautiful islands to be behind the scenes of this phenomenon. thank you very much. so this is very top secret, we're not even allowed to meet you there. you have to take us. >> it's not that secret in that it's stuck on top of a hill. but we try to keep as many prying eyes away as we can. >> you have to be on stand by. >> reporter: the show is not without controversy in the uk. many calling it sexist and exploitive, describing how they manipulate the scantily-clad people.
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he dumped her for zara. >> he had a similar experience. and it's going to hit a nerve for a lot of people. >> reporter: real reactions but contrived scenarios. as americans know well, finding love on reality tv is never easy. rarely does getting the rose mean wedding bells. >> there are lots of emotional risks if you are going to be a contestant or participant on reality tv. with social media and comment-driven articles you are asking people to say lots of things about you, and they are not always going to be nice things. >> reporter: still, there are more people applying to be on love island than in cambridge. do you think could happen in the united states? >> we have thought about changing it for the sensibilities of the american audience, but you want to keep it as true to the success here. >> i'm sure there are producers in america right now who are
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♪ ♪ it is friday, and of course that means for us, time for "insomniac theater." >> and today we start with the third installment in the hotel transylvania franchise, our favorite monster family heads off on a luxury monster cruise so drac can take his own vacation from the hotel. but it gets rocky when he falls for the ship's captain. >> i am captain erica. so you must be the one and only
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dracula. >> there's just something about an accent that makes a man sound so intelligent. >> for the most part, critics are liking hotel transylvania three. kimber walsh writes, not every joke lands, but there's so much silliness that kids and adults alike will get in plenty of giggles. next to the unintended comedy, the action thriller starring the rock. he plays a former fbi agent, will sawyer, who lives with his family in the tallest and safest skyscraper until it's attacked by terrorists. and he tries to rescue his family, trapped. >> the magnets are going to kickback on once you pass the fire. it's about 500 feet from here to
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the fire line. i want you to count to five and pull the handle. >> it's crazy. >> trust me. >> okay. >> brace yourselves, all right? >> love you. >> you better. >> so "skyscraper" is only getting about a 51% splat on rotten tomatoes. one writes, "skyscraper" is one of the stupidest movies i've seen since "san andreas" which also stars the rock. >> it sounds like he has something personal against the rock. >> but another says the rock hits new heights of silliness. but if the bar is like down here for dwayne johnson movies,
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now," coast-to-coast chaos at a build a bear. >> the retail chain deal that resulted in large lines and huge crowds, forcing the company to cancel the promotion and send people away. how it's trying to make things right. the ten-hour marathon on capitol hill. the fbi agent, peter strzok clashing with republicans over his antitrump text messages and actions in the clinton e-mail investigation. and there's another round today. plus, the president in britain, criticizing the british prime minister. the bombshell interview released as he was dining with theresa may at a black tie gala. and the trumps have tea today with the queen.
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slide into the weekend. we're going to turn it up. do kids say that anymore? >> i don't think so. it's kind of last year. >> what do they say? do they say right on? >> right on. it's fire. i know they're talking about being on fire. >> it's lit. >> oh, it's lit. >> but i think that died a few weeks ago. >> litty. >> litty. so we are talking the summer's hottest songs, plus next superstar musical artist that you've never heard of. and what does paul simon have to do with this segment? dust off your vinyl, or pop in the cassette tape on this friday the 13th. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> pop in the 8-track. >> that's what the kids are saying these days. none of that. i haven't heard paul simon in that song since the reagan administration. >> it's still good.
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>> and we'll explain what that has to do with the summer a little later on. but we're going to start this half hour with tense arguments and heated rhetoric, shouting, even some tears. not on capitol hill or the nato summit but at the mall. >> although it's probably happening. so many people showed up for build a bear's pay your age event that the lines became too long and the stuffed animal retail chain had to cut the promotion short. >> you see all the scenes or some of them that we captured from across the country. build a bear is scrambling to make it up to its customers. rebecca jarvis with the details. >> good morning, everybody! are we ready! >> reporter: they came by the thousands. seemingly endless lines from dallas to chicago to new york. parents and kids, waiting for workshops.ide build a bear our clayton sandell in denver.
