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>> it can't be that good. >> apparently it was. initially, the announcer said he thought it was an adult video being played on someone's phone. later he tweeted to who ever was involved in the action, sounds like you guys had a good time. so, the funny part, watch and listen to this video, a few times to figure out what was going on there. it was, important thing, you know ten ills scornis scores. it was 15-0 at the time. they must have known something. >> what is going on? >> there are some interesting sound made on the court. so, this could have gone unnoticed. it was not unnoticed. must have been very loud. ha-ha. >> that's, that its amazing. >> the yeah. >> game, set, match. match happening up there in the stands. coming up, the latest public relations gaffe from a major company. >> adidas facing backlash after using a poorly chosen word on social media post
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boston marathon. details coming up after the break. >> drones look cool and give us lots of great video. they're also being used to save lives. but first a look at today's temperatures. we are going to cool things down. >> ooh. ♪ ♪ >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by tide pods. around here, i'm lucky to get through a shift without a disaster. heads up! you know what, don't worry about it. my bargain detergent couldn't keep up. it was mostly water. so, i switched to tide pods. they're super concentrated, so i get a better clean. i mean, i give away water for free. i'm not about to pay for it in my detergent. number one trusted. number one awarded. it's got to be tide
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understandable. calling insensitive e-mail to boston marathon finishers. congratulations you survived the boston marathon. of course it prompted widespread outrage four years after the deadly bombing of the race. in its apology, adidas said clearly no thought given to the e-mail wording. speaking of pr nightmares. united airlines remains in damage control following the flight fiasco, the doctor pulled off the flight there. but united ceo oscar munoz says no one has been fired over the incident. and that there was never consideration of firing anyone. munoz calls the whole thing a system failure and he says united is changing policies to make sure it never happens again. >> family members are still hopeful searchers will find a woman and her step grandson who went missing in the grand canyon. >> the 62-year-old woman and the 14-year-old boy lost their footing in a rugged area, while hi
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with more on the search. >> reporter: the search on for jackson standdeffer and grandmother, louann meryl. >> this kind of incident is extremely rare. >> hiking the grand canyon with family and friend saturday when a family member says as the group was crossing this creek, four people including jackson's mother fell in. the 14-year-old and grandmother were swept away by fast moving water. the other two were rescued. >> the two people would be washed away in a creek crossing is something that is -- almost unheard of in our local memory. >> reporter: 14-year-old jackson we are told is a swimmer. and 62-year-old lou ann meryl. >> randy meryl had an idea. >> married to the ceo of popular hiking boot company merrell said to be experienced hiker who knows the area well. >> beth were reported to have food and water in their backpacks. >> on facebook,
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posting, writing, the outlook is not promising there is still a glimmer of hope. we will hold on to this hope until there is reason not to. authorities say that both hikers are equipped and have the knowledge to survive. this happened in an area of the grand canyon so remote, some places cannot be accessed by foot. so search crews are using boats, helicopters, and drones to find them. we move on now to a new health headline. about drugs that reduce possibility of a heart attack. about 39 million americans take cholesterol fighting statins, they can lower a chance of heart attack by 36%. for those at risk. a new study claims many more people should possibly be taking them. it suggests anywhere from 17-26 million americans should be on statins based on guidelines. that would mean nearly half of americans between ages of 40-75 would be taking a statin. researchers think
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the trail of developing eye drops that might treat jet lag. the scottish scientists say they're cells in the retina which send signals about light changes to the part of the brain that controls the body clock. the eye drops might modify that information if it works the eye drops might also be beneficial to those of us who work nights. sign me up. >> just going to say, where can i get a bottle. testing for the eye drops in the early stages you. have this instead. the dream sling. might be your answer. >> combination of a travel pillow and sling. it is not only providing a police place to rest your head, place to put your arms. users therefore are able to cradle themselves to sleep. >> trying to figure out mccannics of that. he thinks this would be handy on airplanes, elsewhere, now seeking funding on kick starter. if he gets it, dream sling should be available starting this summer. interesting idea there. it looks like, like an adult
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>> kind of does. >> air neck pillow and swaddle together. >> i don't know. >> one arm is in there. >> if i'm down. >> let's try it. why not? >> coming up. high tech help for people in some of the most remote corners of the world. that's next on "world news now." ♪ ♪ 60% of women are wearing the wrong size pad and... ...experience leaks. introducing always my fit. find the number that's right for your flow and panty size on the top of any always pack. the better the fit, the better it protects. always. >> announcer: "world news now"
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areas of the world ravaged by curable diseases. >> all we did was exchange love for drones. up all "nightline." alex marquardt. >> madagascar one of the most beautiful impoverished countries. diseases, are spreading unchecked through isolated communities here. this village typifies the challenge faced in delivering health care in remote areas. and using innovative technology to see if we can, leap over the roadblocks between here and those villages. dr. peter small, actually wants to soar over those road blocks. using technology originally developed for war now seen everywhere. drones. the drone here was designed by a michigan based company which worked with usaid, the brain child of daniel pepper came up with the idea in rural india. >> the drone could be do the job and eliminate need for extensive
