this morning on "world news now." new details in the firsting home tragedy after hurricane irma. >> the facility using backup generators, yet several of its residents died from extreme heat. and a bipartisan meal, but a partisan message after that dinner at the white house. president trump inviting top democrats to break bread, but already conflicting reports about what they agreed on. plus sean spicer's first tv appearance since leaving the white house, smiling, looking all tan. the suit is fitted, explaining what happened during that first news conference. then the deadly shooting at a high

in horror as the shots were fired. police say it could have been worse had it not been for one man. and if you've never been to a festival, you know two things. security is tight, and the drinks are expensive and watered down. so one genius figured out he'd buck the system, marking out his spot before the festival began. how it turned out on this thursday, september 14. from abc news, this is "world news now." good morning to you all. we begin with a tragedy in the southflori florida nursing home. >> the storm knocked out air conditioning leaving several elderly patients in the sweltering facility even though there was a hospital feet away. the administrator of the nursing home said to be devas

tom llamas has more from hollywood, florida. >> reporter: from the air, a cruel scene, senior citizens still in their beds rushed to safety. doctors and nurses surrounding them. a life and death situation at this nursing home. the rehabilitation center and hollywood hills. the first sign of trouble, an emergency call about a heart attack. but it soon became clear it was much more serious. >> the facility called and said that incidents were kuoccurring. >> reporter: what came next, an all-out evacuation. >> the scene was chaotic. we had at least 115 patients that we were trying to evacuate and bring to safety. >> reporter: the scope of this tragedy heartbreaking. eight people dead, three at the nursing home and five more later at the hospital. the precise cause to be determined. several others in the er suffering from dehydration, respiratory conditions and heat exhaustion. the nursing home was runng

generators since hurricane irma hit. the lights on, but no air conditioning. this is the nursing home right here, and there's a large police presence. they've set up a command center over there. one of the first things we noticed when we got here is the heat. it's 90 degrees, but on our weather apps, the feels-like is 102 degrees. ellie peters came to visit mother mother. how hot did it feel? >> it felt like 110, 115 degrees in there. >> reporter: did you see the suffering? >> yes, i did, yes, i did. >> reporter: she says she called the power company several times and was told they would take care of it. what's more disturbing, the facility is yards away from one of the biggest medical facilities in the area. police are looking into whether some of the windows would not open. the health department had been in contact with the nursing home over the past three days and told them to call

had any reason to believe patients were at risk and still unclear, when did the first deaths occur? >> how did this happen? why weren't the patients transferred? >> well, you know, it's a sad state of affairs. we depend on those people in those facilities to care for our most vulnerable, elderly population. a >> reporter: and other nursing facilities now evacuating, after first responders are ordered to check every one in the area. we look into the history of this nursing home. health inspectors have cited it 11 times in the last three years. hollywood hills. the president is heading to florida today, stopping in naples and ft. myers. >> the president is steering clear of the hard-hit florida keys so he doesn't disrupt cleanup and recovery efforts. the u.s. death toll has now risen to at

millions still have no power. >> the military is flying into key west where residents remain isolated and with short supply of necessities. >> we got food and water so my son can eat. we should have evacuated. we thought we would be okay. but it's just -- i'm sorry. >> local officials are disputing fema's claim that 90% of homes were damaged, saying it's not as bad as it looks. seven people have died in that county that includes the keys, but it's not clear how many were storm-related deaths. conflicting reports are coming in from the white house and top democrats after a bipartisan dinner with president trump. chuck schumer and nancy pelosi announced they had reached a deal with the president to protect 800,000 illegal immigrants on the daca

deal for border security, not including the border wall. sarah sanders disputed details of the claim saying while daca and border security were both discussed, excluding the wall was certainly not agreed to. >> sarah sanders' president seser, sean spicer made his first appearance on jimmy kimmel live. he says people have been supportive of him since he resigned and he is absolutely not distancing himself from the president. kimmel asked spicer about his first appearance in the white house briefing room, the day after trump's inauguration. >> you are charged with the job of going in front of the press and saying that the inauguration crowd was the biggest crowd, i think, ever, biggest audience ever. >> yes, i'm aware. >> yeah. >> to get up there and question, you know, on day one, my in

