this morning on "world news now," a major change to what many passengers are carrying on. >> starting this morning, the u.s. is banning certain electronic devices from the cabins of many middle east flights. which airlines and major international airports are affected. we have those details in just a moment. with the head of the fbi confirming that there is no intelligence to support the president's wiretapping claims, where does the investigation go next? president trump looks certainly ready to move on. appearing on stage at a rally last night. so what was said and did he react to the fbi investigation into his campaign? and when you look at these ins, it is hard to believe that all of the passengers on board this plane, believe it or not, survived. over 40 were originally feared to have had died in that crash.

we'll tell you how they all made it out alive. a global mystery. is this a chicken? and where is it? the beastly bird created quite a stir. >> my goodness. >> oh, my god. >> and now we are finally getting answers. >> oh, geez. >> we're going to dig into it later in the mix perhaps with some barbecue sauce and maybe some honey mustard. >> i'll take the honey mustard. >> it is tuesday, march 21st. from abc news, this is "world news now." my god. >> i would not want to have a to kill that chicken if i had to eat it. i think the chicken would win that fight. >> but man, it could just feed an entire family of like. >> or a country. >> an entire country. we have solved famine all of it right there. you're welcome. >> we will have much more on than story coming up because i'm sure everybody's curious. >> brian ross is right over

we'll start this half hour out with breaking news starting right now. the u.s. is not allowing passengers on direct flights from eight countries to carry on certain electronic devices. >> in what appears to be a hastily ordered ban devices such as laptops and tablets aren't allowed in the main cabin but cell phones or medical devices are. the flights operated by yoil jordanian airlines an, egyptair, saudi arabia air, you see the list right there the as well as emirates and they orange nanate at ten airports in jordan, egypt, turkey, kuwait, saudi arabia, morocco, qatar and the united arab emirates. no u.s. airlines are on this list. >> an official announcement from the u.s. is expected later today. abc's david querl little is explaining what's likely behind this measure. >> reporter: this, a hole blown through a jetliner by a laptop, is the worry for u.s. security officials tonight. the u.s. reportedly ready to ban electronic devices from the cabins of jetliners arriving from certain airports.

royal jordanian airlines, apologizing to its customers, saying electronic devices will be strictly prohibited. that, according to the airline, covers laptops, tablets, cameras, dvd players, and electronic games, not phones or medical devices. one source telling abc news the ban will apply to nearly a dozen countries and airports in the middle eastern region. >> what's likely happened is that the u.s. government has developed some intelligence that a group or individual has developed some type of device that they can get onto an airplane using a laptop or some other electronic appliance. >> reporter: a little more than a year ago, it was a laptop with explosives that detonated shortly after takeoff in a somali jetliner, blowing a hole, in the fuselage immediately depressurizing the cabin. sources do tell abc news this new ban is based on new intelligence gathered in that region. david kerley,

washington. and overnight to colleagues who do public relations for emirates airlines which has several straight flights coming into the u.s. they said they have no idea what they're going to do about this ban. >> i thought you were going to say they have no idea about the ban. >> they didn't know prior to yesterday. it was a very hastily ordered one. they're is not sure how they're going to put it in. there are some reports they have 96 hours to implement it. some reports that will last only 96 hours. the timing is strange and we'll hear more about it a little bit later on today. >> we could all use more confusion at the airports. >> yes. >> turning now to our other top story this morning, president trump is in the heartland facing the public after a busy day in washington. >> this is hours after startling testimony from the head of the fbi about russia as well as the president's associates. mr. trump addressed a kentucky rally and it's what he didn't say that may have spoken volumes. >> the president did n

the fbi or the nsa. refuting those wiretap allegations against former president obama. abc's senior justice correspondent pierre thomas has a wrap-up from capitol hill. >> the. >> reporter: stunning revelations from the fbi director. >> i have been authorized by the department of justice to confirm that the fbi as part of our counterintelligence mission is investigating the russian government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. >> reporter: james comey finally going public and confirming there is an ongoing investigation now in its seventh month into russia's meddling. including possible collusion by trump campaign associates. >> that includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the trump campaign and the russian government and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and russia's efforts. >> reporter: it took 30 minutes to get to the other elephant in the room. comey refuting

