this morning on "world news now," president trump is europe. >> with a major diplomatic mission lying ahead of him at the g-20 summit, the president makes his first stop in poland this morning. but is the warm reception genuine or part of a white house deal? with terrorist numbers dwindling in mosul, tensions are rising with people having to strip down to show they're not isis in disguise. and yet another pr headache for united airlines. a mother who purchased a seat fo

sold out from underneath her. and what's going on here? >> a man with a very specific skill set dreaming big, reaching for the stars? just crushing cans? no, there's a twist. details later. it's thursday, july 6. from abc news, this is "world news now." i like the sounds that he makes. >> bang, bang. >> hadaw! >> wait till you find out what he's really doing. we start with president trump on the stage and poised to put his deal making skills to the test. >> he arrived in poe laland. the government apparently promised cheering

traveling with the president. >> reporter: president trump landed in poland to a red carpet welcome. as all eyes look ahead to friday's meeting with russia's vladimir putin. the white house is now trying to down play the face-to-face calling it a normal bilateral meeting between foreign leaders at the g-20 summit, but the kremlin calls it a full-fledged sit down and has an agenda. as to whether their is their first meeting, president trump has told conflicting stories. >> i moet him once. i have no relationship with putin. i don't think i've ever met him. >> reporter: one thing he has been consistent on, singing his praises. >> he's been a leader far more than our president has been a leader. >> reporter: 17 u.s. intelligence agencies agree russia interfered in the election. as for the president? >> he believes that russia probably was involved, potentially some, you know, other countries as

have been equally involved or could have been involved, not equally. >> reporter: in the oval office, president trump bragged to russian officials about firing fbi director james kwocomey whos leading the russia investigation and sources now tell abc news it is unlikely the president will confront putin about the election meddling. one senior administration official says the whole thing could be a waste of time and quote, a loser of a topic. cecelia vega, abc news, warsaw, poland. and the trump administration is demanding global action in response to north korea's launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile. otherwise, they warn military options are a possibility. nikki haley says other options, including punishing countries like china that trade with north korea. china's actions are quickly closing off the possibility of a diplomatic solution. >> the unitest

capabilities to defend ourselves and our allies. one of our capabilities lies with our considerable military forces. we will use them if we must. but we prefer not to have to go in that direction. >> the pentagon says the missile launched by north korea is more powerful and sophisticated than any of its predecessors and is potentially capable of reaching the western u.s. and officials add it may only be a period of time before north korea makes an even longer range missile with a nuclear warhead which would put all of the u.s. at risk. and tensions are building in mosul as coalition troops get ready for what may be the final battedle there against isis. the tension is now between iraqi special forces and civilians trying to leave the city. troops trying to guard against possible isis attacks continue to have young men strip to prove they are not carrying bombs. women are told to roll up their sleeves and empty their bags. there was one reported suicide attack wednesday. and syrians are

self-declared capital of the islamic state by thousands. they loaded trucks and other vehicles with their belongings as they escaped the fighting. two days ago, forces broke through parts of the wall around raqqah's old city. isis responded by setting up booby traps along the mile and a half barrier. and the u.s. has talked about cooperation with russia for great other stabilitina syria. rex tillerson released a statement calling for the u.s. and russia to work together possibly on no-fly zones, cease-fires and the delivery of humanitarian aid. he also said russia has an obligation to prevent any further use of chemical weapons by the syrian regime. and tillerson will attend the g-20 summit, but a planned stop on the way home is raising eyebrows. he will travel to turkey to receive a lifetime achievement

award. he was selected for the award when he was still ceo of e exxonmobil. new york city's police force is in morning. family and friends attended a vigil for officer familia. she was a single mother of three. she had started working the night shift through the summer so she could spend time during the day with her 12 year old twins. >> very loving, helpful. great person. beautiful human being. she would, she would take the shirt off her back for you. >> and would have an update to another attack on a police officer. the suspect in the stabbing of an officer at the airport in flint michigan was arraigned on wednesday. he's n

interference with airport security. the officer survived that attack. ofrm the laptop ban has been lifted for another airline. qatar has been added to the list. eight predominantly muslim countries, their passengers were not allowed to bring laptops into cabins. there's no word on exactly what the airlines did to satisfy u.s. security concerns. united airlines is apologizing for mistreatment of a passenger yet again. the carrier admits it accidently reassigned a seat purchased for a toddler to another passenger. as a result, his mother was forced to hold the 25-pound 2-year-old on her lap for the entire three and a half hour flight from boston to houston. she had paid close to $1,000 for her son's ticket.

let her know that these were my seats and the flight may have been overbooked or double booked, she came back and told me that the flight's full, and she shrugged, and that was the end of it. >> she says she was aware of that infamous incident when a passenger was dragged off a united flight in april. united said the boy was incorrectly checked in at the gate and his seat was assigned to a stand by passenger. whale watching shouldn't be that confusing, you're looking for a big mammal in the water, right? >> there was an imposter in the waters. whale watchers caught sight of something that looked like a humpback whale. >> but not so much. that whale apparently has some hair on it. turns out it was a bear out for a swim. >> i think that's cooler, isn't it in whale watching, you expect to see a whale. whale shmale. you see a bear, cool.

i didn't know they swam that far offshore. >> whale watching or bear watching. >> the bear and then the bear doesn't show up. >> people get disappointed? >> it's a minefield. the bear swimming in the ocean. but anyway. coming up, would you leave your front door wide open for intruders? that's what security experts say millions of us are doing by using so-called smart appliance. what you need to know to protect yourself from hackers. but thirsfirst, the new development in the disappearance of a chinese graduate student visiting the university of illinois. we have new details about what her alleged kidnapper did and said. and check out our pics at wnn fans.com. you're watching "world news now."

