this morning on "world news now," new revelations surrounding donald trump's controversial trump university. and the candidate calling our reporter sleazy when asked a question during a news conference. their confrontation just ahead. and widespread flooding across the state of texas. a never ending barrage of storms bringing torrential rains as rivers swell to capacity forcing rescues. anxious residents this morning bracing themselves as the floodwaters continue to rise. and new this half hour, a wild hollywood style standoff. >> arnold schwarzenegger on safari. but even the terminator no match for this perturbed pachyderm. the elephant charging the star's vehicle and setting off cinema style chase scene. >> pretty cool there. guess what just landed on the cover of "vanity fair."

her majesty herself, britain's queen elizabeth and her royal corgis. this morning, what photographer annie liebovitz said was the most important aspect of this very special photo shoot. it is wednesday, june 1st. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." the queen looking very lovely there at 90. we do say good morning to you, everybody. i'm kendis gibson. >> and i'm linzie janis. in for diane macedo. >> can you believe we made it already to halfway through the year. >> happened fast. >> at least we're at hump day. >> we begin with the release of the so-called trump university playbooks detailing how people were enticed into spending tens of thousands of dollars on real estate seminars. >> the trump university sales pitch manuals revealed that employees were instructed to target customers who made at least $90,000 a year. they were also told to use flattery and sell feelings, not products. >> trump university is facing three lawsuits accused of fleecing students and failing to

deliver on promises donald trump claims that many customers were satisfied. >> okay, so trump was facing tough questions about his highly publicized fund-raiser for military veterans and he went on a tirade as he explained to the press exactly how much money was collected and where it all went. details now from abc's tom llamas. >> reporter: in an extraordinary news conference today, donald trump defending himself, and unloading on reporters for questioning just how much money he raised for veterans groups. >> i sent people checks of a lot of money, and instead of being, like, thank you very much, mr. trump, or, trump did a good job, everyone is saying, who got it? who got it? who got it? and you make me look very bad. >> reporter: in january, trump claimed he raised $6 million at this iowa event, including a million from his own pocket. >> we just cracked $6 million, right? $6 million. >> reporter: but trump's campaign manager recently suggested the total amount raised was closer to $4.5 million. and trump's own milln

contribution? it was only made last week. mr. trump, writing a million dollar check is incredibly generous. but the night of that iowa fundraiser, you said you had raised $6 million. clearly you had not. your critics say you tend to exaggerate, you have a problem with the truth. is this a prime example? >> no, i raised almost $6 million. some of it didn't come through, but more money is coming through than didn't come through. the number probably is going to be, when we finish it, probably going to be over the $6 million. >> reporter: but that question seemed to strike a nerve, because three minutes later, trump lashed out. >> i'm not looking for credit. but what i don't want is, when i raise millions of dollars, have people say, like this sleazy guy right over here, from abc, he's a sleaze in my book. >> reporter: why am i a sleaze? >> you're a sleaze because you know the facts and you know the facts well. >> reporter: because i ask fair questions? for months, trump would not reveal the full list of veteran groups who received money. he claims he was vetting them. and he read a long list of those he says got checks.

$100,000. >> reporter: abc news reached out to all 41 groups, and spoke with most of them. some told us they received the money months ago, but others say they only got it last week, as trump was facing mounting questions about those donations. trump's exchanges with reporters among the most contentious we've seen. >> you think i'm going to change? i'm not changing. >> reporter: he says the trump you see is the trump you'll get. >> is this what it's going to be like covering you if you're president? >> yeah, it is. >> we're going to have this kind of confrontation in the press room? >> yeah, it is going to be like this. >> reporter: taup llamas, abc news, new york. >> tom tweeted out afterwards that it's going to be an interesting week after being called sleazy. in the meantime, hillary clinton immediately pounced on trump, calling his fund-raiser a stunt. she said it took a reporter to shame trump into making his contribution to the veterans. clinton still has to get past bernie sanders. she's heading to california earlier than expected. launching a five-day swing across the state ahead o

