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♪ this morning on "world news now," the investigations into two aviation disasters now intensifying. a plane making a fireball landing, killing dozens on board, and another jet skidding off the runway into shallow waters in florida. what went wrong on both flights? breaking overnight, the u.s. deploying an aircraft carrier, strike group, and bombers to the middle east. details into the possible attack being planned on u.s. forces. new this morning, tornado terror. >> twisters caught on camera in parts of the south and central part of the u.s. the wicked weather is on the move this morning. ♪ hello from the other side hello, adele. the superstar is opening up

about her life and making a major announcement. you cannot miss "the skinny" on this monday, may 6th. ♪ when i call you never seem to be home ♪ hello. ♪ how are you i was oh -- i'm asking, how are you? you're not going to respond. >> hello. >> good morning, everyone. it's really nice to see adele back in the spotlight. i thought she was gone. she said, i'm wrapping this up, i'm not doing all this concert touring. >> no, any time we can see adele, we're here for her. >> we'll get to that later in this half hour. we begin with those aviation accidents, the first happening in jacksonville, florida. >> we start with the fatal fiery incident on a runway in moscow. a passenger plane bursting into flames after a rough landing. look at the video of the smoke

billowing from that plane. u.s. state department says it is aware of reports that an american may be among the 41 dead. >> one of the 78 people on board shot this video from inside as flames began to engulf the plane. this is the plane's flight path. it returned to the airport in moscow after declaring an emergency. abc's julie macfarlane has more. >> reporter: these horrifying images of a commercial passenger jet carrying nearly 80 people engulfed in flames as it barrels down a moscow runway. onlookers capturing these shocking images. columns of black smoke rising from the aircraft. this surveillance video showing the plane appearing to bounce as it tries to land, then catching fire. the passengers leaping from the front of the burning aircraft onto an inflatable slide, staggering as they made their way to safety. >> the problem in this crash was that the back end of the airplane was on fire, so the escape chutes, the escape doors in the back of the airplane, were not usable. >> reporter: the aeroflot sukhoi superjet 100 took off from

moscow heading for the northern city of mamansk when according to the airline it was forced to turn back due to technical reasons. the plane attempting an emergency landing at moscow's sheremetyevo airport, 73 passengers and five crew on board. >> this aircraft, which is made in russia, flown almost exclusively in russia, has a very poor safety record and a very poor reliability record. >> reporter: at least 41 are believed to be dead, including two children. the russian prime minister has ordered a criminal investigation into what caused the plane's accident. meanwhile, dozens of passengers are still at the airport. they're currently receiving psychological and medical attention from emergency services. julia macfarlane, abc news, london. >> our thanks to julia. cannot imagine what those passengers went through, especially the one that was able to get the flames from inside. terrifying. >> i don't know if i would have been that level headed, trying to get out of there, to get that footage there. passengers are describing the panic when a charter jet ended up crashing in a river at

a florida air base. >> the ntsb is on the scene at naval air station jacksonville. investigators are trying to figure out what went wrong friday. passengers captured the frightening moments as they scrambled to get to safety. one said the crash was like nothing he had ever experienced. >> it was the loudest bang i've ever heard in my life, the biggest collision i've ever been part of. it almost sounded like an explosion. >> none of the 143 passengers and crew on board suffered serious injuries. investigators are looking into why the jet made a last-minute runway change. the south-central u.s. is set to face several days of severe weather, including tornados. >> look at this, this huge twister was spotted in texas. it caused some damage and brought heavy rains near tahoka. meanwhile dark and ominous-looking clouds right there led to tornado sirens going off in lincoln, nebraska. a number of buildings were destroyed by a storm that moved through that area. current radar shows a big band of storms moving into the midwest and the south, damaging winds, serious thunderstorms,

more tornados are possible. so many people continue to be impacted by that weather. breaking overnight, the u.s. is sending an aircraft carrier and air force bombers to the middle east in response to a potential threat from iran. officials say there are clear indications that iran or its third-party proxies were planning an attack on u.s. forces in the region. "uss abraham lincoln" strike group is now on its way. national security adviser john bolton says the u.s. is not seeking war with iran but is fully prepared to respond to any attack. president trump's former fixer and attorney is expected to start serving a three-year prison sentence today. michael cohen was seen in manhattan running last-minute errands and getting a haircut with his son. he pleaded guilty to a string of federal charges, including lying to congress and campaign finance violations for hush money payments related to trump's alleged affairs. >> are you going to have a press conference before you leave on monday? >> yes. >> what do you plan to say at

the press conference? >> be there. >> after cutting ties with the president, cohen met with robert mueller's investigators and testified before several ndghntence. president trump says special counsel robert mueller should not testify before congress, a switch from friday when he said it was up to attorney general william barr to decide. democrats are pushing for mueller to appear before the house judiciary committee next week. they're especially interested in hearing about his objections to barr's portrayal of his report. an urgent search is under way for a missing 5-year-old girl who may have been kidnapped by three men in the houston area. an amber alert was issued for malia davis sunday morning. authorities say she recently had brain surgery and needs medical care. malia's stepfather says he was confronted by three men as he was heading to the airport. he says he was knocked out by one of the men and the girl was missing when he regained consciousness. there was an emotional