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evacuations from some mountain resort towns some 60 miles west of denver, the peak two fire is just one of several in colorado's high country. federal officials say there are now 34 large active fires in 12 states. these wildfires have consumed more than 200,000 acres. five other fires have been contained. a judge has ordered two long time friends of robert durst to testify in his murder case. the details of that case were featured in the hbo documentary "the jinx." he is charged with killing susan berman. they want to question his friends about his state of mind at that time, but the altmans say their testimony is unnecessary. we are hearing new details in the disappearance of a visiting chinese graduate student at the university of illino

her made his first court appearance yesterday and prosecutors are laying out chilling accusations. >> reporter: the man who police say kidnapped a chinese scholar, brent christenson, denied bail. >> whoever the criminal is, he's a threat to every other's safety in the community. >> reporter: this video shows ying ying zhang getting into christensen's car. investigators have reason to believe she's no longer alive. >> you always want to have a body if it's at all possible. but there's been so many cases where there wasn't a body, and people have been convicted. >> reporter: christensen was even spotted at a vigil for zhang after she was reported missing. and investigators allege he may have been casing the crowd for other victims. he was captured on police surveillance, admitting he

her in his apartment against her will. on his cell phone, investigators discovered he had recently visited a fetish website, looking at forums called abduction 101 and planning a kidnapping. the website says it is for consenting adults and will terminate anyone who tries to harm another user. and christensen has not yet entered a plea and is due back in court next week. >> so when he's at that vigil for the alleged victim, he's casing the place for other victims and apparently was picked up on surveillance, talking about the characteristics of an ideal victim. >> this's what prosecutors are saying and that he apparently threatened someone else whom he had given incriminating evidence to, made some kind of incriminati incriminati incriminating admission. he's essentially asking people to wait until he makes his case. but they haven't entered a

>> we'll be keeping an eye on that case, obviously. coming up in the next half hour. the violent shootout between two neighbors with one of them hospitalized in critical condition. what triggered that dispute. but first, how vulnerable is your smart home to hackers. we'll show you how connecting those appliances from lamps to coffeemakers can be worse than leaving your front door unlocked. t whitestrips stay in place. crest whitestrips professional effects... ...lock in the whitening for a whiter smile. these aren't going anywhere. these are. crest... ...healthy, beautiful smiles for life. every year, kids miss 22 million school days due to illness. lysol disinfectant spray kills viruses that cause the cold & flu.

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>> reporter: it's the hot home trend of the year, making your house smart. but can hackers outsmart your smart devices? we brought in james line, hid of security research for sofos. >> the sharks have smelled the blood in the water. they're circling. it's time to prepare. >> reporter: we brant him ought the canadel home. >> i get alerted when my garage door opens. >> can somebody get into our computer, bank accounts? >> reporter: that's what we wanted to know. how easily can your personal information be accessed? so james set up their house with a wi-fi network and some devices any family might have, a dvr, one of those smart coffeepots. >> sort of a back door, right into your virtual information. >> right into your home, into your wireless network. >> reporter: then with james nearby, our hacker's layer in the back yard, it's time to hack. within one minute, he's onto the network. >> and you're into the dvr. >> reporter: just like the

twitter and netflix, he's in the dvr using hacker tools, but that's not what he's after. >> now we have a computer sitting inside the network that we can use to attack other things. he said devices are asieh correct gold mine, because they have limited security features, they can provide a gateway like your banking information. he heads for the coffeemaker. from his computer, he makes it work without a password. >> let's make some coffee. >> reporter: there it is, making two cups of coffee. >> so i'm going to replace the software on this coffee machine with an evil version of the brewing software. >> reporter: next he sends me inside to start using a computer that's connected to the internet. >> all right, let's have a look at what he's doing on his screen. >> reporter: typing in my password. >> through that coffeemaker, he now has access to my screen. >> i can see him shoppin

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this morning on "world news now." senators come face-to-face with constituents back home, and the big issue at stake? health care. overnight republicans are promising that a deal is on the horizon, even though the current vote count doesn't add up. and we are learning more about the north korea's latest show of force and how they're much closer to being able to hit the united states with a nuclear warhead than anybody thought. hear the latest response from the u.s. and new this half hour, neighbors shooting neighbors. >> a wild shootout caught on camera during a back yard dispute. and what mariah carey did with her 6-year-old twins is stirring up controversy on social media, and why she said it was all perfectly normal.