were on board. the boat's owner says the fire started in an engine, and he says a sprinkler system wasn't having any effect on the flames so everyone put on a life jacket and jumped into the water. also from florida, a woman who wasn't going to allow a would-be thief to get away with her stuff. >> 65-year-old clarice gainey saw a man trying to break into her car. she saw 300-pound antonio moseley, only wearing his boxer shorts, and that's when she took matters into her own hands. >> i took that bat, hit him upside, payah! he said, oh! he was in his drawers. he didn't have no shoes on, no shirt, or nothing. >> so he took off. he was found by police in a nearby mobile home park. by that time gainey was wearing another pair of pants. cocaine was found in a pocket and gainey now faces burglary d possessn s. >> yeah, granny has a bat and she will use it, and she should have. >> yes. >> when someone's trying to take

your stuff? >> you do what you gotta do. staying in florida, ft. lauderdale is the scene of one of those reunions some of us can't get enough of. >> sergeant white had been deployed in south korea for 14 months. yesterday he surprised his wife and young son leonard iii. at the little boy's preschool. incredible sight there. little leonard is very happy to have his daddy home. >> i'm so excited about it. and then -- and then he love -- then i love him. >> beyond excited. he's been gone so long. we've never been away from him this long. i'm -- i'm happy. beyond happy. >> that wasn't the only surprise. earlier in the day sergeant white surprised his eldest daughter at her high school. his family was expecting him back next week, so that is a nice, nice homecoming there. >> and sweet to see their reactions. >> it really is.

>> especially seeing his wife tear up and the little boy. >> sergeant white, thank you for your service. >> yes, absolutely. coming up, we're checking out will's own fridge. >> oh, what are we going to see in there? he's getting expert advice on how to reduce food waste, like the trick to bringing wilted herbs back to life. will, we can't wait for this one. that's next. test test my gums are irritated. i don't have to worry about that, do i? harmful bacteria lurk just below the gum line. crest gum detoxify, voted product of the year. it works below the gum line to neutralize harmful plaque bacteria and help reverse early gum damage. gum detoxify, from crest.

♪ i'm on the hunt i'm after you ♪ ♪ i'm on the hunt i'm after you ♪ ♪ and i'm hungry like the wolf yeah, you know that feeling. you're hungry like the wolf, usually around 4:00 in the morning. >> it is. >> you open the fridge but there's only a few random leftovers, some wilting veggies, and you're stuck. >> maybe we're not stuck. our own will ganss, our chef, in-house chef extraordinaire, he teamed up with tv chef joel gamoran to whip up recyclable recipes that you can make at home. >> i'm not our in-house chef and after watching this piece you'll know why.

in time for earth day i've got the hacks and snacks to help you reduce your food waste at home. every year one-third of the world's food that we could be eating gets lost or wasted. that's 1.3 billion tons of food every year. so i decided to throw a lunch party of my own with tv chef and author joel gamoran. >> foods you have always thought of as trash just became the main course. >> reporter: to help me repurpose some foods in my own fridge so i could reduce my food waste. but first an appetizer. joel's nuggets of info on how all of us can get a little more scrappy in our own kitchens. >> so when you start cooking at home, always have a scrap bowl near you. when you have the actual garbage, you end up using it too much. use the freezer. so the scraps you should absolutely freeze. >> reporter: if you want to make your caffeine habit a bit sweeter? >> a lot of people make coffee. used coffee grounds are really

good as a pinch in the chocolate cake. it makes everything taste way, way, way more chocolatey. >> reporter: if you've got fruit and you're feeling fancy -- >> if you've got rinds, cut up some pineapple, mango, put that in ice water and it makes it fruity, like spa water. >> reporter: produce? >> roll them up in a wet paper towel, put them in a plastic bunch, punch holes in the bag so they can breathe, and they'll be good for two weeks. >> reporter: do the same thing with meats but in the freezer, of course. if you've got sad-looking herbs, joel's got a hack for that too. >> plunge it into ice water and give it 30 seconds, then take it out, give it a shake, it will perk back up. >> reporter: now for the main course. >> morton's totally teamed up across the country taking on refrigerators like yours. you don't cook very much? >> no, i don't. >> reporter: me, an aspiring cook with next to no culinary

knowledge. >> i don't know what's in your fridge. i don't think you know what's in your fridge. >> i don't really know what's in my fridge either. >> reporter: in the name of reducing waste i was ready to throw away my nerves. >> i'm a little bit nervous. >> me too. >> reporter: for the big reveal? >> ta-da! >> okay. it's actually not as bad as i thought it would be. >> no. >> there's a lot of beer. >> reporter: what could we use? >> oh, actual rice. >> yes. >> we can use that. celery do we want to use? maybe a little. anchovies. kimchi. some sweet peas, that's good. eggs. and then what are these, packets left over? >> oh yeah. >> then hot sauce, okay, that's great, awesome. so we're going to make kind of a kitchen sink fried rice, a rice that you can whip up with anything that you have left over. >> reporter: step one, heating up the frying pan while joel and i work on some other things. >> that freak you out to have that on? >> nope. >> please don't catch your bottom in there. >> i feel totally comfortable.

