this morning on "world news now" -- did the president try to interfere with the federal investigation? >> abc news confirming the now fired former fbi director wrote a memo saying president trump asked hem to shut down his investigation. it is the latest scathing headline sending the white house into crisis mode overnight. after spending the day,000 explaining how the president revealed secretive intel to the russians. >> breaking overnight. deadly tornados have taken their toll in the center of the country. the intense storm system creating scenes of total devastation with neighborhood ripped apart. >> then the parents of that 16-year-old who died from caffeine overdose speak out. new warnings this morning about, how much is too much. >> and meet the man suing his date for texting at the movie theater.

and, that is the price tag for how much he is going for. we'll let you know why he chose this amount. question is, is he a crusader of common decency or just kind of a weirdo. let you decide. >> my hero. my hero. >> wednesday, may 17th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." you seem very torn about this one. not really sure where you stand. >> he is rumble's rosa parks standing up for us. >> interesting story. talker no less. talking more about that coming up. we begin this half-hour with president trump accused of trying to interfere with a federal investigation, and there appears to be a paper trail. >> yeah, sources tell "the new york times" in february, the president asked then-fbi director james comey to shut down the investigation into former national security adviser michael flynn. comey report lead wrote a memo as he does often, this time detailing the meeting. sharing it with top fbi officials. sources say the president made the request while alone i

asking everyone else to leave the room including the attorney general, jeff sessions. >> the white house is denying the report saying it is not a truthful portrayal of the conversation, now many lawmakers are demanding to hear directly from comey. >> we know enough now, enough apublicly, bring the director back. in open session before our committee or judiciary committee. should come back to the congress. and, and share what he knows in terms of the president's conversations with him. on, on, any of the -- russian investigations. >> some members of congress are accusing the president of obstruction of justice. the republican chair of the house oversight committee, is also asking the fbi to turn over all memos and recordings relating to comey's communications with the president. >> should point out, jason chavetz its outgoing. doesn't plan to run for re-election. something that, the day, day 118 of this administration. we have

>> they're busy at the white house. >> they're busy. >> just doing the match. may 4th. only may 4th, the health care bill that passed the house. may #th. yates testified. comey fired may 9. 14th. discloses secret information. here we are, whiplash much. >> the fact that the health care bill passing was may 4th. which feels like forever ago. >> exactly. exactly. >> wow, well as we mention, the comey scandal comes as the the white house is struggling to defend president trump against that bombshell claim that, he shared classified information. >> we know which ally provided intelligence to the united states. the administration and the president himself are not denying that the information revealed was classified. here is abc's zwloon carl. >> reporter: as president trump met with the president of turkey, he was hounded with questions. >> mr. president. did you share classified intelligence information

>> thank you very much. >> reporter: later touted his meeting with the russians as a success. >> we had a very, very successful meeting with the foreign minister of russia. our fight is against isis. >> at issue what the president said when he met with the russian foreign minister and ambassador, in the oval office last week. the "washington post" first reported that the president shared highly sensitive classified information about an isis plot to target civilian airplanes with laptop bombs. secret information abc news has learned, given off to the united states by israeli intelligence. less than two hours after the story broeks, the national security adviser emerged from the west wing to shoot it down. the president seemed to confirm he shared sensitive information with the russians. tweeting, as president i wanted to share with russia, at an openly scheduled white house meeting, which i have the absolute right to do, facts pertaining to terrorism and airline flight safety. >> did the president share classified

russians in that meeting? >> as i mentioned already. we don't stay what's classified what's not classified. what i will tell you again is that the what president shared was wholly appropriate. the story, the story combined what was leaked with other information and then, and then, insinuated about sources and method. so i wanted to make clear to everybody, that the president in no way, compromised any sources or method in the course of this conversation. >> the story is a political nightmare for the trump white house. especially because as a canned date, donald trump made such an issue out of hillary clinton's handling of classified information. >> we can't have someone in the oval office who doesn't understand the meaning of the word confidential or classified. >> presidents have the authority to declassify anything. the question is why would he share it with an adversary. the white house insists

soliciting russian help. i get great intel. i have people brief me on great intel every day. the white house is now confirmed that shortly after that meeting with the russians, that a senior official at national security council here at the white house, placed calls to the nsa and the cia, to tell them about what the president had just revealed to the russians. there was enough concern here at the white house about what the president said that those calls were placed to the top intelligence agencies. jonathan carl, abc news, the white house. all right. stow what do the russians make of all of this? a kremlin spokesman called the whole thing utter nonsense. he said the story is not being confirmed or denied. meanwhile, the russian ministry spokeswoman advised not to read newspapers. doing so harmful and dangerous as well. republican members of congress, conc

about the trump administration. speaking last night. senator john mccain reportedly said the trump scandals have reached, quoting here in his words. watergate size and scale. senate republican leader. has stood by the president so far. he sounding frustrated. >> i think it would be helpful to have less drama emanating from the white house. >> do you have concerns about the president's ability to properly handle classified information? >> no. >> quite the pregnaause he woul discipline from the white house, quoting here, they have got to figure out a way to come to grips with all that is happening right now. >> the sixth round of syrian peace talks resume in switzerland. expectations are low. the various factions are meeting with u.n. negotiators in separate rooms.

