e & gentle. it's gentle on her skin and out cleans the other free and clear detergent. dermatologist recommended. it's got to be tide. some texas bank robbery suspects got quite a surprise during a car chase with police. the hood of their car flipped up and covered the windshield but they didn't let that stop them. they drove a few more miles before ditching the car in a field trying to run, and all three were arrested including one person who was caught at the bank. you have to make sure that getaway car is in working order. >> are you an accessory? >> no, no, never mind. >> we do not condone criminal

acts. >> of course not. it's just like, you know -- >> no. turning now to the desperate call to 911 of a college student trying to save his friend's life. >> it happened after a party at a house off the campus of uc irvine. >> reporter: that frantic call to 911. >> somebody is not breathing. they are not okay. >> somebody is not breathing? >> their whole body is blue. >> the caller trying to revive university of california irvine freshman, noah dimingo who was unresponsive after an off-campus fraternity party. >> he just drank. he just drank too much. >> how long has he been unconscious? >> maybe like 11:00. >> the call ends at 9:30 a.m. when first responders arrive but it was too late. the coroner's office saying he had likely been dead for hours. he was a member of a frat, and that frat suspended while the police and the university investigate.

noah's father clearing out his son's room this week, devastated. >> i walked in there and the first thing i did was grab his pillow and pretty much just cried and weeped a little bit. >> reporter: the national fraternity saying they are heartbroken by his death and authorities are still waiting on the toxicology results. a georgia mom and dad are fighting their son's suspension for using counterfeit money to pay for his school lunch. >> the 12-year-old honor student says he had no idea the $20 bill was fake. christian's dad said he got the bill and change from a fast food restaurant. the situation has left the entire family baffled and upset. >> i was confused on how the money was counterfeit and how my parent received it. >> me, not knowing when i counted my money, knowing it was counterfeit and there was no way when i gave my son the money

that he knew it was counterfeit. >> at a disciplinary hearing the school said he violated the honor code of conduct by having the fake bill. he received a ten-day in school suspension. >> his parents are appealing the suspension but the school told christian he possessed the money so had to be punished. awful story. coming up, the videos we just can't stop watching. >> how the slow mo guys built a cult following just by slowing down video. >> the slow mo guys -- >> you are watching "world news now." following just by slowing down video. >> the slow mo guys -- >> you are watching "world news now."

we all have our secret video indulgences, like people falling. i love to see videos of people falling on youtube. >> news bloopers. >> anything else? >> news bloopers. >> that's funny. people eating -- eating what? okay. the producer said something in my ear and i just spatted it out. no. i don't want to see people eating. >> me neither.

but two guys have more than 11 million followers that love watching what they do in ultra slow motion. >> slow motion for you. >> sounds good. >> smashing things? it's what these guys do for a living. meet the slow mo guys. gavin free and dan gruchy. famous for making unbelievably slow motion videos of pretty much anything you can think of. from smashing jell-o with a tennis racket to jumping on a mouse trap-covered trampoline, they are capturing movements frame by frame showing viewers footage otherwise impossible to see with the naked eye, and their often ridiculous stunts racking up nearly 2 billion views and over 11 million subscribers on youtube. the duo has been around since

the beginning of youtube and nowadays they are full-blown celebrities making big bucks. >> did you ever think it would get this big? >> no chance i thought it would get this thing. that was seven years ago-ish, and these were unheard of members. >> reporter: tucked away in a small garage in austin, texas, the slo mo headquarters. >> this is my domain. this is a prop garage. >> this is where the magic comes from. >> reporter: endless props and odds and ends, things that would normally be collecting dust, gold for the slow mo guys. it started back in london. two guys doing ordinary teenage irthings. how did you start making videos? >> i would make videos from different friends, and i sedan and i had the best look on screen, so when it came time to start the slow mo guys he was the clear choice. i regretted it ever since. >> yeah, he has, actually. >> and dan's undeniable panache

on screen, the then-teenage duo could film videos unmatched at that time. it's boomed into a major moneymaker. now, almost a decade later, they have their own youtube original series and get sponsored to produce content. >> maybe 20 different companies we work with and they basically pay us to make a video. >> reporter: coming out to the slow mo guys' backyard right now, i have a bass drum behind me, water balloons and paint cannons and i am about to get the full slow mo guys experience. today, a lousy mouse trap, or so i thought. >> when you are ready, hit that metal part with your finger like that. >> reporter: in true slow mo guys fashion, we had to add a little glitter. >> right now, i'm getting suited. they have not told me what is happening to me, yet. probably some point. i am ready. >> are you ready? here we go.