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>> reporter: they estimate around 4,000 people showed up here waiting as long as seven hours to get into this store. and just in case, they've got a friendly police sergeant here to keep the peace. >> this is crazy. this is a crazy event. >> reporter: eager to nab a one-day deal. pay your age, furry friends for the price of your child's age. as low as $1, while supplies lasted. >> reporter: how old are you? >> 7. >> reporter: so you're going to pay $7 for a bear. >> yep. >> reporter: that sounds like a good deal. >> yep. >> reporter: but for many still waiting after hours, frustration mounting. >> you better call somebody real fast, because we're about to have a [ bleep ] problem out here. there's people who have been out here for seven hours and want to get that bear for their babies. >> reporter: the company calling the response overwhelming and unprecedented. many guests turned away due to crowd safety concerns. this line was capped at noon, but you can see the crowd wrapped around the block. they gave out $15 vouchers to any one turned away which
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customers can use this summer towards a purchase. rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. >> these are really popular stores and popular bears that are self-made with love, i guess. >> yeah, apparently, you put your own heart inside. i have a 4-year-old. he has no knowledge of build a bear. i guess i've been not so kind, depriving him. >> that is crazy, seeing those scenes all across the country. >> unbelievable. to washington and that fiery capitol hill hearing. the embattled fbi agent, peter strzok, defending himself against republican claims of bias in the russia investigation. >> strzok says his personal opinions never affected his work, and he accused republicans of twisting his words.
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>> he kicked me off because of my bias. i'm stating to you, it is not my understanding that he kicked me off because of any bias, that it was done based on the appearance. if you want to represent what you said accurately, i'm happy to answer that question, but i don't appreciate what was originally said being changed. >> i don't give a damn what you appreciate. i don't appreciate an fbi agent with an incredible amount of animus. >> strzok said the ten hour hearing played right into vladimir putin's hands. lisa page is expected to speak to lawmakers today in private. president trump is stirring up more controversy, this time criticizing his host. >> the "sun" published a scathing interview as he was welcomed with a lavish ceremony and black tie dinner. he told the paper that the prime
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minister had ignored his advice on how to handle brexit. he said her deal to maintain close economic ties with the european union would probably kill a lucrative uk trade deal with the u.s. and he also said the foreign minister who just resigned over may's brexit land would make a great prime minister. >> this unfolded hours after the president closed out a nato summit so contentious it triggered an emergency session. terry moran has more. >> reporter: in brussels, an unexpected first. president trump singing the praises of the nato alliance. >> i believe in nato. i think nato's a very important -- probably the greatest ever done. >> reporter: he could have fooled the allies after his rampage less than 24 hours earlier, first lashing out at germany for their recent energy deal with the kremlin. >> they are captive to russia. >> reporter: then broadening his attack, tweeting what good is nato if germany's paying russia billions of dollars for gas and energy. so he strolled into the summit almost an hour late and alone
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and soon blew it up. sources tell abc news trump told the other nations that if they don't spend more on defense the u.s. would go its own way and do our own thing. ominous ultimatum for an alliance. afterward, he held a press conference to declare victory. >> we have a very, very powerful, very strong nato. much stronger than it was two days ago. >> reporter: but other leaders said their immediate spending plans had not changed at all. french president macron saying france would hit the spending targets the u.s. wants, in 2024. the chaos at nato, something that would gladden vladimir putin who said last year nato should completely be falling apart. >> we're competitors, not a question of friend or enemy. he's not my enemy. and hopefully, someday, maybe he'll be a friend.
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it could happen. i just don't know him very well. >> reporter: american intelligence agencies have determined putin meddled in the 2016 election. >> we'll ask your favorite question. all i can say is did you? and don't do it again. he may deny it. >> reporter: but first this, a very british welcome at the magnificent blenham palace. theresa may greeting president trump and the first lady. a military parade, delighting the president. the prime minister well aware that pomp and circumstance is one way to make this mercurial ally happy. terry moran, abc news, with the president in london. >> i find it so impressive that the queen has actually met with ten u.s. presidents. trump will make number 11.
