this morning on "world news now" -- the moment of truth for the revised health care bill. >> republicans putting it forward confident it has enough votes to make it through the house of representatives. hear what the president personally said to lawmakersen an effort to shore up the votes. >> flooding emergency. relentless rain causing rivers to rise across multiple states causing flooding, shutting down major roadways, levees breached overnight as homes are destroyed by deadly floods. >> more backlash for pranking parents on youtube, after losing custody of two of the dhirn. hear what the kids' biological mother is saying about the videos where her kids cried hysterically and millions watched. >> if you are a coffee, bagel type of person you look to multitask. get ready for the ultimate mo

caffeine fix, no liquids needed. how is this even possible? consider the edible evidence on this thursday, may fourth. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> bageling aaw >> bagel and coffee in one bite. >> how is the possible? >> have them live on the set. >> dig into it. >> we'll start off with a major step in the effort to repeal and replace obamacare. >> house set to vote on revised bill promises more funding to subsidize people with pre-existing conditions. this after president trump reached out personally to a number of holdouts in his own party. republican leaders now say they have the votes they need. abc's correspondent with the details. >> reporter: the big vote set -- >> we are going to pass it. we are going to pass it. let's be optimistic. >> reporter: the fate of health care and coverage for people with pre-existing

>> so today we are here announcing that with this addition, that, that we brought to the president, and sold him on an over hour meeting with him in here, we are beth yes's on the bill. comb p the amendment would give states $8 billion over five years to help cover those with pre-existing conditions. allowing those to charge those with pre-existing condition more money. >> it is a joke, a very sad, deadly joke. >> american cancer society calling changes particularly egregious. and ama warning, they'll get second-class health care coverage if they're able to obtain coverage at all. republicans hopeful they will have enough support to pass the measure through the house. health experts say that $# billion is just a drop in the bucket. and it wouldn't do much to cover a majority of people with pre-existing conditions, at risk for seeing their premiums

bill. >> vote expected some time this afternoon. they're on capitol hill. in the meantime the president in the meantime will be heading home at least for the day. new york city born chief executive returns to the big apple this afternoon. his first trip there since taking office. his political schedule includes a meeting with australia's prime minister. that will be their first face to face since ape heated february phone conversation over australian refugees. in the evening the president gives remarks at the intrepid museum. nypd is prepared for protests at several locations. >> speaking of heated conversations. people of france got a show with the country's only tell vietzed debate in current presidential debate. le pen and macron went face to face last night in paris in what amounted to 2 1/2 hours of anger and insults. just to give you an idea. at one point, macon called le pen a parasite that will lead france into civil war.

le pen said regardless of who wins, france will be led by a woman. le pen, accused macron of being influenced by angela merkel. the le pen/macron run-off will be saturday. >> how did i miss it? that is fun >> wish you dvred the presidential debate. >> in paris. >> back here at home. fbi director, jim comey forcefully defending the way he handled the investigation into hillary clinton's e-mails. comey told congress he would make the same decision if he had to do it again. insisting he didn't intend to harm the clinton kachl pain announcing that her aides had been extremely careless. he said reopening the e-mail inquiry before the election came done to a tough choice but felt compelled not to hide information from lay makers. >> concealing mine view would be catastrophic. not just to the fib february but well beyond. honestly, as between really bad and catastrophic, i said to my

the world of really bad. look this was terrible. makes me mildly naup shus to think we may have had impact on the election. i would make the same decision. >> comey was also asked why he waited until after the election to reveal there was an ongoing investigation into contacts between russia and the trump campaign. he said he believes he treated both investigations consistently. consistently under the same principles. >> former national security adviser susan rice turned down a reap quest to testify at a senate hearing on russian interference. rice's attorney says invitation came from republican senator lindsay graham and pointed out that other obama administration officials who planned to testify, received bipartisan requests. rice vehemently denied improperly unmasking names of americans in u.s. surveillance. president trump recently said she may have commit aid crime. >> new round of heavy rain is pounding parts of the midwest. and the south. already ravaged by deadly flooding. major

and traffic is shut down along a busy section of the mississippi river near st. louis. now, levees are weakened in some spots. and swollen rivers are spilling over their banks. swamping entire neighborhoods. the downpours aren't expected to let up until at least friday. that's forcing home and business owners to, to keep watch, 24/7. >> we have been up all night. running pumps. we have five pumps running in here. trying to keep the water pumped out. >> arkansas's governor now says nine levees have burst in the northeast part of the state. now three of those are major breaches. and the governor says that so far, seven people have died. one a child is missing. and hundreds of people, still cannot go home. >> and -- an event at buckingham palace. sparked concern overnight. the daily mail reporting that royal staffers from several of the queen's homes were urgently called to london for emergency meeting. the palace tells abc news overnight it had no comment. now

