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this is what happened 30 years ago the last time the oscars went without a host. that's rob lowe there on the left singing an 11-minute number. >> you are seeing why it is remembered by critics and insiders as one of the biggest debacles in oscar's history. this year there will be one constant the voice of the oscar. >> marking the tenth year, can woman known here as the voice of "night line." >> hey, "nightline," this is where the magic happens. >> you might not recognize her face, you know that voice. >> tonight is a very special "nightline." >> that's our announcer randy thomas who begins our show each and every night. . >> tonight on "nightline." i feel my voice is at home in a news environment. i feel blessed to be a part of that team.

i'm the first woman in its 38-year history. people go back to ted cop emthe original guy and it was a man's world so when you ask me where i fit, i like doing things that have been traditionally done by men up until i get in the room. then i get to allow the other women to come in through the door behind me. >> reporter: randy has done the emmys the tonys and the sack awards, the first woman to do so this sunday marks her tenth year as the voice of the oscars. >> please welcome your host -- jimmy kimmel. >> how did you get into this type of work? >> well, i was a disc jockey on the radio. back when i started in radio, there was only one woman on the air. i came out of that era where all the guys were the djs, if you tried to get on the a radio station that had a woman, they would say thank you, we're good, we have a woman. >> here is our host for the fourth consecutive year, billy

crystal. >> in 1993 the 65th academy awards, i became the first woman in history to announce the show. so that was pretty spectacular. it was nothing i could have ever dreamed about, but when it happened, it changed my life. >> it's the 91st academy awards, welcome to the show. >> reporter: announcing some of the world's most famous names in entertainment might be stressful for some, but not for randy. >> before i actually read something live on the air,ly actually read that line out loud not on the microphone. just before i say it. ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats. >> what if you need to cough, how do you -- make sure your voice is beautiful and strong? >> i hydrate, i drink a lot of waits. i avoid sugar for 30 days. so i do that until after the show, at the ball prosecco and chocolate. that's my reward.

>> she's incredible. what run the world? girls. >> you are trying to get a record. girls.

. it is time for this happened. and if are you feeling a little dull, down in the dumps on this tuesday, you need a little life, this 18-month-old from you that you has all of it. this pint-sized diva dancing to beyonce with the fan and ahh, look at her. >> look at the corn dog. >> living her best life. >> makes me smile every time. >> she's so good. she's so good. i wish we could just stay on this. how are you not having fun watching her? well, let's go overseas to check out the french alps. do you ski, jana?

>> no, i haven't. >> i am a skier, i have never tried this, though, it's a thing, most dangerous, skiing at the same time, this guy sydney cohen and some of his friends went to the french alps, took some pictures. this is what you get, it looks like a broken leg waiting to happen. >> and playing criss-cross in the background. whoever picked that out s. also some dangerous activities of flipping fail, flip and fame this man is a tumbling sensation, except he has no situational awareness and hit that wall. there we go, go, go, oh. >> i think we shouldn't be laughing. >> that proubl hurt. >> i'm sure he's all right. >> oh, tattered wall, maybe? >> hopefully. >> who's filming? >> somebody couldn't go, wall! wall! he's gotic rm mov on. i bet your 8-month-old couldn't

do this. i couldn't when i was 8 months old, they are calling him the double dutch baby. check that out. >> look at her go. >> it's intense coordination right there. >> yeah. double dutch aerobatics, dutch double aerobics baby from phoenix, little daughter michelle clark in that carrier swing. >> oh, that's really good. >> good eye-hand coordination. >> good. >> i mean if that's not going to make you smile, that has to make you smile. >> two good videos this morning. >> we will also go back to beyonce baby. oh my gosh. >> oh yeah. >> i love this it's the fan, too much look at her moving her hips. this video has gotten millions of views in just a few days. she is loving everything about it. >> she is serious. she loves it. she is in the mood for this