something that i anticipated. >> you think that's what got you off to a bad start with the press corps? >> i don't think it was the best start. >> did donald trump, did the president -- >> at least he can laugh about it afterwards. spicer said that the president would actually provide feedback after each of his white house briefings and he said he won't be writing a tell-all book because that would be an act of betrayal. a school custodian stopped a student during a shooting rampage in washington state. one is dead, three are hospitalized in serious condition after that student opened fire in the hallway of his school outside spokane. a classmate says the suspect warned that he was going to do, quote, something stupid. >> he was carrying a duffle bag, i think the color was black. and he was just, he set it down and pulled it out and just started shooting. >> that suspect is now in custody. police haven't released his identity or possible motive. the

during the incident and ordered him to surrender. and more than a dozen marines have been injured when an amphibious vehicle caught fire. eight were rushed to a burn center. the command is investigating the cause of the accident. and this will win for bizarre story. two babies born one day apart, delivered by the same people, outside the same burger king. it started on friday when a couple pulled up to this danville, new jersey burger king. realizing they would not make it to the hospital. >> they called 911. first respond oeers delivered tr new baby. >> the same responders got a call to the same parking lot. >> it was surreal. it doesn't happen every day here. it's something that a lot of people on this department have never experienced. >> they

doesn't strike twice. it did. >> they are doing just fine. they have a craving for burgers and fries and a little shake. >> apparently, one of the burger king employees came outside after the first day and saw the flashing lights and made a joke saying oh, maybe it's another baby and some customer said ono it really is another baby. >> that is a whopper of a story. >> a double, double whopper. coming up, the lighter side of rescues in the storm zone. rescuers in florida and texas are getting a lot of attention. >> must have been their hard work, no doubt. >> something to do with theirselfies. we'll show you. first, how an 83-year-old helped to end an hour-long standoff on his roof. wait until you see what the

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my grandpa is on the roof. >> 83-year-old grandfather is getting a lot of attention this morning after confronting a trespasser on the roof of his house. the video is fairly grainy, but here, police near los angeles tried to talk the man down for several hours. when that didn't work, wilford burgess climbed onto his roof and forced the man off. >> he said the guy was just up there too long and he'd had enough. the cops took too long, essentially. burgess's granddaughter shot this. she said papa is the strongest person in the family. you don't want to mess with papa. >> the weird part about it, it was santa making a visit and coming down the chimney. he said the last time he visits his house. >> santa's a little early. the man physically is fine. he was taken to a hospital for psychological evaluation. now turning to steven mnuchin. >> after his wife's

for asking to take a government plane on his honeymoon. here's brian ross. >> reporter: newly married this past summer. steven mnuchin formally requested that he and his new wife, louise, regularly seen with designer clothes in purses at $10,000 plus requested a government jet for their honeymoon to europe. at a price of $25,000 an hour, it would have cost taxpayers several thousand dollars. and after treasury officials raised the issue about how it would look for a man to travel attac at taxpayers expense, he found another way to get to you know on his own dime. in response to a question about the honeymoon trip, a treasury spokesperson says the treasury

needs action ses to secure communications but they decided it was unnecessary to use military aircraft when alternatives were found. >> you don't need a giant rule book of government requirements. you can just say to yourself, this is common sense. it's wrong. >> reporter: but it was just a few weeks after the honeymoon that mnuchin and his wife did fly on a government jet to kentucky on an official trip where among other events they viewed the solar eclipse. she famously posted this photo, adding hash tags for items in her expensive outfits and this response, do you think the u.s. government paid for our honeymoon, our personal travel, lol? have you given more to the economy than me on my husband? louise is an actress, appearing in this episode of "csi", dressed asth marie

eat cake." >> our thanks to brian ross there in washington. coming up in the next half hour, how you can get more sleep. >> i'm listening. >> if you're like us, it's an issue. but there are some must-dos, if you have any shot at getting a solid night or day's rest. >> mm-hm. but first, the exclusive interview with nfl player michael bennet, speaking out after an incident request police th -- with police that he says made him fear for his life, next.

