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and it's yours just for calling. a police officer in rochester new york wasted no ti a police officer in rochester chester, new york, realized a dog had fallen through the ice on the erie canal. he called firefighters, he realized he couldn't wait. he risked his own life on the ice to pull dog from the water. the dog was exhausted. wince he warmed up and dried
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off, thankfully, he was fine. >> thankfully the officer saw him and saw what was happening. turning now to details of a dramatic rescue of teenage girl pinned behind a wall in her own bedroom. >> it happened after a small plane crashed into her family in florida. >> reporter: florida authorities say what happened inside this home about an hour east of tampa is a downright miracle. >> she's stuck in the wall. >> okay. you have one person stuck in the wall? >> reporter: this seaplane crashed nose first into a house. it trapped a 17-year-old girl behind a wall in her bedroom. >> she's alive, though. >> okay. >> they're trying to get her out of the wall. >> reporter: fuel is pouring everywhere, they can't get the girl out. >> i got help on the way, but i need you guys to get out of the house. >> reporter: the race into the street and to res.
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>> her injuries are minor. >> reporter: the young man he was training an exnavy seal is seen walking away. hess injuries were also minor. federal versions are looking into what happened. police will only say the plane lost power and that the flight instructor was a highly experienced pilot. >> that's amazing. >> it is. >> probably there were other people inside the home as well, they were not injured. >> very thankful, they were not injured. coming up, living up to her royal highness. >> the extremes people are taking to get plastic surgery to look just like meghan markle. you are watching "world news now." you are watching "world news now."
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taking that to a whole another level. plastic surgery, here's lend say davis. >> reporter: sochi greer and renita williams have spent months transforming themselves through plastic surgery to look like the duchess of sussex and today -- they're revealing 2450 their new looks. we first met sochi at her home in houston. >> i think she's a beautiful woman. as i'm changing the features i have, i want them to more resemble meghan. >> reporter: this 36-year-old lawyer and mother of three is getting plastic surgery in the hopes it will turn her life around. >> my body has changed since having another child. my self esteem is lowered, because of the relationship with the father of my child, i am hoping this will give me the help i need to get back out
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there. >> so she smeets with her plastic surgeon. >> we're just going to soften the nose, it's a pretty nose, you have a lot of fat right here, we can fix that. >> okay. >> do you undergo any kind of psycho analysis or any kind of evaluation when somebody comes in and they say i want to change my look entirely? >> i've xndz maybe 30,000 patients over this surgical career of mean, so you can tell very quickly who is a stable patient or patients who have unrealistic expectation. >> reporter: sochi will undergo three procedures, hyposuction and fat from her cheese and rhinoplasty. sochi is not the only woman going under the knife to look like megan mark hhan markle. just across town in the same city, 33-year-old real estate
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agent renita is undergoing a transformation. >> standing side-by-side, i want to look look her. >> do you want to? >> there are certain things i don't like. >> with her husband anthony the couple has a blended family, six children, three each. what is it about her? >> her style, she's phraseful, she's intelligent. the way she gives back to the community. >> there is one way to say this is a role model, not that i want to look like them to the point i want to have surgery. >> reporter: we are at her pre appointment with surgeon dr. rose. >> he will be with you in a moment. >> she is git getting five procedures, liposuction, back fat and ryan no plasty, the total cost $42,000 minus a discount from the doctor for appearing on tv. after months of recovery for
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both women, sochi and renita are getting dolled up to review their transformations at a party arranged by their doctor. the women have never met until now. >> wow! >> you look gorgeous. >> by a round of applause, who thinks sochi looks just like the dutch us? renata as well? you see the resemblance?resembl? whether or not the physical remarkness is there, they say feeling like her makes them feel better about themselves. >> if it makes you happy and gives you confidence, go for it. a lot of money. >> definitely interesting. coming up, a handful of stories we promise will give you the warm and fuzzys. >> all of them involve kiddos
