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.

this is "world news now." good morning to you on this wednesday. going to start with breaking news from afghanistan. a large explosion rocked the secure diplomatic area of the capital of kabul. >> at least 49 people killed. hundreds injured in a suicide car bombing. went off near the german and british embassies. one reporter at "wall street journal," reported, the blast shattered all the windows at the newspapers office there. no immediate claim of responsibility. but we of course will stay on this breaking story from afghanistan. we will get to the overnight apology from kathy griffin, from the photo that has attention of the secret service. >> she teamed up with tyler shield to post a photo showing her holding what appears to be a bloody head, of donald trump. the head of course was fake, but we blurred the photo because it is very graphic. >> it is not funny.

the u.s. secret service quick to respond, tweeting on it, that it monitors social media to evaluate threats to the president and that it doesn't have the luxury of knowing a person's intent. >> reaction not surprise league has been pretty harsh. the president's son, donald trump jr. called it disgusting not surprising. imagine if a conservative did this to president obama. >> chelsea clinton slammed griffin's photo calling it vile and wrong. >> griffin tried to appease critics with a nonapologetic tweet saying she was mocking the president. later she tweeted out this video apology. >> hey, everybody me kathy griffin. i sincerely apologize. i am just now seeing the reaction of the images, i am 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.

i will continue. i asked your forgiveness. taking down the image. ask the photographer to take down the image. i beg for your forgiveness. i went too far. i made a mistake. i was wrong. >> that apology not enough for a growing number of critics calling for her to be jailed. >> yeah, her biggest gig of year, hosting time square new year's coverage on cnn now may be in jeopardy. even andersen cooper, who of course, co-hosts eat vent every year on cnn saying for the record, i am appalled by the photo shoot. clearly disgusting and completely inappropriate. >> she is getting backlash from all around. >> yeah. >> both entertainers, political types, as you can see some of her colleagues at cnn. >> the president sort of reacted to it overnight. we believe that he was trying to refer to the press coverage when he, tweeted this, very, very late night tweet here. take a look, saying, despite the constant negative press covfefe.

it's sort of now distracted from what message he was trying to get across there. to, to what exactly is covfefe. how do you pronounce it. >> maybe auto correct. >> auto correct fail. >> yeah, maybe one of those. auto correct thought he meant -- >> yeah, president trump reportedly handing out his cell phone number to world leaders and urging them to call him directly. >> breach of protocol alarming national security experts. calls between heads of state, usually involve secure phone lines. and extensive preparations. sources say the president has already shared his number with the leaders of mexico, canada, and france. and any such calls could be vulnerable to eavesdropping. and there are concerns they won't be logged and archived. the trump administration in the meantime not confirming or denying reports the president's son-in-law, jared tried to set ficials.ion with russian as press secretary sean spicer returned to the briefing room,

two weeks, he received an onslaught of questions and refused to answer them directly. but he gave a vague defense of the use of back channels. >> you're asking if he approves of an action that is not a confirmed action. that being said. secretary kelly and general mcmaster have both discussed the in general terms, back channels are appropriate part of diplomacy. >> former national security adviser michael flynn is reportedly now planning to provide congress with information related to, related to his dealings with russia. flynn has invoked his fifth amendment rights and is still not willing to testify but sources say he agreed to turn over certain documents after the senate intelligence committee narrowed the scope of its request. >> for the first time u.s. military successfully intercept aid mock intercontinental ballistic missile. the critical test of the pentagon's missile defense system involved firing a rocket from california, to stop a long-range missile launched from thousands of miles away.

pacific ocean as planned. but there is still no guarantee it would work in a real war. the test comes at a crucial time when north korea is moving closer and closer to its goal of developing a missile that can reach the u.s.? >> prosecutors say the man accused of two deadly train stabbings in portland oregon confessed in a police car following his arrest. court documents indicate there is video evidence of jeremy christian's confession and made a series of outbursts during his court appearance as abc's clayton sandell reports. >> to the enemies of america. leave this country if you hate our freedom. >> reporter: the man accused of the rampage on a portland train, 35-year-old jeremy christian made a belligerent first appearance in court. >> you call it terrorism. i call it patriotism. hear me? >> also facing his allege add attacker, micah fletcher, stabbed in the neck. >> i feel very lucky. i wish i wasn't the only lucky one right now. >> reporter: one of three good samaritans who stood up to christian for allegedly hurling

anti-muslim insults at destiny magnum and her friend, wearing a hajab. >> in the confrontation, christian stabbed and killed, a 23-year-old, and 53-year-old army veteran. >> two men worked very hard to build lives, create connections, to have love, lost their lives. and -- there is nothing more special than that. >> reporter: one day before friday's alleged attack. police say christian was captured ranting on the same train. >> you got a problem with what i am saying, [ bleep ] all you christians and muslims and [ bleep ] jews. >> his extremist views on display at the rally where he appeared to give a nazi salute. christian could face death pena

state charges. meantime, the fbi says they're investigating whether he should face federal hate crime charges. clayton sandell, abc news, portland, oregon. >> passengers on a jet blue flight new york to san francisco got a scare when a fire forced emergency landing in michigan. pilots diverted to grand rapid after passengers reported smoke from a passenger's carry-on bag. faa confirms a fire sparked by computer laptop's lithium battery. the plane landed with no injuries, no delays according to the faa no damage to the plane. >> meanwhile, faa proposing slapping united airlines with a half million dollar fine for allegedly flying a boeing 787 without inspecting its fuel pump. the faa says united mechanic as ledgedly returned the plane for 23 flights before a required inspection. united reportedly wants to continue discussing the case with regulators. >> you might say former waitress in tennessee is in trouble for serving a coke float. as she placed a glass of water on the table, a small bag of cocaine fell into it from her waitress book.

unfortunately for her, the customer was an off-duty sheriff's deputy. other drug residue allegedly found. she was arrested and, well, fired. >> and the art trend of ibombing reached bulgaria, a street artist putting googly eyes on basically anything. >> half the fun is making up your own captions for the photos. >> that one. the caption on this one was -- you should see the car that hit me. >> wow. or perhaps inch worm? >> for that one. >> um. >> how about, this one, is not easy. >> ha-ha. >> that guy looks pretty upset. >> hump day one. >> it's hump day. >> hump day. >> ha-ha-ha. >> oh. and, dad, will i lose my hair like you?

