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that would be a humpback whale breaching the surface of that would be a humpback whale breaching the surface of the atlantic off the coast of new hampshire. the video was shot by a guy who was just out fishing. there were plenty of bait fish swimming near their 20-foot boat, so he wasn't surprised when the whale came up to get a quick snack. >> that wouldn't startle you at all. >> no, not at all. man, a little too close. the rapper post malone is breathing a sigh of relief.

>> hours after he closed out the vma with aerosmith, malone's private gulf stream plane bound for london blew two tires. lucy yang tells us the rest. >> i hate flying in general. >> reporter: shaken but alive. this was rapper post malone after a five-hour odyssey in the sky. the rapper's manager letting out a big exhale. >> landed safely, guys. serious. been circling in the air for hours. >> reporter: shortly before 11:00 tuesday morning, post malone and his entourage boarded a private gulf stream jet. there were immediately problems. there were two blown tires on takeoff. they tried to get back to teeterboro. instead the plane began circling

to use up fuel. they circled above connecticut before finally cleared for landing at stewart international airport where there is a 12,000 foot runway. they made a safe and even graceful landing. spectators at the airport broke out in a round of applause. just the night before, he won best song of the year by a rock star at the vma awards. >> thank you so much. i just want to say thank you to my family. thank you to my crew. >> reporter: no shortage of drama for this artist, even his tweet thanking fans for prayers and saying can't believe how many people wished death on me. not today. no today indeed for all 16 aboard that private jet. lucy yang, channel 7, eyewitness news. >> he'll no doubt get another face tattoo to commemorate this.

this is what post told tmz right after landing. >> there's one hell of a team on that aircraft. and we're here, and we're here. i need a beer and some wine. at the same time mixed together. >> all right. >> after the ordeal, i understand, otherwise i'd say wow. >> that's what we all do, right? >> when we come back, what madonna is now saying about her tribute to aretha franklin. >> and a closer look at the vma afterparties. "the skinny" is next. vma afterparties. "the skinny" is next.

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aretha and noted that the late singer changed the course of my life. >> that's pretty much all she said about aretha for the next seven minutes. >> i had no training or dreams of ever becoming a singer, but i went for it. a french disco sensation was looking for backup singers and dancers for his world tour. i thought, why not. i said [ bleep ] i'm madonna. no, i didn't, i didn't say that. because i wasn't madonna yet. i don't know who i was. i performed for the show, i sang like a virgin at the top of a cake. my manager said my career was over. hello. >> yeah, that was her tribute to aretha. over the course of seven minutes, madonna said the queen of soul's name, aretha, four times but uttered the words i and me more than 50 times. >> but she has an explanation, guys. she posted something on

instagram. madonna wrote, quote, just to clarify, i was asked to present video of the year and they asked me to share anecdotes i had about aretha franklin. i did not intend to do a tribute to her, exclamation point. >> why not do a tribute to her. >> i thought the vmas in general would put together a tribute. >> as for aretha's family, they are not upset with madonna, they're concerned about other things. as for around here, we're still talking about a certain performance. jennifer lopez, show-stopping mashup of her greatest hits, decked out in gold. it was an epic nine minutes i believe? >> just shy of ten minutes. after all that work, the

afterparty, the vanguard award winner went with this outfit, this bodysuit. she wears sunglasses at night. >> all that gold is pretty bright. >> i love that gold with the beads. even her manager had this awesome shirt on with all this gold. >> while i'm dancing at home to the performance, are there people in the audience dancing as well? >> oh, my gosh, in the venue, you can hear it here. >> cardi b stepped out after the ceremony in black ruffles, accessorized of course with plenty of bling. >> ariana grande embracing the '80s in an oversized sweater and boots. >> not bad. >> and chanel is getting into the men's grooming and beauty industry. they have a new line of makeup just for guys.

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and you may have heard the catchphrase sitting is the new smoking. there's one problem. >> you can't quit sitting like you do smoking. >> reporter: while sitting less is a good idea, jen says you can also sit better. one, stop thinking about your posture. >> most people lift their chests, and do you feel what contracted to create that? >> my delts? >> everyone does the good posture thing and sits up straight. when you sit up straight, how do you feel? >> like i have a rod jammed up my back and my chest is out, shoulders back. >> reporter: your point, that's not sustainable. so bucking tradition, throw the posture idea out. instead, step two, sit down differently. >> you want to tip from the, tip your torso, move the butt back. nice. and you want to feel that your hamstrings are lengthening, stretching. >> reporter: tight right here.

