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prulss -- pulses of lightning were reported. tsa officers confiscate a variety of items at the airport on a daily basis, but this may be a first. a military rocket propelled grenade launcher was found. tsa stopped a florida man in lehigh valley international airport in pennsylvania after his checked bag triggered an alarm. tsa officers found unassembled parts of a grenade launcher and grenade packed inside. they say it was a replica, but still that can't be brought on to a plane. the tsa officers took the items and the man went on to catch his flight to orlando. >> i thought you could bring anything, as long as you check it, right? >> it's not over 3 ounces. >> right. a nasa jet had trouble getting off the ground. >> it left the field in houston. nobody was hurt. the plane was about to take its takeoff roll when it lost control of its front wheels and veered off. nasa officials are still investigating. a vaccination debate is

happening on capitol hill. with powerful testimony from an 18-year-old man. >> defying his parents' wishes he got vaccinated, and now he's taking his message to a committee. >> the sources that spread misinformation should be the primary concern -- >> reporter: at just 18 years old he is warning congress about anti-vaccination misinformation. >> i saw the claims for myself were not accurate, and because of the health care officials i was able to speak with and the information provided to me i was able to make a clear and concise decision. >> reporter: he chose to have himself vaccinated against his parents' wishes in the wake of a measles outbreak. the senate health education committee is trying to combat the hazards of the anti-vaccination movement. >> internet fraudsters are creating a public health hazard that is entirely preventible.

>> reporter: the fda deemed vaccinations safe and doctors stress that they save lives. >> vaccine refusal is one of the public growing health threats of our time. >> reporter: with a few others arguing vaccination should be a choice. >> i vaccinated myself and my kids, and for myself and my children i believe the benefits of vaccines greatly outweigh the risks, but i still do not favor giving up on liberty for a false sense of security. >> reporter: those comments by senator rand paul are getting a lot of pickup with doctors warning that nonmedical exemptions lead to more outbreaks. lana zak, abc news, washington. >> the debate goes on and on. our thanks to lana, there, and on capitol hill obviously representatives, and members of congress paying close attention to that vaccination debate, especially after what happened -- >> right. that and, i mean, this particular case with this kid who is -- i mean, i think it's fantastic that he grew up, has a mind of his own and wants to go

against his parents' wishes. >> he's his own man. >> yeah, i think that's great. speaking for himself. >> yeah. and how kylie jenner just overshadowed the entire kardashian clan. >> the 21-year-old is now the youngest self-made billionaire, ever, but not without controversy. will joins us, next. ever, but not without controversy. will joins us, next. not without controversy. will joins us next.

♪ ♪ you know when you just dance a little bit to it. >> this is my theme. >> this song? >> yes. >> "mo money mo problems"? >> kylie jenner is officially a billionaire. >> but the title youngest self-made billionaire ever is raising eyebrows this morning. our will ganss is taking a dive into the latest kardashian controversy. >> oh, yeah, kardashian controversy with a "k," obviously, because that's how they do it. >> yep. >> yes, y'all, the youngest member of the kardashian fam proved if you sell enough lip

kits, you can start living the lifestyle of the rich and the kylie. a closet in your home specifically for your purses. check. >> i have been collecting bags for a minute, and they are a great investment. >> not one but two ferraris? check. a $50,000 fendi stroller for your 1-year-old? check. for kylie jenner, that's life. the 21-year-old was named the word's youngest self-made billionaire by ""forbes," breaking a record briefly set by a 23-year-old mark zuckerberg. kylie has a company, and kylie owns 100% of her company, and she's got $100 million in cash made from the company's profits per season for "keeping up with the kardashians." her title isn't without controversy, though. many are saying her family is responsible for a lot of her money. merriam-webster saying --

well, self-made is spiking. people need clarification on what it means to be self made. dictionary.com throwing some shade, tweeting, haven't we gone over this? self-made, having succeeded in life, unaided. kylie said she built her empire using social media with 128 million social media followers, it's no wonder kylie cosmetics has grown since its inception in 2015 when it only sold three different lip kits. an achievement for somebody so young, but even with the billionaire status, kylie only ranks 257th on "forbes" list of richest people. "forbes" defines self-made as building something on their own as long as they did not inherit. >> we are talking about physically inheriting money, not just the fame that comes with "keeping up with the kardashians." >> exactly.