>> reporter: olive oil, anchovy, garlic, along with rice and scallions. then something new. the toss. >> yes! that is awesome! look at him. okay, i'm leaving, i'm out. reporter: not so fast. i needed joel to finish the dish. weddedhe rest o plated it. or we tried to. >> just dump it? >> is there a better way? >> yes, there's a way better way. >> reporter: we added fried eggs, hot sauce, and voila. >> i could sell this. >> yeah. >> how long did that take us? 10 seconds? >> 10 seconds. >> 10 minutes max. >> reporter: now for that taste test. >> the kimchi for me rocks. but honestly -- isn't that amazing? >> it's so good. >> so good and so fun and i'm already snacking. so this is joel's green goddess tips.

so basically i just took all the veggies that were in my fridge that i had left over, i didn't want them to go bad. there's avocado in here, a little bit of greek yogurt, peppers, basically anything you want. and honestly, it's pretty good. you know. >> that was very convincing, by the way. >> it was. >> it was really cool to see you guys take all those things in the trash. you know, that was in your fridge. i shouldn't say trash. the leftovers there. and make up a dish. and i was really surprised by some of the things that you could do. >> i really liked how you can kind of bring back to life some of those wilting plant things -- >> maybe you could have saved that sack of potatoes you just threw away. >> i know. >> who throws away just a little bit of hamburger meat left? don't be that wasteful, people. >> i used to but not anymore. >> people are wasteful. so will just helped us all do a little bit better. >> yes. >> will brought us some banana pudding yesterday. >> he did. >> that was not made by him. >> no, it was not, no.

>> that banana pudding was a lot better than this veggie tray. >> this is a little more healthy though.

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hats off to you, granny hulk. so to baseball. you're on the mound, you're pitching, somebody hits it, then this happens. whoo! >> whoa. >> did you see that move? >> matrix style. >> yes, completely. like keanu reeves. look at this, slow motion for you. >> whoo! >> not today, baseball. >> oh my gosh. >> not today. >> you're right, you're right, not today, satan. >> literally that skirted his chest. >> it went right between his hand and it chest. they did say it may have just barely hit his hand. incredible move. they get a double play. and that was amazing. >> i would have gotten hit. >> i believe it, i believe it. >> oh! >> my neck, my back. >> my neck -- >> and my back. >> this happened. a sunday excursion some of mother duck and 10 chicks escorted off an austrian highway. >> is this what netflix meant by chick flicks? >> aww. this is an actual chick flick.

>> ducklings, not chicks. >> i know, right? wait. ducks are not chickens? i'm just kidding, i know that. obviously you see the traffic there waiting. they're all over the road. that mom, she has been arrested for child neglect for putting her ducklings in -- >> in harm's way. >> yes. >> yeah, well, she did what she could. >> wait, wait, wait. i feel like we really need to talk about this. it says mother duck and 10 chicks. right? >> but a duck, ducklings. you can't call them little chicklings as well? >> you should have known better, you should have known better. >> i am country, i am a southerner -- >> i am country, everything's chicks. >> i didn't grow up on a farm but i grew up in the country. i should know this, right? ♪ if you're happy and you know it clap your hands ♪ ♪ if you're happy and you know it say meow ♪ >> if you're happy and you know it say meow ♪ [ cat meowing ]

th this morning on "world news now," breaking overnight, a severe weather outbreak. >> large hail and tornados are tearing apart areas already battered by last weekend's storms. and this outbreak isn't letting up. it's expected to last for days. also breaking overnight, a man arrested for trying to enter st. patrick's cathedral in new york with gas cans and lighters. this just days after notre dame went up in flames and now we're learning just how close it came to completely collapsing. we're just hours away from the mueller report being released. this is what the democrats demanded. so why are they blasting the department of justice? plus rob gronkowski will forever be remembered in the nfl not just for his career, but for a big oops he had with the lombardi trophy. we'll show it to you on this thursday, april 18th.

good thursday morning. thank you for joining us. we begin this half hour with major storms slamming the center and southern sections of the country, bringing drenching rain, heavy hail, and violent winds. >> at least seven tornados have been reported from the texas panhandle to southeastern kansas, including this one in northwestern oklahoma. >> forecasters say 95 million americans are in the path of that severe weather continuing through the weekend. >> accuweather meteorologist paul williams joins us now with details. good morning, paul. >> good morning kenneth, janai. we have a set of serious storms that are going to rumble through. on top of that we're watching out for flash flooding. looking for a chance of flash flooding eastern portions of texas throughout portions of arkansas, severe storms throughout mississippi up toward the memphis area, up toward nashville, down toward new orleans. we're talking about winds in excess of 75 miles per hour and that's the least of it. urban flooding, flash flooding,

