new england. >> don't want them to feel left out. >> we know kendis loves pizza with stuff on it. skittles, peanut butter. diet coke for dipping. now we have a new food challenge for you, kendis. try, charlie's five alarm fire burger. at the little bitty burger barn in houston the i thinning i will throw in for that flight. >> huh. guess they call it the hottest burger in texas. >> i guess that's what they call it! >> thank you, jack. you want to know why? >> why. curious. >> sever types of peppers on there. all different types of hot sauce. kuls merz even have kuls -- customers have to sign a waiver before trying this thing. >>some come here. i've want to try the hottest burger in texas. prepare it for them the few minutes see them running like crazy around the place. >> i guess he got to them. off awe that's what you have to look forward to. 96% of those that try the f

alarm fire burger fill to finish it. >> in case it isn't enough. they double dare burger. >> look at that. >> a giant bun. eight beef pattys. lots of fixings. they say they have never seen any one finish it in under half an hour. >> all diet. off awe free day though. >> i think i could finish the double dare burger in under half an hour. i challenge you to finish the super hot crazy one. whatever it is called. >> here is the thing the i've don't eat beef. >> forfeit. does that mean you forfeit? >> i'm down. i'm down. bring it. >> they had a hot sauce. >> bring some back. take that. >> eat the burger though. coming up. catastrophic quake decimated entire villages and caused an avalanche on mount everest. survivors are speaking about how they managed to stay alive. >> bill o'reilly returns to the airwaves first time since being ousted from fox news. opening uppen his pod cast about not being on tv

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led to his firing after 21 years at fox. >> in a pod cast released hours ago. he admits he is sad and surprised. abc's maggie rulli here with more on that. maggie, people keep waiting to hear m -- more from bill. we got a little buy. >> first public comments spoken out loud since a week ago. he came out with that very public firing from fox news. but now the number one rated cable news host is back on the air, kind of, and heap is speaking out. >> welcome to the no spin news. >> bill o'reilly is back. >> a completely different experience than what you have had in the past. this time not on tv. he says he is setting the record straight on his pod cast. >> i am sad i am not on television anymore. i was very surprised how it all turned out. in his first spoken comments since being fired from his show, o'reilly eludes vaguely to the controversy. >> i can't say a lot because there is much stuff going on right now.

seems to deny the allegations from multiple women who accuse him of harassment. but i can tell you, that i'm very confident the truth will come out. despite what he says is the truth, the damage is already done. advertisers bolted. and protesters rallied against his show. hey hey, bill o'reilly has got to go. fox top executives let him go. o'reilly is hoping to hold on to millions of loyal fans promising his pod cast will be a jen when news program. one with his same voice, and views. >> these people on the far left are really insane, and dangerous, dangerous. fox now looks to tucker carlson, debuting his show overnight in the predecessor's primetime spot after o'reilly'sed cast. a drop in ratings would be a major blow for

recovering from last year's sexual harassment scandal that led to the removal of former executive roger ailes. everyone seems to be speculating what is next for o'reilly? in addition to this pod cast, we know he has a speaking tour starting in june. and eighth book and best selling series set out in september. kendis and diane. >> wonder who he is killing off in the next book. killed off everybody. >> what people want him to write is a become about what happened and to hear his actual side of story. >> i'd buy it. would you buy it? >> i want to know. i want to hear from him. >> listen to the audio book. >> so far seems look he is keeping the message limited. >> heard in the package. being very vague. people don't know if it is that he can't speak about it or doesn't want to. people are demanding to figure out what happened >> said i don't know, the truth will come out. don't know if you will be surprised. >> yeah. >> huh. now at lest he has his pod cast.

for it. >> releasing it for free tell pr early. >> free tonight. and free through sunday. $$49.95 for the year if you are interested. the website says it all goes to charity. >> he had 4 million viewers on cable. sure he will have quite a few listeners on the pod cast. thank you, maggie. >> catastrophic natural disaster striking nepal. >> survivors of the devastating earthquake are sharing incredible stories of survival. you're watching "world news now."