>> reporter: oh! that was a lot more than i was expecting. >> really? it finitely worked. >> oh, it tastes terrible. >> reporter: it is really bad. >> i cannot wait to see what this looks like in slo-mo. now that i am full grinch, they will help me take a bath. >> i will smash you in the face with the balloon to see what happens. >> reporter: we are really doing it slow mo guys style now. >> three, two, one -- >> it is really cool to think that you can make a living doing the most bizarre stuff. like, this was not a job several years ago. >> 3, 2, 1 -- >> reporter: and we're done. >> if you had not volunteered for it, it would be almost bullying, i think. for "nightline," i am martin singh in austin, texas. >> that is really cool. >> it really is. we are easily entertained people, though. >> yeah, that's true. >> what would the aliens say if

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♪ >> we are starting with "glass," the latest thriller in the sequel to the movie "unbreakable" and "split." bruce willis and samuel jackson and james mcavoy star in "glass." willis uses his supernatural abilities to attract the beast as price plays them off of each other. >> my bones break easily. i have had 94 breaks in my life. >> but you have an extraordinary iq. >> this is not a cartoon. this is the real world. >> no way.

>> and yet some of us still don't die with bullets. some of us can still bend steel. i have been waiting for the world to see that we exist. may i meet the beast. >> lots of shots from philadelphia in there. i am excited about this one, but the critics, they are not. clearing wishing "glass" didn't exist giving it a dismal 34% splat on rotten tomatoes. justin chang writes, it's the work of a film maker who no less is stuck on repeat. only 18 days into the new year but already "glass" is being called the worst movie of 2019. i'm still going to watch it. still going to see it. >> and next to a japanese anime fantasy film that broke box

office records in japan, in "dragon ball super: broly," a planet is destroyed. a powerful race is reduced to nothing and the time for vengeance has come. ♪ [ speaking foreign language ] >> krissics and fans are loving "dragon ball super: broly." it's scoring a solid 80% on rotten tomatoes. charles solomon says it delivers what fans want from the feature. a real spectacle to behold. >> interesting movies out there. can't wait to see that one. i always wanted to dragon ball fight you.

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this morning on "world news now," double trouble making its way across the country. >> two storms bringing slick roads and possible blizzard conditions making for dangerous travel. how much rain and snow could we see through the weekend? >> republicans and democrats far apart as the shutdown enters day 28. furloughed federal employees are being forced to make difficult decisions on choosing between paying for medicine or paying her powerbill. the royal wreck. 97-year-old prince philip at the wheel slam into another car with a mother and child inside. what witnesses say he yelled when he was pulled out of his car and what he says caused the crash. the pint sized barber, she already knows how to clip and

snip. she even competes and she's only 7. you will meet her on this friday, january 18th. >> announcer this is "world news now." a 7-year-old barber, would you -- you wouldn't need to, i guess. >> what? i would. there's still some on there. she can trim me up a little bit. >> what do you call it, a low all over -- >> even all over. >> whatever. >> cesar. >> whatever. all right. happy friday. we will introduce you to that amazing little girl in just a little bit but we begin with the stormy winter weather coast-to-coast creating problems for millions of americans. the storm that will cause the most trouble is in the rockies right now, and some areas getting up to a foot of snow today as it moves into the plains and the northeast this weekend. >> new images of winter trouble just in. a 30-foot wall of snow is closing a highway near provo,

utah. police hope to have the road open by morning. >> and a avalanche at one ski resort killed one person. more from gio benitez. >> reporter: a terrifying race to save skiers buried by an avalanche. >> multiple victims. unknown how many at this time. >> reporter: at the ski resort in new mexico, rescuers using dogs and poles to scour the snow. >> there's a line of people probing systematically. ski patrollers are further up the hill with dogs. >> reporter: they were trapped under the snow for more than 20 minutes, and rescuers performing cpr on at least one of them. this, as that powerful and deadly winter storm barrels through the sierra nevada mountains and heads east. blizzard conditions. winds gusting to 100 miles per hour, bringing as much as four feet of snow already. watch as this semi collides with a vehicle on highway 91 in anaheim, hitting the center divider. one person taken to the hospital. in san bernardino county, first

