this morning on "world news now," terror in europe. police in spain have killed a group of suspects they say are connected to the deadly van-ramming attack in barcelona. we have the latest on the investigation and how the world is reacting. meanwhile, president trump losing more support with the head of fox slamming the president. the growing list of critics on both sides of the aisle. and new this half hour, the chilling surveillance video of a prison inmate's escape. >> he jumped two sheriff's deputy. killing one and wounding the other. how much time he now faces behind bars. and help us all, obi-wan kenobi.

the only hope for princess leia could be the next to get his own "star wars" movie. we have it ahead in "the skinny" on this august 18th. from abc news, this is "world news now." we say good morning on this friday. we're going to start with the breaking news from spain. following the deadly terror attack in that country's most famous street. >> attackers hit three cities. the worst was in barcelona after a van rammed into pedestrians. the driver has not been caught. >> an american is among the missing this morning. jared tucker from the bay area in california was with his wife. they separated moments before the van tore through the crowd there. >> and among those near the scene, there were three u.s. collegiate mens basketball teams, including players from oregon state university. no one on any of those teams were injured.

support for the victims. one world trade center in new york now lit in the colors of the spanish flag you see there. james longman takes us through a chaotic and deadly day. >> reporter: a trail of terror in the heart of barcelona. the dead and injured lining the streets, first responders racing to the scene. around 5:00 afternoon local time, police say this white van jumped onto a packed city sidewalk and began mowing down pedestrians, swerving side to side at what witnesses guessed was 50 miles per hour, that speed bringing chaos and carnage. >> i heard screams of people. and when i looked up, saw the white van just knocking people over at high speed. >> reporter: the van careening now this path in red for about 1800 feet before coming to a halt. >> we saw a lot of people just running, running down the

saw a bunch of people hunched over a body on the floor. >> reporter: about 13 killed and about 100 injured. crowds running in panic. fleeing this store. >> just come with me! >> reporter: parents holding their children tight. crowds streaming down main streets and back alleys. many hiding in cafes. >> some people were screaming and then everybody started to run. screaming from behind. and everyone just ran forward. >> reporter: shops and restaurants closed as heavily-armed police with guns drawn searched the streets, patting people down, then releasing them. you can make out clothes discarded on the sidewalk. this is right where that truck came plowing down the street. historic las ramblas. right in the center of barcelona, normally bustling with people, now totally shut down. police knocking this down. later announcing the arrest of two men, including driss oukabir.

who they say rented that white van. there are other people involved, and all evening we've been watching groups of civilians being escorted by police out of here. because police want to make sure there are no other terrorists lying in wait. james longman, abc news, barcelona. >> once again, the driver of that vehicle apparently escaped from that incident there. but there was another situation that took place about an hour south of barcelona that is now linked to the mayhem in spain's second-largest city. >> police killed five suspected terrorists. during a resort in the resort town of cambrils. authorities tracked down the attackers before a car slammed into a police vehicle before hitting pedestrians. six people were wounded including an officer, all five suspects were carrying bomb belts. >> and you saw there in james' story, mess have made two arrests. they have now confirmed the name of one of the two people detained. the 28-year-old, driss oukabir

was born in morocco. investigators say he rented the van used in the attack, however, they say he was not the driver. >> the barcelona tragedy matches the isis playbook from europe. vehicle attacks in nice, france and london. john cohen says these types of incidents won't be the last. >> as isis suffers more defeats in iraq and syria, we can only expect to see more attacks. >> and we're also learning a little bit more about the second suspect. he's said to be from a spanish city bordering morocco. the third was shot and killed by police. the driver of the van is still on the loose. isis has claimed responsibility for the barcelona attack, the terror group calling them soldiers of the islamic state. >> and the u.s. is offering condolences to spain, with president trump tweeting, the united states condemns the attack in barcelona spain and will do whatever we can to help.

