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thanks to molly hunter reporting from cairo for us. >> stay with abc news for all the latest updates throughout the day. we'll have live team coverage on "america this morning.." >> overnight on the campaign trail where hillary clinton is slamming donald trump for what she calls dangerous comments and also calling him unqualified to be president. but it didn't take long for him to fire back she's the one not fit for the role. he cited her responses to recent terror attacks and trump made it clear what he thinks happened to egyptair flight 804. >> she refuses to use that term. i'm saying to myself it, and it's a terrible thing and he essentially shouldn't be running for office. he doesn't have the right to run for office. i'm saying to myself what just happened about 12 hours ago? a plane got blown out of the sky. and financial anybody thinks it wasn't blown out of the sky, you're 100% wrong, folks. okay? >> as it turns out, clinton agrees that the egyptair
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appears to be an act of terrorism. a second girl from the nearly 300 abducted from chibok has been rescued two days after the rescue of a 19-year-old and hadler 4-month-old baby also a victim there. more than two years ago, the girls were taken from their school by boko haram terrorists. the abduction sparked global outrage and campaign called bring back our girls. >> a florida man is under arrest after a high speed chase on the interstate in ohio. police say the driver was hitting speeds up to 90 miles an hour when they tried to pull him over, when a trooper finally approached, a woman inside claimed she had been kidnapped. that trooper was dragged a short distance. they finally got the truck stopped. the driver was arrested after a short struggle. he's been charged with assault as well as kidnapping. an emotional reunion in california. after a rescued hike ser reunited with his parents. cody michael and his dog were picked up by black hawk helicopter yesterday. the pair was supposed to b
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but they never showed up. even though michael was an experienced hiker, apparently just got lost. he used duct tape to spell out help on some nearby rocks and it worked. >> president obama declared his love for science while honoring 17 of the country's leading scientists and innovators. he paired the honors with a renewed pitch to encourage young peopletom pursue careers in science and math. >> he wanted suggestions from youngsters how the government can support budding innovators. >> this goes back from the science fair. one of the kids competing in the fair actually suggest this had to the president. and he in what many thought was a joking manner said that sounds like a good idea. i will do that. >> this is really an important thing. many people think we're falling behind other countries when it comes to science and math. >> we are in many ways. maybe this encourage more kids
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>> coming up, combating a growing problem for sea life. those plaque six-pack rings have been blamed for killing countless birds and fish. now there's a possible solution. edible six-pack rings. >> there's a new development in the story about the government paying for patriotism at sporting events. the nfl is now set to refund hundreds of thousands of dollars back to the taxpayers. >> but first, temperatures are dropping in great falls, montana. 5. that's down 24r50ik from three days. >> yeah, big drop. >> announcer: wonz weather, brought to you by united health care. approaching medicare eligibility? you may think you can put off checking out your medicare options until you're sixty-five, but now is a good time to get the ball rolling. keep in mind, medicare only covers about eighty percent of part b medical costs.
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investigators are now doing background collection on everyone on board to see if any of them had links to extremism. and federal regular lartz now say the failures that led to the massive oil spill off the coast of santa barbara last year were completely unacceptable. the investigation shows the company behind the spill didn't do enough to prevent corrosion and operators didn't detect the spill quickly enough and blames them for killing wildlife and shutting down miles of beaches. gap is closing 75 old navy and banana republic stores outside of north america. they estimate the closures will save them at least $275 million. the retailer has been suffering from competition from h & 34, zara and forever 21. >> one of the world's top golfers is caught in an insider trading investigation. the sec says phil mickelson made $3931,000 after getting a stock tip from a netted sports gambler. investigators claim he used some of the money to pay the man
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mikkelson was not charged with a crime. his management group said in part quoting here that he takes full responsibility for the dangerous associations that led him to become part of this investigation. we turn now to another money scandal. back in november, we broke this story about the pentagon shelling out millions of taxpayer dollars to major sports teams including those in the nfl for paid acts an of patriotism. >> now the nfl says it will be returning that money to the taxpayers serena marshall joins us now with the latest from d.c. good morning, serena. >> good morning. that's right. your tax dollars are being refinds for once. those emotional staples at sporting events like unfurling the american flag paid for by the pentagon. nfl commissioner roger goodell admitting his teams charged the military more than $700,000 over four seasons to honor america's
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audit that followed an abc news report, they'll return that money to the taxpayers. the senators investigating the praising the nfl. >> first time i can remember where an organization has not only owned up to it but actually sought to make it right. >> to win for taxpayers $700,000 is not very much money in the way we do business, but it is real money and we'll be going after the additional funds by the other professional lesion, as well. >> the senators hope the nfl's decision will lead those other leagues to follow. the department of defense deny dg the practice originally now saying they applaud the nfl's actions. he kendis, diane? >> serena, thank you. senators flake and mccain their report says 6al $8 million was inappropriately given to the professional sports teams. >> they're saying all told, some $53 million was spent from 2012
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advertising contracts with professional teams. they're still waiting to hear from the other lesion. >> right. they're saying the nfl is now get setting a good example how to correct the problem. >> baseball continues to have those shows of patriotism at a price. >> coming up, he's been a sunday night television mainstay for decades. >> just days after his retirement, 60 minutes correspondent morley safer has died. the legacy he leaves behind straight ahead. you're watching "world news now."
