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

shifting over to boxing and defeating floyd mayweather. he says he's going to take over the whole sport. we'll tell you the speculation over their possible -- >> when it's going to happen. >> -- match. >> and squaring off on the dance floor. the flashy premiere of season 24 of "dancing with the stars." who finished on top and who turned out to be the biggest disappointment. >> mr. t with the moves. >> yeah, he did. that's ahead in "the skinny." it is tuesday, march 21st. ♪ >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> that's all we know for 24 karat. >> that's the only part i know. >> as we say good morning to you, everybody, on this tuesday >> sound so beautiful together. >> we harmonize, sort of like peaches and herb. >> that's not harmony. >> no,

>> no. >> rats. all right. let's talk about president trump who is heading to capitol hill, of course, this morning but it follows that bombshell fbi announcement. >> that's right. so he has returned to washington after a rally last night in kentucky to push the republican health care plan, but that appears to have been overshadowed by explosive testimony regarding russia and last year's campaign and the president's silence on the issue. >> here's abc's arlette saenz. >> reporter: president trump in campaign mode in kentucky. ♪ trying to shift the focus to health care. >> this is our long awaited chance to finally get rid of obamacare. >> reporter: but back in washington, all eyes were on those stunning admissions from fbi director james comey. >> i have been authorized by the department of justice to confirm that the fbi as part of our counter intelligence mission is investigating the russian government's efforts to interfere in the 2016

>> reporter: in a break from fbi tradition, comey for the first time publicly acknowledged the investigation. that probe includes a look at potential ties between the russian government and the trump campaign. >> because it is an open ongoing investigation and is classified, i cannot say more about what we are doing and whose conduct we are examining. >> reporter: testifying before a congressional committee, he offered this explanation for russia's desire to meddle in the election. >> putin hated secretary clinton so much, that the flipside of that coin was, he had a clear preference running against the person against the person he hated so much. >> the director also refuted trump's tweets alleging president obama wiretapped him. >> director comey, was the present statement that obama had his wires tapped in trump tower a true statement? >> i have no information that ve 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. >> reporter: the white house doubled down on those wiretapping claims. >> he said that there's no information to support the allegations that the president made against president obama. >> at this time. >> so is the president prepared to withdraw that accusation, apologize to the president? >> no, we started a hearing. it's still on going. >> reporter: in the oval office, trump ignored questions on his accusations. >> wiretapping. >> republicans were more focused on a series of leaks, detailing former national security adviser michael flynn's calls with the russian ambassador. >> we aim to determine who has leaked or facilitated leaks of classified information so that these individuals can be brought to justice. >> reporter: but comey would not reveal if the leaks were part of the investigation. >> i can't. but i hope people watching know how

classified information, but i don't want to confirm it by saying that we're investigating it. and i'm sorry i have to draw that line. i just think that's the right way to be. >> reporter: he said the investigation into potential russian interference started last july and the probe could go on for months, maybe even years. the house intelligence committee has already promised another hearing on the topic for next week. diane and kendis. >> thanks to arlette saenz from d.c. arlet, thanks. obviously the whole probe, the fbi investigation is topping many of the major newspaper headlines here in the states. want to show you the new york "news day," the fbi proebz russia ties to the campaign as you can see there. >> similar one in metro, fbi probe trump linked to russia. >> whack a mole from the daily news. >> daily news got creative. >> they got a little creative. these are the early ones we're seeing. >> "boston herald," trump keeps reeling them in. >>

globe" all the other major newspapers here in the u.s. leading with that headline. and all of it dealing with russia. so of course, it's got to be in the headlines in russia, right? >> you would think. >> let's cross over to our producer there patrick reevell joining us on the phone from moscow. good morning to you. you are in the country at the heart of this controversy. tell us about the newspaper headlines that have this in it right now. >> reporter: yeah, i mean it's really a nonreaction here. i've got in front of me, i've got three of the biggest papers in russia and not one of them has even a mention of yesterday's hearing on their front page. not even a small article. some of them don't even have any reference to it at all. the biggest tabloid, the only reference to trump is an article how he runs the u.s. using twitter and asked whether vladimir putin might also like to try that. >> patrick, what do you make of