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♪nausea, heartburn, ♪ indigestion, upset stomach, ♪ diarrhea... try pepto with ultra coating. ♪ ♪ it's a beautiful day hard to believe but it's . [ music playing ] it's hard to believe, but it's been 19 years since they won the record of the year and song of the year. >> since it's such a beautiful day, we are bringing in our beautiful will gans for heart warming stories on this good feeling tuesday. >> good news tues. >> i like it. >> we're on a good news, good feel. >> we'll let it slide. we'll work on it. call my marie kondo, i am ready to spark some joy this tuesday morning. i am cracking over the smile file with a few stories i hope you all will enjoy. let's get into it. we start with 8-year-old tommy
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morrisee who is missing part of his arm. >> that didn't stop him from being a golfing prodigy and a baseball player. when he showed up at his little league game, take a look at what happened. [ cheers ] >> reporter: it was an inside-the-park home run. i think that is so incredible. somebody says the hardest thing in sports is to hit a baseball with a bat. here is this 8-year-old doing it with one arm and killing it. >> fantastic. he is probably orole model already for so many people doing what he is doing. >> exactly. more role models. youngsters transforming my
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tuesday. students in plano, texas, banning together to make sure everyone is safe. 60 students are deaf or hard of hearing so for a class project the 2nd graders wrote letters to their cities asking for signs to be installed at campus. their proposal recalls were approved. they took a field trip to see those signs installed they fought so hard for. my favorite video probably ever, this dad in canada was trying to figure out what the heck his son was doing in hockey practice. he put a microphone on the 3-year-old. here are the results. are we going to badonalds after this? i'm doing it! i'm gonna have a nap. one, two. okay. i'm okay. it's okay. i can crawwwwl! >> one two, one two.
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this morning on "world news now," president trump headed to another high profile summit. >> he and north korean dictator kim jong-un are a day closer to holding their second summit, while the president says this is a continuation of progress. expectations are low. out of jail, embattled singer r kelly finally out of jail, he didn't go straight home. see where he went right after release. >> >>. plus, a scare in the air, a plane wobbling wildly in the wind while the pilot tried to land.
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what that pilot was ensured to do before going to safety. >> the oscars aren't covered just yet, the inside stories, the celebrity-packed parties, what you didn't see on tv on this tuesday, february 26th. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> so many people so enjoying that post-oscars negotiation today one is janai norman, she's not back yet. >> she's not. >> i have stephanie ramos holding down the court here two days in a row. >> the love is alive. >> she is special. >> it is great to be here. you are absolutely right, the oscars so many people are talking about. we will talk about today. we find out what really went down at those plaerts. >> exactly. >> a big week in washington. a big night for the president who is not in washington. >> we begin with president trump and kim jong-un, a day after kicking off their second summit in less than a year. >> the north korean leader arrived in vietnam by armored train before making the laft
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leg of the joiner my by car and president trump is scheduled to touch down in the vietnamese capital today. is latest push for de-nuclearization will include a private dinner with kim and a series of official meetings, but the president is tamping down expectation. abc's jonathan karl is in hanoi. >> reporter: president trump took off for hanoi eager to leave his political problems behind and hungry for a win on the world stage. >> i think we want de-nuclearization, the president thinks he can believe where others have failed. but he faces skeptics, some in hiswn administration, who say kim jong-un has no intention of giving up his nuclear weapons. after their historic summit, president trump declared, there is no longer a nuclear threat from korea. just this weekend, his secretary of state said the opposite. we are hopeful we can get a
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good outcome. >> do you think north korea remains a threat? >> yes. >> reporter: there is evidence north korea has fuel for his bombs. now the president is lowering his expectations. >> i am not in a rush. i don't want testing. as long as there is no testing, we are happy. >> reporter: north korea has conducted no nuclear tests or major missile tests since the singapore summit, something president trump attributes to the relationship he has forged with kim jong-un. >> i have a very, very good relationship with kim jong-un, very, very good. >> we have a back and forth and then we fell in love. okay. no, really. he wrote me beautiful letters >> reporter: the north korean dictator is looking for a win, too, eager to end his country from crippling sanctions. he set off on a two-day journey to vietnam on a armored train.
