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>> north carolina's new law limiting bathroom choices for transgender people has cost the state a major business deal. pay paul announced yesterday it's canceled a planned expansion which would have created 400 jobs. the company says the decision reflects 80s deeply held belief that he every person has a right to be treated equally. it's not as if there aren't enough starbucks locations in new york but there will soon be more. the chain is planning to open its largest store in the world bigger than its flagship in seattle. it's being described as coffee as theater. it will have its own roasterry set to open in 2018. >> interesting. two missing hikers in north carolina were found in one of the most unlikeliest of places playing music in downtown asheville. almost 200 rescue workers had been searching for them in the national forest for the past three days. they began a hike there saturday with friends but became separated from t
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couldn't be found. officials are glad they're safe but annoyed about how much time, effort and money was spent. one of the hikers says calling his family just slipped had his mind and also fashion sense clearly. >> let's give props this morning to a young baseball player in arizona who saved his coach's life. you see him there? that's nathan boyer on the right with coach isaac wenrich. during a recent practice, wen rich suffered a massive heart attack. the 13-year-old called 911 and took matters into his own hand. >> i remembered from boy scouts from like a couple years ago. it rang a bell. lock your hands and start pushing on his chest. yeah, it is sort of crazy to think about. >> isn't it amazing how many young kids have learned and it's come to use? wen rich's family says his heart was completely blocked. he's recovering and has young nathan to tha
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more adults need to learn it. >> i don't think an adult would stay with it. so kudos to him for that. >> luckily noel knows how to perform cpr. >> he certainly does. >> anyone who watches john oliver's show probably saw this one come. a couple of unusually dressed fans sitting in the expensive seats at yankee stadium. >> you see them in the back right behind home plate? they won oliver's contest in which viewers tweeted pictures of what they would wear with the #i have never sat in a premium location. how clever. >> so the whole thing started with oliver's sunday night rant about a yankee official who said premium seat holders don't like sitting next to those who don't usually sit in high priced seats. >> i can see that. so they turned up the ante a little bit by wearing something ridiculous. >> so he bought tickets for premium seats. four tickets. >> four tickets. >> expect more
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>> what would you wear? if you won this competition? >> socks. >> socks? just socks? >> just socks. >> just socks. >> that would be frightening. >> my gosh. >> moving right along. >> batter up. >> no tee time for tiger. >> no. the world's most famous golfer deciding to sit out one of the sport's first major tournaments of the season. why you won't see him on the green and what his personal life may have to do with it. >> but first, extreme road rage caught on camera. a motorcycle being chased by a car at almost 100 miles an hour. now we're going to take a look at today's temperatures across the nation. >> announcer: "world news now" weather, brought to you by lysol wipes. human coronavirus... hepati- >>c virus. there are a lot of different kinds of yucky germs. but not all disinfecting wipes...
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>> this road rage battle between a car and a motor psych is was captured on the motorcyclist's helmet camera as the two battled at more than 90 miles an hour. the car's driver spit at him. the motorcyclist drove in the upcoming lane. they made gestures and shouted at each other. both filed complaints with the police. the motorcyclist admits it was pretty student and zmirngs a mystery at the university of texas. authorities are looking for clues after a body was found on campus. the woman was found i
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police are describing did as a possible homicide. the name has not been released and no cause of death is being mentioned either. the school's president isn't saying whether the victim was a student. they're working to identify possible suspects. new details of the legal saga of the prep school graduate convicted of assaulting a contemplates. he's requesting a new trial. his new defense lawyers say the former team failed to adequately represent him. his bail was revoked last month after he violated curfew. >> this morning some tough questions are being asked in cal pla zoo, michigan, it's been more than a month after that uber driver went on a five-hour shooting pre. >> investigators are looking into the 11 call trying to report the driver's behavior before he went on his rampage. alex perez has the latest. >> in michigan, new scrutiny how authorities handled the 911 call
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rampage shooting six. >> i'd like to report a crazy driver. >> matt melon wrote an hour before the shooting. melon called 911 to report an erratic driver but his call was transferred not once, i need to transfer you one more time. >> but twice because kalamazoo city, township and county all have separate disprach operators >> i'm going to transfer you to the city because that's where the accident occurred. hang on one second. >> reporter: melon having to tell the whole story three times. >> i want to be on the lookout. >> thank you. report to uber. i don't think he needs to be picking people up. >> the chief defends his department's response. >> we're not going on a man the hunt for an aerratic driver. >> and says they issued a be on the lookout for the vehicle. >> reporter: long awaited plans are already under way for a more efficient system that will funnel a