travel disruption, and tornados throughout the day in portions of mississippi throughout the night, going into alabama, georgia, and the eastern side of tennessee. for the northeast, look out for showers from new york to boston and another set of storms over throughout portions of the great lakes region. that bothersome low pressure system there. then by friday we're looking for a round of heavy rain for the northeast. janai, kenneth? >> rain is on the way, paul, thank you. now to the florida woman who sparked panic in colorado, making what authorities call a pilgrimage to columbine high school. >> sol pais was found dead yesterday days after the 18-year-old described as obsessed with the massacre flew to colorado and made credible threats to area schools. how one woman paralyzed the community days before the 20th remembrance of the tragedy. here's abc's clayton sandell. >> reporter: investigators are trying to piece together how an alleged threat from one high school senior took an entire community hostage, closed more than 100 schools, kept half a million kids home. >> we all felt safe.

now we don't. >> reporter: an intense 36-hour manhunt for 18-year-old sol pais. police say she was obsessed with the columbine massacre. began with a tip she had flown from miami to denver on monday, immediately stopping at this gun store to buy a shotgun and ammunition. >> she did not seem nervous at all. i mean, she seemed normal. >> reporter: a rideshare driver told police he'd dropped pais in the mountains west of denver on monday. that is where search teams found her. >> she appeared to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. >> reporter: police justified those school closures saying that shotgun purchase, the trip to colorado on a one-way ticket, and her columbine infatuation made her a credible threat. >> we've been combing all manner of her social media and obtaining, again, comments, statements, things that would lend credence to the fact that she was a potential concern. >> reporter: in florida where pais was a senior and an honor student, friends are shocked. >> she was really -- she was really smart. a smart girl. >> reporter: columbine has long inspired copycats and potential

copycats. a legacy this community never wanted. >> we're not a tourist attraction. and we're not a place for you to come and gain inspiration. >> reporter: students will be back here at columbine and at schools around colorado, but they will notice increased security and police officers. also a memorial service for the 20th anniversary of the columbine shooting will go on as planned this saturday. clayton sandell, abc news, littleton, colorado. >> our thanks to clayton there. turning now to the battle over the mueller report now just hours away from being released for the world to see. >> special counsel robert mueller will not attend a news conference that attorney general william barr is holding this morning before he sends a redacted version of the report to congress. president trump says he may address the media as well. abc news was the first to reveal that the justice department had been briefing the white house on the report, prompting allegations from democrats that barr is helping the president's lawyers prepare the rebuttal. more now from abc's chuck sivertsen.

>> reporter: as washington awaits the release of the mueller report, attorney general william barr announcing he will hold a press conference along with deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. the chairman of the house of the judiciary voicing concern over the handling of the report. >> the fact that the attorney general is not releasing even the redacted report to congress until after his press conference will again result in the report being presented through his own words rather than through the words of special counsel mueller. >> reporter: the 400-page report, the result of a nearly two-year investigation by special counsel robert mueller. in a radio interview wednesday, president trump sounding unconcerned. >> you'll see a lot of very strong things come out. >> reporter: in a four-page letter to congress last month, barr said mueller's report found no evidence the president and his campaign colluded with russia, but as far as obstruction of justice, barr's letter quotes mueller's words. "while this report does not conclude that the president committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him."

>> he also has a fuller explanation of that in the report that i'lle mangav >> reporter: since barr's summary, the president casting his own narrative, no collusion, no obstruction. >> there can't be anything there because there was no crime. there was no anything. >> reporter: barr has said some information in the report will be redacted as it relates to grand jury material, classified information, or details about ongoing investigations, as well as materials affecting peripheral third parties. sources have told abc news the white house has received broad guidance about what's in the report and is preparing its response. chuck sivertsen, abc news, new york. >> and our thanks to chuck sivertsen. barnes & noble says it will offer free downloads of the mueller report through its nook reading app or tablet. barnes & noble's offering a free download, just goes to show how many people they're anticipating will want to read this. >> right. >> how highly anticipated it is. >> i think it's so interesting that barnes & noble is getting in on this. they're like, look, it's a

400-page report, you all want to read it, let us help you out. then we'll give you a 10% coupon for whatever book you want. that's where we are. and then obviously today's going to be a busy one when it comes to this. >> absolutely. >> stay with abc news for that. then tomorrow morning we're going to flesh it all out as well. >> all of it. >> again, we don't know how much is going to be redacted, exactly what's in there. >> we'll be hearing from both sides. the democrats, we're hearing "the washington post" saying that the report will be lightly redacted. so we'll see. a lot to look forward to this morning. breaking overnight, police here in new york took into custody a man who tried to enter st. patrick's cathedral with two gas cans. nypd posted this picture showing the containers, lighter fluid, and lighters they say he was carrying when he entered the church. the 37-year-old suspect from new jersey allegedly told police his car had ran out of gas and he was taking a shortcut through the building. but investigators say his vehicle did have gas and the man is expected to be held for psychiatric evaluation as police