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state owned aircraft are believed to be too old and battered for the journey. for the last summit, he borrowed an airplane from china. this time he chose to make the nearly 3,000 journey by land. nobody is expected to have an agreement out of the summit, where north korea will once and for all agree to give up its entire nuclear program. the u.s. is hoping for an interim agreement where they will dismantle some of their program. it is unclear what the u.s. will give in exchange for that. i have already heard officials talking about the need for a third summit for a need for a third summit between president trump and kim jong-un. jonathan karl, abc news, hanoi. >> our thanks to jonathan there in vietnam. president trump's trip comes as his former attorney and fixer goes before congress for three days of >> michael cohen will bd on hush money payments on behalf of the president and lying about discussion about that trump tower meeting.
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cohen will face the senate house intelligence committee behind closed doors on today and thursday. tomorrow his first public testimony is scheduled. it's a highly anticipated one. now to another high profile legal case. r. kelly heading home and out of jail. . >> the singer pled not guilty to some sexual abuse charges. his court records say his $100,000 bond was paid by a woman who identified herself as a friend. >> kelly went to mcdonald's after his release. ironically, it's the same place where a lawsuit claimed he began seeing a high school aged girl who later became pregnant. here's abc's lindsay davis. >> reporter: embattled singer r. kelly walking out of a chicago bond, the 52-year-old entering the plea of not guilty to aggravated sexual abuse. prosecutors say they have video and dna evidence leaked him to abuse. were between the
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ages of 13 and 17 at the time. michael avenotti says he has given prosecutors several clients, says hess given them the same tape in weeks that shows r. kelly with a 14-year-old. >> it leaves no question as to r. kelly's guilt. >> reporter: his attorney says as far as he knows, all the alleged victims are lying. >> i have no reason to believe there is any tape in relation to these cases that he's done anything wrong. >> reporter: but kelly's brother, who has been estranged from the singers for years, believes the allegations against him. >> robert is like the devil, he's sick. almost like a person that you know has an addiction. >> reporter: so kelly is out of jail for now, according to court documents, if he doesn't make a payment of $161,000 in back he
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abc news, chicago. >> turning to the weather, the attention now is on northern california, what's called an atmospheric region is drenching the area with heavy rain in the mountains. >> high wind advisories are in effect. effect in the northeast. look at that. they caught a roofing blown off in central massachusetts. >> and they're still working to clear roads after last weekend's so-called ground blizzard in northern iowa. thanks to hard work like this, interstate 35 is now opened again. >> accuweather paul williams has details on the problems in the west. good morning, paul. >> old man winter still holding strong in the northwest, creating heavy snow throughout oregon, central idaho and just about most of montana. for california, it's a problem of flooding, particularly leaning down towards san francisco and heavy snow throughout the mountainous region once again.
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remember that snow in montana, it will spread into dakota and wisconsin and to the northeast. it will be cold and windy, instead of feeling like 30 below, it will feel like 30 below, still cold. kenneth, stephanie. > now to the crisis in venezuela where president >> thank you. now to the crisis in venezuela where president maduro is following heavy pressure over humanitarian aid. jorge ramos said he and his crew were detained for more than two hours after maduro stormed out of an interview. maduro also sat down with abc news telling our tom ramos, the u.s. wants to invade them to take his oil. maduro says he wants to sit down and talk with president trump. but the administration is refusing to deal with maduro. vice president mike pence traveled to neighboring colombia to meet with opposition leader juan guaido and talk about sanctions. >> at president trump's direction, today the united states will impose additional sanctions on regime officials, including three border state governors implicated in last
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weekend's violence and a member. >> maduro is accusing the united states of creating crisis as people across venezuela continue to suffer. the most senior catholic clergymen ever charged wx abuse convicted. archbishop george pell faces 56 years in prison. he claims he is innocent and plans to hold onto the conviction, he had been the vatican's economy minister. many retirees think of spending their golden years in an economical retirement community. for one virginia man he believes he has the perfect spot. >> 64-year-old terry robinson says, forget about living in a nursing home when the time comes, he plans to call holiday inn his home.