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really is hard to believe it was just last week we found out that one of america's most storied broadcast journalists had announced retirement. >> the timing is crazy here. morley safer has been a mainstay on cbs news for more than 50 years. sadly, just days after his retirement, we've gotten word of his passing. david muir has more. >> here we are on
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ship dan dehail lew. >> his colleagues celebrated his career and his retirement just this past sunday >> who are you? >> who are you? >> ben. >> i'm morley. >> morley safer? >> yes, himself. >> reporter: he was a staple of sunday night television in america, for more than four decades on that program. even longer with cbs news. he made a name for himself early on. >> they're bringing the wounded man through any minute now. >> reporter: reporting from vietnam for cbs in 1965. >> we're in the middle of these guys. >> we seem to be pinned down by snipers. >> and as steve kroft said just this past sunday, for safer, it was all about the words. >> from the dawn of his career to its twilight, morley safer was above all, a writer. a brilliant writer. >> i've led a charmed life, as a reporter, as an individual. a lot of it is blood, sweat, and toil and tards but a lot of it is pure unadulterated luck and
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>> reporter: remembering the lighter moments. the muppets. >> can i ask you a question, please? >> yes. >> is your wife here? >> no, she's not. >> great. >> she could be very, very aggressive. >> i thought he was a good interviewer. >> but very sexy at the same time. >> reporter: meryl streep. >> no one has ever asked an actor, you're playing a strong-minded man. we assume that men are strong-minded. >> reporter: dolly parton. >> you want to ask me to sing or do you just want me to championship it out for you? >> just whoop it out for me. >> how would you like to be remembered in terms of your work? >> i think a pretty solid body of work that emphasized the words. it's not literature. but it can be very classy journalism. >> he was a gentleman. safer filed his last report in march of this year. >> 919 stories he filed for "60 minutes." >> wow. >> 12 emmy awards. >> quite a legend. >> uhu
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to take on anything. ♪ so for a while now we've had a growing problem in our oceans. manmade garbage that floats around and kills wildlife. >> one of the worst offenders those plastic six-pack rings that birds and sea creatures not only get caught in but they also eat. >> now a new idea hopes to change all that. our tampa station has the story. >> reporter: the evolution of beer has come so far. it's gotten craftiyer, tastier and kind of smarter. >> pretty much most of the companies are using them now. >> perhaps the most innovative idea in beer isn't the iipa rather the
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them an idea belonging to these guys at south water brewery new florida. they're finding a way to put an end to the plastic holders. >> saltwater brewery presents edible six-pack rings. a six-pack ringing that feeds animals instead of killing them. >> it's crafted from the by-products in the yessing process. you can eat it but probably won't want to. marine life will love it compared to plastic. a lot of people think cutting up the old holders is enough but experts say wildlife will still eat the little pieces from plastic killing them. >> we cut them up. make sure we cut them into small little pieces so there's no ring left at all. >> thomas himes says any shipment they get with the old style holders they replace with this latest hard plastic that is reusable. but word of an ed holder is all the rage among his beer pals in the concept taking off on social
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>> it's a cool idea and hope it catches on. >> one obstacle may be cost. they're perfecting the product before it makes 400,000 of them and hope other breweries will sign on to get the cost down and get it into the mainstream. >> we want to inspire the big guys to get on board. >> ip ravative and for wildlife, life saving. >> it is a great idea. right now in the pacific, there's a great pacific garbage patch that is makity way. it is the size of some cities according to some expert. that's right. such damage to cree furpz they not only are eat ath stuff and getting it stuck in their systems. they're getting stuck inside of those. they act like nets almost. that's the news for this half hour. >> remember to follow us on facebook, wnnfans.com
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this morning on "world news now," day two in the desperate search for egyptair flight 04. >> the rescue and recovery teams are back out there this morning looking for any signs of the plane that vanished from radar. fears growing now that the cause was terrorism. we're going to have the latest details. we'll take you behind the scenes to see how security measures are being stepped up at major airports here at home and why you may need to leave yourself more time before your next flight. >> in the race for the white house, hillary clinton taking a comfortable lead over donald trump in the latest poll and overnight trump responding to clinton after she said he's not qualified to be president. it is friday, may 20th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good friday

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