this morning on "world news now," chaos overnight at orlando airport. >> suspect appears to wave a gun sending travelers ducking for cover. with police saying that he actually wanted to commit suicide by cop. we'll have latest on the unfolding investigation. >> comedienne kathy griffin apologizing following the backlash over that anti-trump photo shoot. the image too graphic for us to show you prompting the secret service to inquire. critics calling for her to be thrown in jail over the disturbing photo. >> another baseball brawl is grabbing headlines this morning. after a player rather than throwing fists decide to, to throw the ball. beaming an opposing player during a bench clearing fight. tell you what started it all. >> cringe worthy moment on live tv that cost a tennis pro his chance at the frenc

love for showing too much love to that reporter. it is wednesday, may 31st. from abc news, this is "world news now." little too much love for that guy, huh? >> yeah, man. get a hint, guy. i guess so. yeah. we know what his score is will remain. >> more coming up. starting things off with the three-hour standoff at orlando airport. >> quite a scene. started when a man pointed a gun appeared to be a gun at officers in the car rental area, reportedly told police to shoot him. he also pointed the weapon at his own head. well, terminal a there was shut down, you see the traffic. divert add way from the airport. hundreds of police officers came to the facilities there. >> negotiators spoke to the man for two hours. knowing it was important to keep him talking. >> the subject made several comments, pointed the firearm at the officers, said shoot me,

pointed the gun at his head. imploring the office tires shoot him. >> okay, the gun turned out to be fake. the 26-year-old suspect is a form marry reason. being held for mental evaluation of course. and however he faces aggravated assault charges, operations are now returning to normal. at the orlando airport. >> breaking overnight. jet blue flight forced to make an emergency landing due to fire in the cabin. flight heading to new york from san francisco, to san francisco from new york when the faa says a laptop lithium battery caught fire. flight landed safely in michigan. the faa says no injuries or damage to the plane. >> accomplishment for the pentagon as north korea continues of course to test fire missiles and advance its nuclear weapons program. >> the u.s. conducted the first live fire intercept test of intercontinental ballistic missile. and it is being called success. in an effort to simulate a north korean attack, missile defense agency launched mock

missile from the test site in marshal islands. managed to destroy that with a rocket from california. experts say like a bullet hitting a bullet. they also say there is no guarantee it would work in real war. >> comedienne kathy griffin apologizing for something that was far from funny. photo posted to social media. shows her holding what appears to be a bloody, decapitated, fake head of president trump. condemnation swift. from all sides. from donald trump jr. to chelsea clinton as well as many fellow celebrities. after an initial tweet to try to appease critics. griffin tweeting, video apology. >> i'm a comic. i crossed the line. i moved the line. then i cross it. i went way too far. the image is too disturbing. i understand how it offends people. it wasn't funny. i get it. >> griffin is not out of the woods yet. the secret service is investigating the incident. growing number of her critics are calling for her to be jailed. and cnn is suggein

re-evaluating griffin's role on its new year's eve special. >> we have new developments in the investigation into russian election meddling. former national security adviser michael flynn reportedly now agreed to provide documents to a senate committee. and two congressional panels reached out to the president's long term attorney. brian ross has more. >> reporter: as the the questions grow about activities and the future role of the presidential son-in-law, jared kushner. another close confidant of donald trump, his personal lawyer, michael cohen, a man who knows many of his deepest secrets has become a focus of the expanding congressional investigation. cohen told abc news, he has been asked to provide information and testimony about any connections to the russian government. but is refusing to do so. i decline the invitation he told us. as request was poorly phrased, overly broad and not capable of being answered. trump came to cohen's defense earlier this

democratic operatives alleged with any broof that cohen met with russian spies in prague. >> it is a disgrace. i think they haute to aapproximately jazz to start with. michael cohen. >> now cohen's refusal to cooperate sets up potential showdown with congress. >> i would say to mr. cohen, we will issue a subpoena. he will be compel to come and speak. >> reporter: we also learned the expanded congressional investigation is seeking to question former trump white house and campaign aide, boris epstein. >> we love trump! his lawyer told abc news he did not anticipate epstein would be subpoenaed to provide information. of more concern to the white house was the growing interest in the president's son-in-law, kushner and his dealings with the russians. the investigators want to know why kushner met secretly in december with officials of the new york branch of a russian bank that was previously known as a u.s. base