>> blah, blah, blah. people like to hate on the kardashians, and i think that's where it comes from when they attack self-made, but you can't take it away from her. you definitely can't take a billion or 100 billion in cash. >> it's not her fault that "forbes" named her self-made. it's hard to keep that on an oprah level, and there has to be different degrees of self-made if self-made -- >> i am sure they fully realize kiley jenner fully realizes she's extremely blessed, and had a big -- >> had a boost in life? >> yeah. >> right. >> kim had the boost, but -- i'm just saying -- definitely. >> did you say boost or caboose. >> i said boost. >> i didn't know what you said.

i feel so incompetent. >> i think we should move on before we get in trouble. >> i think so. >> oh, goodness. thank you, will, for being here. >> always bringing the trouble. >> always bringing the trouble. thank you, will, for being here. thank you, will, for being here. .thank you, will, for being here. thank you, will, for.

it's time for "this happened." imagine you're in florida and then something crazy happens. >> oh, so every day? >> yeah, right. >> this time, it is a gator. a huge gator that was probably some sort of huge dinosaur that was left behind. that's a gator seen at the villages as a guy was on the golf course just trying to live his best life and he stopped and caught this monster of being on camera. >> i would stay, far, far away. >> i know. i did have some dreams before moving to florida about gator encounters. i never had one, but i would be terrified. >> i did. >> i had one in the swimming

pool -- >> you had a gator encounter? >> no, not walking down the street. no, never that. how about this? put the sensors up, because we have a town with the most naked people on a roller coaster. those lap bars are in the right place. a group of 195 british naturalists stripped down and headed to the black pool pleasure beach amusement park for this cheeky event here, which took participants on a ride on the national grand roller coaster, and they beat the record there. yes, the sensor bar all the way across. >> seriously, just one long one. how bizarre. would you sign up to do that? you did it a couple years ago, didn't you? >> no. >> did you see his brows furrow? >> no, i did not. >> oh, okay, i thought you said you did. >> an extreme dog walker. this man has walked a whole bunch of dogs and he can

actually walk-up to 26 pets at the same time. how he does that without getting all wrangled up in those leashes? >> they look well behaved, too. >> oh, look at that. oh, my gosh. clearly we need to all reach out to this man, tim pink, he calls himself saratoga's dog walker. a small little business. he walked a whole bunch of dogs. >> i think, 50,000 or something i saw in a short amount of time? >> a ton of them. >> a lot of dogs. he must really love them and take good care of them. >> i'm sure he does. >> look at all those leashes. >> speaking of dogs. you know the downward dog yoga position? >> yes. >> this woman here she was trying to do the downward dog yoga position, and her dog kept getting in the way, thinking it was play time. he, was, like, i will show you a downward dog. >> yeah. i'll show you a dog. >> really nice. >> that other one is like -- oh, wait, is that the playful dog's

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this morning on "world news now," sitting on edge. >> new protests over the california attorney's decision not to charge officers who shot and killed stephon clark, an unarmed black man. the investigation is not over. a round of heavy rain is hitting the west coast. with it, the threat of flooding in california. plus, the east is facing a bitter blast of cold stretching into florida. how low will the temps go? accuweather as the forecast. cruise ship chaos. people have been taken to the hospital after this happened. whipping winds rocked the ship. people and furniture flying across the floor. passengers thought they were iofficial one blockbuster left in this whole wide world. the once booming rental store has one location standing. we'll show you where.

it's wednesday, march 6th. announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." we have been laughing about funny memories about blockbuster. >> yeah. i had a crusty old card in my wallet until a couple years ago. i had no clue when the last time i used that thing. >> you got rid of it even though -- >> because i was using streaming services and everything else. we'll get to that in a moment. we begin with a tense night in california's capitol city. >> angry residents voiced their concerns with police. it got so heated, it almost had to be recessed for a second time. this stems from the controversial, deadly shooting of an unarmed black man, stephon clark. >> the state attorney general announced no charges will be filed against the officers involved. they will investigate to see if the two officers violated clark's civil rights.

as the city remains on edge, will carr has the latest from there. >> reporter: new protests after a second investigation cleared the police officers who shot and killed stephon clark. >> our investigation has completed. no criminal charges against the officers can be sustained. >> reporter: that decision by california's attorney general comes three days after deciding not to charge the officers in this controversial shooting caught on camera. >> drop your gun! [ gunfire ] >> reporter: almost a year after two police officers shot killed clark, a black man which had been breaking windows, but was unarmed, tension is boiling. >> like an animal. >> reporter: police arrested 84 people in sacramento and detained at least one journalist. the response sparking criticism from the mayor. >> our thanks to will.