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breaking right now on "world news now," the rush to rescue more than a dozen people stuck on a ride. . >> they're trapped on a gondola-style ride at seaworld. how weather might have been a factor. the man overseeing the russia investigation may soon be stepping down. rod rozenstein will be leaving the justice department. several states are suing the president to stop his emergency order at the border. that's not all, we take you to washington. a stunning turn, jussie smollett, phraseing scrutiny. a pair of brothers say the actor paid them to fake a hate crime. they say they have the reason why. trending today, twitter and

towels, a non-social media number of bath towels you should have. it's tuesday, february 19th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is >> happy tuesday, everybody. . >> happy tuesday. >> a lot to get to, twitter and the towels. that's going to be a lot. >> that will be a big one, how many towels janai norman has. >> we want to hear from you. we begin with breaking news, everyone is safe and back on the ground after a theme park ride stranded them for hours. >> seaworld, san diego, says a strong gust of wind triggered a circuit breaker. 16 people had to be rescued from a ride high above mission bay. the park visitors were lower one by one into boats. temperatures dropped into the 40s. no one was injured. the fire department official says the ride has gotten stuck of millions of us.

a major winter storm is dels of a winter storm. this one is likely to be worse. >> reporter: the winter blast making driving treacherous across new england. a snow truck and pick-up trucks colliding. as that storm moves out, a powerful new system is poised to strike 170 million people in the next 48 hours. north of los angeles, a race to reopen i-5. snow shutting it down. >> you could feel the other cars. it was scary. >> reporter: in the los vegas valley, up to two inches of ow,o near the denver airport, 17 injured in this chain reaction crash involving 15 vehicles saturday. >> i hit the brakes, i couldn't stop, i slid a good 100 feet. >> reporter: and east of kansas city. >> nothing we can do, man. >> reporter: a truck driver capturing these moments amid a

near whiteout conditions. 47 strikes involved here. one person did not survive. there were more than a thousand flights cancelled over the weekend. one airline is giving out booking fees over the storm. so far today, not too many flights have been canceled. let's get the latest on the storm from accuweather's paul williams. >> good morning. this storm will bring three levels of misery, first of all, heavy storms throughout the south. a mix throughout the mid-west and heavy snow in some areas throughout the mid-west. for the deep south, thunderstorms and question had rain in the mississippi valley region. a mix will slide across the ohio valley. look at this massive amount coming to the west. chicago, over towards the d.c. area. we're looking to concentrate snow, six-to-12 inches, in iowa, we skip over to wednesday night, watching out for a glazing storm to occur throughout the

mid-atlantic region. hey, paul, thanks. new details this morning on the expected departure of the justice department official who has been overseeing the russia investigation. >> an official familiar with the matter says deputy attorney general rod rosenstein told colleagues he plans to step down next month. they said he would leave once william barr was announced as the new attorney general. >> sources say rosenstein's exit has nothing to do with reports he discussed talking steps to remove president trump from office. 16 states have filed a lawsuit to bypass congress and build a border wall. >> as the president returned from mar-a-lago, the state lawsuits are going to trump's attempts to shift billions of dollars from defense projects to wall construction.

it's unconstitutional because congress controls spending. earlier, protesters gathered in at least a dozen states to protest what they are calling a power grab by the president, insisting there is no emergency. >> abc's serena marshall has more from washington. >> reporter: good morning, the defendant's decision to circumvent the border. a litany of lawsuits begin. from new york to d.c., boston, chicago and pittsburgh. protesters out in opposition to the president's decision to declare a national emergency at the border. >> it's ironic that we are here on president's day not to honor this president, but to unite in a fight against the current president. >> reporter: the emergency declaration allowing trump to tap into funding from other government agencies, up to $8 billion according to white house. members of both parties have come out against the move. >> i think there is enough

