good morning on "world news now." dramatic testimony on capitol hill. >> former acting attorney general sally yates discusses concerns about national security adviser michael flynn. hear why she thought flynn was at risk of being blackmailed by the russians. >> a serial sniper charged, a break in a case that terrorized an american city. the man in custody linked to 12 shootings. >> then, check out the neighborhood heroes. caught on camera. that is a group of people channelling their collective strength, to lift a car off the child. >> then, who is on first? oh my god what exactly is on second. the creepy, slithery, unwanted guest that delayed a baseball game.

>> oh, no. >> it is tuesday, may ninth. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> now we know why kendis doesn't play baseball. >> exactly. exactly why. wow. we'll got to that later. hopefully not. try to filibuster the newscast, we don't get there. >> a lot to got to including starting things off with revelations about direct warnings to the trump administration about the now fired national security adviser, michael flynn. >> hearing this from former acting attorney general sally yates told senators she alerted the white house that flynn could be blackmailed because he apparently lied about his conversations with the russians. we also learned president obama personally warned then president elect trump not to hire flynn. abc's pierre thomas covering the justice department. r >> reporter: she walked into a crush of cameras. senator lindsay graham owning with this.

>> intense scrutiny following every word of testimony from former acting attorney general sally yates. she outlined the steps she took to warn the white house about then national security adviser michael flynn. >> this was a matter. >> yates describing intense call to don mcgann on the morning of february 26th. >> i called don mcgann first thing that morning and told him i had a sensitive matter i needed to discuss couldn't talk about it on the phone need to come see him. >> she went to the white house that day to discuss concerns flynn hey have been flying to the white house. >> the vice president was unknowingly making false statements to the public. and we believed general flynn was comb appropriate is mied with respect to the russians. we believed the russians knew this. and that created a compromise situation. situation where the national security adviser essentially could be blackmailed by the russians. >> reporter: yates citing

saying flynn said he had not discussed sanctions for meddling in the u.s. election. ates knew otherwise, flynn was caught on electronic surveillance allegedly discussing sanctions the same day they were announced. >> we were concerned the american people had been mislead. >> so what you are saying is -- that general flynn lied to the vice president. >> that's, that certainly how it appeared yes. the under lying conduct that general flynn engaged in was problematic in and of itself. >> reporter: the nexturgent mee white house. >> why does it matter to doj if one white house official lies to another? >> reporter: white house council wanted to know if flynn likely faced criminal charges an express concern that taking action against flynn might interfere with an ongoing fbi investigation. >> the fourth topic was his request to see the underlying evidence. >>ates said the evidence

the morning of january 30th. the day sunny was fired for refusing to enforce president trump's travel ban. >> i don't know whether that ever happened. whether they ever looked at that evidence or not. >> democrats asking why flynn was allowed to stay in his job 18 days after the warning. even participating in an oval office phone call between president trump and russian leader vladamir putin. some republicans were focusing on how classified information about flynn ended up in the press. >> have either of you ever been an anonymous source in a news report about matters relating to mr. trump associates or russia's attempt to meddle in the election. >> no. >> absolutely not. >>a yates with a warning to the american people. >> i think they're coming back, senator. we have to do a lot more to harden election system thousands, state election systems, to ensure that that folks out there know when they're looking at news

that it may not be real news. that they're reading. >> reporter: asked by the white house council if flynn should be fired. she said, it was a white house call, not hers. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. so apparently president trump was keeping a close eye on the hearing. he followed it with a string of angry tweets. >> president posted. sally yates made the fake news -- the russia trump collusion story is a total hoax. when will this taxpayer funded charade end. >> the travel ban facing scrutiny in virginia. 13 judge panel heard arguments about how much donald trump's word on the campaign trail should actually matter. administration lawyers insist the revised executive order has nothing to do with religion. but attorneys, fighting the ban, point out that candidate trump called for a tee total shutdown muslims e

house for clarification. >> why does the president's website explicitly call for, preventing muslim immigration. >> i'm not aware what is on the campaign website. ask them. >> still on the website. if the president's words are used against him in court today is it worth you clarifying that once and for all. >> yeah, i'm district of columbia trying to figure out why i would -- i have been very clear. i've don't think i need to clarify what we have said or the president has said. >> clir arification came, the p was removed from the website within minutes of questions. >> tsa launching an ambitious program to protect soft targets. areas at transportation hubs located outside the security screening. the national framework hopes to integrate information sharing and infrastructure to both deter terrorist attacks and be able to fixly respond to them. recommendations in rinse to the deadly airport attacks in brussels and istanbul last

