oh, florida. intetatehelivea what can only b. median fence, then he crawled unrole violation, a hit and run with property damage, and resisting an officer. also in florida, a close encounter with a great white shark in the keys. some boaters were trying to catch some yellow tail snapper but caught the attention of a clearly famished shark that grabbed onto a bait bag and started snacking. >> the shark moved on after eating the fish parts. great white sightings are rare for the keys. the woman who took the video

says she's never seen anything like it. i am pretty sure they thought this was a scene out of "jaws." >> i bet they thought it was a gator. >> yes, in the ocean water. >> those gators. >> they'll go anywhere, yeah. that's a crazy scene, that is scary. >> that is. all right, time for sports now. the nhl's alex ovech repeating last summer's stanley cup keg run this year. >> his washington capitals were knocked out of the stanley cup playoffs last night. they lost to the carolina hurricanes in double overtime in game seven of their first round series, 4-3 was the final in d.c. the caps were hoping to win the second stanley cup in team history. we were all rooting for them. in the nba playoffs, the defending champ warriors can't seem to shake off the clippers. >> l.a. lived to fight another day after beating golden state 129-121 in oakland. lou williams led the way with 33 points. the series moves back to l.a.

for game six tomorrow night with the warriors leading 3-2 games. >> the winner of that series will take on houston, james harden's 26-point lead led the rockets over utah 100-93. houston took out the jazz in five games. >> there you go. and don't forget tonight is the first night of the nfl draft. you can watch it right here on abc starting at 8:00 eastern, 5:00 pacific. arizona has the number one overall pick and our friend e first itrts will be hosting her full fun in her element. coming up, we're heading into the kitchen. >> our producer dad chris needs all the help he can get as he attempts to make french toast with his cute -- who made that baby cry? who made that baby cry? don't miss this next. test test

[female narrator] foods rich in folic acid like white bread and leafy greens can help prevent some birth defects before you even know you're pregnant. ♪ if you don't know, now you know. it is take your child to work day today. >> so many parents are like, yay! >> well, our ace producer chris ♪ took to it a whole new level. he took us up on that offer. >> with the help of his kids and our friend steven, creator and host of youtube's "not another cooking show," they all came up with a very special dish. >> here we are, it's bring your kids to work day. in honor of that i brought two

kids that my wife swears are mine. cash kingston, grant gatsby. can you say hi to the camera? you want to say hi to the camera? over here, yeah. >> today we're making french toast. classic, easy. >> what is french toast? >> oh. i'm going to explain it to you. it's a super simple breakfast ke a custardom dried-out bread, and let that dried bread soak everything up. is anyone listening? then we just cook it in some butter, serve it up with some syrup and powdered sugar. >> why do you have to cook it with butter? >> because butter's delicious. what do you cook it with? >> i cook it with peanut butter and jelly. >> oh. that's -- you know what? >> french toast with peanut butter and jelly. >> what have i been doing all this time? what i like to do is get a nice brioche bread. >> what do you have to do it to whisk it around? >> that's a whisk. we're going to use that in a second.

we have to get through this segment, though. >> good luck with that. >> i'm sorry, it's -- >> all right, we cracked one egg. >> so we cracked the rest of our eggs. >> pour this in there. oop! this is the last time you get invited to steve's house. ready? >> good, take charge. so we have our eggs in there. we have our half and half, our cream. >> grant! clearly steve and i did not havm to step in and save the day. as usual. >> should we have like a disclaimer for sanitation? well, you know what? that's perfect. that's what we needed to do. >> yeah, you just did that. >> can we guess what's next? it's all going in. there you go. beautiful. >> wow. >> now i'm going to handle the vanilla. because i don't trust you two.

>> we whisked everything all together. cut the bread into nice big slices. and put them in the custard. >> we're going to let this sit for about 30 minutes. >> flip it. you want to flip it? we've lost one chef. grant is somewhere running around knocking over stuff in your house. so we've got one guy down. let's fry it up. is that the next step? >> yeah, we're just going to cook it in a pan with some butter. >> watch this, you ready? >> take the french toast. >> see, somebody cooking is so foreign to my kids, they've literally never seen anybody at home cooking. >> it smells good. >> oh yeah? >> yeah. >> steve also shared a great tip on how to get perfectly cooked french toast. >> there's nothing worse than ordering french toast and getting a little bit of that raw inside. after we get brown on all sides take the pan and throw it right in the oven. >> why do you throw it in the oven? >> to allow the egg inside to get fully cooked. >> but why? >> it's not good when it's not -- >> he's questioning your technique a lot. >> he's thinking critically

which i like. >> does it freak you out my kids are just running rampant, unwatched, unsupervised, all throughout your house? >> what are you doing? >> then it was time for toppings. >> this is incredible. i've never had french toast like this. it's custardy, right? you've got to be able to determine whether it's raw or just custardy. what do we think? >> they're not exactly models when it comes to eating. do you want it? would you like -- >> i'm going to pass on that one. >> hm. and of course we had to bribe cash into giving it a try. >> come on, come on. >> you ready? what do you think, you like it? >> yeah. >> mm, mm! hey, i'm allowed. >> i like it. >> you like it? >> i'm just going to go warm up the car. you stay with the kids for a little bit.

