this morning on "world news now," president trump firing back overnight at what he calls fake news. an additional and undisclosed meeting with russian president putin earlier this month that was kept secret from the media, and what we're learning about their conversation. and president trump expressing disappointment over the current state of the republican plan to repeal and replace obamacare, saying he'd rather let the current system fail. will democrats be brought to the table for a new plan? details ahead. and new this half hour, the bizarre story involving a puppy stolen from a nfl star. >> the wide receiver who says that a rapper stole his puppy, blitz, calling for ransom.

what the rapper is now saying this morning. and also. just when you thought the thong song couldn't get any sexier, is it possible a new collaboration by sisqo will have you turning up the ac this morning? because it is getting hot. which version is hotter. we'll let you decide in "the skinny," it is wednesday, july 19th. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> i'm like a journalist. i have traveled to kabul, and here we are with a thong song. which thong song is better. real news, brian ross is so happy he's not here. getting to this, this half hour, we begin with word of a meeting between president trump and vladimir putin that's just come to light. >> the white house has confirmed that the two

on one chat at the g-20 summit. and sources say it lasted for nearly an hour. we have the latest. good morning to you. >> good morning. a lot of moving parts. so let's try to keep up. a new report about a previously undisclosed meeting between presidents trump and putin has the white house pushing back and trump taking to twitter to defend himself. >> reporter: it was one of the most highly-anticipated moments of trump's presidency so far. his first face-to-face meeting with the man accused of interfering in an american election. a handshake, followed by a two-hour private meeting at the g-20 summit in germany earlier this month. but now a new report that trump and putin met again, on the sidelines of this official dinner, talking for an hour, and relying on putin's translator, has the white house pushing back against accusations they failed to disclose the details. >> never in my life as a political scientist have i seen two countries, major countries

with a constellation of national interests that are as disnants while the two leaders seem to be doing everything possible to make nice nice and be close to each other. that's what people don't understand. >> reporter: in a statement, one official said that trump spoke with many leaders that night, that he spoke with putin only briefly and called the interaction perfectly normal, as part of the president's duties. on twitter last night, president trump slammed the report as fake news, accusing the reporters of making the dinner look sinister. now while the white house did confirm that meeting, they're not commenting about how long or about what the two leaders talked. all this as probes continue into possible collusion between the trump campaign and russian officials during the 2016 election. >> a lot of details unfolding right before our eyes on the russia investigation. what's the latest? >> we now know that we might actually see the president's son, donald trump jr. and his former campaign manager, that's

paul manafort, face some tough questions of their own. when it comes to a meeting they took last year with a russian attorney and some others. the top democrat on the senate judiciary committee has said that both men have been cleared to actually testify in an open hearing by the special counsel, robert mueller. some are concerned that the details of that meeting have trickled out over time, and they only did so because reporters continued to dig. so right now there are still a lot of questions. no firm date on when that hearing is just yet. >> we'll spare you the questions about which thong song you prefer, the new one or the original one. but thank you for answering the questions about what's going on in d.c. >> happy to. in the meantime, senate republicans are heading to the white house today for lunch after the collapse of their latest effort to repeal and replace obamacare. >> majority leader mitch mcconnell plans to hold a vote next week on a repeal-only bill, but three republican senators have already said they'll vote

>> president trump is inviting them to discuss health care strategy. he repeatedly promised to abolish obamacare during the campaign but refusing to take the blame for failing to deliver. >> for seven years i've been hearing repeal and replace, and i've been hearing it loud and strong. when we finally get a chance to repeal and replace, they don't take advantage of it. so that's disappointing. we're not going to own it, i'm not going to own it. i'm going to tell you, the republicans are not going to own it. we'll let obamacare fail and then the democrats will come to us and say how do we fix it. how do we fix it. >> the repeal-only bill was rejected by shelly moore capito who said she did not come to washington to hurt people. the white house says it's continuing to review its iran po

against tehran. the sanctions came after trump decide against saying they were violating the deal. he says they violate the spirit of the agreement. the wife of a princeton grad student sent to prison in week in iran says his punishment is unjust. wang received a ten-year sentence sunday. prosecutors say he was directly guided by america to infiltrate iran. in a statement, his wife says her husband would never commit espionage. their 4-year-old son has missed his father. israeli police clash with muslims outside a gate to jerusalem's old city. the muslims were protesting the increased security measures at a site holy to both muslims and jews, the al aqsa or temple mount. israel beefed up security there by adding metal detectors after arabs opened fire.