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>> they're having tea a little later. you see president kennedy and the queen there. at that time, about a million visitors to london came out to cheer on the president. president kennedy, and of course nixon as well. >> the obamas here, met with her three times. >> obamas. yesterday in london, some tens of thousands of protesters treated president trump although he never got to see them. all small children who have been separated from their parents have been reunited. that meant 57 children under 5 years old were back with their parents. nearly four dozen others remain apart from their families because of safety concerns, deportation of their parents or other reasons. the clock is ticking for the reuniting of older children. johnson & johnson was ordered to pay $4.7 billion to 22 women and their families. they claim asbestos in johnson
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& johnson's powder contributed to their cancer. now are you a costco hot dog kind of guy? >> i like costco. >> a number of costco's fans are pushing back on them removing their polish hot dogs. people are against this plan. >> yeah. this is huge. so there's now an online petition to save the snack from extinction. more than 5,000 people and counting have signed on to the costco site that's called costco, don't get rid of the polish hot dog appeal. >> they said think would replace them with healthier choices such as acai. i've never ordered one. i guess i'm not that healthy. and also plant based salad. >> they are trying to be healthier, a lot of people are pushing back. we will see how it plays out. >> we shall. coming up, an update on
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we're back with the update from thailand where three of the last boys brought out of the cave have fevers and ear infections. >> but overall their health is said to be good. the relatives can visit their bedsides if they wear surgical masks. the families thanked the hero doctors and divers who risked their own lives and an army commander says he still can't believe it worked. >> the british diver who first found the boys said he really only expected to find bodies. he described what it was like seeing the team alive. >> relief. we were very pleased and very relieved that they were alive. but at that point we realized the enormity of the situation and that's why it took a while to get them all out. >> all of the boys and their coach of course survived and are expected to recover but one of the divers died a week ago today
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and three others had to be hospitalized. we're also getting a first we're also getting a first look at george clooney since h is frightening accident in italy. >> this is the first time he's been seen in public since being thrown from that scooter. he was helped to a private jet by his wife amal. the crash happened when a mercedes turned into clooney's lane. the other driver says he was blinded by the sun at the time. coming up in the next half hour, the frightening collapse of a mall and what we're finding out this morning that may have been the cause. but first, cardi b heating up the summer music chart. we'll have a rundown of this year's hottest summer hits and the new star you probably haven't heard of. that's next on "world news now." new star you probably haven't heard of. that's next on "world news now." un-stop right there! i'm about to pop a cap of "mmm fresh" in that washer with unstopables in-wash scent boosters by downy.
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in fact about half of the top 100 singles are owned by drake. >> is that right? >> this is impressive. his album just came out about two weeks ago. drake is having a moment. and we should mention that our music expert and insider is here to discuss all the hits and songs of the summer. >> nice to see you guys. >> good to see you. so obviously, this was highly anticipated that drake would be on top, but man. the reaction to this album has been insane. >> drake has broken every single record there is to break. streaming sales, the top, 27 songs in the top 100, seven of the top ten. those are michael jackson numbers. this is blowing up. it's at new orleans, cool and hip song for the summer. >> let's talk cardi b. of course she's just doing her thing.
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congratulations to her, a new mom. let's hear a little bit of her song "i like it." your jam. ♪ ♪ >> this's my favorite line right there. that is absolute genius. >> texts from my exes. >> hip-hop meets salsa meets trap. >> trap. >> and the sample is a song from 1967 which is "i like it", which was the song of the summer. this is a perfect song for this year because of everything going on. the multi-cultural aspect, despacito last year was number one. this song is 50% spanish, 50% english. i think it's going to be the song of the summer. >> it's pretty catchy. >> you know it's catchy when you have someone like our dr. jennifer ashton who knows it
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word for word. have you seen this? >> she's often confused with cardi b, look at this. >> what? hey! ♪ >> hey! >> i'm impressed. i am impressed. dr. jen, doing it. >> amazing. a lot of people are getting in on the bandwagon that i would say is cardi, cardi. >> she's massive. bruno mars, big, strong, last year, bowdack yellow and despacito. >> let's talk ariana grande also having a big summer, newly engaged and a new album coming out. she has one of the big songs this summer "no tears left to cry." >> what a big come back for her after all she went through last year.
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this is a perfect summer song. starts slow, melancholic and her voice knocks it out of the park. >> how did they ever do that? so we know ariana, we know cardi b, we know drake. who don't we know? >> there's a new kid from london called tom mish. made his debut at coachella this year, shades of john mayer, but not really. he's his own guy. tremendous guitarist. i think we're going to see a lot from tom. he's only 22. that's about when ed sheeran started. >> we've been talking about it, you and i are going to get to see the carters at some point, but there are other hot tours happening right now. >> audrey. drake. >> drake. >> taylor. tay-tay's going out again.