turning to the weather. the bitter cold that's been gripping the midwest stretches to florida. >> it feels like negative one in chicago. in new york, a balmy 17. in miami, an overnight low of 57, ten degrees below normal. another system is hitting california. heavy rain and snow in the mountains. flooding and mudslides are in much of the state. >> let's get the from accuweather's paul williams. good morning, paul. >> good morning. a crazy kind of storm for the west. first of all, with the rain concerns for flash flooding, we could get as much as six inches of rain. on top of that, flash flooding, urban flooding. on top of that, 2-4 feet of snow, that's right, i said feet, not inches. in the northwest, a mix of freezing rain, snow and rain throughout the northwest corner of the country. temperatures still 15-25 degrees below where they should be for the north central part of the

country. we are in the mix of that. then, we are watching out for melting snow showers in rapid city, omaha, minneapolis, 3-6 inches in some areas. for the northeast, another round of cold weather with snow squalls pushing across the great lakes region because of lake-effect snow. in the deep south, it is quite chilly. a high pressure system in place for us and allows the temperatures to drop 10-20 degrees below the norm for this time of year. kenneth, janai? >> it is winter. thank you, paul. now to washington and the showdown between president trump and the house democrats as allegations surface about his daughter's security clearance. >> sources tell cnn they pressured his chief of staff to grant ivanka trump security clearance despite their objections. that report comes as the white house is refusing to give congress information kushner's security clearance staging for a possible subpoena fight. >> democrats demand documents related to the president's life, he's calling them stone cold

crazy. here is abc's cecilia vega. >> reporter: calling the request overly intrusive, the white house declined to give democrats any information on whether president trump, against the recommendation of intelligence officials ordered his son-in-law, jared kushner be granted top security clearance. when we asked the president, no answer. instead, he lashed out at democrats sweeping allegations of corruption to abuse of power. sir your response to the democrats calling for a criminal investigation into jared kushner's security clearance? >> it's a disgrace. it's a disgrace to our country. people understand when they look at it, they see presidential harassment. that's okay. >> reporter: the house judiciary committee demanding documents from 81 people close to the president, including don jr. and eric. kushner and former aides, like hope hicks and steve bannon. they want to know about everything from the president's

one-on-one meeting with vladimir putin to the trump tower meeting with the russian lawyer and whether president trump and his family are profiting from the presidency. the white house, furious. democrats undaunted. >> there has to be a check on the executive. we have to protect the rule of law. that's what we are doing here. >> reporter: the ball is back on democrats court on capitol hill. they are gearing up to subpoena the white house for information on jared kushner's security clearance. cecilia vega, abc news, the white house. >> thanks to cecilia. president trump will go to alabama friday to see the damage caused by tornadoes. he's also approved a federal disaster declaration for the area. more than two dozen tornadoes touched down sunday in four states, alabama, georgia, florida and south carolina. alabama saw six of them, including a monster ef-4. >> it was on the ground for an hour and 17 minutes and traveled almost 70 miles.

at least 23 people are known dead, eight still missing. dozens of people are homeless. everyone who is able is helping with the recovery efforts. local officials say it will take months to rebuild their communities. federal investigators say the crew of an amazon cargo jet lost control before crashing near houston. the boeing was planning to land at bush airport. all three people on board were killed. ntsb cautions this is a preliminary finding. the audio from the cockpit voice recorder is hard to understand. what investigators have been able to understand indicates a loss of control. the agency doesn't say why they have lost control. raising has been suspended indefinitely at a famous horse track in los angeles. city thoroughbreds died at santa anita since christmas. the most recent yesterday, during training. two of the biggest events are scheduled for saturday, including a preliminary for the kentucky derby. wider than normal track

conditions may be the cause for some of the accidents. former new york mayor, michael bloomberg announced he will not run for president in 2020. the billionaire businessman says it would have been difficult to win in such a crowded field of democrats. he plans to fe kus efforts and financial resources to defeating president trump from the outside. fat tuesday has become ash wednesday. that's not put an end to the celebrations in new orleans. >> in the daylight. bourbon street was colorful, but subdued. no beads exchanging hands for other purposes. >> what are the other purposes? >> move on. >> overnight, it's different. the crowds are making a night or early morning. you can see them there on bourbon street. >> just living it up. >> at this hour? i would have been in bed hours ago. >> mardi gras season began january 6th. i'm sure some of those people have been taking full advantage

since then. >> i have been seeing people on social, who remain nameless, enjoying the festivities down there. >> living their best lives. >> living their best lives. coming up, the craziest items left behind in ubers. bears like this one are waking up from hibernation. what you need to know, if you encounter one. first, the terrifying metrodomes for passengers on a cruise ship rocked by hurricane force winds. what they are saying now. you are watching "world news now." now. you are watching "world news now." encountered hurricane-force winds, and what those passengers are saying. you are watching "world news now."