if you hear somebody peel out, it's not me, just, you know. i figure you've got the hang of it now. >> i figured you'd do this. >> just leave grant with that knife there. chris campbell joining us. two questions. what did you learn when cooking with the kids? and is steven casada ever going to invite us back to his kitchen? >> cooking is hard enough. when you cook with your kids, i thought it was going to be a bonding experience., i'll never. will steve invite us back? i think so, i think so. >> cash coming in with the essential questions. why butter? but why? but why? >> you got to challenge the chef, right?

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shared photos of the wood remains of the ship known as the william h. sumner which washed up 150 yards off the pier there. it's kind of cool to see that. the ship goes back all the way to 1919. it was carrying a cargo of mahogany and phosphate rock from the west indies to new york. that's what our north carolina affiliate on the coast is reporting. that's the remnants of it. this story is too adorable. a little girl, she saw stitch from "lilo & stitch," she falls, and stitch goes down with her. she jumps up right away. that happens to me all the time when i run to hug kenneth. >> i have that effect on people. it's also that thing you do with children. if they bump, bruise themselves -- >> you can't freak them out.

>> you're like, no, no, it's okay, don't cry, don't cry, don't cry. that's what chris should have done in that last segment to get his kids to stop crying in that cooking segment. we've seen a lot of video of police pursuits. we got some video from oklahoma city. see that car? just going by the police. they're following the car. they got the lights. the car's not stopping. >> they're like, who is behind that wheel? >> apparently it was a 10-year-old. >> doing hoodrat things with his friends. >> a 20-minute chase ended in the area there -- >> he turned that corner. >> turned that corner fast there in oklahoma city. police used stop sticks to stop the vehicle. the child was taken into custody. according to police, speeds reached up to about 40 to 50 miles per hour. >> oh my gosh. >> i think you have some questions for that 10-year-old. >> how did he learn how to drive? he actually drives a little better than i do. >> i'm not going to say what my parents would do to me down in south carolina. corporal punishment --

>> country discipline? >> -- is no longer allowed. >> what? >> country discipline there, i like that. all right. i would give the next story -- >> go ahead. >> this is straight out of a stephen king novel. basically they're playing in the rain, then bloop! he goes down in the gutter. >> oh no! >> "it" gets him by the leg. >> a clown under there? >> it's been nice knowing him. just kidding, guys, he's fine. but that is scary, right? oh my gosh. i would have ran the other way, like that's it! "it" just came from the gutter, pennyworth.

this morning on "world news measles disease is growing. and parents who reported their son missing is now being charged with murder.

consumer alert, we knew amazon employees could listen to alexis voice recordings. did you know they could find out exactly where you live too? we'll explain how. it's the unexpected ivy league love story. a young woman graduates and realizes she can't live without her former professor. despite a nearly 50-year age gap. so did he feel the same? we'll find out on this thursday, april 25th. good morning, everyone. look who came back. mona kosar abdi. >> you tried to scare me away but i'm here. >> we didn't scare off. let's try. let's get personal. >> oh. >> how old is too old for you? uh-huh. she won't be here tomorrow. >> what i say behind closed doors stays behind closed doors. >> oh, okay, see? she's not easily scared off. they say love is contagious. >> uh-huh. >> which i -- >> also, age is nothing but a number. >> they do say that.

speaking of contagious, that leads us into our top story this half hour. the major resurgence by the measles. >> cases in the u.s. have reached the highest level in 25 years. nearly 700 people hit with the measles just this year, including two pregnant women. >> but even if you've had the vaccine, there are key things you need to know. this morning alarming new numbers about the measles, a disease that was declared eliminated in 2000. so far this year, 695 people across the country have been infected by the disease. that's the most in decades. the majority of this year's infections are within communities of unvaccinated people. measles is highly contagious but cdc says the best way to protect yourself is to be vaccinated. even if you had the vaccine years ago, experts say it's still effective. >> this vaccine is considered to give you life-long immunity, so no booster shot is needed. >> reporter: if you can't remember whether you have the second followup shot -- >> in an outbreak setting, one dose is considered to be sufficient because it protects