outpouring for riley howell, the student being recognized for saving lives during last week's college shooting in north carolina. howell is buried with military honors because he was enrolled in rotc courses at the university of north carolina charlotte. witnesses say he took down the gunman who opened fire in a classroom, killing howell and one other student. michigan state university's interim president is said to be resting comfortably after collapsing during graduation ceremonies. the school says sateesh udpa had what's described as a health incident. the 68-year-old is expected to take up to a week to recover. the pittsburgh police force has welcomed a furry member to the department. >> zane is the first comfort dog for peer support, critical incidents, and community outreach. the golden retriever puppy will go through six to eight weeks of training. once he's done he'll receive a badge just like any other k-9 officer. right now he has a police vest with the words "in training" on it.

and look how fluffy he is. >> he really is. >> zane could come home with me. >> zane is a cute one. he would stop all crime from happening, i'm sure. >> all crime because people would just be happy. >> again, that's just for emotional support when people go through obviously traumatic things that the police are called for and zane can help out there. >> absolutely. >> zane's a cute one. coming up, the stunning upset at the kentucky derby. for the first time in the race's history, the winner is disqualified. what may happen next. and we have a big headline this morning involving "jeopardy!" host alex trebek. you're watching "world news now."

as you all know, survivorship is measured starting from the date you are diagnosed with cancer. and on that scale, my gosh, i'm a 62-day survivor. >> the brave and iconic "jeopardy!" host alex trebek made that comment at a pancreatic cancer charity event in los angeles saturday. that means he's now a 64-day survivor. and we should say congratulations to trebek for winning an emmy award last night as best game show host.

it's his seventh daytime emmy, including one for life a lawsuit could now be brewing over saturday's kentucky derby. >> people are stunned after a never before seen decision was made. abc's diane macedo explains. >> reporter: it's being called the most controversial kentucky derby ever. for the first time in the race's 144-year history, the first horse to cross the finish line is not the winner. >> they disqualified him. >> they did. >> reporter: second-place finisher country house named derby champion. it all centers on this moment at the end of the final turn. watch as the undefeated favorite maximum security shifts to his right, coming out of his lane and interfering with a nearby horse. >> maximum security's rear heels l.me very close n thteerence ding horse has

to be taken down. he's a b ynow.ou can hear jockey celebrating, two other jockeys were filing objections. arguing the champion horse made a foul and should be disqualified. and then the wait. for nearly 22 minutes the crowd was in suspense. the jockeys on the phone with the judges waiting for information. and then the verdict. >> so for the first time in the history of the kentucky derby, the horse that crossed the line first has been disqualified. >> reporter: the favorite disqualified and replaced by a 65-1 long shot. but espn's barry abrams says the result isn't that rare. >> it happens every day in this sport. all across the country. just not in the kentucky derby. >> reporter: even maximum security's trainer later alluded to the foul. >> could you describe what you just saw as you watched the replay? >> you know, it looked like he

came o a little bit on the one horse. >> reporter: country house, the first derby champion to win by objection. the owner of maximum security is reportedly planning an appeal and possible legal action, but for now country house is the derby winner and headed to the preakness. it's unclear if maximum security will run that race as well. diane macedo, abc news, bristol, connecticut. >> this will be interesting to see how that affects the races. >> all those people who ripped up their tickets who thought country house did not win and country house did win? and that was the only way they could claim their prize money? >> that's crazy, if that is the only way to claim your prize money. >> this is crazy. so this incident had president trump weighing in on twitter saying that the one that crossed the finish line should be the winner. people were sounding off all over social media. will the president get involved? will there be some type of

declaration from the white house? probably not. >> we've seen that before, where the person that wins doesn't win. when we come back, the big hit from adele on her 31st birthday. >> and the shocking elimination l.""american idol." "the skinny" is next.

♪ skinny just gimme the skinny ♪ skinny just gimme the skinny it's time for "the skinny" start with a big night on "american idol." >> in addition to the usual antics, a shocking elimination. joining us, our favorite idol and superfan will ganss. >> i know everyone's here for the adele headline so i'll make this quick. "american idol's" top six competed live for america's vote last night. while that competition remains really tough, it seems like ryan seacrest can end the search for "idol's" number one fan and sadly it isn't me. take a look. >> are you having a good time? >> i'm having the time of my life! >> come here. >> will ryan. pleasure to meet you. >> it's great to meet you. >> i think you're our most excited fan. >> my dream right here, coming true. >> is that right?

>> yeah, it must go with the name will that guy's so amped. if you think he was amped, he was nothing compared to katy perry last night. the judge getting so into lane's performance that she couldn't stand. yeah, luke and lionel had to fan her to bring her back to life. after lacy's performance, she cried. katy also sharing her personal top five. that wig collection that you see right there ahead of the show. but the true stars of last night's episode, the vocals. max and lane, wade, lacy, alejandro, jeremiah delivering show-stopping performances. i can't remember a season with so much talent, which is why the results announced at the end of the show were especially brutal. america voting to keep madison, lane, alejandro, and wade safe, which means the judges needed to use their save either on jeremiah or lacy kay booth. take a look at the "game of thrones" level stress at the end of last night's episode. >> katy. >> what?