responders racing to rescue this driver who hydroplained off of interstate 10 and into the water, and trees crashing into power lines and into cars and blocking roads across the state. in oakland, a falling tree striking and killing one man, one of at least five storm-related deaths in california. in new york city this is some of the salt they are using to prep the roads. 700 salt trucks ready to go now. they are prepping a little early because they are expecting so much snow this weekend. gio benitez, abc news, new york. >> thank you, gio. a look at times square there, here in new york. the city expecting a light dose of snow ahead of the weekend's main event. >> they are preparing just in case we get more. and accuweather has more on what to expect across the country. melissa, good morning. >> you are waking up to snowfall in the northeast as the storm system pushes out. one to three inches for us for our friday morning. this isn't the big story.

the big one is forming into the north central plains. a quick one to three inches for us on this friday morning, but the big one is forming in the north central plains. parts of nebraska and south dakota getting heavy snow through the morning and transitioning into iowa, and the storm system moves east into saturday morning with heavy rain on the south side here with showers and thunderstorms and severe weather. snow to the north as we go through saturday night into sunday. this will produce heavy snow into the northeast. strong winds on the backside so expect blowing and drifting as it pulls out through sunday afternoon and sunday evening. it will be several feet here through northern new england, so get set, you want to break out the shovels for this, and in the south they will talk more about the rain and risk for severe thunderstorms. janai, kenneth? >> thanks, melissa. a tough weekend ahead. turning to the latest fallout from the month-long government shutdown, president trump blocking house speaker, nancy pelosi, from using a military plane for a trip to afghanistan. >> the move came a day of pelosi

urged the president to delay the state of the union address until the government reopened. the president called the trip a public relations event, saying it would be best for pelosi to remain i washington for talks to end the shutdown. as a compromise remains elusive, the shutdown is draining the finances of hundreds of thousands of workers. many of them are forced to stretch meager resources to the limit. they are tapping into retirement accounts, neglecting medical needs and relying on charity of others to put food on the table. here is abc's steve osunsami. >> reporter: the shutdown is forcing federal workers like kings floyd to make hard choices. >> it was about four days where i was off the medication trying to not have a seizure. >> reporter: she has muscular dystrophy. she had to pick between paying for power or the medicine she needs for seizures. the lights won. >> you have people that are being evicted, and you have

people going without insulin and without the care they need, and as a person with a disability, the threat to me is i get put in an institution because i can't take care of myself. >> reporter: some children who get school lunches subsidized by the government are having to cut back, too. in north carolina, they are rationing fresh produce as long as the government is closed. >> the sooner they can do something about it, the better it is for us low income families. >> reporter: government contract workers who are not on the government payroll have it worse. >> when we go back we don't get the back pay. >> reporter: she, too, is joining workers from the e.p.a., coast guard and other agencies lining up for donated food. the fbi and secret service agents are paying their own travel expenses. at the fbi, moral is low because of this and there's a concern this could hurt public safety. steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta.

>> unbelievable hearing all the impacts of this. thanks to steve. and melania trump is on a trip to mar-a-lago in florida, and she flew there on a air force jet hours after the president stopped house speaker, nancy pelosi, from using a military aircraft due to the shutdown. thousands more migrant children may have been separated from their parents at the u.s./mexico border than previously known. the trump administration says more than 2700 kids were taken from their parents at the border, but a revealing new, internal government report says that number is likely higher by thousands. that's because family separations were happening nearly a year before the president's zero tolerance immigration program began. the exact number is unknown. the children were not adequately tracked until a judge ruled they must be reunited with their parents. also we have new images of what border patrol says is the single largest group of asylum seekers families crossed into the u.s. almost 400 people, half kids, burrowed under a border wall near yuma, arizona monday with the help of smugglers.