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>> can you explain why paul simon was in that clip? >> he's doing his farewell tour after 61 years. he's hanging it up. and his last show will be here in new york at flushing meadows. >> great to see you guys. >> great to see you guys. meadows. >> great to see you guys. anif you've got a lifee. you gotta swiffer about the colonial penn program. here to tell you 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?
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>> yes, so bring on the french fries. >> we should have had them. cue the props. but, at the same time, there are a number of restaurants giving them away for free. now i didn't even know, dunkin' donuts has something called doughnut fries. so apparently, the first hundred guests at participating restaurants will get them free. applebee's, if you order the riblets, you are going to get fries. taco bell, nacho fries. >> build a bear will not give you a side of fries today. interesting burglar near austin, texas. >> underwear on his head? >> what is on his head? that is a good disguise. ♪ politics and foreign wars ♪ ♪ all the weather, all the scores ♪ ♪ that's the world news polka
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this morning on "world news this morning on "world news now," things get personal on capitol hill. republicans grill the fbi agent who sent anti-trump text messages. hear the most heated moments. plus the president criticizes the british prime minister hours after arriving in britain. what he said about theresa may as the two were having dinner, and today he meets the queen. and new this half hour, the president's plans for a makeover. >> yeah, he reportedly plans for air force one to have new colors on the outside? and big changes on the inside. so what would a trump force one
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look like? headquarters of hundreds of eligible young ladies. why? they were looking for love on a random thursday evening, right here in our humble studios. that's "the skinny." >> they were lined up outside my office. >> they thought you were offering dates, apparently. today is july 13th. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> nothing like walking into the office and seeing a whole bevy of women, dozens and dozens of women just kind of lined up there. >> asking for your number. >> completely ignored every single one of them. hey, aren't you that guy i swiped left on once? we will get to what they were all here for. the fbi lawyer, lisa page is expected to speak with lawmakers in private about her interactions with peter strzok during the presidential campaign.
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>> strzok was in the hot seat for hours in an extraordinary congressional hearing. he traded barbs with lawmakers who accused him of political bias against president trump. strzok's testimony was pointed and personal. pierre thomas is on the hill. >> reporter: embattled fbi agent peter strzok under fire for months coming to capitol hill to try to clear his name. >> not once in my 26 years of defending our nation did my personal opinions impact any official action i took. >> reporter: strzok who was deeply involved in the hillary clinton e-mail investigation and the early stages of the russia probe became the source of republican attacks after the discovery of personal texts he exchanged with fbi lawyer, lisa page. in one, page writes, god, trump is a loathsome human. in another exchange, strzok calling trump an idiot.
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page saying he is awful. >> strzok and others inside the doj and fbi turned our system of justice on its head and that's why this matters. >> reporter: he was said they played right into russia's hands. >> i strongly believe today's hearing is just another victory notch in putin's belt and another milestone in our enemy's campaign to tear america apart. >> reporter: he accused republicans of twisting his words. >> i don't appreciate what was originally said being changed. >> i don't give a damn what you appreciate, agent strzok. i don't appreciate having an fbi agent with an unprecedented level of animus. >> i can assure you, at no time, did those personal beliefs ever enter into the realm of any action i took. >> this hearing is a kangaroo
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court. it is a three-ring circus. >> reporter: but republicans relentless. >> i can't help but wonder when i see you looking there with a little smirk how many times did you look so innocent into your wife's eye and lie to her about lisa page? >> mr. chairman, this is outrageous. >> shame on you! >> reporter: strzok unwavering. >> i have always told the truth. the fact that you would accuse me otherwise, the fact that you would question whether or not that was the sort of look i would engage with in a family member who i have acknowledged hurting goes more to a discussion about your character and what you stand for. >> reporter: the inspector general criticized strzok for the nasty messages about trump but said he did not find documentary or testimonial evidence that improper consideration including political bias directly affected the specific investigative
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decisions we reviewed. end quote, pierre thomas, abc news, capitol hill. as president trump prepares to meet today with queen elizabeth, he is blasting british prime minister theresa may. >> before may rolled out the red carpet for the president and first lady, he told the "sun" newspaper that he advised may on how she should leave the european union but said she went in the opposite direction and said her brexit strategy will probably end a major trade relationship with the united states. >> this new controversy comes on the heels of the nato summit where the president claims the allies had bowed to his demands to spend more on defense. >> they have substantially upped their commitment, yeah, and now we're very happy, we have a very, very powerful nato, much stronger than it was two days ago. >> despite the president's remarks, there was no evidence that nato members agreed to pay the 4% gdp he asked for. french president macron said it would be 2%, that's all.
