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a lightning strike left a a lightning strike left a hole on the tarmac at a kansas airport. it blasted the ground there at hutchison regional airport about 40 miles north of wichita. the bolt was part of a storm system that caused some damage in the area sunday. >> that's incredible video. many doctors and therapists believe exercise can relieve symptoms of depression, but can regular physical activity prevent depression altogether? >> researchers at massachusetts general hospital use genetic information to look at possible links between physical activity and depression, and they found that people who exercise on a regular basis have a far lower risk of developing depression than people who don't exercise. turning now to another health headline involving a high school senior in kentucky who refused to get vaccinated for chicken pox on religious grounds. that student was banned from his
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private catholic school, but this morning there's a new development. here's abc's gio benitez. >> reporter: he's the high school basketball star from kentucky who sued his local health department because it wouldn't let him go to school without the chicken pox vaccine. senior jerome kunkle revealing he wound up with the chicken pox after all. the 18-year-old refusing to get vaccinated after an outbreak of more than 30 cases at his catholic school. >> as a catholic we believe that abortion is wrong, morally wrong. and since the vaccine's derived from aborted fetal cells that obviously goes directly against that. >> reporter: the vaccine can be traced back to the use of cells from two aborted fetuses from the 1960s, but even the vatican has decided that it's morally acceptable for catholics to get them because they protect children. in the end, kunkle lost his lawsuit and almost two months of school. but now went back to class this week, his family saying he is no longer contagious.
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and kunkle's lawyer tells us he did not intentionally contract the disease to get immunity, but believes that he got the chicken pox while serving mass. gio benitez, abc news, new york. >> our thanks to gio. i know the whole vaccine, anti-vaxxer debate, back and forth. i was shocked about this one with the chicken pox because i really thought growing that up chicken pox was a rite of passage. arthur the aardvark, he got it on the show, everybody got it. >> i feel there were families who put their kids together to get it, get it out of the way. the fact that we're talking about chicken pox, i'm like, wait. this is a thing again? the last thing gio said there about he thinks he got it serving mass? i'm like -- i don't want to say irony, though. >> right, but yeah. >> but i'm like, wait, for religious grounds, then you got it? the lord will sort all of this out, that's what i know. coming up, the worldwide debut of baby archie. >> prince harry and duchess meghan present their baby.
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♪ ♪ ♪ after so much publicity, so mu standing by, we are now finally getting our first look at britain's newest royal baby. >> he's apparently everything the world and his proud parents have been hoping for. >> at 2 days old. >> here's abc's juju chang. >> reporter: with the radiant glow of a new mom and that usual sparkle -- >> magic. it's pretty amazing. i mean, i have the two best guys in the world, so i'm really happy. >> reporter: the duchess and duke of sussex introduced their son to the world. >> he has the sweetest temperament. he's really calm. >> i know who he gets that from. >> he's just been a dream. so it's been a special couple of days. >> reporter: and fatherhood hasn't dulled prince harry's sense of humor.
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>> he's already got a little bit of facial hair as well. wonderful. >> reporter: this modern royal couple breaking the mold with harry, not meghan, cradling the new royal bundle, swaddled in tradition. shortly after showing off their little one the couple took to instagram to unveil his name. archie harrison mountbatten-windsor. >> at the moment the reason the couple picked the names archie and harrison are closely guarded secret. >> reporter: archie was born on monday, 5:26 a.m., 7 pounds 3 ounces. >> buckingham palace proudly announces the birth of a newly born royal baby boy. >> reporter: a prince beaming with that familiar awe of a new dad. >> it's been the most amazing experience i could ever have possibly imagined. how any woman does what they do is beyond comprehension.
