this morning on "world news now," kim jong un's so-called gift for america. >> the timing of north korea's missile test apparently deliberate, as we learn more about their nuclear ambitions and how this latest icbm launch reflects their efforts. meanwhile, the u.s. and south korea conducting joint exercises in response to that threat. we'll have the full story ahead. u.s.-backed forces are making progress against isis in iraq and syria. but in afghanistan, senators visiting troops for the holiday are calling for a renewed mission, saying the strategy of don't lose just isn't acceptable anymore. and back here at home, an

apartment complex after a man intentionally drove his car into that building. the explosive materials police found inside his car. and an excited groom goes for a bold move while dancing with the bride. he picks her up and they go for their very first spin as a married couple. what could possibly go wrong? stick around and we'll show you on this wednesday, july 5th. from abc news, this is "world news now." got some nice moves there. >> really? >> yeah, but i'm guessing that didn't end well, just throwing it out there. we're going to start with the emergency meeting at the u.n. security council. >> the u.n. security council is meeting behind closed doors at the urging of president trump over what kim jong un is calling his latest gift to the united states. his nation's first launch of an intercontinental ballistic

trajectory, 1700 miles up before landing in the sea of japan. but analysts say if it were launched on a flatter trajectory it's capable of reaching alaska or even further east. david kerley has the latest. >> reporter: this launch appears to be a major break through, a north korean two-stage intercontinental ballistic missile. supervising it all, kim jong un, it's a missile that could potentially reach the u.s. kim, his military leaders and scientists all celebrating. a success, declared a news reader. north koreans applauding the news. the missile reached 1700 miles high, landing in the water 577 miles east in the sea of japan, angering the japanese. experts believe such a missile might be able to reach alaska. north korea's military calling this the quote, final step in creating a competent and powerful nuclear state that can strike anywhere on

that possibility, that escalation coming just days after president trump worried about a nuclear warhead on this type of missile put north korea on notice. >> the era of strategic patience with the north korean regime has failed. many years and it's failed. and frankly, that patience is over. >> reporter: reaction came in a new tweet. quote, does this guy have anything better to do with his life? hard to believe that south korea and japan will put up with this much longer. perhaps china will put a heavy move on north korea and end this nonsense once and for all. but just two weeks ago mr. trump appeared to have given up on china, quote, it has not worked out. at least i know china tried. and then just hours ago a physical response from the u.s. and south korea. each country firing a short-range missile in accord

natded event. those missiles landing off of south korea. the u.s. army is calling it a demonstration of precision firing capability in response to what it called north korea's unlawful actions on the fourth of july. the u.s. has just requested that a meeting be held at the u.n. security council on wednesday. the u.s. ambassador to the u.n., nikki haley said she spent all day in meetings, talking about this launch. david kerley, abc news, the white house. david thank you. and president trump is hiding to poland today ahead of the g-20 summit in germany, and his much-anticipated meeting with russian president vladimir putin. the white house is describing friday's meeting as a normal bilateral discussion. but russia is calling it a full-fledged formal sit-down with an agenda that includes the war or terror, and sanction. the white house is not saying whether the president will confront

middling. now 40 states say they are unwilling or unable to give information to the voter commission. the information sought includes the last four digits of social security numbers. the president has claimed that millions voted illegally in the 2016 presidential election but has yet to provide any evidence for that claim. and now overseas, iraq's prime minister is congratulating both government forces and brave residents for what he's calling the big victory over isis in mosul. his jubilation coming as fierce fighting still rages in mosul's old city. just days ago, the prime minister declared an end to the isis three-year caliphate in iraq after iraqi forces achieved a win by taking al nouri mosque in the old city.

day of intense fighting played out in raqqah. just a day after u.s.-backed syrian opposition forces breached the 1300-year old old city wall. the u.s. military said war planes hit two small portions of the wall to allow kurdish allies to push through. isis fighters, however, have been for thefying their positions, even booby trapping portions of the old wall to protect their defactor capital in syria. a bipartisan delegation of senators visiting troops in afghanistan is calling on president trump to come up with a coherent strategy to combat the taliban. john mcquacain and elizabeth wan were part of the group. they said it will take more than dropping bombs to win america's longest war, now in the 16th year. >> we need a new strategy, and that means to win. the strategy before was, quote, don't lose. and we lost some brave, young