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frantic moments on a fire outside houston. a woman was stuck inside that burning home. deputy roberto martinez had to run to a number of windows to find her. he had to smash a window and push aside a chest of drawers and carry a woman to safety. he did all that of carrying 30 pounds of safety gear. a reminder of how important first responders are. turning to the frightening moments at sea for passengers aboard a cruise liner that was rocked by powerful wind gusts. >> at least eight passengers were taken to hospitals in florida once the ship made it to port. here is abc's dania bacchus.

>> reporter: panic and chaos terrifying passengers onboard a norwegian cruise ship. >> i thought we were going down. i thought at that point, this is it. felt like the boat was turning over. >> reporter: massive wind gusts sent the ship tipping 45 degrees by some accounts. >> it was a pretty steep incline to this boat. it was literally like we were almost walking up an incredibly steep hill to get to the center of the boat. >> reporter: tables sent flying across the floor. the sounds of glass crashing off of shelves as passengers held on to whatever they could. >> they have an art gallery. there was art destroyed everywhere. there was glass everywhere. there was a lot of damage. >> reporter: the norwegian "escape" cruise left new york city on sunday as the storm was hitting the east coast. >> we all just went flying down. >> reporter: winds reaching the equivalent of a category 3 hurricane gust. up to 115 miles per hour.

>> he opened our door to the balcony and just saw a wave coming at us, and he closed it and said we got to get out of here. >> reporter: several passengers and crew members injured, some carried off by a stretcher. ambulances were waiting as the ship arrived in port canaveral, florida. at least eight people were sent to the hospital. >> it was just shear panic. people running around, screaming, and blood coming down peoples' faces and just -- it was truly like a scene out of the "titanic" movie. it was so scary. >> reporter: danya bacchus, abc news, los angeles. >> all passengers who were hospitalized have since been released. there was no damage to the ship and it's scheduled to continue to its final destination, the bahamas. if i was on that cruise, i don't know if i focus on getting to the bahamas at that point. >> i don't. you know, for the people who were sent to the hospital, where the injuries weren't that bad, do they get back on the ship? >> can they make a request not to get back on?

>> that was a scheduled stop. it's just incredible. you see the images of going back and forth and people were traumatized on the ship. >> really just the latest case of things going wrong on a cruise ship. school officials in connecticut are keeping a close eye on an intruder seen near an elementary school. >> it was a bear taking a nap in a tree where kids walk to school. since it was not bothering anybody, they just decided to leave it alone but suggests kids take a different route to school. >> connecticut has thriving black bear population. they are generally less aggressive than grizzly bears and excellent tree climbers. black bears live near people while grizzlies stay away from us. look. there you go, the difference. >> they are so cute, though. you want to walk-up and say hi. >> why isn't the black bear smiling? >> if you come across a grizzly, use pepper spray but don't run and fall to the ground and curl into a fetal position.

>> also, use pepper spray if you encounter a black bear, but don't play dead. they are loud. look closely. try to remember those differences if you see a bear. use pepper spray, either way. >> if only leonardo di- cap rio's character in -- she didn't see the movie. >> no, but willie, the intern did and him and jack agree. coming up in the next half hour, r. kelly's fiery denl in his first interview since his arrest. hear what the singer is saying about the ten counts of sex abuse charges he's facing. michael jackson, and two men that claim they were sexually abused by the king of pop and what they are now telling oprah winfrey. that's next on "world news now." that's next on "world news now." telling now. you are watching "world news now." my digestive system used to make me feel sluggish

