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

and grande mocha loco. if you think you're particular how you like your coffee, wait till you see what could be the most ridiculous, complicated concoction ever. the barista probably having to work overtime to get in all the ingredients. we'll break down the ingredients on this tuesday, february 21st. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." and this is not a grand kef mocha loco, but i wish it was. good morning. i'm gio benitez. >> i'm adrienne bankert. we begin with breaking news from australia. several americans are dead in a plane crash. >> the charter plane exploded at a shopping center near melbourne this morning. five people are dead, four americans. one, of course, is the pilot. the plane had just taken off from a nearby airport when the pilot radioed a may day call. eyewitnesss expected the worst. >> i seen a blue clash come down

all of a sudden, it erupt into a huge fireball. >> all i saw was the smoke. obviously, it blew up and then there's cars. we didn't know what to do. we were standing on the balcony. pris tense. >> and luckily no store employees were in the parking lot or at the back of the stores where plane hit. the plane's passenger were american golfers heading to a new luxury golf course nearby. the names of the victims have not yet been made public. the local governor calls it the worst aviation accident there in 30 years. we will, of course, continue to stay on top of the breaking story. we turn now to the president's selection of a new national security adviser. a week after michael flynn stepped down, army veteran h.r. mcmaster has accepted the position. >> mcmaster's selection between the trump administration can now focus on version two of its immigration ban.

be rolled out in just a few days. cecilia vega wraps up the start of what's expected to be a busy week in washington. >> the president making a spr announcement from a couch in his ornate mar-a-lago clubhouse. seated right there next to him, his new national security adviser, general h.r. mcmaster. >> he's a man of tremendous talent and tremendous experience. i watched and read a lot over the last two days. he is highly respected by everybody in the military, and we're very honored to have him. >> reporter: known as one of the army's leading thinkers, mcmaster served in the first gulf war, afghanistan and iraq. he is also a west point grad with a p.h.d. in military history. >> i'd just like to say what a privilege it is to be able to continue serving our nation. >> reporter: he replaces the controversial michael flynn, fired by the president after lying about his conversations with the russians. flynn's ouster seen as a sign of a white house in turmoil.

otherwise. >> this administration is running like a fine-tuned machine. >> reporter: in that same news conference, the president also insisted he had a flynn replacement ready to go. >> and i have somebody that i think will be outstanding for the position. >> reporter: but that somebody, retired admiral robert harward, turned down the job. publically citing "family reasons." >> you're going to do a great job. >> reporter: now with a new national security adviser in place, the white house is preparing to roll out a new version of that controversial extreme vetting travel ban. senior white house officials tell abc news, in the new draft, people from the same seven majority-muslim countries targeted in the original order, would still be banned. but this new draft does not have automatic rejection for refugees from syria. it also clarifies that green card holders and dual citizens of the u.s. and those seven

and general mcmaster is already receiving praise from both democrats and republicans alike. in fact, republican senator john mccain who just days ago said that the trump administration was in disarray is now calling the mcmaster pick outstanding. cecilia vega, abc news, the white house. >> from the white house we move to the kremlin which has a simple response to news of a ukraine peace plan. absurd. the "new york times" first reported the draft created by two trump associates and a crew cranian lawmaker. the paper says ukrainians would decide to lease crimea to russia which annexed the region three years ago. the times says it was presented to michael flynn. when asked about the report, a kremlin spokesperson said, there's nothing to talk about. and russian president vladimir putin expressed condolences on deaths of his nation's u.n. ambassador. diplomat vitaly churkin would have turned 65 today. he died yesterday in new york

churkin was a staunch defender of russia's policies including its bombing campaign in syria. he was also a harsh critic of the obama administration. more northern california residents are spending the night out of their homes because of the possibility of flooding. many rivers are at or above flood stage because of the latest severe storm prompting evacuation orders including the town of maxwell. residents are stacking sandbags to try to keep rivers and streams within their banks. the don pedro reservoir spillway, those gates opened for the first time in 20 years. tripling the flow of the to you ol me river. the extra water likely to flood some parts of modesto this afternoon. another new storm hitting northern california and southern oregon this morning, the biggest concern is about strong wind gusts. but even modest rain may be too much for the waterlogged region to handle. in san antonio, the damage quo reach $100 million after the city was struck by atea