people in the senate who are concerned that what he is doing is robbing from the military and the dod to go build this wall. >> reporter: although senator duckworth thinks congress will likely vote to stop the emergency declaration. she added it is not likely there is enough support to override a veto. meaning the courts will be as it decided. >> imminently, we knew something like this might happen. >> reporter: they say at least a dozen states plan to file a lawsuit, private citizens filed on behalf of the texas land owners. the trump administration may have to demonstrate this is a bonifide emergency not a political end around congress. many already pointing to this admission. >> i didn't need to do this. but i'd rather do it much faster. >> reporter: the president has his eyes set on a large pot of

this time they are coming from the men originally charged with the attack. >> they say smollett paid them to create a real story. -- a fake story. the reason, he felt a real case of harassment was being ignored, all this as smollett refuses to sit down with detectives. >> reporter: a stunning claim about a possible motive from the two men who told police jussie smollett hired them to stage a hate crime. a law enforcement told police he was upset, a threatening letter to the studio that the producer's of empire did not get enough attention, so he staged the attack a week later. >> you mentioned it to police, the letter? >> absolutely. just because on the letter it had a six figure with a tree with the word on it saying smollett, jussie, you will die black. there were words in big red

caps, maga. did i make that up, too? >> reporter: detectives are actively investigating the allegation but have not confirmed it to be true. the two men breaking their silence telling chicago, we are not racists, we are not homophobic. we are not anti-trump. we were born and raised in chicago and are american citizens. police seizing the two's computers and cell phones, but smollett not turning over his phone to police. >> they want me to give my phone to the tech for three-to-four hours. i'm sorry, but i'm not going to do that. >> why? >> because i have private pictures and videos and numbers. my partner's number. my family's number. >> reporter: police now urgently want to talk to smollett. his lawyers say he is angered and devastated by recent reports

that the perpetrators are individuals he is familiar with. he has now been further victimized by this alleged perpetrators that jussie played a role in his own attack. . >> if he wasn't entirely true, he needlessly put himself at risk giving a lot of details. if attorney is saying his team is keeping the conversation opened. police are hopeful to talk to him in the next few days. details are emerging about a year-long safety investigation into southwest airlines. according to "wall street journal," the faa is looking into baggage weight mistakes at southwest. in some cases, the weights were off by as much as 1,000 pounds. investigators say miscalculations could cause problems for pilots during an engine emergency. the twitter universe was d. pple veoouch time on

their hands. no way to distribute it. a battle over bath towels. they tried to answer a podcast question about how many they should own. he came up with a minimum of ten bath sheets, hand towels and 20 wash cloths. >> naturally then the question came, what's the difference between a bath sheet and a bath towel? dictionary.com jumped in, defining a bath sheet, the extra tall one, your tall friends never borrow from hotels. ali responded with a chart showing relative towel sizes. look at this, you can see the bath sheet there, the towel. >> i don't own bath sheets. are you a bath sheet person? i don't know. we either have only bath towels. i think we must only have bath sheets. because i like the big ones. they're big.

are you not putting them on a bed or anything. >> if you believe -- >> that's crazy, obviously people on twitter were going crazy, chrissy teigen said 20 bath towels? sorry, that is too many wash cloths. that's too many. is this for the whole household? >> think about that laundry bill, 20 towels a person, that's a lot of laundry. >> you have no excuse to use the same towel for multiple days. >> the things people tweet about on a holiday weekend. people's lives. #get a life. coming up, the heart warming family reunion seven decades in the making. how this texas man confirmed he had a sister in the eye-opening revelation where she has been living all these years. plus, yet another monthly once-in-a-lifetime celestial event happening now. it involves the moon. the reason why this is more spectacular, the last super blood moon, that's a mouthful. stay with us. you are watching "world news now."

miami police say a man miami police say a man decided to send a message to president trump atop this crane. he climbed the machine hours before he spoke at international university on monday.