apparently held on occasion. it is not believed to be an indication that the queen or prince philip are in poor health. the queen is 91 years old. prince philip turns 96 in june. >> breaking overnight -- investigation under way after two people were shot dead at a bar near dallas. police say a gunman entered the sports bar last night got into an argument with the emplyy and shot and killed the man. a customer armed with a legal pistol confronted the gunman and shot him dead. investigators are trying to determine the gunman's motive and whether he knew the employee. >> north lake college suburban dallas shut down until monday after a murder suicide. abc is in irving, texas with details. >> reporter: chaos on north lake college campus. just before noon when the gunfire erupted. the campus put on lockdown as police intact cal gear search for an active shooter. this math tutor saw it all. >> the girl was sitting in the

her. i saw the shot three times. he shoot her. >> some students hon kerring down. turning off lights in classrooms. others trying to escape. >> i knew it was gunshots. no other way. the staff tried to get us, obviously to stay inside. but, i just ran. >> one student recording the ordeal as he was evacuated. >> hands up. hands over your head. an hour later, police giving the all clear. >> we still are on the premesis, this is a murder/suicide situation. >> police trying to determine the relationship between the suspect and victim and what led up to this deadly scene. police saying the two body were found in separate locations. right now they're scouring the campus wide surveillance system for more information. in the meantime, in texas students gathered at university of texas austin last night to remember one of their own. who was stabbed to death on campus, earlier this week. the famed

tolled 19 times to symbolize the life of harrison brown. a popular student and friends described him as a talented musician. three other students were injured in the stabbing attack. police say the attacker was also enrolled at the university. and had suffered from mental health troubles. >> former teacher tad cummins transferred where he will face kidnapping and sex crime charges. accused of kidnapping former student. 15-year-old elizabeth thomas taking her on ape cross-country trip. arrested in northern california april 20th. unclear when cummins will arrive in tennessee. authorities say he will make a court appearance shortly after that arrival. and a florida man is under arrest after a bizarre incident caught on camera. dash-cam video shows the man's pickup truck backing into a patrol car. he jumps out. while the truck is moving. and then, dances in the road. wearing own boxer shorts. and the officer eventually tatzed

ed tased the suspect. you can hear the man saying he thought nuclear bombs were coming. he was taken to a hospital and to jail. >> now to one of the little moments that most parents can relate to. some times you don't know what is going to get your child's attention. >> that's right. >> including this one. so, you can see that little guy. at the window. he is really excited. let's see why? >> the firetruck is here! it's so exciting! it's right here! it's a firetruck! adorable reaction. the firetruck is here not what you want to hear from your kid. you hope they're just passing by. >> exactly. very cute moment there. >> the firetruck is here! >> it's right here! >> coming up, the growing backlash against those pranking parents on youtube. the new legal move literally breaking up their family. what many of you are saying about it.

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>> a 5-year-old girl intent on going to the mall was returned home thanks to an alert bus driver. this happened outside milwaukee. stopping her bus when she saw the girl wandering the streets. this is in 40 degree temperatures. now, lee took her into the bus to warm up until police arrived. and an aunt says the girl snuck out of the house while everyone was sleeping. >> another warning to parents. study shows possible correlation between screen time and speech development. researchers at university of toronto followed more than 1,000 children under 2. and found the more time they spend playing with sma

to start talking later. findings presented at pediatric academic society meeting. even kids who got 28 minutes of screen time a day showed significant speech delays. >> goes same for adults. more time on your screen, less time talking to anybody else. >> true. >> turning to the fallout over the couple who made a living out of youtube prank videos involving their kids. >> after losing custody of two children. the kids biological mother now released a video of her own. t.j. holmes has the latest. >> reporter: the videos cause aid firestorm. >> cody! >> tell me! >> i dent do that. parents pulling pranks on their kids, screaming at them causing them to cry hysterically. videos racked up millions of views. >> stop it. listen. that any just a prank. >> the youngest two are heather martin's stepchildren. now their biological mom has come forward releasing her own video with her lawyer announcing michael and h

lost custody and the children are now in her care. >> emma and cody are with me. i have emergency custody. >> reporter: the mother's attorney says police and the court were in strew mental in reuniting her with her children. >> one, two three. >> videos posted by the martins on popular daddy of five youtube channel sparked backlash. many called the cup al bu sieve. last friday the martins told us some of the videos were staged. >> some stuff is real. some stuff was acted out, scripted. >> mike dez says deep down he thought becoming a celebrity would make his kids proud. >> everybody was so happy to be a youtuber, making these videos, getting the views. when my kids looked at me, i was, i was their hero. >> reporter: tj holmes, abc news, new york. >> well there are a few stories garnered as much comments as this one on our facebook page recently. >> right. viewers reacting to this big time. we have gotten dozens of comments in this.

