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and all of that means it its one of the best targets for finding alien life. >> ooh. >> new telescopes under development may be able to detect oxygen molecules on the planet. all the intergalactic geeks, are super -- >> stoked. i can understand it. it is a sister planet to earth. so far away. not too far away. >> it's, we could find it. the cool thing. former yankees star, dareic jeter and former florida governor jeb bush reportedly teaming of in a bid to buy the miami marlins. multiple parties submitted bids offers running as high as $1.3 billion. marlins president says talks with all interested parties are in the fourth inning. possible the team won't be sold at all. >> moving on heroic actions of the man in the water. he jumps into action, saving two sisters from drowning. the frantic moments as he tries to pull them
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>> plus the battle brewing between the federal government and states over enforcement of marijuana laws. and the other kind of joint session happening on the hill today. >> hey, well you know, let's see what your 4/20 forecast is looking like. >> it is 4/20. >> it is. april 20th. >> your high temperature -- high. >> hi. >> not that kind of high. >> here are your highs. >> ha-ha. ♪ ♪
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this video of a man saving two sisters drowning in florida. the man's wife started screaming after spotting the girls struggling in the water. cell phone video shows the man pulling them to safety. the man says he heard a pop as he landed in the water. but swam through the pain. he ended up in the hospital with a foot injury. though everybody was able to get out of the water and safe now. my goodness. >> incredible there. >> you know prince harry has done some pretty revealing interviews. we thought we knew a lot about him. but this week he did some interesting interviews that kind of revealed something we never knew about him. >> yes, how he struggled after his mother's death. now he is hoping to share his story with others who can help heal. here is abc's david muir. "morning papers" it was nearly 20 years ago, prince
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12 saying good-bye to his mother. prince harry, prince william and duchess kate teaming up. >> serious one. >> for what is called heads together. bringing awareness to mental health. harry opening up about the their therapy he needed. prince harry saying he heard from so many others who have suffered. >> after however many years of listening to stories from veterans and, and their families, and then, hearing some of the most heartwrenching stories, based around, what people have experienced, it was only, only right to, to share my experiences and to help, hope to encourage others to come forward. >> reporter: so he did. with extraordinary cannedor, this past week. >> i can safely say that losing my mum at theage of 12 and therefore shutting down all of my emotions for the last 20 years, has had a quite serious effect on -- on not only my personal life but also my work as well. >> reporter: describing depths of his sadness after losing his
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>> i've probably been very close to a complete breakdown on numerous occasions. >> reporter: the campaign with his brother to end stigma around mental health. >> children especially, young people growing up in the world today where everything is just forced upon you. we need to remove the stigma around mental health. >> reporter: when asked what would his mother princess diana think? >> i think she would be proud of the campaign. proud of everybody involved. proud of us. she would be overwhelmed and hugely encouraged by the fact that the uk, not known for wanting to talk about mental health issues has suddenly god got to this point. >> david muir, abc news, new york. >> we love harry. >> yes we do. >> great to see he is on the mend after all the years. earlieren the show we showed you the new england patriots at the white house. >> yeah, not all the team members were there including quarterback tom brady saying he would not be attending because of quote, personal family matters. espn reports he spent the time instead with his mother who has cancer. >> tight end rob
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love rob gronkowski. tom with his mother at the supe. gronkowski was there and crashed a white house press briefing. >> what pans out in the negotiation. can i just -- >> you need some help? >> i think i got this, but thank you. >> you sure? >> maybe. >> all right, thanks, man, see you in a minute. >> hold on, one second. all right. that was cool. >> oh, my gosh. that wasn't scripted. totally -- spontaneous. >> gronk shared the photo on instagram of him fist bumping president trump in the oval office. >> isn't gronk the same guy we talked at wwe. >> yes, yes. >> he is quite the funny character. >> a party animal. great guy. i would have thought sean spicer would have run with it. come on. please,
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>> coming up. record number of americans have been taking to the skies for spring break. before the recent united pr disasters, we sat down with an airline expert for the best and worst airlines. >> really note worthy because of one in the top five. lateren the half-hour, festivities in the nation's capital to celebrate 420. z2c56z zi0z
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♪ ♪ a record number of americans are hitting the air this year for spring break travel. and that basically means more people exposed to the best and the most cases the worst in airlines in this country. so, what are the best and worst? the points guy is out with their annual list. and brian kelly joins us this
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with that. good morning. there are a lot of people who would say there are no best airlines when it comes to domestic carriers, you say, not the case. >> not all terrible. what we did with this survey was we fritried to look at data. what matters most to consumers. when it comes to flying. consumers care about price. dollars saved. money in their pocket. the number one factor of the survey. >> that said you can have a whole lot of bad when it comes to price. anyway. >> true. with price we didn't look at airfares, we also looked at fees. as the you know now the airfare is one small component of the total cost of travel. but we looked halt other things too. cabin comfort. loun lounges. how much route, the air lane can get you where you want to go as well as the missed baggage and negatives as well. we blended that all into -- a number. the results were pretty interesting. >> all right. talk about the top five best airlines here in america. number five on the list. going backwards. american airlines. why so? >> american has really great
