we're back with that dramatic scene in the skies over the nation's capital. president trump along with poland's president and their wives watched as an f-35 fighter jet flew past the washington monument then slowed down as it went over the white house. the alarmingly loud flyover came as a surprise to many who went online to ask others what was going on. part of the surprise stems from the fact that washington is a no-fly zone. our former colleagues in washington said twitter, social media, was really going off. even people at the white house didn't know it was happening. >> so there you know now. the postal service has issued a new forever stamp honoring president george h.w. bush. >> the unveiling took place at

the bush presidential library in texas yesterday on what would have been the former -- the late president's 95th birthday. according to his grandson, bush 41 chose the photo himself before he died last year, saying it was one of his favorites. >> nice way to honor him there. history has just been made in the nba. >> the cleveland cavaliers have made lindsay gottlieb the first women's college coach to join the ranks of the nba as an assistant coach. brad mielke is working on this. >> it's not even just coaches. just in the last couple days, the new orleans pelicans have hired a former wnba star for their front office. women have been climbing up the ranks as scouts and consultants. but the question's always been, will we see more women on the sidelines of nba games? the answer is yes. for the last seven years, lindsay gottlieb has been head coach at cal berkeley. now she's taken a job as assistant with the cleveland cavaliers. this is the second woman in the

nba to get a full-time coaching gig. i talked to espn's sage steele who's covered the nba for years and asked her what are the teams seeing now that wasn't seen before? >> sometimes it just takes one. one team to do something unorthodox and the other people go, oh, wow, that is really good. of course the one, the first, was the san antonio spurs several years ago with becky hammond. here's the thing. basketball is basketball. and sometimes i think it's really helpful for other voices to be heard even if the message is the same. >> what's interesting here, she said this is not lip service from the players. fans at times have asked, can a woman coach in the men's league? she says players genuinely believe what she said, that basketball is basketball. she says the mutual respect is there throughout the league. we'll have a lot more on "start here" later this morning. listen on apple podcasts or your favorite podcasting app. >> looking forward to that, brad, thank you. a group of stingrays lived up to their name off the coast of california. >> as many as 15 people were stung by the fish along a beach in coronado. lifeguards say increased ocean

temperatures increase the number of rays in the area. hot water stations had to be set up to help victims shut down the venom, yikes. >> yeah, that woman there, you can see she was in pain there. officials say the stingrays lay partially buried in the sand while hunting, making it difficult to spot. >> sneak up on you. >> they really do. >> to avoid stepping on a stingray, shuffle your feet. do the q-fid shuffle. >> this shuffle? shuffle in the ocean like this? where the stingrays? coming up, exploring the bond between animal and the caretaker at the zoo. >> we're getting a behind the scenes look at the show that's revealing secrets of the zoo.

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bus. >> caretakers at the columbus zoo are stars of nat geo wild "secrets of the zoo" showing how much impact they're having on conservation efforts. abc's maggie rulli takes us on an exclusive look behind the scenes. >> reporter: here at the columbus zoo and the wild, conservation is one of the cornerstones of their operation. they're saving endangered species and helping animals in need. >> 10,000 animals -- >> reporter: those efforts highlighted in the nat geo wild show "secrets of the zoo" now in its second season. >> secrets are nothing more than compassion, hard work, and the love of what we do. >> reporter: that compassion was evident everywhere we went. from otters to manatees. while at manatee coast -- >> gosh, it's wonderful to meet you. >> reporter: a special visit. conservationist and tv personality jack hanna.

>> you do so much all over the world. yet this zoo is here in ohoes wh bauseeoe come here -- see, look at all these beautiful people. look at the children right now. >> look at their faces. >> you see why these people might never get to florida to see a manatee, might not get to africa to see a lion or elephant. >> reporter: it's a mission caretakers here take very seriously. >> heart rate 68 and climbing. >> reporter: this doctor is one of the zoo's veterinarians. she shows us some of the life-saving procedures they do every day. the blood drawn from lance the giraffe will be placed into the giraffe plasma bank and used to help other giraffes in need. what do you think is so special about the giraffe? >> i just love them. i think -- i mean, they're beautiful. they're charismatic. they're incredibly smart. >> how playful they are. >> right, that's what we want. >> they come up and say hi, like