tornadoes. winds reached as much as 110 miles per hour ripping off roofs, knocking over trees, cutting power to thousands. even a transmission tower was not strong enough to withstand those storms. no major injuries were reported, however. all right. police in southern california say the suspect in a deadly shoot-out with police is believed to be involved in the murder of a family member, as well. he is being treated at a hospital and could face multiple murder charges. abc's matt gutman has more. >> reporter: a gunfight in suburban los angeles. [ sirens ] >> reporter: two police officers responding to a traffic accident when they notice a man in the car they begin to question has -- >> tattoos all over his face, and all over his neck and he's in gang attire. >> reporter: they had no idea the just paroled felon was suspected after r of a murder that very morning and- -- >> they were in thpr

and pat him down for weapons, and that's when they pulled the gun, and that's when the turning fire, wounding him.ng you see that suspect being loaded, handcuffed into an ambulance as both the officers hit were rushed to a nearby hospital. one of them later pronounced dead. with officers is embracing in mourning, a procession for that slain officer, keith wayne boyer, wound through los angeles. >> it will take some time for the crime scene behind me to be processed. we've learned that the officer was wearing a bullet profit vest at the time but it was not enough to save him. he was a 30-year veteran and close to retirement. >> matt gutman, abc news, whittier, california. >> pope francis wants young people to keep cell phones away from the dinner table. the tech savvy pontiff warns texting during family meals endangers communication. he notes an adix to devices puts personal relationships at risk. he says people need to work on

each other, advise we all could use. >> absolutely. and talking about being kind, here's a story that will make drivers in our nation's two largest cities sick to stair stomachs. a new study that runs down the cities with the worst traffic worldwide. >> not a lot of surprises here. number three is new york city. nice they're not first place in the study. drivers spend about 29 hours on average in traffic during peak periods. that was last year. >> moscow, russia, home of the kremlin, vladimir putin has the world's second worst traffic. >> that leaves l.a. >> you know that. >> number one once again. the study says motorists wasted 104 hours sitting in gridlock last year costing every driver more than $2400 in wastes fuel and lost productivity. so. >> that was just adrienne's car. >> no, no. it's just like you can't text a

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look at that incredible shot right there. it looks as if someone pulled the stopper from a bathtub drain but it's the morning glory spillway in napa, california, in action for the first time in more than a decade. it functions pretty much like a bathtub drain, too. when the lake gets to the high it, water spills into the eight-foot wide pipe and is dumped into a nearby river. isn't that incredible? >> lake berryessa looking glorious. i'm from california. this is a welcome sight for what was drought stricken california. but with the record rainfall

it, i think 74% of the state is completely out of drauths range. >> wow. >> it's amazing. exciting to see even though it's been quite difficult for some people. my first grade teach's mother was evacuated. in maxwell. that's one of the towns seeing serious flood damage. she is okay, but a lot of folks are out of their homes. so moving on to a story a lot of us can relate to, security at the airport. the tsa promising a full review after a major breach at jfk international airport. >> nearly a dozen passengers breezed right through an unstaffed metal detector. three of them setting off the alarm. but nobody stopped them from boarding their planes. here's abc's linzie janis. >> reporter: these surveillance images showing these passengers breaching security at one of america's busiest airports. tsa officers at new york's jfk left a metal detector unstaffed. 11 passengers passing through around 6:00 a.m. three of them set the detector off, but got no additional screening.

restricted sterile area without being screened. they have video footage of this. >> reporter: it took the tsa two hours to report the breach to airport police. >> side unit and land unit respond to terminal five. >> reporter: by 8:00 a.m. law enforcement officers flood the terminal with those photos of the three passengers, but they had already boarded their flight. >> the most worrying thing about the security breach is the two-hour delay. it should never have happened. >> reporter: the tsa says all the passengers' carryon bags were screened and they will discipline and retrain employees as appropriate. those three passengers flew to san francisco. the tsa says they were screened upon landing. but the question remains, why weren't police told sooner? linzie janis, abc news, new york. >> insane. coming up in our next half hour, the alarming uptick in bomb threats targeting jewish community centers. evacuations were forced across nine states yesterday with