border patrol only noticed them after they crossed into the u.s. and waited for them to surrender. a judge in chicago acquitted three white police officers charged with trying to cover up the deadly shooting of a black teenager by another officer. they had dash video of it and did not tell the whole story, the prosecution's overall case was weak. the officer that shot and killed mcdonald has been convicted of murder and is set to be sentenced for today. former cbs bos, nunez is challenging the network's decision denying him a massive severance package. the cbs board decided to deny the $120 million payout. he is demanding binding arbitration to challenge that t potatoes. here is something fun. a cat made a slide to

safety. >> the frightened feline. crews from the army core of engineers shut off the water and sat in the bottom of the boat and waited. that's when kitty took the plunge, falling, falling, falling. the kitty is okay. >> thank goodness. >> nobody is sure how the cat got stuck in that spot. >> the cat was spotted by someone fishing at the spillway. speculation is the cat was tossed over or fell from a nearby roadway, but you know cats, nine lives, and that one is down to eight. >> that one's gone. coming up, wedding vows that came with a side of fries. we'll check out the whataburger wedding, next. first, the scare for prince philip who was behind the wheel when his suv slammed into another car flipping over. much more ahead. you are watching "world news now." much more ahead. you are watching "world news now."

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one of mexico's most active volcanos known as popo was caught erupting this week. it sent lava and ash to a nearby town. no injuries have been reported. scientists say one plume of ash rose an estimated 21,000 feet. at least ten people are dead and dozens more injured after a cam bomb exploded in columbia. investigators believe a suicide bomber may have carried out an attack at a police academy protected by heavily armed guards and bomb sniffing dogs. they found the remains of a pick-up truck loaded with 175 pounds of explosives. so far they don't know how the driver managed to breach security at the school. turning now to frightening moments for britain's prince philip after he allegedly slammed his suv into a car carrying a mother and her baby. >> police are launching an investigation into the accident. one witness said he heard the prince blame the bright sunlight.

here is abc's james longman. >> reporter: a close call for the duke, the queen's husband lucky to walk away unscathed from a crash that left his car overturned. at around 3:00 local time the 97-year-old prince who was reportedly behind the wheel was pulling out of a driveway on to a busy public road near the royal estate. police say he was in an accident with one other vehicle. a witness describing how the prince was helped out of his car and appeared very, very shaken. two people in the other vehicle treated for minor injuries. >> it was quite a bit of debris on the road, and we had to go past slowly and we saw a range rover on its side and a car in the hedge. six or eight ordinary cars helping. beyond that the police were there with the lights going directing traffic. >> reporter: the prince retired from official duties in 2017 and has looked increasingly frail in recent months. the prince and the other driver were breath tested. both tests came back negative.

the prince is now back resting with the queen where they have both been since christmas. james longman, abc news, london. >> thanks to james there. good thing he is okay. >> let me say this first. we are not ageists. we love when people have their independence. i feel like i need to say -- >> don't bring me this into it. >> i'm saying 97 years old and still driving. >> yeah. >> that's -- that's what many people online are saying, he should not have been behind the wheel at that age. >> five months shy of a 98. >> we all remember he famously drove the obama's when they were there a few years ago. folks in the u.s. were like, whoa, whoa, whoa. secret service was like, whoa, whoa, whoa. we are glad he is okay. apparently, he cried out, my legs, after they pulled him out. >> again, a bystander reportedly heard him say he was dazzled by the sun, the sun was in his eyes. coming up, the man that has been banned from all royal

caribbean cruise liners for life because of this. why he says he did it. first, this is no stunt. this 7-year-old girl, she's really a barber. and i need an appointment, i guess. we'll meet her coming up on "world news now." 'll meet her coming up on "world news now."

waiting for the winter weather here in new york city. >> it's coming. >> it's coming. >> winter is coming. isn't that a "game of thrones" line, anybody? >> yeah, it is. >> that's what i thought. i don't want to, but i know that. >> we -- >> wait. we what? >> we don't watch "game of thrones." so in louisville, kentucky, they are apologizing for refusing to publish a woman's obituary unless a line was removed. >> that obituary was for