work to figure out his intentions. that development comes in the aftermath of the fire at the notre dame cathedral in paris. restoration experts say rebuilding the catholic church will take at least twice as long as the five years being suggested by french president emmanuel macron. >> president trump says he offered the help of u.s. construction and renovation experts. about $1 billion has been pledged for the restoration effort, including $5 million from our parent company, disney. >> satellite photos of notre dame show what it looked like before the fire and after. french officials say the church was just 15 to 30 minutes away from a total collapse. >> a firefighter chaplain says the trickiest part of saving the famed crown of thorns was finding the staffer who holds the security code for the safe where it's stored. the crown was brought to safety. >> and church bells across france rang out last night in tribute to notre dame. the chorus began exactly two days after the fire started.

and the outpouring of large donations for notre dame has also sparked fund-raising efforts for the three recently burned churches in louisiana. donations to the gofundme campaign for those churches has just passed the goal of $1.8 million. a suspect who is white is under arrest. he's been charged with arson and hate crimes. it is important to point out that on social media, a lot of people were talking about, yes, what happened in paris was horrible. but people wanted to know what was being done for other church fires and recent church fires that happened here in the u.s.? i think it's so important that people and our communities donate to causes like that, especially to help rebuild after something horrific like happened. abc has learned faa experts have stopped short of requiring flight simulator time for pilots to get familiar with software updates on the 737 max. the planes remain grounded after two deadly crashes blamed on a glitch in the safety system.

in the meantime boeing's ceo released a message saying pilots have flown more than 200 hours with the updated software and the company is making steady progress toward certification. the suspected hazing death of a college freshman has shut down all greek life activities at university of buffalo. sebastian bazan died yesterday. the 18-year-old was discovered unconscious outside the sigma pi fraternity house friday. police are looking into whether drugs or alcohol were involved. the university has opened an internal investigation. video that may show new england patriots owner robert kraft in a massage parlor will remain secret for now. a florida judge has ruled pixelated versions of the surveillance images can't be made public pending a hearing later this month. kraft faces misdemeanor charges of solicitation. he was arrested as part of a prostitution and human trafficking sting. one of robert kraft's former employees has made his mark on the nfl's most prized hardware.

>> the patriots won their sixth super bowl in february. that also means they have six vince lombardi trophies. but number six now has a dent in it thanks to recently retired tight end rob gronkowski. gronk used the trophy as a baseball bat. >> what? >> during the red sox opening ceremonies, connecting on a bunt attempt on a pitch from julian edelman. there is the dent right there. what would you think was going to happen? >> yeah. >> ken, ken, how do you feel about that? you like the patriots. >> i'm okay. >> he's okay. >> apparently. >> the team said they might fix it in the future. >> gives it character. >> right. >> gives it character now. >> a little ding in it. >>he can do whatever he want. >> he can do whatever he wants. that's what happens when you're retiring. >> he's retiring, he's done, he's out. do whatever you want. gonna break something, i'm out. coming up, the american woman making history in space. plus the record setter, a teen who's attempting to swing longer than anyone before him.

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we're back with this video that shows a bizarre case of road rage culminating with a woman th we're back with this video that shows a bizarre case of road rage culminating with a woman throwing herself on the hood of a moving car. the driver says she was going slowly onto a highway entrance ramp in houston and likely annoyed the woman traveling behind her. that's when the woman pulled ahead and stopped, threw something at the car, and hurled herself on the hood. she held on for a few seconds and then fell off. a deadly bus crash is being investigated on the portuguese island of madeira. >> the bus was carrying german tourists when it rolled down a steep hillside after veering off a bend in the road. at least 29 people were killed. the bus struck at least one house. residents said weather was fine at the time of the crash and officials claimed the bus had passed its mandatory inspections. in tennessee an experienced diver missing in a cave for more than a day has been rescued. >> the diver is an elite member of the british diving team that rescued a boys soccer team in

thailand last year. >> abc's matt gutman shares the one thing the diver wanted when he was brought to the surface. >> reporter: outside this pool of water near nashville, that dramatic rescue. officials bringing in divers from florida and arkansas. those rescue divers quickly bringing the british diver to the surface. >> his only request when he got to the surface was that he wanted some pizza. >> reporter: the missing diver is josh bratchley, a british member of the elite rescue team that pulled the soccer team from a cave in thailand last summer. they fought powerful currents as they pulled the 12 boys and their coach from a spot in the cave two miles in. the british diver went missing around 3:00 p.m. tuesday. his fellow divers spent hours trying to locate him. >> they had to dive, and back under that tree is the opening of the cave. it's a very narrow opening. >> reporter: by around 1:00 a.m., they gave up, calling 911. >> there was a group of about five that went in to explore this cave. when they came back out they were missing this one

individual. >> reporter: officials say this dive was far shorter, a little longer than a football field, but passages just three feet wide. the water is cold, only 55 degrees. but officials did have hope. >> most of what happened here today was josh. his mental status when he came out was excellent. he's in good health. he was fine. he came out, he was a little bit cold. he did not panic. most of everything he went through today was in his head, and he controlled that very, very well. >> reporter: officials say bratchley was checked out by medics but declined transportation to a hospital. matt gutman, abc news, los angeles. >> our thanks to matt. what's amazing here is this is an elite diver, then it took obviously elite rescuers to go in there and save him and find him. so great work by them. >> it lets you know how dangerous that can be, obviously. glad he's okay. coming up in our next half hour, alex trebek makes a big announcement about his health as he battles cancer.