already. most of them disagreeing with the videos existing at all. we have laurie chapman saying, what took so long to shut them down. get off the internet and raise your kids. should have been top pry oar tee not how many likes. >> tracy says i saw one of their videos by mistake. absolutely horrible. they do not deserve to have children. sickening. >> one viewer say, that, that they enjoyed the videos. and it is important to note despite the fact that we are seeing an overwhelming negative response and obviously gotten a negative response. their youtube page has over 700,000 subscribers. so they definitely had fans. >> followers. >> weigh in on the face book page. check us out at wnnfans.com. >> coming up in the next half-hour. stephen colbert speaking out. how the late-night comic is responding to the #firecolbert. and the backlash over his controversial joke. >> nfirst, nearly 20 years

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>> shattered, story of hillary clinton's campaign. best-sellers list. nearly 20 years since the death of princess diana. learning new details about her final days. >> abc news special is now retracing that last night in paris. here is abc's david wright. >> reporter: nearly 20 years after the fairy tale abruptly ended. this new abc news special offers new details about diana's final days. ♪ including that trip to paris with her boyfriend doedy al fayed, last minute addition to her vacation. dia diana's butler told him she didn't really want to go. >> that is my only lift home. i have to go to paris. >> reporter: he says she told him she couldn't wait to get back to her boys. >> wouldy tell william and harry, at balmoral, i will be back the day after. >> reporter: of course she never made it. her love for

never in doubt. the impact of her death on them. >> do a serious one. >> reporter: something they have only recently opened up about. >> it was only right to share my experiences and to help to hope to encourage others. >> the abc special shares moments rarely seen. >> go. >> william was a typical 3-year-old. he is not at all shy. and very polite. extraordinary now. where perhaps, harry is certainly a different character altogether. >> a mother's insight and love, her legacy to them. david wright, abc news, new york. >> looking forward to seeing that. great seeing, you know the flashbacks of her with her children. and, it is sort of a look behind the curtain that we often don't get with the royals especially one look her. >> yeah, an interesting special. we do hope you will joan us sunday for it. last 100 days of diana airing sunday night at 9:00, 8:00

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it is time for breakfast here on the mix. shall we? look at this. we are opening up a bagel store here. because -- einstein bagels has come up with an ingenious idea, einstein would have come up with. all you traditionalists have your coffee and your bagel on the side. no, no, no, that is so passe. have to tell the story first. before i filibuster. but now, einstein has come up with the boosted bagel. this little guy here. >> there you go. >> try it. >> this little guy. >> try it! >> packed with 32 milligrams of caffeine. in the bagel? >> yes. >> put it in your mouth. try it. >>

equivalent of a cup of coffee. right here. in it. did you feel like a boost? >> maybe a little bit. i don't know. i don't know. >> caffeinated. >> don't notice anything different. no caffeine. what else? what else? >> that's great. it's look awesome 32 grams. >> you want to try it? >> try it. >> oh, my god, wow. >> that was good. >> believable. >> on to something far less fun to eat. a man was on a flight, from t k toektoek tokyo. requested a gluten free meal. he has celiac's disease. the meals some times bland. this one beat any others he had previously. the stewardess came over and said, came over, said we have a special meal for you. >> oh,

that's it. >> he got one banana for the nine hour flight. he says the kicker was see that little packet above it. that is the napkin, the cutlery. the salt. and a fork and knife for his banana. >> uh-huh. >> kendis is closet it eating his bagel. >> look at that. part of it. >> take a real bite. >> ha-ha. >> banana. >> speaking of -- of eating. and food. our favorite chef, is back. so this time, you release a video where he is slicing and dicing. remember how he seasoned it, and slicing and dicing fruit with a vengeance. wow. >> real life fruit ninja. >> exactly. >> i like it. >> huh. okay. >> remember sunday pre deucer brian said he felt like he drank 1,000 beers over the weekend. >> because he did. >> we found a company making it quite easy. a finnish

this morning on "world news now" -- emergency evacuations overnight as disastrous flooding hits multiple states. homes swept away by the rising waters as levees are breached. with even more rain in the forecast for some areas. >> director of the fbi defending himself but admitting it makes him nauseous to think he could have affected the outcome of the presidential election. hear what he would and wouldn't say about russia's efforts to disrupt the election here. >> new this half-hour, a school bus comes close to a head on collision. >> dash-cam video showing an on coming pickup truck slam into a car before rolling over in front of the school bus. >> allow us to be among the first to say, may the fourth be with you. perhaps the most important day on the calendar for "star wars"