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

put to death. hear how the museum responded. and ed sheeran declared his independence from twitter. he announced he's leaving the social media platform because he just can't take the negativity. now another super star is stepping forward to lend her support in an interesting way. we'll have more on that in "the skinny" on this wednesday, july 5th. ♪ i'm in love with your body ♪ ooh ah ooh ah from abc news, this is "world news now" >> i'm going to miss ed sheeran on twitter. >> are you? i'm not. >> no, as long as he keeps making musing. >> we'll have more on that important story. first, we're starting off with a major diplomatic test for president trump, preparing to come face-to-face with russian president vladimir putin. >> the president is leaving for poland today before heading to the g-20 summit in hamburg, germany, that is where he'll sit down for a meeting with putin that washington and moscow are

terms. we'll see if he raises the sensitive subject of russia's interference in the election. >> reporter: president trump celebrating the fourth in washington. >> our country is doing really, really well. no matter where you look. >> reporter: he embarks on his second foreign trip, with all eyes on that friday face-to-face with russian president vladimir putin. for more than a year, trump has sung putin's praises. >> i think putin's been a very strong leader for russia. he said trump is a genius, trump is leading the party. if putin likes donald trump, i consider that an asset, not a liability. >> reporter: but with days to go, the white house is down playing the meeting, calling it a normal bilateral meeting. and saying little else. in

it a full-fledged formal meeting. the war on terror, nuclear arms control, and russia's extreme dissatisfaction with the sanctions president obama imposed in retaliation for russian meddling in the u.s. election. the white house won't say whether the president will raise the issue of russia's interference or whether he believes russia was behind the hack. >> he believes russia was involved. potentially other countries as well could have been equally involved or could have been involved, not equally. >> reporter: trump has also sent conflicting signals whether he's met putin before, telling david letterman in 2013. >> tough guy, i met him once. >> reporter: last year backtracking. >> i have no relationship with putin. i don't think i've met him. i don't think i've ever met him. >> reporter: friday he will get his chance with the whole world watching. the white house expects this meeting to be brief, that it is doubtful that russia's meddling in the election will be raised,

this point a loser of a topic. gloria rivera, abc news, washington. secretary of state rex tillerson is calling north korea's break through missile launch a new escalation of the threat to the u.s. and the rest of the world. in a defiant show of force, u.s. and south korean soldiers responded by firing deep-strike precision missiles into the south korean territorial waters. this comes as the u.s. military confirms that north korea did in fact launch an intercontinental ballistic missile that has the potential to reach alaska. and as abc's military analyst explains, it could possibly reach even further east. >> they didn't want to overfly japan or russia. the missile itself reached an apex of almost 1700 miles. which means it could have reached anchorage and wouldn't have been far from reaching seattle. the u.s. has been developing a ground-based interceptor system

incoming north korean missiles, but it's very complex science. it's like hitting a bullet with a bullet and although the most recent test was successful, the system itself is barely over 50% reliable. >> thank you very much steven. we turn now to the extreme heat wave in the western u.s. and its effect. >> there are at least 30 wildfires burning. with no significant rainfall expected until next week. nearly a quarter of a million acres have been consumed and new wildfires are likely to ignite thanks to high temperatures and low humidity. >> firefighters are in northern nevada. the earth stone fire has consumed 25,000 acres while the truckee fire is at 30,000 acres. there are more in arizona than any other state. some were started by lightning. a blaze at a popular resort was started by a fireworks show.

the fire was brought quickly under control, and there were no injuries. the resort employee posts on facebook that the fireworks were great, then the desert started burning. today's weather in the west won't be much help to firefighters either or much fun in the rest of the country. >> accuweather's paul williams is here with the forecast. good morning, paul. >> good morning, nick, diane. low humidity causing problems with fires that we already have, the heat will continue to strengthen. in the desert southwest we're looking for the heat to really continue in the form of 115 degrees toward phoenix and one teens in vegas and 100-plus in salt lake city. thunderstorms threaten missouri, illinois and wisconsin. we are going to see a front push through with strong storms breaking off and beginning to pound the pavement for us in madison, green bay, sioux falls, omaha, des