you 93%. but if you're unsure, there is no harm in getting a second dose. >> incredible the cdc will report the nation's official count on monday for the measles, so -- and will include updates from at least 22 states. we've been hearing about this popping up again. we've also heard some cases of mumps. things we thought were in the past are coming back up again. >> surging in communities of people who are in -- in unvaccinated communities. >> the most here in new york, where the most cases they have are in this ultra-orthodox jewish community. and here in new york they're actually trying to get the information out and get the awareness out about that. so we're going to hear a lot more on monday about exactly how bad this is, and again, updates from at least 22 states, we'll be watching that one. moving on to the tragedy in illinois. one week ago today, a.j. freund's parents reported him missing from their home outside chicago. this morning they're charged with killing him. police discover what they

believe to be the 5-year-old's body after confronting his mother and father with cellphone evidence. >> the community is now coming together to remember the little boy, holding emotional vigils after his parents' arrest. >> they joined one another in honoring the child who lived a short and by all accounts difficult life from the day he was born. here's abc's alex perez. >> repr: therim discovy ban chm feared, the body of 5-year-old a.j. freund found buried in a shallow grave wrapped in plastic. >> it is with heavy heart that the crystal lake police department located what we believe to be the body of a.j. freund. >> reporter: his parents under arrest. investigators seen carrying items from the family home, including a child's mattress, along with a shovel. police say when confronted, they led them to the body. >> i just want my kids. that's all my life are my kids.

>> reporter: for days a.j.'s parents pleaded for his return. his father calling 911 to report him missing. >> when did you last see him? >> last night, probably 9:30 when he went to bed. >> reporter: by morning, he said a.j. was gone. >> when i got back from a doctor's appointment, i checked in on him to say good morning and he wasn't there. >> reporter: as a baby, a.j. was taken into custody by child services for a year and a half. records show police visiting the home for various reasons more than a dozen times. just before christmas an officer reporting unacceptable living conditions and one of the children with a large bruise. >> we've seen the kids being taken away and are always shocked that they have been returned. >> reporter: police vowing justice for a.j. >> to a.j., we know you're at peace playing in heaven's playground and are happy you no longer have to suffer. >> reporter: a.j.'s younger brother remains in protective custody. the illinois department of

children and family services says they are reviewing their interaction with a.j.'s family to determine if any mistakes were made along the way. alex perez, abc news, crystal lake, illinois. >> our thanks to alex. turning now to weather, that slow-moving storm that's been swamping north texas is on the move after a woman and her two children drowned during intense flash flooding. >> the system is bringing more of the same violent weather to stretchiard not -- stretching northeagrt lakes. >> a torna tch down in houston, destroying at least one building and damaging at least three others. >> as heavy storms are moving through ft. worth, a train carrying a load of highly flammable liquid ethanol derailed and caught fire. at least three horses were killed and several homes evacuated. >> accuweather meteorologist paul williams joining us with what is ahead. >> that low will track across wisconsin leaving flood risks. now we focus on drenching storms courtesy of that low plus moist flow coming off the gulf providing for widespread rain

creeping across louisiana, arkansas, mississippi, portions of alabama, as well as tennessee. and the focus will be severe thunderstorms with damaging hail as well as possible tornados throughout mississippi going into louisiana. former vice president joe biden is looking to shore up support as he officially enters the race for the white house today. biden is set to announce his bid by video this morning. sources tell politico he's urging top donors to act quickly, telling them we're going to be judged in what we can do in the first 24 hours and the first week. biden is entering a crowded field of democrats as the frontrunner. at 76 years old this is his third run for president after nearly 40 years in the senate and two terms as vice president. senator cory booker is promising to choose a woman as his running mate if he wins the democratic nomination. attended by several other presidential hopefuls saying,

quote, to me it's really clear that we do that. and president trump is vowing to fight all subpoenas issued by house democrats, dismissing them as politically motivated. the president said the mueller investigation was probably the most thorough probe in u.s. history. he then went on to call the r e e cour we're learning new details about the bombs used in the sri lanka easter terror attacks that killed 359 people. investigators say the bombs were likely made in this copper factory by oneual. it ahe same construction including ball bearings for all the detonators were in the right hands of the bombers. one of the suspected bombers is seen in this surveillance video in the dining room of the cinnamon grand hotel. within seconds a blast rips through the busy restaurant. it's believed that the

coordinator of the attacks was not in sri lanka on sunday. north korean leader kim jong-un and russian president vladimir putin are sitting down today to discuss denuclearization. >> the two men shook hands this morning in eastern russia as they met face-to-face for the first time. putin told kim he supports his efforts to normalize north korean relations with the u.s. after the failed summit in hanoi with president trump, russia may be trying to boost its influence in the region. kim says he hopes this summit will be successful and useful. this weekend someone can notorious bird. >> a bird that killed its 75-year-old owner in florida is up for auction on saturday, just two weeks after the man's death. one of his two cassowaries described by experts as the world's most dangerous bird attacked the man after he fell near their enclosure. officials don't know which one did it but both are up for sale. >> the person running the auction says full disclosure will be made of the bird's violent past. >> i did my googles on this bird.

