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so you have to come to your tv and look at this. this is from the onset of spring that left one lake michigan covered in these shards of ice, and that lake is melting quickly causing the water to push up sheets of ice to the surface, making it look like a mosaic of blue tiles. i would never think this is a lake. look at this. the phenomenon is caused by water currently moving under the ice as lake michigan begins to thaw. of course it's not a river, it's a lake, and that is incredible. >> fascinating.

we have shown you the signs of spring across the west, wild flowers blanketing hillsides after that record rain fall. >> absolutely. and people running to take selfies, but we have not shown it to you like this. that's the super bloom of poppies in southern california, but from space. >> you can make out the orange color there on the hillsides. in some photos, you can even see some of the hoards of people who have descended on that area to see the flowers, the thousands of people frustrating the residents there. but, hey, you got to get those instagram pictures. >> got to do it for the gram. we are also getting our first look at newly released body cam video of a takedown in las vegas. >> officers say they opened fire on a suspect after he appeared to pull a gun. we warn you the video is disturbing. here's abc's gio benitez. >> let's see your hands! >> reporter: las vegas police responding to a call about an armed robbery. police say the suspect,

20-year-old stephen had just broke into a boys and girls club spotted here on surveillance video. police now move in, quickly confronting him and then ordering him to the ground. >> turn around and keep your hands up! get on your knees! >> reporter: seconds later the suspect drops his arms as police open fire. >> the officers saw a firearm and told him specifically not to touch it. as he was on the ground he attempted to stand up and began pulling his firearm out of the holster. >> reporter: that suspect survived and is in stable condition. he is charged with armed robbery, burglary and resisting arrest, and police believe that gun belonged to his grandfather, a retired police officer. gio benitez, abc news, new york. now to less disturbing video shot by a snake -- maybe it's not less disturbing, but a snake removal from a house in texas. that is under a client's house as a worker was removing dozens -- dozens of

rattlesnakes. you can't even look at it. >> this happened 160 miles west of my home city of dallas. i might not go back after this. the guy that was under that house for a long time, apparently -- look at this. >> oh, my gosh. >> yeah, when all the work was done, he collected 45 rattle snakes after being under that house for so long. he described some of them as large males that made loud rattling sounds as they were captured. you know, that's a tough job. >> yeah. >> somebody has to do it. not me. >> i guess they said there were a few snakes that needed to be taken care of. 45 snakes? do those get in the pipes? are those the snakes that come up through toilets? >> i think they are. >> i'm freaking out now -- are those the snakes? >> oh, that's how i feel. >> can't do it. let's move along. coming up, new technology that can help you catch a car thief red handed. >> how one nfl player used it to take somebody down breaking into his car. you are watching "world news now." you are watching "world news now." breaking into

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♪ somebody is watching me ♪ and i have no privacy ♪ i always feel like ♪ somebody's watching me >> who's playing tricks on me? all right. more often than not anymore, somebody is watching you, everywhere, at all times. >> all the time. this morning we are checking out a new device that watches your car and catches would-be thieves in the act. here's juju chang. >> reporter: what you are watching is an attempted robbery in progress. this dodge charger, the pride and joy of carolina panther's full back. but the 24-year-old recently bought a new security device. >> i got this instant notification on my phone. >> reporter: he watched in real time as a stranger broke into his car. >> i see someone in my car and that's when the adrenaline starts running. >> reporter: you ran out? >> booked it. >> reporter: as it is his job to bowl people over, the 250-pound football player did just that.

>> i grabbed him and threw him out here, and he comes this way in between these two cars and he's making a run for it. >> reporter: restraining him with a wrestling move called the arm-bar. captured on alex's cell phone filmed by the building's concierges. it goes without saying, but police warn never try to apprehend a suspect yourself. >> just relax. >> reporter: the alleged thief was arrested and charged with breaking and entering into a motor vehicle. he was released on bond and is due in court later this month. that video now evidence. >> we have the guy's picture. we have what he was doing in my car. so it's really undisputed. >> reporter: literally caught red handed. >> literally caught red handed. >> reporter: all of it captured on owl car cam. like similar cameras on the market, it has inward and outward facing cameras. it will alert your phone if your vehicle is hit or broken into even if you are not around. it has been used to capture break-ins and is a new tool in helping police track down

criminals like this. >> we hear the story over and over again where somebody calls the police and says, hey, my car got broken into. we can't do much about that. i have video. well the videos we get are not very good. then they send the videos from the owl camera and police say we have never seen video like this. we can see who it is. the one that hit me the most, there was a woman named jennifer, and she walked in front of the car and she points and says do you want to do this and they back off, in less than an hour those two guys were arrested. >> reporter: do you think it might change the way car owners and police deal with carjackings? >> i definitely think it's going to be a huge advantage, and huge for criminals as well because they'll think twice for sure. >> important to point out, police don't condone you ever going after thieves yourselves

and this technology is not meant to create vigilantes. it is meant to catch crooks in the act so if you see something call 911. vigilantes, it is meant to catch crooks in the act so if you see something call 911. >> absolutely. here is a question coming up. how long can you plank? t or if i'm not working, you know, just roll. it's perfect for me. i'm busy philipps, and i'm fearless to face anything.

