this morning on "world news now." the president's son under fire and firing back. speaking out about his controversial meeting with a russian lawyer. >> how donald trump jr. is strongly denying allegations of collusion after releasing that e-mail exchange. plus, we have new details about the military plane crash that killed 16 service members. what we now know about the people on board as investigators start looking through miles of debris. 50 active wildfires burning across america's west. at this hour, so many structures destroyed. thousands of residents spending these early morning hours far from home. evacuated due to the flames. and it's a freight dgreat d pancake

fat or the work, don't sweat it. i'll show you some of my own personal recipe hacks on this thursday, july 12th. from abc news, this is abc news now. >> you know it's serious business and it's a hack when she's got like the ponytail going. >> the braid? then you know. >> it's off to one side. >> you can't get your hair down and get hair in the food. >> i never thought about that problem. that explains like the netted thing like all the people have at chipotle. >> there you go, buddy. we'll talk about the pancakes, having nothing to do with my hairstyle. ochlt we start the hour off with the president's son. >> so the e-mails show donald trump jr. agreed to meet with a woman described to him as a russian government attorney. and he took the meeting only after he was explicitly told it was part of russia's effort to

incriminating information on hillary clinton. >> in an interview last night, don jr. said i probably would have done things a little differently. >> reporter: donald trump jr. appearing late tuesday on fox's "hannity" maintains his controversial meeting last year with a russian lawyer with purported ties to the kremlin was much ado about nothing. >> it was such a nothing. there was nothing to tell. i wouldn't even have remembered it until you start scouring through the stuff. it was literally a wasted 20 minutes. >> reporter: though his e-mail exchange with rob goldstone and who has russian clients shows he was willing, even eager, to accept russian help with his father's campaign. >> someone sent me an e-mail. i can't help what someone sends me. i read it, responded accordingly. if there's something interesting there, i think it's pretty common. >> reporter: trump jr. releasing

meeting. also attending, jared kushner and paul manafort. they didn't know what the meeting was about, but e-mails have the subject line "russia/clinton, private and confidential". goldstone wrote trump jr. that it is obviously very high level and sensitive information but is part of russia and its government support for mr. trump. less than 20 minutes later, he responded, thanks, rob, appreciate that. if it's what you say, i love it, especially later in the summer. he reessed the e-mails to be totally transparent, but the new york times says he only went public after they told him they were going to publish it. >> this is moving into perjury and potentially treason. >> reporter: republicans weighing in too. >> his characteristic of the meeting has changed, which creates suspicion. >> reporter: and sarah huckabee sanders reading a short statemen

person, and i applaud his transparency. >> reporter: chuck sievertson, abc news, new york. >> the attorney at the center of this is also speaking out. he to she told reporters in moscow she never had compromising information on hillary clinton. and she's not interest the ed i politics at all. she's a familiar figure in washington who lobbies against russian sanctions. the president is heading to paris where he'll celebrate bastille day with french president macron. they're hoping to find common ground on the fight against terrorism and defense. meanwhile, the white house says the president's state visit to london has been postponed until next we're because of a scheduling conflict. senate republicans are intense pieing their

push through health care reform, even postponing summer vacations. mitch mcconnell says he's cutting the vacation in half, and accusing democrats of obstruction. the wildfire has left its mark. the fast-moving grass fire destroyed at least two large homes in the hills of san jose. many high-end homes have been evacuated. in southern california, the jennings fire has destroyed at least 400 acres, forcing hundreds of evacuations and for a time closed ainn interstate. there are fires in 15 states. investigators are trying to determine why a military plane crashed in mississippi, killing all 16 members on board. it carried an exclusive group who were