apparently it has dagger-like claws which are like 5 inches long. they're actually not aggressive. they're shy birds. >> they're emus, 6 feet tall, weigh up to 130 pounds. this is also crazy, that with one swift kick with their powerful legs, they can slice open any predator or potential threat. folks, it's a serious situation that happened with that man dying, but that bird is deadly. >> it's known -- >> who in the world would want this bird? in their home? around them? >> it's an exotic bird. i mean, if you know what you're getting yourself into -- >> that can kill you. >> you just got to make sure you take the precautions. don't get too close. coming up in "the mix," the newest words in the dictionary. see if you know what they mean. plus the new concern if you have a smart speaker like alexa. some amazon workers are able to listen and even find your house. first, the three-hour pursuit throughout southern california.

see how this ends. you're watching "world news now."

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reports say the man was hitting a woman inside the car as it sped through the streets. the chase ended when the car pulled into a 99 cent store parking lot. customers ran out as the suspect ran in followed by police. he is under arrest this morning. the woman was taken to the hospital. now to a violent takedown in tennessee.the controversial bodo was just released. it shows police officers pulling over a driver suspected of leaving the scene of the accident. her car, trying to handcuff her. but was this excessive force? abc's linsey davis tells us what the police chief is saying. >> driver's license, proof of insurance. >> reporter: this newly released body camera video starts out like any routine traffic stop. >> tell you what, go on and step out. >> reporter: within seconds it quickly escalates. jasmine shepherd pleading with a tuscaloosa officer not to arrest her. >> are you serious? have you lost your freaking

mind? >> sir, sir -- >> reporter: turning around as he attempts to handcuff her, then hitting the concrete. police say the 22-year-old fled the scene of an accident and was charged with disarming a police officer, second-degree assault, and resisting arrest. >> when you grab this, i could have shot you. do you understand me? do you know how stupid you are? >> reporter: this cellphone video showing her hit with a police baton was posted by bystanders and watched by thousands, including the tuscaloosa police chief. now the department is launching an investigation. >> i was disgusted by what i saw, what i heard, and i was embarrassed by it. >> reporter: police say they're in talks with prosecutors about possibly dismissing the charges. both officers are said to be remorseful. they remain on desk duty as the incident is being investigated. linsey davis, abc news, new york. this next story could have turned out a lot worse. a house in the detroit area paid the price when a truck suffered a blown tire. >> the semi destroyed the home

in maycomb township yesterday afternoon. fortunately the house was empty at the time. the truck's driver suffered minor injuries. the semi also damaged a number of headstones in a neighboring cemetery. it appears your alexa device isn't just able to hear you, it also knows where you are. >> yeah, according to bloomberg, a team auditing the device's commands has access to users' location data. the information reportedly allows amazon auditors to find someone's home address. the report adds that at this time there's no indication any employees had tried to track down individual users. in a statement amazon said, quote, access to internal tools is highly controlled and is only granted to a limited number of employees. >> amazon went on to say, we regularly audit employee access to internal tools and limit access whenever and wherever possible. but the question is, do you want people, even one person, who's a stranger -- >> you already have amazon employees in your garage now, in your home. >> they're dropping drone

packages on you. so might as well just give them a key. >> might as well. >> give them a key, let them come in, get something to eat out of the fridge after they deliver the package. >> that's where we're drawing the line. then you're paying rent. >> let me ask alexa, should i buy a cassowary? see what she says. the answer would be no. >> if you want to, they're on sale. coming up in our next half hour, we're hearing from the students at the same high school who all got perfect scores on the a.c.t. >> say what? first, many people find love on campus, but one former student realized the person she could not live without was her professor. that's next on "world news now." that's next on "world news now."

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♪ abc easy as 1-2-3 ♪ as simple as do re mi we could all use better insight in the philosophy of love. we're getting a lesson in it from a student of her former professor. >> turning puppy love into happily ever after. >> happily ever after. despite the almost half century

of age difference between them this valedictorian at princeton and her professor have gone from pop quizzes to popping the question. ♪ >> reporter: it's the stuff of pop music and pop culture. >> um -- would you ever go out with anybody from class? uh-huh? >> reporter: but for one princeton valedictorian, her relationship is anything but a textbook romance. that's because her fiance is her former professor, and he's 46 years older than she is. 25-year-old cameron platt took professor lee clark mitchell's class at princeton five years ago in the fall of 2013. even after graduating princeton at the top of her class and heading across the pond to oxford masters as a explaining, i was surprised to find how much i still thought of lee and soon i understood i felt something for him that i'd not

fully acknowledged before. after her two years abroad she asked him out in september. those extracurricular feelings proving mutual. cameron writing, now here we are more enthralled than ever, wanting no life other than the one we make together. last week we made it official. age has hardly gotten in the way of other famous off-campus romances. michael douglas and catherine zeta jones 25 years apart. sarah paulson and holland taylor have more than three decades between them. an age gap, maybe. cameron first met lee in his lecture course on william faulkner and henry james. as james once wrote, it's time to start living the life you've imagined. sure seems like these two lovebirds are ready to make their dream romance a reality. so there are studies that suggest relationship satisfaction reported by couples with a large age gap is higher, and those couples also report greater trust and commitment and lower jealousy than similar-age couples.