arrest in a string of serial shootings resulting in nine deaths. aaron saucedo faces 26 fell neef counts of homicide. aggravated assault and drive-by shooting. saucedo's killing spree started with the shooting death of a 61-year-old man who had a relationship with his mother. all the other victims he allegedly randomly stalked. >> eight defendants set to be arraigned in the death of a penn state saw mr. as we finally hear the 911 call in the case. court documents show timothy piazza fell several times eventually landing face first in a stairwell before the fraternity called 911. in the call, fraternity member, ryan mccann calmly tells the operator his friend is unconscious, but makes no mention of him falling. >> was he breathing? >> he is breathing.cohol involv? >> yes there is. >> we'll get somebody over

and leltd t us know. all told. 18 fraternity members face 200 counts some involuntary manslaughter and assault. piazza died at the hospital of traumatic brain injury. doctors estimate he consumed a life threatening amount of alcohol. >> new round of severe storms its building in the west. triggering tornado warnings overnight in new mexico. look at the radar. you can see, those storms, that dumped hail and snow over southern california, now moving into the central u.s. severe thunderstorm watch issued for the colorado plains, with the threat of very large hail, damaging winds, and even tornados. this was the scene in denver. coors field. forcing rock yaez to postpone last night's game with the chicago cubs. they will split a double-header. cubs are thankful. they had a long night. >> exactly. played until

and had to flay to denver. there were other folks that probably needed a break from the diamond. there wasn't any hail. minor league baseball game. sign of end of days. >> yeah, a snake spotted on the field in sacramento. appropriately enough, this all happened during a game arizona . >> thank you for the close-up. >> in this case, garden snake. no big deal, kendis. look took it in a bucket. look how little. >> awesome. >> just a tiny little snake. >> ha-ha. >> kendis hate that story. >> i didn't see it. didn't see it. >> didn't look up. >> saw there was a close-up. i'm good. >> just think about it. if you were to play on my baseball team, what i would do. soon as you got on base. release a snake. >> run all the bases. >> stolen base. stolen base. home run. >> glad we

>> what happened in new hampshire? >> in new hampshire, police are scratching their head over very creative attempt to trick them. >> take a look at pictures. it is supposed to be the inspection sticker on a woman any car. it is made out of cheese wrappers. >> police in alexandria say the woman used the wrappers and cutout from fliers to fake them out. no inspection sticker. in the end, her car is impounded until she gets a real inspection with some real stickers. >> how about like points for creativity there in new hampshire. >> absolutely. get that. maybe itf she gave them cheese. let her go. >> different sort of cheese. >> hmm. >> uniform groan. >> ha-ha. >> coming up, pop star making broadway debut. >> the man accused of murdering two doctors in boston faces a judge from his hospital bed. plus,

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that's not the way to end the night. especially, not in a bmw. >> ouch. >> emergency crews in houston pulling the driver of the car out through its sunroof. half was dangling off the third floor of a parking garage. the driver told police she shifted into drive when sunny was parking. she wasn't injured. but could actually still face charges. reports indicate she doesn't have valid license. >> dramatic rescue on philadelphia street. 9-year-old girl hit by an suv pinned underneath one of the wheels. but she wasn't there for long.

bystanders quickly got together and lifted the suv with their bare hands. eventually freeing the child. likely saving her life. she was taken to the hospital in critical condition. >> and we turn to details in double-murder of doctors in boston. the dna saying there is no evidence that the suspect knew the victims. >> get this, officials are walking back the statement that the suspect fired on police saying, it was a chaotic scene. abc's eva pilgrim with the latest. >> reporter: eyes closed in a hospital bed the man suspected of killing two boston doctors in their luxury apartment appeared before a judge. >> plea of not guilty entered on your behalf. >> the 32-year-old suspect shot by police during his arrest facing two counts of murder in the gruesome death of dr. richard field and dr. lina bolanos friday night. >> be >> both individuals were bound and deceased. >> prosecutors found a bag filled with jewelry from

>> the murder defies rational explanation. >> dr. field desperately texted a friend for help. >> we have a message from his friend saying there is a gunman in the house. >> police rushing to the apartment finding the suspecten a dark holloway before opening fire. last month, he was released from prison after serving time for bank robbery captured on surveillance camera. he previously worked as security guard in a nearby building. >> can't get up there without a key. elevators won't open the door without a key. no access unless some one lets you in. >> authorities aren't saying how he was able to get to the apartment are saying he did not know the couple personally. eva pilgrim, abc news, boston. >> coming of in our next half-hour, jimmy kimmel returns to late night for the first time since announcing his son's heart condition. >> but first, catch up with grammy nominated singer trading pop songs for broadway ballads. you're watching "world news now." fe