accusations in a series of tweets 16 days ago that as a candidate he was wiretapped by president obama. >> director comey, was the president's statement that obama had his wires tapped in trump tower a true statement. >> i have no information that superiors those tweets and we have looked carefully inside the fbi, the department of justice has asked me to share with you that the answer is the same for the department of justice and all its components. the department has no information that supports those tweets. >> president obama could not unilaterally order a wiretap of anyone? >> no president could. >> reporter: directly disputing that tweet? >> obama had my wires tapped in trump tower," but much of the more than five hours of testimony focused on russian meddling, comey testifies they were motivate inside part by animosity toward one candidate. >> putin hated secretary clinton so much that the flipside of that coin was, he had a clear preference for the person running against the person he hated so much. >> rep

their trial. >> they were unusually loud in their intervention. it's almost as if they didn't care that we knew what they were doing or that they wanted us to see what they were doing. they'll be back in 2020, they may be back in 2018. >> reporter: comey says the justice department authorized him to speak about the russian leding case because there was so much public interest. he held a big conference after the clinton case after the case was closed and then notified congress when he reopened the case. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. the president used his rally in kentucky as part of his push to gain support for the american health care act. he returns to capitol hill today to meet with house republicans. the house vote on the measure is now just two days away. there is concern whether there is enough republican support to push through the replacement for the affordable care act. house speaker paul ryan says changes have been made to help older americans. and today is the second day of confirmation hearings for supreme court nominee neil gorsuc

judiciary committee he will be tolerant of different opinions with respect to the rule of law. the judge addressed democrats' concerns about his independence from politics. now, white house chief of staff reince priebus described gorsuch as the type of judge that has the vision of donald trump. gorsuch insisted the law is the most important. >> these days we sometimes hear judges cynically described as politicians in robes seeking to enforce their own politics rather than describing to apply the law impa partially. if i thought that were true, i'd hang up the robe. >> the hearings are set to last through thursday. some senate democrats say they'll try to block his nomination from coming to a final vote. the republican party would likely respond by eliminating the filibuster threshold. >> north korea says it is not frightened by threats of a military strike by the united states. secretary of state rex tillerson said this past weekend that military action is under consideration to curb north korea's nuclear program. meanwhile the united nations top nuclear inspector tells "the

capacity for producing the weapons. britain plans to officially begin its divorce from the european union in just eight days. the british prime minister will formally notify the eu that it plans to leave the eu. talks on the terms of the so-called brexit can't begin till the written notification. the actual withdrawal would happen in march of 2019. next to the desperate search in this country for a missing tennessee teen and the former teacher accuse fds kidnapping her. police released new images from tad cummins at a store days before their disappearance where he appears to have picked up as you can see there women's hair dye. police say the teacher plotted her abduction at least a week before surveillance video captured cummins filling up his nissan at a nearby gas station. elizabeth thomas's father pleaded for her return. >> please let us know you're all right and

us. i'm very angry. you know, somebody that old should know better than top pull something like there. >> elizabeth's father says he doesn't think the 15-year-old is responsible for what has happened. he says she told a sibling the morning she left to call police if she wasn't home by 6:00 p.m. turning overseas to dramatic images of a plane crash in south sudan. the plane was trying to land when it hit a fire truck and burst into flames. witnesses say the pilot just lost control. about 50 people were on that south supreme airs flight but the plane's door flew open after the crash allowing everyone to get out. more than a dozen passengers were injured but everyone survived. officials say weather conditions may have caused poor visibility. amazing. >> absolutely a miracle. >> everyone survived that crash. on a lighter note, how would you like a 60 karat pink diamond on

>> this one's free. >> it's pretty empty, yeah. so sotheby's expects the pink star diamond to fetch $60 million at auction in hong kong in two weeks. if it does, that would make it the most expensive diamond ever sold at auction. >> so you're going to get it for me for my birthday next year. >> look at that. that is too small for you. >> actually the pink star sold three and a half years ago for much more, $83 million but the buyer defaulted. so now we have the a chance to get it at this bargain price. just for you. see? >> how do you default on that? wait, wait, i'm going to buy. i'm going to buy. >> i didn't realize the padmeant i was going to buy it. >> $83 million. >> i just in an itch. >> apparently in like way, way back when, that was the diamond that was stole in the pink panther, the original one. >> way, way back when. >> way back when. >> inest

>> whether he beyonce did the pank panther movie. >> i saw the original. i was pretty young, i don't remember what happened. but the diamond was involved. >> all right. coming up. >> beyonce was not in it. >> it didn't exist. all right. coming up, we're serious. what we're finding out about that massive fire outside of kansas city. fire crews say at least a dozen homes were damaged by flames and smoke at a brand-new multimillion dollar development. what we're hearing this morning about the injuries. >> the mystery of the missing football jersey. relax, everybody, it hayes finally been involved. how the nfl, the fbi and other law enforcement agencies all teamed up and tracked down tom brady's stolen super bowl jersey. we'll tell you where it was eventually found. >> uh-huh. approaching medicare eligibility?