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a nursing home costs about $188 per day. while at holiday inn with a senior discount, it's about $60 per day. he says the money he saved can go for meals or travel. >> it's smart. i'm surprised we haven't heard of this before. >> you crunch the numbers and figure this out, plus some house keeping. they clean your room every day. >> right. they do laundry. >> that have the bagles. >> the continental breakfast in the morning. >> yes, all the orange juice you want. >> it's not a bad idea. >> sounds smart. coming up, the mother named cleo that just gave birth to 19 babies. >> and cleo is a great dane. >> that makes sense. >> how mom and the puppies are doing this morning. . but first, the under patriot's owner robert kraft has
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winds it shows one wing tilting up and down, british airways says at no time were any of the passengers in danger, but counted me as a no on that. >> absolutely frightening. geeze. well, one victim's body remains missing from the cargo jet carrying amazon packages. >> the debris field outside houston, all three people died within it went down in trinity bay, saturday. in addition to the one remaining summit, searchers have not yet found the jet's black boxes. they say deep mud is making the job tough. >> after getting out there, i think the task is even going to be more difficult than we had originally anticipated. >> the ntsb has put in an acoustic sensor in the mud. to locate the flight data recorders. the agency says it will dredge the mud to find them, if
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necessary. well, we are learning now details about the criminal charges against new england patriot's owner robert kraft. >> investigators say if convicted he could face a year behind bars. >> reporter: new england patriot's owner robert kraft formally charged with two counts of soliciting prostitution. >> this is a first degree misdemeanor, punishable one year in jail and a mandatory $5,000 fine. >> reporter: prosecutors say he visited the jupiter dispa, once on january 19th, one day later on the morning of th20th, the same day the patriots beat the chiefs in the championship game. the 77-year-old was caught on hidden cameras having sex with several women. they claim, we categorically deny mr. kraft engaged in any activities. he was spotted leaving a party
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in florida. he was seen here arriving by private plane back in boston with patriot's star quarterback tom brady, the two hugging after deboarding. a court date has been set, robert kraft is not set to appear. he could face disciplinary by the nfl. >> thank you. coming up in our next half hour, we track a weed killer in chemical wines and beer. >> first, how some of hollywood's biggest stars partied down after the oscars. that's coming up next on "world news now." . that's coming up next on "world news now."
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look at how the glitter-atti celebrated at the legendary after parties. let's bring in our will gans. >> he looks so smart with the glasses on. >> they're prescriptions, i'd like you to know. >> if i took them off, we'd be here a while. all right. the best of us were watching and rewatching, that incredible olivia coleman acceptance speech. hollywood's finest celebrated following the academy awards, all doing the same thing. partying it up. ♪ tiny dancer >> reporter: legends supporting legends. rocketman, himself, and terran edmonton at the annual oscars after party. amy, mia and tina in her converse at "vanity fair." and what feud? pop powerhouses madonna and gaga
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hanging out. >> that other celeb gaga got cozy with. putting romance rumors to rest, calling him, ahem, a true friend. putting romance rumors to rest, calming him, ahem, a true friend. other celeb couples post-gaming the couples together. mia and i will am, oscar and nick. mellissa mccarthy in matching track suits. chrissy pushing her man john legend out of the way with the caption, honestly, this is a very important carpet and i do not need interference. she also tweeted a few hours later she is going sober for at least the week. booze is poison. she and john spending the evening at beyonce and jay zee's after partyalong with that showed up looking like this and left in slippers. james mcavoi went home with this
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redesigned tucked shirt, featuring fresh signatures with jackie and brie larson and others, auctioning it off for charity. this day starting off can you ever forgive me co-star melissa mccarthy posting this enthusiastic warm-up to his stuff. once le got to the dolbys, richard grabbing selfies with mellissa, octavia, amellia emma and samuel, but he was really star struck when barbara streisand took the stage. even though he didn't take home the oscar. imagine his excitement after a try or two he landed the perfect pick with his hollywood hero. so happy for him. don't you love seeing celebrities hanging out with other celebrities? >> absolutely. >> one of my favorite places to see. >> by the way, trevor noah pulling a fast one not speaking, what he said is white people don't know i'm lying. . >> oh. >> no one knew. >> people in south africa who know that language, they knew exactly what he was saying. >> it was trending on twitter.