♪ we're back now with an exclusive interview with michael bennet, the nfl player who says he was singled out by police because of his race. >> he says he was taken down i go -- by a las vegas police officer with

we're up all "nightline" with byron pitts. >> you feel like a movie. everything was happening so fast. people were running. people were scare. nobody knew what was going on. >> reporter: in his first interview, michael bennet describes the chaos and fear before being confronted by police. word spread that there were gunshots in the lobby of the casino and everyone took off running. >> reporter: no one saw a gun and everybody saw panic. >> people asking what are we going to do, what are we going to do? we started rye trying trying to. >> reporter: once outside, he says he was singled out by two police officers. >> somebody said get on the ground. the guns were already drawn. at that point, i'm just thinking, is this real right now? >> reporter: this video obtained by tmz sports shows bennett on the ground with an officer cuffing him, yelling at him. >> i wasn't

>> reporter: he says he was terrified to make a move. >> when you see you're a suspect and guns are drawn, you're like, what did i do? can you please tell me what i did? i'm just scared and i want to go home. >> reporter: what did he say to you? >> i'll blow your [ bleep ] head off if you move. >> reporter: did you ever say i'm michael bennet? >> i said that and he said shut the [ bleep ] up. you think because you play football -- >> reporter: the only body cam video that's been released briefly shows him on the ground. police googled him to confirm it was him. >> things changed and they realize you're michael bennet. >> i went from being just a black man to being a football player. >> reporter: the las vegas police department says bennett had been running and acting suspiciously. >> i see no evidence that race played any role in this incident. >> reporter: bennett's lawyer says they

release all the tapes from the incident. >> unless something changes drastically, that we don't know of, we're going to file a lawsuit. >> reporter: how did you explain it to your 10 year old daughter? >> it was an emotional thing to me to have to sit down and talk to her about stereotypes, racial profiling and what it means to be a black man in america and what it means for her to be a young black woman as she grows up in this country. >> reporter: martellus got emotional. >> watching him feel like he wasn't there. for me, it was like, it was super hard, i know how much my brother loves me. >> reporter: bennett says the experience has changed him forever. every time i see my wife, i try to kiss her like that's the first time we ever met, every time i hold my daughter, like the first time she was born. it made a reality that

>> reporter: byron pitts, abc news, see at. >> he sits during the national anthem at games. stay with us. we have the mix coming up next.

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100,000 comments on it. >> good-looking cops, but are you calling the department, just imagine the person who really needs mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and the 911 operator's like, we've been there, we don't believe you. these officers are not coming out to give you mouth-to-mouth. >> similar situation in texas, who another person who was out helping victims has been dubbed "hot rescue guy", while he was out hunting for storm victims, others were hunting him. he's got the #rescue bay. >> they are hoping he will come by on his boat. america. so this guy is my hero. if you have ever been to any festival, law lapalooza, you kn

like a vodka drink can throw you back $15, and it's watered down. here's what an american guy d alex diamond, see that water bottle there? it's actually filled with vodka. he buried it at randall's island, three weeks ahead of time and created this treasure map. did you see it there? to be able to find it once the festival was happening, because you know, security at a lot of those festivals. >> wow, that's planning. >> but it's genius. it's quite a -- >> and you know you'll be sober. >> he saved a lot of money. over to the uk where a grandmother opened the front during to find an unusual sight. yeah, cows hanging ot on her driveway. apparently someone left a gate open or something down the road. mountain

had a close encounter with a -- >> ooh! >> bear. >> that's a

this morning on "world news now," conflicting reports are coming from the white house, and top democrats after a bipartisan dinner with president trump. we'll tell you what the two sides are saying. and from natural disaster to criminal investigation. eight patients dead at a nursing home after the stifling heat, and that number could rise. several more in critical condition this morning. and a troubling incident in new hampshire. >> a biracial boy's family is saying he was attacked by a group of teenagers and nearly hanged. the case under investigation. and sean spicer, live on late night. >> he sat down with jimmy kimmel who asked about melissa mccarthy's impression of him.