of this morning on "world news now," breaking right now, the first major shake-up in the trump administration. >> national security advisor michael flynn suddenly resigned overnight. flynn's departure comes amid some controversial contact with the ambassador to russia. we have new details coming in. and the flooding fears in northern california. a mandatory evacuation remains in effect for nearly 200,000 people as the race to replace the oroville dam gets under way. the crisis is highlighting a big problem with the dams across america. then "playboy" is changing course after a short-lived ban, the magazine will now feature nudity again. this morning, hugh hefner's son explains why the company is going back to its old ways. redefining dominance. the uconn women's

team wins their 100th consecutive game. the highlights, the celebrations. it is tuesday, it is valentine's day. yea. >> yea. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> valentine's day. >> i didn't feel like that was a genuine -- that's one of those hugs, you know the hugs when you stick your butt out and you don't really mean it, that's what you just did to me. >> i was trying not to mess up your makeup or you mess up my take. >> i see. >> happy valentine's day to you. >> and to you all. we are going to have some fun coming up. >> starting with a break yip guess in washington. >> in a way. we're starting with breaking news. the resignation of president trump's embattled national security advicer. >> michael flynn resigning overnight after it was revealed he misled top white house officials about conversations he had with the russian ambassador to the u.s. >> he had previously denied having conversations

ambassador about u.s. sanctions against russia before president trump's inauguration. just hours before the announcement of his resignation president trump ignored reporters' questions about the controversy. >> reporter: michael flynn, mr. president from. >> among the possible replacements for flynn is retired general david petraeus, a former cia director. pleaded guilty two years ago to give ing classified information to his biographer with wlom he was having affair at the time. >> also on the short list, bob howard, a former navy seal. he also served as deputy commander of u.s. central command under james general mattis, newly appointed secretary of defense. >> we'll continue to follow the development that broke a few hours ago. mike flynn revealing in a letter he might have misled the vice president. full coverage through the morning. the white house has been dealt another legal setback in

president trump's travel ban. >> a federal judge in seattle ruled a lawsuit challenging his ban will move forward. the trump administration had asked the judge to postpone the case till a new decision might come from the 9th circuit of appeals in san francisco. >> after the ruling, the washington state attorney general tweeted pleased to see judge row bart rejected the trump administration's request to delay. we will indeed see flu court. >> that was in response to the president's tweet from the last week saying see new court. the security of our nation is it at stake. and president trump saw a lot of canadian prime minister justin trudeau yesterday. >> the dow world leaders covered quite a bit of ground during his visit to the white house. abc's kenneth moton has the latest. >> reporter: president trump and justin true due talking trade, jobs and immigration. >> we are going to have a great relationship with canada, maybe as good or better hopefully than

starkly different policies on refugees. sources tell abc news the president plans to sign several new executive orders this week on immigration. but will continue to defend his first one banning immigrants from seven predominantly will you muslim countries. >> the last thing canadians expect is for me to come down and lecture another country on how they choose to govern themselves. >> reporter: the two also announced a new task force for the advancement of women in business. the president's daughter ivanka right there at the table next to the prime minister. >> as we think about how we level the playing field for this jenation and for the next so thank you for being here. >> kenneth moton, abc news washington. >> you saw ivanka trump there. that visit is not without controversy. >> she tweet aid photo of herself sitting at her father's desk between the president and justin trudeau extelling the importance of women having a seat at the table. that tweet has sparked quite a bit of aer

some saying that the oval office should not be used as a prop for the president's daughter. and these images of president trump and japanese prime minister shinzo abe at his mar-a-lago resort in florida as they handled the news about north korea's missile launch on saturday and draw agfresh fire on social media. democrats have criticize this had as an open aired situation room. house minority leader nancy pelosi tweeted "there's no excuse for let aginternational crisis play out in front of a bunch of country club members like dinner theater." the department of homeland security says federal immigration officials arrested more than 600 people across at least 11 states last week alone. however, homeland security secretary john kelley called the effort routine under the obama administration, more than 400,000 immigrants living in the u.s. illegally were deported in 2012 alone. in 2015, more than 2,000 were arrested in one week. and now to the crisis in