i don't know if they're on to something. >> if there's a lesson here, it's number one, don't judge. and, love is love. >> it's tough out here in these streets. if you can find love, go ahead. >> if you can't find someone in your age group, maybe look outside of it. >> i may or may not still be trying to get with my high school bio teacher. >> oh! >> what? >> 15-year age gap. >> hey, put it out there. look. she's sitting here in the anchor chair. she's doing great things. give her a call, tweet her. a call, tweet her. >> wow. >> insomniacs are going to love that, they might hit you up too.

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>> not yet, we're getting there. buzzy. that's one word. >> what does it mean? causing or characterized by a lot of speculative or exciting talk or attention. >> things are buzzy. we're buzzing here all the time. >> so fetch. >> janai is never buzzy. something that i am is swole. that's the next one, keeping it swole. >> oh, oh, okay. >> let me show you what's going on here. let's go ahead. >> who got the dollar bills? >> oh, no. >> it's not that kind of show? >> let me get myself together. the next word, guys? >> the next one is egot, what's that? >> that one is that award, an accomplishment for winning any emmy, grammy, oscar and tony award in a lifetime. there is a certain -- as i show how people how swole i am because i'm always in the gym.

most recent egot winner, will? >> robert lopez from "frozen" is a double egot winner. john legend. >> also trying to get the egatsma, the sexiest man alive. there's stan. there's also snowflake, which obviously we know that's for anyone who's sensitive. but it also has another meaning, maybe? for anyone who likes to get hit in the face with snowflakes? >> oh! >> we're bringing this back again? that was diligent reporting in the land of cleave. >> fastest way to get the video off his face and move on. >> the next story is giant idaho potato converted into an airbnb rental. the six-ton potato prop has been converted into a rental. and now, let's see what else? that's about it. >> that's about it. i mean, you want to live in an idaho potato? yes? have you ever -- obviously you just need some mashed potatoes, go to the wall and you scrape. right? right.

hey, how about this. this family that always has a bunch of william williams. it goes back -- literally, that's their name, william williams. that is the name that has been shared by men in this family dating back to the 18th century. now there's concern from the family that they were going to run out of that name because they didn't have any boys. but it was a close call. they finally got a boy in the family recently. they were able to name him wims.

this morning on "world news this morning on "world news bringing heavy rain and the threat of tornados. a train derailing as the powerful storm moved through. see where the system is headed next. is a showdown looming between congress and the president? he says he won't cooperate with investigations being led by the democrats and vows that if the democrats move to impeach, he'll involve the supreme court.

new this half hour, a perfect score. >> more than a dozen students from the same high school earned a perfect score on the a.c.t., so what's their secret? we're only hours away from the first screenings of "avengers: end game." but if there are a few details you may have forgotten from the 21 films that have led up to this one big moment, don't worry, we've got your "avengers" crash course ready. will ganss has everything you need to know in less than 60 seconds on this thursday, april 25th. it's not coming up in 60 seconds. will ganss has a 60-second piece where he just lays it all out, right, will? >> perfect, that's how information should be. >> fast, immediate. this will help you as well. because -- just calling her out. >> you know. i know. >> she has not seen every film -- >> i need the cliff notes version. this is perfect. i'm not going to sit through 21 films of superheroes.

>> we can't wait for that, will, get ready. >> i'm ready. we begin with heavy storms hammering the south. a possible tornado trapping people in their homes in east texas overnight. >> these storms also turned deadly, sweeping a woman and her two children away during intense flash flooding. >> and as you can see on the radar, the severe weather is not over yet. abc's marcus moore has more from dallas. >> reporter: a line of severe storms pounding texas and marching east. this possible tornado spotted near college station. in central texas, high water sweeping away a family of four in their vehicle, a mother and her two children dying, the father rescued, reportedly clinging to a tree. outside dallas an suv colliding with a semi on wet roads. >> it's practically hanging over the freeway at this point. >> reporter: winds gusting above 60 miles per hour at the dallas-ft. worth airport. to the east at love field, dozens of vehicles submerged in the airport parking garage.