87-year-old francis williams. it mentioned she was outspoken, loved willie nelson, passionate democrat and also included this line, her passing was hastened by the continues frustration with the trump administration. >> the company that owns the career journal told the family that line needed to come out, so they agreed to the change. but francis' son was still bothered and vented on facebook and got the paper's attention and this week the paper apologized saying partisanship should have no role in an obituary that captures a loved ones life. >> take it to social media. >> francis wanted one final shot. >> she got it. >> to join the political conversation. turning now to quite a talented young girl with an unlikely profession. >> her name is elijah hernandez, and she is 7 years old and is already a barber. barber. >> yeah. >> sometimes i have trouble with that word. >> barber? >> is this the time to air out that i have trouble with the

word. >> let's talk about it. bring out the couch. >> can i get the voice coach, everybody? even here -- we should have done our voice exercises. >> we should have. >> they said her father's careful training, that's why she is able to do what she is doing now. here is our houston station. >> reporter: with a bow in her hair and a gold chain around her neck and a stool under her feet, elijah hernandez hones her craft of clipping and snipping. >> when you are cutting hair, it sounds like the detail of your hair cut. >> reporter: the pint-sized barber has been practicing her cuts under her dad, who is a barber himself. he realized she was drawn to the clippers when she would watch her dad do work as a toddler. >> i taught her the right maneuvers and her watching me over time. i thought she's going to be the coolest barber i know.

>> reporter: a few short years later, now elijah is in control of the clippers, practicing her skills. >> for a 7-year-old, you won't see that nowhere else. >> reporter: she's catching attention not only at hair competitions across texas, but also on social media. the business of hair, a family affair, with elijah's little sisters also getting into the mix. >> these styles in the building, girl. >> reporter: frankie says he encourages his girls to pursue their passion even if it's in a industry mostly dominated by men. >> we are not going to be stopped just because they are women, right? >> reporter: she believes what she is doing is encourage others as well. >> i call it inspire little kids to come out and do the same thing. >> reporter: abc 13. >> some years away from getting her professional license, but her dad says she started to show signs of her talent when she was just 4 years old.

incredible. >> the difference between -- you know there are barbers and hairstylists, and barbers are typically trained to cut shorter than traditional haircuts for men and salon stylists are trained to cut -- >> oh, no, no you don't. t. are typically trained to cut -- >> oh, no, no you don't.

it's time for your friday mix, and one pennsylvania police department is looking for people who are, quote, willing to drink hard liquor to the point of inebriation. any takers? >> that sounds like a set up. >> sounds like danger. well, they want help for a training exercise to help police officers there add mminister standardized field sobriety test and alcohol will be provided. you have to be between 25 and 40 and have a clean criminal history and be willing to drink to the point of inebriation. you have to sign a waiver not holding them accountable for anything that may happen, but i'm wondering, are they going to hold the participants accountable if --

>> if they pop off or something. >> yeah. drinking hard liquor. >> why not get actors, like, hey, officer -- >> count backwards from z. >> okay. you know what? >> what? >> if you are drunk they may want fast-food after, right? >> right. >> like this married couple at whataburger went to say their vows again. >> introducing -- ♪ ♪

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this morning on "world news now," trip canceled. president trump denying nancy pelosi use of a military aircraft after she requested he postpone the state of the union address. as the shutdown enters day 28, are both sides moving further apart? right now, several states under winter storm watches and warnings, and dangerous weather is sweeping into the plains and then the northeast. we will get the latest forecast from accuweather. new this half hour, a dangerous decision. >> a man caught on camera jumping off a cruise ship and now banned for life from that cruise. why he says he did it. and how cardi b sparked a debate at the highest level of the federal government.

the video she posted that had senators in a twitter frenzy. that's in "the skinny," and it's friday, january 18th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> i can't do it. i can't do it. >> i am already tickled. >> i can't wait to hear you recite cardi b line. >> i am obsessed with cardi. >> you are? >> ken, you love it. ken is so over it. love cardi. can't wait to talk about her. >> oh, my gosh. >> you have no idea. >> i am going to work on that. >> we begin this half hour, one month into the government shutdown with president trump flexing his muscles. he denied speaker pelosi the use of a military plane shortly before she was set to take off. >> the president's decision

comes on the heels of pelosi's suggestion that he delay the state of the union or deliver it somewhere other than the house chamber. abc's mary bruce has the latest. >> reporter: nancy pelosi started the day waiting for president trump to respond to her state of the union power play. >> we have not heard. very silent. more >> reporter: three hours later she got her response. the president refusing to let pelosi use a military jet to travel to afghanistan in a letter writing, dear madam speaker, due to the shutdown i am sorry to inform you your trip has been postponed. he described pelosi's planned visit with american troops as a public relations event. lawmakers set to accompany pelosi were already headed to joint base andrews when the news hit. their bus turning around. democrats furious. >> it's petty. it's small. it's vindictive. >> reporter: even trump's close republican ally senator lindsey graham calling the move inappropriate. one sophomore response does not deserve another. does any of this do anything to