okay, guys. >> that's what you want. >> welcome to the columbus zoo, everybody. >> reporter: these gentle giants are also vulnerable to extinction. >> what has the reaction been like to seeing you and the giraffes on the show? >> to me it has a very emotional impact. look how much they're doing. we love these individual animals. to think it has a bigger purpose to animals in other zoos, animals in the wild. >> reporter: we head to the wild, the zoo's conservation park in southeast ohio, where we go on a safari with dr. jan rammer. this vast landscape forms one of the largest conservation centers in north america. >> they're just -- they're just hilarious creatures. hi, sweet pea. >> reporter: here wildlife is able to graze and live freely and some of nature's giants even come up to say hello. >> say, how's it feel to be so famous now? are most of the animals here endangered or near being

endangered? >> endangered or critically endangered. we've got the range. >> reporter: as part of the association of zoos and aquariums species survival plan, they've brought animals back from the brink of extinction. >> animals born here in southeastern ohio are now wild in chad. and that's really what we're about. that is full circle. it actually brings a tear to my eye when i think about it. >> reporter: it's that care that's seen in every episode. and this season a pregnant cheetah undergoes a harrowing birth. >> oh -- yeah, it's not moving. >> reporter: dr. jan is there every step of the way. >> really, really, really want to see a live cub. >> it is moving, it is nursing. >> it's moving and nursing, yes, yes, yes, yes! >> what's the point of conservation? >> for most of us who work in the field of conservation, we really want to inspire people. we can really change the world by making one small behavior change. >> reporter: i'm maggie rulli in cumberland, ohio. >> our thanks to maggie there. i will say, let's state the obvious, there's a debate over zoos. >> yes. >> there are people who feel like people should free the animals.conservation efforts, y

the positive impacts that zoos can have, definitely. >> yeah. that was a nice story there, thanks to maggie. test test

time for "this happened." time for "this happened." we're going to start over the skies of california. was it a bird, was it a plane, was it an unidentified flying object? you be the judge. you see that light right there? >> whoa. >> cody kennedy was driving with friends in california when he posted something slithering through the sky. they have plenty of theories. was it a kite? was it some type of -- whatever? >> yeah. >> that was -- had lights on it? they don't know exactly what it was. was it the bottom of a flag that has something -- light shining -- i don't know. >> i don't know. >> but this has happened -- >> looks like a big old ufo to me.

>> yeah, but ufo, does that mean aliens for you? or just unidentified flying object? it doesn't necessarily mean aliens. >> well, i mean, i said ufo -- >> i said what i said! >> i said what i said. >> so that happened. >> they're here. so this happened. a boy at a game in ohio, cleveland indians game, fell over the railing. >> oh, no. >> yikes, huh? and then the nice umpire brought him out onto the field, you know. series of unfortunate things then something good happens. >> now kids are just going to go flipping over the rails now. >> be careful out there. stay classy, my friend. so this family, they're having their tenth baby. >> oh my goodness. >> tenth. it's a blended family. but they're having a baby. >> all right. >> gender reveal.

they use their pet alligator to help with it, take a look. that's a big boy there. and we're having -- wait for it -- wait for it -- after a few chops, it's a girl! >> okay. i'm so distracted. that alligator is a mini dinosaur. a pet? >> yeah. >> where are they keeping that, in the garage? >> well, he's -- >> in the pool? >> he's a wildlife trapper so they got the pet alligator named amos. >> what do you do with a pet alligator, take it for walks? >> cookies there. >> take it for walks? yeah you're right, he did walk away slumping, jack. >> you don't walk away slowly from an alligator. >> yeah, right. you've still got your pet alligator there, bud. >> so congrats to stacy and husband chad. >> a baby with a pet alligator? >> they've got 10 kids so there's so many, the other nine can help watch this one. >> my goodness. an excited pup. real happy to see her mom get home. looks like she's bouncing. >> hi hi hi hi hi!

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this morning on "world news now," one on one with president trump. >> in an exclusive interview with george stephanopoulos, the president admits he would not call the fbi if foreign governments offered dirt on political rivals and that's drawing a quick response from democrats. break in the case. police have arrested six people who they say were involved in the shooting ambush of david "big papi" ortiz. but this morning the investigation is far from over. seattle sizzles. the city marked its hottest day in two years with 95-degree weather. and it's impacting the roads. when they'll see relief from the heat. and breaking overnight. the st. louis blues beating the boston bruins. st. louis now celebrating their first stanley cup title ever. we have all the thrilling highlights on this thursday, june 13th.