>> these are our own version of the captions, captions for those. >> it is a lot funnier when you see the pictures. have to tell you. i had no idea what the story was going to be about when we were first talking about it. once we see the photos. >> still have no idea. >> the infrastructure improvement. >> yeah, true, true, we'll start -- with sophia. vergara. >> coming up, shocking new study involving emergency health care. hear how emergency rooms are jacking up prices. see who is getting hit the worst with the overcharges. >> alana morisette is back. how do you turn an album into a play? or a musical? we'll tell you about it coming up. first, a look at today's forecast. ♪ of the cross i bear ♪ ♪ >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by my pillow.

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new york city. goldy is normally a carriage horse. but apparently got loose and decided to take herself on a tour of the upper west side. eventually she turned around and came back to the stable. her caretaker says she wasn't tired enough. wanted more exercise for the day. >> yes. all safe in the end for her. and a new study find that hospital emergency rooms have been jacking up prices by as much as 1300%. researchers at johns hopkins analyzed billing records of 12,000 e.r.a. doctors across the country. they found on average. adult patients are charged 340% more than what medicare pays for treatment. ranging from stitches to ct scans. the biggest markups are made to minorities and uninsured patients. >> now to olivia newton ron revealing hat her breast cancer

returned and spread to her back. >> 25 years since her diagnosis for breast cancer. here is mara schiavocampo with the sad update. >> reporter: olivia newton john facing a battle with cancer. the 68-year-old singer and icon announcing on facebook page she is reluctantly postponing her june concert tour dates after learning her breast cancer has returned. newton john initially postponing some performances because of severe back pain. later learning her cancer had actually spread to her lower back. while doctors say majority of breast cancer recurrences are within five years they can occur even decades after treatment. newton john first diagnosed with breast cancer 25 years ago. opening up about her battle with abc news. >> i am a different person than i was two years ago. go with my instincts, trust myself now. i feel really happy. i feel, still feel charmed. i'm here. >> reporter: the pop aye can who catapulted to stardom as sandy in grease. has been touring with her album "live on."

about battling cancer. >> newton john plans to undergo radiation therapy and wellness treatment and hopes to resume her tour later this year. mara schiavocampo, abc news, new york. >> do wish her well. in the meantime, another singer we are talking about, ariana grande. and her manchester benefit concert. >> the 90s album being made into a musical. it's a little ironic. don't you think? "the skinny" is next. >> it's like rain. like rain.

♪ skinny so skinny >> skinny time. we have news on a benefit concert hosted by ariana grande for the victims of the manchester terror attack. >> learning details about it now.

of course, ariana grande said she was absolutely devastated following that attack. but we are learning now that miley cyrus says that she is going to join ariana grande on stage for the concert titled one love manchester. >> justin bieber will be at that event. all proceeds will go to the we love manchester emergency fund. pharrell, katy perry and cold play will perform. >> the big event in manchester. fans that attended the last show, last monday that ended in tragedy. will be given free tickets. everyone else will have to sign up for general admission seats. >> great show for a great cause. >> yeah. >> we, speaking of great show. for those fans of jagged little

you really ought to know about the next story. >> yeah, a lot here. jagged little pill, launch sewed many songs. pies and earned five grammys including album of the year. i want to know when we can expect to seep it here in the u.s. >> yes. >> getting impatient. has then't launched there. i want to see it here. >> this was big when album were around, a thing. >> such a great album. >> that would be in 2018 apparently at the theater in cambridge. in mass. i bet -- people will be racing head over feet to get a ticket. >> ha-ha. >> man i didn't do the reference correct. >> big name folks are involved with it. including -- the -- diane polis, worked on pippen, waitress, all people big on stage. and diabla cody, wrote juno. >> she had jagged little pill tour. ten years after the album came out. now looking at making it a theater show. >> blame her? >> real estate news. singer, legend, diva, celine dion sold her estate in south florida for the bargain price of $38.5 million.

and while that may sound look a lot of money. >> a deal. >> it was originally listed four years ago for $72.5 million. >> wow. half that price. >> double what it ended selling for. >> okay. well, the home was custom designed for dion and her family. it features an all-white kitchen with two islands, and more than 400 feet of ocean front. >> the pool house has a built-in grill. >> poolhouse? >> five pavilions on the property. that is aside from the main house because one needs a pool house and pavilions. >> several pavilions. >> finally another day which means there is another reboot coming. and it's been nearly 20 years since they have been on tv. >> they're animaniacs. making a comeback thanks to netflix.

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making news in america this morning, breaking overnight, a massive bomb rocks kabul. dozens of people are dead. the explosion happening near several western embassies. the video just coming in. we have breaking news that two airports, a plane is forced to land after a laptop catches fire and passengers run to safety during a man's three-hour standoff with police. several stories breaking involving the president. comedian kathy griffin apologizing after she was featured in an anti-trump photo and the president's midnight tweet we will ders the internet. why you'll hear covfefe today. and it's turning out to be a very busy morningn