bring either side closer to solving the shutdown? >> well, look, none of this has to be related to the shutdown, whether this kind of fifth grade conduct is going to contribute, it's hard to see how it's very constructive. >> reporter: we are now four weeks into the shutdown and the two sides seem to be growing further apart while they are spending a lot of time and energy on political drama, they are not spending anytime together talking to try and come up with a solution to this shutdown. mary bruce, abc news, capitol hill. >> a big thanks to mary there in the snow in washington. president trump also scrapped plans for a u.s. delegation to travel to switzerland. secretary of state, mike pompeo and steve mnuchin were among those scheduled to travel next week but the whitehouse said the trip was canceled in consideration for the 800,000 workers not getting paid during the shutdown. the other big story this morning, the wild weather that

is expected to really impact much of the country this weekend. >> absolutely. let's start in utah where a controlled avalanche got out of control and wound up completely blocking a highway. crews are working overnight to clear the 30-foot wall of snow. >> theats left of a major winter storm still lingering in the rockies. that storm will bring snow into the plains and the midwest today and will be in the northeast over the weekend. >> and here in the northeast, new york times square, you can see a reflection on the roads out there, and roads are expected to be slick in the northeast for the morning rush and it's all just a taste of what is to come in the next few days. >> accuweather's melissa constanzer has the detailed forecast. good morning, melissa. >> you are dusting off a little snow in the northeast, and one to three inches is what we are waking up to. this is a pretty weak system moving out. the next one coming in is much bigger and it's forming here in through the central plains, anywhere from southern south dakota to northern kansas.

that's where we are tracking the storm system, and there's heavy rain and some risks for severe thunderstorms, and this storm system continues to move east as we push into saturday night through sunday, which means heavy snow here for the northeast. before it pulls out it will have very gusty winds on the backside, and, yes, that will mean blowing and drifting snow. for many we are talking about several inches if not feet of snow. there could be two to three feet of snow through parts of the higher elevations of new england. this is going to be a very impactful storm. kenneth, janai? >> melissa, thank you. the harsh weather is sure to create problems at the airports. >> most of the major airlines are waiving change fees including united southwest, american, delta, jetblue and frontier. they are all allowing travelers from the plains to new england to make one change to their plans without paying a fee.

check your carrier for details. president trump's former fixer and attorney is admitting he paid a tech company to rig online polls to boost trump's standing before he launched the 2016 campaign. michael cohen tweeted what he did was at the direction of and for the sole benefit of donald trump. rudy giuliani says the president had no knowledge of any effort to manipulate polling on his behalf. police in nairobi say they have 11 people in custody, accused of playing some role in the terrorists attack in a luxury hotel that killed 21 people, including an american. security around the hotel is extremely tight as police with bomb-sniffing dogs search for more potential explosives. the extremist group, al shabab, which is linked to al qaeda is taking responsibility for the attack. here at home, police in houston say they are looking for a man who shot and killed his wife and injured his adult daughter.

they say he fired several shots at him as he sat in an suv parked outside a church. he was last seen driving a 10-year-old slightly damaged white suburban. police in phoenix are look into how a newborn baby wound up dead inside an amazon distribution center. the child's body was discovered in the women's rest room in the facility. investigators already spoke with the baby's mother and they are not saying whether she's an amazon employee. so far no charges have been filed. amazon says it is cooperating with police calling this situation tragic. striking teachers in los angeles say they will be on the picket lines later this morning for a fifth straight day. the teacher's union and school district officials opened a new round of negotiations yesterday, and their first sit-down in nearly a week. the two sides were clashing over wages and class sizes and support staff. schools have been open during the walkout staffed by substitu holy cows and goats and chickens have had their blessed

moment at the vatican. >> holy animals, indeed. animals on two legs and four made their way -- one animal is on two legs. oh, those. and they made their way to celebrate the feast of st. anthony. it's believed the blessing gives them good health and happy lives. >> the scene was similar in madrid where the animals were allowed inside the church after being blessed with holy water. i will admit i have not seen this before. >> no, i had no idea. >> so healthy and happy lives, so that means we will -- they won't eat them later? >> i don't know that there are any guarantees. >> it's all dogs in there. >> right. >> i saw a goat. >> right. >> goat, cow, chicken. >> yeah, they do eat -- in other countries, there's delicacies -- >> coming up. >>ea oka

