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the driver and passengers were white? i don't think it would have. >> reporter: the family says they are relieved that the officer is being held accountable. >> we are here in solidarity, my family and i, to support that decision. >> reporter: he is expected to turn himself in and scheduled to face a judge on friday. kendis, diane? >> thank you. operators of major international website that advertises escort services escape pimping charges. the judge tossed them out against backpage.com saying they are protected from third party postings. after a three-year investigation, prosecutors insist the site generates millions of dollars from the illegal sex trade and exploiting vulnerable victims. police searching for the man seen this this surveillance video running with a gun in his hand. they say in moments prior, he fired the gun near a school bus
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grabbed students stepping off the bus, locked the door, and called 911. the gunman was not aiming at the bus, but a nearby home. as millions get set to hit the road for thanksgiving, good news about kids' booster seats. tests performed by the insurance industry showed seats are safer. of the 53 boosters tested, 48 received the highest rating. the seats started being tested eight years ago, only a quarter of them earned tha researchers say kids in boosters are 45% less likely to be injured in a crash than those using just seat belts. >> perhaps a seat would look great in the back of the hot, and we mean hot car. it's the sedan from lexus. >> it's sriracha red, featuring the logo, and sauce in the
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angeles auto show, but it's not for sale. sorry. >> imagine if you have that car and hot sauce in the bag, swag. all right. so at the l.a. show, storm troopers helping unveil the rogue 1 edition of the nissan rogue suv, only building 5,000 of them, in black or white, each numbered with a special emblem, and buyers get a replica death trooper helmet debuting in the upcoming "star wars" movie. >> what do you want more? the sriacha car? >> you just want the hot sauce. >> it's in the bag. >> the beyonce pun. >> yes. coming up, what we never knew about patrick dempsey, killed from grey's to a brief split with his wife.
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dakota. a federal judge will not decide until next year whether to finish the project, setting the stage for protests at the pipeline site. ohio now, stunning trial of a lawyer found guilty of hypnotizing clients to molest them. >> the women have no memory of what happened, but he now faces more than a decade in prison. here's abc with more. >> reporter: ohio lawyer turn defendant. 59-year-old divorce attorney sentenced to 12 years in prison for hypnotizing six female clients without their consent or knowledge, and then molesting them. >> he used my trust in his position as my attorney. >> reporter: according to legal documents noticed after her
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the split with his wife of 17 years and talk of divorce. they are back together now. >> stop it. >> reporter: with a new movie, and enough tabloid headlines to get urn anyone's skin. >> it was remarkable, and without that success, i wouldn't be here today talking to you. >> reporter: are you happy with how it ended? >> you know, i think everybody was surprised how abrupt it was. >> reporter: he says things are good at home again with his wife and three kids. it's a lot of work. you can't get tardy and not work on it. good to go in, okay, what's the issue here, what's yours, how do we work on it? >> you're looking to have another baby? >> see, this is the funny thing, right, this is the funny thing when you get into these magazines, and they put these quotes out, and then it's picked up online, and then all the sudden, you're having another baby. >> so what you're saying you're having two more? >> we're very triplets.
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more babies. as for his career, that ride has taken a new path, and he says he's ready. you got that rom-com down, and do you want to shave your head and be a serial killer now? >> oh, absolutely. i'm trying to be careful. >> where do you stand on mcdreamy? tired of it? >> i don't think i can be tired of it. it will be there the rest of my life. i have to accept it. the question is, can i be known anything other than that later in life? th t >> at least there's juggling to fall on. >> yes, he does. >> almost ran to join the circus. >> that's cool. there yeah. >> they are having quadruplets. >> the breaking baby news. >> cool to see him after a tough year for character and real life. >> touching moments. >> yes.