good thursday morning. thank you for joining us. >> i think there's a big boston fan somewhere around here who might be a little upset about the bruins getting taken down? >> he said, "whatever." >> he's behind jack. he's in the blue. and he's the grump. >> mr. grump. yeah. >> congrats to them. >> congrats to st. louis, yes. the blues celebrating big. so we will get to all of that. we do begin this half hour with a stunning acknowledgement from president trump declaring that if a foreign government offered him dirt on a 2020 rival, he would take it. >> in an exclusive interview with abc news, the president said he may not even alert the fbi about the offer and he told our george stephanopoulos point blank his own fbi director is wrong for suggesting otherwise. >> your campaign this time around, if foreigners, if russia, if china, if someone

else offers you information on opponents, should they accept it or should they call the fbi? >> i think maybe you do both. i think you might want to listen. there's nothing wrong with listening. if somebody called from a country, norway, we have information on your opponent, oh, i think i'd want to hear it. >> you want that kind of interference in our elections? >> it's not interference. they have information. i think i'd take it. if i thought there was something wrong i'd go maybe to the fbi, if i thought there was something wrong. when somebody comes up with oppo research, right? they come up with oppo research. oh, let's call the fbi. the fbi doesn't have enough agents to take care of it. you go and talk honestly to congressmen, they all do it, they always have, that's the way it is. it's called oppo research. >> and the reaction has been swift from many democrats, joe biden saying president trump's once again welcoming foreign interference in our elections. >> you know who's not commenting? >> who is not commenting? >> the fbi. they are staying mum on this

one. we're not hearing from fbi director christopher wray or anyone over at the bureau. but again, as you mentioned, democrats are sounding off. those who are running to replace the president in the 2020 election, they have a lot to say. >> yes. >> and we are waiting for republicans to chime in. >> right, to see what they have to say about it. >> we've been asking them and not many comments coming in from republicans on this one as well. >> george will have much more from his interview later this morning on "good morning america." and a primetime special next week. two oil tankers have been targeted in an attack. one was said to be adrift and on fire. sailors have been evacuated off one ship. >> four other tankers were recently attacked in the region which increased tensions. oil prices jumped dramatically. they initially climbed to more than 4%. today's apparent attack comes as the prime minister of japan visits iran seeking to ease

tensions. we'll continue to stay on top of this breaking news story. the offduty los angeles sheriff's deputy who was shot at a fast food restaurant has died. >> joseph solano had been on life support since he was shot in the head on monday in what investigators say was an unprovoked and random attack. police arrested utah native rhett nelson in connection with the shooting. his family says he suffers from mental illness and is addicted to opiates. investigators say nelson is suspected in a string of other unsolved crimes. now to the david ortiz shooting where police in the dominican republic have arrested a half dozen suspects including the suspected gunman. >> authorities revealed the weapon they say was used in the ambush. police say a seventh suspect is still on the loose. abc's maggie rulli has details on the case and big papi's recovery. >> reporter: several suspects are now in custody in the shooting of david ortiz. in a dramatic move, the chief of

police holding up the gun he says was used to try to kill the former red sox star. authorities releasing this surveillance video showing two hyundais parked in front of each other. one man getting out of one of the cars, a motorcycle nearby. moments later that motorcycle seen with two men on it driving towards the bar. the gunman walking up to big papi, shooting him in the back. the shots sending clubgoers running from their seats. the suspected shooter identified as rolfy ferreyra cruz. authorities say the group was offered 400,000 pesos, less than $8,000, for a coordinated hit on the former red sox star. also in custody, eddie feliz garcia, charged as an accomplice to attempted murder. ortiz often traveled with little or no security, trusting his fans to protect him. ortiz is now back in boston and had a second surgery. his wife says he is awake, stable, and resting comfortably. she went on to say that she thanks his fans and the boston red sox for all of their support, but right now she's asking for privacy. janai and kenneth?

>> our thanks to maggie. some sad news to report from the family of "shark tank" investor barbara corcoran. she says her brother was found dead in a hotel room in the dominican republic while on vacation in april. 60-year-old john corcoran reportedly died of a heart attack. barbara says no autopsy has been done. >> at least six other americans have died in the dominican republic in the past year. authorities there insist the deaths are isolated incidents. they have hired crisis management specialists to deal with the bad publicity that's resulted from the deaths. the first defendant sentenced in the college admissions scandal is beginning his punishment but not behind bars. former stanford sailing coach john vandermoer will serve two years of supervised release, including six months of home detention. he'll also pay a $10,000 fine. vandermoer admitted to helping students get into stanford in exchange for money for his sailing program. the judge called vandermoer the least culpable of all those