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add downy fabric conditioner for up to 7 days of downy freshness. downy and it's done. ♪ welcome back to "world news now." i want to tell you about what happened in minnesota. >> uh-huh. >> take a look at this. a 71-year-old man has surpassed the guinness book world record for the longest plank. 38 minutes. >> wow. >> you know what a plank is? it's an abdominal exercise, working the core. he did it for 38 minutes. he was celebrating his birthday there. >> 71! >> we are so happy for him. you know what, i feel like i can do more than 38. >> you think so? >> yeah, 38 seconds. >> okay -- ha. >> i'm going to try. 38 seconds, not 38 minutes. get out of here. >> show us what you got. we need to see you get all set

up for this. >> i am getting up there in age. i am not 71. >> ease down there with those joints. >> okay, here we go. start the clock. >> starting the clock right now. okay, we're watching. >> speed on through. >> marcus will go ahead and do those planks, and we will show you a tourist in bali that got swept away by a waves. look at that. oh, my gosh. fortunately, she only sustained minor injuries. oh, my gosh. it looks pretty bad. yeah, marcus has got the shakes going on here. but he's trying. >> i like the silhouette. >> get it all in line. keep going. i think you got 30 seconds down. >> my fitness coach -- >> we are also going to show you a koala that broke into a car. >> where? >> check out this koala. they probably don't like us in this lighting -- how cute, a little furry thing broke into a car. you got it!

you got it! >> is it still going? >> 50 seconds. keep going. 38 minutes he won't get to. what a very cute koala. >> yes. >> how about this? a cat surrounded by puppies. all these puppies -- you go, marcus. marcus, you are doing great. you are over a minute. marcus, you keep it -- >> i am sweating. >> i should be a trainer. >> i am sweating. >> a straight line. you got it. a straight line. you got it. we're going to get you summertime fine in no time. >> all right. >> keep it. you have 30 more seconds. can you do it? >> i don't think i can do it, janai. >> are you guys at home doing your plank? that man did 38 minutes and he was 71 years old, marcus, and you are younger than that. >> i'm out. i'm out. i can't do it anymore. i'm done. >> marcus! >> i'm done. >> summertime fun. you are not real. you are not real. >> y'all are trying to take a brother out. it's too early for this. we're still on the air! >> were you impressed?

i was impressed. >> more news right after this

this morning on "world news now," president trump is attacking the late senator john mccain, again. >> he said he did not get a thank you for mccain's funeral that took place seven months ago, and this morning he's facing criticism for his comments. hear from republicans coming to mccain's defense. also this morning, more fallout from the nationwide college admissions cheating scandal. new details about another student admitted to a prominent college after her parents allegedly paid her way on to a nationally ranked soccer team. the privacy of more than 1,000 people has been invaded after hidden cameras were found in a hotel. not only were those guest filmed but the footage was streamed around the world. it's a sight in the sky that has people turning heads wondering if it was a meteor or ufo. police got on twitter to see

just what this was all about. it's thursday, march 21st. announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> sight in the sky. people in l.a. were concerned. >> just another day in southern california, in l.a. >> hollywood magic. we'll get to that later. we begin with the presidents' days long assault on the late john mccain. just a reminder, it started over the weekend on twitter. the president referred to mccain being last in his class at the naval academy, then alerting the fbi about the so-called russia dossier. >> mccain's daughter answered back on "the view" saying trump was obsessed. trump criticized mccain's thumbs down vote on repealing obamacare and he told reporters, he never was a fan of john mccain and never will be. >> trump took his dislike on

mccain to a new level addressing factory workers in ohio. jonathan karl reports. >> reporter: standing before a line of tanks at a factory in lima, ohio, he launched an assault on late senator and war hero, john mccain. >> so, i have to be honest, i've never liked him much. hasn't been for me. i've really probably never will. >> reporter: the pro military crowd silent as trump told them he never got a thank you for authorizing the use of an air force jet to transport the casket, along with other military support for his military service. >> i gave him the kind of funeral he wanted, which as president i had to approve. i don't care about this. i didn't get a thank you. that's okay. we sent him on the way, but i wasn't a fan of john mccain. what we can say is now we're all set. i don't think i have to answer that question, but the press keeps, what do you think of mccain? what do you think? not my kind of guy but some people like him and i think that's great. >> reporter: the president