>> as soon as you feel a hamstring stretch you want to sit, you can start sitting. there you go. nice. >> this seems sustainable. >> reporter: but the final tip, if you find yourself slumped or slouched, stand up and start over again with a bend at the hips. >> we sit so that we're not overly contracting the low back muscles and creating new back pain. >> so we've been doing it wrong by trying to pretend as if there's a rod coming up straight. >> to keep your spine perfectly straight and be tense, you don't want to be tense, i think she's saying. >> jack -- >> shoulders down? >> i don't know. you're not supposed to cross your leg as much, i guess. >> your head around, whatever? >> so they recommend that 20-8-2 formula. for every 20 minutes that you're

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good wednesday morning. i'm kendis gibson. good wednesday morning. i'm kendis gibson. >> here are some of the top headlines we're following for this wednesday morning. two former members of president trump's inner circle are facing prison time. a jury found former campaign chief paul manafort guilty of tax fraud. former fixer michael cohen accepted a plea bargain. the body of mollie tibbetts has been found. cristhian rivera led investigators to her remains. he is aundocumented immigrant from mexico. he has been charged with her murder. hawaii is under a hurricane warning as hurricane lane bears down on the island as a category five storm. hawaii's governor has closed all

schools on the big island and residents of maui prepare themselves. the bull market becomes the longest bull market ever. it started in march 2009. at that time, microsoft was among the most valuable companies. microsoft is now the only one in the top five. those are some of our top stories on this wednesday, august 22. from abc news, this is "world news now." and we do say good morning to you on this wednesday. we going to start this half hour with the new details stemming from that investigation in colorado. the man accused of killing his wife and daughters has been denied bail. >> chris watts didn't enter a plea during an emotional court appearance during which he sat a few feet away from his wife's family.

clayton sandell was there. >> reporter: chris watts in court, shackled and subdued. hearing the charges against him for the first time, accused of murdering his pregnant wife shanann. she gushed about him on facebook. >> he was the one for me, and he is amazing. >> reporter: and the daughters who adored him. >> my daddy is a hero. >> reporter: watts came face-to-face with shanann's father and brother comforting each other as the judge read a list of crimes. police say watts confessed to killing shanann but then made a staggering claim, that he did it in a fit of rage only after he caught his wife in the middle of strangling celeste and bella. that version prosecutors and friends believe is a lie. >> i now shanann would never hurt her girls, never. her girls were her world. >> reporter: police also say

chris watts was having an affair. just two months ago, he and his wife were celebrating another child on the way. >> so pink means -- >> that's just the test. >> pink is going to be girls? that's awesome. >> reporter: on the day his family went missing, he allegedly told shanann he wanted to separate. >> we had an emotional conversation, i'll leave it at that. but i just want them back. >> reporter: but two days after this plea to cameras, police say watts led them to three bodies at this oil field, shattering an ideal of suburban bliss. watts has not yet entered a plea. prosecutors were asked if it could be a death penalty case, they said it was too early to make that decision. clayton sandell, abc news, greeley, colorado. the other big developing stories we're watching are the legal hits for two former trump confidantes.

take a look at what americans are waking up this morning. just historic days we're living through. the "washington post" with the headline, convictions tighten squeeze on trump. >> the "new york times" with the most damning headline. pleading guilty, cohen implicates the president. >> and don's cons. you can get a sense that we're living in big times right now. >> we'll tell you all the details now. attorney michael cohen who has said he was donald trump's fixer for more than a decade pleaded guilty to bank and tax fraud and campaign finance violations. he admitted paying off women during the campaign who allegedly had affairs with the candidate. in his guilty plea, he said he did so under direction from the candidate in order to influence the election. the other bombshell is the conviction of the president's former campaign chairman.

>> manafort found guilty on eight of 18 counts. some of it involving his work for ukraine. prosecutors may re-file the other ten counts. pierre thomas in northern virginia. >> reporter: president trump's former campaign chairman, paul manafort, is a convicted felon who could spend the rest of his life behind bars. after four days of deliberations, the jury rendering its verdict. guilty on five counts of tax evasion. one count of failing to report a foreign bank account and two counts of bank fraud. they were unable to reach a verdict on ten other counts. the judge declared a mistrial on those ten counts. manafort sat stonefaced, winking at his wife kathleen as he was led out of the courtroom. his attorney later addressing reporters, saying manafort got a fair trial. >> mr. manafort is disappointed of not getting acquittals all the way through or a complete hung jury on all counts. he is evaluating all of his options at this point.

>> reporter: prosecutors accuse manafort of masterminding two schemes, one to hide millions of dollars from the irs, the other to defraud banks into lending him millions more. they say he stashed $60 million in 31 offshore bank accounts, telling the jury, use your common sense, does it make sense that he forgot that he had to report them? they argued he used the money to bankroll a lavish lifestyle, posh homes, fancy suits. the trial, the first big test for special counsel mueller and an extraordinary fall for manafort. two years ago he was running the trump campaign, guiding the candidate through the convention. >> he's a decisive person with a human side who cares about people. >> reporter: trump seemed thrilled. >> paul manafort has done an amazing job. he's here somewhere. where's paul? >> reporter: but soon manafort was pushed out amid a swirl of stories about his work for ukrainian officials with ties to moscow.