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but we're both absolutely thrilled. >> reporter: the baby a product of the first interracial marriage in the british monarchy that dates back more than 1,000 years. >> baby sussex is going to be one of the most famous children in the world and be scrutinized. >> reporter: the revelation of the newborn's name generating excitement across england today. >> we heard about archie. >> and we love it. it's a lovely name. >> they're a modern couple, they don't have to go down the traditional route, so archibald is nowhere to be seen. >> reporter: archie's last name, mountbatten-windsor, reflects the decision by the duke and duchess not to give the youngest a title. >> they don't want to bring him up behind palace walls, they want him to go out into the world and experience the life that prince harry didn't have as a child. by not giving him a title, they're not binding him to any tradition. >> reporter: he is the queen of england's great grandchild and the seventh in line to the throne after prince william and
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kate middleton's three children. with harry and meghan, as with diana, the image of the royal family has transformed. the palace released this photo with the new parents, queen elizabeth and meghan's mother. >> the family that has long wanted to reflect modern-day society, now with proof of that by a couple who have a multi-racial baby, sitting in the house of windsor in the 21st century. >> reporter: but for these new parents, in all the bigness of this moment, they only have eyes for something very small. >> who does he take after? does he look like anyone? >> we're still trying to figure that out. >> his looks are changing every single day. so who knows. i mean, parenting is amazing. it's only been what, 2 1/2 days, 3 days. >> yeah. >> but we're just -- we're just so thrilled to have our own little bundle of joy, spend precious time with him as he slowly starts to grow up. >> the glow of fresh parenthood
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time for "this happened." >> all your rings from marriage or whatever, they're very important to you. if you lose them you freak out, of course. so players in ireland, they were playing gaelic football. gaelic football is something i've actually played before. >> fun fact. >> because i'm very cultured. >> yes, you are. >> apparently stopped the game to look for an engagement ring that the physical therapist for one of the teams lost. >> down on all fours. >> they're looking for it, one player goes to get his metal detecter from home. but guess what? >> what? >> after all of that, the physical therapist apparently had the engagement ring in her purse the entire time. >> oh! >> she was so embarrassed. she didn't tell them for like --
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>> they're just down there looking for the ring. >> on their hands and knees looking for it. she was so embarrassed. >> i bet. >> she finally sent someone out to say, oh, she's got it. >> oh, just found it, oh. foolish? i don't know. pnc park wednesday in pittsburgh, they take breaks during games and you can play some games. well, this happened there. they like changed the game because it's real -- >> oh my gosh. i would kill at that. >> how awesome is that. >> oh, that's pretty cool. >> oh my gosh. >> where's that dragon? >> that is like the -- you want to take on -- what that is dragon called? >> bowser. >> i would beat bowser up. >> that is pretty cool. >> i like that. also, this happened. a sethy -- sethy? selfie failed wave. trying to take a selfie. >> doing it for the gram. do it, girl. do it. >> whoa! >> wipeout.
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hopefully they captured that. >> oh, lord that looks dangerous. >> yeah, that happened in kauai -- in hawaii there. and they have some rough surf. >> apparently. >> since they're up near the rocks -- >> yikes. look at them go flying. i bet that hurt. >> i bet that picture, though, is really good. >> i sure hope so. >> because you pop up out of the water, did you get it? did you get it? >> couldn't possibly have been better than that video. didn't they get a parking ticket or something? all bad. how about this supportive dad? you want to go, you want to support your kids. this happened. >> stage dad. >> how "mean girls" is this? dad out there in the audience doing the moves. >> let the baby shine up there on the stage. >> look, he's trying to help her shine, he's trying to make sure -- doing what she does, and so does dad. dad's hips don't lie. >> they really don't. he said he knew she had stage nerves so he was trying to help her out.
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this morning on "world news now," a tearful tribute for a heroic student. now," a tearful tribute for a heroic student. >> a community came together to honor the teenager who tried to stop one of the shooters at his colorado school. students say he died a legend trying to take down the gunman. rideshare snarl. uber and lyft drivers across the country went on strike, causing a major traffic uptick in some cities and even costlier rides. a dangerous discovery. how $40,000 worth of meth ended up in a child's possession. and don't call it comeback. she's been around for years but now tyra banks is coming out of modeling retirement to appear on the cover of "sports illustrated," and she has a new name. on this thursday, may 9th.
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>> a new name. miss banks if you're nasty? >> t-banks? >> we'll see. a lot of fun to get to. but we do begin following up on that school shooting in colorado. that community in mourning. vigils around the denver area honored the victims of the s.t.e.m. school mass shooting. >> more than 1,000 people filled a gym at nearby highlands ranch high school last night. many asked why no one has figured out a way to stop the violence. a number of s.t.e.m. students walked out of the gathering frustrated the event had become political. >> support also coming from nearby columbine high school, which just marked 20 years since it was forced into the school violence spotlight. >> we're hearing about the heroism of a young man who hoped to be an engineer, killed three days before his graduation. abc's matt gutman has the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: that first glimpse of the young man accused of bringing murder to this denver
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area s.t.e.m. school. 18-year-old devin erickson, that stripe of fuchsia in his hair, nails painted black, saying a single word in his first appearance. >> no. >> reporter: nodding vigorously when the judge addressed him but never looking up. he and a 16-year-old accomplice facing nearly 30 charges, including murder. just after lunchtime tuesday, erickson allegedly calling out "nobody move" in his class before opening fire. nine students shot in that english class. one of them killed. his name was kendrick castillo. his family telling reporters that kendrick once said, if there was ever a school shooter, he wouldn't think twice about acting. details about his heroic last moments. >> complete disregard for his own safety. he was immediately there to respond. he was immediately on the shooter and he was ready to end the threat. >> reporter: brandon mialli, a marine recruit, was one of the boys who lunged toward the shooter. >> there was fear. i still look back at it and i still feel a bit of fear when i think back to it.