>> a young man seeking viral fame leaping off a ship and getting a swift response from the royal caribbean cruise lines. later in "the skinny," where the backstreet boys are making an appearance on super bowl sunday. who is short in the group? will it be me. you are watching "world news now." ♪ i never want to hear you say ♪ i want it that way it that way ♪

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>> oh, my god. >> the moral of this story, don't do this if you ever want to ride a cruise ship again. royal caribbean handed out a life-time ban to the guy who took this 11-story leap from one of its ocean liners. his friends are no longer allowed on the cruise line. he said it seemed like a good idea at the time. >> i just thought it would be cool to jump off the ship. all my friends cheered me on and it happened so quick, and the next minute i was jumping off the ship. >> i mean, it seemed like a good idea. that leap took place last week in the bahamas. as you probably guess, after a night of drinking with friends

the cruise line says it is exploring legal action. the guy says he could barely walk for three days because his bottom hurt so bad. >> oh, my gosh. >> you know what? >> what? >> could you believe alcohol was involved? >> i mean, i was shocked by that. >> he said he was still drunk from the previous night and now he can't go on a cruise anymore, at least with carnival. so royal caribbean -- he did not mince words here, he said it was stupid. reckless behavior. >> hindsight is 20/20. >> that was a royal caribbean spokesman. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. a college student from texas has been jailed for six months in britain because of what he did on a british airways flight. >> it happened before christmas on a flight from london to dallas. here is abc's david kerley. >> reporter: that is a 21-year-old texas college student screaming as he is restrained after grabbing a

woman's arm and spitting on and biting the crew members forcing the flight to dallas to turn around to britain. but in this case the outburst resulted in six months in jail for the young man. in court, british newspapers say there was testimony he had gotten a break-up text message from his girlfriend just before that flight a month ago. he started drinking rum from a liter bottle. the crew and passengers taking action, that turnarounds inconveniencing 200 flyers, many coming home for christmas. libby's attorney asked for a suspended sentence, and the judge rejected that handing out that six months in jail and is quoted as saying such behavior cannot be tolerated. david kerley, abc news, reagan national airport. >> the story before that i said caribbean, and then royal caribbean, and it was royal caribbean, carnival -- i don't know what i am saying anymore.

but carnival, don't come after me. >> that's what it is. >> the previous story was about royal caribbean. carnival had nothing to do with it. how about that? are we all good, lawyers? okay. we're all cleared up here. >> good luck on a cruise of any kind now. oklahoma police say a burglar took a toddler to work with him. >> the suspect and a little girl were seen on surveillance video outside a tulsa florist, and he has trouble getting into the building and walks off to find another entry and the child takes off after him. eventually he got inside, then took off with the stolen toolbox and the little girl. he's still on the loose. oh, tulsa. >> oh. when we come back, why senators were conflicted over cardi b. >> and a sneak peek at a super bowl commercial starring the backstreet boys, and their new member. "the skinny" is next. starring the

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♪ skinny ♪ just give me the skinny it's time for ""the skinny." we're going to play it straight because we don't want to get in trouble with the lawyers, but we are starting with the debate with democratic senators and cardi b. >> we are out of beeps here. we have to clean this one up for network television. >> like, our country is [ bleep ] right now, and we really need to take this serious, and i feel like we need to take action, and i don't know what type of action [ bleep ] because this is not what i do, because [ bleep ] i'm scared. >> she's scared. democratic senators were conflicted over whether to share the video with its vulgar language. >> hawaii senator actually kicked off the debate tweeting trying to decide whether or not to retweet the cardi b video. >> chris murphy of connecticut responded, omg, i had the same argument with myself 30 minutes ago. >> omg.

another senator responded saying you do it and say retweets are not endorsements, especially the language and i will retweet. >> and then there's a simple don't hold your breath. >> and then the cardi b of the senate, chuck schumer got involved, and -- no, they don't call him that. and he said i am still holding my breath. are you going to retweet cardi b or not? >> and it appears none of the senators retweeted her. you have to see the video. we cannot show it here. i'm such a fan. >> there was such a public discussion on twitter by the lawmakers -- >> yeah, because she is making some points, bringing attention to the shutdown to her fans and followers. >> we understand it's a political message as well, but as she mentioned, bringing attention to the federal workers who are obviously hurting right now, and we laugh and joke because it's coming from cardi b -- >> yeah, in her cardi b fashion.