charged in the scandal because he didn't take any of the bribe money for himself. actor cuba gooding jr. is set to surrender to police on a sexual assault charge. he has denied the allegation telling tmz he was at the location with friends but didn't touch anyone. in seattle, city transportation engineers say scorching temperatures are to blame for cracking and buckling a roadway. look at that. look at that how the road came up. they illustrated the height of the buckle by leaning a cellphone against it, saying it appears to be two cellphones high. seattle hit 95 degrees wednesday, the hottest day in two years. lucky for them some cooling is expected today. ford is recalling more than 1 million vehicles in the u.s. to fix rear suspension and transmission safety issues. most are ford explorer suvs from between 2011 and 2017. ford says the rear suspension

problem could diminish steering control. the company is also recalling just over 100,000 f-150 pickups from 2013 because unattended shifting could result in a loss of control. there have been no reported injuries because of the issues. so if you're in the market for a new home and you want one with a little bit of character, we found one that has a pretty interesting background. >> queen elizabeth once called this villa home. it's on the island of malta and despite being a little run down, the nearly 17,000 square foot property will cost you $6.7 million. >> but for that you do get six bedrooms, three bathrooms, a large living room, various guest and servant quarters. the maltese mansion served as the queen's home when prince philip was in the royal navy. it's the only place outside the uk that she has ever lived. maybe the queen should stretch her wings a little bit more. >> maybe she should. she lived there from 1949 to '51. what were you doing back then?

and if i bought this -- >> you know what the queen wasn't doing back then? wasn't doing any gardening. >> oh, overgrown. >> fair enough. >> that's a half century of just neglect. >> that's what that is, a half century of neglect. oh, the $6 million shanty. >> right. but i will say with all those rooms, if i bought this property, i would have a place for you here in the servant quarters. >> i was going to say, really, a room for me? >> in the servant quarters. >> you are so disrespectful. coming up later in "the mix," we're going inside a house for sale that has an alcatraz-themed basement. >> does the queen's house have that? plus why there are no apologies coming from the u.s. women's soccer team this morning over that record-setting smackdown. first the longest wait in nhl franchise history is finally over for the st. louis blues. nhl franchise history is finally over for the st. louis blues.

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victory since joining the league in 1967. >> oh, the wait is over. the blues have been waiting 52 years for their first stanley cup. >> and last night's game itself was definitely one for the books. joining us now is our goalkeeper, our forward, our halfback, our fullback, will ganss. >> halfback and fullback might not be hockey terms. >> he looked it up. >> pretty sure, pretty sure. back in january the blues were dead last in the nhl, 31st of 31 teams. this morning they're on their way back to st. louis with the stanley cup. an nhl finals that has divided just about everyone. bruins and blues. boston and st. louis. even jim and pam from the office. michael scott himself, steve carell taking sides. the stakes couldn't be higher. bruins captain zdeno chara returning to the ice with a possible broken jaw after being hit with a puck in game four. the blues up early 2-0 after the first period. speaking of blues, charles barkley providing commentary in a blue dress shirt over a blue

polo in between periods. strangely no one putting him in the penalty box for that. also wearing blue, laila anderson, a young st. louis fan fighting hlh disease. the blues surprising her with tickets. >> i'm going to boston! >> reporter: their good luck charm in the stands, the blues going on to win game seven 4-1 over the bruins, taking home their first stanley cup in franchise history, 52 years in the making. that blues victory ends the longest wait in nhl history for a team to win its first championship. laila anderson, the girl we just introduced you to, that superfan, take a look at the moment she got her own well-deserved celebration with the stanley cup. >> oh, how amazing for her. >> she's their good luck charm. >> yeah. >> it's a great night to be a stanley cup -- a blues fan, and laila gets to do it all. >> so that stanley cup is about to make the rounds. >> oh, yeah. >> people are going to be

drinking out of it. it's going back to st. louis so they're going to be eating ribs out of it. barbecue sauce, dip that in there. >> when dallas won back when i was younger, it was in a swimming pool at one point. >> oh my gosh. those things get around. our thanks to will. you won't hear any apologies from the u.s. women's soccer team about its 13-0 world cup thrashing of thailand. >> the u.s. has taken some criticism over the record-setting beat-down, both for the margin and for the celebration on some later goals. forward alex morgan, who tied a world cup record with five goals, said it would have been a bad look to hold back. >> i think it's disrespectful if we don't show up and give our best and play our game for 90 minutes. it's disrespectful to the thai team. and for the celebrations, these are goals that we have dreamt of our entire life. i'm going to celebrate. this is their first world cup and i'm so proud of them. >> i know that. the u.s. plays its second group

match at sunday noon eastern against chile. a win guarantees the americans a spot in the knockout round. >> who are they playing? >> chile. >> one more time? >> chile. >> okay, cultured. coming up next half hour, what delta airlines did for one group of fifth graders after their own airline apparently dropped the ball. >> are they going to argentina? >> done. first on a more serious note, 25 years to the day after the bodies of nicole brown simpson and her friend ron goldman were found, what the goldman family is doing now to channel their grief. goldman were found, what the goldman family is doing now to channel their grief. i come face-to-face with a lot of behinds. so i know there's a big need for new gas-x maximum strength. it relieves pressure,

