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brussels to montreal was diverted because of storms but it ended up sitting on the hot tarmac for nearly six hours with no food, limited access to water, and at one point, no lights or even air conditioning. >> people were beginning to drain a wineglass full of water. >> after more than four hours, emergency crews responded when someone finally called 911. the airline is blaming the airport for failing to provide loading bridges or stairs for passengers. but the airport said they had both a gate and stairs ready. it was the airline that never gave the green light to deplane. >> they all were, it was them, it wasn't me. so today's a big day. amazon is set to hire new employees on the spot today at job fairs across the country. the retail giant is looking to fill 50,000 open positions both fullnd
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fulfillment centers. many of those positions will work in packing, sorting and customer service, but some will also fill the ranks of management. and what do you get sugar-loving college football fans for their wedding? >> i don't know, maybe this. it's a 150-pound wedding cake in the image of the university of oklahoma's stadium. >> look at the fans in the stands. wow, 60 pounds of that cake is icing. the woman who created it says she is still tired. she worked on this for a week. but boy, it shows. >> it looks delicious. so the bride is the grand daughter of a former long-time assistant coach for the sooners. the couple met at an ou game back in 2013. so it makes sense. the score on the score board in the model reflects a game where the couple met, oklahoma beating iowa state, 48-10. >> the cake had
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ice for the four-hour trip. can you imagine working on it and then transporting it. i'd be afraid to eat it. >> they weren't. they're now on their honeymoon. more news ahead, including the crisis in venezuela. the food lines. the drug shortages and fear. we're getting a first-hand look inside this country. and later, the sea lion struggle is real. wait until you hear what's going on in this video. we'll tell you in "this happened." first, here's ha loa look at to temperatures. "world news now" weather, brought to you by car fax.com. i'm so frustrated. i just want to find a used car without getting ripped off. you could start your search at the all-new carfax.com that might help. show me the carfax. now the car you want and the history you need are easy to find. show me used trucks with one owner.
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♪ iran is turning the diplomatic tables on the united states, saying the u.s. has breached its own nuclear deal. it's complaining that new sanctions imposed by the u.s. contradict the nuclear deal they agreed to back in 2015. now president trump has called that agreement the worst deal ever. of course it was negotiated by president obama and then secretary kerry. the death toll is rising in venezuela after 124 consecutive days of violent demonstrations. >> they've been protesting president nicolas madu
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calling him a dictator. matt gutman takes us inside the chaos there. >> reporter: the descent into chaos is now accelerating. caracas is the murder capital of the world. that's not all. its inflation is well above 1,000% and what was once the richest country in south america is now the world's worst-performing economy. at this super market, prices shockingly high. workers tell us they don't have the staples of venezuelan life. flour, bread, butter, sugar and milk. what everyone here knows is that we are all under the watchful eye of government-backed militias, but this one woman was so desperate to tell her story, she was willing to risk it all to follow us out. [ speaking in foreign
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>> reporter: she says she's lost 30 pounds this year because there's not enough food. she wants the world to know, she says as she turns to the camera. refre repression is the new normal. the every day threat of violence mixed with the complete failure of the government is forcing hundreds of thousands to flee. that's because the death toll here is on the rise. due to shortages of medicine and basic supplies, there are no antibiotics. the government has tightened its grip on the most vulnerable. hospitals are
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control. we saw armed guards at the doors. doctors tell us they're not there to protect the patients but to take control of any donations that might come in and to prevent journalists like us from reporting on what is really going on inside. in caracas, people told us if you really want to see how bad it is, go to the peripheries, cities like valencia. so we drove through the mountains from caracas to valencia to meet a doctor determined to show us the horrors inside a hospital. he doesn't want his name or face shown but he wants us to see what's going on inside the main hospital for this city of 2 million people. inside the pediatric ward, hospitals provide two things. they provide the bed and the doctor. everything else has to be provided by the patient. and then we saw these children. and it was already
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night. and all of them were moaning. writhing in their beds. nurses were just standing there. there's nothing they could do. and now, with the country descending even deeper into chaos, there's little hope left. a country that so many people like vanessa are desperate to escape. for nightline, i'm matt gutman. >> such a sad situation there in vblgz, and two of the opposition leaders were just taken into custody within the last 24 hours. the administration back here is watching. all right, coming up, why a woman says she was arrested at the airport after using a phony stash can safe to hide her valuables. >> why that can may have led security to believe she was actually hiding cocaine. interesting story. you're watching "world news
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>> allegedly. well, keeping your valuables safe from prying eyes can be a challenge when you're traveling. that's why one american woman sa says she used a can safe often used for hiding drugs. >> airport security found the device along with a powdery substance. now she's under arrest in central america. >> reporter: an investment trip to honduras turned into a night mayor for a north carolina small business owner. amanda laroque. >> no ventilation, one window with little bars and the door. >> reporter: according to laroque, a can safe, like this one that looks and feels like a can of iced tea she used to store her valuables while away from her hotel room landed her in jail. >> i mean, this stuff is so crazy, i don't think you could make it up. i mean, this is over an iced tea can. >> her name is amanda jill laroque and she's in
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tan, honduras. >> reporter: her husband is flooding social media about her story and warning travelers about can safe, showing this video from the airport. it's unclear what that dog was trained to sniff out. but after they found what looked like a can of iced tea, they cut the can open and assumed the white particles in the lining were cocaine. she was arrested and charged with trafficking cocaine. our affiliate cut open a can safe they purchased and white particles did fall out. and this is why brandon is calling his wife's arrest a huge misunderstanding. still in custody, but in this new video, laroque now says she's okay. brandon says authorities at the row what tan airport don't have field testing kits for cocaine, so they're still awaiting lab results.
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for help. >> what a mess. >> thanks to elizabeth there. coming up, the subway, ven galley, killing it on the rubiks cube. >> we'll show you how the riders reacted.
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we have the footage. >> if they were looking for an up close and personal shot, wow. hello, shark. thank you very much for that. give you a little kiss hello. on to another grumpy animal, shall we? a sea lion found himself in the middle of the street in south australia, to the man tried to get the sea lion back to water. the sea lion did not like that one bit. >> oh, no. >> sea lion, going after the ranger. >> oh! >> at one points manages to get the pole away from the ranger. >> wow. >> luckily, eventually, sea lion goes home. why did the sea lion cross the load. >> why did the sea lion cross the road. do we have the answer? >> maybe he was looking for the chicken. >> perhaps. did look like one of those scenes from the '80s. he was doing the worm. >> he was doing the worm. doing the sea lion. we were callingt
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in the subway, not a lot gets people's attention, including some guy who has his eyes practically closed, solving a rubiks cube. >> what? >> the young lady next to him doesn't care. neither of them. they're just going about their business, wondering what's the big deal. >> so basically new york. >> just basically, new york. >> you know what kind of crazy things we see happen on the subways around here is this. >>'s to as i told you. >> just carry on, carry on, nothing to see here. and finally, a lot to see here. and this truck driver probably should have kept a better eye on what's going on. this was a 18 wheeler carrying bales of hay. failed to take note of the bankhead tunnel in mobile. this is the second time in two weeks that a
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