spies. one of the new york officers, was found to bea russian spy. his name can be found on the bank website. >> this was an actual trained operative spy operation in new york. targeting human assets. >> now investigators are asking, if kushner's meeting at the bank is connected to efforts to set up a secret back channel with the crem len and the trump transition team. >> the risk is that somebody who has that communication channel with the russians becomes a tufl the russians. and unwittingly, does their bidding. >> kushner says he is prepared to cooperate and answer every question congress has for him. brie ross, abc news, new york. >> one more note. russian president, vladamir putin signing off denying his condree had haeng to dupe with the u.s. presidential election. put-in tells a french newspaper, allegations of meddling are fiction invented by democrats as a way skp e

he hopes relations between the u.s. and russia will improve one day. and he claimed there is no proof chemical weapons have ben used by the assad regime in syria. back here on the home front and to that noon accused of killing two men on a train in portland, oregon. quite a belligerent first appearance in court you. see him there, mouthing off. 35-year-old jeremy christian is facing two counts of felony aggravated murder, and other charges. he didn't enter a plea. christian was confronted by three men after allegedly hurling insults at a couple young women. police say christian attacked the men killing two of them. and wounding the third. >> two cleveland police officers are facing disciplinary charges in the controversial shooting death of 12-year-old tamir rice. one officer fired. the other suspended. but rice's family says they're insulted. abc's correspondent has more. >> reporter: cleveland police officer slapping two officers involved in the shooting death of tamir rice with disciplinary charges. officer timothy

shot rice has been fired. effective immediately. police chief calvin williams says he made the decision to fire loehmann not over the shooting itself, but rather over details revealed investigating it. >> what he put on his personal history statement for employment. >> lowman's partner, frank garnback, driving the cruiser, suspended ten days. found guilty of tactical violation, the day rice was shot. two officers were on the scene during the shooting in november of 2014. seen here, the officers drive up on rice. loehmann says he thought rice had a gun and fires almost immediately. does not learn until afterwards that rice was holding a toy gun. >> i think we have come to what we consider a, a fair conclusion to this process. >> reporter: the police union calls the charges a political witch-hunt. >> 5'7", 191 pound person. pulled a gun out of his waistband. can't explain it. i don't know h

but those officers acted appropriately and within the guidelines that they have to work with. >> in a statement the rice family says, decision only adds insult to their pain and grief. >> city of cleveland did settle $6 million wrongful death suit with the rice family. they never admitted to any wrongdoing. >> our thanks there in new york for us. now police documents about tiger woods arrest say he was found asleep at the wheel. the documents also show that authorities found his mercedes running with brake lights and blinker on. stopped in the roadway with two flat tires and damaged bumpers as well. after being woken up, police say woods speech was extremely slow. appeared confused. he did not snow where he was at the time. you seep there, headline. woods took a breathalyzer and blew zeros. apparently no alcohol in his system. he makes multiple

he didn't realize mix of medications affected him strongly. >> beth players suspended for the brawl in monday night's nationals, giants base ball game. hunter strickland, will mix six games for throwing at bryce harper. harper will sit out four games for charging the mound. both play ears peeling. not to be outdone. whitecaps. and dayton dragons, mix it up. after the shortstop, stepped on the leg of a player. and the baseball into the crowd of players. there were several ejections and some suspensions. >> 80 mile an hour curveball by the way for those who were -- keeping, i don't know. so from that, to that french tennis player. young one who is no longerwell all at the french open this year because of his behavior off the court. >> 21-yea

losing the first round. when as you can see he keeps kissing this reporter on the neck. repeatedly. >> what? >> the french tennis federation calls his actions, inappropriate. and has revoked his past to the tournament. >> what is this guy doing? >> he may face further disciplines. >> she is like get off of me. >> get away from me. >> oh. >> oh, man, how annoying. first lost the match. he needs better game on the court and with women. >> ha-ha. >> not how you get the ladies, buddies. okay. not how it works. >> problem is, i go about the streets of new york. in hopes that some body will just try to, like, you know kiss me. as a new yorker. >> try to get you an interview with him. >> not my type. >> coming up, why wisconsin should be ashamed of itself. breaking down the words, most often misspelled in