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♪ ♪ i'm in deep space i'm a star of space ♪ welcome back. there is an american aboard the international space station who's just a couple of weeks shy of making an all-time record. >> christina cook has just learned she'll spend the next year in space, longer than any american woman before her. she spoke exclusively with abc's david kerley. >> reporter: she just got to space a month ago. 40-year-old christina cook has been told she'll be staying much longer than expected, until next year. she could set the record for a woman in space. 328 days. we talked to her exclusively. >> i still have the grin on my face that won't seem to go away, just that i'm here every day. >> reporter: cook is a rookie, a scientist who has spent months researching at the earth's poles. floating into the space station for the first time, she was greeted by her astronaut classmate ann mcclain. she says it was a bit surreal. >> to walk into the actual exis, wajust- it w liktation,

walking into a movie set. >> reporter: it was another record cook was expected to set, the first all-female space walk with mcclain. but that didn't work out. she has been on a space walk with fellow astronaut nick hague and now prepares for her very long stay. >> if i am fortunate enough to do that, if that's something that inspires people on the ground, then of course that's something that is also my honor to be a part of. >> reporter: so cook is expected to set the record for an american woman, and if her return is delayed by just a couple of weeks, she could beat scott kelly's single flight mark. nasa says it's extending her mission as part of its study of long-duration spaceflight. david kerley, abc news, washington. >> our thanks to david. he just mentioned scott kelly. he spent 340 days in space. we'll see how long christina cook's out there. >> remember that twin study where there were differences between brother scott kelly and brother mark kelly.

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it is time for "the mix" on it is time for "the mix" on this thursday morning. starting with a teenager in new zealand swinging his way into the record books. how about this. 16-year-old charlie o'brien set a world record for the longest time swinging on a swing. so the previous record was 32 hours. charlie originally aimed for 40 hours. he didn't quite make it that long. but he did swing for 33:11:01. each hour he was given five minutes of a break to go to the bathroom or eat, sleep -- >> i don't know, stay there the entire time. >> if you have five minutes each hour? >> he's got the gloves. >> he had people there to support him, giving him a cushion, bringing him a ginger nut biscuit.

>> he is not inside just playing video games all day. >> exploring the outdoors. >> break that record. how about this, cbd burgers. they're coming to a restaurant near you if you're in colorado. >> okay. >> in this one area where this carl's jr. apparently has got the cbd, the chemical compound in marijuana. and it's laced -- >> minus the thc. >> right. laced with the good stuff, this burger. and this burger, again, available at a carl's jr. in colorado and it's going to be available on 4/20. the name of it? rocky mountain high cheeseburger delight. which is funny. because if you have some marijuana -- >> that's what i was wondering, if you're hungry -- >> you'll want the burger. that's what i hear. >> yeah, that's what they say. that's what "they" say. that burger will be $4.20. >> oh, i get it! >> ha! >> i wasn't going to say that part.

oh, it's 420, whatever. oh, it's $4.20! that day's coming up so get ready for that, everyone. okay, so in texas, trey little, he's 25 -- go back to the swing. >> go back to the swing, we need more on that. >> you're -- you're funny today. a guy in dallas, he's a big tiger woods fan. he drew up a contract and his fiancee signed it that said if tiger woods wins the masters tournament, he has the option to name their son tiger. his name is trey little. his son's name would be tiger little. he and his fiancee expecting their first child in september, so there may be a little tiger little. >> oh, that's good to know. hey, how about this, speaking of babies. this baby right here thoroughly unimpressed with that new song that's out. you know that one? >> yeah, that one. >> listen to it. >> that one. ♪ that old town road. baby isn't as impressed as we are with it.

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this morning on "world news now," the countdown is on to this morning's release this morning on "world news now," the countdown is on to this morning's release of the mueller report revealed but they're getting ready for it. the timeline on when and how you can see it. developing this morning, north korea testing a new weapon and pictures are revealing kim jong-un was there to supervise it. new concerns are growing. and new this half hour, tv giant alex trebek sharing a health update. >> he said he's always trying to be straight with his "jeopardy!" fans and he's not going to stop now. hear what he has to say about his battle with pancreatic cancer. and queen bey's "homecoming." the netflix film, the surprise album, all those dance moves. we've got the highlights and possibly, maybe, possibly some dance moves of our own coming up. it's bey-day, thursday, april 18th. so i hopevsterday to see "h

debut on netflix. >> it was a big day. it still is. >> some of us had watch parties. some of us have been hanging out all day after we already worked together. >> we did spend a lot of time together today watching. >> she was in my office earlier, you guys. >> he said, i've seen you enough! >> enough, please get out of my office. >> and i said, i'm staying just in spite of that. >> we clearly have a new music group coming up and we will show you that in just a bit. but we begin this half hour with attorney general william barr accused of trying to put his own spin on the mueller report to protect president trump. >> barr is holding a news conference this morning before releasing a redacted version of robert mueller's findings on the russia investigation. democrats are outraged over media reports the justice department has already discussed the report with the white house.