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a support. stories that just simply happen. >> we start with the heart warming scene, although it might make dog owners nervous out there. check this out. a polar bear just very carefully petting so you'd expect for things to have gotten a little bit ugly between the two, but, no. they just hung out. >> looks like he's so careful with him too, so gentle. got to love that. >> the dog's, like, there's an itch. >> let's go for a walk. >> it was in canada, this scene. australia, a rebel cow did not want to follow the herd. >> the cow was set to board an
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rather go overboard than leave australia, a member of the crew filmed from the jet ski. the cow eventually made it to land, but get this, from there, it ran off and e evaded capture for 24 hours. >> what happened to the cow once they captured it? free forever? living happily on a about now. >> all right. moving on then. next, have you wondered what to do with the extra pennies in the house? well, a portland woman has a good idea. >> using more than 13,000 coins to renovate an old floor in her house. and she used three $50 bags of pennies with ten bottles of glue, wood filler grout, and apoxy.
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by the way, for those who are impressed, you should be, the project took months to finish, but as you can see, worth every penny. >> oh oh! >> get it? >> yes! >> worth every penny! >> nailed it. >> who's penny? >> last, but not least, there's a quick, quick, a dog from the netherlands, who wanted to get a bone. at the bottom of the water >> oh, man. do just one problem. >> it's painted. >> the bone, not the real thing. >> oh, man, so confused. >> adorable pup -- >> oh, he looked confused. >> can you blame him? >> at first, really looks like there's a bone in the bowl, but, no, sorry, quick. >> oh, man. >> wonder if he figured it out yet? >> quick is not that quick. >> apparently no. not when it comes to quick thinking. >> oh, how frustrating is that. >> sorry, quick, i hope you're
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this morning on "world news now," big decisions ahead for the presidential transition team. >> president-elect trump met with the country's most prominent politicians with another full schedule today. who's being considered for the country's biggest jobs and why. breaking news, a gas explosion in the midwest kill at least one person. vi of the deadly blast. bystanders rushed to the hospital. we'll give you the very latest coming up. deepening mystery behind the death of a young man from connecticut found dead in the shallow grave in new jersey. see what police found inside a luxury manhattan apartment building that led them to a potential suspect. crying foul, kate upton is at odds with major league baseball firing off an x-rated tweet after her star pitcher
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award. could this usher in a change to the voting system? what's this video that we're talking about -- we're talking about baseball. >> the video is about baseball. >> yes. >> man. it's november 17th. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> ensuring everyone's awake. >> wow. >> we'll have more on that baseball story. >> yeah. just imagine if we talk about carl's jr. what the video would be. wow. insane. >> well, we begin this half hour with president-elect donald trump denying reports that his transition is in disarray. >> so trump is meeting today with henry kissinger, possibly seeks advice from the 93-year-old former secretary of state and heading to trump tower today, haley, the name floated
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the state department. trump is expected to sit down with japanese prime minister shinzo abe marking the first meeting with a world leader as president-elect. >> reporter: all eyes on this man, president-elect's son-in-law. abc news confirming trump's transition team requested national security clearance. >> it's appropriate whoever gets the daily briefing to security. it is not just appropriate, but necessary. >> reporter: he became a close adviser during the campaign, and he's now a key member of the transition team. seen here touring the white house on thursday. the revelation comes as the president-elect and his team are shooting down reports that the transition process is in turmoil. among those out, governor chris christie, a one-time trump adviser who sources say fell out of favor with the
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though chris christie and they work together for month, he prosecutes hi father, sending him to prison, and mike rogers connected to christie who worked on the team -- >> there is confusion going on about a chain of command coming out of new york. hopefully they'll get that settled pretty soon. i think they need to do it because there's this clock ticking, all the decisions become more important. >> reporter: and elliot cohen who worked for condoleezza rice at the sta d had contact with trump's transition team, originally a never-trumper, came around to possibly working with the team, but that changed quickly, writing about the experience in the "washington post," a a bad boss can be endured, a gaggle of them poison all decision-making. trump allies admit it's not going as smoothly as trump describes. >> beginning of any transition like this has turmoil because it's the nature of the process,
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>> reporter: the trump transition team dealing with controversy surrounding the hiring of steve bannon who published headlines like, hoist it high and proud: the confederate flag proclaims a glorious heritage. >> great to see you guys today. >> news, new york. >> mitch mcconnell ignoring questions on bannon, but house democrats sent a letter to trump asking him to resend bannon's apointment. the letter with 169 signatures say hiring him undermines trump's ability to reunite the country. hillary clinton urges supporters to continue working to make the country stronger.