kazakhstan, organized by russia and iran are more useful. the geneva talks are a show for the media. the syrian government did take the opportunity to emphatically deny u.s. allegations of mass executions at a prison. and video by the syrian civilian death shows aftermath of a ground missile strike in damascus. the agency says six people were killed. dozens injured. >> become to this country. breaking news, overnight. from wisconsin. one person its dead and dozens injured by a severe storm. a tornado touching down in a mobile home park, 40 miles north of au clairee. >> a second tornado was reported a few hours later, although there was no damage. more storms including some hail are expected throughout the overnight hours. and thousand of customers are what power in that area. schools hatch been canceled as well today. there were reports of a dozen tornados in the texas panhandle.

some roofs and siding were torn off. power lines downed. but there are no reports of injuries there. weather damage was serious. 50 miles to the east in oklahoma panhandle. 40 homes were destroyed. elk city. and some people were trapped inside homes. and were told at looels one person died. >> and, more severe weather expected in the midwest. illinois, wisconsin, missouri, busy weather day. large hail, damaging wind this afternoon and evening. flooding, tornados are possible. all of the power outages you can expect travel delays. another strong storm heading into central u.s. tomorrow. >> former bachelor star, chris sols pled not guilty. sols arrestpeded in iowa. rear ending a man in a tractor take off. >>

if convicted. sols could face five years in prison. >> this story. local tv reporter, covering the chris soles story. facing nail time how she covered his is nirnl court appearance. the 22-year-old, elizabeth emani, defied a judge's order, not alug her stations to record the hearing. by using her cell phone. posting the video on her station's web site. she has plead not guilty. could face six months. >> guy in texas filed a law suit for a bad date. brandon vesmar. suing a woman from bumble. >> he claims during their movie date. all she did was text. texting friends all day. when we told her to take it outside. she left the theater. and never came back. >> at this point. i filed a lawsuit.

it was the friend. it was the phone. it was you. nonsense. >> well. they haven't spoken since. >> what a surprise. >> shock. >> the woman released a statement. she release aid statement. before it made me feel uncomfortable. felt i needed to move from the situation for my own safety. >> she added i hope one day he can move past this, find peace in my life. favorite thing. how much he is suing more. $17.31. >> he is standing up. >> cost of the movie tickets. >> to which we say where do you find movie tickets. >> cost of one ticket. >> good thing she dent order popcorn. >> just imagine. >> otherwise. up to $20. >> the lawsuit claims the principal is important as the the defend's behavior is a threat to civilized

>> he is our hero. the battle of the burger joint comes here to our studio. >> we, at least i, am going to dig in. who has the the best burger in america. >> first, real housewives star, dinna manzo, beaten up and robbed after returning home with her boyfriend. the ins dend and on going investigation. >> find us on facebook. you're watching "world news now."

new video from south central russia where four people are dead after a gas explosion tore through the center of an apartment building in the city of volgograd. all five floors reduced to rubble. officials fear there may be victims in the wreckage. >> 12 young children in houston dealing with injuries after a science experiment gone wrong. this happened during what was reportedly

experiment outside a preschool involving chemicals that erupted into a fire ball. all of the kids in the scenario are 3 years old. 11 of them were burned. one of them was trampled. some were also hospitalized. one is in the hospital. we are tolden good condition. both the fire department and the state agency that oversees the schools, are investigating. >> that video inside. just absolutely frightening for many of the parents. >> we are learning more this morning about the death of a south carolina teen blamed on too much caffeine. >> his parents are speaking out about losing their son. abc's adrian bankart has the more. >> reporter: killed by caffeine. unthinkable. a 16-year-old child dead after drinking a mcdonald's latte, mountain dew and energy drink. >> i stand before you as a broke ep hearted father and hope that something good can come from this. >> davis cripe suffering fatal heart arrhythmia. >> davis like so many kids and people out there today, were

totally harmless. >> toxicology reports show that davis was healthy without any pre-existing heart condition. his family says he never did drugs or drank alcohol. the mayo clinic says the most caffeine a teen should consume is 100 mg. equal to an 8 ounce coffee or soda. davis's drinks may have added up to six times that amount. shocking to think some one can die from bevages. what's dangerous, you don't know how your body or your child's will respond. adrian bankart, abc news, new york. >> coming up in the next half-hour. roseanne and the rest of the connors are returning to tv after 20 years. hear why they say the time is right for a come back. >> first, brutal home invasion. real housewife star was beat sewn badly she ended up in the hospital. after walking in on a robbery. latest next.