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now the jackson family is responding. here is abc's linsey davis. >> reporter: nearly a decade after his death a renewed debate and scrutiny in the wake of a documentary "leaving neverland" where two men say they were sexually abused by michael jackson for years, starting when they were just 7 and 10 years old. >> once the abuse started, within that first week, every night that i was with him, there was abuse. >> reporter: in death as in life, michael jackson still dogged by allegations of sexual abuse, this time by two men that once testified on his behalf, saying he never molested or touched them inappropriately. 2f d molechar another child. >> michael told me i had to lie. that's what i did. i lied. >> reporter: james, now 41 says he first met jackson while shooting a soda commercial, and

the choreographer said he met him after winning a dance competition, and both detail quite explicitly what they say happened behind closed doors. >> at the same time the sexual relationship is growing, he's working on pushing you away from your parents, pushing you away from everybody else. >> reporter: both men describe being groomed by jackson, sometimes spending as many as six hours on the phone with him. >> i was really into jewelry, and he would reward me with jewelry for doing sexual acts for him. >> reporter: after jackson died, they sued his estate, and the lawsuits were dismissed for being filed too late and they are appealing. for those who question why they stayed silent for so long, they told oprah winfrey, becoming father's themselves helped them confront the abuse. >> can you explain to people why you want to continue the association if you have been abused?

>> i had no understanding of it being abuse. i loved michael. anything that michael did was right to me for so many years. >> reporter: the michael jackson estate is suing hbo for $100 million claiming the documentary violates a nondisparagement agreement hbo had with jackson, the lawsuit calls the documentary a one-sided marathon of unvetted propaganda to shamelessly exploit an innocent man. >> the jackson family released a statement in part saying michael was and is and always will be 100% innocent of these false allegations. linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> as we hear more about some of these allegations, a couple radio stations in canada stopped playing jackson's music, so some people responding strongly already. >> this is the latest case of michael jackson being dogged by the allegations, even in death. a lot of people are talking

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>> a full set of 18 karat gold teeth. >> oh, you know, those were mine. >> that must have cost you a lot. this is one someone was most upset about. six chicken tenders from 7-eleven. you walk into yo h reize u ft theen tenders. throw the whole night away. >> i am crazy about looking behind me -- >> absolutely. even if i have to hold somebody up. wait, wait, wait. >> yes. also left behind, those brick and mortar movie stores -- >> brick and mortar stores, period. >> blockbuster. there's only going to be one left -- >> one. >> after the closure. >> what do you go there to get? >> movies. >> that you play in what? >> that you can rent. >> in a vcr? >> no, they have dvds. one is closing at the end of the month in australia, which leaves only one in the entire world in bend, oregon. that will be the last

blockbuster standing. they had 9,000 stores back in 2004. >> 9,000? >> 9,000. even more in the '90s, when i was growing up. >> yeah, i would go and get "karate kid." >> in bend, oregon, i looked up visitbend.com and what you could do in bend, oregon. take a bath with strangers in a soaking pool. smell weird things because apparently, bend,oregon has a unique perfume of sage and ponderosa in that town. >> sounds hippie. what? what? >> that's not a bad thing. >> that's not negative. >> people, please, people in bend, oregon, don't -- >> that was a compliment. >> why did you say it like that? >> you just took it that way. how about this. bryson dechambeau, one of the most thoughtful guys on the pga

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this morning on "world news now," severe weather impacting the country from coast-to-coast. in the west, new concerns of flooding as heavy rains come ashore. the bitter cold is moving into the east stretching to florida. breaking overnight, the new concerns over north korea less than a week after the president's summit with kim jong-un. new photos show the north is rebuilding a long-range rocket site. new this half hour, singer and song writer, r. kelly is breaking his silence. >> you will see the first interview since his ea rest. r. kelly exploding with anger and emotion as he says he's fighting for his life. and the women of the "bachelor" had scores to settle and fights to resume last night. >> whoa! >> plus, colton was talking about his infamous fence jump. that's ahead in "the skinny," on

this wednesday, march 6th. nners, this is "world news now." a double dose of "the bachelor" coming up in next half hour. >> that should be interesting. can't wait for jack. >> can't wait. we begin this half hour with the weather. it is bitterly cold in the eastern half of the country. there are freeze warnings overnight even in the south. >> it's wet in california where another major storm is arriving bringing fears of flooding and mudslides. >> evacuations have been ordered in areas where wildfires raged last year. some have already seen mudslides and flooding but more is likely. >> right now people in the santa barbara, california, area are seeing sights like this, a series of lightning strikes, and nearly 1,500 pulses of lightning recorded off southern california's coast in just five minutes. >> incredible images. >> uh-huh. accuweather's paul williams has the forecast this morning. good morning, paul. >> good morning, kenneth, janai. we have one mess of a storm from