>> barr's news conference is set for 9:30 this morning. the report will be delivered to congress between 11:00 a.m. and noon, and sometime after that it will be posted on the special counsel's website. abc's jonathan karl has more. >> reporter: attorney general william barr says he and deputy a.g. rod rosenstein will hold a press conference as the justice department releases a redacted version of the long-awaited mueller report. barr has already declared robert mueller found no evidence the president and his campaign colluded with russia, but on obstruction of justice, barr in his letter to congress quotes mueller's words, "while this report does not conclude that the president committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him." >> he also has a fuller explanation of that in the report that i'll be making available. >> reporter: barr himself has determined there was no obstruction. and in a radio interview, the president sounded unconcerned.

>> you'll see a lot of very strong things come out. >> reporter: as abc news first reported, the white house legal team has been briefed on the report and its findings but only, i am told, in broad brushstrokes, not a lot of detail on what is actually in the report. what senior officials here tell me is that they plan to be reading the report just as we are when it comes out in the morning. jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. and one big issue with this as jonathan touched on is the issue of whether or not there was obstructiothey say that mue reach a conclusion on that, but william barr says that he did, so that will be something that we hear a lot about today. moving on to the weather, we are tracking a line of dangerous storms stretching across parts of the south and north toward the great lakes. this is just one of many hailstorms hammering north texas, this one pelting gainesville. the threat of more large hail has forced airlines to suspend hundreds of flights at least until later today. >> here is a live look at dallas

which is right in the middle of this system's pathway. you can see plenty of cars out there right now, though. accuweather meteorologist paul williams joins us now with more. paul, good morning. >> good morning janai, kenneth. we're looking for a round of thunderstorms that are going to become very dangerous and nothing to play with. severe storms from portions of missouri all the way down towards new orleans. and here's what we're watching out for. damaging wind gusts in excess of 70 miles per hour. tornados. urban and flash flooding. travel disruptions throughout the deep south. with the highest risk of tornados targeting louisiana, mississippi, and down towards mobile, alabama. a round of scattered showers throughout the northeast and a set of thunderstorms throughout the great lakes region for thursday. then on friday watching out for another round of heavy rain for the northeast, possibility of 4 inches of rain throughout portions of the northeast for friday. then for the southeast another round of thunderstorms that will cover the coast from d.c. all the way down towards orlando. kenneth, janai? >> our thanks to paul. breaking overnight here in new york, a man was taken into custody at st. patrick's

cathedral after entering the church with gas cans, lighter fluid, and automatic lighters. he's expected to be held for a psychiatric evaluation as police work to figure out his intentions. that comes as we're getting a look at satellite photos of notre dame cathedral in paris. $1 billion has been raised to rebuild it after monday's fire. that's about half of what's expected to be needed there. more from abc's james longman in paris. >> reporter: new images of notre dame revealing the scope of destruction. its top charred from end to end. huge sections of the roof collapsed. a hole in france's heart. as teams douse the building, fresh worry the remaining wood and lead above was weakened by the fire and all that water used to fight it. the head of france's construction federation telling us the same materials that once held this building together could now bring it all down. french officials say notre dame was just 15 to 30 minutes away from total collapse. we're hearing from father

fournier, the hero firefighter chaplain who rushed in to save the relics as the church's spire fell. he says his team broke into the area holding the famed crown of thorns, believed to have been worn by jesus. they found a staffer with a code to quickly unlock its container so they could rush the relic to safety. across france -- [ bells tolling ] >> reporter: the sound of solidarity. churches ringing their bells for their mother church who no longer can. james longman in paris. north korea announced it has test fired a new type of tactical guided weapon, a possible sign of displeasure over deadlocked nuclear talks with the u.s. state media said kim jong-un inspected and directed the test. it reportedly did not involve a ballistic missile. if confirmed it would be the north's first public weapons test since kim and president trump nd oi w nucar deal. ivanka trump has c

her father asked her if she was interested in heading up the world bank. the president recently said his daughter would have been a great choice to run the 189-nation bank because she was good with numbers. trump said she passed on the idea because she's happy with the work she's doing as white house senior adviser. a new study finds too much screen time for preschoolers may lead to attention problems. researchers in canada said young children who spent more than two hours in front of a screen each day are more likely to show signs of adhd. the study didn't account for the type of media they used. meantime, kids who exercise two hours per week had fewer issues. a recall is affecting two flavors of ben and jerry's ice cream. some pints of chunky monkey and some bulk containers of coconut seven layer bar may have tree nuts that aren't listed in the ingredients. the labels have warnings about some nuts but not all of them. ben and jerry's says the issue has been fixed and no illnesses have been reported. a miami dolphins quarterback