started his renewed attacks on mccain over the weekend and mccain's widow, cindy, revealed one of the hateful messages she received in recent days. on "the view," mccain's daughter called the president's attacks a bizarre new low. >> if i had told my dad, seven months after you are dead you are going to be dominating the news and all over twitter and he would think it's hilarious our president was so jealous of him that he was dominating the news cycle in death as well. >> reporter: most republican senators resisted directly criticizing the president for his attacks on mccain, but georgia republican, johnny isakson that chairs the veteran affairs committee said enough is enough. >> it's deplorable. we should never reduce the service people give to this country. >> reporter: jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. >> other republican senators are coming to mccain's defense without directly criticizing trump. >> the senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell called him an

american hero. and lindsay graham said he doesn't like it when trump says things about his friend, john mccain. >> there's no one i admire more than john mccain. he's an american hero and nothing will ever diminish that. i think the president's comments about senator mccain hurt him more than they hurt the legacy of senator mccain. i'm going to try and continue to help the president. >> graham, who has been an ally for the president says the best thing that can happen is to move forward and work on the challenges facing the nation. >> the president was also asked about special counsel robert mueller's upcoming report as he left for ohio. trump is calling the very existence of such a report ridiculous. he said he believes whatever mueller produces from the russia investigation should be released to the public. >> let it come out. let people see it. it's up to the attorney general. with all that said, i look forward to seeing the report. >> a new poll finds one-third of americans are extremely or very confident in mueller's investigation.

29% on the ap poll are moderately confident and 37% say they are not too confident or not confident at all. breaking news from new zealand, a stunning announcement as the prime minister places an immediate ban on all weapons used in the christchurch terror attack. very fast action there. the ban includes military style semiautomatic assault rifles and high capacity magazines. she said the ban will take affect in three weeks. all 50 victims of the massacre have been identified. families of those killed have been waiting on when they can bury their loved ones. more safety questions are being raised about boeing 737 max aircraft. as details emerge about chaos in the cockpit during last year's lion air tragedy. abc news learned the pilots struggled to get through a checklist for abnormal events as they lost control of the jet. they ran out of time before it crashed. the fbi is working with other federal authorities in examining the plane's certification process. the transportation secretary

asked the faa for a formal audit of that process. now, to the weather this morning. a nor'easter is set to batter the eastern sea board and that storm is getting stronger overnight over north carolina. by daylight it will bring heavy rain to the mid-atlantic region, and new york will be in the crosshairs by late afternoon and then to boston. then, in the midwest, a levy breach forced residents to evacuate the small town of craig, missouri. and then the missouri river approaches record levels, and accuweather's paul williams has the forecast. >> good morning, marcus. we're looking at much-needed drying out courtesy of the high pressure system where the flooding has hit the hardest. as we go into next week, we will see the water going down from omaha to kansas city, but going up toward columbia and st. louis along the missouri. for the northeast, it's about this nor'easter cranking up a massive amount of rain and winds as well, and snow. we are looking for 6 to 12

inches in some areas, particularly in vermont, and then big-time rain in the west that could cause flooding by itself. janai, marcus? >> our thanks to paul. this morning, there are new details in a college admission scandal. we are learning about a student that landed on a nationally-ranked soccer team. she didn't even play the sport. >> the parents paid the ring's suspected ring leader to create their daughter's athletic resume and it worked. here is kayna whitworth. >> reporter: they are among the best in college soccer, the women of ucla making it to the championship in 2017, but one player not spotted in the team photo that season, number 41, midfielder and freshman, lauren isaacson. a year and a half later, her parents stand accused of bribing her way into ucla and on the team even though she reportedly didn't play soccer. college counselor, rick singer

allegedly took $600,000 from the isaacsons to get their daughters into ucla, creating fake test scores and credentials. lauren isackson was voted mvp of a soccer club, and the director of the club said they didn't have a team for her age group. i would say team captain and mvp would be hard to be that of a team that doesn't exist. >> reporter: ucla soccer coach has been indicted on racketeering charges and placed on leave. isackson no longer on the team but is still at the school. here at usc they just named a new president while at the same time placing holds on the accounts of a growing number of students that may be involved in the admissions scandal, and that means they can't register for classes. kayna whitworth, abc news, los angeles. >> the accusations coming out of the investigation are mind blowing. >> absolutely. especially this one, the credentials they came up with that were not at all feasible. crazy to see all of this. switching gears a little bit, if you were depending on the powerball to give you that lifetime vacation, you will have to wait longer.