you. secretary of state rex tillerson, vice president mike pence and first lady melania trump are also sending messages of support. flags have been lowered to half-staff in washington. >> so many people thinking about the people of spain this morning. president trump is facing more backlash for blaming both sides for violence during the white supremacist protest in charlottesville, virginia. last night, 20th century fox ceo, james murdoch slammed the president's response. an e-mail said there are no good nazis, terrorists. and he announced that he was personally donating $1 million to the antidefamation league. and earlier, the president abandoned plans to form an infrastructure council. that comes after he disbanded to business councils. as top executives appeared to jump ship. now more republicans are openly questioning the president's competence and his moral leadership. >> i think our president

to take stock of the role that he plays in our nation and, and move beyond himself. move way beyond himself. >> the voice of bob corker, once considered a vice presidential candidate. now the president still has not spoken to the family of heather heyer, but the white house says they're working on finding a convenient time for the phone call. the president remained out of the public eye yesterday. but on twitter, he said he was sad to see the removal, quote, of our beautiful statues and monument. and three organizations have pulled events from president trump's mar-a-lago club after his response. they included the american cancer society which cited its commitment to diversity as the motive for dropping its plans, the head of the palm beach chamber of commerce is predicting more charities will

huddle with his national security team. james mattis says they are close to reaching a new strategy for afghanistan. the new approach for afghanistan could involve deploying thousands of additional troops. vice president pence is cutting his latin-american trip short to attend. tropical storm harvey has formed in the caribbean but is not expected to hit the u.s. it's another of the three tropical systems forming in the atlantic. that is of greater concern to the u.s. the weather forecasting models show it could reach the southeastern u.s. by sometime next week. the next six to eight weeks are the heart of the hurricane season, these are the busiest times. we'll keep an eye out for those. also keep an eye out for the powerball numbers. the jackpot tomorrow night is $510 million. >> no problem there. but this woman here picked up a quick $1.6 million while waiting for her flight at the los

she won it at the "wheel of fortune" slot machine. near the seagate. she visits vegas twice a year and always tries her luck. >> nice to see it paid off. hope the flight took off as well. i'm so lucky! flight delays. >> she probably booked her own private flight after that. coming up, the burger king customer caught on video having it his own way. how he managed to skip the burger and fries and go right for the green stuff in the cash register behind a locked drive through window. and amy schumer turns heads on judge judy. see how the comic turned her dream day on the set of her favorite show into a social media sensation. we have that story ahead in "the skinny." first, here's a look at today's forecast. "world news now" weather, brought to you by united health care. ou by united health care. i'm only in my 60's. i've got a nice long life ahead.

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he reaches through the drive through window and grabs the cash register and the drawer and just kind of ran off. >> i don't think that's what they meant when they said "have it your way." also, aren't cash registers really heavy? >> seems like he knows what he's doing, though. he's still on the loose. we're also getting a first look of new video capturing the deadly prison escape in iowa. >> the prisoner jumped two sheriff's deputies, killed one of them and wounded the other. here's linzie janis. >> reporter: the newly-released surveillance video shows a convicted murderer lunging at an iowa share ever's deputy, stabbing him in the neck and face with a shank. the prisoner had unlocked his cuffs and shackles with a key he somehow obtained. now in a race with the second officer to get the gun in the van. he fatally shot deputy mark burr bridge and fired a bullet through the torso of the other.

the convicted killer then slams the van through the garage door. he car jacks a video before police chase him down. >> he will not breathe another breath of free air in his life. >> reporter: at his sentencing hearing, the escaped prisoner saying he didn't mean to kill officer burbridge. the officer's children devastated. >> he's a monster, a sociopath with know emotion. i'd go as far to say he's the devil. >> reporter: he pleaded guilty to 12 counts including murder and sentenced to life in prison. linzie janis, abc news, new york. >> life in prison without parole, he'll be there. and when we come back, the iconic "star wars" character who's set to get his own movie. and why justin theroux missed a chance to co-star on "friends." with his now wife. "the skinny's" next. missed a chance to co-star on "friends."