you can hear the pumps going. they have brought those in to try to move the massive amounts of water that have made a real mess here in north texas. as the storms move through ft. worth, a freight train carrying ethanol derailing and catching fire. >> this has been a major operation and cleanup. car after car flipped over, smoke in the air. >> reporter: investigators trying to figure out what caused some 25 cars to leave the tracks. this is not over yet. you can see the raging water on the spillway behind me as the rain continues to fall. much of central texas is still under a flash flood watch, and some areas could get as much as half a foot of additional rain tonight. marcus moore, abc news, dallas. >> thank you, marcus. forecasters say all of that nasty weather is expanding across the rest of the gulf coast today. >> accuweather meteorologist paul williams joins us now with what's ahead. good morning, paul. >> good morning, kenneth, mona. overall drenching storms covering alabama, all of mississippi, louisiana, arkansas, going into portions of missouri, as well as the tennessee valley region with drenching storms, flooding downpours. also targeted severe storms throughout all of mississippi, including isolated tornados and damaging hail.

for the northeast, watching out for scattered showers to creep in throughout the ohio valley region. nice initially on thursday, but friday goes all the way down south. thunderstorms and severe storms along the entire east coast. kenneth, mona? >> thank you, paul. also breaking overnight, texas has executed the white supremacist behind a gruesome hate crime. three men chained james byrd jr. to the back of a truck in june of 1998, dragging him nearly three miles on a rural road near the louisiana border. one of the killers, john william king, was put to death last night. he's the second person executed for the murder. king's family has created a foundation to fight racially motivated hate. the fbi has joined the investigation into the california crash that left eight pedestrians injured. police in sunnyvale say isaiah peoples deliberately rammed his car into a crowd tuesday evening. his family says the 34-year-old is an army veteran. he faces eight counts of attempted murder. the victims included three children, one of them a 13-year-old girl in critical condition.

police don't believe it was a terrorist act, but they say peoples showed no remorse. investigators are still determining a motive. former homeland security chief kirstjen nielsen had apparently struggled in vain to prepare for russian interference in the upcoming 2020 election. sources say nielsen had been pushing the white house to convene cabinet meetings to address the issue. but "the new york times" says white house chief of staff mick mulvaney specifically told nielsen not to bring up the aa to his legitimacy of his election victory. meanwhile the president's pushing back against democratic lawyers who are demanding to hear from white house officials in the wake of the mueller report. he's digging in to challenge subpoenas, dismissing them as politically motivated. abc's jonathan karl has more. >> reporter: setting up a major showdown with congress, president trump declared he won't cooperate with their investigations. >> we're fighting all the subpoenas.

look, these aren't like impartial people. >> reporter: house democrats have launched several investigations into the president and his administration. already issuing a subpoena to force former white house counsel don mcgahn to testify. mcgahn is a central figure in the mueller report, cited more than 150 times. the president does not want him talking to c we have been, i have beethe nsrent pnt and administration in the history of our country by rorr: and then there is x returns.re's the eas ady missed two deadles t tu thpresent now arguesha investigate. >> and i thought after two years we'd be finished with it. no. now the house goes and starts subpoenaing. they want to know every deal i've ever done. >> reporter: democrats are outraged. >> we now see the administration engaged in stonewalling of the facts coming to the american

people. >> reporter: the president insists it's all politics. >> the democrats are trying to win 2020. they're not going to win with the people that i see. and they're not going to win against me. >> reporter: and he offered a novel response to democratic calls for impeachment tweeting, if the partisan dems ever try to impeach, i would first head to the u.s. supreme court. supreme court, however, has no power to overturn an impeachment. there's no question that congress has the power to issue subpoenas. the question is what happens if the white house follows through on the president's threat and refuses to comply. in that case you have a showdown between two co-equal branches of government that can only be resolved in the third branch of government. the bottom line is if neither side backs down, this issue will need to be resolved in the courts and almost certainly ultimately the supreme court. jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. >> thank you, jonathan karl, for that report. now to the college admissions scandal.

new details surfacing about lori loughlin's defense. >> sources tell "people" magazine the "full house" star and her fashion designer husband didn't realize what they were doing was illegal and never intended to break any laws. they pleaded not guilty after they were accused of paying $500,000 in bribes to get their daughters into the university of southern california. one source claims the couple didn't entirely know all that would be done. college-bound students should remember they can get into college the old-fashioned way, with hard work and high scores on entrance exams. >> one cincinnati high school s havenohed perfscores o >> walnut hills high school says they only admit the top 30% of students. still, they need to do a lot of prep work. >> i think another thing to remember is if you don't sleep and stuff, like before -- if you work too hard, you might end up being really tired or kind of sick when you take the actual test. >> most of the seniors earning the perfect scores are staying in the u.s. for college. one is heading to scotland to study at the university of

edinburgh. one more note about those test-takers, 23 other seniors scored just under perfect scores of 35. just 1 under that. >> pretty impressive. the kids these days, as i sound like an old man, kids these days are doing very well on these tests, from s.a.t. to a.c.t. and again, yes, hard work -- >> goes a long way. >> and the prep work of those classes that you take before in high school, i was on my younger siblings to make sure they did those. what did you get on your s.a.t.? >> perfect score, i was on the news too. >> so did i, valedictorian, it's crazy. >> no way. coming up, we'll check in with jeopardy james. but first the insect scare on the east coast. the potentially deadly kissing bug found in a state for the first time. and madonna steaming up the screen in "the skinny." you're watching "world news now." first time. and madonna steaming up the screen in "the skinny." you're watching "world news now."