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washington. she acknowledged coming to the event was not easy to do, but everyone should stay engaged on every level. >> the divisions laid there by the selection run deep, but, please, listen to me when i say this. america is worth it. our children are worth it. believe in our country. fight for our values. never, ever give up. clinton's old boss, founder of the organization, called her the people's president, to clinton's lead in the popular vote now more than a million votes. skblmplgts students hold more anti-trump protests around the country. high schoolers in washington, d.c. or areas voubding it walked out of class for the third straight day to march the streets, and rallies held at dozen of campuses across the country, calling on school administrators to protect students against any immigration action trump could take. breaking news from illinois where a gas explosion left one dead.
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square in the small town of canton. 11 people taken to the hospital and expected to survive. the person who died was a utility worker called to the area about a gas week. a two block radius was evacuated, and engineers are going building to building to try to investigate this structural damage there. and another explosion near indiana. the home blown off its foundation. at least one person killed. debris, as you can see there, scattered throughout the area spots. neighbors say the powerful blast made their homes shake. a gas leak is also suspected in this case. smoke from dozens of wildfires causing major problems with the air quality in seven cities. in charlotte, a haze over the city where there's a code red warnings prompting residents to stay inside. in kentucky, smoke is blamed for one death. a man died on mountain parkway where smoke decreased
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14 others injured in a series of wrecks. in atlanta, smoke improved, but smoke returns today as smoke shifts. urgent aide arrived in mozul in iraq, which is war-torn. for the first time in two years, u.n. officials have been able to deliver about 30 days worth of emergency supplies to 15,000 children and their families. the nearly month-long battle to reclai destroyed the city leaving more than a million people trapped with no way out. this is a scene in the dominican republic, too much rain creates flooding, mud slides washing away roads cutting off communities. around 20,000 people evacuated from their homes mostly along the country's north coast, and the forecast is not helping. rain will continue there through tomorrow. we're now learning chilling
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police believe the attack was premeditated and the gunman waited in a parking garage for four hours before opening fire. abc's lauren lyster with more. >> reporter: operations getting back to normal after tuesday's deadly shooting that grounded planes and had travelers sheltering in place. >> ground stopped the airport. they've got some situation going on here. >> reporter: 1:00 p.m., shots fired. >> shot on the sidewalk. into lockdown. passengers stranded on planes for hours. police in tactical gear search for the shooter going car to car for nearly three hours, and then -- >> suspect was located, deceased, with an apparent gunshot wound to the head. >> reporter: the suspected gunman identified as lloyd dean, buie, a former southwest agent who work at the airport. he showed signs of being under the influence of alcohol at work
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asking him to be tested, instead, he resigned. >> it is possible that the suspect acted in retaliation against the circumstances leading up to his resignation. we know his sbeintentions were go to the airport and hurt someone. >> reporter: that victim? southwest airlines employee michael winchester, the 52-year-old's son, james, a football player with the chiefs. >> he's with the family, where he needs to be, and when h lots of prayers, everything out to he and his family. >> reporter: the victim was not the suspect's supervisor and don't know if he was the gunman's intended target. kendis, diane? >> thanks to lauren there in los angeles. baseball's awards parade continues with honors for the best pitchers. scherzer easily winning the national league cy young award, well earned there, sixth pitcher to win in both leagues, and
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most wins with 22, but there's controversy because he didn't get the most first place votes from baseball writers. >> that's right. first place votes went to justin verlander of the tigers, and his fiance, kate upton, thought he was robbed, and as she does, launched a flurry of tweets to express anger, and saying, bluntly, you didn't win. >> and then there was this, upto baseball, i thought i was the only person allowed to blank justin verlander. >> she feels strongly about this. porcello won the votes, but it was not enough votes to cancel out the number of wins that he had. >> okay. >> confusing.