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♪ skinny ♪ so skinny it is time for "the skinny" on this friday. we're going to start with a man who was once princess leia's only hope. >> obi-wan kenobi is the latest "star wars" character to get his own stand-alone

the role scored alec guinness in the original "star wars". >> theol course, to a young luke skywalker before being cut down by his former pupil, darth vader. >> spoiler alert. sources say there are no actors or even a script yet. and lucas film is considering films centered on yoda. we wondered what happened with darth vader, and with luke. we got to see the prequel, telling their back story. now we will learn what is the deal with obi-wan kenobi. >> will that be a prequel to the sequel? >> i think it's a prequel to the prequel, right? does that make it episode zero or episode nine? >> it's like minus. >> negative one? >> move it back. keep goin'. >> the entire thing takes place in a black hole. >> we will get to the bottom of this. the internet is going crazy over someone they spotted

audience of "judge judy." >> see if you can see. recognize anybody? amy schumer appeared in yesterday's episode, right there in the background, sitting through a full day of courtroom tapings with her sister in tow. >> so you might recall, back in may, schumer shared these images on instagram, hamming it up on judge judy's bench. some people wondering, what's she doing there? she was just a big fan and hanging out in the audience. >> that episode just air yesterday, sparking a social media sensation. a screen grab says amy schumer, you love judge judy, too? and richard saying, who shows up in the audience? the one, the only, amy schumer. dying. >> schumer responded saying, heck yeah! you know i was in the audience on judge judy. my

whole day because we love her. >> i don't think she said heck yeah. >> i cleaned it up a little bit. she said h-e something something. >> double hockey sticks. she's been a fan of judge joude eye fjudey for years. she's been tweeting about judge judy since 2012. >> she got to meet her hero in e flesh. next, we all know the value sleeping in by not actually getting any of it. but one actor who slept in one day nearly 25 years ago could have changed the course of history. this is amazing. >> so justin theroux tells a magazine that he skipped an audition for a new tv show back in the early '90s so he could get some extra sleep. >> that show ended up being "friends", co-starring the woman who would eventually be his wife. jennifer aniston. >> but he says he would not have been ready for the fame. >> if he had not hit the snooze button, he could have been ross!

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from metamucil. ♪ so this week's headlines were dominated by the firestorm, the controversy ignited by the deadly protests in virginia. >> and we also followed another controversy, this time in the courtroom with taylor swift. here now, our weekly friday rewind. >> the deadly terror attack. more than a dozen dead, and now more than a hundred injured. a van jumping the curb, tearing through a crowded tourist spot in barcelona. one suspect is dead and now the manhunt for other possible accomplices. >> this is right where that truck came plowing down the street.

>> historic las ramblas. now totally shut down. >> you will not replace us! >> white supremacist marchers, bearing torches on the campus of the university of virginia. james alex field, authorities believe he got in this car that left heather heyer dead. >> under fire all weekend. it started not with what he said but what he didn't say. he condemned not just the marchers in the streets but many sides. president trump finally stepping before the cameras to give that hate a name. >> the kkk, neo-nazis, white supremacists and other hate groups that are repugnant. >> the president doubling down, again blapg both sides for the violence in charlottesville. >> i think there's blame on both sides, and i have no doubt about it and you don't have in i doubt about it either. >> the reaction is pouring in. the speaker of the house, usually one of the president's top defenders tweeting we must be clear.

white supremacy is repulsive. >> it took a jury less than four hours to declare victory for taylor swift. their verdict? former radio deejay david mueller assaulted and battered the super star. this moment, she says shows the moment he grabbed her bare bottom. he insist he is innocent. >> i didn't do what they say i did. >> it's bring your own cup day at 7-eleven. let's fill a slurpy up with that. >> i brought one, too. >> whoa! >> what? >> it's got a straw and everything, see? >> how did that work out for you. that's today. >> yeah, that's right. i have my cup ready to go. by cup, i mean barrel. >> the entire barrel ready to go. >> how do you think the 7-eleven staff's going to react when i roll that baby in? >> i think they're probably saying, the not you again. >> there's lots to look forward

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quiet. it doesn't happen often. making news in america this morning, the widening terror investigation following the deadly attack in barcelona. police overnight taking down several suspects. they say they were involved in a second attack. one of europe's great cities on edge right now. police in spain have several men in custody accused of starting the violence. the number of arrests has risen overnight. we'll tell you what we're learning about the man accused of renting the van used in that attack. president trump courting controversy over the future of confederate monuments and statues calling them beautiful. that has some republican senators sharpening their criticism. caught on camera, a police car smashing into another