a major dam that could let loose a flood of epic proportions on to nearby towns with new storms on the way, helicopters are dropping sacks of rocks into a hole in the dam's emergency spillway. they're also moving rocks to patch other spots and reinforce that spillway. >> the evacuation yords keeping nearly 200,000 people out of their homes and it remains in place, that order. california's governor is seeking serler disaster assistance. kayna whitworth has more on the nightmare at the dam. that started the alarm. water rushing over a giant, gaping hole. now the race to reroute the water causing bigger problems. the damage and erosion so severe emergency officials fear the worst. if the area doesn't hold, a giant wall of water could spill into the surrounding residential areas. just seven miles down from the dam, the city of oroville, this

swelling over its banks. if that spillway fails, a million more gallons of water every second would enter this river. nearly 200,000 people told to evacuate. the alerts coming in by phone and text. this oroville resident said he had five minutes to leave. >> her phone started going off, and we just immediately loaded up the kids and took off. >> yeah. >> reporter: dishes left on the table at this abandoned denny's. those fleeing stuck in bumper to bumper traffic for hours. gas stations overwhelmed. >> i'm scared because i have never been in anything like this before. >> reporter: motorists tweeting photos and videos of their ordeal through the night. >> i have been stuck in this spot for 20 minutes, and i'm not going nowhere. >> reporter: the problem all stemming from the oroville dam in northern california, now at record levels and in danger of spilling over after a series of storms. at 770 feet high, the dam is america's tallest. it releases water from lake oroville through a spillway. the problem started last tuesday

the spillway's concrete base, forcing engineers saturday to allow water over this wall into the adjacent emergency spillway. here are the dramatic images of the water going over the wall for the first time since the dam opened in 196, leading to that severe and dangerous erosion. right behind me, these are the giant bags they are filling up with rocks to drop into the hole, and when you look those bags are about four feet tall. lifting giant bags that they hope will stop the erosion. with that giant hole to take the pressure off the second emergency spillway. more than one olympic swimming pool of water rushing through every single second, and officials say, it's working, but this image shows how close the dam is to the town of oroville, which is a ghost town. many preparing to spend a second night at shelters, sleeping on cots and among those waiting to return home, 18-year-old april torlone. >> it was beyond crazy seeing

that yuba city changed in a matter of minutes. >> officials not lifting the orders in place for nearly 200,000 people despite the fact that the lake levels have actually fallen and there's no more water going over the emergency spillway. we have more rain in the forecast so this threat is far from over. kayna whitworth. in the wake of those emergency evacuations near the dam, disturbing revelations about dams like these nationwide. >> you 20% of dams in populated areas around the country lack an emergency plan. many were built decades ago when the surrounding areas were agricultural or recreational with few residents or development. >> scary stuff. >> residents of northern new england will have a lot of shoveling to do this morning. as many as 2 1/2 feet of know fell on some parts of maine where it stopped snowing a few hours ago. more snow is in the forecast

winds create some problems. >> the university of connecticut women's basketball team has gone where no college hoops team has gone before. >> it's the first ever to win 100 games in a row. think about that. uconn reached that century mark last night in the game against south carolina. gabby williams led the way with a career high of 26 points in a 66-55 win. when it was over, the huskies fans gave them a standing occasion foo well deserved. >> uconn goes for number 101 on saturday at tulane. just for in case anyone's thinking they're lucky or this is a fluke, of those 100 games, only two of them have had teams come within even ten points of them. >> my gosh. >> more than half of them, 57 of them -- or 56 have been by more than 40 points. >> these are top ten ranked teams. it's not like they're playing

globetrotters. >> after last year they lost a ton of strong players. they were expecting this year to be a down season and because their schedule was tough. yet, they have dominated. this is 17 in a row they've gone undefeated. unbelievable. >> congratulations to tem. coming up, the very first passenger drone set to take flight. >> and back to the birthday suits. >> what? >> playboy is reversing course featuring nude pictures again. so why was that whole ban on nudity so short lived? >> happy valentine's day. >> plus the wireless wars heing up, verizon now the last major u.s. carrier tore offer unlimited data. what it means for customers and the catch if you use too much data. >> wait, unlimited. >> there is a catch. a big thank you to all of our twitter followers helping us reach 100,000! thank you all. and if you are not one of those 100,000, please join the club.