>> there's a plane crash on county road 286 near the county line. >> reporter: the large team of investigators are combing through miles of mississippi soybean fields, recovering seat belts, engine parts and other melted pieces of the military cargo plane that crashed here monday. >> i heard a loud boom and it shook my house. >> reporter: this is what it looked like from a cell phone on the ground. witnesses say they could tell it was moving ammunition. >> all you could hear all the ammunition blowing up. >> reporter: 15 marines and one navy corpsman were killed. some from stuart air force and camp lejeune. heartbreaking calls are still going out to their families. investigators aren't sure what brought the plane down, but the large debris field suggests the plane was high in the sky. it was moving people and equipment from north carolina to california. the

workhorse for decades. near the dusty fields, a salute to those who were lost. this is difficult work for investigators who will be working trying to figure out what brought this plane spiraling out of the sky. we've watched them drive down long dusty roads of these farms and get out and search the soybean field by hand, looking for some piece of evidence to explain this. steve osunsami, mississippi. and we're getting a look at a milestone moment in the missile defense program. this video shows the first successful test of a system against an intermediate range rocket. the air force fired a missile near hawaii, intercepted by a rocket from alaska. the missile that was destroyed, similar to the ones being developed by north carolin

developed by north korea. a fiery wreck on an interstate involved six vehicles, two of them tractor-trailers. one of the trucks rear ended a passenger vehicle and burst into flames and that spread to the second truck. i-70 was closed for a time both directions. and a massive air bag recall has been expanded. some air bag inflaters may explode with too much force and send shrapnel onto drivers and passengers. at least 17 deaths have been blamed on the defect. it has affected ford, nissan and mazda vehicles. an interesting scene in the suburb here. >> the 30th annual mud day in westland, michigan. a decidedly down and dirty event here. it involves hows of kids and having a complete free-for-

>> many of them that were there came from neighboring communities and even other states. all of this to roll around in the mud. >> it looks kind of fun, though, doesn't it? >> it does look like a lot of fun. >> should have covered that for us. >> it looks like a regular friday night in a new york bar for me. i don't know the big deal. we know we can send jack on the assignment. so enthusiastic about it. coming up, mother nature's fury caught on camera. this tornado was just one of several that touched down in north central indiana. we'll tell you about the trail of destruction that these twisters left behind. and don't you wish you had one of these for your back yard batt water battle? we're checking out super soakers that are five times as powerful as a fire hose. and checkis out at wnn fans.c

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severe storms including this tornado have now hit north central indiana. the high winds snapped trees and knocked down power lines. the heavy rain brought widespread flooding in the rural area as creeks overflowed and many roads were closed. and there was also heavy rain and flooding in montgomery, alabama. there was flooding inside the state house. look at some of these images coming us to. there were high winds in montgomery with a tree snapped on the alabama capitol grounds. a person of interest in the disappearance of four in pennsylvania is no longer in custody. >> they are still focussing their search on a farm owned by his family. eva pilgrim is there. >> reporter: fbi investigators zeroing in on this field outside philadelphia, using a backhoe, digging and sifting soil by hand. appearing to measure and

unearthing, searching for four young men missing since last week. >> i think that it's very important to hang onto hope until there is no room left for it. >> reporter: the property owned by the family of 20 year old cosmo dinardo who authorities shay is a person of interest in the mysterious disappearance of those men, 19-year-old jimmi patrick was last seen wednesday. >> you get a smile out of him. >> reporter: tomorrow meo, and mark sturgis and dean fin key know. >> what we're looking for is information that connects these four men to the that may connect them to the property we're searching, connect them to cosmo dinardo perhaps. >> reporter: authorities have confirmed they have brought in ca daver dogs. they need the tips to keep coming. eva pilgrim, bucks county, pennsylvania. >> and they have

now taking part in the search effort, but investigators haven't revealed if they've found any physical evidence. >> or what the connection is between dinardo and these men. we know that he is friends with one of the guys who disappeared. >> so strange that they disappeared over the course of three days, and now investigators are suspecting it's all linked. coming up in the next half hour. we're talking about mayweather and mcgregor. >> the two held their first press conference ahead of the big fight. we'll see who landed the best blow. but first, diane is serving up all of husbaus pancakes and . we're getting her hacks. >> and look, it's pippi longstocking. >> you're watching "world news now." h, and hello sensitive bladder. ring a bell? then you have to try always discreet. i didn't think protection this thin could work.