>> we need an answer right now. >> um -- >>ho'st going to be? >> which one? you're all so great, i love you so much. lacy. >> you know i screamed. i was like, arya, come in there and fix this! we'll catch back up with the top five when "idol" is back right here on abc, 8/7 central. >> the credits were literally up. >> yeah, ryan's like, let's get this thing going. >> they have a "world news now" producer by the name of julie in their ear going, tease, next! >> take us to break, take us to break! >> stick around for this one. >> please. >> we are talking about a big year for adele. >> yes. the 15-time grammy award winner is marking her 31st birthday by sharing how difficult year 30 was for her. >> adele posted four black and white snaps on instagram with the caption, thank god, 30 tried me so hard but i'm owning it and trying my hardest to lean into it all. >> the "rolling in the deep" singer hinted at her separation from her estranged husband and she hinted at a possible

upcoming new album saying "30 will be a drum and bass record to spite you." >> oh, what about that. will, it's going to be a good one, right? >> oh yeah. ♪ hello from the other side >> hit those notes, hit those notes. next, chance the rapper has started a twitter campaign targeting wendy's. >> the rapper's apparently a big fan of the fast food chain's spicy chicken nuggets which wendy's dropped from its menu two years ago. so over the weekend chance the rapper tweeted his positive affirmations which includes wendy's bringing back those spicy chicken nuggets. >> the company took notice tweeting, if you guys can get our tweet to 2 million likes, the people in charge will bring the nuggets back. >> as of this morning, guess what? >> what? >> 2 million likes! >> whoo! >> i wasn't a fan of the spicy, i want the regular ones. spicy is too much for me. too hot. >> i have to get my phone to hit the retweet button. bring 'em back, baby! >> hilarious. >> if you did that you'd get them to 2,000,002.

adam sandler makes a triumphant return to "saturday night live." >> "the wedding singer" star's big return nearly 24 years after being booted off the show featured a sing-song monologue. ♪ i was fired i was fired i was fired so sad to tell ♪ ♪ well i never saw it coming i got fired from "snl" ♪ >> by the end of the evening, however, sandler had the audience in tears, closing out the show with a musical tribute to fellow "snl" castmate chris farley, who died in 1997 from accidental drug overdose at the age of 33. so special tribute there. people were talking about sandler all over social media. and he's just a genius, comedic genius. >> he is. i love adam sandler. >> opera man, yeah. >> water boy.

>> he reprised a lot of his characters. >> happy gilmore. >> chris farley there -- i love chris farley. >> down by the river! this is the fight of our >> down by the river!

this is the fight of our lives. >> this is going to work, steve. >> i know it is. because i don't know what i'm going to do if it doesn't. >> "avengers," produced by marvel, a division of our parent company disney, has won yet another battle at the box office. for the second weekend in a row smashing more records, taking in another $146 million. >> rounding out the top three in a distant second place, psychological thriller "the psychological thriller "the intruder." coming in third, the raunchy romantic comedy "long shot." >> "long shot," that was $135 million behind. >> i know. >> wow. it will catch up in a year. >> right, exactly. our next story could be the next hollywood hit. p, a lifor

death health scare, how divine intervention can play a part in making miracles happen. >> reporter: these images of two carefree childhood friends, deanna and jenna. >> jenna lived in the neighborhood. we kind of grew up together. >> reporter: jenna moved away but the two stayed in touch. fast forward more than a decade later to a facebook post from deanna's family. the now 19-year-old diagnosed with alport syndrome, stage 5 kidney failure, desperate to find a donor for a kidney transplant. at first jenna said she didn't give it thought until what she calls divine intervention. >> instantly i felt this voice, i don't know, "you need to fill out the application." >> reporter: when jenna flew in for testing the two reunited. >> i tapped her shoulder and she

turned around and she started sobbing. >> then an emotional facetime conversation confirming the news that would change both of their lives. >> do you want to see something? >> reporter: jenna has a match. >> it was just really, really special. >> reporter: a bond built on history. >> i don't think that any of us will ever be able to understand the magnitude of this is going to do for her. >> reporter: and now a brighter future. >> i'm just incredibly blessed to have such an amazing friend like jenna to actually donate to me. >> reporter: erielle reshef, abc news. >> big thanks to our friend erielle. the transplant is set for june 20th we keep hearing these transplant stories and they are fantastic. >> what would you give me? >> a headache. >> that's true. >> that's all i got for you. >> that's all i got for you. t for you.

week. making news in america this morning, air disaster. a passenger jet catches fire during an emergency landing killing dozens. this morning, the plane's troubled past and the question, was a possible lightning strike a factor? also breaking overnight rising tensions in the persian gulf. the pentagon now deploying an aircraft carrier and bombers amid reports iran has been planning to attack u.s. forces in the region. the deadliest violence in years. derby dilemma. >> maximum security wins the kentucky derby. >> the potential legal battle now blewing after the