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this morning on "world news now," bracing for more flooding. more heavy rains forcing evacuations as a texas river swells and a scary tornado. look at that scene. it touched down in colorado. we'll have the full forecast just ahead. and scary moments for bernie sanders in california as protesters rush the stage. the secret service swooping in immediately. how the senator responded to that threat just ahead. >> and new this half hour, a pilot lands his plane right down the center of a highway. he'll tell us what he told air traffic control when he realized he wasn't going to make it and why his t-shirt may have helped keep him calm. and in the first series of dates "the bachelorette"" a villain has emerges. who is he and who got the boot? our bachelorette senior analyst
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he can't wait to tell you in "the skinny." it is tuesday, may 31st. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." good tuesday morning, everyone. i'm kendis gibson. i hope you had a great holiday. >> and i'm gloria riviera. >> let's get started this half hour with some of that severe weather that we mentioned. >> a surreal looking tornado was one of three that touched down late yesterday near the colorado, nebraska border as it spun along the ground kicking up dust. that tornado destroyed a barn, brought down power lines and did some damage to homes. luckily, there were no reports of injuries. >> fascinating looking at that. >> it's a different concern in southeast texas where the muddy water of the brazos river is spreading across the landscape. the floodwater is expected to crest today about three feet above the previous record level. one official summing under the deadly flooding by
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"there's nowhere else for the water to go." abc's brandi hitt has the details. >> reporter: historic and deadly flooding striking texas. with back to back storms leading to more evacuations near houston. >> i thought we were going to be safe. i didn't know it was going to come up this fast. >> reporter: the brazos river reaching major flood stage as emergency crews go door to door performing one rescue after the next. >> this is crazy. >> reporter: entire neighborhoods now underwater from some 20 inches of rain. >> i got to leave. i got leave. >> everything's lost. nothing's safe. >> reporter: at least six people have been killed. authorities here recovering the body of a man seen swept away by flash floodwaters. >> i saw a person holding on to a pole. >> reporter: a 10-year-old boy who fell into the river while fishing remains missing. > it's frustrating we have the family here and they need some closure and we haven't been able to give it to them yet. >> reporter: the region bracing for more heavy rain through the week.
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families are cleaning up from bonnie. >> shouldn't be waves in a parking lot. >> reporter: the former tropical storm has dumped up to 8 inches of rain in the carolinas temporarily shutting down this highway. several roads turned into rivers and gas stations now underwater. >> that storm is now creating dangerous driving conditions all the way up the east coast. in fact, a lot of the families that drove home on memorial day faced wet roads throughout the nation's midsection, as well. kendis and gloria? >> our thanks to brandi. more storms are in the forecast for those affected regions. >> so let's turn our focus to accuweather's paul williams. good morning. >> good morning to you, kendis, gloria. we're looking for the strongest storms to hit the heart of texas throughout most of oklahoma, the southwest corner of missouri going into the western portions of arkansas. now with, this area of red that we're talking about, we're talking about another round tornadoes, another round of supercell thunderstorms where dangerous hail and heavy
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down pournz not only that, flooding concerns still along the gulf coast from new orleans up to little rock all the way down towards corpus christie and another slice of severe storms up towards minneapolis. kendis? >> breaking overnight an attempted missile launch by north korea has apparently failed. military officials in south korea say the medium-range missile blew up on the launch pad. if this is confirmed, it would be the fourth failure by the north to conduct a successful test launch of this new missile. >> now to the race for the white house and bernie sanders holding another massive rally in california. about 20,000 people turned out to see sanders at an outdoor event in oakland. halfway through his speech, a group of protesters rushed the stage. script service quickly intervened leading away four people in handcuffs. sanders continues unruffled saying he expects to beat hillary clinton in california. sanders has a string of rallies lined up before next week's primary and he is expected to draw more large crowds.
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>> i've been just amazed by the kinds of turnouts we've seen here in california and the energy behind those turnouts. if we go in there with a lot of momentum, i would obviously hope to come out with the nomination. > hillary clinton spent the day on the opposite coast, marching in a memorial day parade in her adopted home town of chappaqua, new york. she was accompanied by former president clinton and several other politicians along a short parade route that she walks every year. clinton has canceled an appearance in new jersey this week opting to campaign in california instead. and conservatives in the "never trump" movement are threatening to introduce a new presidential candidate. weekly standard editor and abc news contributor bill kristol tweeted there will be an independent candidate and an impressive one with a strong team and a real chance. donald trump fired back, if dummy bill kristol actually does get a spoiler to run as an independent, say good-bye, he says, to the supreme court.
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nothing imminent but he said the mere mention of an independent candidate has unnerved trump. meanwhile trump has apparently stumped renowned theoretical physicist. stephen hawking. hawking says he cannot explain trump's popularity and he called trump a demagogue who appeals to the lowest common denominator. police in houston have identified the suspect in the shooting rampage that left one person dead. they say dionisio garza iii entered an auto detailing shop and started firing. a customer was killed. after that, garza walked into the neighborhood and began firing at random. garza was from southern california. he served several tours of duty in afghanistan. his stepmother believes he suffered from ptsd.