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this week marks 25 years since the murders of nicole brown simpson and her friend ron goldman triggering the now-infamous trial and acquittal of o.j. simpson. >> now goldman's sister is going over some old ground with a fresh clarity and asking some new questions.

she talked with abc's juju chang. >> reporter: 25 years after her brother ron's murder, a sister's quest for answers. >> i learned very quickly that the truth doesn't really need to show up in a courtroom. honor doesn't really have to take place in a courtroom. because it didn't give us what we deserved. >> reporter: in a new podcast, "confronting o.j. simpson," kim comes face to face with one of the jurors who rendered that controversial verdict. >> let me say this, that deliberation was already set long before they started asking about this evidence. what it was is they wanted to cover up the fact that you'd already come to a decision. >> reporter: kim says the juror admitted to her that after nearly two months of testimony, they reached a surprisingly speedy verdict. what was your reaction as he's saying this to you? >> oh, i was mad. i was trying to keep my composure but i was mad and i basically said, you didn't do your job. we didn't think so and you just proved my point that you didn't do your job. >> we're a family that wanted justice, simple as that. wanted the person that violently, viciously butchered

two people held accountable. >> reporter: today marks the anniversary of the day that ron was brutally stabbed more than 20 times alongside nicole brown simpson. >> where are you 25 years later in grieving your son? >> i think for me it's every day for 25 years has been a day without ron there. to not be able to see him growing and fulfilling his dreams. ron would be 50 now. i can't even fathom that that makes sense to me. >> reporter: kim says she usually spends this day privately visiting ron's grave but this year is different. >> i feel this is my time, i'm revisiting conversations, revisiting relationships, facing fears and facing some truths. >> reporter: simpson told the associated press, we don't need to go back and relive the worst day of our lives, the subject of

the moment is a subject i will never revisit again. my family and i have moved on to what we call the no negative zone. we focus on the positives. o.j. simpson to this day maintains his innocence. >> does he, though? does he really say, i didn't do it? i mean, does he? i don't think i've ever heard him come out and say, i didn't do it. >> reporter: today kim says she likes to keep the focus on honoring her brother's legacy by fighting for victims' rights. >> we want to make sure that this story shifts back to ron and nicole. because we're not the only victims across the country. there's people that are victimized and traumatized on a daily basis, on an hourly basis. that's where the focus needs to be always. so that's why we choose to talk about it. >> our thanks to juju chang there. that is an important note, that so much of this becomes about o.j. and not about those victims. ron goldman was 25 years old. now 25 years since he was killed. >> o.j. says they're ready to move on, but those families, they are going back and they're

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if you're making that much renting out the basement, not too bad. >> so they're paying someone to give them that prison life. >> yep. guess so. >> and whatever other type of fetish stuff is happening down there. >> i know, right? >> y'all freaks. what's going on down there in that prison basement? that's -- that's interesting. >> it is. would you stay there? >> i would not stay there. >> no, me either. i'm not paying money to stay there. >> not at all. so, you know, mowing the lawn can be a labor of love for many. but it can be labor. >> labor. >> and for this guy right here, if you had this lawnmower -- >> whoa! >> get the job done pretty fast. 0 to 100 miles per hour, that is a prototype honda lawnmower traveling at 6.29 seconds in 0 to 100 miles per hour. breaking a guinness world record in germany. >> if you use that do you leave skid marks through the lawn?