the man was arrested two hours. he once served life in prison for allegedly setting up the murder of a cuban diplomat. from florida to texas where a houston-area grandmother claims a softball coach attacked her in the stands at a game. >> she found the language and behavior of another spectator to be offensive. she began to video him with her phone, when the coach charged into her because the spectator happened to be his son. he didn't get the phone, now the person filed a claim with the sheriffs office. a cold case. . >> first investigators ran through an online jeanology website, now they tracked a suspect. it now appears a 20-year-old murder mystery has been solved. >> reporter: a napkin and a geneology site led to the arrest after a man in a cold case. >> the suspect's dna was

identified as being consistent with the dna left at the scene. >> reporter: detectives reopening the investigation into the mysterious murder of jeanie anne childs, stabbed to death in her minneapolis apartment in 1993, prosecutors say dna samples taken through the crime scene run through an online genologist site, led the authorities to a father of two, jerry westrom, they tracked him to his daughter's hockey game in wisconsin. >> they got a dna sample when he was at a hockey game, used the napkin, threw it away and got enough dna off the napkin. >> he is now charged with second degree murder. >> there is no known relationship between the individuals, that's what makes these sort of cases so hard to solve. >> reporter: genologist sites have been used in other cases. similar public genologist bases

have been used to track down suspects, including in the infamous golden killer case. he is due back in court in march. >> and those geneology websites aren't just useful for solving long-time murders, they can reunite families. dennis blackstone knew he had a sister somewhere in the country. he was adopted at the age of 3. a geneology website pointed him towards connie rusk. he sent her a text. >> i said i had a sister and am curious if this happens to be you. >> i was driving. when that text came through, i slammed on my brakes and i had to pull over to the side of the road. >> the irony of it, dennis and connie had been living less than an hour from each other all these decades, now as you see there they are reunited. >> you can tell how excited she was.

ordeal for hikers. one got stuck in quicksand. . >> a symbol for an international celebration at the end of the world war ii. that's next on "world news now." of world war ii. you are watching "world news now." know what turns me on? my better half, hors d oeuvres and bubbly. and when i really want to take it up a notch we use k-y yours & mine. tingling for me, warming for him. wow! this valentine's day get what you want

. he may not be a household name, but george mendoza made history 70 years ago being one of the most iconic heroes in world war ii. >> his name may not live on in our memories, his image certainly will. here's david muir. >> reporter: august 14th, 1945 the war finally over. the world's city marked one tremendous shout of joy and gladness. >> reporter: millions pouring into the streets, celebrating the end of world war ii. there were so many kisses, none like this one. time's square with the most iconic image, that sailor, george mendoza serving aboard the destroyer in the pacific.

in 1995, he told us about that day in new york. he was on leave and he was actually getting ready to go back to leave. >> i was at radio city music hall. they were stopping the show and said the war is over. everybody went down into time's square. of course, there was some mob of people and everybody was raising -- and having a good time. >> reporter: the nurse he kissed. greta freedman. why did he pick her? >> she was a nurse, it was the uniform. >> reporter: they stayed in touch through the years, telling each other about their families, his family saying george loved his country and was proud of that photo. >> the picture is still known around the whole world as a symbol of the end of world war ii. this is one of the good things that ever happened to me. >> absolutely, such an iconic photo. everyone knows that one, right? >> it's a photo that will stay with us forever. we will always remember him in

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♪ ♪ fly me to the moon ♪ fly me to the moon ♪ let me play among the stars it's time for "the mix." this month a super wolf moon. last month a red blood moon. >> we have dispatched our chief correspondent will gans, to get up close and personal with the moon. what's going on? >> it's right behind you. >> reporter: from miami, it's hard not to be up close and personal. i feel like sandra bullock in "gravity," that's how big the moon is. it's february full moon. it's super snow moon. it's closest to earth in its orbit, 17,000 miles, closer, in fact, and snow because it's the

second full mon of the year and traditionally associated with so much snow. these are photos folks have shared. there is one, of course, right behind the empire state building from here in new york, but i got some fast facts for you. tonight the moon appears up to 7% larger and 15% brighter than ordinary full moons too. it's the second of three supermoons in 2019, this is the nearest and largest and brightest. the moon crests this morning at 10:53 a.m. since it won't be available at 10:43 a.m., too check to see when the moon rise is. that's a real thing. if you look to take the most dramatic photos later tonight. for example, in my hometown of arlington, texas. the moon rise is 6:35 this evening. >> shout out to arlington, texas. will -- >> beam me up. >> where do we get this live shot?