>> that's why we are here at work today. the numbers in the $550 million powerball drawing are out and no one took home the jackpot. last night's winning numbers were 10,14, 50,53 and 63. the power ball was 21. check your tickets. check them again. nobody won the power ball. saturday's drawing is now estimated worth $625 million. >> is it weird i would still come to work if i won the powerball? is it weird? >> no, because you wouldn't want to let on you won or you love your job so much. >> i love my job so much. we know you would leave. >> no, i would come back. i would take a lot of days off during the week, but i would be here. coming up, we are meeting a second grader dubbed the world's youngest female barber, but first to a chilling invasion of privacy case, involving spy cameras in hotel rooms. find out where it happened and where the suspects hid those cameras. plus a mother that create

a popular youtube channel involving her seven adopted children under arrest and youtube terminating that account. hear why, ahead on "world news now." that account. that's ahead on "world news now."

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this scene in the skies over los angeles caused quite a bit of confusion on the ground. some people who saw this thought a flaming meteor or a ufo was falling to earth. it turned out to be part of a wing suit flyers trailing sparks behind them, part of a stunt by red bull. the lapd tweeted letting the city know it was not an alien invasion or meteor invasion that it was a film shoot. he added, quote, this is tinsel town, after all. a little hollywood magic in real life. >> the building with the light on top, that's the intercontinental hotel, and there's a rooftop bar on top. on the 73rd floor. >> everybody thinking you have to get out of dodge. >> right? >> all right. this morning we're hearing new developments about a woman in arizona who has racked up more than 200 million views on youtube. >> she and her seven adopted children star in a popular youtube series. now authorities have charged her with abusing those children. here's abc's matt gutman.

>> reporter: their video antics reviewed a quarter billion times, but police say this serial abuse those little actors suffered was a dark, behind-the-camera secret. she adopted the children, ages 3-15, but, according to court documents, she beat and pepper sprayed them when they failed to memorize their lines. her fantastic adventures youtube channel had over 800,000 youtube subscribers. the on camera scenarios similar to what police say was their reality. >> see, we're trapped! >> reporter: investigators tipped off after her adult biological daughter came forward. her adoptive children claiming they did not go to school and that she would pepper spray all over their face and body, spanking them and forcing them to take ice baths and when resisting would force their heads underwater. the children allegedly beaten with hangers, forced to stand in a corner, hands raised above their head for 18 hours straight.

and while some of the videos focused on food, even cookies, >> cookies, cookies, cookies. >> oh, yeah? you're hungry? >> reporter: police say the kids were starved for days at a time. police also accuse her two biological adult male sons not reporting the abuse, despite knowing about it. she has not entered a plea. she faces life in prison if convicted on 19 charges. over the years she has likely made hundreds of thousands of dollars off the youtube channel but youtube has now terminated it ensuring she can't monotize from it going forward. matt gutman, abc news, los angeles. >> from that disturbing story to another one. and new details about an incredible invasion of privacy case that is sending chills down the spines of travelers everywhere. >> police in south korea say they have four men in custody, and they are accused of hiding spy cameras in hotel rooms and secretly live streaming those

images to a group of subscribers on a website. >> police say they found wireless cameras in tvs, wall outlets and hair dryers in dozens of hotel rooms in ten cities. they say more than 4,000 viewers around the world paid for access to those feeds. incredible. >> absolutely incredible. we heard about hidden cameras allegedly in airbnb rooms and now hotels. >> not just in hotels, but hotels in ten cities. very widespread scheme going on there. coming up in our next half hour, an update on sully the service dog and his new mission after living with the late presidenbush> firs bngald e wor barber. thshs n second gde. n." the second grade. that's next on "world news now."

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the city that never sleeps, times square. you know, hair can take a lot of work -- requires -- >> does it ever. >> especially for this brother right here. >> yep. >> it requires a fair degree of skill and talent to make it look good. >> this morning we are meeting a remarkable girl from philadelphia who is getting a head start, and get this, she's only 8 years old. our friend introduces us to the girl that has been dubbed the world's youngest female barber. >> get to the chair, please. is it too tight? >> no, that's good. >> reporter: barely tall enough to reach the top of her client's head. >> i need like a stool or something. >> reporter: this 8-year-old is already making her mark in the world of haircutting. as a barber. >> this is easy. i'm very detailed. i am very strict about hair cuts. i want them to be neat, tight and perfect. capiche? >> reporter: now dubbed the