last summer, a dozen armed fbi agents raided his apartment, seizing a trove of documents. >> i've always found paul manafort to be a very decent man. i thought that was pretty tough stuff. >> reporter: last week, even as the jury deliberated, president trump still rooting for his former campaign chairman. >> i think it's a very sad day for our country. he worked for me for a very short period of time, but you know what? he happens to be a very good person, and i think it's very sad what they've done to paul manafort. >> reporter: mr. trump refused to rule out a pardon. the president sounding dismayed by the verdict. >> it doesn't involve me, but i still feel -- it's a very sad thing that happened. it has nothing to do with russian collusion. this started as russian collusion. this is absolutely nothing to do, this is a witch hunt, and it's a disgrace. >> reporter: manafort faces another trial in washington, d.c. beginning september 17th.

and on the eight counts he was convicted of on tuesday, he faces a maximum of 80 years in prison. and he's now in jail on allegations of witness tampering in the upcoming trial. pierre thomas, abc news, alexandria, virginia. > any other day, this would be getting a lot of attention. the president's top economic adviser, there are a lot of questions this morning about one of his recent party guests. byron kudlow confirms a report that he invited a controversial publisher to a party that he hosted last weekend. kudlow says he knew the publisher from his days as financial journalist and was unaware of his current work. he tells abc news if he had known about that work he would not have invited the publisher to his party. police are searching for a mystery gunman targeting a highrise apartment building in new york city. a resident on the 14th floor of the building woke up to find shattered glass in the living

room. on saturday, an apartment on the 32nd floor was hit. a building worker heard the gunfire. no one was injured in either incident. and a pennsylvania priest has been accused of groping a teen. they are not related to the charges on other priests. he has been removed from active ministry and authorities say he met the girl at mass last year. aretha franklin's finances are now a matter for the courts. she died without a will or trust. according to michigan law, her four children will inherit her estate worth an estimated $80 million. all four have filed court documents listing themselves as interested parties in her estate. call them free range animal crackers. >> so peta's push to change the

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at his rally last night in west virginia, president trump touted his role in the deportation of a nazi concentration camp guard. he was carried from his home in new york city and flown to germany. >> he acknowledged serves at a war camp, but denied any involvement in war crimes. investigators first accused him of lying about his past to get into the united states 25 years ago. german prosecutors say there is not enough evidence to prosecute him. new details are emerging about richie incognito's arrest at an arizona funeral home. in a police report, it says incognito threatened an employee saying he had a truck full of guns in the parking lot. his father died over the weekend and workers said his family was not going to let him attend the funeral. he's charged with disorderly conduct and is free on bond. and a new zealand politician has a great tale to share with

her newborn. a few days ago, julie genter hopped on the electric bicycle and rode to the hospital. she delivered a baby boy. >> she moved to new zealand after graduating from college. she is new zealand's minister for women. >> and the prime minister of new zealand also just gave birth this summer becoming one of the first heads of state -- >> but i think someone drove her. >> exactly. back to schooling gadgets next. . . . mother...nature! sure smells amazing... even in accounts receivable. gain botanicals laundry detergent. bring the smell of nature wherever you are.

♪ well, kids of all ages are headed back to school, so it's time to stock up on the latest gadgets for them, so we have the giz wiz. dick debartolo joins us, good to see you. >> the same. every year we try to find a really unique backpack. >> i loved the stuff last year

and this is good though. >> this is from the company, star sports. and the woman who designed it started with ohio state, i guess she lives there, and they got so many requests. now they have more than 30 schools signed up. but you can also buy a blank version. >> it looks like a real helmet. >> absolutely. it's a backpack. a padded place for your laptop. and under $50. >> this might be my favorite, though. >> this is called cauldryn. you want to go to class and have coffee with you. you dial the temperature you want your coffee to be at, it keeps it that way for ten hours. in the dorm, you can make soup, you can cook in it. you can do freeze fried. you can make soup, cook in it. i actually boiled some water. >> you can boil things in there? >> i'm going to show you how -- >> wow.

>> that that is steaming hot. >> that's amazing. is it battery operated? >> it's battery operated two ways. it comes with a desk charger. when you're at the desk, put it on there, and the battery can run for ten hours. >> you can buy the kit with a blender, which chops ice. >> you don't want to send your kids to college with that. >> it's a little kitchen if you don't have a kitchen in your dorm. >> all together. >> this little guy is neat. it's a little l.e.d. i'm going to fold it down. four different brightnesses. >> awesome. >> a built-in battery. this is a place to mark a book. you can flatten it out, pull it out. this is the attached usb charger. >> it charges right from here. >> so you could slide this in to the side of your laptop, bend it over and light the keyboard. >> can you charge it in any usb? >> any usb. you can use this to mark your

page. >> what's that called? >> the l.e.d. book light. it's $9. i bought a couple for $9 each on amazon. >> my daughter needs one of these. what do we have here? >> this is great. let me just turn it on here. this is a 10,000 milliamp external batteryharger. and it is wireless. you can lay it on here and charge it. while you're charging a phone wirelessly, there is an output where you can charge a second device. but wait, there's more! if you have more than one of these, which i do, you can lay this on another wireless charger, and the other wireless charger can charge this while this is charging your device and that's charging something else. >> oh, wow. an endless ability to charge. >> power to go, no matter where you go.