not going down without a fight. he's been barnstorming california holding about two rallies on average a day. thousands of people turned out to see him. in santa cruz and monterey as he took aim at clinton, trump and the political establishment. despite clinton's all but insurmountable delegate lead, he could still wrap up the primary season with a big victory in california on tuesday. >> in case you're not a fan of any of the above, the name of a possible third party candidate has been revealed. he's been identified as david french, a conservative writer, constitutional lawyer and iraq war veteran. a source involved in the effort to recruit an independent alternative to donald trump tells abc news that french has had serious discussions about agreeing to run. his wife is also known in conservative circles as a ghost writer for sarah palin and her daughter bristol. >> well, now to the extensive flooding that isn't going away and not anymore soon in southeastern texas.

crested last night more than three feet above its previous record high flood stage. it is expected to recede over the next coming days. the river's levels will remain lie for up to three weeks. one reason for that is because water will need to be released from swollen res wars upstream. further north near dallas, four men whose truck got caught in floodwaters had to be rescued by local firefighters. there were more than a dozen water rescues performed in that area yesterday from both vehicles and homes. abc's ginger zee is tracking the rain in the lone star state. >> reporter: just south of fort worth, texas, there are cars stranded. so high water pooling up with these slow-moving storms that you see on the radar. you take a place like austin where they're already saturated. they've had their wettest may in record. a flood watch in place from the mexican border up through southeastern oklahoma for the next couple of days. it's going to last thr

slow move into the weekend. 4 to 5 inches sandwiched between austin and dallas. ginger zee, abc news, new york. >> federal prosecutors say the family of the san bernardino shooters should not profit from the terrorist act. the government has filed to seize more than a quarter million dollars in life insurance payouts for syed farook. the policies were obtained from -- through his employment with the keep the health department. instead, the prosecutors want to make the funds available to victims of farook's rampage. >> a convicted killer drew peterson is looking at more prison time. a jury found peterson guilty of trying to hire an inmate to kill the prosecutor who placed him behind bars. jurors deliberated for about hour. peterson is serving a 38-year sentence and faces up to 60 more years in prison as au result. an actor who played a police officer on the tv show "the shield" has been found guilty of murder. lawyers for michael jace acknowledge he killed his wife but they say he should havbe

convicted of voluntary manslaughter because there was no premeditation. jace could be sentenced to life behind bars. the california man accused of putting a drug in his date's dink has appeared in court. michael hsu is charged with two felonies in connection with the incident at a santa monica restaurant. three women who say they saw him putting something into the drink alerted his date and the restaurant's management. their facebook post about the incident went viral. if convicted, hsu could get six years if prison. a health alert. general mills is recalling 10 million pounds of flour. an outbreak of e. coli sickened 38 people. 20 states. half of those victims reported eating something homemade with flour. some identified gold medal, wondra, signature kitchens flour. they may have eaten raw dough or batter. >> general mills notes no contamination has been found in any of its products.

>> we all know arnold schwarzenegger for being the terminator and the former governor of california. >> overall bad guy. >> we also know he's just like us when faced by some real danger. >> he screams. >> he's going to charge us. >> schwarzenegger is in that jeep on safari in south africa. at that point, the huge bull elephant walks into the brush by the side of the road. it's not long before it comes back. check this out. it's chasing this jeep as it speeds away. >> i would have been so far gone. by the way, schwarzenegger tweeted after that they did have to change their pants as a result. >> but he said they're incredible animals and that he says you, you know, take a picture. not a shot. >> not a shot. they need to be protected. but they are scary when you see them up front like that running at you. >> you hear him say it's going to charge us because it kind of walks away and acts like it's disinterested and boom he's the terminator. a frightening case of road rage caught on video. a

with the driver and his passenger getting out of the way just in the nick of time. who police say started this confrontation. >> so lucky to be alive. >> and just wait until you hear what a "hunger games" star just named her new baby boy. that's in "the skinny." first a look at today's forecast. >> no great falls. >> but fantastically warm weather. >> all over. >> over in our part of the world. >> announcer: "world news now" weather, brought to you by life alert.