i never said anything to anybody. >> you talked, cliff. and not only about business. >> i never said anything! >> you disgust me. >> what are you doing here? >> i'll show you who can find oil -- >> this morning remembering ken kercheval from "dallas." he played cliff barnes, j.r. ewing's nemesis. he was just 83. >> he also starred in the "dallas" reboot in 2012. his cause of death is being kept private by his family but we know he passed away sunday in his native city clinton, indiana. he's survived by his three children. riverdale fans had one last chance to say good-bye to luke perry. >> the final episode filmed before perry's death aired last night. the 52-year-old suffered a massive stroke last month. plans to write his character fred andrews out of "riverdale"

have not been revealed. the wife of the detroit lions quarterback is back in the hospital after brain tumor surgery. kelly stafford posted on instagram wednesday she went to the emergency room after excruciating pain. stafford said she tried to deal with the headaches and other issues on her own but finally decided to seek help. >> stafford says she hopes to return home this morning. she was initially discharged from the hospital on sunday after a 12-hour procedure. the cdc is confirming that the potentially deadly kissing bug has been confirmed and for the first time in delaware. authorities say a girl was bitten last july when she was watching television in her bedroom, and it was confirmed this month. >> the bugs can pass on a deadly infection, but the girl did not become ill. the nickname comes from a tendency to bite faces. the insect is originally from central and south america and has been spotted in other parts of the u.s., including maryland, virginia, and pennsylvania. kissing bug, beware. >> yeah. it's usually found indoors, in cracks or holes, in concrete,

under trees, bark, or in doghouses. >> from central and south america but somehow it ended up in delaware? >> that's like stink bugs. do not make me go on a tirade about them stink bugs down in virginia. >> i'm going to the first state to see what they got going on up there, do some kissing, some deadly kissing. lego is testing a redesigned version of its traditional building blocks that help blind or visually impaired children learn braille in a more engaging way. >> the project is called lego braille bricks, a relatively simple idea to add braille dots onto the stackable blocks. lego says few hands-on tools that can teach braille exists and the company hopes the redesigned legos will give these children the flexibility to try and fail without judgment. when we come back, we're getting ready for "avengers: end game." >> will joins us for everything you need to know before you see the three-hour film, even when to visit the bathroom? will, get up here. "the skinny" is next. bathroom? will, get up here. "the skinny" is next.

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"skinny" time. i don't know if you've heard. there's a little film called "avengers: end game." it's flying into theaters tonight smashing box office records already. >> it's the final chapter of an era of marvel movies spanning more than a decade. if you don't remember all 21 movies that led up to this one, don't worry, will ganss is here to give you a crash course. >> oh, yeah. i've done the research, i've seen the movie. before you and your super squad see "avengers: end game" this weekend i'm hulking you up i mean hooking you up with a last-minute "avengers" crash course in less than 60 seconds. are you ready? thanos snap in three, two, one. there have been 21 movies leading up to "end game" beginning with "iron man" in ti then. >> i'm just not the hero type. >> flash forward, he's still grumpy but more nuanced and has picked up friends along the way, aka the avengers. we last saw iron man and his pals at the end of "infinity war" when half of life in the universe was wiped out by this

guy, thanos. he's evil because he's purple. ursula, purple and evil. this guy from mcdonald's, definitely purple, probably evil. anyway, who did thanos turn to dust? black panther, spider-man, dr. strange, all the guardians of the galaxy except one, and so many more. how did thanos do it? he controls all six infinity stones. now the remaining avengers, captain america, iron man, thor, black widow, hawkeye are ready to bring down this bad guy. luckily some other marvel superheroes weren't turned to dust and can help. captain marvel, ant-man, rocket the raccoon. that's where we're picking up with "end game." other things to remember, thanos has two adopted daughters, gamora and nebula. the marvel universe is no stranger to time travel. cumberbatch, big fan. >> whatever it takes. >> you should definitely see "infinity war" before you see "end game." i promise it will help. final thoughts for those of you heading into theaters tonight or this weekend, buy all the snacks before you take your seats. i got hungry 20 minutes in but you can't leave once the movie starts, there's too much to miss. if you absolutely must get up during the movie, go during the scene when the hulk is having lunch. that's about an hour into the