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after that point it was just doing what i thought i should do. >> reporter: these high school seniors, including castillo, three days away from graduation. >> as we go through this i think we're going to find there were a lot of students who did a number of great things. >> reporter: police there within minutes. >> they had to force their way into the school which they were able to do, they just happened to pick a door that they forced into that one of the suspects was right down the hall from that door. >> reporter: soon after the all-clear sounded, the kindergarten through high school students bussed to reunification centers where anxious parents waited and waited for those hugs. but questions about what allegedly drove that 18-year-old boy and that 16-year-old to murder? >> we're trying to get a suspect info -- >> reporter: the male shooter had been active in school theater, even had his own youtube channel featuring cover songs. >> it didn't seem like he was the type to do it at all. >> reporter: when police searched his house, they found his car spray painted with
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expletive society. his accomplice, a 16-year-old, also a student at the school. the suspects, the first pair of student shooters to target a school since the columbine massacre 20 years ago. that high school changing its sign in solidarity. our hearts are with you, stem. that second suspect also appearing in court. the strikingly different demeanor, short-cropped hair, very attentive and engaged with the judge. his defense team petitioned the court that the suspect, who was born a female, be recognized as male in court. that was granted. but now the d.a. is deciding whether or not to charge him as an adult. matt gutman, abc news, highlands ranch, colorado. >> our thanks to matt gutman. and the school there will remain closed the rest of the week. president trump rallying supporters in florida after invoking executive privilege for the first time. >> the president announced a hurricane relief package for the florida panhandle for nearly a half billion dollars and slammed puerto rico officials claiming
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they received more disaster aid than anyone else, but treated him unfairly. >> the president also railed against democrats after they voted to hold attorney general william barr in contempt, saying their focus on investigations is a disgrace. abc's rachel scott is in florida. >> reporter: president trump campaigning in panama city beach wednesday night, announcing $448 million in disaster relief for the florida panhandle ravaged by hurricane michael. the president blasting democrats and continuing his fight over the full release of the mueller report. >> after two years, nothing. no collusion. now the democrats are saying, we want more. you know, it was going to be like, we want the mueller report. now they say, mueller report? no, we want to start all over again. >> reporter: in washington the republican-led senate intelligence committee issuing a subpoena to donald trump jr. the president's son testified before the committee in 2017, but they want to speak to him again. that subpoena coming as the war between the white house and congressional democrats
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continues to heat up. the house judiciary committee voting on a resolution to hold attorney general william barr in contempt after he refused to respond to a subpoena for the unredactedd the underlying evidence. >> as a co-equal branch of government, we must have access to the materials that we need to fulfill our constitutional responsibilities. >> reporter: that vote coming just hours after the president invoked executive privilege, blocking democrats from getting the unredacted report. >> you can't assert executive privilege after the fact. the closest advisers to the president have already spoken to team mueller. >> reporter: the measure still needs the vote of the full congress, but republicans are objecting saying democrats already had the chance to read a minimally redacted report and refused. >> this is not about seeking the truth, it's about raw partisan politics. >> our thanks to rachel. millions more americans are in the path of severe storms
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that have been swamping the south and central states and now those states, those storms, have turned deadly. in texas emergency crews recovered the body of a man from a lake in downtown austin who had been swept away by rushing floodwaters. flooding has shut down a stretch of the kansas turnpike near the oklahoma border and forced some evacuations in the area. all that heavy rain, flooding, and isolated tornados now moving toward nashville and louisville and could linger through the weekend in some spots. federal and local law enforcement officials confiscated more than 1,000 guns from a home in an upscale los angeles neighborhood. investigators say they were tipped off anonymously, then they raided the house, arrested a man, and seized the massive stockpile. look at all of those weapons. one lapd officer at the scene said that in his entire 31-year career, he had never seen so many guns in one place. passengers literally shaken when their cruise went through a bomb cyclone are suing for $10 million.
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the "viking sky" sailed into the powerful storm off norway in march. its engine failed and the ship was stuck in the equivalent of a category 3 hurricane. the class action suit accuses the cruise line of negligence, claiming it ignored weather forecasts. baseball may come calling for jeopardy james after his game show run. >> major league executives say the analytical style james holzhauer has used to win nearly $1.7 million will work well in today's game. one gm called the lifelong cubs fan very intriguing. >> meanwhile we've learned he's done with some of his winnings. he's reportedly donated to the las vegas library system, the vegas natural history museum, and a ronald mcdonald house. >> jeopardy james is playing the pr game and i ain't mad at him. >> smart man, smart man. coming up, what a child found inside his box of legos that stunned both his mother and the police. but first, drivers for uber and lyft turn off their apps and take to the streets in an unprecedented strike. what they say they're fighting for.