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this morning on "world news now," a murder plot surrounding david "big papi" ortiz. police say a group of people planned to kill him for $8,000. see who's now behind bars. an abc news exclusive. our george stephanopoulos spending 48 hours with president trump, opening up on what he would do if foreigners offered dirt on his political opponents. and new this half hour, a historic hire in the nba. >> the cleveland cavs have hired a college women's head coach to >>boinruthe 10y the willis tower in chicago shocked when the glass beneath their feet appeared to crack. it's thursday, june 13th.

good thursday morning. thank you for joining us on this friday eve. >> i would think that if i even heard -- i wouldn't be out there in the first place. >> are you afraid of heights? >> kind of, sort of, not really, i don't know. >> sounds like you are. >> but if i even heard like a little bit of a crack, i literally would -- >> aahhh! >> exactly that noise right there. >> we will get to that story later this half hour. we do begin with the attack on former boston red sox slugger david ortiz. police say they've caught the man who shot him. the news comes as big papi recovers from sunday's shooting. his wife says he'll stay in intensive care the next few days. six people are under arrest in what police call an ambush with another suspect on the loose. abc's tom llamas is in boston. >> reporter: in a dramatic move, the chief of police in the dominican republic holding up the gun he says was used to try and kill david ortiz, announcing they arrested the alleged hitman who pulled the trigger, along with others.

releasing this surveillance video showing what he describes as a coordinated effort to kill. in that video you can see two hyundais parked in front of each other. one man getting out of one of the cars. a motorcycle nearby. that motorcycle, the alleged getaway vehicle. shown moments later with two men on it driving down the street moments before the ambush. police say the suspects stalked ortiz while he was out at a nightclub in santo domingo on sunday night. the gunman wearing a baseball cap walking up to big papi, shooting him in the back. the sound of gunfire sending clubgoers running from their seats. police announcing that alleged gunman is rolfy ferreyra cruz, under arrest along with five other men in custody for the attempted murder of ortiz. police say they are still looking for at least one more suspect and that the bounty to kill the baseball great was less than $8,000. ortiz's wife says the former slugger was able to sit up and take some steps but will remain

in icu over the coming days. police gave us so much information yet they will not reveal a motive in this case. they told us the suspects, how much they were allegedly paid, and they told us about the alleged plot. we have the who, we don't have the why yet. there are several rumors circling around the dominican republic. for now they remain rumors. tom llamas, abc news. >> our thanks to tom there. police in oregon are asking for the public's help in locating a mother and daughter they say are on the run. >> christina dixon and her daughter kylie haven't been seen for nearly a week. the 13-year-old is battling cancer. she was ordered into state custody last friday when she missed a scheduled surgery. officials say that followed some sort of dispute over treatment because christina dixon would prefer her daughter was treated by natural methods. police have been searching a pond in connecticut for possible clues in the disappearance of a mother who's been missing for nearly three weeks. yesterday trying to locate anything related to the disappearance of jennifer dulos. her estranged husband fotis

dulos was out for a jog yesterday wearing an electronic monitor device. he's out of jail after posting bond. dulos faces evidence tampering and other charges. donald trump jr. says there was nothing to change about his testimony as he wrapped up a second appearance before the senate intelligence committee. he took a swipe at his father's former attorney, michael cohen, who had contradicted his testimony. after the mueller report lawmakers reportedly wanted don jr. to clarify statements related to his 2016 meeting with a russian lawyer and a proposed real estate project in moscow. president trump is defending his son's decision to hold the trump tower meeting that promised dirt on hillary clinton. the president granted abc news extraordinary access for two days from air force one to the oval office. in an exclusive interview he told george stephanopoulos, if a foreign power offered him damaging information on a political opponent, he thinks he would take it. he suggested his son did what anyone would have done and wasn't obligated to alert the

fbi. >> should he have gone to the fbi when he got that email? >> okay, let's put yourself in a position. you're a congressman. somebody comes up and says, hey, i have information on your opponent. you call the fbi? >> if it's coming from russia you do. >> i've seen a lot of things over in my life, i don't think in my whole life i've called the fbi in my whole life. you don't call the fbi. you throw somebody out of your office, you do whatever -- >> we'll have much more on this exclusive interview with the president in the next half hour, and later this morning on "good morning america." the house judiciary committee has voted unanimously to extend the 9/11 compensation fund after that emotional appeal from jon stewart that we told you about yesterday. the fund is nearly depleted but the legislation calls for it to be funded for another 70 years and it would make it easier for ailing first responders to file claims. the bill connell is being urged to bring it to the senate for thursday was a day of

tearful tributes marking the third anniversary of the pulse nightclub attack in orlando. a vigil in memory of the 49 people killed by an isis-inspired gunman was held last night. earlier a quilt with the victims' pictures was unfurled during a church service. their names were read out as church bells tolled for each one. a permanent memorial is scheduled to open at the site of the gay nightclub attack in three years. the first sentence has been handed down in the college admissions scandal. it went to the former sailing coach at stanford university. >> he avoided jail time and is starting months of home detention. prosecutors asked for 13 months in jail. abc's whit johnson explains why the judge went with the lesser sentence. >> reporter: no prison time for the former stanford university head sailing coach. instead a judge sentencing john vandermoer to one day time served and two years supervised release as part of that college admissions scandal. >> this mistake impacted the people i love and admire most.