>> yeah, and cardi b is set to appear in the super bowl ad, and legendary singer, gladys knight will kick everything off with the national anthem. >> i hope this anthem will touch people in a different way. we have been singing it forever, but this time i would hope they feel it so deeply that it would lift them to a higher place. get ready, atlanta, i'm coming home. >> knight is best known for her hits, "midnight train to georgia," in 1973, and "that's what friends are for" back in 1986. next, another rapper making an appearance in a super bowl ad. >> chance the rapper is joining the backstreet boys in an ad for doritos. here's a preview for you.

♪ i want it that way >> tell me why -- the ad is introducing a new flavor, flamin' hot nacho. >> that's cute. moving on. and now a very special celebrity birthday. it's so nice we have to share it twice. >> we are hearing details about betty white's 97th birthday. she wasn't driving. a rep tells e news she was playing poker waiting for robert redford to call. >> and ryan reynolds posted this birthday message, a photo from nine years ago referring to her as one of his ex-girlfriends. and the king of pop being honored this week on the runways of paris. >> an inspiration for a new collection from louis vuitton. >> and then the finale, house fans -- re-creating an iconic moment

from jackson's "billy jean" video back in 1982. you bring out the worst in me. i want to be shady. >> betty white. great advice. >> betty white. great advice.

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♪ ♪ starting to see some sort of precipitation out there, maybe a little snow coming down ahead of the winter weather that will be walloping the world this weekend -- not the world. >> just the nation. >> yep. >> we are closing out another busy week that was jam packed with news headline. >> from a massive teacher strike to fast-food served in the white house. here now, our weekly friday rewind. the man accused of kidnapping jayme closs and murdering her parents did not enter a plea. patterson, according to the complaint, telling investigators he had no idea who jayme was, but targeted the 13-year-old

girl after seeing her board a school bus near her home one morning. >> to the teacher's strike in los angeles where tens of thousands of teachers are planning to protest again after braving the rain monday to march from city hall to school headquarters. they are calling for smaller class size, higher pay and more school nurses. >> gillette has been synonymous with manliness has a new ad campaign in the wake of the metoo movement, and they used the tag line, the best a man can get, for 30 years is now asking what is the best a man can be? >> because the boys watching today will be the men of tomorrow. >> the ad already viewed by millions, and gillette donating $3 million to organizations that help men become role models for the next generation. >> the clemson tigers football team visited the white house and president trump filled them up with compliments and fast food. >> here he is surrounded by some

mcdonald's and wendy's finest. you know i'm not eating those. no, he's not throwing burgers. >> one for you. >> you get a burger. you get a burger. you get a burger. >> oh, look at those cheeks. >> i love it, too. my favorite has to be kenneth's. >> oh, god. >> why so serious? >> oh, my goodness. that's what you sent in? >> that was my model days. >> i love it. >> it don't crack but it does bald. >> you know what? >> it won't crack but it does bald. but it evens all over, that's what it does, right? >> big weekend. nfee who dsaaying? >> rert's saints, and pats versus the chiefs. in that order. go teams. >> go robin's saints.

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morning america." have a fantastic weekend. making news in america this morning, the killer avalanche burying skiers at this resort. >> hundreds of skiers came together to look for these guys. >> as a major winter storm moves across the country, millions bracing for a slick morning commute and a winter wallop this weekend. the time line of the storm and who is getting the worst of it. you're grounded. president trump takes nancy pelosi's plane away canceling her foreign trip because of the government shutdown after she threatened his state of the union address. this morning, the lack of action in washington to get people back to work and what it's costing. new video of what's being called the largest group of families seeking asylum ever to cross into the u.s. after they