world's youngest female barber, the second grader's interest came about after her brother attended an introductory class at the junior barber academy and he decided it was not for him, but she couldn't resist giving it a try. >> my mom showed me pictures. i said, can i do it? she said sure. >> i think god instills talents in each child and it's up to us as parents to unlock the potential. >> reporter: she was the youngest student and only female in a six-week training program led by a master barber. >> when i teach you guys this -- >> you mean, and girls? >> and girls. you guys and girls. i was impressed when she came to class with a note pad. to not know what my class was going to be about, and to have a note pad and ready to take notes, it showed me this was a special child right here. >> reporter: she volunteers her time to the homeless in her

community and neighbors like this have also taken advantage of her services. >> she's my favorite. she's my favorite. >> reporter: the young barber is still in training and needs some assistance at times. >> can you help me? >> oh, you want help? >> reporter: but she's got big dreams with hopes of adding celebrities to her growing list of clients. >> who i really want to cut is lebron james and kevin hart. >> reporter: satisfaction is guaranteed, just ask. >> awesome, awesome, awesome. >> amazing piece there. thanks for introducing us to her. she has skills and character also. helping the homeless. >> absolutely. keeping it interesting. yeah, there's nothing like a fresh haircut. >> yeah? >> it makes your day a whole lot brighter. >> makes you feeld. >> and an 8-year-old girl is making it happen. fantastic. >> on her way. >> yes, she is. >> starting early. coming up, a guy that won a year's worth of free mexican food and gave it away. >> "the mix" is next. free mexican food and gave it away.

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zzzquil pure zzzs. ♪ it's time for "the mix" on this thursday morning. we're starting with a free food giveaway. >> yes. >> you know, that is right up a college student's alley. free food for a year. so, cameron kroger, a student at kansas state university made a three-pointer during a break at the k-state and oklahoma basketball game in has been hat tan. he nailed that. he wins free qdoba for a year. turns out he's not a fan of mexican food, so he's looking around for ways to share his prize essentially. he decides the manhattan emergency shelter should get it. >> that's all right. >> it is. paying it forward. helping out others. he figured he would not use it and now it will go to a good

cause. >> let's stick with food, because i want to feel good. i want to take it to a restaurant in norway that is under water. >> under the sea. >> can you believe this? here it is. the restaurant is in norway and the dining room has transparent windows, so doesn't allow for much reflection. you have a great view of the water underneath. >> wow. >> here's the kicker. >> what? >> it can get expensive. >> i bet. >> an entire 18-course meal -- >> 18-course meal? >> will cost you $430. >> and take you two days to get through? >> i don't know. >> 18 courses? >> i would show up and ask if i can get some chicken tenders with a side of bar-b-q sauce. >> i don't need the fresh fish. >> yeah, expected to open to the public in april. >> back here at home in massachusetts, there's a very impressive 9-year-old who essentially made tom brady out of rubik's cubes. right? wrap your mind around that one and look at this.

incredible. >> are you serious? >> this little -- how did he even begin this? he created the picture using the 999 cubes. it is taller than him, five feet wide, seven feet high. he's in massachusetts, so i'm sure he's a huge tom brady fan and you can see the dedication. >> how many did it take? >> 999. >> you said that. >> i did, but that's okay. that's all right. >> he's coming back next year, by the way. >> now there's a new challenge. the kids, they love the challenges and now we have the microwave challenge. you know what this is? >> they look like wizards. >> check it out. so, basically, the idea is you have a seat somewhere and you spin like a plate of food in the microwave. >> how? how? >> how are they doing it? that's crazy. let's do it real quick. >> go ahead, try it. >> the microwave challenge.

this morning on "world news now," more concern growing over the boeing 737 max as the fbi joins the criminal investigation into the certification of the jets. we're learning about the chaos in the cockpit of the first doomed flight. also this morning, president trump's new attacks on the late senator, john mccain. members of the gop coming to mccain's defense calling him an american hero, as the president claims nobody thanked him for the funeral seven months ago. new this half hour, confrontation on the court. >> marcus smart on the boston celtics ejected for this. a two-handed shove. see what led to the unsportsman-like conduct. and he has become america's patriotic pup. sully the service dog carrying out his duties of george h.w.