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so this happened. that's a guy in a stolen front loader being pursued by police in anchorage, alaska. after taking the vehicle from landscaping business, the man behind the wheel rammed it into a liquor store and stole several bottles. okay. when he was finally cornered, he was arrested, of course. a police official said the man "performed poorly on standard field sobriety tests." >> do you think? >> do you think? how do you think he got in that front loader? so about 5,000 miles south of there, a heart-stopping case of road rage played out near tampa, florida. >> cell phone video shows a driver running his car over a motorcycle with the driver and passenger barely getting out of the way in time. steve osunsami has the story. >> reporter: florida highway authorities say here's proof we're looking at a long summer, this is cell phone video of a driver's temper going from zero to 100. >> 911. what's the address of your emergency? >> yeah, we just got run over by a car. >> reporter: the couple on the motorcycleus

lucky they could walk away. >> how is the person now? >> they're standing. but it was a crazy driver. >> reporter: police arrested 31-year-old robert paul vance who they say had the short temper and started the argument. >> people are crazy. your life could end instantly. >> reporter: in an increasing number of incidents, guns are part of the equation. this beatdown of a driver near tampa last month only ended when the driver's wife gets out of their bmw with a pistol. over the weekend in houston, witnesses say this fight broke out over a right turn. >> that aggravated the truck driver because he thought no, you're not. you're not going in front of me. >> reporter: authorities are encouraging angry drivers to take a deep breath. more than two-thirds of traffic fatalities are caused by aggressive driving. steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. >> people need to do some yoga, meditate. >> when we come back, mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the most regal cover girl of them all. >> and the

fwhanl. >> the latest bizarre baby name. we've got "the skinny" next. >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations.

♪ skinny, so skinny >> how do you know i haven't done it before? >> you have done it before. topping our headlines this morning, britain's newest cover girl. >> yep, hitting the news stands tomorrow in new york and the uk

and next tuesday everywhere else, it's queen elizabeth gracing the cover of the june issue of "vanity fair." to mark her 90th birthday. the queen sat for a series of photographs with contributing photographer annie liebovitz. for a complete portfolio of capturing queen elizabeth ii within her familiar surroundings at windsor castle. those are great. >> leibowitz said the most important thing about the shoot is that all of the photos were the queen's ideas. she knew exactly how she wanted to be portrayed, at peace surrounded by her family and her beloved corgis. >> in other words, annie was taking direction from the queen. >> annie didn't say no. >> she's the boss. >> exactly. next to another beauty queen. tying the knot for the second time to the same guy. vanessa williams and jim skrip got married last fourth of july. >> now the former beauty queen has posted this photograph on instagram sharing the moment after they exchanged vows on monday in her

married once every year? >> once is enough. >> she captioned the photo "yesterday we took one last walk down the aisle, this time in my little church. officially wedded catholic amen." #my jim. >> well, good. this is williams' third marriage. she shares daughters melanie and jillian and son devin with her first husband roman and shares a 16-year-old daughter sasha with former nba star rick fox. >> thanks for bringing us up to date there. >> now that we know about all of her marriages. >> family tree. speaking of celebrity children, we've heard of some pretty unusual baby names, like apple, there's blue ivy and north. >> now "hunger games" actress jenna malone just had a baby with boyfriend effect delorenzo. they've named him ode mountain. >> ode mountain. >> they must like mountains. it's the only -- onl

