breaking news this morning on "world news now." senator john mccain has brain cancer, doctors removing a tumor after discovering it during another procedure. we'll have the latest on his condition and prognosis. and president trump's hard words for his own attorney general, saying he wouldn't have appointed him if he knew he would have recused himself from the russia investigation. that stunning admission just ahead. and new this half hour, the bizarre moment when a man pulls a gun out on a utility truck. >> guy shooting out the tires. >> one of the workers pulling out his camera to film a neighborhood resident apparently just snapped, firing multiple rounds at the vehicles.

who do you think this looks like? maybe brittany, christina? it's the wax figure that has fans baffled. it's "the skinny" on this wednesday, july 20th. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> it's an interesting wax figure there. >> to say the least. >> it might actually surprise you who that person is. >> or is supposed to be. >> we'll get to that in "the skinny," but we want to start with the shocking news we learned overnight about really an american hero. john mccain is battling an aggressive form of cancer. >> his tumor was discovered last friday when doctors removed a blood clot over his left eye. they also removed all of that tumor that was visible on brain scans. >> president trump tweeting, melania and i send our thoughts and prayers to senator john mccain, cindy and their entire family, get well soon.

we are joined now with more. good morn. troubling news there for the senator and his family. >> we have the latest for you. he has survived torture as a prisoner of war in vietnam, and even previous bouts of cancer. he is preparing for a new bout with a rare and aggressive form of brain cancer. >> if we're going to stay here to work, let's get come work done. >> reporter: just one week ago, a fiery mccain urged his senate colleagues to fight for their priorities. the very next day he flew home to arizona for surgery to remove a blood clot above his eye. that thwarted republicans' plans to vote on health care reform but led to this diagnosis from the mayo clinic in phoenix, a brain tumor known as glioblastoma, afflicting just three out of every 100,000 people in the u.s.

tumors that doesn't have a particular cure. it is not a type of treatment that you can say is likely going to lead to cure. >> reporter: the former presidential candidate has had cancer before, between 1993 and 2002. this latest diagnosis for the 80-year-old republican unleashed an immediate round of support. >> we talked about five minutes. it's going to be a tough way forward. he says i've been through worse. this disease has never had any more worthy opponent. >> reporter: mitch mcconnell called mccain a hero, saying, quote, i know he will face this challenge with the same extraordinary courage that has characterized his life. former secretary of state hillary clinton tweeted that mccain is as tough as they come. and former president obama warned, cancer doesn't know what it's up against. give it hell, john. in a touching online tribute, mccain's daughter meghan

confessed her fears of losing her father, but echoed the conviction of others, writing cancer may afflict him in many ways but it will not make him surrender, nothing ever has. now the senator's office says he is in good spirits and will remain in arizona now, confident that any future treatment will be effective. though they don't know yet exactly what that treatment will entail. >> there's a long road ahead. history will tell us that. because some people may have remembered hearing about this particular form of brain tumor before. >> this form of brain tumor, glioblastoma is the same one that ted kennedy battled before passing away in 2009. but so far because of the location of the tumor above his eye, it may be easier to handle and could mean less potential damage to major brain function, but it's also the same tumor that beau biden, the late son of joe biden battled before he passed away in 2015.

and we know joe biden has shared his support on twitter. he was tweeting his support for senator mccain. he's known the man for 40 years and he said he's confident mccain will beat it. >> it's got to be tough to learn former vice president biden for him that his friend is battling it. also kbraking news right now. president trump lashing out, openly criticizing jeff session for recusing in the russia scandal. >> the president telling the "new york times" that sessions acted unfairly and that sessions' decision led to the appointment of a special counsel. >> sessions gets the job. right after he gets the job he recuses himself. >> is that a mistake? >> well, sessions should never have recused himself. and if he was going to recuse himself he shod

would have appointed someone else. >> he also said if mueller looked into his family's finances unrelated to russia, he would consider it crossing a red line. not exactly saying what that means in the future. >> he didn't say what he would do if he crossed that red line. speaking of red lines, the president is ending a covert cia program to arm and train moderate rebels who are fighting the regime there. the "washington post" reports that phasing out the operation is one way the president is trying to work with russia which has long pushed the united states to halt that program. the move is also seen as acknowledgement by the u.s. as limited ability to remove bashar al assad from power. more than 4,000 people are out of their homes in central california because of a massive wildfire. the detwiler fire has destroyed at least 29 homes and threatened thousands of other buildings. its size nearly doubling in one

evacuation centers are open for residents as they wait for these flames to die out. >> i'm not going to worry about it. i'm alive. i'm not going to stay there for it to get to me. we'll come back, we'll rebuild if it happens. >> the fire is now moving away from yosemite national park which is now open, but there is still thick smoke in the air, which may affect visitors with breathing problems. search crews believe they may have found the body of the tenth victim of last weekend's flash flood at an arizona recreational site. hector garnica and nine members of his family died. the remains have to be identified using dna. carrier corporation is laying off 300 workers today and another 300 in december. the layoffs are part of a deal that was once celebrated by then president-elect trump, six months ago. the plan called for saving 1100 jobs from going to mex

tax incentives. there might be quite a tourist boom in uruguay. that is the first country this the world to allow the sale of recreational marijuana. users have been lining up at pharmacies to buy packets of cannabis, costing about $130 a gram. which they believe is lower than the black market sales. sales are limited to uruguay residents who are at least 18 years old and have registered with the government. i think there's a search. it's the top trending places. where is uruguay, for a lot of people. a little leaguer in kentucky is going viral for hitting a home run. his name is keenan bricks. >> that's 11-year-old keenan at bat. and there goes his home run. >> yes! >> you saw it correctly. keenan was born without a left hand. he knocked it out of the park while holding the bat with just his right.

keenan told the local paper once he hit the ball he knew it was a goner. he called it a great moment, saying it felt amazing. he helped his team win 20-7. >> there are a lot of good hitters on that team. >> that's amazing. coming up, the video putting a police department in the cross hairs. does it show a police officer deliberately planting evidence? and andy cohen telling me about the naughtiest picture he's ever taken with his phone and why he can't pick a favorite real housewives cast. we'll tell you about it, but it first here's today's forecast. "world news now" weather, brought to you by active style. to you by active style.