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justin verlander. >> robbed again. >> but won in 2011 unanimously, though. >> one thing to point out, so "sports illustrated," guess who had the more covers out of verlander, porcello, and -- >> upton. >> had the most covers out of all three of them. >> it is all about baseball. >> four covers, verlander three, porcello, zero. after plunking down thousands for a brand new home, imagine having nothing but problems after that. abc investigation coming up a little later. >> break out the eggnog, the christmas sweaters are back, and this time, with their own store. hallelujah. >> we promise to share our own ugly holiday outfits with you on instagram. you're watching "world news
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the faa is investigating after a hot air balloon made a hard landing in philadelphia. the basket hit the ground before being dragged across the grass and lifted briefly again into the air before finally crashing to a halt on its side. no one was injured. the pilot insisted it was a perfect landing. >> further east, new developments in the murder mystery spanning three states. >> a young man from connecticut last seen with friends in an upscale manhattan apartment
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we havlatestrened violence in aleppo. >> new this half hour, tornado danger in an unusual location. >> check out this monster twister tearing through farmland sending residents underground forhelter. >> vin scully de calls over his career, but he w top by one ll from the white house. that's in the skin on this thursday, november 17th. from abc news, this is
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>> vin scully, we'll tell you about that. a lot of people got a call from the white house they're excited about. speaking of the white house, hillary clinton spent the last year and a half trng to get there, and one week after learning she did not win, she made her fst public remarks since her concession speech. >> clion was honored in washington, d.c. last night for contributions to child advocacy and acknowledged the pain of the election defeat, but urged supporters to figing fo whathey believe in. >> reporter: overnight, hillary clinton opening up about her election loss. >> i will admit coming he tonight wasn't the easiest thing for me. there have been a few times this past week whenll wteto do was just to curl up wh a ?= good book or our ds and never leave the use ain. >> reporter: speaking at a gala for the children's defense fund
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never give up. >> i ask you to st engaged, stay engaged on every level. we need you. america needs you. that's how we get through this. >> reporter: the crowd cheering. clinton choked up as she reflected on her accomplishments and what she wish she could tell her late mother now. >> i dream of going up to her and si taking her in my arms saying, look, look at me and listen, and as hard as it might be to imagine, your daughter will grow up to be a united states nator, represe our country as secretary of state, and win more than 62 million votes for president of the united states. >> reporter: over the past week, clinton stayed largely out of
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she was seen on a hike in her hometown in new york, and she attended a thank you party for her campaign staff. she distributed to them 1200 stems of roses. clinton also held a conference call with top donors over the weekend saying she was heart broken by the election and blamed her loss and increase momentum around trump on fbi's releed e-mails relate to the prive server. diane, kendis? >> thank you. and turning now to donald trump who has taken more steps toay the foundation for his another series of meetings today held with advisers and political leaders. among them, former secretary of statand hay o could be crefo secretary of state. trump's trantion team is taking a stance on lobbyists. banned from lobbying for five years after leaving their position. ump is trying to shoot down reports of transition chaos tweeting that it's going so
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as the president-elect prepares to take office, his name vanished from several residential buildings in new rk cy. workers removed the giant gold letters. ordinary persons who licensed the trump name decided to remove it after residents didn't want to be associated with trump. vice president elect mike pence had a change to check out his new home as he dined with viceresident joe biden. the man d their wives met for lunch, and he said no administration is ready to govern on day one. president obama is in berlin for a full day of events with german leader angela merkel, shared a private diner, and formal meetings today before arriving in germany, he was in greece visiting the acp liz and addressed the greek people. the president said he and
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be more different, but he said democracy is bigger than any one person. >> as long as we retain our faith in democracy, as long as we retain our faith in the people, as long as we don't waiver from those central principles that ensure a lively open debate, then our future will be okay. >> the president said the countries must strengthen alliances and repeated confidence that the u.s. would remain loyal to nato despite president-elect's campaign promises. secretary of state john keri warns the rld failing to push forward on climate change would be, quote, a betrayal of devastating consequences. he also said with 2016 on track to be the ttest year on
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something disturbing is happening. grim news from aleppo as bombing resumed there. a hospital and blood bank were the targets. dramatic video shows a young girl rescued from the rubble of the buildingtruck by an air st.rike at least 54 people killed in air strikes and shellings across northern syria. five people died after fire broke out in an expensive shopping area in lima, peru. it started in a recently renovated movie theater where reporters were screaming film. the cause is under moreders includingresident obama are due in lima for a global summit. the minnesota police officer who shot and killed in man in a traffic stop last summers facing criminal charges. the shooti made y across the country as the aftermath was streamed live on facebook. reporter: let's fir say that police officers across the country risk their lives every
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in this police shooting that set the streets on fire near st. paul, minnesota, prosecutors say it's the officer who is the criminal. >> no reasonable officer would have used deadly force under these circumstances. >> reporter: on top of manslaughter for killing or lap doe, the officer is facing two felony firearm charges for endangering e safety of the recorder of the live video and her 4-year-old daughter who was crying in the backseat. >> you shot four bullets into him, sir, he was just getting his license and registration. >> reporter: they both told the officer that hhad a legally owned gun in hisocket. police announced that he never had a chance to remove the gun before he was killed. they found it at the bottom of the pocket. police radio traffic that night, you hear the moment the family is pull over. >> i have reason to pull it over.