>> reporter: vandermoer pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit racketeering. in one case prosecutors say he created a fake sailing profile for chinese student yusi xao after receiving a $500,000 bribe from the scheme's accused mastermind rick singer. >> mid-september i'm going to stanford. >> reporter: her family allegedly paying $6.5 million to singer but never charged. arguing they were tricked into believing the money was going to charity. xao no longer attends stanford. what makes mr. vandermoer's case unique compared to the other defendants? >> he didn't pocket any of the money, it went all to the university. >> reporter: stanford says it plans to donate that money. felicity huffman, who also pleaded guilty, will be sentenced in september. lori loughlin and her husband fighting back, both pleading not guilty. the judge pointed out the stanford coach is the least culpable of all the other defendants. with her guilty plea, prosecutors are recommending four months in prison for felicity huffman. lori loughlin and her husband could face years behind bars if convicted.

whit johnson, abc news, boston. now to the nba finals and kevin durant's injury is confirmed by the man himself. >> the golden state star wrote on instagram that he has a ruptured right achilles tendon. he called yesterday's surgery a success. durant also said he knows his warriors teammates can get the win in game six. the two-time defending champs are back home in oakland hoping to hold off toronto and force a game seven. the raptors say they're thrilled to have another shot at winning their first title. game six is tonight at 9:00 eastern. watch it right here on abc. the team golden state beat in the last two finals has made nba history. >> cleveland has hired cal berkeley's lindsay gottlieb as on for four years and will be the third female assistant in league history. >> making history there. >> yes, we love news like that.

>> yeah, we really do. and got to see more of them. >> we do, we do. until it's no longer news. >> exactly. >> it's just everyday occurrence. good to her and good luck. coming up, why you can't afford not to take your cruise right now. first, the tesla that apparently truly was on autopilot during rush hour in l.a. traffic. later in "the skinny," "baby shark." it's coming to a city near you, do do do. you're watching "world news now." you're watching "world news now."

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any airline inea. >> dtepped in when another airline apparently canceled a flight and left a group of fifth graders stranded at the airporta >> reporter: new meaning for the term "friendly skies." these oklahoma fifth graders were so excited for their class trip to visit virginia and the nation's capital. but then they were stranded at the airport when their flight on american airlines was canceled because of dangerous storms in the region. >> i basically told them that that wasn't an option. these kids had been preparing for a year to be able to go to the east coast. >> reporter: that's when two delta agents came to the rescue, contacting their headquarters, who managed to find a spare plane to fly the group of 41 students and chaperones directly to virginia, essentially a private flight. >> nobody else was on there except us. and the kids were absolutely amazed. >> reporter: as planned, they got to see all the sights. thanks to some help that came out of the clear blue sky. >> thank you, delta! >> reporter: american airlines did apologize for the cancelation, which they say was

weather related and out of their control. a delta spokesperson tells us that this story is a testament to the culture and heart of delta people. linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> our thanks to linsey. caribbean cruise companies are scrambling to recover and reorganize since the trump administration's new crackdown banning ships from docking in cuba. >> the upside is that some great deals are available if you're willing to be flexible. norwegian has dropped some prices for three and four-day cruises to the bahamas to less than $60 a day. carnival and other lines are also offering reduced fares and amenities like onboard credits and free open bar. and i actually want to share a surprise right now at this moment. janai? i got you one of those cruises! right there. >> i am so sorry that you wasted your money. >> oh. you don't want my -- >> there's not enough money, you can't melt and pour me onto a cruise r >> can't melt and pour me? >> no.

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president liked a tweet about rihanna maintaining her work/life balance. ♪ oh oh >> rihanna is quoted as saying, you need to make time for yourself because your mental health depends on it. the tweet says something like, we stand, work/life balance, queen. the president said, i like it, i stand for the queen too. >> this makes sense, the two are a lot alike. >> rihanna and the president? >> yeah, they both will come at someone who comes at them real quick. >> real quick. >> there are obviously differences. one is the president of the united states, the other is the queen of barbados. >> exactly. >> you've been to rihanna way. >> i have -- you know what, i didn't go. >> her husband went the night before you got married. >> yep. >> and took a bunch of pictures. i know because i was there.