young afghans, we need a strategy to win. the strongest nation on earth should be able to win this conflict. >> the senators are also urging the president to fill vacant state department positions, including naming a permanent ambassador to afghanistan. americans celebrated the country's 241st birthday today with parades, cookouts, concerts and more. >> security was tighter than in years past, but it didn't seem to dampen any spirits. chuck schiefferson has more. ♪ god bless america >> reporter: the rocket's red glaerks t glare, the macy's spectacular attracting more than a million spectators. ♪ ♪ america >> reporter: more than 60,000 exploding shells in the sky. an on the ground, a police presence to match heightened security fears. thousands of officers patrolling the streets. the harbor polic

waters safe. >> you're going to see that what we do here today is what we do every day, but it's just that on steroids. >> reporter: officers on foot are equipped with radiation detectors. dogs are equipped to sniff chemicals used by isis in suicide bombs, plus a terror control center with 9,000 video feeds scanning millions of license plates every day. >> we know the world we're living in in nypd is constantly watching for terror. >> reporter: president trump marked the day with a picnic for military families at the white house. ♪ america, america >> reporter: and patriotic spirits were high at this annual capitol fourth concert. ♪ >> reporter: americans celebrating the birthday of the land they love. ♪ >> reporter: chuck sievertson, abc news, new york. and the user who created the

infamous video showing president trump wrestling cnn apologizing. >> the creator has posted a lengthy apology on reddit although it's since been deleted. he said, quote, it was a prarnk and nothing more. >> cnn says it identified the reddit user's real name but agreed not to publish it because of the extensive apology. but jokes between president trump and cnn have caught on. a light saber dual between the two. president trump in a sumo wrestler's outfit. st is that what i am a seeing there? >> yeah. >> and the long, red tie? >> that's one way to sill great america's birthday. did you do much sue mo wrestlin? >> not today. >> strange. the

reunite for the first time. >> together again opening up to our chris conley about their onscreen chemistry and why glove is getting too old for this stuff. as temperatures keep climbing we have more scenes like this. a police officer breaking into a hot car when he spotted a dog inside. the windows are up, the engine is o we'll show you how this one ends. >> and you can always weigh in on facebook, wnnfans.com and on twitter. and you are watching world nows now.

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go long. oh, my god! >> police in ft. pierce, florida say a man filled his car with propane tanks, then drove it into his ex-girlfriend's apartment building. the driver was killed in the explosion. five children and 13 adults in the building got out safely, and the red cross i

them relocate. firefighters in austria spent part of their tuesday chasing chickens, more than 7,000 of them. the birds were set loose after a transport truck hit a bridge. took about four hours to round up the ones that nearly got away. >> why did they cross the road? >> move on. well, a florida police officer is now a dog's best friend after saving it from a brutally hot car. he used his baton to smash the windows of windows of a vehicle in boynton beach. it was 110 degrees in the car. the owner showed up. she had apparently lift the pit bull in the car to go to the bank. she was cited for cruelty. and the man who was stabbed in the neck is talking about that attack for the first time. >> he says the only reason he survived was a brave and

worker. >> reporter: for the first time, that airport police officer brutally attacked while on duty is speaking out. >> i truly think it was over in ten seconds. >> reporter: ten harrowing seconds. you can still see the deep scar on his neck. >> there was no warning at all. absolutely no warning. >> reporter: june 21st, lieutenant jeff neville was manning his post at bishop airport in flint, michigan. with amore fa ftouhi emerged w knife and ambushed him. >> it was an attack from the rear, very sudden, no warning, very intense. >> reporter: that's when a quick-thinking airport maintenance man jumped in. >> the way i reacted was spectacular. if he hadn't been working beside my i wouldn't be here today. >> reporter: they believe

>> and that lieutenant says he has to be careful when he shaves now. >> that's the big limitation that he's dealing with. >> what a guy. >> he says he's got to go back to work, we got things to do. he's not wasting anytime. >> and coming up in the next half hour. the fourth of july may be over, but that doesn't mean the sales wil are. you're watching "world news now." i did everything i could to make her party perfect. almost everything. you know, 1 i n 10 houses could get hit by an expensive septic disaster. but for only $7 a month, rid-x helps break down waste. avoid a septic disaster with rid-x. ♪...from far away. but they only ♪harsee his wrinkles.♪ ... ♪if only harry used some... ♪...bounce, to dry.