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in a robbery. >> reporter: you heawhat many feel, the sound of racism. >> the driver looks more like one of our suspects just because of the wide-set nose. >> reporter: the family says they had nothing to do with the robbery and says that manslaughter is not enough. >> i feel as though murder to the highest extent of the law is what would be appropriate here. at the end of the day, none of that is going to bring my boyfriend back. >> reporter: o expected to enter a plea of not guilty and court appearance friday. his lawyer argues the issue was not race, that it was the gun. abc news, atlanta. close call on a highway for a nsas police officer. you can see him here pushing a disabled vehicle off the side of interstate 35 in the suburbs of kansas city. you hear the sounds of screeching tires there, giving
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control driver slammed into the vehicle. he was not injured. >> the first blizzard of the season is expected to slam parts of the midwest tomorrow and could make for slippery roads there. blizzard watches and winter storm watches issued in nebraska to minnesota and in the north east, it's another beautiful day with warm and comfortable temperatures in the south. temperatures could drop in denver by 40 degrees. colder in the west with los angeles at 72 and 40s in seattle. ana new study is sure to add fuel to the mommy wars out there. researchers in england say children of working moms develop faster than those of stay-at-home moms saying going to nursery school or spending time with grandparents improved everyday skills like talking, social interaction and tasks like getting dressed. kids who stay home with mom gain those skills at a slower pace. big brotr in florida ming to thsc. watch the baby on the changing table. mom, who is looking somewhere
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month old falls to the floor and his brother catches him. >> the fall from the table was four feet. great going by big brother. look at the fast hands! >> yeah! >> the dolphins alrey e contrac. that's a good grab there. also caught on camera, the moment that a college cross country race turned into a full contact event, it happened last week in pennsylvania. >> runners doing their thing when deer ran across the course. a guy took a sent him to the ground. >> oh, man! >> oh! >> so he suffered a bruised hip, and he says he's still sore. >> oh. >> but he got up and finished. it was his final college race, so -- >> do you think the deer thought they were part of the race? >> maybe they did? they were just going in the wrong direction. >> okay, maybe not. coming up, split-second decision by a husband and wife stuck inside a railroad
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no injuries were reported. and turning now to another frightening scene. this time on train tracks. >> that's right. a husband and wife were in the truck when suddenly they were stuck on a railway crossing with a train headed right towards them. here's more on how it ended. >> reporter: a road and railline littered with remains of the tractor trailer and cargo, the driver and wife jumping seconds before thisment they survived, but household goods ripped apart. down the street. the driver said the gps put him on the road, and by the time he saw the no trucks sign, he couldn't turn around and was you hear the trcoming, so my wife jumps out of the truck, screaming, get out of the truck, and four seconds later, the impact, train hit the trailer. >> accidents like tharrom the first. >> at least four people die every week at crossings. part of the reason there's incident, more than five on
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time for the skinny starting with vin scully getting the phone call of his life. >> yes. legendary broadcaster who retired last month as you'll recall after 67 years behind the microphone for brooklyn and los angeles dodgers was shocked to get a call from the white house. >> hello? >> mr. scully? >> yes? the white house press secretary. >> oh, my gosh, i certainly know the name. how are you, sir? >> i'm doing great. how are you? >> does he sound like that all the time? he was more shocked to find out president obama will be presenting him with the nation's highest civilian honor, the presidential medal of freedom. >> oh, my gosh. no. >> yes. so you've -- >> are you sure? i'm just an old baseball announcer. >> well, listen, you h a
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>> i'm rather overwhelmed d humbled. >> congratulations. >> thank you so much. >> my pleasure, take care. >> bye for now. >> how cool is that? oh, my goodness. >> that has to be one of josh's better days. >> so scully is one of 21 recipients of the medal. the rest of the list, it's really pretty big. bruce springsteen there, diana ross, report redford, tom hanks, robert d deniro, michael jordan and kareem abdul jabar. >> next, trying to use humor to clear a name. >> patriots' quarterback, tom brady, may not shake deflate-gate, but he had fun with it in the footlocker new week of greatness ad campaign.