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newly released body cam nottage of a white oklahoma city police officer shooting a black teen has sparked a new investigation. 14-year-old lorenzo clerkly jr. was rc than a second after sergeant hocum warned him to drop what turned out to be a bb gun. clerkly's family says he didn'n the charter jet that ended up in a river in florida is out of the water and being examined by investigators. >> time lapse video shows two cranes lifting the 737 onto a barge. federal officials are still trying to determine why the charter went off the end of the runway at naval air station jacksonville friday night. all 143 on board survived. bad weather may be to blame. so if you use a rideshare service, you may have noticed it was a bit harder to get around yesterday and a lot more expensive. >> in at least 20 cities around the world drivers for uber, lyft, and other rideshare
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services went on strike over their shrinking paychecks and eeshah hasorpping as long >> reporter: dozens gathered outside uber headquarters in long island city on wednesday demanding higher wages and benefits. they're joined by drivers in at least ten major cities turning off their apps and striking. >> it's about making nothing. without drivers this company won't exist. >> reporter: rideshare companies can take around 50% of passenger payments. they want it capped at 20%. this new york city driver says his pay recently has been chopped in half. >> i could not even feed my family. we have to stay out more time. we work between 70 and 80 hours. >> reporter: the timing comes right before uber's ipo, expected to be announced friday. uber says drivers are at the heart of our service, we can't succeed without them, thousands of people come into work at uber every day focused on how to make
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their experience better on and off the road. despite the drivers striking, some plan to stay on the road, like jose avila in boston. >> right now i make 52 minutes, just paid $22. >> reporter: even though he supports the strike he just can't afford to take time off. >> i don't participate because i want to work for my family. >> reporter: a lyft spokesperson adds their drivers' hourly earnings have gone up 7% in the last two years and says most of their drivers, 3 of 4, work just under 10 hours a week to supplement other jobs. zohreen shah, abc news, new york. >> some drivers have started sleeping in their cars because they work so many hours, their pay keeps shrinking. >> one driver said we have to drive 70 or 80 hours per week, living expenses keep going up, uber keeps decreasing how much they pay drivers. years ago when uber started, i think they launched it as a, hey, you can drive part-time,
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this is not a full-time job. >> this is extra. >> extra cash. we saw people doing both a full-time job then driving uber as a part-time job. and now obviously you see these workers organizing. it's become a career. >> right. >> and they want better pay, they want benefits. and they're calling for that. so we will see what happens. coming up in our next half hour, baby archie's worldwide debut. prince harry and duchess meghan present their firstborn to the world and his great grandmother the queen. what we're just now finding out about his birth. but first, what 45-year-old tyra banks is saying about coming out of retirement to land on the cover of this year's "sports illustrated" swimsuit issue. rts illustrated" swimsuit issue. issue. that's next on "world news now."
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around 700 kids entered the system today. just talking about foster care, can help foster care. i didn't know that. you like smooth jazz? ♪ i do not. yeah. donate your small talk. nobody does. ♪ supermodel work cover girl work it girl do your thing on the runway ♪ is that your runway music when you come to the set? >> yes, it is. >> she's walking out in the hallway -- >> strutting my stuff.
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>> just like this, looking like a mama. there are three girls who are definitely working it, soccer star alex morgan and former patriots cheerleader camille kostek and tyra banks. >> tyra is back. 22 years after being the first black woman to be featured alone on the cover, she and camille talked with lara spencer. >> back by popular demand, one of the most popular "si" models of all time, now entrepreneur, media mogul, the one and only miss tyra banks! dancer and former new england patriots cheerleader, camille kostek! congratulations!