>> two years ago you recall kate winslet and her husband ned named their son bear blaze. interesting. >> off beat celebrity baby names are hardly a new thing. legendary guitarist frank zappa named his kids, moon, unit, ahmet, dweezil, and diva muffin. >> just to spell it out so you can see. some celebrities even chose to keep things simple. so you had boxer and cooking appliance pitchman george foreman who named his five sons george junior, george iii, george iv, george v, george vi with nicknames to tell them apart and one of his seven daughters georgetta. >> oh, my gosh. he's not self-important, is he? >> finally, one guy, one name and one very big price for his old house. >> so singer lenny kravitz m

his former mediterranean style miami beach mansion, 11,000 square feet, six bedrooms, very nice there, 11 bathrooms. because you never know where you want to go in the middle of the night, saltwater swimming pool, no less, and it's right there on biscayne bay. >> he bought the mansion in 2001 for just under $9 million, sold it four years later to a new york city real estate developer for $14 million. >> still a good payback. > $5 million after just four years. >> so this developer, this property developer is known for developer is known for renovating the fountainebleau hotel, the iconic hotel. >> he has a good eye. >> now that developer is selling it for $25 million. >> and see this area here? that was actually added by kravitz. he added a beach. he brought in sand and made a fake beach. >> it's a great location. that's what you call a profit. >> want to move in. >> the developer has a good eye for these things. >> go halves, right?

>> i hope your half is bigger than mine. >> all right. an mine. >> all right.

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♪ >> that well-known lady gaga song. okay, so we're well into season 12 of "the bachelorette." and there's no question jojo did look stunning at monday night's rose ceremony. >> how does she do it? jojo and her stylist are now giving us an inside look at the closet of the bachelorette. here is abc's kayna whitworth. >> reporter: before jojo takes off on her world tour of surprise exotic locations, gma got an exclusive inside look at jojo's traveling closet with the bachelorette herself and celebrity stylist cary fetman. >> welcome to my wardrobe room. >> oh, my gosh. this is wardrobe magic.

the ever trend setting show, now in its 12th season, promises to be all glitz and high style. >> you are spectacular. >> thank you. this is one of my faves. it's amazing. > i have a rose ceremony that i know we're doing something spectacular and so i'm willing to take one whole suitcase just for this dress. >> reporter: fetman tacked with making sure that jojo is camera ready for every climate and every date. >> i have no clue what i'm doing half the time. some days i'll be wearing hiking boots during the day and throw on a pair of stilettos at night. you make both work. >> reporter: she says her style is casual bohemian. like you saw in the first episode, rompers are her go to you. >> don't have to worry if the pants are going to match the shirt, the shirt's going to match the shoes. it's one thing. you stick it on. they're comfortable. >> reporter: the getaways spanning the entire globe makes preparing the wardrobe a daunting task. this season it's all climates. >> this is a spring coat. she's going to a country where she will arrive and be getting

off of a private plane. and so that's all i can tell you. >> private plane in another country. this is very jackie o. in case she's goes on a motorcycle ride, there's 20 leather jackets. >> yet, this is her style. when every girl has only black, brink pink leather. >> reporter: jojo admits leather is her favorite material. >> i love leather. i could do leather pants, leather jackets all black. >> reporter: maybe chemistry and fashion will be the perfect combination for jojo and her mr. forever. kayna whitworth, abc news, los angeles. >> definitely closet envy. i've always wondered whether they're dressed or not. she was a contestant on the bachelor. are they all dressed then? >> jack, you know this. our senior bachelor analyst. >> ten women on the show, they all have help. >> do they have help? >> casual bohemian. that's the thing. going big. >> i don't even know what that means. >> casual bohemian, beating people up. >> i learned wt

>> all that.

making news in america this morning, donald trump picking a new fight. angry during a news conference, launching an attack on reporters amid questions over donations to veterans, plus, a possible third party candidate revealed. we're live with the details. flooding emergency. texas towns underwater. a jeep getting swept away as rivers crest overnight. hot tub hideout. a suspect on the run trying to outsmart cops by jumping into a jacuzzi. made it to the halfway mark in the year. good wednesday morning, everyone. we're going to start with donald trump's tirade slamming