the west, because with the rain from los angeles and fresno and throughout all of california we could see up to six inches of rain, some isolated pockets, so urban and flash flooding is a concern. not only that, but in the mountainous region, in the sierra and nevada, up to four feet of snow there. it's not just messy there. in the northwest corner, just as messy with the low pressure system helping to create a mix of rain, sleet and snow. cold and dry for the north central part of the country. watching out for widespread snow for wednesday night to thursday from rapid city to omaha, and additional snow squalls off the great lakes. portions of new york and northeastern ohio, northwestern pennsylvania and cold winds with lake-effect snow there. cold for the deep south. now there's another part of the deep south story, and here it is, saturday going into saturday night, another round of tornadoes likely for alabama and mississippi and the deep south. kenneth, janai, i'm sorry. >> not looking good. >> saturday and saturday night

we will be on the lookout there. as we mention, it's colder than usual in the deep south overnight. >> a freeze warning in effect in beauregard, alabama. that small town was devastated by a tornado outbreak on sunday. at least 23 people were killed there and dozens of homes were damaged or destroyed. >> officials say it will be months before the area recovers. abc's steve osunsami has more. >> reporter: the sheriff of lee county, alabama, says they're still looking for half a dozen people who they hope are with friends or family. what's left of this home belongs to a state trooper that was hospitalized and at one point was in the icu. you can see it from the sky, all of the people who were killed here, all 23 came from this community. in a one square mile area of heart ache and destruction. >> oh, dude, that's a big tornado. >> reporter: the deadly tornado that tore the heart out of alabama was on the ground for more than 68 miles and made carroll dean a widow. >> our son found him. he was done gone before we got

to him. >> reporter: the funeral for 10-year-old taylor thornton is on friday. her family gave us these photos and asked us to share that she was a godly child. she was visiting her best friend in the world when the storm came through. the only survivor in the home was her friend, who is still hospitalized that night. the chaplin that helped break the news to each of the families, tears filled his eyes when he looked around the church to show the help that was coming in. >> you look around, and you see young and old, and what i see is hope, hope for another generation. hope for ours. >> reporter: the national weather service is worried about more severe storms hitting this same area of alabama that is dealing with the tornado cleanup now on saturday. at the same time, families who are cleaning up, and i don't of below freezing temperatures.g so they will have to do this work in the cold. abc news, steve osunsami, salem,

alabama. >> thanks to steve down there. across the world, north korea appears to be rebuilding a long range missile testing site that had been dormant since last summer. experts say satellite images show that key structures were quickly reassembled. they believe the work began just before or shortly after the summit in hanoi between president trump and kim jong-un. the president said kim promised not to resume the nuclear missile tests. british police are investigating three packages containing explosives found at transportation hubs. the three devices were mailed to offices for two london airports and a train station. one of the packages was opened and caught fire but there were no injuries. police say they are, quote, keeping an open mind about the motive. two of the packages had republic of ireland stamps. former white house attorney, ty cobb is defending special counsel robert mueller and the russia investigation. he told abc news he doesn't believe mueller's report will harm the president politically, but disagreed with the

president's frequent criticism of the probe. cobb said he has known mueller for 30 years as a prosecutor and friend, describing him as a justice oriented and a class act. >> i think bob mueller is an american hero. i don't think it's a witch hunt. i wish it had happened on a quicker timetable, but it didn't and that's unfortunate. at the same time, it's not a real criticism of the special counsel on the timing because there were a lot of surprises. >> in his ten months at the white house, cobb said he was largely able to curve the president's attacks on mueller, but the onslaught began after rudy giuliani joined his legal team. the president's former fixer and attorney will, again, face the house intelligence panel, which is looking into russian interference in the president's financial interest. cohen is expected to bring documents to corroborate his testimony. it's been another tense

night in sacramento, california. part of the fallout from the controversial police shooting of stephon clark. a special city council meeting had to be stopped as angry residents voiced their concerns about the police. on monday night more than 80 people were arrested during mass protests following the local district attorney's decision not to file charges against the officers involved. the state attorney general also announced police acted lawfully. now the u.s. department of justice has said it will get involved. was there a case of divine intervention at a fire in west virginia? >> flames devastated a freedom ministries church in grandview early sunday. firefighters said the flames were so hot at one point they had to back out of the building. the department says not a single bible or cross was destroyed. also, no one, including firefighters was injured. >> and a facebook post says god'anword is more per tt how hot it gets. >> just incredible tsee those