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paul manafort has been transferred from the jail where he said he was being treated like a vip. manafort is now in a detention center in northern virginia, close to the federal courthouse where he'll be tried this month on bank and tax fraud charges. his lawyers wanted to delay the trial saying they couldn't properly prepare with their client jailed two hours away but objected to the move, citing safety concerns. and stormy daniels has been cleared. she was arrested during a strip club performance and accused of having illegal contact with patrons, it turns out those patrons were undercover officers doing an investigation on strip clubs. charges were dropped because the law only applies to regular performers. it was the first time daniels had ever appeared at that venue.
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hurricane chris may be all but history but certainly leaves behind dangerous rip currents along the east coast. that continues through saturday and rip currents have already claimed several lives and forced dozens of rescues. victor oquendo has more. >> reporter: lifeguards already rescuing hundreds of swimmers up and down the east coast. in volusia county, florida, a man died after being swept away by a rip current wednesday. how quickly can you get swept away? >> it can be instant. you can go from standing in knee-deep water, step into a deep rip current. as soon as you take your foot off the bottom it can sweep you up. >> reporter: that's what happened to this man in st. simons, georgia. >> i didn't want to die out there. i was talking to god the entire time.
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>> reporter: the man fighting the current for ten hours. he did his best to stay calm as the coast guard and his father desperately searched. >> i was screaming and hollering and looking. >> reporter: he eventually reached the shore the following morning where he got help. he says when he got tired he floated on his back. that's what lifeguards say you should do. if swimming parallel to shore gets too tiring, it's a simple move that can save your life. victor oquendo, abc news, miami beach. a minnesota man is facing vehicular homicide. an 800-pound boulder his truck was carrying fell off and crushed two women in the car behind him, a mother and daughter. he's also accused of leaving the scene of the accident. police chief suspects the truck drive knew the boulder had fallen out. the kansas city water slide where a 10 year old boy died two years ago will be torn down. demolition will begin after the
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season ends on labor day. caleb schwab died after the raft he was on went airborne. you see a pair of launch towers used in 1957 were demolished yesterday. each was nearly 200 feet high. the towers launched nasa's first three mars rovers. they were last used in 2011. a private company has leased the site to launch a lunar lander next year. serena williams keeps adding to her legacy. >> just ten months after suffering life-threatening pulmonary embolism after giving birth, she is in her tenth wimbledon singles final. she beat julia gergis and faces angelique kerber for the title tomorrow.
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president trump is apparently thinking of making changes to the country's most famous jumbo jet? >> yes, according to a report on axios, he wants the paint job on air force one to be something more american. >> and he wants this music to play every time he gets on board. of course, it's the theme for "air force one." so axios website gave its version of what more american might look like, with an eagle on the nose and a red, white and blue motif along the body. you like that version of it? >> i don't know. he might like it. and another chimed in complete with his picture. look at that. president trump on the tail of, and usa with exclamation point. >> the original design was designed by jackie o who liked that color pattern.
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he also wants a bigger bed inside. he says the current bed is a little too small and wants something a little more comfortable. >> apparently that is ultramarine. >> it has its own color. even if he gets any of these changes he will never fly air force one as the president even into the second term if he gets it. coming up, the collapse of a newly-built mall, images coming in and what may have triggered that collapse. and later in "the skinny," the a-list celeb who just took that "in my feelings" viral dance challenge to a whole new level. ♪ and i need you ♪ and i need you need you ♪ great outdoors... the especially when you're in accounts receivable.
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closed as a result of the collapse happened five minutes after everyone was evacuated. tempers were flaring at malls across america as a toy store promotion spiralled out of control. >> children and their parents lined up for block outside build a bear stores across the country waiting at hours at times to get in, drawn by these three words "pay your age." what could go wrong? here's marci gonzalez. >> reporter: a stuffed animal frenzy, causing snaking lines and unbearable waits, as long as six hours at build a bear workshops across the country. >> this is crazy. >> reporter: the chain offering a one-day deal. the plush creatures that normally cost $30 to $40 now the price of your child's age. the deal drawing turnout unprecedented and overwhelming.