there's been a lot of news back and forth about trump and russia. has that been the case all along? has this not made news there? >> reporter: i think that's been the way throughout when the allegations kind of reached their peak in the u.s., over here things suddenly got very quiet both officially and partly linked to most russians still just absolutely don't believe any of the allegations that are made about russia's interference. they just think these are crazy theories coming out of the u.s.'s own political battle. >> nothing on the television, as well? it seems strange it's not in the papers. >> reporter: yeah, the state television is completely controlled by the kremlin really. no, so far, perhaps today we'll start to see a little bit more reaction from officials, but so far, really just eerily quiet. >> very eerily quite. patrick reevell our moscow producer reacting to the big news about the fbi investigation. patrick, thank you. one more note from washington, a man arrested for a security breach at the white house claimed to be

telepathically. sean keoughan was arrested over the weekend after telling secret service agent that he had a bomb in the trunk of his car and he later told officers there was nos bomb, no bomb. but a powerful asteroid in the car. >> ah. so keoughan is being held in jail till a hearing on thursday. another man arrested in a separate breach on saturday was released from jail on monday after a court appearance. and the west wing has a new occupant. ivanka trump now has her own office in the white house even though she's not a government employee. >> she has been a major influence and advisor to her father. >> now, she will have access to classified information, as well. while she won't have an official title or paycheck, she promises to follow all the ethics rules placed on government employees. kind of interesting because she has maintained she maintained for quite some time this wasn't the game plan and that she was

kids get adjusted to school. now she's going to be in the white house. >> hope the kids get adjusted to the white house. >> coming up, what do you think is the happiest country on earth? >> america. >> not quite. we're going to tell you who did make the top of this year's list and we'll give you a hint, the top three, pretty far north. >> oh, north america. and mcgregor, mayweather. there's been plenty of talk about a potential match between the ufc champ and the boxing legend. so could it actually happen? but first, here's a look at today's forecast. >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by cat's pride. nnz "world news now" weather brought to you by cat's pride.

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surveillance video in suburban boston capturing a slow speed head-on collision. that white suv rounded the curve in the left lane. police credit the dreifort sedan with smart thinking. he minimized the impact. there were only minor injuries. >> the suspect of baltimore's public enemy number one is under arrest this morning. police say 26-year-old antonio wright turned himself in near the saturday's fire in east baltimore. he's accused of throwing two molotov cocktails into a home killing two teenagers and injuring six other people. one of the victims is in critical condition with life threatening injuries. at least a dozen arrested monday night for rioting outside of a jail in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. police say rioters broke windows at the allegheny county jail as well as windows on multipl

many of the protesters were carrying sticks and wearing masques. authorities are disputing claims by the demonstrators of protests inside the jail. organizers of the protest say they want the jail closed. at least one officer was injured. >> next to the criminal caves oklahoma state senator ralph shorty. his attorneys saying this morning that the senator plans to resign. senator shorty is facing felony child prostitution charges alleging he solicited sex from a 17-year-old boy. oklahoma's state senate voted unanimously last week on a resolution stripping him of most of his legislative privileges. >> the federal government will explain new restrictions this morning on incoming flights from some foreign countries. passengers on direct flights on foreign airlines from airports in certain middle east and african countries will not be allowed to bring electronic devices into the cabin with them, just phones and medical devices. laptops, tablets and pretty up everything else will have to

into checked baggage. >> what's likely happened is that the government, the u.s. government has developed some intelligence that a group or individual has developed some type of device that they can get on to an airplane using a laptop or some other electronic appliance. >> the ban does not affect flights operated by u.s. airlines or flights with stopovers in europe. there has been no official comment from either the transportation department or homeland security. the united nations is out with its list of the happiest countries on earth. and being cold apparently is a contributing factor. norway, norway number one followed by denmark and iceland. >> nordic countries are on top because of their strong economies and because residents say they feel they can trust their fellow citizens. the u.s. slipped one spot coming in at number 14 this year. so not the weather. >> it's not the weather. >> canada was number seven on the list. >> snowball fights are fun though. >> yeah, they are. but if

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♪ skinny, so skinny >> it is skinny time starting with last night's much anticipated two-hour premiere of season 24 of "dancing with the stars." 24 seasons. >> 24.