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it happened in springdale, pennsylvania outside pittsburgh. police say the driver hit a utility pole right there before smashing through the front entrance of the building. no people or animals were inside and no charges have been filed. turning to the new development in the r. kelly sexual abuse case. >> in an emotional tv interview, the rapper is denying the counts of aggravated sexual abuse he's facing. he's talking for the first time since he was released on $100,000 bail. >> reporter: this morning, r. kelly is speaking out against allegations of sexual misconduct against minors. >> not true, whether they are old rumors or new rumors or future rumors, not true. >> why would they say this aboutout? >> reporter: kelly maintained his innocence after being charged with sexually abusing four people, including three underaged girls. the embattled singer says he should not be judged by allegations in the past. in 2008 kelly was charged with child pornography after a video surfaced with him having sex with an underaged girl. he was acquitted in the case after kelly denied it was him in

the video, and the alleged victim refused to testify. >> they are going back in the past and trying to add all this stuff now to that to make all this stuff going on now feels real to people. >> but the past is relevant with you with underaged girls. >> absolutely, no it's not. >> why? >> because, for one, i beat my case. when you beat something -- >> you were acquitted. >> you can't double jeopardy me like that, it's not fair. it's not fair to nobody. when you beat your case you beat your case. >> reporter: kelly has pled not guilty to ten new counts of sexual abuse. investigators arrested the 52-year-old last month following the lifetime docu series featuring r. kelly claiming he held women against their will. >> with all i have been through with my way, way past, to hold somebody -- let alone, four, five, six, 50, you said, how stupid would i be to do that? >> i didn't say --

>> that's stupid, guys. >> i didn't -- >> is this camera on me? >> yes. >> that's stupid. use your common sense. forget the blogs and forget about how you feel about me, hate me if you want to or love me, but use your common sense. how stupid would it be for me with my crazy past and what i have been through -- oh, right now i just think i need to be a monster and hold girls against their will and chain them up in my basement and don't let them eat or let them out unless they need some shoes down the street from their uncle. stop it, you guys quit playing. quit playing. i didn't do this stuff. this is not me. i'm fighting for my [ bleep ] life. >> just an incredible interview there, just the back and forth and the allegations of kelly violating underage girls and women and held them as virtual slaves as followed him for

decades, so seeing him there saying he's fighting for his life, the counts are serious and he's saying, look, this can't be a double jeopardy situation because of the previous incident here, but definitely a lot of emotion in that interview. >> it's so interesting hearing it right from him. like you said, it's the emotion, seeing how he reacts makes you want to tune in for the rest of it. when we come back "the yelling on the bachelor and the women tell all. >> and how cardi b is inspiring reba. "the skinny" is next. bachelor," and the women tell all. >> and how cardi b is inspiring reba. "the skinny" is next.

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before you even know you're pregnant. ♪ skinny ♪ just give me "the skinny" >> it's time for "the skinny," and you see the rose and that means we're talking about "the bachelor." we're starting with explosive comments on last night's episode. >> two nights in a row. aren't we lucky? it was time for the women to tell all, and here tte u what they said is our senior analyst, jack sheehan. >> i don't say it very much around here, but breaking news as we come on the air. fod. his escape attempt in portugal failed.

he is fine, as you will see. as for the women telling all, they had some unsettled business to take care of. roll that beautiful "bachelor" footage. >> say hello to the ladies. >> the women were back, and in the mood. >> i like to take control in the bedroom so is it weird that i was a little bit turned on? >> a fight. >> this is a "bachelor," it's not the katherine show. you are canceled. it's done. >> wait, didn't you go home on night one? >> the whole thing quickly degenerating into a free for all. emotions spilling over. the main event, demi versus courtney. >> demi, you literally have the maturity of a 3-year-old. all you do is talk about yourself and talk about people all day. go to time-out. go to time-out, demi. >> some of the ladies taking the hot seat. emotional nicole.