released from prison. >> the illinois republican served 15 months behind bars after being convicted in a banking violations case. it was that case that revealed hastert had sexually abused teenagers while coaching wrestling at a chicago-area high school. he is now confined to his home and must undergo court-ordered sex offender treatment and is facing two civil lawsuits from men who claim he abused them as boys. and one of o.j. simpson's victims in the incident that sent him to prison for up to 33 years will attend simpson's parole hearing tomorrow. that victim will be speak on simpson's behalf. he is hoping to be paroled after serving nine years for armed robbery. if simpson wins parole, he won't be set free until october of this year. the hearing will be streamed live and abc news will provide live coverage starting at 1:00 p.m. eastern time tomorrow afternoon. last time chris christie was in the news he was sitting on a near empty beach with his family and friends.

images? >> relaxing. >> yeah. the beach was closed due to a new jersey government shutdown. >> christie was at a game last night, his seat near home plate perfect for snagging balls. and he does. when the crowd realized it was chris christie, some hearty boos rang out. >> there's a souvenir. >> can you hear it? >> oh, man. >> but he did give the ball to a kid. that didn't stop the booing. >> he gets the ball. left-handed catch. >> a left-handed catch. it was a good catch. >> it was a good catch. campaign on him for the athleticism. >> the mets could use that kind of help. >> got that kind of response in the bronx. >> i don't know what kind of response he would get in the bronx, he might be dodging other things in the bronx. coming up, strict new dress code for the lpga. why the tour is imposing a much more buttoned up loo

many pros are reacting. speaking of dress codes, why so many fans are calling this dress a dramatic departure from the usual edgy style of rihanna. that in "the skinny," but first, here's a look at today's temperatures. "world news now" weather, brought to you by fisher investments.

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those heavy thunderstorms in britain's southwest coast sent a flash flood roaring through that village there. some people had to be rescued by helicopter off of a roof. now area roads are closed and large hail has broken windows. residents say they've had minor flooding before, but nothing quite like this. luckily, no injuries reported, but quite a scene there in corn wall. back here in this country, the search for the tenth victim of last weekend's flash flood in arizona will resume at daybreak. it had to be called off early yesterday because of a threat from new storms in that area.

it is monsoon season there. searchers don't expect to find hector garnica alive. his wife and three children are among the nine family members confirmed dead when a wall of water surged through the area where they were swimming. a pretty interesting discovery from switzerland. two bodies that may have been frozen inside a glacier for 75 years, the frozen remains of what appear to be a man and woman were recovered on friday. it's believed they were the husband and wife who vanished in 1942. their 79-year-old daughter says they went out to feed animals and never came home. a popular clothing chain called justice is no longer selling a makeup product in its stores. our station wtvd found that just shine shimmer, the face powder, contains asbestos. the testing lab also found four toxic heavy metals have been found. asbestos is linked to cancer and

is especially dangerous to children. justice says it has pulled that product from its stores and website. a dallas cowboys wide receiver again has his blitz, that's blitz, his pit bull, the dog was stolen over the weekend and someone called the player, demanding $10,000 in ransom. what's wrong with people? that person never followed through, but a local rapper purchased blitz and then realized whose it was. he returned the puppy to the dallas cowboy. whitehead really is lucky. only 10% of the pets stolen each year are ever returned. he did send out a tweet not too long ago saying i want to thank everyone for the kindness and compassion i felt from everyone. it speaks volumes to the dallas cowboys community. >> there's nothing like losing a pet. that's horrible. at least he was found. some of the women on the lpga are rebelling against a new rule on the tour. >> wardrobe restrictions are set to take effect this weekend. among the new rules, racer back tank tops will not be allowed unless they have a collar.

as well. >> also skirts and shorts must be long enough to cover a player's bottom area at all times. michelle wei is not too happy. not taking kindly to this new rule. she was on social media, as you see here, cutting a polo into a crop top. >> it could be costly. breaking the rule will cost players $1,000. >> i have a sneaky suspicion some will do it anyway, just to spite it. >> what do you think of that rule? you see many of the ladies playing golf. >> if they want to wear what they want to wear and they're good golfers, who cares. that's my thought, but i'm not a golf pro. >> what if a male golfer, if they're going to be in the british open. >> wearing a speedo? >> no. they don't want to see that. >> for that visual. it might trouble viewers. >> i was going with shorts and she went straight for the speedo. we kno