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welcome back. it is time for "the mix." and there is a brewing company in virginia and they are coming out with a new beer. >> what kind? >> what kind? lucky charms flavored beer. >> oh, something for the kids? . >> yes, it's called saturday morning. not for the kids. if you want to mix those. >> uh huh. >> if you are thinking back to your childhood days, this is what they that do, they are bringing back lucky charms. they want to give you a flashback, by releasing this new drink. it's called saturday morning. i would think lucky charms would
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have a problem with this. >> you would think. >> the brewing company says it's brewed with house toasted marshmallows, and cereal marshmallows, topped with galaxy and calypso and high hopped. a lot more. >> wow. they have new pieces as well, flavors just in time for easter? >> just in time the cotton candy. >> pancakes and syrup. i might need that. >> raspberry. >> i'm not a fan peeps, i might be a fan. this is their time to shine, peeps, come hard with it. >> with the options. >> apparently people are trying to break another guinness world record. take a look at this, because this jinga competition here by construction equipment manufacturer who use big pieces of equipment to move around blocks that were 600 pounds. >> what? that seems a little dangerous.
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>> it does, i'm wondering what happens if it falls. and you see him directing there. >> but are they the only ones playing? >> they are apparently the only ones, it lasted 28 hours and went 30 layers for a maximum height of 20 feet. >> how many hours? >> 20 hours. >> osha, it seems like some type of violation. >> at least they have their hard hats on, their helmets. >> well, yes. >> did we see it fall? >> no. okay, this next video pretty darn cute. 19 puppies delivered at an animal hospital in arizona, you can see the staff there, the great dane there gave birth to these 19 puppies, really, really cute. the surgeon along with a team of
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♪ this i in morning on "world news now," rapper r. kelly out of jail. he spent three nights behind bars and finally was able to make bail hours ago. but it's his first stop out of jail that has everyone talking. breaking overnight, more than 180 people have been trapped on an amtrak train for more than 24 hours. snow and fallen trees are to blame and the severe weather is not allowing for rescues any time soon. new this half hour the consumer alert, do you k'sn you? >> traces of a weed killing chemical have been discovered in several popular brands. hear the advice for all consumers from a new report. and it was colton's chance to impress the families of his ladies on "the bachelor."
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the hometown dates are coming up on "the skinny." it's tuesday, february 26th. . >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning, everyone, on this tuesday morning. did you see "the bachelor"? >> i saw clips of it. i am really excited to have our analyst join us to give us the lo down on last night. it was dramatic, it was emotional. >> i heard the dads were kind of tough on colton. i can't wait to see that. we begin with r. kelly making bail after a weekend in jail. >> the singer pled not guilty to sexually abusing a woman and three teenagers. >> kelly went to a mcdonald's the same one cited on a court case connected to his encounters with another under aged young girl. all the allegedly showing a new tape of the singer sexually abusing more victims.
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>> sunday afternoon the -- monday afternoon, the embattled r. kelly walking out of jail. earlier the singer entering not guilty pleas on aggravated sexual abuse, three of them said to be underage. >> mr. kelly has done absolutely nothing wrong. no one has showed us any evidence that he has done anything wrong. >> reporter: but high profile attorney michael avenotti says he has videotapes with kelly having sex acts with minors. it was turned over monday morning. >> the conduct in the tape can be described as nothing short of outrageous, illegal. it leaves no question as to mr. kelly's guilt. >> reporter: later, one of kelly's alleged victims speaking out in los angeles.