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so tyra. >> yes. >> i am so proud of you. >> thank you. >> i'm so excited for you. 23 years later. >> yeah. >> 23. this is -- you're out of retirement. this is your third cover. >> this is my third "si" cover. look at that. >> you broke ground. >> first black woman on the cover. >> we got the famous shot. well, there's one of them. this is the new one, right? >> this is the new one, 25 years later, this is the first time i'm seeing it. >> when you saw that, when you're seeing that, what do you think? >> yeah, i'm like -- >> looking good? >> dang. >> camille, this is your first ever. she's a three-peat. this is your first. what is that feeling like? >> listen, i am one to be the biggest blabber mouth ever. and this is something that has left me shaking in my shoes and speechless like i've never been before. i was excited to be a rookie. and getting cover rookie of the year --
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>> this is the moment when you found out. >> do you remember what's going through your head there? i think i can imagine. >> no, not really. i actually wasn't sure if i was ever going to see this. i was hoping i wouldn't. >> the ugly cry my first one. the kim kardashian ugly cry. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> you know you've made it when, camille, the "new york post" arrives. and your boyfriend gronk from the patriots -- >> he's watching, hey, baby. >> hey gronk, your girl made it. oh my gosh. so congratulations. >> thank you. >> is it really true that in this issue you break out the famous -- the bikini that we all know and love, that shot? do we have a picture, you guys? >> so my second year that i was on the cover, it was a polka-dot bikini. we recreated this bikini. they couldn't find the actual one in archives so they had it made again. and i put it on again. >> and we'll see that and so
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much more. >> 25 pounds heavier. >> this is the new modeling image, banks. >> i changed my modeling name to banx. the x stands for x cookie cutter beauty. it's about all ages, all sizes, all colors, everything. >> check it out, the 2019 "sports illustrated" swimsuit edition. congrats, ladies. thank you for sharing the news with us. >> banx. >> banx. not wakanda forever. >> you've got to be able to go by one name. >> i do love that she said she actually real quick in there was like, 25 pounds heavier. tyra on the cover looks amazing. it looks like a real body. just like real woman. >> 45 years old, bringing the curves, i love it. you know what, as she said so many times, we were rooting for you! >> we were all rooting for you! >> we were rooting for you! >> we were all rooting for you! >> it turned out pretty well. >> good job, tyra. everybody, check out that issue.
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those people spent time in jail to say that? >> jack, what's it like in jail? >> i don't know about that but i do know -- i recently moved. >> you did? >> all of those estimates were underestimates. let's put it that way. >> right. >> it's worse than anything that you just said. >> especially if you've been in a place for a long time. >> yeah. >> you've got lots of junk. it is awful. >> i know you accumulate. >> a lot of stuff. >> awful. >> get rid of it. >> speaking of a lot of stuff. you know i often talk about the great state of south carolina. >> great state, south carolina. >> this morning maybe not so great. this is a scene out of "breaking bad." a kid gets a box of legos, it's brand-new, he's like, i'm going to open it up. mommy? what's this blue stuff? it's meth. the reason i called it blue, again, i'm so used to -- i love "breaking bad." i guess meth is not blue? that's what i learned by watching.
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it's a good thing i don't know what meth really looks like. so yeah, so apparently they bought it in south carolina, got back to georgia, and the sheriff's investigators believe some drug smugglers, distributors, mailed it to an empty or abandoned address, somehow it got to that consignment store, they bought the box of legos, and there you go. $40,000 worth of meth. not the bricks he was expecting. >> nicely done. so that's just $40,000 they gave up to police? okay. so doughnuts. >> jail. >> doughnuts. better than moving. stacking them. a jewish group in south africa broke the world record. they stacked doughnuts in a pyramid shape about five feet tall. 3,100 doughnuts. >> you can beat that, i know you can. >> right? i mean, i ate all of those doughnuts in like the last month. >> a towering -- hey, do we have time to show you guys this ingenious way to walk a dog? by having an alpha dog do it.
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>> there you go. >> they're in boston. i'm a genius, you take care of born from 1945 through 1965 have the highest rates of hepatitis c, but most don't know they're infected? people can live for decades without symptoms, but over time hepatitis c can cause serious health problems. if you were born during these years, the cdc now recommends that you get a blood test for hepatitis c. so talk to your doctor and find out if you have hepatitis c. it could save your life. know more.
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this morning on "world news now," the president's late-night rally slamming the 2020 candidates while avoiding any direct reference to the senate's subpoena issued to his son don jr. happening now, that severe weather outbreak bringing more tornados, several inches of rain, and flash flooding. drivers are being left stranded with roads washed out and there's rain in the forecast through saturday. new this half hour the freak accident. >> it left a college track star impaled by a javelin. how it happened and the latest on his condition. and meet archie harrison mountbatten-windsor. the meaning behind the royal name and the world's wild ay, maon to baby sussex on this
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archie harrison mountbatten-windsor iii. no the third. okay. that's an original name right there. >> original, and it's quite a name. >> i can't wait to talk about that name. >> we'll have a lot to get to, a lot of reaction. we do begin this half hour with president trump returning to the key battleground state of florida to announce $448 million in disaster relief. >> at a rally in panama city beach the president said the money will help the florida panhandle get back on its feet months after it was ravaged by a category 5 storm. he accused leaders in puerto rico, still struggling to recover from hurricane maria, of treating him unfairly. >> the president took aim at democrats demanding to see the unredacted mueller report and again declared himself vindicated. >> did you see what just happened, by the way? no collusion. no obstruction.