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en someone opened fire on the car in which she was riding. investigators say it may have been a case of road rage. >> police in santa monica, california, have identified the man suspected of putting a date rape drug in his date's drink. michael hu is being held on $1 million bail. three woman spotted him dropping an unknown substance into the woman's drink while she was away from the table. they later alerted the woman. surveillance video from the restaurant confirmed the women's story. >> it was a very scary moment for airline passengers in tampa. their flight had to be aborted as it was taking off because of a tire the boeing 737. it blew and it started a fire. there were no injuries and the 131 passengers were busted back to the terminal. their replacement flight finally left, however, some seven hours later. another pilot was also thinking quickly in an emergency yesterday.
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interstate, 10 near jackson, mississippi after the cessna's engine failed. >> yeah. he was cleared for an emergency landing at a nearby airport, but then he realized he needed to land much sooner. >> i take off. i don't think i'm going to make mobile. i'm going to put this down on the road. they go, are you declaring an emergency. eighth when i went back to gulfport and said affirmative. i am declare agemergency. >> so mcknight signaled drivers that he was going to land on the highway by moving the wings and the motorists made room for him. what's amazing is what was written on his shirt right there. it says, "keep calm and land on the center line." i think he was close to it. >> he's got the right motto there. and coming up, the incredible journey on the other side of the world. why three wounded warriors braved mother nature to climb five and a half miles to the top of the world. what they say was actually the hardest part of their amazing trek. >> later in
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of his father marine sergeant christopher jacobs. the north carolina boy's father the north carolina boy's father died in a training accident in california whether he was just 9 months old. >> oh, that photo. another heartfelt tribute to the america's fallen, an amazing achievement played out on the other side of the world. >> you had three wounded warriors, one mountain and one singular objective. here's abc's dan harris. >> we followed their trek, the incredible journey. >> we just summited everest which is 29,029 feet. >> and team usx, three american veterans talking to us from base camp for the first time since they reached the top of the world last week. >> i would definitely say climbing mt. everest has been worth it. that's retired staff sergeant chad jukes hit by an ied in iraq in 2006. he climbed with a prosthetic leg and active duty captain elyse ping medvigy, her goal to remember the others.
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>> i have here a picture of pfc keith williams and staff sergeant benjamin crane. i'm going to bring them to the summit for their families. >> reporter: now telling it us the 17,000 foot decent was actually the hardest part. >> definitely the decent was not in favorable conditions. >> reporter: but despite the dangers, the cause they say worth every step. the team climbing to raise awareness for ptsd and the growing number of veteran suicides at least 22 a day. >> it's not necessarily about us summiting everest. you know, that was a success which is awesome, but really what we're most proud of is the difference that we've been able to make in our soldiers' lives. >> reporter: dan harris, abc news, new york. >> amazing. when we come back, a villain emerges on "the bachelorette." >> and why actor kit harrington is calling out hollywood on what he says is a double standard that hurts men. "the skinny" is next. don't want to be objectified.
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>> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our
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♪ skinny, so skinny it's that time, it's "skinny" time on tuesday morning. that means our weekly recap of abc's "the bachelorette." >> of course, exciting.
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bachelorette analyst, jack sheehan. >> seated from the get-go this week. no entry, no nothing. you know why? >> why? >> because things are getting hot on "the bachelorette." >> only week two. >> roll that beautiful bachelorette footage. there's our girl jojo. she was looking hot. you know what i mean by looking hot. this was the first group date. there's some heat for you at a fire academy right there in southern california. the guys were pulling hoses. they were putting out fires. this dude wells, he suffered in the heat to a certain extent. he had some problems. jojo felt bad for him. >> but good hair on jojo. >> everybody's got good hair, especially our guy robby. well, nonetheless, anyway, grant, they had some competitions during this whole thing. grant who's a firefighter not the guy who is laying on the floor. that's grant right there. coming through the ceiling.
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but when it comes down to it, wells, the guy laying on the ground, he got the rose from the group date. >> what? >> seriously. >> so just pass out, you win a rose. >> you can't figure this thing out. >> that is not right. >> hey, you know what? every season on the bachelorette, there's a villain. this season's villain is chad johnson. we're going to call this guy ochocinco. nfl fans will know what i'm talking about. this guy chad, he's doing pullups. this is a pretty big dude. let's put it that way. no kidding. that's impressive. >> he works out. >> yeah. it's fair to say he wasn't playing nice with others. he's not participating in the who will sing song spectacle for jojo. he goes on the group date. he's actually calling jojo naggy. guys, yeah. >> he went there right away? >> he did. he went there right away. others had some evaluations of chad. they called him a complete jerk. and they said that he had taken
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the term "meathead" to a whole other level. chad says he's just being honest. moving on, there's a confrontation with chad, excuse me. the guys started to call him out. this dude alex who is a marine kind of faces him off. and you know, chad's like, you know what? you're going to get your teeth busted in. pretty much how that goes. >> fighting words from chad. >> fighting words. >> this is a family program. >> exactly. we'll see how that goes. the rose ceremony, 20 guys started it. wells, derek and james taylor had roses from earlier in the show. 14 other guys got the roses. guys who didn't were james, the super fan, will, and brandon, the hipster. they're all gone. chad was the last man to get a rose. kiss yount count -- bringing the kiss count back. >> whoa. >> she didn't get any action last week.