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least several years. >> they need to work on that name. >> e hang 184? >> 42700. >> what would you name it? >> i don't know. >> radio flyer. >> uber drone. >> radio flyer could work, as well. let's move on to "playboy" magazine which is again featuring photos of naked women. yes. cooper hefner is the son of the founder admits the decision to remove nudity was a mistake. they did it a year ago. the ban lasted one year till the march, april 2017 issue which is on sale now. its end was announced on twitter and facebook with the hash tag naked as normal. playboy is now reclaiming its identity. verizon finally joined the rest of the networks moving away from monthly data plans. >> an effort by the major wireless companies to win back smartphone commerce offering

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they went through the unbelievable and now they're speak out. >> matt gutman sat down with these parents. >> on the august day the schwabs went to the world's tallest water slide, admission was free for the families of state legislators. but that thrill wide would cost the kansas state legislator and his wife what was most dear. >> six went to the park and five came back. >> now for the first time, scott and michelle schwab recount that tortured sunday. the schwabs decided to take their four boys including 10-year-old kaleb you see him here dancing with his baby brother to the schlitterbahn water park. kaleb and his 12-year-old brother nathan went straight to the 170 foot scaffold of the ver racket which means insane in germany. >> before they took off, i said

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start the relief. ditch the misery. let's end this. it is the day for love. valentine's day. at least according to hallmark. no. so burger king is in the mood. they've got this new like you know how you have like kids' meal? we'll get to it. they have this adult meal that includes two whoppers, two packs of fries, two bears and an adult toy. >> a toy? wait. >> it's sort of 4r50ik shades of gray" sort of thing so one of the toys they include like a feather duster, a scalp massager, satin mask. so yeah, this is it. they're getting in the mood. i guess for valentine's day. >> where is it? >> did you bring me one? >> you have to hop on a flight and go to israel for it. it's only available in isr

but perhaps by next valentine's day we can have -- >> you chose to do a story on valentine's day about a adult happy meal and you didn't bring me one. >> it's not so happy. >> we're breaking up. >> sorry. happy valentine's day. >> on an opposite note, after a fifth grade team which is a coed basketball team was given an ultimatum, ditch the two girls on the team or no longer play in the league, that is, guess what the boys chose? >> they're playing the championship. >> no, they said see you later league. this happened at a new jersey catholic youth organization league squad. the name of the squad is st. john's. the boys were told that they should never have been allowed to play in a coed league and if they didn't get rid of the girls on the team, they would no longer continue to be able to play. they chose to forfeit rather than separate.

the way things should be done. the adults are the ones that need to figure things out. >> a grais great lesson. this other teacher, p.e. teacher has become famous for his trick shots. this is chris. he's heres in new york city. and the globetrotters recently noticed his trick shots because they've become famous and guess what, the globetrotters actually surprised him. >> so cool. >> by showing up, giving him the surprise of his life. interrupting his high school gym class. they invited him to play with the team at the garden on february 20th. >> that's so exciting. > that will be awesome. >> mr. trick shot. >> and we've seen a lot of videos come out about pets and vacuums. normally it's the pets terrified of the vacuums. this ferret owner has the opposite problem. he says every time he tries to vacuum, the ferret

this morning, breaking overnight. national security advisor michael flynn resigning. details on the trump administration's first major shake-up and possible replacements coming in. >> also happening overnight, a judge rules against the trump administration's travel ban. we'll go through what that means for the ongoing legal battle. and new this half hour, you could have an award for bridesmaid of the year. >> yes. the picture showing a woman going all-out, diving out of the way during a prewedding shoot. the story behind this viral image coming up. >> and bachelor nick narrows the women down the final four. our senior chief analyst is here. plus the new bachelorette revealed. so much love on this valentine's day.