>> that's amazing. >> i'll let you pick that up. in the dorm you want lots of outlets, and you take one outlet, one grounded outlet. >> it plugs in here. >> now you have three grounded outlets on three different sides. so you can put those transformer plugs in there, and then on the front we have three 2.4-volt usb chargers. >> so this is a six-device charger. >> and there's a tiny little l.e.d. in there so you know that the outlet you put it in has power. >> this is amazing. so kids are going off to their dorm rooms. they need power for everything. this is their one-stop-shop. >> $17 on amazon for that. that was about $30. >> this was $30? >> no, this was $30 and that was $17. >> these are all great ideas. >> one more year and i'm out of

school. >> for more you can check out gizwiz.biz. you're watching "world news now." you're watching "world news now." test test

okay. time for this happened on a wednesday morning. okay. time for this happened on a wednesday morning. we're going to show something that was an epic catch. wounded warriors softball game in hamilton, ohio. two players right there, they team up for that incredible catch. oh, completely. >> they planned that. >> they pass it off to the other guy. >> slow-mo again.

>> deserve a smoothie king. >> that you can see there in the background there. this is usually how the new york mets are losing baseball games. >> they are not making that catch. >> not at all. and this was actually pretty cool. there's a water-skiing team that has broken a record. this happened 80 people making a human pyramid in a water-skiing type pyramid. and they traveled for about 1148 feet. they beat the record, which is only 656 feet. that was required by guinness world record. >> so they clobbered that record. >> that's a lot of aqua js right there. they asked the aqua-nuts and web footers to join them. they expect it to be certified in two weeks. >> looks fake, but congrats, i guess. so this was scary. this happened on a texas highway.

a driver of a semi dragged a car for more than mile. dragged the -- the semi or truck driver did not realize that the mercedes was there. so the video was posted on facebook showing the mercedes stuck in the front. this was in the san antonio area. the mercedes was dragged for a mile. the driver of the mercedes and the truck driver told investigators that the other crossed into their lane causing the incident. >> all scary. >> minor injuries in all of this. a golf player in massachusetts, daniel adams, was playing a round of golf. he played eight holes and noticed all his balls were missing. it wasn't until the eighth hole he realized a fox was coming along stealing all the balls. >> sure. >> that's why he had such a bad score. but the fox is stealing balls,

take them off. >> yeah. sure. the balls aren't going, you know, off the fairway.

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proving even super heroes get pulled over. it's wednesday, august 22nd. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> not even batman is safe. >> on his way to do a good deed, no doubt. got pulled over. >> well, it was an interesting day for law enforcement yesterday. >> for a lot of reasons, yes. >> for a lot of reasons. we're going to begin with the two major stories that are surely causing concern at the white house. >> the president's former campaign chairman has been convicted of bank and tax fraud and his former attorney has pleaded guilty to multiple counts. >> what a day to be alive. these are some of the headlines people are waking up to. "the new york post" which is usually favorable to the president with don's cons. you see the others.

"new york times," pleaded guilty, cohen implicates the president, and convictions tighten the squeeze on trump. you get a sense that things are getting ugly for the white house. >> getting concerning. >> the president didn't mention either former aide at a rally in west virginia, understandably. both convictions are victories for robert mueller's investigation which the president again called a witch hunt. >> the plea bargain by michael cohen may be the more damaging of the convictions. tom llamas starts us off. >> reporter: he was the president's loyal lieutenant and long-time fixer, the personal lawyer who once said he'd take a bullet for president trump, but michael cohen walked out of federal court after pleading guilty to illegally paying hush money to silence two women who claim to have had sexual relationships with the president. cohen telling the judge he was working in coordination and at the direction of a candidate for federal office. >> mr. cohen pled guilty to two campaign finance charges. one for causing an unlawful

corporate contribution and the second one for personally making an excessive personal contribution, both for the purpose of influencing the 2016 election. >> reporter: just 11 days before the election, cohen paid off porn star stormy daniels who claimed she had a one-night affair with donald trump. >> mr. cohen sought reimbursement for that money by submitting invoices to the candidate's company, which were untrue and false. it was simply a means to obtain reimbursement for the unlawful contribution. >> reporter: cohen also involved in the payoff to karen mcdougal, a former playboy playmate who claims she had a one-year-long affair with trump before the election and she sold her story to the national enquirer. they bought it and buried it. a practice known as "catch and kill." the president denied knowing about that payment as well. but cohen recording a secret

conversation. >> when it comes time for the financing, which will be -- >> what financing? >> well, i have to pay -- oh, no, no, no, no. >> reporter: cohen worked for president trump for more than a decade, trump said he was confident cohen would not turn on him, but the pressure on cohen only grew. in june it was clear he was looking to cut a deal, saying that his wife, daughter and son and loyalty to country came first. there's one count of giving a false statement to a bank and five counts of tax evasion. the court documents say the candidate was donald j. trump. in court he said he participated for the principle purpose of influencing the election. tom llamas, abc news, lower manhattan.