minneapolis. and blinding downpours and tornados. >> thanks, paul. and the vatican is acknowledging problems at its children's hospital in rome but dismissing a scathing report as unfounded. they denied the findings of an investigation that said staff cut corners, ignored safety protocols and put children at risk. they pointed to a second review that praised the hospital and blamed the initial report on disgruntled employees. the vatican said it's making a serious effort to resolve any problems. british doctors have dismissed an offer from that hospital to help a baby. the ten-month-old's doctors are planning to turn off life support despite objections from his parents. the pope's hospital said it was willing to keep charlie on life support and allow his parents to decide how to end his life. his parents wanted to bring him to the u.s. for an experimental therapy, and president trump had

as we mentioned earlier, president trump arrives in poland today. officials in charge of one of the memorials to holocaust victims is taking issue with a member of congress. louisiana republican clay higgins recorded a video from inside a gas chamber at what was once the auschwitz death camp. it is now a museum. he said the scene solidified his commitment to protect the u.s. from evil. >> the world's a smaller place now than it was in world war ii. the united states is more accessible to terror like this. horror like this. >> museum officials called that video inappropriate and tweeted a plaque at auschwitz which says you are in a building where the ss murdered thousands of people. remember their suffer and show respect for their memory.

mt. and now to a story out of wisconsin that's tough to decide whether it was a massive fail or a success. >> michael shanahan was looking for a place to crash when he pulled his car over the parking lot, looking for a room at 3:00 a.m. he found a room, he also found a pond. >> he was so tired he put his sedan right into the water. >> i saw this glare and i thought that must be the parking lot, you know, and you can see my wheels are turned to the left, and i drove directly into the water. there was no guardrail or anything, and boom, i'm in the water. >> did you call police? >> no, i was tired. i stay here and basically, i just figured i'd do it in the morning. >> he's happy to talk, happy to talk it all through. >> he left the car in the pond and went ahead and got a room for the night. we'll deal with this tomorrow. >> the police have not decided whether or not to file charges. they think alcohol might have played a role in

>> no. no way. listen, as the overnight shift, we sympathize with being very tired. sometimes that takes priority over say rescuing your car from a pond. >> you're buying the just tired thing. >> i'm just saying it's possible. >> anything's possible, diane. >> apparently parking your car in a pond is possible overnight. now we know. we have great shopping deals you can get right now. the chain reaction inside a garage regarding fireworks, but the fireworks were just bystanders. we'll explain. and later in "the skinny," it would have been a great party, taylor swift independence day bash. but where was everybody? you're watching "world news now." ♪ i've got a blank space baby "world news now" weather, brought to you by united health care. brought to you by united health care. m only in my 60's. i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i looked at my options.

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is gone, but so is the garage. >> good news, bad luck. yeah. and the fireworks show at hershey park in pennsylvania ended early, a nearby field caught fire. it had once been the local airport. the fire was quickly brought under control, but it was decided not to continue the fireworks show. there were no injuries. and now to the sizzling sales. that go beyond the fourth of july holiday. you still have a chance to cash in. >> mara schiavocampo shows us the deal. >> reporter: after the barbecues, bargains, fourth of july sales now kicking off some of the best deals of the year. >> i have to go back and get some more. >> reporter: retailers launching sizzling sales to clear out much-needed space. >> right now is a big time for sales because a lot of stores are switching over their merchandise to get ready for back to school. >> reporter: the most heavily discounted items? outdoor gear like tents and hiking equipment, clothing and

at old navy, the entire store, 60% off. and at kmart, discounts in all categories. amazon is already slashing prices in the runup to july 11th's prime day when members will see hundreds of thousands of items marked down. >> it's not too late. >> you can still get discounts. >> reporter: some of the steepest discounts still to come. sales are expected to get even better after the holiday with outdoor furniture going on sale toward the end of the summer. >> when we come back, we're going to check out how the stars spend their holiday. and which pop princess was noticeably absent from the festivities. "the skinny's" next. ceably absent from the festivities. "the skinny's" next. born to outperform the #1... prestige eye cream for better hydration. and your best look yet. olay eyes collection.