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♪ wakin' up too early ♪ maybe we can sleep ♪ making banana pancakes >> we found banana pancake song. never doubt us. eating breakfast can be tough, especially when it happens at work in the middle of the night. >> we're p

on the latest installment. >> we had this awesome family tradition where every sunday was pancake day. the only problem with pancake day was it only happened on sundays. so today we're going to make a pancake healthy enough to eat any day of the week. it's pancake day, baby! we're going to start off by grabbing eggs. we'll need four egg whites for this recipe. we're starting with the eggs, because separating eggs by far is the most annoying part of this whole recipe, but we're going to make it less annoying with this high tech gadget. yes, that's a water bottle. open the water bottle. crack in your eggs. try frnot to drop in the shell. you're going to take the water bottle. till the bowl a

squeeze and suck the yolk right in. boom, from there, grab the blender. add your egg whites and any banana will do, and this is a good use for an overripe banana like this one. half a cup of oatmeal. half a teaspoon of baking powder or go one teaspoon. and finally, here's a fun cheat. for a little added sweetness, two teaspoons of protein powder. i'm using vanilla, but i'm sure chocolate would be delicious too. and then we blend. loudest blender. ♪ voila. we've got pancake batter. and here's a good make ahead tip. can you put the batter in the fridge and make the pancakes in

it will settle a little, but add a little milk. but i don't want to wait a day or two. get your pan going with a little grease. because we're using so little, i'm going with butter. what who are're looking for is bubbles to form. once you start seeing the bubbles, it usually means the pancakes are ready to flip. voila. pancakes. the best part is, for a regular pancake, you're looking at about 160 calories, five grams of fat, more than 20 grams of carbs and four grams of sugar. our pancake has 67 calories. just a little over one gram of fat, 11 grams of carbs and half a gram of sugar, which means -- there's even room for a little bit of syrup. ♪ ooh, one more tip for you. if you end up with a big batch,

leftovers, if you have any. ♪ almost paradise ♪ we're knockin' on heaven's door ♪ ♪ almost paradise ♪ how could we ask for more ♪ i swear that i can see forever ♪ ♪ happy pancake day. >> those. >> kendis, what do you think? >> those are amazing pancakes. i had them at your apartment before. >> something. >> another one? it's dripping. >> he won't eat on camera, but he drank maple syrup in the commercial. >> why don't you have another

>> the pancakes were great. >> why don't you eat another one. >> these are microwave, too. make them ahead of time, bring them to work and eat them. >> i'm eatin' mine. >> really, jack? >> if you insist.

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here's the size on it. 80 feet by 14 by 18. >> wow. >> and they got a box for it. >> does he get to keep it? >> i would hope so. >> i hope they didn't wrap it. that would have taken a while. >> and it's tough to get the corners with those sort of boxes. guinness world record. >> a man could have used that truck inside the box to maybe deliver a certain thing he was trying to transport. let's check him out. he's trying to get a refrigerator, back, presumably, to his place. first we see him struggle to get it on the elevator. he finally succeeds. where is he going? to take the refrigerator on the train of course. that takes a little maneuvering, as you can imagine, but he finally manages. after a little trouble getting on the train. and then >> nice! >> kicks him off the train. apparently, in queensland, australia, you cannot board the

he got a citation as well. >> the popo got called? >> yes. no, no, no, you can't bring that here. >> after all that success he had. >> we admire his tenacity. >> bravo, sir. i wonder who said bravo to this. a super soaker built by a nasa engineer. you have regular super soakers, and then you have this. >> oh, wow. i'm surprised he could hold onto it. >> mark rober. how bad is this? you see that? it can break glass. it fires at 272 miles per hour, with enough force to slice through a watermelon and shatter glass as well. >> and he built this thing for his kids? >> he built it for fun. >> what could possibly, possibly go wrong. >> that would be great. >> at the summit. >> that would be great

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this morning on "world news now." the president's son under fire and defending his controversial meeting with a russian lawyer. how donald trump jr. is denying allegation of collusion after releasing the e-mail exchange. >> speaking of that lawyer with reported ties to the kremlin. she's now speaking out about the meeting with the president's inner circle. who is she, and what did three she bring to the discussion? brian ross digging deeper. and new this half hour, a harrowing video captures a couple's terrifying drive to escape the wildfires in canada. >> the couple finding themselves smack in the middle of that intense blaze. and american league wins the all-star game in extra innings. we have the highlights plus a picture perfect moment between an umpire and player.