bush's passing. we'll show you what sully is up to on this thursday, march 21st. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." good thursday morning, friday eve, slowly making it towards the weekend. >> almost there, my friend. >> getting there, yep. thanks for joining us this morning. we begin with the growing investigation into those two crashes of boeing 737 max jets. >> we are learning new details about the cockpit confusion even before the first tragedy involving that jet less than five months ago. the information comes as u.s. law enforcement steps up its role in determining how those jets were certified. here's abc's david kerley. >> reporter: word the fbi is joining the investigation into the certification of boeing's new 737 max after the two crashes, and chilling details about the first crash in indonesia. there was trouble the day before on the flight, the jet moving dramatically up and down after take off, the pilots confused. but a third pilot sitting in the jump seat, according to bloomberg, apparently saved the

flight. >> there was this chaotic situation in the cockpit and the pilots are trying to figure out how to solve it and are not making progress. the third guy sitting in the jump seat is the one who spoke up and said try turning off the trim system. >> reporter: boeing says the manual calls for for the automation to be disengaged. >> this simple procedure, if you have a problem with the autopilot is to shut it off. >> yeah. >> take control of the aircraft. i know i can play the airplane manually. >> reporter: in indonesia, the jump seat pilot saved the day and the problem was written up, the jet was put back into service the next day with a bad sensor, triggering the anti-stall system called m-cast forcing the nose down. during the accident flight, the pilots, according to bloomberg, while struggling with the aircraft were going through the emergency checklist but ran out of time having never turned off the system, crashing into the java sea. >> there are ways to cope with

the failure and what we have seen with lion air and potentially ethiopia, the pilots were not trained to cope with the problem. >> reporter: boeing says it will cooperate with all investigations including the one the fbi has now joined and the senate has set hearings on these crashes set for next week. david kerley, abc news, washington. >> such a big story impacting so many people because the max jets are still grounded in many countries, including here in the u.s. >> they are very prevalent. even a regulator in europe says that plane will not fly again until they have sufficient answers to what is going on and what happened. moving on to president trump's sustained attack against the late republican senator, john mccain. the president's newest remarks about mccain who died of brain cancer last year came before an audience of workers at a military tank factory in ohio. >> trump slammed mccain for supporting the u.s. wars in the east and a thumbs down vote on repealing obamacare.

then he got more personal by seeming to take credit for mccain's funeral and not getting a thanks from mccain's family. >> i gave them the kind of funeral he wanted, which as president i had to approve. i don't care about this. i didn't get a thank you, that's okay. we sent them on his way, but i am not a fan of john mccain. now what we can say is now we're all set. i don't think i have to answer that question. the press keeps, what do you think of mccain? what do you think? not my kind of guy but some people like him and i think that's great. >> republican senator johnny isakson called the remarks deplorable. he said the nation deserves better. senator lindsay graham, a close trump ally said the president's comments hurt trump more than they hurt the legacy of john mccain. nfl team owner, robert kraft is trying to make sure videos of him paying for sex acts at a spa are never publicly released. florida police say video does exist to prove the new england

patriots owner was soliciting prostitution earlier this year. kraft filed court papers asking that evidence in his case be kept private. meanwhile we're hearing for the very first time from a woman embroiled in this case. she spoke with abc's tara palmeiri. >> reporter: she's the woman smiling beside trump and his family at mar-a-lago events, and also is the founder and former owner of a florida massage parlor, recently busted for sex trafficking. a sting that led to the arrest of the president's good friend, patriots owner, robert kraft. cindy yang sold the spa six years ago, and since the raid her trump connection under the microscope. congressional democrats calling for an fbi counter intelligence investigation into whether yang sold access to the trump's to chinese business people. sitting down with me she denied it all, saying she is just a fan of the presidents. >> he's a business person. i am a small business person, too. i would believe that we would make the market great again. that reason i become the

republican -- >> reporter: federal records show yang and her family contributed over 50,000 to pro-trump and pro-republican organizations since 2016. on super bowl sunday, she was at trump's golf club having her picture taken with the president. >> that day i see him more than hundred people taking picture there. only my picture got -- >> reporter: the super bowl event -- >> super bowl, only by myself. >> reporter: you didn't take any clients there? >> no, just myself. >> reporter: the patriots won the super bowl, and the owner robert kraft now facing charges stemming from the raid on the spa yang once owned. prosecutors offered him a plea bargain and kraft turned it down. for her part, yang says she knows nothing about elicit activity. democrats are questioning whether cindy yang is a counter intelligence threat. she denies she's a spy. she is scared and thinks she is being targeted because she is a republican and chinese and because she supports president trump.