>> that is how incredible you are. you sound pretty close to us. >> reporter: yeah, i guess it's just technology these days. >> what, oh, will. >> reporter: do you know now cold it is outside? >> sneaky, look at that he got to bundle up and everything. >> all right. come back down to earth. >> so good, so good. moving on, we have a couple items for "the mix" today, if are you a "star wars" fan, good news for you, if you like playing with lightsabers. in france, we have learned light saber is a competitive sport. there you go, you can go fight other people the french fencing federation originally sanctioned it. >> all right. swoosh. there is a dog that shoveled snow this is man's best friend, one that does chores, this cute little pup, massachusetts, a real good boy. and he probably doesn't even charge you.

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this morning on "world news now," the rescue at seaworld in san diego. people stuck on a ride with open water and temperatures falling fast. >> also this morning, senator bernie sanders appears close to making a major announcement today. plus, justice ruth bader ginsberg expected back at the supreme court after surgery. new this hour, a man to rush back from mother nature. >> he got stuck in quicksand. at a national park. the rescue was no easy feat. we have the details on the hours long process to save him. >> "the bachelor" down to his final four women. our analyst has the details on who is getting ready for a hometown date and who is home alone. it is tuesday, february 19th. >> announcer: from abc news this is "world news now."

>> welcome, welcome. tuesday, everybody's favorite day of the week, because it's bachelor recap day. >> yeah the analyst will be joining us shortly. >> yeah. >> with all the highlights, so you can catch it. >> can't wait for that. so much to get to that. devin is here greeting. . >> it's great to be here again. >> it's like our own bachelor contest. >> like all these people switching seats here no roses involved at all. >> no roses. >> it's probably just as interesting. we begin with breaking news, more than a dozen visitors to seaworld, san diego, spent much more time on a gondola park ride than expected. >> they say a circuit breaker broke and stranded gondolas over open water. some were trapped up for hours. the fire department called in to rescue them. . to be at

>> seaworld says it communicated with the stranded passengers via an intercom and each gond loo apparently has blankets. the temperatures dropped into the 40s overnight. . >> a serious situation there. the president's emergency declaration, 16 states filed a lawsuit calling the move unconstitutional. >> they say the president has no right to tap into funds for his border wall. as protesters now gather across the country to slam the emergency declaration. the lawsuit says trump is using the pre-text of a manufacture ed crisis to fulfill his signature campaign promise. president trump is railing against acting director andrew mccabe, top officials discussed how they might remove the president from office. >> trump is suggesting it was an illegal plot, even treason,

abc's cecilia vega has more. >> reporter: president trump lashed out at top justice at the present time officials accusing them of staging a coup, calling it illegal and treasonous. this after director andrew mccabe's jaw dropping conviction of the chaos of the firing of james comey, after the president get toed about his decision to the oval office, that's when mccabe says rosenstein discussed the idea of invoking the 25th amendment to remove the president from office and raised the idea of secretly recording him. >> he said i never get searched when i go into the white house. i can wear a wiretap. he was not joking. he was absolutely serious. >> reporter: in a carefully worded statement the justice department said rosenstein never authorize any wiretaps of