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>> robert sylvester kelly must be held accountable for the many lives he has ruined. >> reporter: the 52-year-old was booked in jail and couldn't come up with 10% of his bond until monday afternoon. >> he really doesn't have any money at this point. i don't think he owns the rights to "i believe i could fly." >> reporter: now, r. kelly's brother weighing in on the charges. >> robert is like the devil. he's sick. almost like a person that's on drugs that has an addiction. >> reporter: kelly continues to maintain his complete innocence. >> no one wants to be in jail. so, but he's strong and he knows, he knows what's there and he knows what kind of a fight he's going to be involved in. >> reporter: meanwhile, on social media, the singer continues to be the member of the mute r. kelly movement and calling on streaming services to ban his music. >> thank you very much, natalie. it's called an atmospheric river is hitting parts of the west coast with heavy snow. you can see it on radar.
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>> people were stuck on a amtrak train in orange. county. other fallen trees have prevented getting the passenger and crew off the train. >> driving in oregon is also treacherous after the biggest february snowstorm in 188 years. more than a foot of snow fell there. >> meanwhile, high winds are plaguing the northeast, causing damage in places like syracuse, new york. gio benitez has more. >> reporter: powerful winds lashing the northeast, gusting up to 65 miles per hour. more than half a million losing power, thousands of flights delayed. outside philadelphia, a tree crashing into this home. >> me and my wife are okay. i count myself very lucky. >> reporter: the same system blamed for this deadly pileup on interstate fun in wisconsin sunday. more than 70 injured. one person did not survive.
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>> that massive storm also spawning eight reported tornadoes saturday, including an ef-3 twister in mississippi that killed one and injured 11. our marcus moore is there. >> reporter: this is what is left of a church sanctuary, where winds knocked down the walls and tore the roof off. >> reporter: and outside nashville this landslide instituting down interstate 64. a high wind advisory was in part of most of the day, some passengers saw some very long delays at la yardia, as long as six hours. gio benitez, new york. >> further south, kentucky and tennessee, the problem is flooding. the governors have issued emergency declarations on waterways like the red whichever and kentucky overflowed. >> even though the rain has stopped, more flooding is expected for today. good morning, ul. rorter: good okor heavyai for
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california for tuesday. you know what, going to wednesday, we will have the heaviest rain, flooding rain, mudslides, feet of gusting snow and the wind. for the northwest, it's about the snow that could longer. so much snow, watch out for nearly a foot in central portions of idaho. the snow spreads into the dakotas, right into the great lakes region. we can see that ripple to the northeast. we will still be windy and cold. . >> paul, thank you. president trump is en route to vietnam to sit down with kim jong-un for what he says will be a second summit. he says he is happy as long as north korea isn't testing missiles. secretary of state mike pompeo is now in hanoi. he is expected to meet the president and kim for dinner for meetings tomorrow and thursday. pompeo made it clear north korea is still a nuclear threat.