>> i was thinking, what if they were wearing a thong, because, you know. >> that thong, thong, thong -- anyway, when we come back, speaking of, sisqo's all new thong song. and ben affleck reveals what made him a better actor. you want to hear this. "the skinny" is next. a better actor. you want to hear this. "the skinny" is next. rescue workers only trust dawn, because it's tough on grease yet gentle. i am home, i am home, i am home

♪ skinny ♪ so skinny oh, my god, this is really, really, really big skinny, because we're going to start with a big friend of our show, sisqo, and he's sexting up the thong song. >> as if it could be sexier. he teamed up to remake his 1999 hit with a more modern beat. so here's a little before.

you decide. ♪ ♪ thong, thong, thong, thong >> okay. so a, first of all, i should point out that we kept that clip short, because that is the only allowable piece of video that we could show you. it was that racy. >> i don't know what we were thinking, given the nature of the song, but. >> yes. so then secondly, what do you think? which one is better? the first or the last? >> the second one's catchy. i could dance to that. but the first one is just nostalgia. they're both good. >> you may have noticed, though, there is a lack of epic stunts in the video, because sisqo told buzz feed he filmed the video after dislocating his ribs and had to quickly learn some more safer moves. >> sorry, sisqo, we're all getting old. all of us are in the old boat. >> i do actually like the new

fuego. i think that's french for fire, right? next to another singer turning heads. >> at the hollywood premiere of valerian, rihanna sported this couture cotton candy gown. some are calling it a bit overly romanticized. maybe a bit too girly. >> it's a nice dress, okay. >> who cares? she can wear what she wants. >> a lot of the criticism stems from the fact that rihanna's style until now has been a bit more racy, like the infamous pepto pink cupcake dress that she wore to the grammys two years ago. >> and let's not forget her naked dress, three years ago, comprised of 216,000 swarovski crystals and pretty much nada else. >> she had crystals covering everything.

>> but perhaps her most famous met gala yellow trimmed faux fur cape, slaying there. let's get to this. this is a major revelation about two-time oscar winner, ben affleck. >> over the weekend, director kevin smith spoke at the lgbt film festival and recounted an exchange he had with affleck while directing the film "chasing amy." >> the movie featured a lip lock between affleck and jason lee. >> after the kiss, alec told him, a man kissing another man is the greatest acting challenge an actor can ever face, now i am a serious actor. >> he also said he could have taken it a little more seriously. >> the kiss. i'm sure matt damon would say the same. christie brinkley may not regularly be gracing the covers of sports illustrated anymore. >> but she could.

she's on the social life magazine for the hamptons. >> the 63-year-old looking flawless, modeling a range of swimwear and beautiful dresses. >> i'll have what she's having. >> yeah. dresses. >> i'll have what she's having. >> yeah.

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of this beloved villain, restauranteur. >> reporter: kind of mean looking from dusk to dawn, muppets' most wanted. >> people see me, guys will automatically puff themselves up. and i got to be, hey, what's up? how you doing? because if i puff up too, then we have a problem. >> reporter: first prison, then hollywood tough guy, and now a smiling restauranteur with a successful empire. so far, two tres tacos, and a taco truck and doughnut shop. >> we're out of donuts by 11:00. >> reporter: how did this happen? >> ash, the producer of a movie called "bad ass", that i did, he said why don't you open a restaurant. >> reporter: i was expecting him to be unpleasant. >> he actually brought a business plan.

like this is what it's going to be. >> reporter: frankly, his face is everything. >> yeah, that's what people recognize. >> reporter: his glaring visage. remember him? in "heat"? why are you doing this? >> they told me a long time ago when i got out of the penitentiary, a busy man has time to do everything. >> reporter: he's now been clean over 40 years, works as a drug counselor. got his break on "run away train." landed a small role after a friend recruited him to teach eric roberts to box. >> hi, buddy. those are beautiful. >> reporter: i love danny, talking trash one minute, helping kids the next. >> you think he's going to be this threatening guy, he's like, here, have some donuts. the official review of his restaurant says it features mexican favorites in a hip

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making news in america this morning, one last shot to repeal and possibly replace obamacare. the group of republican senators meeting with the president today after his signature promise fell short and the president's late night tweets about an undisclosed meeting with vladimir putin. a vigil moments ago in australia remembering the woman shot and killed by police in minnesota. plus, new details released overnight from one of the officers involved. wildfire emergency. an entire california town evacuated overnight as firefighters work to gain control of the flames. a family breaking their silence overnight after they say a flight attendant kicked them off an airplane because of what their 1-year-old