president trump calling mccabe's version of events inaccurate and factually incorrect. he caught the attention of the president's allies on capitol hill. senator lindsey graham is now calling for a congressional hearing saying there was an attempted bureaucratic coup on president trump. cecilia vega, abc news, the white house. >> our thanks to cecilia. venezuela's embattled president is rejecting president trump's call for a new day in the country. >> maduro was addressing the venezuelan community in miami. mr. trump affirmed his report for interim president juan guaido and asked the maduro regime to quote end this nightmare. >> we are here to proclaim a new day is coming in latin america. it's coming. in venezuela, and across the n s dying and liberty, prosperity and democracy are being reborn. venezuela is not off the table. although he says the u.s. seeks a peaceful transition of power in venezuela. there may be yet another candidate joining a crowded

field of democrats in 2020. our affiliate in new hampshire wmur has learned that vermont senator bernie sanders is getting ready for a second run for president. they say sanders will be making an announcement by e-mail today. it's unclear if he will announce his candidacy or an exploratory committee. ruth bader ginsberg is headed back to the court this morning. she hasn't been there since she underwent lung surgery in december. she says she is feeling just fine. the second woman to accuse virginia's lt. gov. of sexual assault says she is willing to testify in public and under oath. and meredith watson is calling on justin fairfax to do the same. she claims he raped her while they were both students at duke university.

she is now criticizing virginia lawmakers for failing to hold a public hearing on those allegations. tyson's first accuser offered to testify. the state house speaker says he is not ruling out an investigation by the legislature. snowy weather and icy conditions shut down a major highway near los angeles of all places, some people spent the night in their vehicles there. >> this major storm is in the mid-west. it's still on the moves. accuweather 's paul williams has the latest. palm williams has the latest. paul, good morning. >> good morning, by tuesday night, looking at a monster of a storm with widespread snow showers, throughout the mid-west. and heavy showers throughout the deep south. that's going to be problematic. the snow concentrated in surrounding areas, up to a foot of snow in iowa alone. there is the glazing over and freezing wednesday into wednesday night that will cover portions of virginia going into pennsylvania and for the deep south, look at this excessive rain, flooding, aggravated.

we could see a storm mass of ten inches from nashville to baton rouge, janai, devin. >> paul, thanks. several major airlines will be offering booking options to passengers who don't identify as male or female, united, american and southwest are involved in the effort. in the coming weeks the carriers will allow customers to identify themselves as male, female, undisclosed or unspecified. delta is making changes to offer the same options. >> there is growing concern about the grand canyon this morning. a safety manager is warning tourists and employees may have been exposed to radiation coming to a museum's storage building for almost 20 years. inspectors reportedly found 5 gallon buckets containing uranium ore. afternoon an investigation is currently under way. a teenager's argument against homework may have won him a few clients. >> there is one of his teachers who told him to write an essay

explaining why he won't do a weekend assignment. edwards said it's a stress-free time to be happy. fair point. he also wants to make life easier on his mom saying my mom has been finding grey hairs, not trying to stress out, dog. he said the real world jobs don't give homework unless you are a boss or a teacher. homework is not a real thing in the real world. so we should not have to do it in the world, it's not useful. he ended writing, case closed. they wrote in the case of homework, this kid has a future. >> c'mon, weekend homework? >> what, you are for it? >> no, i used to be a high school teacher. i never gave homework ever. >> how much did you give during the week? >> that's a different topic, janai. i will get all the mean tweets

from all the students in the middle of the night. >> if that kid wrote you an essay, you would side with him, right?to it. i would listen to it. >> i'm all for a good argument that sparks a healthy debate. >> if you went through the trouble to write a teacher an essay, i would think you would get bonus points for that. >> completely. we are on your side. coming up, the frightening ordeal for hikers. one got stuck in quicksand. >> the jonas brothers, could they be burning up towards an epic reunion? we'll let you know. you are watching "world news now." ♪ all i can see w." and looking to buy life insurance on a fixed budget, ♪ what are the three p's? the three p's of life insurance on a fixed budget are price, price, and price. a price you can afford, a price that can't increase, and a price that fits your budget. i'm 54.