has come clean about his offseason weight gain and the reason really takes the cake. >> the 36-year-old showed up for a workout in what he described as peak offseason form. he put the blame on the kids and all their birthday celebrations. >> i have seven kids. so in january we have three birthdays. so we've got, you know, family birthday party which includes cake. and then we've got friends birthday party which includes cake. so that's six times in january. three birthdays in march. march 1st, march 6th, march 11th. again, that's a tough stretch. >> ryan fitzpatrick there said that there was also a birthday this month, but now they're all behind him. his goal is to work himself into peak in-season form, which one reporter said should be a cakewalk. >> that reporter shady. cakewalks were always my favorite at the school fun fairs. walking home with like all the brownies and cakes. i was in heaven.

>> they shouldn't shame him. >> no. >> he's going to get in shape. >> right. >> he's going to be great, all that running up and down the field. and he's a dad. seven kids? a lot of birthdays. and he's also going to birthday parties for his kids' friends. dad bod. >> dad bod, he's not mad. >> i'm defending my upcoming dad bod. >> i think what you just said is there's a reason why tom brady has a lot of super bowl rings and ryan fitzpatrick doesn't. i think that's what you just said. >> oh, that's exactly. >> that's what i'm saying he said. >> you can't have your cake -- >> and eat it too, ah, you did it, you did it. coming up, the "jeopardy!" player who's setting new records every night. plus an update on that plane damaged during takeoff and forced to make an emergency landing. federal officials reveal what happened. it was worse than first thought. the bey-hive still buzzing this morning. the "homecoming" documentary came with a surprise and so many revelations. get in formation. we have it all for you later in "the skinny."

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a dangerous spot for a dangerous spot for a fire in new zealand. a truck burst into flames at a gas station. it sent thick black smoke

billowing to the sky. the fire was in a parking area about 1,500 feet away from the gas pumps. no injuries were reported. we're now learning new details in that american airlines close call at jfk airport. >> a wing on the plane was clipped as the packed passenger jet was taking off. >> abc's david kerley reports the incident was far worse than first thought. >> reporter: abc news has confirmed that the wing of this american airlines jet, dented by hitting a light on takeoff, also hit the runway pavement at jfk, potentially disastrous, horrifying for passengers. >> we felt the plane book pretty hard to the left. everybody just kind of held on really tight. >> reporter: just off the ground, the a-321 jet headed for los angeles with 110 on board banks severely to the left, the pilot reports, and asks to return to jfk. >> uncontrolled bank 45 degrees to the left, we had an uncommanded roll to the left as we rotated. >> what the pilot is saying here is that the airplane rolled itself to the left severely and dragged a wingtip.

i can't tell you how unprecedented that is and also incredibly dangerous. we could have lost this airplane. >> reporter: a week after the incident the ntsb assigned a team of six to investigate. american airlines says its investigation is continuing and it's cooperating with federal authorities. one of the passengers tells us in those terrifying seconds, she was thinking the worst of the worst. david kerley, abc news, reagan national airport. >> our thanks to david. "jeopardy!" host alex trebek has a new message for his fans. in a video posted online trebek says he's feeling good and is continuing his therapy to fight stage 4 pancreatic cancer. >> trebek announced his diagnosis on march 6th. in his new video, trebek speaks directly to viewers who have been in touch with him since his announcement. >> i wanted once again to thank you for your continuing messages of encouragement and support. particularly the many cards i've received from young people. i'm touched beyond words. >> trebek's video was posted at

the end of the taping the current season of "jeopardy!." he says work is already under way on the next season. trebek promises it will include, quote, good stuff. the way the current "jeopardy!" champion is going, he could be part of next season. james holzhauer broke his own single-game winnings record last night. >> after answering correctly on yesterday's final jeopardy, he won over $131,000, that breaks the one-day record he set in an episode that aired last week. holzhauer has won nearly $700,000 in his 10 victories. this man, the way he strategizes and sweeps that board, he really goes for like the big numbers. like he'll go through the categories and will hit all the $1,000, just so that his opponents can't. >> kenneth is really into this. >> i've been watching it, and it is just incredible. and we know that his back story is a gambler, he really, really knows what he's doing on that knows what he's doing on that board. and it shows. when we come back, it's