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>> aback with the warning with little league injuries. >> red flags for parents and players. espn's jessica mendoza has more. >> reporter: when kids first start out playing little league it is all about the love of the game. >> i love this time of year. sun is out. little league season is here. >> who is going to get a hit today? >> before long the pressure to win, pushes some kids into playing baseball year round, or in multiple teams. dr. jeffrey dugas, more and more kids are suffering long term injuries. the first sign of a problem. little league elbow. a painful precursor to condition that leads to reconstructive elbow surgery. or what is known

surgery. repetitive throwing can cause increased stress to growth plate in the inner part of the elbow. resulting in inflammation and in some cases, the growth plate gets separated from the bone. which may require surgery. >> start pitching, age 9. that's when it starts. that's the real shame in this. is some of the kids end up not being able to continue. and play a sport nay love. >> jack is one of the lucky ones. he has been playing baseball since he was 5. but the 13-year-old pitcher recently tore part of the growth plate in his throwing elbow from the bone. >> right when i came through about right here when i felt it. >> he had pulled off a little growth plate where the tommy john ligament attaches and explains the pop and the oh no that really hurt. >> the doctor determined jack's injury did not require surgery. yet for jack's mother jody a real wake-up call. >> we didn't expect the diagnosis. i was thinking tendonitis, inflammation. shocked. >> while

parents made headlines in recent years. mom and dad aren't always to blame. >> the kids get hypercompetitive. kids do too. >> it's hard for him. he comes home. get in the car, say, well this person threw so many strike tuesday. and, you know, in his mind he is worried about players, taking his spot. >> i love it. i want the coach to give me as much as they want to give me. >> what's the one thing you miss the most? >> striking other kids out. who doesn't want to strike other kids out? >> the doctor says jack should be able to play again in just a few months. meanwhile, he has a message for all parents. >> i would say at all times it shoe be fun. the thing that the parents have to get across, that, that winning is not the only part of having fun. playing the game is still having fun. and they have to enjoy just the playing of the game, not the winning of the game. if you feel pain in your shoulder or elbow, don't play through it. >> another way to prevent

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okay, mix time. way before certain tweet went out tonight. we decided we would do one mix item. talking google pointing out everyone's terrible spelling in this country. >> yep. >> and then the president tweeted this. despite the constant negative press covfefe. covfefe. so, that was out of washington, d.c. last night. we believe he meant coverage. but covfefe. >> covfefe. >> let's go to the covfefe. >> sound fun. >> great club. i need a cup of covfefe, right now. covfefe. >> any way. want through the list.

before that. >> google. not the white house. >> google. exactly. of the most misspelled words. based on different states. people typing in, how to spell blah, blah, blah. show you the full map. listed it based on different states. and what words were popularly misspelled. new mexico leaikes to misspell banana. >> might have two ns. >> wisconsin likes to misspell, wisconsin. how do you spell wisconsin? sauerkraut. tough one. >> sauerkraut is tough one. >> iowa, vacuum. i agree with you. iowa. i can see that. even google. when they posted washington, d.c.'s most misspelled word before covfefe, probably. misspelled it on their own map. >> misspelled. >> word. >> misspelled world. >> the word was nine

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this morning on "world news now" -- comedienne kathy griffin apologizing over a gruesome photo shoot. griffin admits the shop value of a decapitated president trump crossed the line. we have the sharp reaction from political and entertainment worlds. >> breaking overnight, a jet blue flight making an emergency landing after a passenger's laptop catches fire in the cabin. >> new this half-hour, olivia newton john reveals her cancer returned after 25 years. >> now canceled her tour on doctor's orders. friends are calling her a fighter and strong. what's next? and what is the course of treatment? >> ariana grande is out with the list of a listers joining her to honor the victims of that manchester terror attack. we have more coming up in "the skinny" on this wednesday. may 31st.