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the time of impact. their quarters flooding in seconds as they struggled up small exits like this one. this after the "uss fitzgerald" collided with a containership two months ago. >> we will conduct a full investigation into this collision, what happened, how it happened. one tragedy like this is one too many. >> reporter: for the families of the uss mccain, an agonizing wait. 22-year-old kenneth smith from michigan is among the missing. >> i just want to be over there searching. his father and i couldn't be prouder of our son. he's a great kid, a hero. >> reporter: as the sun comes up here, the searchers will be out again today. bob woodruff, abc news, singapore. for the second time this month, a new york city city area
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football player has died during a workout. dominick best chanced during a non-contact practice at mt. st. me michael academy in the bronx. two weeks ago, another player was killed when a log hit him in the head. and a teen missing for 11 days has been found in the great smoky mountain park. he was taken to the hospital. he was the subject of a massive search. but on tuesday, he just walked right out of the park. a family member said they had a big celebration after hearing that the teen was safe. ki not imagi i cannot imagine the relief. you know that old saying of cork when life gives you lime, make the perfect food. >> guacamole? >> yes. >> that's not what you're getting at. >> no. >> there's a new kind of lime, the finger lime. remember fingerling potatoes? they're shaped the same way. >> it's creepy.
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now for the first time in the u.s. in california. >> the little sides look like caviar. >> they do. >> when you bite them they have a tart lemony lime taste. >> they're considered perfect because they go well as a garnish with meals, they make it very easy to drop into some adult beverages, no need to cut the lime in little pieces to put in your corona. >> there you go. there's no corona in there. >> just water in there. >> bailey's in here. coming up, the countdown is on to the latest massive lottery jackpot. tonight's powerball drawing is $700 million, and a message from someone who actually has that much money. >> oh, all right. but first, the dress code battle for a family who's being told their son's hair is
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the cause of the fire is still under investigation. tiger woods, lindsey vonn and other stars are fighting back against a celebrity gossip site that published nude photos of them. her phone was hacked and photos were stolen. they call it a despicable invasion of privacy. other stars' photos were somehow stolen and posted on websites. woods is threatening to sue the site as are other victims. and a 4-year-old boy in texas will not be going to school this morning because his hair is too long. school officials say he cannot attend kindergarten until he gets a haircut. she decided to put his hair in a bun. but school officials turned him away. they say his hair violates the dress code. but she has no plans to cut his locks. she plans to make her case to
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the school board next month, hoechi hoe hoping to get him enrolled. >> see him next to the sign that says this is my first day of school. he's pumped. the jack potts pot is up to million. don't worry, you still have all day to get to the store. >> no one has matched all the numbers since the middle of june. the price gets higher and higher. >> reporter: the countdown clock to riches is ticking. >> i got the millions right here. >> reporter: with no winner on saturday, the powerball jackpot is now $700 million. that lump-sum payment more than $443 million. the last time someone matched all five numbers plus the powerball, more than two months ago. why the huge jackpots? powerball officials add more numbers to the mix, making it easier to win smaller prizes but lengthen being the odds from 1 to 175 million to one
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million. it's approaching record territory. the biggest jackpot ever, $1.6 billion. one of those tickets sold to a lucky family at this convenience store in chino hills last year. that morning, it looked like most of the town was celebrating inside. >> chino hills, chino hills! >> reporter: now tips from billionaire mark cuban. he says hire a tax attorney. don't take the lump sum, and he says remember, it's just money. it's not happiness. gio benitez, abc news, new york. >> it does sometimes feel like it could help in the happiness part. >> we'll take the rest. do you ever get so absorbed in a phone conversation that you forget where you are? >> here's one of those moments. definitely caught on camera at a turkish soccer game. the guy on the cell is a security guard. he's just taking a stroll. >> so watch again.
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before her passing. >> it reveals her biggest personal struggle was with her persona. juju chang has the story. ♪ the greatest love of all ♪ >> reporter: she was the glamorous, pop princess with one of the greatest voices of all time. and now a new showtime documentary shows you a private whitney houston the public didn't know, filled with never before seen backstage footage from her 1999 world tour. filled with new incites into her troubled life. >> when the world first met whitney houston, she was a wholesome, church girl. gospel singer. >> yes. but -- >> reporter: that was the image. >> absolutely, but she came from the hood. >> i grew up in newark, new jersey and in east orange, new jersey. >> the brothers were, knew the
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were older, and they where usin, and then one day they introduced her to that. >> we were always being together and her following behind me, we taught her the drive, you know. we played together, you know. everything that you do together as you're growing up. and then when you get into drugs you do that together too. >> reporter: that drug use eventually passed down from one generation to the next. ♪ i just want to say ♪ clap your hands ♪ clap your hands >> reporter: she was an absentee mother. >> yes, and i think with all the negative parts that that means. >> bobbi kristina and i have a great relationship. we do. and i'm very, very proud of that. i cherish that. i try to talk to her at least three times a week, although it's very hard to talk. it's worst to talk sometimes than not to. >> reporter: there may have been distance between whitney and her daughter, but for years she and
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crawford were inseparable. >> she said at the time she would like whitney to marry men because of the rougeumors of hed robin were so severe and intense. >> this want her world. she's like, why am i the target? why did i do? >> reporter: the film's title "whitney, can i be me" she never could be. and perhaps that's what destroyed her. >> i always think if she were orange, she'd be fine. she probably would still be here. ♪ find your strength in love >> reporter: juju chang, abc news, new york. >> so beautiful. >> her voice was just like no other. so sad to see her gone. but interesting that this footage has actually been around for quite some time. and the person m
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>> auntie maxine. >> reporter: the 78 year old honored with the social humanitarian award, for her work energizing millennial voters. >> i have fun with my millennials, whether we're talking shade or we're talking receipts, you know. >> reporter: fellow honorees included roberta flak, and yara hahedy. >> if you come for me, i'm comin' for you. >> reporter: after more than a quarter century in washington, the outspoken congresswoman has no shortage of critics. >> maxine waters is self-discrediting. >> any response for the calls for impeachment by maxine waters? >> reporter: many of her most contentious moments on camera have gone viral, including a recent confrontation with steven
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mnuchin. >> reclaiming my time. reclaiming my time. >> reporter: that moment took off on social media and was even remixed into a gospel song. ♪ i'm reclaiming my time >> i had no idea that it was being listened to. that people were paying attention. >> reporter: she's now turning that confrontation into inspiration. >> i want you to know that i said and i'll say it over and over again. reclaiming my time. >> reporter: on the rid carpet, she shared an even more personal message fortune young people. >> i want young people to get ground and to have confidence that they are special and if we can build that kind of confidence, everything evolves from that. >> she definitely was reclaiming her time. strong message there from maxine waters. brianna is here. i saw your instagram was lit up with a whole bunch of folks. >> so many folks were there, the new breakout star from hbo, she
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this morning on world news now, clashes and division at the president's rally. >> as supporters and protesters faced off outside the arena. inside, the president defended his handling of charlottesville, recounting portions of his responses to the violence and criticizing the media's coverage. and secretary of state rex tillerson is now trying to clarify america's position on afghanistan and north korea. with the president seemingly doubling down in phoenix that he should have used harsher words for kim jong un. and major downpours triggered deadly floods in the center of the country. a family taking to the
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