so it was actually a landmark night. the show's 400th episode. but last night's absolute standouts right off the gate, no surprise here. olympic gymnast simone biles scoring a solid 32 out of 40 for the tango. >> very nice. >> you know who else made a strong showing, running back rashad jennings. check him out with his partner emma slater dancing the cha-cha. they got a 31 out of 40. he can move. >> they danced to a great song. >> even had the hips going and everything. >> the staging for that was actually pretty cool. >> look at him. i love it. >> he's doing that move, whatever you call it. >> he's my favorite. >> already? >> yeah. >> so quickly you're like satisfied. >> yeah. >> impressed. but the night's most pleasant surprise was former major league baseball catcher david ross coming off his world series victory looking for a new trophy in the mirror ball. he had what they're calling a

highly energetic quick step scoring 28 out of 40. go, cubs, go. >> on the flipside, the disappointments. professional bull rider bonner bolton spent most of his cha-cha just trying to keep up with his partner sharna scoring just 22 out of 40. >> that's too bad. and also among the disappointments, mr. t. who just kind of stood there. he was in fatigue that was glittering. kim danced, mr. t just looked on. wasn't even -- what is he doing? is that like tae-bo? >> he said i pity the fool that tries to dance better than i do. not to be outdone, "snl" veteran chris kattan and whitney danced at the roxbury, of course. it was fun but a little awkward. they got just a 17 out of 40. >> god, that was bad. in what's turning into an

kimmel made his prediction of who will ultimately carry home the mirror ball trophy. >> i can do that move. >> yeah. >> it's time to reveal my selection. drum roll, please. guillermo. open wide and show us the winner. the champion of "dancing with the stars" season 24 is -- >> rashad jennings. >> rashad jennings. >> see, the same favorite. and we also got some big news from the world of professional fighting. > yes, reigning ufc lightweight champ and outspoken bad boy conner mcgregor has reportedly revealed that he's squaring off with floyd may where allegedly set to take place in september. >> he says he's ready to prove his doubters wrong. >> british bookmakers already have price mcgregor as a six to one shot to beat mayweather. stay tuned. >> undefeated mayweather. could he go down to a nonboxer? >> it will be interesting. showtime already has the rights for it.

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♪ i'm on the floor, floor, i love to dance ♪ i don't know. i don't know most of the words. but i love this song. >> we only know the star ships. >> apparently we're not alone in love with this song because nicki minaj is making music history. >> yes, she is after releasing three songs this month, the 34-year-old rapper surpassed aretha franklin. nearly 40-year-old record for most billboard hot 100 hits by a woman. >> so aretha had 73 chart toppers. nikki now has 76. >> wow. >> and she, of course, took to social media to thank her fans saying, "god said he ain't done

showing off yet." >> all right. bring it. >> next some big news out of anaheim, california. >> hillary clinton's right-hand woman huma abdine mired in her own scandal with anthony weiner was spotted at disneyland with another known for "scandal," anthony gold win, abc's tv show "scandal." >> "e! news" is reporting their visit was totally friendly. a source tells us they are very close friends and worked closely together when tony campaigned for hillary. >> got that, people? just friends. the source says tony is still happily married to his wife of about 30 years and she simply couldn't join them because she was busy working in new york. >> all right. seems normal. >> all right. on to more awkward situations and kendis you must know what this is like. you're out and about and everything's fine. suddenly you look down and you discover a pair of lacey underwear sticking out of your pants. >> or as i call it tuesday, or is that wednesday mornings? >> both maybe? >> so

"a" listers aren't immune to it. broadway star idina menzel had that happen. she tweeted this out with the kpgs, so went to the airport in cool ribbed jeans and after passing paparazzi raz circumstance i realized a pair of panties were hanging out the whole of one knee." >> it's all right, idina. it happens to almost all of us i suppose. i do like the way she owned though. she figured i've probably been photographed, i might as well as put it out there. beat everybody else to it. and remember "father of the bride"? it's been 25 years since the movie came out. >> i meant i don't remember. >> it may, as well have been yesterday because these three hardly look a day older. >> check out kimberly williams spacy who played the bride in the beloved comedy posted this photo on instagram. that's george the wedding planner. >> steve martin and martin short on a comedy tour together were at nashville's grand ole' opry

making news in america this morning, breaking overnight, new restrictions on electronics for flyers. anything larger than a cell phone now banned on certain flights. the new list of airports and airlines involved. the white house responds after fbi director james comey reveals an investigation into the president's possible links to russia and corrects trump's wiretapping claims. we're live in washington. a plane on fire after crash landing. how the quick-thinking pilot saved everyone on board. and mystery solved. investigators say they have found tom brady's missing super bowl jersey. see the surveillance video that helped them track it down in another country.