film. that's all i'm saying. >> okay. you're getting close. you were getting very close there. >> towing the line, but i will not #spoiltheendgame. >> mona, quick. >> what does he eat for lunch? >> i can't tell you. >> mona, pop quiz. >> he's that -- you know, the dude with the hair and the hammer, right? >> no, that's thor. >> moving on. will, stick around for us. madonna has dropped a steamy new music video for her song "med deyen" with singer maluma, let's take a look. ♪ let's take a trip ♪ pull me close i'll be so good for you ♪ ♪ pull me close let's take a chance ♪ >> oh! will singing there. >> she speaking spanish. "medellin" is madonna's first new single in four years and it's got fans looking forward to her upcoming album "madam x." >> that's so cool. the world's most-followed person on instagram is giving his fans more to look at this morning.

cristiano ronaldo revealing these new photos of himself modeling his latest underwear collection. >> hm, it's got hot in here. the superhero-themed photo shoot proving to be kryptonite for fans online. the soccer player scoring major likes on his instagram posts. i wonder why. >> hm what? i feel like it's missing something. like the face is not right for me. oh, that's better. oh my god, oh god, oh. oh, no. does that make it better? i don't know. hm. >> all right. kenneth? can you handle this? >> mona, can you handle this? will ganss, can you handle this? insomniacs, can you handle this? i don't think they can handle this, whoo! beyonce's father revealing he's working on a musical about destiny's child called "survivor." it's set to open in queen bey's

hometown of houston, texas next year. it will follow the group from humble beginnings through their rise to fame. i'll all for this one. typically we just see the videos and beyonce, she's there in the talent search with destiny's child. >> you want the real thing. you want like what happened, who fought who, how latavia and letoya got -- >> how did they get booted? we need to know the truth and matthew knowles is going to serve up all the things. big pri! olay regenerist hydrates skin better than creams costing over $100, $200, and even $400. for skin that looks younger than it should. fact check this ad in good housekeeping. olay regenerist. now try olay hydrating eye. hydrates better than the #1 prestige eye cream.

♪ ♪ america, he's done it again. >> yes, he did. >> james holzhauer has won "jeopardy!" for 15 consecutive times. he made over $73,000 on wednesday night's game, raising his 15-day total to more than $1.1 million.

>> i was watching. "jeopardy!'s" unstoppable champ is sharing some of his secrets and how he practiced at home. the question now is, how long will holzhauer's winning streak go? abc's david muir has more. >> and our returning champion -- >> reporter: he did it again, and he made history this time. surpassing $1 million in winnings. james holzhauer, 34 years old, the professional sports gambler from vegas. >> you're going to add $50,000, that takes you up to $118,816. >> reporter: james is now the second player ever to break the million-dollar mark. the first, ken jennings, who's watching, tweeting, i don't feel i get enough credit for making small, sensible "jeopardy!" wagers which helped the show with its prize budget. james going for the high-value clues first, wagering big on daily doubles. >> are you going to do the push? >> okay, $8,200. >> reporter: to practice, james says he doesn't play like the rest of us at home, instead he stands in his living room wearing the same dress shoes he would wear on the show, holding

his homemade buzzer. >> who is lovecraft? >> h.p. lovecraft, you got it. >> reporter: james often writing in the names of his loved ones. >> you wrote down a little tribute to your grandmother. >> she moved from japan to help raise me and my brother. spoke barely any english if anything at all. "jeopardy!" was on in the afternoon at our house, my dad wasn't home yet. she would watch the program with me even though she didn't understand a lick of it. i promised her someday she'd see me on the stage up here. i hope wherever she is right now she's looking down. >> i'm sure she is and she's very, very proud. >> that was david muir, thank you. oh my gosh, that was so heartfelt. >> that was my favorite part of that story there is doing it for grandma. and again i watched last night, it was incredible. he is just really racking up and he's racking up really fast. >> i like how he says, everybody has their "jeopardy!" ritual. he puts on his dress shoes, acts like he's in the show, has a homemade buzzer? i just scream at the tv.

what is -- wrong answer. >> i feel like i heard him clicking last night, like he clicks so fast and does it before everyone else. you got to be fast on the buzzer. so i feel like he can go far. a lot of us here at "world news now" are rooting for you, jeopardy james. ou, jeopardy james.

making news in america this morning, joe biden jumping into 2020. after months of speculation, the former vice president announcing today he's running for president. the 20th democratic candidate to enter the race. where does he fit in in the crowded field? severe storms from texas to the deep south. where they're heading right now. >> plus -- >> oh, my god.

>> -- the dramatic rescue. good samaritans flipping a truck that turned over in floodwaters. the dazed driver climbing to safety. record-breaking outbreak. the worst year for measles in 25 years. what the most vulnerable people should know including parents with babies too young for the vaccine. plus, the surprising report from the world health organization. their first ever recommendation