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kim has also arrived after a 3,000 mile train ride and a car ride. they aren't expected to be meeting alone, joined only by translators. president trump is facing a lawsuit of a person getting a an unwanted kiss if a meeting in florida with other volunteers she says it happened in 2016 during a meeting with staff present. she claims florida secretary of state pam bundy witnessed the incident. johnson is black alleges she was paid less than her white counterparts. the white house says the accusations are fabricated and absurd. former fixer michael cohen appears in a closed door session with the senate intelligence summit. it will be followed by cohen's first public testimony before the house oversight committee
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tomorrow and another closed door hearing on thursday. cohen was convicted to lying to congress. he is set to report to prison in may. >> federal regulators want tesla elon musk cited for content. five months ago, he decided to tweet information. last week he promised on twitter tesla would produce half a million vehicles. this year. if found guilty of contempt, musk face possible fines and jail time. we are careful when we pack, well you better be careful, any one when you pack for a trip. you never know what may slither . >> oh, no. okay. a scottish grandmother had her own version of a snake on a plane. she accidentally brought a python back to the uk from a visit to australia. >> yikes. way in her shoe and she put that
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shoe in her luggage. experts think the two foot python survived the trip by going into hyperventilation in her shoe. it is now being held in and there it is. apparently, the snake also started shedding its skin. >> oh my gosh. to get ready for that uk weather. i mean. >> exactly. dump the shoe. >> well, she's got some new snakeskin shoes now, so. >> there you go. >> coming up, the extra ingredient you didn't bargain for in your ryan or beer. -- in your wine or beer. the chemical found in 19 popular brands. >> later in "the skinny" ariana grande as she breaks a record on social media.
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food cart exploded in eugene, oregon. it badgered three nearby buildings. the taps opened letting beer flow all over the place. investigators believe the explosion was caused with a gas line malfunction. >> abc news obtained a major felony case against jussie smollett. >> this is a copy of a check apparently written by smollett, payable to one of two brothers. investigators say they paid for the biased attacks as a hoax. sources say one of the brothers was training smollett for a music video. police say the brothers told them the money was for the attack. a new report might make your happy hour a little less happy. >> a group discovered some popular beer and wines sold in the u.s. contain non-dangerous traces of a weed killer. a list of five wines and 14 brands of beer include budweiser, miller lite and
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coor's lite. >> the report says the chemicals are well below epa standards, many cited questioned the accuracy of the reports. so maybe you are still happy. >> maybe. >> enjoy your happy hour. well, jerry seinfeld is suing a classic car dealer over the authenticity of a 1958 porsche. >> the comedian involved a car for just $6 million three years ago for $1.5 million. that sale prompted the buyer to sue seinfeld claiming the car was a fake. seinfeld is seeking unspecified damages from the dealer he originally bought the car from, claiming he fraudulently sold him the car in the first place. >> is it a volkswagon? what was it? a casino? >> a porsche. >> a porsche, but he's saying it is probably something -- . >> it's a lot of money for a car no matter what. so when we come home the hometown dates and the bachelor are getting down to the final three ladies. >> that's coming up in "the skinny."
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february 26th, 1983, well,it was on this date, february 26th, 1983, michael jackson's "thriller" album remained on the charts for 37 weeks. i will have you know this is my big request at wedding receptions and i nail that theme. >> i bet you do. >> i would do it right now. but we have things to do this morning. because it's "skinny" time, which means we need details on the extremely emotional last night on "the bachelor." >> colton, and the ladies, we have our senior national analyst jack sheehan to give us all the low down. i caught a clip of it. >> talk about a thriller. the "bachelor" was on hometown visits. when invasions happen, big things go down. last night colton seemed to have all the ladies on the same page. roll that beautiful "bachelor" footage. let's get something straight
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right off the bat. >> i just shared with her last week that i was falling in love with her. >> i am falling in love with you, too, i really am. i realized i was falling in love with you, too. with cassie, i know i'm falling in love with her. now i'm more confused than ever. >> oh my god. first hometown, fredericksburg, virginia, her parents' house. her sister, not having it. >> i'm just skeptical. >> mom is cautious. >> i don't know if you are ready. i don't know if caelynn is ready. >> caelynn's stepdad with the questions. >> how do you know you are the right person for her? >> i don't, yet. >> what did he say? he finally comes around. >> next. hannah g., birmingham, alabama. >> oh my gosh!