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program is pretty strong. that was 10% of our score. am cand-- am can did well. >> jet blue? >> best cabin comfort. i am 6'7", i fit in jet blue economy. went to costa rica. did well for customer service, cabin comfort. not so much on price. jet blue is more expensive than people realize. >> virgin america, number three. best airlines. skip them for now. because they're going to cease exist in essence by merging. very soon. >> have a little funeral for virgin american. >> united airlines. shocking to me. number two. >> this was the biggest shock to me as well. trust me i crunched the numbers again and again to make sure. to nigh united did well. pricewise. basic economy fares. stripped everything out of their fares. may have. >> because they give you've a really cuteit
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>> not everyone. get the teddy bears in the new polaris business class. >> amenity kit. >> united upping the game. united for years was kind of struggling. >> can i? >> all yours, kendis. amenity kit. >> how the other half lives? >> pricewise, did well. >> toothbrush. >> and best frequent flier program. united miles among the most valuable miles out there. >> its that right? i used to use them. but through canada air. air canada's frequent flier program. number one. best airline in all of the u.s.? >> in all of the land. alaska airlines. combined with virgin. looks like they will be poise for success. good carrier. strong on customer service. friendly flights. really good prices. also, they do really well on fees. they don't gouge you nearly as much as other carriers. >> need to race through bottom feeders here. six, is southwest.
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seven. hawaiian airlines one of the worst airlines? >> this is where i feel really bad. some one had to come in at number 8. their fares were high. now i think could be held against them. they're, you know out in the middle of the pacific. they have good, really good. number one on time. of the airlines. frequent flier program. okay. route, can't get that many places. >> frontier airline? >> frontier and spirit came in at the bottom. i can't agree more. why do you say so? >> they charge you for fees across the board. fares aren't that cheap. cram you in. that they why we want consumers to look at. when you see cheap airfare, not all airlines are the same. if you are going to get nickel and dimed. splurge extra and fly an airline that treats you as a human. >> all said. goldenage of travel? >> this is in my opinion. although many people would disagree. >> because you get a teddy bear. >> all right, brian kelly, the points guy, thank you for being here with us. >> thanks
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♪ ♪ ♪ don't criticize him >> no, man, no criticizing of it. back in 1979, singing that. >> still got the accent going. yeah, man. >> doctors, nurses, even the judges smoke it. >> ganja, marijuana, 4/20 day. >> 4/20 day. even on capitol hill. no one here is partaking. serena marshal has the the story. at least that we know. >> reporter: a joint session of congress. no, no, no, not like that. more like -- >> is that a joint, man?
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pounder, man. >> reporter: yeah, that kind of session. >> say, man, you got a joint? >> the first annual free give away for members of congress and their staffs. advocacy group rolling up and passing joints around to make sure congress reauthorizes the rule that would prevent the dea and department of justice from interfering with local state's medical marijuana laws. the rule expires next week. and without it, the trump administration could crackdown. during the campaign, then-candidate trump said he supported medical marijuana, called it a state's issue. a new yahoo! report found that 54% of people who say they use marijuana and 51% who say they use it regularly are parents. currently, 29 states have medical marijuana laws. and seven states including d.c., have legalized recreational use. >> thank you. thank you very
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former president obama, before leaving office called for the schedule one narcotic to be treated like tobacco. >> new administration not so forgiving. >> a potentially dangerous, gate way drug that frequent leap leads to the use of harder drugs. use and possession is against federal law. >> reporter: the new attorney general. >> the united states congress has made possession of marijuana in every state and distribution of it an illegal act. so if that is something is not desired any longer congress should pass a law how to change the rules. >> it would be a lot cooler if you did. >> three new bills have been introduced into the sequestration of kosession of congress with bipartisan support. they could do that. chain the laws. make the federal government treat marijuana like alcohol. >> there is going to be a fight with this one. because, this is also a financial fight.
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this morning on "world news now" -- the king of cable. now dethroned. >> bill o'reilly out at fox news, fired after numerous allegations of sexual harassment. the show's new look debuting hours after the announcement. full story ahead. >> deal or no deal. trump administration not worried about making friends. announcing a nuclear treaty will be reviewed. this as some asian countries call the president a liar over that u.s. warship that was headed in the wrong direction. >> the deadly clash between police and protesters in south america. demonstrators running and jumping through sewers to escape tear gas. organizers calling it the mother of all marches. >> we do say bottoms up. all right. so admittedly it may be 420. but never a bad time for a cold on

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