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dispatch so callers won't have to repeat their stories. alex perez, michigan. >> that 14-year-old who was shot in the parking lot was the only one who survived. it was the parking lot at the cracker barrel. >> incredible story that survival. dalton is facing some 16 charges we should mention including six murder charges and definitely could face the life in prison, as well. coming up, excitement is mounting for the masters. >> but one of golf's most celebrated players will not be there. why tiger woods is sitting out the masters again. you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" continues
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well, the damage from the zika virus may be more varied and wide spread than first thought. serious brain and spinal cord infections have been found in people exposed to zika in addition to birth defects and paralysis. researchers fear the virus is evolving. the administration is transferring additional money to the centers for disease control to aid in the fight. the funds had been rear marked forree bow la but were not needed. >> insulin prices have tripled in had the past ten year
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have spent more on insulin than any of the other diabetic drugs combined. one researcher warns that some patients can't afford insulin and could die without it. for the second time in three years, tiger woods will not take part in the masters golf tournament. >> he says he's sitting this one out because of an injury but this morning, we're finding out more about his life. a lot more. increasingly making it into the spotlight. here's abc's linds say days of the. >> it's the headline ricocheting throughout the world of golf and beyond. tiger woodsing he will not be competing at this year's masters. the four-time winner saying i've been hitting balls and training daily but i'm not physically ready. the news even disappointed his opponents. >> i like tiger being out here. i'm ready for him to come back. >> reporter: woods has been recovering from a string of
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>> there is no timetable and so that's the hardest part. that's the hardest part for me. >> reporter: woods now 40 years old is one of the game's most decorated players but he hasn't won a major title in years. last year, he played some of the worst golf in his career. >> just totally out of sorts now for tiger. >> reporter: while woods has said he's making progress, he's also said he spends a lot of time playing video games in this $60 million mansion and while that image may not be cause for an alarm, in an article in "sports illustrated" some close to woods say they're concerned. >> they're worried about him. they feel like he's ice located. in a lot of ways separated himself from anyone in golf. there's just this collective concern that without golf, he really doesn't have much else. >> reporter: he divorced elin nordgren in august of 2010 following allegation afc numerous affairs. his would i have with skier lindsey vonn recently ended. while speculation is ramp and the his absence is a sign of early retirement,
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♪ well, nfl games are usually best seen on a 60-inch screen in the man cave. >> but starting this fall, you'll be able to watch them on a small screen on twitter. abc's brandi hitt explains how this will work. brandi, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. twitter ceo says this move to start streaming nfl games is about transforming the football fan experience. get ready for professional football on twitter. the social media giant is teaming up with the nfl with commissioner roger goo
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since 2014. this fall, thursday night football will be streamed live at twitter so fans will see more of this. the ten games will be free to all 800 million twitter users worldwide through mobile devices, tablets, pcs and connected tvs. >> it allows people to have one screen where they can be on twitter and should they choose, they could also watch the game and they just have to figure out how it's going to be easy for the user to see both at the same time. >> reporter: it's a chance for the nfl to reach younger football fans who rely on the internet more than television. twitter has also seen a recent slowing in new user growth. >> it's an extremely big deal, probably more so to twitter than the nfl. 50% of all conversations on twitter are about sports. >> it's intercepted. >> reporter: last october the nfl experimented with this live streaming game on yahoo! between the bills and
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>> chris clemens into the end zone. >> reporter: fans in 185 countries watching. the question now, will those eyes tune into twitter thursday nights this fall. both companies have not revealed just how much twitter paid for the digital streaming rights. the same thursday night football games will also be airing on network television. reena and kendis. >> thank you so much. you know, it's big bucks. apparently bloomberg reporting they paid $10 million, a million per game. >> wow, that's impressive. jack, you are? >> i want to watch football on tv. >> i can't imagine sitting there watching it on something this size. >> it's the future, folks. you got to. >> it is? this internet thing. >> it's not going away. >> newspapers are coming back.
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this morning on "world news now," under dog upsets. >> overnight ted cruz and bernie sanders winning big in the battleground state of wisconsin. soundly beating the front-runners with donald trump and hillary clinton already looking ahead. we're going to have full election analysis just ahead. speaking out, u.s. soccer star abbie wambach talks to report ersafter pleading not guilty to that drunk driving charge. how she's now making it part of her message of empowering youth. >> a rage tag wildfire in oklahoma and the video of a man narrowly escaping the mastiff flames jumping from an out-of-control tractor just in time. and die nas tick domination. the uconn huskies reclaim their crown crushing syracuse in the women's college championship.

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