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♪ ♪ former real housewife of new jersey, dina manzo dealing with a real life nightmare she and her boyfriend brutally attacked in their home. ambushed by

with a baseball bat. c.j. holmes with the details. >> reporter: she is the reality star from bravo's real housewives of new jersey. >> you started vicious lies that can hurt my child. >> reporter: a new reality for dina manzo after surviving a terrifying home invasion over the weekend. manzo and boyfriend david canton were brutally attacked inside their homedale new jersey townhouse. the 47-year-old mother of one who lives in california was back in new jersey to celebrate the first holy communion of her god daughter, daughter of former housewives co-star, teresa guidice. before 11:30 p.m. saturday, returning home from the celebration when attacked by two masked intruders. >> everyone keeps an eye out on everyone else here because it is, it's a small community. >> canton was struck several times with a baseball bat by one of the assailants. manzo punched multiple times by the other. both tide up while the robbers stole cash and jewelry. eventually canton wasbl

free himself and call 911. the two taken to the hospital and treat ford facial injuries. their attorney tells abc news, dina and david are obviously shaken from the traumatic and violent home invasion and robbery. no one should ever have to go through what they did. posting the photos with manzo hours before at take tells abc news, i am very shaken by what has happened and very concerned for my friend, who i love like a sister. i hope who ever did this is caught and punished. >> the brutality tells me that these are amateurs. that they overreacted during a burglary or home invasion and beat the victims for no real cause. >> t.j. holmes, abc news, new york. >> and police are asking for the public's help. they haven't caught the guys. they say they're potentially very violent people. clearly. >> yeah, definitely frightening thing. the couple by the way out of the hospital. and expected to make a full, physical recovery. but no doubt probably traumatizing every time they go back home. >> yeah, they now live in california. they were in

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one more way you've got what it takes to protect. the mix is back. we are going to get and talk politic right now. who says that -- there is no, no -- there is nothing that is booing done in washington, d.c. at this point. >> okay. >> there is. here is proof. right here. >> oh, how cute. so that is a duck ramp. built at capital reflection pool in d.c. the architect of the capital who does everything about the capital building itself. decide to build it for the four families of mallard duck that live there. >> how sophisticated. >> then they notice just over the last couple days. little ducks there using it

some lawmakers are calling it waste of resource however. >> how expensive? >> looks like made out of cardboard. >> the first bridge built. >> that's huh i got up here to the desk. the ramp. >> little. okay. >> onto speaking of politic. now very important poll. conducted by the harris polls annual trend study. >> real clear politics. >> they evaluate the nation's feelings onburgers. >> oh. >> and for years now, in and out burger has come out on top. however not this year, my friend. we have a new winner, five guys. five guys is now apparently, america's favorite burger and so -- in the spirit. >> what is it about five guys. >> journalism. >> five guys started in virginia, apparently. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. known

grilled in front of customers. topped with limitless toppings. look at the toppings. >> quality. how likely you are to purchase. >> how familiar are you with theburger? >> not at all. can't wait for the close-up. look at the close-up there. oh, my gosh. that's -- >> kendis, try it. >> i don't eat, a good burger. >> very good burger. >> want a fry. >> no. you're a pusher. >> have a french fry. >> no, i'm driving. i can't. >> have a fry. >> what? >> the starter drug. no. >> once you start with the fry. >> gateway drug. >> gateway drug. >> and try a fry. >> just like my god. i love you. >> congratulations to five guys. you got this one. i am going to chow down. >> dad is popular, because he built a pirate ship. tree house. in the backyard. >> what? >> look at this. what's not to love about th

breaking news this morning. on "world news now." deadly tornados across the country's midsection from texas to wisconsin. powerful storms ripping up communities. the twisters completely destroying homes. trapping residents in the rubble. >> and new reporting on the latest report troubling the trump administration. did the president try to stop the fbi chief, he later fired, from investigating michael flynn? we have the latest on this developing story. >> new this half-hour, manhunt for an arsonist who targeted a mosque. >> suspect in surveillance video igniting a trail of flammable liquid before taking off. >> can you smell what the rock is cooking? well, apparently, a potential presidential bid. before you raise an eyebrow in confusion. there is a new poll which shows that he could be a formidable candidate. that's coming up in "the skinny." it i