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two years. almost $40 million. 20 trump haters, democrats. i call them angry democrats. after two years, nothing. no collusion. >> the president predicted the investigations democrats are conducting will backfire in 2020. hours earlier he invoked executive privilege over the mueller report. and the senate has now issued a subpoena for his oldest son. abc's mary bruce has more. >> reporter: in a surprising move the republican-led senate intelligence committee issuing the first known subpoena to a member of the president's family. just a few weeks ago son donald trump jr. said he was absolved by the mueller report. >> it's been an incredible vindication for me, for my father, for our entire family. >> reporter: trump jr. was involved in that trump tower meeting with a russian lawyer and was also briefed about plans to build a trump tower in moscow. he already testified in 2017, but now they want to talk to him again. it all comes as the war between
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the white house and congressional democrats is reaching a boiling point. >> we've talked for a long time about approaching a constitutional crisis. we are now in it. >> reporter: the house judiciary committee tonight voting to hold attorney general bill barr in contempt of congress for refusing to turn over the full mueller report and the underlying evidence. it happened just hours after president trump took that extraordinary step, invoking executive privilege to block democrats from getting the unredacted report. accusing the chairman of a blatant abuse of power, the white house today said the president had no other option. >> are you kidding me? you can't assert executive privilege after the fact. when the closest advisers to the president have already spoken to team mueller. >> reporter: republicans were quick to defend the white house and the attorney general. >> bill barr is following the law and what's his reward? democrats are going to hold him in contempt. >> reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi says the president's stonewalling is making his own
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case for impeachment. >> every single day the president is making a case. he's becoming self-impeachable. >> reporter: as for that subpoena request from the committee to the president's son, no response yet from donald trump jr. himself, but a source close to him tells us he is exasperated by this request and he had offered to answer any additional questions the committee had in writing. right now it is unclear if he's going to comply with this, but the president has vowed to fight all subpoenas. mary bruce, abc news, capitol hill. >> our thanks to mary on the hill. new york's senate has approved legislation that would allow congress to get ahold of president trump's state tax returns. >> the bill doesn't mention the president by name but applies to any new york tax returns allowing three congressional committees to request access. trump's state tax filings are likely to mirror much of what is on his federal returns which he has kept under wraps. the bill eventually heads to the democratic-led assembly and the governor is expected to sign it.
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a community near denver has come together to honor the victims of the country's latest school shooting. >> more than 1,000 people gathered for a vigil inside a gym near s.t.e.m. school highlands ranch last night, one of a number of events in the area. the sign outside nearby columbine high school reflected that community's solidarity just weeks after it marked 20 years since its own mass shooting. both suspects in tuesday's shooting appeared in court. the 18-year-old male and his 16-year-old transgender male accomplice, both s.t.e.m. students, face murder and other charges. the 18-year-old who was killed is being remembered as a hero. kendrick castillo was shot as he and two classmates tried to stop the attack. his father says that last act provides some comfort. >> when i see the people that he saved, it makes me happy. i know that my son wouldn't have had it any other way. but as any parent will tell you,
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you know -- it's a heck of a tradeoff. i mean, what -- what are we supposed to do? he was our everything. >> investigators haven't released a motive. prosecutors are determining whether the 16-year-old will be charged as an adult. watches and warnings are in effect right now across the south and midwest where severe storms have left a trail of destruction. >> just hours ago a suspected tornado tore through pine bluff, arkansas injuring at least four people and badly damaging homes and businesses. >> flooding stranded dozens of children inside their houston elementary school, forcing them to sleep on cots in the gym. accuweather meteorologist paul williams joins us now with the forecast. paul, good morning. >> good morning kenneth, janai. unwanted rain throughout the midwest for omaha, kansas city, davenport, because of urban stream flooding, ongoing river flooding, even planting delays along with travel delays. setorms ng the dp south from houston up to nashville, close to st. louis, because of isolated tornados and hail. then that same storm will reach
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into the ohio valley region as well. kenneth, janai? >> our thanks to paul there. a florida judge has ruled a 3-year-old boy suffering from leukemia will undergo chemotherapy over his parents' objections. >> a drama unfolded around noah mcadams when his parents failed to bring him in for treatment on monday saying they prefer natural remedies. the state of florida has taken legal custody of noah. he could get his next chemo treatment later today. that is quite a story. it's very interesting to hear that a state can come in and take your kid when it decides something else should happen. >> there's a debate over it, obviously there are people who felt the child's in danger, obviously states, counties, municipalities step in when child services feel like the child's health is in danger. so it was a big debate. that's what the judge ruled. but i hear what you're saying.