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>> this is like 4,000 people. >> reporter: while prompting a lot of frustration. >> there's people that have been out here for seven hours. >> reporter: some customers turned away with concerns growing about crowd safety. >> you got to call somebody, real fast. because we're about to have a [ bleep ] problem out here. >> reporter: build a bear offering $15vvouchers to those customers forced to leave the line and to all members of their rewards club. marci gonzalez, abc news, los angeles. >> i got excited about teletubbies as a kid. >> i had no idea there was a frenzy around these bears. people take these serious. >> they do. people also take the bachelor and bachelorette seriously. so much so there was chaos. we'll tell you where and why. >> and who just took the in my feelings challenge to a new level. the in my
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♪ skinny ♪ just give me "the skinny" ♪ skinny ♪ just give me "the skinny" it is an action-packed skinny. >> the front of our studios was mobbed with young women hoping for their shot at love. a major casting call for the next season of the bachelor. >> come to the city to find labels and love, right? >> i want to find somebody who wants to know me. >> i look for good energy, someone who really is going to be in this to maybe find love. >> i'm looking for love. >> i'm just ready to find true love. >> looking for my be f rlly . >> i'm a transgender girl looking for love, looking for someone to love me as much as i love myself. >> basic application, where you live, name, age.
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and we take a photo of every girl and do a little three to five-minute interview. typically, we are looking for someone who has a leap of faith to do something like this. because you never know how it will turn out. >> i don't think i would have an extravagant entrance like some people. >> they're maybe tired of social media and doing things the new way. >> i go out a lot. i'm on the apps. >> i've dated a lot of guys in new york. they're literally all [ bleep ] boys. >> a lot of single women. >> put a ring on it, honey. >> i love that. >> so we just got it hot off the presses. my favorite question in that is have you ever had a restraining order filed against you. that's a good question. >> that's not something that would turn people off, i guess.
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the one i think will be the most difficult question is list three adjectives that would surprise people about you. >> that's a hard one. >> yeah, i can't list three adjectives period. >> people know you. >> i don't know that people would know what an adjective is, many of those ladies out there. coming up, the celebrity who just won the viral dance challenge sweeping social media. >> it all started, you see kevin hart doing it, an instagram star did his own interpretive moves to drake's song "in my feelings." >> let's get right into will smith. nobody has done the shiggy like him. >> this morning, "in my feelings". and i was like, i got to let them out. there is no way, no way this is legal. on the bridge. ♪
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always ♪ ♪ we're closing out another busy week of headlines, to president trum >> here now is our weekly friday rewind. >> president trump emerging from an emergency meeting in nato to declare victory. >> i let them know i was extremely unhappy with what was happening, and they have substantially upped their commitment, yeah. >> earlier, president trump arriving at the summit late and alone. his demands triggering an emergency nato meeting.
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reports that he threatened to pull the u.s. out of the l. tourists on board as the plane crashed into the mountain. >> new video of the dramatic video of the rescue on the side of the mountain in alaska. watch as the coast guard pulls one after another to safety. 11 people survived after their float plane crashed into a mountain on prince of wales island. >> we were fully expecting fatalities due to the sheer rock faces. >> this morning, new video, showing the families of that soccer team meeting the rescuers who saved their sons' lives. >> new video shows how teams of expert divers pulled those 12 boys and their coach from the belly of that cave. >> this is the most difficult dive i have ever been to.
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>> this video shows them being carried all the way out. one of the team shown wrapped in a blanket where teams step in to carry him to the hospital. >> charlotte stole the show. she is heard telling the media, quote, you're not coming. while staring them down as she walks in. she's such a boss. she's my favorite royal, hands down. >> completely bossy. >> yeah, so charlotte -- >> you're not coming! i love that. >> i was looking at some of the other questions, by the way for "the bachelorette." besides the restraining order, have you ever been arrested or charged or convicted of a crime. >> have you ever filed for bankruptcy? >> schools attended if any. >> they get into the nitty-gritty. >> they do. >> it's for life, it's for love. >> it's for a couple months on
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making news in america this morning, president trump's bombshell interview just hours before he meets with the british prime minister and the queen. what he told a tabloid newspaper and why he says he feels unwelcome. shocking survival story. a teenager swept out to sea survives ten hours fighting the ocean current in the dark. >> my first reaction was to swim wildly back to shore but the current kept dragging me back. >> how he finally made it to land. >> promotion disaster. the pay your age promotion at build-a-bear erupts into chaos. >> there's people that have been
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