it threatens hundreds of homes. it nearly doubled in size in the past 24 hours. the park itself is not in danger and does remain open. and it's a mixed bag for the west. it will either be too dry or too wet today. >> let's get the forecast from accuweather's justin povick. >> blowing dust in the deserts as we go throughout the remainder of the weekend, even urban flash flooding. to the north and west of there, we are also going to be looking at dry conditions where there's elevated fire danger, especially throughout idaho, montana with low amounts of humidity and gusty winds. ariel, kendis? >> that's not the news firefighters want to hear. a man has been arrested after an apparent road rage incident in suburban washington, d.

wounded a woman, an argument began on washington's beltway. the highway system in the virginia area. it escalated after both exited and somed topped at a light. a study showing mothers taking antidie pressants may have a slighter risk of having a child with autism. researchers in sweden call that a very small risk and stopping treatments during pregnancy may cause a much greater risk in other ways to mother and baby. and a series of new studies say getting a good night's sleep may protect against dementia. studies found connections between breathing disorders that disrupt sleep and plaque in the brain that is associated with alzheimer's disease. it was presented at a conference in london. the apology

as the royal visit to poland continues. now the royals are hanging out with the german chancellor, angela merkel. but their adorable kids, well, they're stealing the show. >> ever a fashionable family. the duke and duchess of cambridge raveling with toddlers in tow. george was spotted tugging at his father's arm and charlotte accepted a flower bouquet of her own. they're all coordinated, so perfect looking. >> a lot of things that tabloids are paying attention to is that kate's finally wearing something that's not white. she was wearing a lot of white in poland, and think thought that's like the brits, waving the white flag. >> she laalso cut her hair, whi is unrelated. youtube stars, wait until you see the latest collection of online antics after teaming up with a magician known for talent. and the grong

antigay hate in russia. our own terry moran reporting on that important story. but first, here's a look at today's temperatures. "world news now" weather, brought to you by lysol. best friends share everything protection. every year, kids miss 22 million school days due to illness. lysol disinfectant spray kills viruses that cause the cold & flu. and since lysol is the only disinfectant with box tops, you can earn cash for your school with every purchase. lysol. what it takes to protect.

this was a live picture at aurora, colorado. survivors and others are mark

the movie theater shooting in the denver suburb. james holmes walked into a midnight showing and killed 12 and injuring several others. he's currently in prison serving 12 life sentences. a 24 hour strike gets under way today in venezuela, in opposition to president maduro's plan calling for a new constitution. protesters are expected to block the streets of caracas to express disapproval over the president's plan which would create a single-party authoritarian state similar to cuba. president trump says if that happens, the u.s. will take strong economic sanctions against venezuela. a growing crisis is playing out in chechnya. >> they are accusing the repressive government of systematic campaigns of hate against gay men. we're up all

terry moran who caught up with two survivors. >> reporter: this is what's happening in russia. these disturbing images, collected by human rights watch. >> [ bleep ]. >> reporter: showing men allegedly be being choked, beaten, violated, targeted allegedly because of their sexuality. on the past few years, bigotry has been on the rise here. >> [ bleep ], [ bleep ], [ bleep ]. >> reporter: and repressive government policies have fueled the hatred. but it's in southern russia, in chechnya, a semi-autonomous district where vigilante hate has evolved into something far worse, a government campaign to round up and eliminate gay men, a mass persecution. here, in that moscow safe house, we're about to meet two of the men who say they are survivors. they tell us they're so afraid, even here, that they've asked that we obscure their faces

this man, we'll call him deneil says he is no stranger to violence. he could take the risk of dating very rarely. >> we would meet in public places so in case of danger, we could run away or ask for help. >> reporter: the threat of be being exposed or black maled ma beaten always present. >> translator: i gave him my hand to say hi and i saw three men. they dragged me to the apartment. someone was holding me. someone was punching me. i started to ryesist and ran downstairs. >> reporter: islam takes the harshest view of homosexuality. there's another man in this safe house hiding behind this door. he won't even come into the room. we'll call him dimitri. he says he was detained for more than a week, starved and

broke my ribs, they electrocuted my. i heard others scream and confess all sorts of things that weren't even true to make it stop. >> reporter: but even having reached the relative safety of this house in moscow, deneil and dimitri feel they're in kind of a purgatory and there's little hope of leaving these borders, 27 of the 120 people who have sought their help have made it out of russia. do you think you can go back to chechnya now? >> translator: no, i will never go back. >> reporter: for both of these men, there's no good option. they've lost so much. their families, their homes, their country. what will you do now? >> translator: i don't know. as long as i'm here, i have no clue what tomorrow brings me. >> reporter: for nightline, terry moran, in moscow. >> and hbo had a, the latest