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at six. >> wow. >> so she's right in the middle of the action. >> she was busy. >> indicate lynnesque on the kiss count, some might say. next week, ladies and gentlemen, two episodes of "the bachelorette." we'll see what's going on therein monday and tuesday on that note, analyst out. >> all right. we just got used to you for a second ago. and it gets into a fight next week. all right, next to another man who is feeling objectified. actor kit harrington, the "game of thrones" star calling out sexism towards men saying it's demeaning. harrington is shining a new spotlight on a phenomenon all too familiar with women but almost always overlooked with men. sexual objectification. >> i don't know. okay. well, harrington tells britain's "sunday times" that i like to think of myself as more than a head of hair or a set of looks. harrington is calling out what he sees as a hollywood double standard in that male sexual objectification is
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towards women. clearly to get to the bottom of that, we're going to have to see a lot more of him. >> exactly. >> it has to happen. >> oh, my god. >> next up, just outside hollywood, one particularly strong female celebrity is saying hello to her new home. >> talking about adele set to sign a $130 million record breaking contract with sony. >> that is right. reportedly peeled off a mere $9.5 million, just $9.5 million for a 6600 square foot mansion in beverly hills in a top secret sale, the dutch colonial with notes of craftsman and french country includes four bedrooms, six bathrooms, a pool, treehouse and even an outdoor train set. >> it's located in one of the most exclusive neighborhoods in that area. it's a gated community. her neighbors include jennifer lawrence, ashton kucher, mila kunis, cameron diaz and nicole richie. >> it's not a bad crowd. >> just to name a few. not bad at all. interesting. beautiful hous
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>> yes, absolutely. you know, i like adele. she's down to earth. she's worked hard. she deserves it. >> yeah, we'll be right back. she deserves it. >> yeah, we'll be right back.
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k-y touch. ♪ ♪ >> what was that? >> it might be, it might be. it has been nearly 50 years since goldie hawn burst into fame on "laugh-in." >> sadly i'm old. after more than a decade out of the spotlight, she's set to make a brand-new splash on the big screen. abc's abbie boudreau went one-on-one with the academy award winning star. >> reporter: goldie hawn never goes out of style. >> old people today who used to be new people before they became old who were really busy making new people are still here. >> reporter: from her early years on "laugh in." >> you think just because i'm a movie star i don't have feelings, well, you're wrong. >> to "the first wives club."
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out of the spotlight, she's back starring alongside hot new funny girl amy schumer. >> when i got this thing with amy, i went wait a minute. wait a minute. i mean, maybe one more time. but i'm so excited about working with her. >> reporter: the 70 year young stunner following her daughter actress kate hudson's lead, recently joining instagram and loving it. >> the idea being joyful and silly. >> i couldn't swallow it fast enough. >> it's okay to be inappropriate in terms of your emotions and your exuberance. >> reporter: and feeling joy and happiness is what goldie is all about. spending her years away from hollywood creating and developing a program called mind up, teaching children in school how to relax their brains, be mindful, learn to listen and to focus on acts of kindness. >> i brought neuroscientists in, i brought positive psychologists in. >> reporter: she says she began meditating in the '70s and it changed her life making her a
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more patient and loving mother to her sons and only daughter. >> katie is a strong person and our friendship has grown. >> reporter: and her more than 30-year long relationship to actor kurt russell still going strong. the secret. >> >> a mindful seventies self and the ability to make clear choices to stay together or choices not to. i think that's what makes a successful marriage. >> reporter: but maybe the biggest take away from our conversation for those of us in search of happiness. how did you find happiness? >> i think it isn't about finding happiness. it's about staying mindful about what makes you happy. and those are two different things. >> reporter: abbie boudreau, abc news, beverly hills. >> who doesn't love goldie. >> she's fantastic. >> our thanks to abbie. don't miss our updates on facebook at wnnfans.com. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now." informing insomniacs for two decades. "world news now." informing insomniacs for two decades.
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making news in america this morning, extreme weather. the water still rising in texas with more rain on the way and tornadoes touching down, look at this, new video of a massive twister. we're tracking the severe storms. and protesters arrested rushing the stage heading towards bernie sanders. plus, a big day ahead for donald trump clearing up the confusion about a fund-raiser for vets and why hillary clinton just made a major change to her plans. dodging lights and power poles. a pilot's flawless landing on an interstate staying calm just like his shirt says. and game steph, match. the warriors win setting up an nba finals rematch. the highlights and the kiss for riley.

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