among same-sex couples. and former teen idol david cassidy has made a personal revelation. he's suffering from dementia. the 66-year-old confirmed the diagnosis to people plagues. the singer who rose to fame on the partridge family tv show" says his family has a history of the disease. his lites include i think i love you. he struggled in recent years with drinking and financial troubles. >> really sad especially for the fans reflecting back on the nostalgia that he brought to them. you saw some protests against the president earlier. there were also anti-trump demonstrations yesterday outside the houses of participant in london. >> and lawmakers were debating president trump's upcoming state visit to britain. that debated came after a petition opposing the president's trip signed by millions of british subjects. one member's key phrase, raised plenty of eyebrows. listen. >> at the very least, it would have been prudent to wait before

rolling out the royal red carpet pimping out the queen for donald trump. and trump's state visit is set for later this year. >> not every president is invited to parptd. he would be just the fourth u.s. president to be honored with a state visit to the uk following ronald reagan, george w. bush and barack obama. also, from europe now, someone got a little generous with the number of stars on the american flag. take a look at this. this was vice president pence innocence brussels yesterday during meetings with the european union's leader. >> and some eagle eyed observer noticed that the flag, i'm slowing down my read trying to see the flag. can i see 51 stars? it's supposed to be 50, one for every state. apparently we're off one into that's right. if you xafr both flags, that's not the real -- there's the real

no, that's still -- i think those are both. yeah, that's the real one on left. i'm getting confused because one is so long there. fibros, six stars, four rows of five stars. i mean, look, it's tricky when you look at that shot, even you know, you can get a little confused with it. >> i'll tell you this. whoever had that much time on their hands, i wouldn't have noticed. but it is important to note we do have 50 states. >> we do. >> there's your lesson, kids. coming up, the daring rescue in new york's central park. wait till you see this. the two tourist who's jumped in to save seven kids who fell in the ice on an 18-foot deep pond while trying to take a selfie. >> it could be a game-changer for people suffering from sleep apnea. how to get a peaceal night's sleep using magnets. but first, here's a look at today's temperatures. >> ann

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in. jonas got the two the closest to the shore first. >> i turned around and there were still five more. i grabbed the ladder and the first two and pulled the ladder out. the last two, the one kid i could see in the way back i knew i couldn't get to. >> reporter: somehow in that frigid water, jonas did get to him. we pulled the body up on shore. he was -- he was -- if i didn't grab him a second later, he was gone. he was barely breathing. >> reporter: in time it, fdny divers arrived and spent an hour searching the pond to make sure everyone was out. >> how was the swim? >> chilly. >> reporter: all of this over a selfie? mya ramirez saw it all lap. >> let's take a selfie. when they all went together, it broke and they went all down. >> reporter: yeah, the ice collapsed and they fell in but no serious injuries, just mild hypothermia and seven kids very unlikely to ever head to the ice again.

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>> i analyze the bramt ter levels for air displacement, friction and velocity. >> reporter: as they were breaking barriers at nasa, ray montague was making history at the navy. >> i am known the first person to design a ship using a computer. and i was the first female program manager of ships in the history of the navy, which was the equivalent of being the ceo of a company. >> reporter: the little rock native was a child of the segregated south and never saw an engineer who looked like her. >> my mother told me when i was a very little girl, raye, you'll have three strikes against you. you're female and you're black and you'll have a southern segregated school education but you can be or do anything you want. provided you're educated. >> reporter: she would go on to receive a bachelor of science in business. and in 1956, she moved to washington, d.c. to begin her

career with the navy. >> and they said, oh, you've got a bachelor of science. you're on the leading edge of technology. i didn't know that. >> reporter: over the next 14 years, she would shatter glass ceilings as a woman in a male dominated field surpassing those who would have held her back and maneuvering around every roadblock thrown in her path. >> to think back to what she dealt with back then, especially with the gender variable they thought she was supposed to be getting them coffee and she was the one in charge. >> reporter: today 82-year-old raye montague is credited with revolutionizing the process for all naval ships and submarines. >> she had to prove to herself she could do the job. she was able to rise above those type of things. what a woman, and montague made a special guest appearance yesterday on "good morning america." >> and treated to a special