a couple days ago and had a fascinating interview with the leader of chechnya who said there are no gays, if there are any, take them to canada, seriously, get them out of there. >> not only denying the repression of gays but saying they don't have gays in the country to begin with. so minimalizing the population anyway. coming up, the potentially life-threatening danger in your spin class. >> you're watching "world news now." ♪one way or another, i'm gonna find ya'♪ ♪i'm gonna get ya', get ya', get ya', get ya'♪ ♪one day maybe next week, ♪i'm gonna meet ya' ♪i'm gonna meet ya', i'll meet ya'♪

♪ round and round we go ♪ round and round ♪ round and round ♪ i can't seem to get you off my mind ♪ >> the backward pedal. >> so it is one of the hottest exercise crazes out there. it's become so popular they are having breakout

studios. >> my brother is begging me to go to soul cycle with him. but there could be a life-threatening danger lurking in your spin class. >> reporter: a teacher on her feet all day long. a two-day-a week gym goer, but when she took her first spin class she ended up in the hospital. >> we were encouraged to keep going, not give up, give it our all and our best. >> reporter: the next day she was in so much pain she could barely stand. >> swilling, and eventually i started vomiting. >> reporter: doctoring diagnosed her with rab dough miley sis. muscle tissue breaks down and she would require three weeks of life-saving dialysis. >> appropriate exercise builds muscle. but when you overexert yourself, do something your body's not used to, when

that can cause massive muscle break down. >> reporter: mostly associated with soldiers and weightlifting, 42 cases of people developed rab dough after taking their first spin class. >> it's important when you start exercise you break in early. you start easy. go to spin class. but start easy and build up. >> reporter: as for christina, she's made a full recovery, is working out again and encouraging others to listen to their bodies. >> you know your body better than anyone else. if they tell you to push yourself and you don't think it feels good, listen. >> reporter: paula faris, abc news, new york. >> that's a good lesson. the classes you take, oftentimes, you're competing against each other and you feel inadequate if you don't perform. >> i follow her advice.

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it is a special edition thursday of this happened. we're going to start with some friends of the show. people we've shown plenty of time. they've now teamed up with a magician. rick smith, and started doing some trick shots. look at that. trick shot there. smith forcefully tossing playing cards to slice some food items. it's a card, slicing -- >> no way. >> an olive i believe. >> plenty of cards up their sleeves. >> he managed to use cards to pop balloons from various distances. wow. >> stop! >> get out of here! >> do peopl

how does this happen? >> i don't know. it's got to be some sort of trickery. >> it is trickery. >> witchcraft. >> for sure. this is another watch this. a professional golfer who was apparently attending a bachelor party makes a hole in one, but it's a hole one of an entirely different nature. >> 15 floors up. >> launches that flip-flop? why? best known to himself. it falls into the pool and into some kind of inner tube in the pool. >> all caught on camera. that's the other thing. that's pretty impressive. >> it is impressive. i'm afraid one of the guys is going over the balcony because they're celebrating like that. >> if they do, they'll make it straight through into that hole though, no doubt. want to show you an interesting scene in england, police officer hanging

around. kwhoe, did you get the license plate number of that pole? this is coming from the dash cam of that police officer. >> why is it entertaining to see people hurt themselves? >> because we're cruel and horrible individuals. >> a little depraved. this is a whale of an image caught on a drone. going to show through from california. this is a kwhael. check that out. hopefully we can play that again for you. the spout launching water into the sky and with it comes a rainbow. the producer saying this is the zen moment of the day. lord knows we need one. >> it's a gray whale that produces so much color and so peaceful. >> it's so beautiful looking. >> about 200 whales stay between that area and vancouver island all summer and fall. plenty of cool sights out there. while we've seen this sort of stuff before, how many times would you say y

it's like a care bear whale hybrid of some sort of all of the above.

this morning on "world news now," the president throwing shade. the simmering tension between the president and attorney general. >> president trump saying jeff sessions should not have recused himself from the russia probe and admitting he wouldn't have hired him in the first place if he had known he would step aside. and we're following breaking news following senator john mccain, the confirmation he has a brain tomb iumor. what we're learning about the specific type of cancer he's battling and the latest outpouring of support. and today is the big day for o.j. simpson, set to face a parole board that will decide whether to set him free. and we're hearing from one man who once held