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>> hannah g's father. >> what are your intentions with my daughter, man? >> again, seeking permission. >> to marry your daughter. >> i'd give you my blessing, for sure. >> you go get it, girl. >> next a off to california, cassia's dad in protective mode. >> she knows i'm falling in love with her. >> are you having those conversations with other girls? >> yeah, there are three other relationships going on. i >> i just met you. you know what i mean? eventually, dad comes around. next, cassie's hometown. some tough conversations with cassie's parents. >> how can you be sure after that short a time? >> you know i know what you are saying. >> colton wants some clarity from casey. >> where are you at? >> i don't know. >> i wanted her to say i'm fall
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-- falling in love with you so bad. >> rose ceremony, warm up the suv. >> cassie. >> kayla needs a ride. one final time. kiss count, kiss count, the kiss count stops at -- four. >> so the kiss count is done. that's over with. >> wait the kiss count is over? . >> the kiss count is done. everybody gets a kiss. it is what it is. next week two-night "bachelor" extravaganza, the fantasy suites and the women tell all. analyst out. >> oh, nicely done. nicely done. that was great! i mean, and the skepticism from the dad, c'mon. that's expected. >> it really is. >> i just met you. >> i know, i know. so, now, turning now to a major new development coming out of the oscars. >> on the heels of her steamy performance with bradley cooper and win for best original song, lady gaga may have turned the corner with the queen of pop, herself. a photographer for "time" magazine captured gaga and
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there they are posing and embracing at madonna's own after party. >> it comes after eight years of frosty relations after plagiarism that gaga's "born "express yourself. "express yourself." so i'm glad they could work it out. >> two icons together. in effect to oscar snaps, one actor fueling speculation he might be a vampire. julia roberts herself shared this selfie captioned ran into this fella, my pal, paul. he is an original. >> that original is sending social media, users comparing the 49-year-old today with his 25-year-old self from his "includeless" days asking, from "clues will" days asking why is he not aging? tells your secrets. >> up effect, ariana grande. >> she is returning to manchester after a suicide
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more scent plus oxi boost and febreze in every gain fling. ♪ ♪ >> that's in the life and home, what some native americans call this place right here behind us. >> look at that beauty. yes, today the grand canyon celebrates 100 years since its designation as a national park. this morning, we are digging into our abc news vault with joan lunden and a visit back to 1993. >> reporter: summer is the perfect season for intrepid travelers to strap on the backtracks and hit the trail. who better to lead the trip than our science editor michael gillum. we begin at one of nature's true wonders, the grand canyon.
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>> reporter: this is the grand canyon. people come out here and wonder how it's formed. >> reporter: he is a geologist with the national park service. the grand canyon is his laboratory. it's more than 200 miles long, 18 miles wide and more than a mile deep. geologically, you are looking at rocks that represent the continent. >> reporter: how much are the older ones? >> the oldest gorge are 2 billion. the youngers at about 250 million years. >> reporter: to take a look at this surface level, we hiked down the kai bad trail. it was hard to believe, for every foot down the canyon, we were going back if time nearly three-quarters of a million years.ocsionly find a foss.
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this is a fossil sponge. >> reporter: the grand canyon is still changing, getting bigger, but ever so slowly, a thousand years from now, it will be only about one foot deeper, about one inch wider and just a little bit grander. >> so to mark this 100 year milestone, stone. >> yes, duh, i get it. . >> i just wanted stomach knowledgement there. the grand canyon national park will wave visitors fees on february 26th. >> if are you in the area, check it out. >> especially if you never have been. can you believe it? we should go. it is on my list. it is an amazing place. don't miss updates on facebook at wnnfans.com. kenneth is taking pictures. pictures.utiful. >> this is abc's "world news now" informing isomniacs for two
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now at 4:00 the atmospheric river is slamming into the bay area bringing days of rain and a soggy morning commute. live doppler 7 is tracking wet weather and meteorologist mike nicco has the hour by hour forecast. good morning and thanks for joining us tuesday february 26. we're on early to bring you special coverage of this big story we have. we have live doppler 7 behind us tracking the rain and we can see a big cell going through san francisco, vallejo area. >> i've taught you well. >> yes. i can read cities on maps. of course we're talking about the northwest getting hit hard. >> already flooding there. i wanted to jump into the creeks flooding. we've got moderate to severe
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