surprise. actress janelle monet who proper trays mary jackson in "hidden figures" as she shared what it is she accomplished. >> one of the things that people would say to me, you mean, you were the first black woman to do this. no, when you would talk about the ship design. they said, well, then you were the first woman. no. i was the first person and that's important. >> and i have to say this young woman who is sitting right next to you, you have had a year that has just been amazing. "moonlight" also oscar nominated, "hidden figures," oscar nominated. what does this week mean to you? >> well, i'm just so thankful seeing a woman like you, i'm getting all emotional. just put things into perspective. >> thank you, janelle.

>> i just think that i'm sorry, i'm trying, but i'm just so moved by stories that humanize us and you know, for me individual human beings who oftentimes are marginalized bass they're different because of their gender, sexual orientation, but no longer. so these films are these universal stories told in unforgettable ways and they're bringing us together and that's what i love most. >> thank you. >> for that reason i want to see "hidden figures" actually get so many awards at the oscarss because it's such a powerful powerful story. and now we're hearing so many other stories like raye's. >> if we hadn't seen the story of "hidden figures" we might not have seen raye's story. that's classy lady.

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♪ when you're talking in your sleep ♪ ♪ i hear the secrets that you keep ♪ >> they picked the perfect song. every time. the perfect song. >> talking in your sleep. millions of americans wish they could be talking in their sleep if only they could stay asleep. >> in what many will be hoping a game-changing inknow novation for people sumpbing from sleep apnea, one doctor is treating the condition with magnets. >> reporter: for most of us, eight hours of sleep is rejuvenating, for others though it can be torture. >> i would wake up multiple times a night jumping up, you know, i hadn't been breathing for over a minute

suffers from obstructive sleep apnea, a condition so severe he says it left him like a walking zombie during the day typically triggered when muscles that keep your massages open overnight rerelax and collapse. >> his brain is not getting the oxygen it needs and it causes his blaine to trigger him to wake un. >> reporter: he first tried an air masque known as a cpap. he couldn't sleep with it on. then in a first of its kind neck surgery at ucsf, dr. julie chang experimented an experimental device designed to keep his airway open with a magnet. >> a small sue tour is made. mag net is placed under the skin and secured to the bone with a couple stitches. >> reporter: then at night, he puts on a collar containing a second magnet. the attraction pulls the magnet

at the same time. >> sounded fine to me. >> reporter: the device known as the mag nap is the brainchild of dr. mike harrison. he first used the concept on children, sunken chests to pull the bones forward. >> this idea about obstructive sleep apnea came directly from them. i was thinking about oh, i wonder what else we could pull out that would be useful. saving my life. i feel luck thaw i'm the first one. >> reporter: the mag nap is now in clinical trial at ucsf. researchers say the only significant side effect so far is a temporary soreness when swallowing. as for the benefits besides life-changing sideline it could give him an attract tiff new fashion option, as well. >> take this, toux eido land. >> i love that. that was great. >> so there was a magnet on a bow tie. 24% of men are affected by sleep apnea. as many as 80% of cases go

breaking news this morning on "world news now." a deadly plane crash into a shopping mall. >> several americans have been confirmed dead after a small plane slammed into a building in australia. the crash causing a massive fire, smoke seen billowing from the site for miles. we'll have the late breaking details just ahead. and take two, president trump announcing his new pick to replace the national security adviser he dismissed last week. so just who is general h.r. mcmaster and why is the president choosing him earning bipartisan praise? and the security breach at one of america's busiest airports. nearly a dozen people walking through an unstaffed metal detector at jfk international. three setting it off with nobody stopping them from boarding their planes. what the tsa is