tara palmeiri, palm beach, florida. justice clarence thomas surprised supreme court watchers, breaking his three-year silence during an argument. thomas questioned a defense lawyer trying to get her black client's death sentence overturned because the white prosecutor repeatedly excluded black people from the jury. the last time thomas spoke in court was in february of 2016. >> a connecticut woman says harvard is illegally profiting off portraits of two slaves she says are her ancestors. she is suing the school over the 1850 pictures of a man and his daughter. they are believed to be the earliest photos of american she says harvard has ignored her request to stop licensing the pictures and harvard has not commented on the suit. and environmental groups are concerned about air and water quality after a fire at a chemical plant near houston burned for three days. the tanks that caught fire contained components of gasoline

and materials used in nail polish remover, glues and paint thinner. runoff used to put the fire out is running into nearby waterways. the epa is conducting soil, air and water tests. >> it has been a long week for folks down in houston, and -- >> yeah, those big plumes of smoke in the sky. >> and concerns over the air quality, and hopefully things can get back to normal now. push came to shove in the nba's expression of the game in philadelphia. >> boston's marcus smart did not like the way phillies' embiid set a screen on him in the third quarter. smart got up. embiid went down thanks to a two-handed shove. >> embiid wanted to discuss things but officials kept them away from each other and tossed smart out of the game. by the way, philadelphia won. >> after all that commotion, the sixers came in clutch in the end. the game was tied at 113 with 40 seconds left, and they scored them 118-115. >> the 76ers make me think of my dad. he was a big julius irving fan.

>> oh, yeah? >> he actually named my brother after dr. j. >> he was a big fan. >> yeah. not a fan of what happened last night, i suppose. >> i'm sure. i'm sure. coming up, a new health alert about drinking hot tea. plus, can you guess which is the most popular dog breed in america? here's a hint. this is now the 28th year in a row the breed has topped the favorite list. later in the skinny, an update on the story of a guy rocking out to post malone in a florida dance studio. that performance is now paying off. we have a lot more of this ahead. you are watching "world news now." of this ahead. you are watching "world news now."

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this was a near tragedy on a michigan road that was caught on police dashcam. a sleepy driver right there swerving in and out of traffic nearly collided head on with a patrol car on monday. the officers managed to avoid the crash and the driver told him he was listening to music in his ear buds to try and stay awake.

they warn us about the dangers of driving while tired. >> oh, my goodness. >> you can see it right there. turning to an attraction on a cruise ship that landed a passenger in the hospital with serious injuries. >> now that man is suing the cruise line for $10 million. here's abc's victor oquendo. >> reporter: one minute casey is flipping high above royal caribbeans "mariner of the seas." the next, he's plummeting 20 feet. >> are you okay? >> reporter: bungee cords on the popular trampoline attraction, apparently snapping, one, then the other. >> all of a sudden i'm on the ground not sure if i can walk ever again. >> reporter: the cruise cut short. holiday, seen here on ao the hoital. >> my shoulder was dislocated i bruised a couple ribs and my pubis, inside my pelvis shattered. >> reporter: one month later, he's struggling to get around.

filing suit, claiming the cruise line failed to inspect and maintain the ropes as similar companies do on land. >> my concern is that these attractions are not being inspected and certified. >> reporter: in a statement royal caribbean said they do not comment on pending litigation, adding they operate their ships safely, professionally and responsibly. victor oquendo, abc news, miami. >> that video is so hard to watch. >> it make you shriek, and then we squirmed when we heard his injuries. incredible. i want to get to a health alert this morning, and drinking very hot tea, which a lot of people do, could increase your risk of cancer. >> researchers found people who preferred tea above 140 farenheit and drink more than two large cups had a 90% higher risk of getting cancer in the esophagus, which is the eighth most common cancer in the world. something to think about this morning. there are tens of millions of dogs in the u.s. but we just learned the labs rule once

again. for the record, the 28th straight year, the labrador retriever ranks as the most popular breed in the u.s. according to the american kennel club, the lab's temperament, friendliness, training and athleticism is what makes this breed so popular. >> following the lab are the german shepherd, the golden retriever, the french bulldog and then the bulldog. >> others in the top ten, beagle, poodle, rottweiler and german short-haired pointer and a terrier. >> a terrier. >> yep. >> yorkies. i like them. >> you do like yorkies? >> they are cute, you know? >> oh, i need more of a big, manly dog. oh. >> yeah. >> okay. >> one that is really going to protect you. >> right. >> i have to tell this story, my son has this book and they say some dogs say ruff, ruff ruff, and other dogs say bow wow, wow.

i am, like, dogs don't say bow, wow, wow. >> yeah, i have never heard that. >> no. that's what they say. when we come back, we have an update on sully the service dog. and the big news that is really big news from jessica simpson. "the skinny" is next. big news from jessica simpson. "the skinny" is next. sully the service dog. >> and jessica simpson has some really big news. "the skinny" is next. alice loves the smell of gain so much, she wished it came in a fabric softener too. [throat clears] say hello to your fairy godmother, alice. oh and look they got gain scent beads and dryer sheets too!