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i was just keep telling him to stop. >> reporter: as jurors watched the video, several of them wiped away tears. you see the boy's father who was driving the car with his hands up when the officers started firing. he was unarmed, was seriously wounded. he's expected to testify that he ran because he was afraid he would lose custody of his son. stafford is pleading not guilty, and his lawyers say it's the boy's father who is at fault for running. steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. >> coming up, the mystery surrounding tom brady's missing super bowl jersey. >> everyone has been searching for it from houston police, the texas rangers, the nfl, the fbi, the cia, the epa, the tsa, everybody and their baby mama has been looking for it. how did it get to mexico? we'll answer that question next.

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the long-running mystery surrounding tom brady's missing super bowl jersey has apparently been solved. >> the fbi apparently helped track it down along with many other law enforcement agencies. >> not the tsa. >> probably not that one but they found it in mexico. here's abc's matt gutman. >> reporter: no sooner had tom brady walked off the field in houston bearing super bowl triumph -- >> brady has his fifth! >> reporter: than this man allegedly walked off with his game jersey. authorities reviewing this video from f

walking into the locker room with nothing in his hands, and then leaving minutes later with this bundle under his arm. but running from the long arm of texas justice? not so easy. >> he came to the wrong state, you know what i'm saying? so -- >> reporter: the nfl today saying the alleged thief is a "credentialed member of the international media." a mexican newspaper coming forward, adding that the alleged culprit is its former director. mauricio ortega in this photo on the company's website and get this is, investigators also retrieved brady's other stolen jersey from super bowl xlix. brady's triumph turned sour as he scoured the locker room. >> i absolutely 100% put it in the bag. >> reporter: authorities say those priceless jerseys are back in boston but they're not with tom brady yet. authorities say they're still working to confirm their authenticity. as for the suspect, since there have been no charges filed, he is still a free man somewhere here in mexico.

matt gutman, abc news, mexico city. >> coming up, that viral gigantic chicken.

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lasts 12 hours. let's end this. time now for "the mix." we may not get to any other stories because this video is just too fun to watch. meet the reason the phrase big chicken is going viral this morning. pretty big, right? wait for it. >> it's not that big. oh, my god. oh, god. holy cow. >> so, yes. this is mercali, that's the chicken's name. >> it is dinner yes, he has racked up 28,000 retweets. thanks to the attention of buzzfeed. she apparently is a bra maciejen known to be exceptionally large. however, docile, as well and guess which country created this

breed? >> i -- geez, it could be anywhere. man, that is. >> the u.s. of a, ladies and gentlemen. >> really? >> yes. >> we like our birds big. >> well, yeah, it seems natural, doesn't it. >> it's the feet that really -- are they talons, are they paws. >> it's everything. looks like it's going to do the moon man any minute now. >> it looks like a man in a suit. i bloent don't believe that's a real bird. >> that is awesome. so this is pretty funny. this kid who was at one of those like safari retreats in tennessee. you know, they give you stuff to kind of feed them and engage the animals. >> don't they tell you not to open the windows. >> here goes a la ma. oh, my god. this kid is tortured. who's going to pay for this kid's therapy bill? >> oh. >> by the way, he was hysterical

laughing. it sounds like his parents are. >> they were loving it. his parents are hysterical laughing. > the younger boy in the front seat was like i understand how this works. just take the bucket away from him. >> i know something he could do to relax and get over this dramatic experience. apparently spas are no longer just for adults. i introduce you to baby spa perth. that's right. apparently getting changed and fed, getting to sleep whether he ever you want and people carry you around is not enough. babies i suppose are stressed. they now have a spa for the bargain price of about $65, your baby can engage in hydrotherapy and also get a massage. >> that is pretty cool. >> it's said to improve sleep is, lounge examines and muscle growth. >> the facials are probably amazing, as well there. >> you come out with baby skin. >> yeah. like it feels like a baby's skin. but wait a minute.

this morning on "world news now," the president in the heartland after a day filled with sharp testimony from the fbi director about russian meddling in american politics, president trump took to the stage last night for another rally, but it's what he didn't talk about that's getting attention this morning. we're going to have the full story including the live report from moscow just ahead. in baltimore, the manhunt is over for the arson suspect wanted in some deadly fire bombings. so why did this man that the city calls its public enemy number one turn himself in? and new this half hour, the big revelation about a major fight. it is set to rock the world of boxing. yeah. >> it is not us. it is ufc champ