>> i wanted to give it all i got, and i wanted colton to know that i was sincere. >> hannah b. >> i wanted so much more and deserved so much more. >> colton makes his triumphant return from portugal. >> as "the bachelor" i could have done things better. >> caelynn with a hard question? >> when did you know it wasn't me, because i felt it all the way until the end? >> that rose ceremony was the hardest out of all of them. >> sidney asking what everybody wants to know. >> are you still a virgin? >> let me cut you off here -- >> colton finally addresses the fence jump. >> what was your mind-set? >> i think one thing i realized, you are not automatically going to be in a relationship because you became "the bachelor." >> at that point, none of us really knew what was going to happen next, because we never had that happen before. >> i thought i was going to land on a production tent or snack tent or there would be a audio guy randomly waiting there for

me, but there was nobody and it was one of the best feelings. >> there you go. obviously colton survived and now the nation can prepare itself for this two-night extravaganza we have coming up next week. we've got to figure this whole mess out, basically. all drama, all emotion, all the time next week. chris harrison promising nothing like we've ever seen before on "the bachelor." >> goodness. >> let's see if they deliver for two weeks in a row. on that note, analyst out. >> buckle up, everybody. >> you know what? the high point of my career is talking about this man's virginity on national television, and i can't wait to find out. >> i'm on the edge of my seat, too. >> so we'll move on instead. next to the sound that's apparently a cross over from r & b to country music. cardi b. has turned her rolling rs into a trademark as you might have seen during the super bowl commercial. >> why aren't you understanding? >> what kind of word is that?

>> now it appears the cardi call >> the cardi call? >> has captured the attention of one of the queens of country music. >> reebs, we're ready for you. >> rrrr. >> oh, that's pretty good, reba. reba rolling that r. >> yeah, can you do it? >> i still can't. >> try it. >> i still cannot. >> do it. >> was that a bird? >> is that what that was? when doves cry? >> doves are crying. next a supermodel reminding us all about what natural beauty is all about. >> over her three-decade long career, 53-year-old cindy crawford graced magazine covers and fashion runways, and we are seeing what a beauty she truly is. >> crawford posted this photo to instagram, relaxing with her dog, wearing no make up. she captioned the snap, quote,

taking notes on napping from the expert. fun fact. i'm from the same town as cindy crawford. >> oh. that's in, um, where -- >> tuckahoe, pittsburgh -- no, pennsylvania? that's what somebody thought. no, i'm not from there. it's dekalb, illinois. >> oh! >> dekalb, illinois. known for corn, barbed wire, cindy crawford and janai. >> that is among the list of things. she looks beautiful. >> she does. >> brace yourselves. we're apparently in for another jonas wedding. >> nick jonas and priyanka chopra had what seemed like weeks' worth of wedding celebrations on two continents. >> and now brother joe has announced he's getting married this summer. quote, all 18 of nick's weddings were amazing, but i learned from nick, one is enough.

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we know winter is coming and so are potential spoilers. if you are not caught up, first, shame on you, but mute your tv now. all right. let's get into this. the trailer opens of shots with arya running through what looks like crypts. she's bloody. even scarier than that, she's afraid. that's not a side of her we normally see, so what has her shook can't be good. we need to talk for a second about cersei. we know she is expecting the golden company, but we never see cersei in the shot in the trailer. where are they? also, this trailer shows cerei drinking wine, and last season she refused to do that because she was pregnant. so did something happen to the baby? i don't know. either way, she is so talented. who knows why she's crying. so much of the trailer focused on the battle. it will be the longest

consecutive battle sequence put on film. we see shots of almost every main character there. arya, john snow. but it's who we don't see that is telling. we don't see danny there and we don't see the knight king and his dragon. could they be fighting somewhere else? who's to say. so many questions. thankfully, we don't need to wait that long to find out. the new season premiers on april 14th on hbo. it's widely speculated the battle will be episode 3 of this season. >> oh, my gosh. >> did you learn anything special, extra detail to give to the "game of thrones" fans? >> the king mask is very sweaty. that's a special tip. >> i looked at it, and number one, how do you see out of it? what does it smell like in there? when you came over, i thought that was kendis gibson. >> we thought, is kendis back? >> he's got real pale hands. >> yeah. >> that's so creepy. i can't wait to find out what happens. >> we're really sorry to all the

insomniacs. >> that's totally a "game of thrones" character.

making news in america this morning, chaos at a council meeting. [ chanting ] tensions boiling over because of the police shooting death of an unarmed black man. the officers not charged and protesters now demanding answers. breaking overnight, new evidence showing north korea could be rebuilding a missile launch site just days after president trump's summit with kim jong-un. what it means for future negotiations. lashing out, r. kelly furious and emotional in his first interview since his recent arrest. >> y'all quit playing. quit playing. >> robert. >> i didn't do this stuff. >> what the embattled singer is saying about his sexual abuse case. plus, cosmetic concern. the warning about a popular