turning to the other major concern for the white house. former campaign chairman paul manafort was convicted of eight of 18 financial charges. >> they include not reporting income from ukraine and lying to obtain millions in loans. >> peter thomas reports from the courthouse in northern virginia. >> reporter: paul manafort received a hung jury on ten of the 18 counts. he nonetheless faces significant prison time. of those eight counts he was convicted of, he faces a maximum of 80 years in prison. the judge most likely won't give him all that time, but he's facing years if not a decade in prison. he faces another trial in september in washington, d.c. he's in jail right now on allegations of witness tampering in connection with the upcoming

trial. suffice it to say, he's facing tremendous pressure. i'm pierre thomas, abc news, alexandria, virginia. talking to reporters in west virginia, president trump expressed sadness for manafort but said the case had nothing to do with him. >> he also said it has nothing to do with collusion between his campaign and russia. and he says he's not a loser. terry moran says there was a winner, the american system. >> reporter: the real victors are the jury. this jury was not sequestered. they walked out looking at the press every day. they could see us covering this trial in a highly politicized moment with the president of the united states himself coming out from time to time and commenting on this case. they put all that aside in this looney political moment and did what juries do. they worked methodically through the evidence for three and a half days. they agreed on what they could agree on and punted on what they disagreed on.

at the end of the day, it's reassuring about the jury system. at the end of the day, this was really, for all of the theatrics, an ordinary tax case. i'm terry moran, abc news. >> our thanks to terry. what a day it was. because on top of all that, one of the president's earliest supporters in congress has been indicted on corruption charges. congressman duncan hunter represents a heavily republican district in southern california. prosecutors are accusing hunter and his wife of illegally using more than $250,000 in campaign funds. they used it to pay for expensive trips and golf outings and school tuition. he has been stripped of his house committee assignments but is still running for reelection. the man accused of killing his wife and their two young daughters was formally advised with the offenses against him.

his late wife's family sat a few feet away. >> reporter: chris watts in court. >> i have denied your right to bail. >> reporter: his father-in-law weeping as the judge read the nine felony counts against the man accused of murdering his wife shanann and daughters celeste and bella. documents revealing chris says he told his wife he wanted a separation. later he saw bella sprawled out on her bed in blue and shanann actively strangling celeste. chris says that caused him to go into a rage and ultimately strangle shanann to death. >> i know shanann would never hurt her girls. >> reporter: nicole atkinson says chris' version of events is impossible saying shanann confided in her that chris recently became standoffish. >> he wasn't the loving chris he normally was.

he wasn't touching or hugging. >> reporter: watts was actively involved in an affair with a co-worker. >> so pink means -- >> that's just a test. >> reporter: shanann, who was 15 weeks pregnant was found in this oil field with their daughters submerged in oil tanks. watts did not enter a plea. he also faces an unlawful termination of pregnancy charge. danya bacchus, abc news, los angeles. >> our thanks to danya. breaking overnight, a hurricane warning has been issued for the big island of hawaii as hurricane lane approaches. hurricane lane is now a very strong category five storm, sustained winds are around 155 miles per hour. the governor has just closed all schools on the big island and on maui until further notice. tropical storm force winds and

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a freight train derailment in california prompting evacuations in san bernardino. about 14 cars, some leaking flammable chemicals rolled off the railroad tracks. no injuries were reported and no word yet on what might have caused the derailment. the search for a missing iowa college student ends in tragedy. authorities have located the body of mollie tibbetts. she vanished on july 18 while out for a run. >> now a 24 year old undocumented immigrant has been charged with her murder. alex perez has details. >> reporter: after a month of searching for mollie tibbetts, investigators arrested cristhian rivera, the suspect leading them to the rural area where police say he dumped her remains. >> she was found in a cornfield. there were cornstalks placed over the top of her. >> reporter: she was last seen going for a run near cornfields july 18th.

according to investigators, he followed mollie and abducted her. >> he ran alongside of her or behind her. and then she took off running, he in turn chased her down. >> reporter: this video capturing her smiling, just days before her disappearance. her emotional family spending much of the last 34 days asking for the public's help, pleading for her return. >> hang in there. >> reporter: investigators had been working round the clock since she mysteriously vanished. the fbi helping investigators to zero in on her digital footprint and location information from her fitbit. but it was surveillance video captured on a neighbor's camera that helped them track the suspect down. >> the video was critical. i'll put it that way. >> reporter: authorities have not revealed any motive, but the suspect led them to her remains

and confessed to the crime. alex perez, abc news, brooklyn, iowa. >> the farm that employed the suspect says he was vetted through a government system and was an employee in good standing. the man who gained infamy as the dancing fbi agent will face second degree assault charges. >> he was captured on video doing a back flip on a dance floor. his gun fell out and went off. the bartender suffered a leg wound. bishop is due back in court in october. coming up, new details surfacing about that massive tinder prank. >> we're finding out about the woman who scammed dozens upon dozens of men who thought they were showing up for a real date. that's next on "world news now." heart ♪ zens upon dozens of men who thought they were showing up for a real date that's next on "world news now." with a round brush head. go pro with oral-b. oral-b's gentle rounded brush head