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>> it is just interesting on both sides because we've seen a similar case like this before where we ended up seeing police breaking into a house to get a kid. very interesting to see those stories. turning now to the worldwide attention being showered on another little boy across the pond. >> britain's archie harrison mountbatten-windsor has made his global debut presented by his proud parents, prince harry and duchess meghan. abc's linsey davis was there. >> reporter: arm in arm, a giddy and beaming duke and duchess of sussex finally presenting archie harrison mountbatten-windsor. meghan glowing, calling the first days of motherhood magic. >> it's pretty amazing. i mean, i have the two best guys in the world. so i'm really happy. >> reporter: baby archie swaddled tightly in dad harry's arms. >> can we have a little peek? just can't quite see his face. >> reporter: giving the world a closer look, the new parents still say they're not sure who he takes after. >> we're still trying to figure that out. >> his looks are changing every single day, so who knows. >> reporter: just 2 days old,
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archie completely unaware of the history he's making, the seventh in line to the british throne, he's the first multi-racial baby born into the house of windsor. the son of the first american to marry a royal in almost a century. harry and meghan first releasing this black and white portrait of the new royal family. the palace then bringing that moment to life with this vibrant version. we've also learned meghan gave birth in a london hospital. no cameras staked outside or public family visits that for years have been part of royal tradition. the duke and duchess instead savoring private time with their son. >> he has the sweetest temperament. he's really calm. >> i don't know who he gets that from. >> reporter: with a wave the new family of three beginning their own chapter in royal history. the duke and duchess chose not to give their baby boy a royal title. at this time they want him to be known simply as archie, which means genuine and bold. linsey davis, abc news, windsor.
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>> our thanks to linsey there. >> genuine and bold. >> there's no shortage of symbolism when it comes to the british monarch. and i just think that the black and white photo, the bringing to vibrant color, seeing the queen there also with a black grandmother also in that photo, i think it just -- i was watching those images come out of london there, and i'm just amazed. >> i did really like that picture with great grandmother and grandmother standing there. it's an exciting moment, and it's very interesting to sit and watch as the duchess has decided to do things a little more privately. i think it's great that they're mixing things up. >> archie harrison mountbatten-windsor. i love archie. i do, i like it. i said i was going to steal this revelation. jack back there came up with
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harrison as in "harry's son." mountbatten, what about that one? i don't understand that one, though. >> explain that one, jack. >> that's the -- that has familial links. i believe his -- it would be great grandfather is mountbatten. >> okay. >> that's where that comes from. >> that's two things he knows, the bachelor, bachelorette, and the royals. more about baby archie coming up in "the skinny." stay with us. fans of "90210," brace yourselves, they're reuniting. but first, the painful freak accident suffered by a college track star involving a javelin that could have killed him. involving a javelin that could have killed him.
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oh, look at that, quick th oh, look at that, quick thinking by a central new york bus driver, she grabbed that student as he was about to step off the bus, just as a car went speeding by. thank goodness for her grabbing him. no one was hurt. >> not all heroes wear capes. we're hearing about an almost unbelievable freak accident in georgia that could have been deadly. >> it involved a college sprinter as he was running backward sprints. our own will ganss is here with
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the details. >> yeah, that's right. good morning, you two. good morning to all of you. it's almost every college athlete's worst nightmare. a freak accident ending in an injury. even still, elijah godwin is trying to keep his spirits up. >> right before surgery, i was able to talk to him. and he said that he was going to be okay. >> reporter: university of georgia track and field star elijah godwin impaled by a javelin during practice on tuesday. the freshman doing a backwards sprinting drill when he ran into the javelin, slicing through his back and piercing his lung, narrowly missing his heart. uga saying it was truly an accident, the javelin was stationary and stuck in the ground when godwin struck it. emts reportedly sawing off part of the javelin while it was still in godwin's back. later at the hospital doctors working to get the rest out of his chest. his mother rushing to his side. >> the javelin pierced his lung. and so they had to remove the javelin carefully. they took a camera in and carefully made sure that all organs were functioning
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properly. and the only organ that was really damaged was his lung. >> reporter: but now godwin is out of surgery, breathing on his own, and in stable condition. >> they're expecting a full recovery. >> reporter: his teammates already running to visit him. godwin can't wait to get back in the game. mom saying he hopes to be up and running with the team within the next few months. >> unfortunately he won't be able to run in the s.e.c. championships this weekend, or nationals. but next year we'll be back strong. >> stronger than ever, that's right. uga releasing a statement thanking their sports medicine staff, ems, and the athens regional medical center staff for their amazing work in facilitating elijah's recovery. an important shout-out to those heroes during this national nurse appreciation week. >> indeed, incredible story there. >> yeah, that was a good one. thanks, will. when we come back, the celebrity world reacts to the name archie. and "game of thrones" fans find more on-screen flubs. "the skinny" is next. brity world reacts to the name archie. and "game of thrones" fans find more on-screen flubs. "the skinny" is next.