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♪ say what you want to say let the word fall out ♪ honestly i want to see you be brave ♪ >>. star for years, singer, sarabareilles his her dreams are coming true. >> make herring broadway debut. gio

scenes. >> the first time i saw the marquee, i completely lost my mind. >> reporter: hit singles like brave may have catapulted sara bareilles to the stop top of the charts. for the nominee, this is where her childhood dreams are coming true. >> there it is right there, starring sara bareilles. >> her name bright under the broadway lights. >> to be as cheesy as i can be. childhood fantasy coming true in a way i never would have imagined. >> reporter: do you feel like a broadway star? >> oh, my god, no, no. crazy, stop. >> reporter: you never felt like a. star either. >> i'm just a schmobie from the sticks. >> reporter: all a piece of humble pie from the current lead actress to one of the hottest tickets on broadway. waitress the musical. ♪ sugar, butter, flour, don't let me down ♪ >> she plays jenna, a small town waitress full of big dam

search of a new life, better life far from her abusive husband. ♪ ♪ it's not easy to know >> reporter: for 3 1/2 years she worked tirelessly to bring the show to life. one song at a time. ♪ she used to be mine >> i rewrote the opening number, 40 times. >> wow. >> i wanted to absolutely tear my hair out. and throw people across the room. i was so, it was so -- frustrating. but, not pressure, cooker is, i think actually kind of an exciting place to be. ♪ chance to start over >> reporter: those catchy, heartfelt show tunes like she used to be mine would lead to a tony nomination. with bareilles experiencing the love eight performances a week, stepping in to fill the spot of jesse muler. >> completely intimidating. jesse is a singular talent. ♪ >> stepping out here for the first time was unreal.

what were you thinking when you first looked out here? >> just, i can't say it. because it is network television. but -- >> la ha-ha. >> oh, my gosh. >> yeah. my god it is real. >> jenna. >> the show based on the film waitress, starring kerry russell. >> how is the bad husband? >> excuse me. feel look i will be sick. >> very musical movie. movies that sing a little bit. this to me is one of them. ♪ ♪ while other musicians, cindy lauper and carol king have brought their music to the broadway stage, bareilles joins sting and billy joe armstrong. >> dent want to be an american idiot. >> as composers and actors. in their own broadway show. >> the people that i am close to, the things i do professionally, my, my colleagues, my best friends, my boyfriend. all of these things have come to me because of this show. and, it's -- it's

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time for "the mix." starting with, a very special tourism campaign, you could stay. small town in italy, in the mountainous region in northwest italy. only 394 people live there. and the mayor would look to change that. so the mayor is now offering anyone who wants to come live there, $2,200. >> anybody. $2,200 to live in beautiful town. >> correct. we are still working out the plan. exactly. but he says anyone is welcome to come live here. he says small community, welcoming the high of in the mounta mountain. not far from the sea. healthy lifestyle. the air is very clean. >> looks livable. beautiful scenery there. nice wonderful houses.

>> what, give you $2,200? diane? diane? jack? deb? all right. i guess, it was a really, really good idea. we'll continue on. this will bring her back. hopefully. there is this, danish brewery, that is hoping to produce beer with urine in it. urine. you heard me correct. >> whoa! >> barley fertilized with 50,000 liters of urine. from a music festival. the name of the beer, you saw it there, pis-ner. see what they're doing. admit there is no actual human waste in it. but, it won't contain any of that. the whole concept there. >> these guys are still not back. all right. this graphic artist in the meantime. what do you think of that, di, awesome.

ha-ha. camera three has nobody over there. just empty. sorry. trying to sell his old car with really cool new level spectacular advertisement for 1996 suzuki. employing skills as visual artist. the epic two minute video showcasing everything that a car can and cannot do. look at that. now has some 2 million views. and now to the meatball that has spaghetti inside. because normal food is. >> what? did you say meatball? >> had you, meatball brought you back. >> all right! hi, everyone. >> hello. welcome back. >> met ball stuffed with spaghetti inside? >> yes. >> you could have had spaghetti in italy? >> we don't have to go to italy for that after all. >> huge, huge, huge concoction here. >> ha-ha. >> creativity when it comes to classic

this morning on "world news now," a this morning on "world news now," an arrest in a string of serial shootings, 12 people randomly gunned down. see who the suspect is facing charges and why he was already in custody. >> breaking overnight, chaos at a major american airport. passengers get unruly after an airline cancels several flights stranding hundreds of people. look at these scenes. police rushing to the terminal. we have new video and details coming in. >> new this half-hour, a ride two bikers will likely never forget. >> yeah, a bear was in pursuit. their close encounter and get away caught on camera. >> jimmy's back one week after giving emotional heartfelt monologue about the health of his newborn son. jimmy kimmel is bringing funny and new me