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right and left. here is eva pilgrim. >> reporter: a sea of men waiting, standing around all for one woman. >> as you may or may not know, my name is natasha, and i have a confession to make for everyone here. everyone here today was brought here to be on a date with me. >> reporter: self-described actress, model and singer, she swiped right on all these men. >> no beer bellies. no long beards, no bald guys. no khakis. no toms. i don't know why, but i hate toms. >> reporter: she chatted online, talking with some of them months ago, and then told them to meet her in union square for what they thought was a one on one date. >> a crazy social experiment happening. >> reporter: much to their surprise, there were dozens and

dozens of others. they would be competing against each other for natasha's love, from foot races to tests of strength. along with a string of odd questions. >> i thought it was a pretty elaborate ruse. at first it was like she tricked a bunch of people. >> reporter: misha was one of the dates. but left when he realized what was going on. >> i think some people just quietly walked away, but it was a strangely obedient audience. >> reporter: next, all the guys under 5'10" axed. all the guys looking for just a hookup asked to leave. she reportedly did pick a winner, but no word yet who it is.

pulling off the whole stunt with the help of rob, the man behind this cat-calling video. that video's been viewed more than 47 million times. eva pilgrim, abc news, new york. >> so no toms. >> some of the men stayed and did the race? >> yeah. a lot of thirsty people out there. what can we say? no guy looking for just a hookup. wouldn't that be every guy? >> it is tinder after all. >> exactly. and no guy under 5'10". so the reaction so far, men took it -- took to her instagram to blast her for the stunt. some varied reactions. >> apparently, there will be a video released on thursday where they explain it all. >> we find out who the one winner is. coming up, national tooth fairy day. up,erairy day.

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it reached an all-time high of $4.66. and then it went down to $4.17. >> forget apple stocks, let's invest in tooth fairy. >> that's not like new york city where kids can get all kinds of, you know -- >> they drop off a gift from tiffany under the pillow. a little north of where we are, ontario, canada and an unusual scene on the roads. a driver captured this suspect being pulled over there, yeah, you know what you did. it was a guy who was driving a replica of the 1990s batman film car and dressed as batman. >> batman got pulled over. >> they asked him who he is, and he's like, i'm batman.

but they didn't seem, at least according to the person who took the video, as if he was in any major, major trouble but definitely got pulled over by the po-po. >> you're probably on your way somewhere worthwhile, like a children's hospital or something. >> really hard to find your license and registration when you have that outfit on. >> it's a tight one. everyone has to take a look at this dog. the most amazing dog that is winning the hearts of social media, because he almost looks like a person. this is bacon, the very concerned-looking dog. all the pictures that have been posted of him are getting a ton of buzz. he actually looks -- yeah. >> he looks pensive. >> yes. gives you different -- >> oh, wow. >> mature look. >> he's a character actor. >> he looks to me like he just wants them to stop taking pictures.

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this morning on "world news now," whiplash for the white house, as it gets a double dose of bad news, announced just minutes apart. first, the president's former fixer pleading guilty and implicating the president of the united states. then the former trump campaign chair being found guilty. the president attended this rally overnight. our experts weigh in about what could be next. >> at that rally, the president talks about the strength of the economy and we're just hours away from a historic day on wall street. the stock market hitting a record never before reached. and a terrifying few hours for a music star and his crew. >> they were on board a crippled jet that had to circle for hours burning off fuel before it could land.

what they all said when it finally touched down. and the growing fallout over madonna's speech at the vmas, during what was supposed to be a tribute to the queen of soul, aretha franklin, the queen of pop is now defending herself. we'll have it for you in the skinny, on this wednesday, august 22nd. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> that was quite a speech by madonna, whatever the topic was supposed to be, i'm not sure we got to it. >> a bit of an explanation? >> a bit of fallout. and there will be a lot of fallout in one stunning hour that took place yesterday. the white house is reacting to the convictions of two former members of president trump's inner circle. both former campaign chief paul manafort and former personal

attorney michael cohen were found guilty of frauds, involving millions of dollars. >> president trump called manafort's conviction a disgrace but didn't comment on cohen. we begin with emily rau. >> reporter: president trump's long-time fixer walked out of court in new york after pleading guilty to a total of eight felony charges, two campaign finance counts, one for giving a false statement to a bank and five counts of tax evasion. 11 days before the election he paid off stormy daniels who claims she had a one-night affair with president trump in 2006. the president initially said he didn't know about that payment. but later, the white house saying he did know. >> mr. cohen sought reimbursement for that money by submitting invoices to the candidate's company, which were untrue and false.