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♪ ♪ ten nine eight seven six it's time for "the skinny." if folks at the office looked a little sleep deprived yesterday or today for some of us, that's because the countdown to beyonce's netflix doc is finally over. "homecoming" dropped in the middle of the night wednesday. >> that's not all, queen bey dropping an entire album with it and the bey-hive went crazy. >> bzzz! >> the third to our music trio is here, will ganss, is here to tell us more. >> i will happily be the michelle to your beyonce and kelly. i'll let you decide who's who there. that's right. the netflix promised that its streaming services would not crash and they delivered. the bey-hive watching, tweeting, and dancing along to queen bey's "homecoming." april 17th. a bey-day to remember thanks to beyonce's "homecoming," the netflix doc about her 2018 coachella performance.

fans of all ages crazy in love with queen bey's new film. ♪ beyonce making even more sweet dreams come true overnight, dropping a surprise 40-track live album, sending the bey-hive into overdrive. fans tweeting more than 500,000 times in its first 12 hours and the bee emoji used 75,000 times in 24 hours. even grey worm from g.o.t. tweeting this pic of beyonce on the iron throne. this person on the doc going viral, that expression for recognizing royalty. here's the moment she recognized herself on screen. beyonce-induced hysterics the soundtrack of the day. bey isn't the only one laying down vocals in "homecoming." her daughter blue following in mom's footsteps. ♪ >> yay! ♪ >> reporter: the doc also

welcoming mr. yonce, aka jay-z to the stage, along with sister solange and destiny's child bandmates kelly and michelle. queen bey getting personal as well, sharing the difficulties of carrying twins, her emergency c-section, and struggle to feel like herself again afterwards. the entire 2:17 masterpiece written, directed, and executive produced by beyonce knowles-carter. queen bey revealing it took her eight months of rehearsal to get ready for that epic coachella performance. i think the bey-hive will be talking about "homecoming" for much longer. >> absolutely. aside from the music, from coachella, from all the dancing sequences that we just couldn't get enough of, there was a big cultural importance to it too and that is a lot of what she talked about and revealed that we hadn't heard her speak about before in relation to this performance. >> favorite moment? >> i have a couple of them. i think we've got the time.

so two big things. one was when she started in the beginning. she said it was more important for her, instead of bringing a flower crown to coachella, which a lot of people wore to the festival, it was more important for her to bring our culture and share that with a wider audience. she also has this quote from malcolm x who said the most disrespected person in america is a black woman. the most unprotected, neglected. she talked about as a black woman feeling underestimated and needing to prove herself. seeing beyonce, the queen, do all of this was incredible. >> the artistry was phenomenal. for as far as what it really meant to me, lance, gimme camera one. no, no monologue. >> no, no! >> no monologue. no monologue. in all seriousness, it was just incredible to see. you mentioned those cultural moments. i really enjoyed how the hbcu, historically black colleges and universities, were showcased, the highlight there. yes, she revealed a lot about herself that we did not know for this megastar, who is really guarded and private, but we are able to see that in the way that she showcased what really is culturally so important for our american society as hbcu, i thought that was extremely

important. >> thanks, bey. >> thanks, will. >> thanks, will.

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city in colombia. >> maluma is a friend of the show. a certain former anchor we may or may not have danced with sat down with the singer last year. maluma was set to collaborate with madonna on her upcoming "madam x." now to "time's" 100 most influential people of 2019. politicians, athletes and innovators on the list who are making a big difference in the world. but this is "the skinny" so we're sticking to the celebs. >> taylor swift claiming top spot this year. fellow musician shawn mendes telling "time" taylor makes anyone older feel young again and anyone young feel they can do anything. >> do you smell what "the rock" is cooking? dwayne "the rock" johnson also gracing the cover, featuring an essay in his honor written by gal gadot. >> and of course our girl, gayle king, hey, gayle, becoming a top 100 cover model as well. eva duvernay writing, it's about time we recognized her for the truth-seeker that she has always been.

we salute all of you. >> congratulations to gayle, always an example and inspiration to all of us here. if that season 8 premiere of "game of thrones" seemed especially out of this world sunday night, that's because a certain "star wars" director helped direct it. >> hbo released this behind the scenes clip revealing george lucas visited the set in belfast and lent expertise directing, giving notes to emilia clark and kit harington and hanging with that episode's director, david nutter. kim kardashian may be studying to become a lawyer but she could also have a career as an hdtv host. kim treating instagram followers to a tour of her bathroom. folks began asking questions about those sinks after her "vogue" shoot last week. >> kim explaining kanye helped design them. there's a slight slope for the water to drain into those slits. she says she can turn the pressure up as much as she wants with no splashing. >> that's a very unique -- man, the rich people have all the cool stuff. >> i know, leave it to kanye. just a slight -- >> just a little slit in there.

. making news in "america this morning" -- new details on the mueller report being released today and how many redactions are expected. democrats overnight lashing out, accusing the attorney general of trying to spin the report before it's released. the new demand from democrats. new this morning, the rescue in the cave. >> i was checking every nook and cranny and crevasse for a body. so, when i popped out of the surface, i was looking directly at him. >> an elite diver who helped rescue that soccer team last year, trapped. under water for more than 24 hours. how he finally got out and the first thing he requested. abc news exclusive. for the first time, we hear the