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♪ skinny ♪ so skinny time for "the skinny" now, and we're kicking off with ed sheeran news. >> love him. >> twitter has claimed another victim. the singer/songwriter is leaving the social network because he says it's so negative, one comment ruins your day. >> the 26 year old said is the hardest thing was for him to figure out why people hate him so much. >> don't pay attention to the haters, ed, his 19.2 million followers should not be left in the cold. they can get updates from his instagram page. >> apparently, lady gaga has his back. her fans were adding to the meanness that sheeran was feeling, so she has kind of posted a photo of herself and sheeran on instagram on tuesday and shared some kind words to her community. >> small problem here.

post isn't actually the real ed sheeran. it was a fan page of a post that's since been corrected. all is right now in the social media world. nick, i know you were very worried about this story, so you can breathe a sigh of relief now. >> yeah, as long as he stays on the radio, i don't care. do you? >> no, i'm with you, actually. i just want to hear his songs, but i do sympathize with the twitter being mean thing. kendis and i tried going live on twitter the other day to experiment. we were silent half the time. we realized comments were so inappropriate, we couldn't finish any of the sentences. >> yeah, i'm thinking about something someone once called me. i'm not sure is if it's okay. if it's okay, after the break i'll say what someone's called me. >> now we understand, ed sheeran. celebrities just like us, right? so they probably celebrated the fourth of july, just like us, right? like steph curry and his wife,

couple hanging out on a boat in the turks and caicos? not like us at all. >> christie brinkley is striking a pose off guardner's bay new york with some friends. >> actress katherine heigl with her son, completing the red white and blue look with a kiss on him. clearly having a lovely time. >> actress debra messing with ali wentworth. they went all out. >> george stephanopoulos, your wife went all out, didn't she? what's on her head? >> i like it. >> where's my favorite celebrity couple? dax shepard and kristen bell? they're my favorite. >> you love them. >> i love them. >> you love them. >> why aren't they here? >> when you begged for them to be included, the producers were listening. >> i want to know what they were doing fourth of july.

outfits and looking cute. >> taylor swift is famous for her fourth of july weekend bashes. and this year something seemed a little off. we've seen no photos online, no record of this. there is this photo, though, of a giant inflatable slide on her property, but it's empty. >> so this is the rhode island estate which has been the site of her parties in the past, which have been celeb-packed. hanging out on the beach, in the ocean, on the slide. not this year. >> no. here's ed swift, chillin' with t swift. >> ed swift? >> ed sheeran chillin' with t swift. i don't think the brit in him is loving the celebration so much. >> i love the fourth of july. >> what happened to taylor swift's party? some katy perry's fans are saying everybody went to katy perry's house instead. they have a little -- >> beef.

>> yes. finally, you know when you go to a concert -- do we have time for this? we don't have time for this? rt -- do we have time for this? we don't have time for this?

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say, i have never been more proud of myself in my life. willis shared the news with her 600,000 plus followers saying i will be the first one to say i'm not perfect and i mess up sometimes and every once in a while i get it right. the oldest daughter of demi moore and bruce willis has become a star in her own right. mastering the ballroom as "dancing with the stars" season 20 champ. taking over broadway as roxie in chicago. and even taking on the role as a singing sensation and recovering drug addict on the hit show "is empire." in real life, addiction runs through rumer willis' blood. her mom, dad, and sister tallulah are all recovering addicts. >> there's an empathetic family there who's going to understand what she's going through. >> reporter:ut

gone online about bullying. >> we're almost in a generation now where it's become socially acceptable for that kind of behavior, and what bothers me the most is seeing young women put each other down. >> reporter: now her remarkable candor comes with a simple message. be gentle with yourself. >> good message for all of us. and she hasn't revealed any details on the addiction, but the post has over 18,000 likes. more than 700 saying this one p encouraged them to get sober too. >> good for her, good for them. >> finally, we're going to get to what i promised you earlier, it is at a greenday concert, fans singing before they came on, but not to greenday. ♪ >> that was bohemian rhapsody. they were playing it over the p.a.

just to kill some time while think were loading stuff onto the stage. and the fans took over. >> they knew all the words.

making news in america this morning, president trump is heading off to europe where he'll meet with america's allies and have a high stakes face-to-face meeting with russia's vladimir putin. we have a preview live from washington. new this morning, more missiles flying from the korean peninsula. these were part of the u.s. and south korean response to north korea's firing of an icbm. it's being addressed today at the u.n. a bizarre attack caught on camera. a driver plowed his car into an apartment building. a man is pulled to safety by colleagues as floodwaters rage around him.