>> reporter: cohen was also involved in the payoff of former playboy playmate karen mcdougal, cohen telling judges he was working in coordination and at the direction of a candidate for federal office. and in virginia, a jury found president trump's former campaign chairman, paul manafort, guilty on five counts of tax evasion, one count of failing to report a foreign bank account and two counts of bank fraud. they were unable to reach a verdict on ten other counts and the judge declared a mistrial on those ten counts. manafort showed no emotion as the verdict was read. president trump reacting to the verdict tuesday night. >> it doesn't involve me. but it's a very sad thing that happened. it has nothing to do with russian collusion. >> reporter: cohen is now out on bond. paul manafort has another trial starting next month. emily rau, abc news, washington.

president trump seems more upset by manafort's conviction, but the cohen plea bargain may be more of a problem for the president. >> maryalice parks says this is more likely to have far-reaching political repercussions. >> you know it was an absolutely head-spinning day, when the president's former campaign chairman is convicted of crimes, and yet that feels like the second-biggest headline. instead, the biggest news, the accusations from michael cohen. cohen pointed his finger at the president and said the president instructed him to commit a crime. a crime during the 2016 election. and it was that part that was really the zinger here. because cohen said that the crime he committed, those campaign finance violations, the paying off of women who were accusing the president of affairs, that all of that was designed to help the president

politically, to help his campaign and not just to help his marriage. so what happens next? for cohen, likely jail time, considering the seriousness of the crimes that he pled to. for the president, consequences are really unknown territory. many legal experts say the president of the united states probably cannot be indicted. probably cannot have charges brought against him. instead, law enforcement could make recommendations to congress based on cohen's accusations. but either way, for the president, it's really a political question. more testimonies or hearings regarding the president explicitly, those are all likely questions for members of congress. so suddenly the midterm elections that are two and a half months away look even more significant. and whereas michael cohen only pled guilty yesterday, former campaign chairman paul manafort was found guilty by a jury. none of those charges had

anything to do with president trump or his campaign, but they carry with them significant time behind bars. lynda, kendis? >> thanks from maryalice. we're all waiting for the tweet storm that will no doubt come in a matter of hours. in the meantime, new trump administration rules for power plants that run on coal could have deadly consequences. that comes from the epa itself. projections say they could cause up to 1500 deaths a year along with a sharp increase in asthma and heart attacks. opponents of the rules are expected to challenge them in court. facebook has wiped out more than 650 accounts the company says was spreading disinformation. the iranian-backed sites had nearly 1 million followers combined.

a russian-backed one was following politics in ukraine. a 7.3 magnitude quake rattled buildings and knocked out power in venezuela. you can see inside of the homes there. it didn't cause any major damage, because it was more than 75 miles below the surface. power outages and damaged buildings were reported in nearby trinidad and tobago. the colorado man accused of killing his wife and two young daughters did not enter a plea in an emotional court appearance. christopher watts could face life in prison or the death penalty if convicted. his father-in-law wept during the hearing. a court document says watts told his wife he wanted a separation and became enraged after seeing his wife strangle their girls and that is when he killed his wife.

and the search for a missing college student ends in tragedy. they located her body in a cornfield. mollie tibbetts was out for a run when she went missing on july 18th. cristhian rivera has been charged with murder. authorities say he led them to the area where he allegedly dumped her body. >> he ran alongside of her, and at one point, mollie grabbed her phone and said you need to leave me alone, i'm going to call the police. she took off running, he chased her down. >> rivera is an undocumented immigrant. president trump noted the arrest and called for change to immigration laws. the farm that employed the suspect for four years has just issued a statement saying he was vetted through a government system and was an employee in good standing.

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the ferrari is worth a little more than $100,000. but the lambeau may look a little dusty, but $450,000 on the price tag. >> what are you waiting for, grandma? >> exactly. coming up, the five terrifying hours in the air for a rapper. what triggered the emergency landing and plus what he said the moment he got off the plane. and some men wear makeup. we're not judging, kendis. but right now, there's a movement to get more guys to wear it. we'll explain in "the skinny," you look good there. >> this is what i wear when going to get coffee. you look good there. >> this is what i wear when going to get coffee.

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that would be a humpback whale breaching the surface of the atlantic off the coast of new hampshire. the video was shot by a guy who was just out fishing. there were plenty of bait fish swimming near their 20-foot boat, so he wasn't surprised when the whale came up to get a quick snack. >> that wouldn't startle you at all. >> no, not at all. man, a little too close.

the rapper post malone is breathing a sigh of relief. >> hours after he closed out the vma with aerosmith, malone's private gulf stream plane bound for london blew two tires. lucy yang tells us the rest. >> i hate flying in general. >> reporter: shaken but alive. this was rapper post malone after a five-hour odyssey in the sky. the rapper's manager letting out a big exhale. >> landed safely, guys. serious. been circling in the air for hours. >> reporter: shortly before 11:00 tuesday morning, post malone and his entourage boarded a private gulf stream jet. there were immediately problems. there were two blown tires on takeoff. they tried to get back to teeterboro. instead the plane began circling to use up fuel.

they circled above connecticut before finally cleared for landing at stewart international airport where there is a 12,000 foot runway. they made a safe and even graceful landing. spectators at the airport broke out in a round of applause. just the night before, he won best song of the year by a rock star at the vma awards. >> thank you so much. i just want to say thank you to my family. thank you to my crew. >> reporter: no shortage of drama for this artist, even his tweet thanking fans for prayers and saying can't believe how many people wished death on me. not today. no today indeed for all 16 aboard that private jet. lucy yang, channel 7, eyewitness news. >> he'll no doubt get another face tattoo to commemorate this. this is what post told tmz right after landing.