>> you were with the guys? >> i didn't go with them. i did later on. should we be having this conversation now? next to the epic cast reunion worthy of the world of wizardry. >> harry potter's tom felton, rupert grant, and evanna lynch reunited at university studios orlando. >> they were young teens when the series of movies debuted in 2001. >> universal is a quick nine-mile drive from walt disney. owned by our parent company and operated by disney. because we shady. next, a tour of a house for sale in beverly hills by the hollywood a-lister who lives there. >> john stamos is showing off bungalow, on the market for $5.8 million for "architectural digest" along with the help of his 14-month-old son billy and wife kaitlin. >> this is the first house that i really feel that it just -- it just -- it's me. it's an adult version of me.

i wanted a house that i could put my feet up on, have people over. i mean, this couch has been here 13 years. don't ask any questions. but everything is just, you know, sturdy and funky and cool. like me. >> yep, uncle jesse showed off some of his hollywood memorabilia, including a giant "d" from a disneyland sign. >> which is so cool. in case you forgot, disney is the parent company of abc news. thank you very much. and we have an update to that throwdown challenge by justin bieber to tom cruise. >> on sunday the singer bizarrely tweeted that he wants to challenge cruise to a fight in the octagon and that if cruise didn't take the fight he's, quote, scared and will never live it down. >> now in an interview yesterday with tmz, bieber was asked about that challenge. he reportedly said, i was just playing, i was just playing, y'all. i think we would probably -- i think he would probably whoop my bleep. i have to get in some good shape. yeah. >> he's scared. have you not seen cruise running on those "mission impossible" movies? >> yeah. >> bieber, you would have gone down. biebs, i think you're scared.

we want to challenge you to a fight, bieber, how about that. >> not in it.

♪ walking on broken glass nobody likes the idea of walking on broken glass. when that glass is the only thing between you and certain death. >> and it was enough to scare thrill seekers away from one of chicago's most popular attractions. here now our own thrill seeker, will ganss. >> whoa, whoa, whoa! >> be careful! >> yeah, yeah, you guys. for thrill seekers around the world, there's plenty of chances to get that adrenaline rush at some insanely high heights. and normally that rush is exactly how you planned it. normally. there's the skywalk in new zealand. dinner in the sky in belgium.pi canada. the insanity ride in las vegas. it's all fun and games for adrenaline junkies until it isn't. at the willis tower skydeck in

chicago thrill seekers got an extra thrill on monday when this happened. 103 stories above the city, the floor of the ledge attraction splintering into thousands of cracks. thankfully it was only the protective layer above the actual glass floor. a spokesperson for the attraction saying no one was ever in danger, that protective layer doing exactly what it was designed to. if this seems like a "fear factor" rerun, something similar happened in 2014. no one in any real danger when the protective layer cracked back then either. the most spooked anyone has been at an attraction like this? >> whoa, whoa! >> might just be these tourists on a glass bridge in china, getting pranked with computerized cracking glass. no one hurt then either except for maybe their pride. >> it's so mean. >> i know, i would not live to tell that tale. >> no. >> the coating on the ledge of the skydeck in chicago has

already been replaced and the attraction is back open for business. >> good. >> would y'all do it? >> no. but we some are thrill seekers, right? >> uh-huh. >> at least some of us. >> some of us are. i would never do it. my friend corey is watching, he's in chicago, he would go to it. >> we saw it in the piece there, the insanity ride in las vegas at the top of the stratosphere. >> you've done it? >> yeah, over vegas, yeah. i was sitting there just asking myself, why am i here? why am i here? why am i here? but i did it once and i will never do it again. >> okay, so for me back in 2006 i was down under in australia. i decided to do something very foolish in my 20s. and bungee jump. >> no, that's you? >> that is me. just flying through the air. >> oh, looking fit as ever. >> you know what, you know, my 20s. >> you know. >> look, honey. >> thrill seeker there. >> give me a beach and a drink and i'm good to go, you guys can save your bungee jumping, all your scary roller coasters. r coasters.

pretty sure they' making news in america this morning. the abc news exclusive. president trump igniting new controversy, saying he would listen if a foreign government offered him dirt on one of his 2020 rivals. >> i think you might want to listen. there's nothing wrong with listening. >> this morning reaction from democrats and republicans overnight. and you'll hear why the president said his own fbi director is wrong. breaking overnight, a possible link between a suspect and that ambush on david ortiz and a shooting in pennsylvania, as we learn how much money the suspects were allegedly paid to kill the baseball superstar. this morning, the one big mystery that remains on the case. happening right now, a mother and daughter on the run. the mother fighting a court orde