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>> reporter: the drone takes off like a quad-copter can fly 40 miles like a plane with five pound payload and land vertically. ferrying samples, tests, medication, eliminating visits to a clinic. all in mere minutes. met with wide-eyed fascination and excitement. you see this as scalable technology that can be used around the world for variety of medical conditions? >> i think its highest yield in rural areas of developing countries specifically where you have hilly terrains, poor roads. we can fly there, peck up lab samples. fly back in the same afternoon. diagnose the disease. transport medicines by that evening. unthinkable at the moment. >> madagascar is ravaged by tb. more than 13,000 people died of it in 2015. around the world, 1.8 million. with millions more undiagnosed. the disease which primarily affects the lungs is very treatable if people
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to care. first question, everyone asked, what is it going to cost? evidently if you are flying a bomb into a village. money is no object. delivering life saving medicines, suddenly have to do it for practically nothing. >> reporter: 25,000 to be act. people here have died of tb before. they're now two known cases and five more suspected cases. the villagers gather so the health team can explain they will be carrying out tests and training. while a tent is set up as a make shift doctor's office to collect saliva samples. 16-year-old is one of the suspected tb cases. he has chest pain and -- after that, there is a blood that comes out. when he coughs. >> see if he can bring something deep into his lungs and spit it. i don't see blood in the specimen. this is not a there mall thing for some one to cough up. this has me worried. >> back at the
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studies the sample for signs of tb. >> there is no clinician that could sit in the village and tell you definitively if the people have tb or not. it absolutely requires a laboratory test. >> reporter: after more tests he find that thankfully neither the 16-year-old or parents have tb. >> truth of the matter when you speak to government officials they recognize the technology. there is a lot of excitement and lot of eagerness to, to start using this technology here, but it is not going to, happen overnight. >> the excitement for all involved so obvious, so contagious, this potential revolution. is far more than a flight of fancy. for "nightline," alex marquardt, in madagascar. drones are becoming so ubiquitous. used for so many things. >> they are. not just there in madagascar, they're trying to do this. i know they're freeing to do it in rwanda to get medicine and aid to the 11 million people there who need
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♪ and i don't understand ♪ and i start to complain when there's no way ♪ >> nice voice. >> nice blind melon bringing out the tunes. they went one for two with the lyrics on the shift. we sleep all day. but when it rains, we will complain. >> we will complain. at least, it's not snow this time of year. but, this time of year, making sure you have got the right gear is crucial to staying fly as you are keeping dry. here is adrian bankart. >> spring showers aren't much fun without the right foort ware. the wire cutter is out with its best picks for men and women's rain boots. it took testers 100 hours
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rainy northern california and colorado, wearing the boots as they trek through the woods, shoreline, driving with them on to check comfort and flexibility. to get an idea of the wire cutter's testing we set up our own demo. we are trying to make our own puddle to see if any boots leaked. >> exactly. >> to test for leaks, the writer, says she filled a kiddie pool with food coloring and stuffed the boots with paper towels letting them sit. while our boots soak we move on to extreme challenge, a water sport of sorts. ah, ha-ha. to see whether the boots have enough traction. do the moon walk. worst case scenario sidewalk. >> wire cutter soaked up a kitchen floor to see how these did in slippery conditions. >> when you try to slide it will stop you. >> on me the overall top pick, extra tough salmon sister legacy boot for $135. it is just much more weighted. it doesn't feel like, you are losing co
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extra tough legacy at $135. wire cutter's top budget pick. target merona calista, $30. better on slick surfaces than women's hunter tall welly at $150. the wellies fared well and named most stylish. while we soaked our boots for a little more than an hour in our kiddie pool. we had the same results as the wire cutter's 24-hour test. none of them leaked which was really great. there is no purple stained paper towels in our boots. adrian bankart, abc news, new york. >> that was help up. >> target one. >> breaking news story we have been following for the last 40 hours or so. kiss-cam, kiss-cam, austin, texas. >> wait. >> vacant. >> they're on a break. >> seriously. just before we brought this up. six contestants, kissing this
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this morning on "world news now," the deadly shooting rampage of a hate filled suspect. >> social media post painting a dark portrait of the black man police say randomly killed three white men, opening fire while stalking the downtown streets of fresno and shouting muslim praise. terrorism or hate crime? >> former president, george w.h. bush hospitalized treated for pneumonia. update on his condition. >> too close for comfort, two russian bombers intercept add long the coastline, american jets escorting the military craft for more than ten minutes. but when was the last time this happened? >> no fairy tale, unicorn trend a thing. star bucks trading in bitter taste of coffee with sweet, sour explosion of mythical proportions. what will be next to get the unicorn trea
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