>> there's one hell of a team on that aircraft. and we're here, and we're here. i need a beer and some wine. at the same time mixed together. >> all right. >> after the ordeal, i understand, otherwise i'd say wow. >> that's what we all do, right? >> when we come back, what madonna is now saying about her tribute to aretha franklin. >> and a closer look at the vma afterparties. "the skinny" is next. afterparties. "the skinny" is next. vma afterparties. "the skinny" is next.

♪ skinny ♪ just give me "the skinny" time now for "the skinny." we're going to start with madonna, fighting back against the haters who are criticizing her tribute to herself. that was intended to be a tribute to aretha franklin at the vmas. >> the material girl spoke

against that huge background of aretha and noted that the late singer changed the course of my life. >> that's pretty much all she said about aretha for the next seven minutes. >> i had no training or dreams of ever becoming a singer, but i went for it. a french disco sensation was looking for backup singers and dancers for his world tour. i thought, why not. i said [ bleep ] i'm madonna. no, i didn't, i didn't say that. because i wasn't madonna yet. i don't know who i was. i performed for the show, i sang like a virgin at the top of a cake. my manager said my career was over. >> yeah, that was her tribute to aretha. over the course of seven minutes, madonna said the queen of soul's name, aretha, four times but uttered the words i and me more than 50 times. >> but she has an explanation, guys. she posted something on

instagram. madonna wrote, quote, just to clarify, i was asked to present video of the year and they asked me to share anecdotes i had about aretha franklin. i did not intend to do a tribute to her, exclamation point. >> why not do a tribute to her. >> i thought the vmas in general would put together a tribute. >> as for aretha's family, they are not upset with madonna, they're concerned about other things. as for around here, we're still talking about a certain performance. jennifer lopez, show-stopping mashup of her greatest hits, decked out in gold. it was an epic nine minutes i believe? >> just shy of ten minutes.

after all that work, the afterparty, the vanguard award winner went with this outfit, this bodysuit. she wears sunglasses at night. >> all that gold is pretty bright. >> i love that gold with the beads. even her manager had this awesome shirt on with all this gold. >> while i'm dancing at home to the performance, are there people in the audience dancing as well? >> oh, my gosh, in the venue, you can hear it here. >> cardi b stepped out after the ceremony in black ruffles, accessorized of course with plenty of bling. >> ariana grande embracing the '80s in an oversized sweater and boots. >> not bad. >> and chanel is getting into the men's grooming and beauty industry. they have a new line of makeup just for guys. >> it will feature a skin tint lip balm and brow pencil.

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>> you can't quit sitting like you do smoking. >> reporter: while sitting less is a good idea, jen says you can also sit better. one, stop thinking about your posture. >> most people lift their chests, and do you feel what contracted to create that? >> my delts? >> everyone does the good posture thing and sits up straight. when you sit up straight, how do you feel? >> like i have a rod jammed up my back and my chest is out, shoulders back. >> reporter: your point, that's not sustainable. so bucking tradition, throw the posture idea out. instead, step two, sit down differently. >> you want to tip from the, tip your torso, move the butt back. nice. and you want to feel that your

hamstrings are lengthening, stretching. >> reporter: tight right here. >> as soon as you feel a hamstring stretch you want to sit, you can start sitting. there you go. nice. >> this seems sustainable. >> reporter: but the final tip, if you find yourself slumped or slouched, stand up and start over again with a bend at the hips. >> we sit so that we're not overly contracting the low back muscles and creating new back pain. >> so we've been doing it wrong by trying to pretend as if there's a rod coming up straight. >> to keep your spine perfectly straight and be tense, you don't want to be tense, i think she's saying. >> jack -- >> shoulders down? >> i don't know. you're not supposed to cross your leg as much, i guess. >> your head around, whatever? >> so they recommend that 20-8-2 formula. for every 20 minutes that you're

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>> have a great day. making news in america this morning, the man who once said he'd take a bullet for president trump implicates him. michael cohen pleads guilty to illegal campaign contributions claiming trump directed him to make those payments. this morning, what cohen's plea deal means for the president and word the trump team is worried about impeachment now more than ever before. also this morning, a developing story, a congressman who was one of the president's earliest supporters is indicted along with his wife. what the charges reveal. breaking overnight, a hurricane warning issued for hawaii as hurricane lane now a category 5 storm makes a dangerous approach. this morning the schools already closed.