♪ reunited and it feels so good ♪ ♪ reunited because we understood ♪ >> and now it's the 30th anniversary of one of the biggest block bluser franchises of all time, "lethal weapon". >> the stars sat down with chris conley to catch us up on what they've been up to. >> reporter: it's a joyful reunion for the stars of "lethal weapon". the first time they've been together since shooting the final parts of the fourth

>> it was a time in all our lives when something just clicked. i think there was a lot of love between us. when i see them i get the same feeling, it's like seeing a teenage sweetheart or something, that sort of thing. >> i think you can say whatever you want about the films, but i think the relationship got better and better over the period of time. >> do you really want to jump? >> reporter: from the first film's 1987 debut, it turbo charged the genre. gibson's off the wall and back at you lawman rigg. >> i may be a little crazier than most people, so it's easy for me to access. >> reporter: he was paired with glover's retirement family man who had the best cop line in buddy movie history. >> i can't get anywhere, somebody just said say it to me, "i'm getting too old for this." >> reporter: it's the to be or not to be of this

movies. from 1992's lethal weapon three, rene russo would come on board. they were memorably comparing scars. >> i will remember it forever. not that you're this crazy good kisser, but you are. >> reporter: director richard donner would encourage mel's improvisation. >> and he would sometimes give my the best lines sometimes. >> you can't imagine how quick mel was like, let's do it. >> i can't remember dialog now. i have the body of a 18-year-old. i just can't remember where i buried it. >> reporter: it's state of the era action sequences kept lethal weapon audiences on the edge of their seats but sometimes found glover asleep in his. >> i'm in the passenger seat, mel's driving, and we'd have to drive to location. i can't remember a time i did not go to sleep. >> that's true,

remember. >> don would say, wake glover up. >> reporter: their clear chemistry makes talk of a possible lethal five unavoidable. how interested would you guys be in doing another one? [ laughter ] >> you should see me walk to the bathroom in the middle of the night. like that was not going to happen. >> reporter: how tempted are you sometimes, mel? >> you play off the fact that they're not as limber as they used to be. and i think that would be fun. >> it could be a real comedy. >> rip van weapon. >> that wasn't a no. >> okay. that's all lovely, right? but there was talk of bud edy movie, love each other, but didn't they just say from the moment they stopped shooting the last frame of lethal weapon four they haven't actually seen each other? how does that work? >> is that what they said? >> graeat movie. my mom had hair like his at the me

like his. >> south africans were the baddies, not british. >> for once. >> diplomatic immunity. we just hear accents. >> good-bye.

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♪...i got what you need... ♪i'll be your i'll, i'll... sarah? cleaning up. ♪ now's time for "the mix." and we're going to start with an intergenerational offline-online trolling situation. you're intrigued. i can tell by the look on your face. >> i'm confused. >> what happened here was a dad grounded his daughter, took her phone away and then trolled her on paper that he slipped under her door that made it look like it was text messages, hi, daughter, hope you're behaving yourself, i love you, heart, then why aren't you answering me, a crying emoji. >> that's so mean. >> this just proves that dads are

every possible respect, i mean, come on. he thinks he's being funny. can you imagine the eye rolling going on behind that bedroom door? >> i am loving the creativity. i say dad-1, daughter-0 on this one. on to your people known for their excellent dance moves. a wedding in england is going viral this morning because of the bride and groom's opening dance. they decided they were going to get down to "can't hold us" by mclemore. he grabs the bride and decides to give her a nice, generous trirl around the dance floor. how impressive is this. >> yep. >> look at them, ah-oh. >> whoa. >> okay. okay. i'm okay. >> now's back in the game. he's back in the game. it's not that bad. but didn't you say it was like the most embarrassing thing? no one's pants fell down. >> that's true. >> i've done worse.

worse on the dance floor. >> thankfully neither of us were hurt and everyone in the crowd found it absolutely hilarious, as do we, thanks, lawrence. >> will doell done, well done. next we have, "star wars" people are crazy, aren't think? "star wars" fans are kind of crazy. >> totally. >> okay. like you. this is a birth announcement between a guy dressed as han solo and more importantly, his wife dressed as princess laeah, and they are going to have a baby born december -- >> are they giving birth to d t darth vader? >> it's due when the new "star wars" is to be released. i fi i feel sorry for this kid already, he's going to be given a name that's this weird "star wars" thing. but before we go,

mention smam, 80th birthday. >> happy 80th

this morning on "world news now." president trump heads to europe, the america first chief executive is set to meet with other global leaders, but one scheduled meeting in particular remains of high interest. what will they talk about? and north korea's latest missile launch has the world's attention with kim jong un directly threatening america. and we're learning more about the growing capabilities of the country's weapons program. and new this half hour, a congressman facing criticism for shooting video inside a nazi concentration camp. >> lawmaker posted this video taken with his phone in auschwitz