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2015 earthquake in the heart of the himalayans. >> we are hearing from survivors. abc's juju chang has their stories. >> reporter: it's one of most majestic, yet dangerous places on earth. mt. everest, in nepal's himalayan mountains towering more than 29,000 feet above sea level. two years ago, on april 25th. disaster strikes. a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hitting nepal, killing nearly 9,000 people. trapping climbers on the world's highest mountain. >> when i saw this thing. i figured that's it. it is over. there is no surviving. american film maker at everest base camp covering a team of climbers when the earthquake hit. at only 17,000 feet, base camp is normally considered safe. >> it is about, 11:00 or so, all sitting there, hanging out. then, all of a sudden the earth moves look that. it gets violent. very hard to stand up.

few heart stopping moments as the avalanche thunders down the mountain. >> i saw this giant wave basically coming. just a massive wall, like empire state building of ice, rock. see ice and rock shooting out at incredible speed. >> he and climbers scramble for whatever they can find. >> looks like a horror movie. >> 7, 8 second from when i saw that. the impact would happen. i yell get down. >> he prepares for the worst. >> so this is how i die, huh? >> but he didn't. when i popped up. everything was gone. he was lucky. 19 people died on everest that day. among the dead, three americans. michael was suffering from concussion, broken nose. >> realized i was a casualty. see the way people look at you. i just had a lot of blood coming out. >> he managed to hike down the mountain to safety. taken by helicopter to kathmandu two days later. michael's narrow escape

documented in the smithsonian channel, nightmare on etch rest. but the climbers on everest weren't the only ones tlapd trapped by the quake. california native, was in nepal on month long adventure. beautiful trails go from one village to the next. that are full of teahouses. it's really beautiful area. she was in this teahouse in the langtang valley when the earthquake hit. >> we all started running out of the building. when we got outside, the earth was just rolling and shaking. >> but the terror wasn't over. and some body screamed avalanche. it was snow and rock and ice and hurtling down the mountain at velocity you can't fathom. we all turned around and started running for our lives. >> she survived. but the village decimated. cutoff from the rest of the world with food and water and other

>> we set up like a little triage in the caves. we just took all -- we took all of the wounded people into the cave. and, i'm sorry, we had to like try to figure out how to give comfort and take care of people that were badly injured that needed like professionals, not us. >> reporter: for kat, a bittersweet departure knowing the landscape that attracts so many visitors was now touched by tragedy. juju chang, abc news, new york. >> devastating earthquake. >> so sad. for the climbers, just climbing everest. just staying at the base camp is challenging in and of itself. to have to deal with an avalanche. the video capturing the wall of snow and ice. >> very little time to think. and, there are so many stories coming out of that including, we forget that one of the americans killed, former google executive.

dated actress sophia bush at one point. the survivors are fortunate. >> juju, thank you for the report. more news coming up.

♪ despacito ♪ despacito >> what does despacito mean, a popular song, but then -- you know they redid. >> despacito means slowly. i think. >> spanish accent there. >> always told not to play with our food. but i guess you can do whatever you want when you are in space. >> that's right, astronaut jack fisher. can you guess what he is so happy about? caption of the pictures, i just can't help it.

>> coffee ball in the morning. >> wow. >> that's how you drink coffee in space. >> all right. so cool. >> without any cream or anything in it. >> try it. here. >> see if that works. no. big day for america. for astronaut peggy whitson breaking the record for most time in space been a u.s. astronaut. >> she has been up there for 535 days and counting. and, she received a very special call while she was up there. abc's david kerley has her story. >> reporter: the record, the longest time of in space by an american belongs toingy whitson, called astronaut's astronaut who got a call from the white house. >> 534 days and counting, that is really something. >> well it is actually a huge honor to break a record like this. >> reporter: dr. whitson has been breaking barriers since she began at nasa. first woman to command the space station. eight space walks, most by

she grew up on an iowa farm, watching moon landing at age 9. a dream was born. nasa ground crews amazed at her ability to get work inside and outside the station. >> have dubbed it the peggy factor. >> we have to continue to take the next steps in order for us in the future in exploration going to mars. >> are we going to mars? are we going to go? >> i absolutely believe we will. sooner the better i think. >> reporter: a goal closer to reality because of her record. >> this is a very special day in the glorious history of american space flight. >> david kerley, abc news, washington. >> to our own high flying lady who has returned. >> i was on a vacation from you. i really needed. kidding. but while i was away, also went for a little high flying adventure. >> did you go off a cliff? no, don't do it. ♪ fly away >> had a lot of fun paragliding off my

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