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it's a question. it starts with questions that turn into assumptions and that turns into vacations. why would you punish the weak of greatness for something that never even happened? >> i lost my appetite. >> so brady, as u recall, served a fougame suspension this season over lasyear's deflated football scandal. the vacation he went on. >> now he's making fun. >> yes. nextbenjamin franklin getting love from bon jovi. >> it developed a large crac it for good luck. >> now a go fund me tap pain to save the gravestone reached and surpassed its goal thanks to a jovi and his we.from john bon the campaign raised a total of nearly $80,000. this morning, details about carrie fisher's details about a
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she tells "people" why she decided to break silence now saying it's been 40 years and, quote, it's not like anyone's deeply affected by it anymore. >> yeah. so ford was married at the time with two kids, but he has yet to make any public comments on fisher's revelation, and admits that while she gave him a head's up and even sent him a draft, she told "people" she doesn't know if he read it. >> whoops. embarrass him, but thinks she made an appropriate amount of time. too soon after forty years? i don't know. i sent you a message, did you get it? it was a text. >> it was in a bottle. >> maybe it was the old number. >> how did you send messages in the '70s? >> pigeons. google earth. >> how to get it straight ahead.
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a lot of virtual reality these days and how it's revolutionizing video games and film. >> this takes the cake. google earth is out with a virtual reality version available now for free on the htc tv. reconstruct the culture treasures, and even their own neighborhoods in virtual reality. >> and some users can even soar into space. seeing it on screen rs you don't get the full effect rs but with the goggles, you feel like you're there. >> even if you're looking at it, like, this on the monitor. >> no, it's not. it doesn't.
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good try. >> thank you. there are, however, experts urging caution for users of virtual reality. >> some doctors raise concerns that gadgets could cause health problems among young children. abc's tj holmes explains. >> reporter: so real. that people forget that it's not real. virtual reality has people literally falling over themselves as it immerses them in a 3d world. these headsets expected to be on a lot of kids' christmas lists cause real world concerns. >> virtual reality is still a very new technology, still evolving, and we really don't know yet what the impact may be on children. >> they say these headsets could cause long term issues for young children. >> virtual reality, basically the brain is only getting input from the eyes, and we don't know if that isolated input is going
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experience. >> reporter: the technology is so new, that it has not been studied. manufacturers of virtual reality headsets warn they are not for young kids. samsung said its products are 13 and up and playstation recommends products for kids 12 and up. truth is, nobody knows the impact. in the meantime, what's a parent to do? >> experts say this is not one of the things you need to be really alarmed about, but just most of the manufacturers say, don't use for kids under 13, so that's a good general rule of um sometimes when playing a video game that involves it. i forget that it's not real. >> it's a good way to get a workout in, isn't it? when you're thinking. i'm just going to go back to watching us on virtual reality and see. this is abc's "world news now" informing insomniacs for two decades.
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making news in america this morning, hillary clinton makes her first speech since her concession. see the moment that got her choked up and the message for her supporters. plus, president-elect donald trump has some high level meetings today as he fights back against allegations of disarray on his transition team. >> breaking overnight a massive explosion rocking a surveillance video showing store windows getting blown out and the debris covering an american street. millions of people are bracing for the first major snowstorm. see where blizzard-like conditions are expected plus the drought in the southeast, still fueling dozens of wildfires. caught on camera a hot air balloon's hard landings and witnesses jumping into action keeping the situation from
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