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time now for "the skinny" starting with the worldwide reaction to the name for baby sussex. >> as you've probably heard, prince harry and duchess meghan have presented their baby boy to the world, archie harrison mountbatten-windsor. >> but not everyone is thrilled with the name archie, since everyone else's opinion matters. one twitter user posting this reaction saying, choose your generational reaction to archie. that of course being archie andrews or archie bunker. >> of course we already knew which side the show "riverdale" would fall on. but just to make sure. they tweeted this gif saying, proud to be archie. >> actor mark hamill tweeted out this photo joking that he met william and harry and told them they should name one of their babies after their favorite "star wars" actor who played luke. >> so mountbatten is from his maternal grandparents, apparently, that's what jack told us.
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>> that's what jack says. >> archie, people are all in an uproar about that. leave that baby alone, leave those folks alone. >> they're mad that no one bet on archie. who saw archie coming? >> right. >> right? >> it's funny. the same people who were upset about our little baby skit the other day. they always got something to say. guess what, i don't care. next to more onscreen errors on "game of thrones." >> it seems that now-infamous starbucks on the table in front of daenerys targaryen may have just been the tip of the iceberg with "thrones" fans calling out a growing number of flubs. >> it's getting so bad they're dubbing the show "game of goofs" and going over past seasons with a fine-tooth comb. one eagle-eyed fan is showing a scene from the pilot episode showing this extra strutting around in what appears to be a 21st century jacket there. >> then there's this shot, look closely from season 5. the fallen character here
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bloodied and wounded, bleeding against the tree, with -- what is that? a computer cord peeking out from under his leg. they didn't have computers back then, did they? >> i don't think so. so they're saying -- they're calling it, growing number of flubs. we don't know what that's like at all. >> no, no. we've never flubbed. >> we literally do not know what that's like. >> flub, you say? >> flub? back to present day, we're getting our first look at the upcoming reboot of "beverly hills 90210." >> the classic '90s show ran on fox from 1990 to 2000 and helped launch the careers of jason priestley, tori spelling, shannen doherty, and of course the late luke perry. >> we're getting a look at the reboot titled "bh 90210." the cast gathering for a script read-through under the soundtrack of lenny kravitz's "it ain't over till it's over." the show set to premier august 7th on fox. coming up, the routine animal rescue that changed two lives. >> how a trapped puppy has now filled a void in the life of a
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so we've heard of emotional support animals for stressed-out humans. but what do you get for stressed-out animals? >> a bunch of ukulele players. the resident dogs at this animal shelter in sacramento, califoiatetoom by the end of the session the dogs were almost silent. you see a couple of stories like this lately, music. it helps babies, pets, everybod >> i think they thought if they barked they would make it worse. >> just stop, just stop. >> stop playing, we'll be quiet, we promise. we're hearing a heartwarming story out of south carolina this morning involving a fire captain and the puppy he rescued twice. >> that fire captain is now
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hinting that it was divine intervention bringing them together. here's abc's david muir. >> reporter: that's captain paul bryant of the north charleston fire department trying to get to a trapped puppy buried under the rocks. >> you can do it, you can do it! >> reporter: he was responding to a rescue call after witnesses heard the puppy crying. >> there we go! >> reporter: one more gentle tug. >> there we go! how are you? >> reporter: the puppy a bit stunned at first, but you can see it as he shakes it off, suddenly wagging his tail, kissing that fire captain. >> thank you, oh yeah. >> reporter: checked out by a vet, then taken to the charleston animal society and put up for adoption. and when captain bryant learned no one had claimed him, he
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returned to save that puppy again. >> this is meant to be. he's my dog and he's coming home with me. >> reporter: he was then asked about a name. >> does he have a name? >> yeah, we're going to call him rocky. >> reporter: moments later -- >> and here he comes. right now. oh my goodness. >> reporter: immediately kissing that fire captain again and showing his love right in front of the camera. then fire captain paul and his puppy rocky on their way. rocky, one look back, and then he was off. >> that was a very sweet story. >> so the firefighter's family lost their dog apparently three years ago and they've been waiting for the right moment to get another. because you know sometimes you just can't replace a pet. >> right, a family member, essentially. >> yeah. they found rocky there, and i think it was divine
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making news in america this morning, paying tribute to a student hero who gave his life to protect his classmates. >> that was my son's nature. that was who he was. >> new details about the 18-year-old's heroic sacrifice the moment shots were fired inside his colorado classroom. what he previously told his dad about being a hero, and overnight the vigils for the victims. why students walked out in protest. also new this morning, an astounding stash. more than 1,000 weapons inside one home. >> we were surprised. you know, it's kind of scary. >> the disturbing discovery inside a california mansion and the man now in custody. >> patient's rights versus parents' rights. >> i think it's really important that people know that there are other options other than
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