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look at this dramatic video >> look at this dramatic video from outside new orleans. those are good samaritans pulling a woman out of her car. four men yanked her through a window to safety. she is now recovering at hospital. police north of san francisco have launched a manhunt for a man in a frightening hit-and-run accident. >> a 7-year-old girl darting out

in accident, gets hit by a car. the driver takes off. thankfully the little girl is okay. here's abc's marcy gonzalez. >> reporter: those terrified screams from a 7-year-old girl as she is hit by a car. police in california are searching for the driver. >> if that was me, i would stop make sure the kid was all right. >> reporter: under surveillance video from a neighbor's house show her and her brother running across the street. >> that black sedan launching her into the air. she lands several feet away and incredibly gets up and runs away. her brother damian rushes to find help as the car takes off. >> i must have been passed out. >> reporter: because you were scared? >> yeah. >> reporter: she is okay other than bumps and bruises and has this message for the driver. >> watch where you are going. >> reporter: police say that driver faces a felony charge for leaving the scene. they tell us they are following several leads.

marcy gonzalez, abc news, los angeles. >> it's just unbelievable. >> that video. >> we can't take our eyes off that video. glad she is okay. a zion visitor is safe and sound after spending most of the weekend stuck in quicksand at the park. >> who knew quicksand was a real thing. a man and a woman were hiking on a trail and he got shuck. she tried to free him and couldn't. and she left him with a blanket. she hiked three hours to get help. police say that was the right decision. >> i think she did the right thing. obviously, in a canyon, you won't have cell service, there is a spot tracker, she didn't have a choice. she needed to leave him in order to get help. >> it took park rangers several hours to locate him. then another two hours to get him out. meanwhile, four more inches of snow fell. both he and his friend were treated for hypothermia and exposure. it's dangerous stuff out there.

>> it's hard to imagine quicksand. imagine if we had another government shutdown and there were no park rangers. >> a good point. when we come back, colton makes a tough decision on "the bachelor." our analyst has the details. plus, could there soon be a jonas brothers reunion? "the skinny" is next. reunion? the skin? i ne-- my is next. wow! my is next. my is next. my is n. h my is next. e my is next. my is. . . . . . . . . . . .

♪ "the skinny" all right. "the skinny" starts with choices made on "the bachelor." . >> colton, of course, has to decide which hometown he will visit. joining us our chief analyst. jack sheehan. what happened? >> we have a significant number of roses, a flatout bouquet. they're getting wet. i tell you, soak that for the roses. janai, devin, colden went into this episode as confused as ever, trying to figure out this thing for the right reasons.

we can hope you he made the right choices.beauaghe colton trying to figure things out in his native denver. >> i need answers to a lot of questions that i have, as far as who is ready and who is not. >> reporter: one-on-one date with tayshia. >> i heard some disheartening conversations taking place in the house. >> she doesn't waste time naming names. >> caelynn and demi, they're always talking about, you know, being the next bachelorette. >> ultimately, tayshia gets a rose and put on a football jersey. . >> tonight i started to fall in love with tayshia. >> next into thedivide. one on one with kayla. she comes to her own defense.

>> colton isn't quite there yet. >> the only person that knows i'm ready for marriage is me. >> colton isn't there yet. >> i feel more confused than ever. >> i care about you so much. >> he bought it. kayla gets the rose and discusses his differences with tayshia. >> we all know we think we're ready. you can't tell me if i'm ready or not. >> colton takes hannah b. to meet his parents. . >> do you want to chat or talk for a few minutes? and i'll tell you what i think. >> word of wisdom from dad. >> while we were in thailand, she told me she was falling in love with me. but i'm not there yet. >> when you do this, you have to make your decision and you can't second guess it. >> reporter: colton takes dad's advice. so much for hannah b. roll tide, group date, four women, two roses. >> i don't know 100% confidently that i'm ready. >> make that three women. hannah g gets a rose. caelynn invades the date. >> this is all lies. and it's all -- >> she must have said something. cassie is getting the rose.