♪ throwback thursday with this song. >> that's for real. that's my jam. >> yeah. >> time now for "the skinny." we are starting with an irresistible headline from jessica simpson. >> the 38-year-old singer, turned fashion designer has been sharing photos of her pregnancy with fans including this one taken a few days ago. you see she is clearly really pregnant. >> not anymore. she has become a mom for the third time. this is her daughter weighing in at, get this, 10 pounds, 15 ounces. >> wow. kudos to jessica simpson. simpson and her husband have a son, ace, and a daughter maxwell.

we wish the family of five all the best. >> absolutely. next, an update on a story we told you about last month. mike alancourt rocking out to post malone's song inside a dance studio in jacksonville, florida. >> he has since been dubbed the dancing beardo and has now gone viral and you can see why. >> of course in the natural progression of these things, he busted his moves on the ellen show where he delighted the audience. >> look at him go. >> wait, hold on. it got better. >> okay. >> post malone has now featured him in a music video. >> this is what happens in social media. when you can dance like that and you have a great weird. by the way, alancourt set the record straight for ellen saying he realizes he looks 60 years old, but he's only 43. ♪ >> he looks good for 43. yeah.

>> yeah. >> he dances like he's 23. >> that's exactly it, and that's all that matters. >> that is all that matters. >> that is all that matters. you keep shaking it. next, robert downey jr. sparking an avenger-sized battle on social media. >> the iron man himself shared these throw-back photos of his fellow avenger co-stars calling upon the forces of the internet to settle an argument once and for all. who sported the best stash? himself, mark or chris? >> mark responded featuring a montage of throw-back snaps of himself, and asking does quantity count or different kinds of mustaches. i have seen quite a few different styles over the years. >> one fan went off the poll saying i've got to go with chris hemsworth. that's quite a stache. next, the image sending tennis fans into a frenzy. >> tennis star serena williams

and roger federer standing side by side at the official opening and ribbon cutting at the miami open yesterday. >> also making headlines, a startling revelation of williams' husband, he admitted as a child he hated tennis. >> what? how can you hate tennis? >> he hated tennis and then married the goat of tennis. in that note the intrapreneur reminded his childhood self to keep an open mind and follow his instincts. >> luckily he kept an open mind. they married two years ago and now they share a lovely 1-year-old daughter, alexis olympia ohanian. >> so cute. >> so cute, indeed. at least he was honest. >> he was. >> but, i wonder what her reaction was when he said he hated tennis. >> yes, that's funny. i think he makes up for it. i read an article about the big extravagant ways he shows his love for her, like billboards. i mean, this guy goes above and

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he was like a wizard. >> i didn't see that one. >> it was good. academy award winning. next, a notable achievement by former president, george w. bush. >>r. bush shot the first hole in one of his life >> wow! >> it was in dallas, texas. shout-out to texas. >> there you go, texas. the president shared this photo from the par 3 12 hole. listed at 164 yards from the white tee. >> mr. bush wrote on instagram, quote, next life goal, live to 100 so i can shoot my age. congratulations to him. what a great moment that was. >> cool, yeah. speaking of living to a ripe old age, we are hearing news this morning about sully, the late president bush's beloved service dog. >> he is no doubt making his former master, george h.w. bush very proud indeed. here's abc's david muir. >> reporter: it was that poignant image, george w. bush's dog, sully, laying at the end of

the casket, with the president's family at the end brought into the capitol rotunda. it was bush's wish sully would go on to help those in need. just last month he went to walter reed, and these new images with the little new warriors in the cancer center, and somebody is helping sully post on instagram. i loved meeting camden, and his doctor letting me stop his iv meds so he could join me on the floor for a snuggle. >> we have come full circle with the dogs, because everybody loves dogs and, of course, we love sully, especially after that picture at the late president's funeral. >> what a moving moment that was. >> yes. absolutely. now seeing him excelling in his new role helping to bring happiness to so many. amazing. don't miss our updates on facebook, wwnfans.com. >> more news is next. stay with us. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades

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making news in america this morning, evacuation alert. the flooding crisis in the heartland intensifies. entire towns now fleeing. levees breaching and the eye-opening new report on just how much it could cost to rebuild. president trump's war of words attack the late senator john mccain. >> i've never liked him much. >> the new fallout and how white house insiders are reacting. the mother behind one of the most popular youtube channels under arrest. accused of locking her children in a closet for days without food when they forgot their lines. new this morning, what