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it looked like a good landing aside from the fact it's not on a runway. having utility trucks parked in front of your house can be loud, frustrating a pain, but a florida man took his frustration a little too far. video shows a suburban maim resident shooting out the it tires of an at&t bucket truck. he also shot other parts of these vehicles. one of the utility workers was up in the bucket and couldn't come down in fear for his light no one was injured, but the homeowner was arrested. i don't know what they did to warrant that. >> why did he come out of his house and start shooting at the utility truck? >> wanted to test out his firearm, i don't know. >> florida. o.j. simpson has served nearly 9 years of a 33 year sentence for arm r

sports memorabilia that he says was stolen from him. one of the men he's accused of robbing will speak on simpson's behalf. o.j. is now 70 years old and has been a model prisoner. he's likely to be released. we will have full coverage of the hearing today at 1:00 p.m. on abc. we're turning to a police department under fire for troubling video that's gone viral. >> it come from an officer's body camera and appears to show him planting evidence. that was used to make an arrest. here's abc's linzie janis. >> reporter: one baltimore police officer suspended and two others placed on limited duty as authorities investigate this video. the officer's body camera shows him walking down the alley, sifting through some trash and finding a bag of drugs inside a soup can. >> yo! >> reporter: but the body camera

it on. in those 30 seconds, you can see the officer in that alley, appearing to plant the drugs. two of his fellow officers, standing right there. >> this is a serious allegation of police misconduct. >> reporter: the city's public defender's office says the video was used to arrest and charge a man in january. those charges dropped in recent days only after the video was discovered. the officer is a witness in more than 50 active cases. the public defender calling for a full review of the cases as well as those involving the other two officers. linzie janis, abc news, new york. when we come back, the big announcement from kenny rogers and dolly parton. >> and the celebrity wax figure that has fans in revolt. the bey hive is buzzing. "the skinny" is next. in revolt. the bey hive is buzzing. "the skinny" is next. you get ultimate protection on your heaviest days

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♪ skinny ♪ so skinny and it is an action-packed sk skinny. we're going to start with big news from kenny rogers. >> he is announcing his retirement. >> he is planning for his final show. and it will include some of the biggest names in entertainment, but probably the highlight will be his final performance with dolly parton. >> the one and only dolly. he shares a special bond with her. their biggest hit together was "islands in the stream" back in 1983. they've sung together twice in public the last 12 years. his farewell concert is october 25th. >> that

i guess he knows when to fold'em. >> he will no longer be working 9:00 to 5:00. >> you know the sad part is a lot of the kids today, referring to 30-year-olds, have no idea who he is. >> that's sad. >> producers in the room admitted. they didn't know who they were. >> this has been buzzing in our newsroom for a while. that's the newly-unveiled wax sculpture that has fans outraged. >> madame tussaud's museum. is it mariah? kate gosselin? a drag queen from the abbey? >> that is supposed to be, drum roll, beyonce. no. no. no. the twitterverse just exploding. accusing the artist of whitewashing the star. >> it looks a little, it is missing some of the

>> she's missing the curves for sure. >> it is a little lighter, but it might be the lighting. you never know. maybe. no, it looks like britney. i'm sorry. >> looks like kate gosselin with long hair. >> madame tussauds is fighting back. blaming the lighting saying that lighting within the museum combined with flash photography may distort and misrepresent the color of their wax figures. >> oh. >> that's it. >> still, this is bringing to mind some other wax celebrity catastrophes, including this frightening version of mel gibson. it looks like a hybrid between mel gibson and tom cruise. i don't know what to say about that. >> prince william doesn't exactly look like himself. ooh, somebody was hating on prince william when they put that together. >> that is horrible. okay. >> so madame tussauds strikes

again. thanks to one of the annoyance on the new york subway. is it really an annoyance? >> the subway is an annoyance, particularly ryan seacrest enjoyed a little bit of straiee music. a guy on the subway giving a little serenade. ♪ ♪ no, i won't be afraid ♪ no, i won't be afraid ♪ just as long as you stand ♪ stand by me >> ryan was mentioning everyone was on their phone, he was the only one paying attention. they reminded sea crest not to forget his donation. >> i have seen that guy. he is really good. we showed you amazing photos of 63-year-old, yes, 63-year-old christie brinkley. a little shout out to the guy in the room. >>

snapchated his photo. >> not leaving much to the imagination. not too many options he posted at 11,000 feet in colorado. >> where's the prejacket? jacke?

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making news in america this morning, breaking overnight, senator john mccain diagnosed with an aggressive brain cancer. the plan to treat it. also breaking right now, president trump is on the attack going after members of the administration in a new interview. why he's expressing regret about nominating jeff sessions as attorney general and what he said about the tense hand shake with the french president. the closely watched parole hearing for o.j. simpson. while all signs point to the juice going loose. feeling hot. tabasco out with something new and even spicier.