kiss count, kiss count. the kiss count stops at 6. >> yeah. so definitely slowing down on the kiss count. the kiss count is probably going away for the season pretty soon. let's put it that way. just just to review the final four, cassie, caelynn, tayshia the analyst picks hannah g. next week, home down visits and hopefully some real discomfort for colton. lots of questions from the families. . >> oh. >> we'll wait for that. on that note, analyst out. >> thank you, analyst jack. don't forget the roses, baby. >> no, he leaves them, those are going up to my office. thank you, jack! next to the ground breaking news from the jonas brothers. . >> multiple sources telling us that after six years they split, the jonas brothers are planning a reunion. >> the epic reunion. they will drop the word brothers

and operate under the single word jonas. >> the british tab "the sun" also reporting the brothers flew to london, discussed their comeback, which is rumored to include new music and also a documentary. >> oh, i love that. this might be the most unlikely thing to cause a near meltdown on twitter. >> aside from towels. a new tour rule. >> pga here. >> oh, golf. has resulted in this. hey phil. phil mickelson's calves trending on twitter. . >> yeah, the new rule allows players to wear shorts during practice and pro-am rounds. take a look at the 48-year-old lefty's calves. he has unleashed them for us all to see. >> they're sculpted. >> the pga threw out this video the calves, they're all over the calves, show us some calves, phil. >> stick around, manhattan, getting a royal visit. >> and more of phil's calves. getting a royal visit. >> and more of phil's calves. royal visit.

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hamm ♪ start spreading the news ♪ i'm leavin' today ♪ i want to be a part of it ♪ new york, new york >> it's good stuff. this tuesday. it's good stuff. speaking of new york. we're getting a little dose of the royals. >> a little bit. >> a little homecoming for meghan markle, the duchess of sussex, she's made a not so secret dance around the pond. >> markle is getting showered by her closest friends to celebrate the upcoming arrival of her and prince harry's first child, which is due in april. >> the big party is set for today. she is set to join her pal, unofficial stylist at a hot spot here in manhattan's trendy soho neighborhood. >> everybody will be wondering, where, where where? >> paparazzi are running around

town. . >> back in britain, megan's husband are set to split the hoyle household. >> that split royal household has been in the works for some time. here's abc's ariel russia for the details. >> reporter: it could be the end of an era for the royal fab four. william and harry will split their household in weeks. >> it is the end as they know it. they won't have a joint team. they will be going their separate ways. >> reporter: royal watchers say it's a differing of responsibilities, william preparing to be king, meghan and harry preparing to be parents for the first time. >> you have people one day will be king and queen and increasingly the work they start to do and will be doing more of is more about the future king the future queen consort harry and megan have much more the

blank canvass going forward. >> reporter: the duke and duchess will leave and head to if windsor estate. they are expected to keep an office at kensington palace. a source telling the time the brothers have leaned on each other and looked after each other since their mother died. but now they have their own families, they no longer rely on each other as before. they have become different people with different outlooks on life. >> i think that makes sense. they have different things going on. >> they are grown up, two wives, kids, they need a little space. >> i would think that's fair. we miss our updates on facebook at wwwfans. >> this is abc's "world news now" informing isomniacs for two decades.

making news in america this morning, the race for 2020. an announcement expected from bernie sanders today about his plans. while overnight, a new pitch from amy klobuchar. and today, e lids beth warren unveiling a universal child care plan. the new details coming in overnight. a possible motive revealed in the jussie smollett case. why two brothers questioned by police claim the actor staged the attack on himself. the late night rescue at seaworld. riders left dangling over water stranded in the air for hours. why the weather may be to blame. plus, a sixth grader is arrested after a dispute over the pledge of allegiance. this morning, his mother explains what happened after he refused to stand. caught on camera, the lyft passenger recording