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good early morning to you. we're just five days away from hollywood's biggest night of the year. this morning, the growing oscar buzz around one of this year's best documentary nominees is focusing on race and celebrity. >> specifically how that dynamic played out in the o.j. simpson trial. we're up "up all nightline" with abc's juju chang. >> reporter: many of the central players in. the trial of the century back in the spotlight as part of an oscar nominated espn documentary. o.j. made in america exploring bitter race relations plaguing lapd for decades. did the defense team cross a line? ethically. >> they cross a line every time they walk into court. every single time. >> what was the most egregious? >> i think the sheer extreme nature of the way in which race was injected went too far. >> when audiotape surfaced of the police officer who found the

slurs. >> first thing anything out of a [ bleeped ] for the first five or six sentences is a lie. >> it was seen as a touchdown for the defense. >> who says things like that in. >> it was so foul, it was so despicable that i mean it was nauseating to listen to. >> it was like mana from heaven. it was indeed a gift. >> reporter: when you heard those tapes did you think this is a get out of jail free card? >> it was a blockbuster. we knew that some of the things that he was talking about would resonate with this jury. >> it was very painful, two innocent people were brutally murdered. and i just thought no one cares. no one cares. and it was extremely heart breaking. >> reporter: did you lose your faith in the criminal justice system? >> i did. i really did. it wasn't just the verdict. it was watching the insanity of the circus every single day. i couldn't get the judge to pick

the trial and watching something like that happen, it's like i have nothing left to believe in. i can't do this. >> reporter: but life after the not guilty verdict was not as o.j. may have imagined. he was found libel in the civil trial and ordered to pay $33 million to the families of nicole brown simpson and ron goldman and 13 years after that verdict, a baffling attempt to steal back his own memorabilia. this time a different verdict. >> guilty. >> landing him in prison with a 33-year sentence for robbery. >> that must feel like vindication for you. >> he's not serving time for the murders and that's what that's what would be vindicating. >> reporter: the form prosecutor has since left the courtroom fulfilling a childhood dream of becoming an crime novelist. >> the country is going through this reexamination of you. what do you think of that in. >> i think it's really nice to be understood. it's really nice. >> reporter: for "nightline," i'm

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okay. "the mix." "the mix" remix. because you're going to do a double take when we show you this first video. play that beautiful bean footage. already, look at this gigantic egg. this is huge. but watch what happens when they crack it in the bowl. what's inside. >> what, what, what? >> another egg. >> that's just raw. >> that's crazy. but apparently, this is a phenomenon where it's an o sight. i remember learning this in science class. and the youtuber who posted this says this egg had a yolk and another egg inside. i can't believe it didn't kel my hen. this was from their little barn. >> it looks like a godzilla egg my question

the egg hatches. do you know? >> i guess it would be like twins. >> i don't know. if it was fertilized but it's just a big omelet now. >> well, and a youtube video. this is kind of crazy because you know, i think you like special starbucks orders. >> i do like special drinks. >> 19 ingredients? 19 ingredients. >> greedy. >> take a look at this. this is an order, the most obnoxious starbucks order ever. okay? i'm going to going heavy cream, lack tad milk, in avente cup, no water, honey, greek yogurt. >> greek yogurt. >> i'm exhausted. 34 degrees. strawberry, like how long does this thing take to make. >> what is the drink? >> it's called the, i don't know, we call this had something earlier. green vanilla bean something. >> i want to have one. >> you do? >> well, maybe not as

>> what is this? >> 19 ingredients. it's a frappuccino. it's frap chino with a lot of business. okay so let's talk about talent. something that we like to see japanese student has broken the guinness world record for the most finger snaps in a minute. check this out. satuyuki snapped his fingers 296 times in one minute on a japanese tv show in the presence of a guinness judge. the judge said this would be very good. audible clicks made using only his thumb and middle finger would be included. >> he's doing it quick. i'll make this next one snappy. check it out. the homeless guy just gets offered a job and look at there. >> whoo. >> he is happy about that job. >> al. how exciting is that. caught on camera. >> you know, the fact that he's homeless and-this vior

this morning on "world news now," relentless rain in the west. communities across california are on edge as rivers continue to rise. evacuations are under way right now in some regions where reservoirs that were once bone dry are now brimming over from the downpours. the forecast just ahead. tension between washington and the rest of the world being felt as president trump finds himself under fire in europe. facing public anger and scathing attacks, members of the british parliament weighing in as vice president pence tries to reassure nato's allies in the face of uncertainty. details ahead. >> also this half hour, the heroic actions of tourists in new york's central park. >> this is a cool story. two young men helped save the lives of seven teenagers who fell through the ice all while trying to take a selfie with each other. it's the final four for e