this morning on "world news now," the president's plan to cut taxes, but for all? >> president trump's new tax plan aims to bring back jobs and cut taxes for the middle class, but he's fighting some criticism that only the richest and corporations will feel most of the benefits. and a rock slide at one of the country's most popular natural monuments has left at least one person dead. the investigation now under way at yosemite after a massive chunk of rock described as the size of a building fell off the famed el capitan. and we're getting a first look at some of the facebook ads bout by russian agents

to sway the election. hear what they're finding out about where those ads came from. and please don't say the word "treat." oh, no, they heard me. the dogs are going nuts. but a photographer was there to capture the magic of treat time. stay, stay, good boy, keep watching. keep it weird. it's thursday, september 28. from abc news, this is world news now. >> this is thursday. some odd things happening there in the mix a little later. >> yeah, photographs. we do want to get to breaking news that developed a matter of hours ago. a major passing overnight, the legendary playboy founder, hugh hefner passing away at the age of 91. >> he started playboy in 1953

and, panned expanded it into e. he was known for his over the top lifestyle marked by wild parties attended by celebrities. he was often spotted in a silk robe smoking a pipe and surrounded by young, beautiful women. >> there have been many reactions, including jenny mccarthy is among the many stars paying tribute, tweeting thank you for being a revolutionary and changing so many people's lives, especially mine. hefner is survived by four adult children and his wife who is 60 years his junior. more throughout the morning. and the other big story this half hour. president trump proposing the most sweeping tax overhaul in decades. >> the president told supporters in indianapolis that the plan would be most beneficial to the middle class, but democrats are calling it a wind fall for

wealthy. >> critics point to the president himself and his children, who stand to gain millions. if he succeeds in repealing the estate tax. jonathan karl breaks down the new tax plan for us. >> reporter: after failing yet again to get a republican health care plan through congress, president trump is now promising to deliver on something even more ambitious. a massive new tax cut. >> there's never been tax cuts like what we're talking about. >> reporter: details are still sketchy, but the plan calls for slashing the tax on corporations, now 35% to 20%. for individuals and families, reducing the number of tax brackets from seven to just three. doubling the standard deduction for families, that would mean no income tax whatsoever on the first $24,000 of income. the president insists his plan will benefit the working class. and not the wealthy. >> they can call me all they want. it's not going to help. i'm doing the right thing. and it's not goodor

>> reporter: of course it's impossible to know how any plan will affect the president, because he still has not released his tax returns. but there's one big provision that would clearly benefit the wealthy. he wants to eliminate the estate tax. something that is only paid on estates valued at more than $5.5 million for individuals, $11 million for couples. while congress will surely make changes in the plan, the president insists there's one thing he won't budge on. that huge tax cut for corporations. >> wh20 is my number. it is a perfect number. >> reporter: the president doesn't explain how he'll pay for these hefty tax cuts, leaving congress already deeply divided to figure that out. >> tax reform is going to make health care look like a piece of cake. >> reporter: white house officials and speaker of the house paul ryan have said they hope to get this tax plan through congress by the end of the year. th i

timeline. in fact, this would be a heavy left to even get done by next year. that said, there is immense pressure on republicans both here at the white house and on capitol hill to show they can deliver on this. jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. the president says that he's upset, in the meantime with the health secretary, tom price after dozens of expensive trips on private jets paid for by taxpayers. >> president trump says he's not pleased. >> what are you going to do about it, mr. president? >> i'm going to look at it. emneat happy about it and i let him know it. >> two other top officials are under fire. steve mnuchin is accused of using a government plane to fly to kentucky to watch the eclipse. and according to the "washington post," epa add men straighter, scott pruitt has taken at least four military or charter flights that have cost taxpayers

congress is now investigating. a rock slide in yosemite national park in california leaves one person dead and another injured. a giant hunk of granite described by one witness as the side of an apartment building fell from el capitan late yesterday, sending a plume of dust into the air. at least 30 climbers were scaling the granite monolith at the time. a chopper transported the injured do the hospital. and an ohio corps fooner sa autopsy was inconclusive as to whether warmbier was tortured. his parents say his teeth looked like they were rearranged by pliers. the coroner says

from brain damage. and bottom line, we don't know what happened to him. fema and other government officials say they will have visited every town on the island by sometime today. and what they'll see, more than a week after the hurricane is utter devastation and a recovery effort that's just getting started. here's abc's richard cantu. >> reporter: so much of the recould have fry last week's devastating hurricane has been a do it yourself affair for puerto ricans as the wait for help from the outside stretches on. the governor yesterday visiting a national guard base in hard-hit salinas. more than three kwarers of the structures there destroyed. >> we're island. >> reporter: military operations bringing in tons of equipment and supplies, but many still waiting for help. only 4% of the island has electricity, just over half drinkable water. and 80% of the telecommunications are down. in vega alta, the red cross is setting up a

a lifeline for residents trying to reach loved ones. >> i want to tell them that i'm okay. don't worry for me. >> reporter: and in yew tau know. >> my name is robert strong. if they see this thing, know that i am okay and i'm well taken care of. >> reporter: in old san juan, family-owned businesses are slowly opening. managing the best they can without power. a restaurant, setting up tables on the sidewalk. too hot to serve inside. and this pharmacy, selling things at a discount or giving them away to customers without cash. while the lines for basic necessities, water, cash and especially gasoline grow ex-as per eightingly long. richard cantu, abc news, new york. >> as pour the stofor the stormd it all, maria is out to sea. it's likely to lose hurricane status once and for all later

>> maria brought big waive wave the outer banks. all the watches and warnings have been canceled. three workers have been kill after part of a television tower collapsed. they were near the top of the 1200 foot tower when a piece of equipment collapsed and they fell to their deaths. the power transmits the signal for two local stations including the abc affiliate in the miami area, but the men worked for an outside company. the investigation is in its early stages. and a coal train crashed near pittsburgh, derailing about a dozen cars, live power lines were knocked down, but so far no injuries reported. one witness says it felt like an earthquake. two locomotive engines were pulling 126 cars all loaded with coal. a massive clean up and investigation is under way there. and one candidate for boston city council

attention. when he showed up at a polling place on tuesday, some voters were a little scared. >> so his name is spanish foreclowfor clown. >> this time someone called the police when he was hanging around on tuesday. a responding officer quickly realized he wasn't a threat, he will be on the city council general election ballot in november. >> pat pie yaw sew. >> wonder what he'll show up as then. >> he'll be facing seven other candidates. >> that is one way to stand out. >> there you go. even the car. wow. commitment. commitment. >> is that a clown car then? why not? coming up, the russian infiltration of facebook. see if you recognize any of these ads that russian placed allegedly to sway the election in favor of donald trump. the new questions now being

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ukrainian leaders are blaming sabotage for this massive explosion at an ammunition depot. at least 30,000 people were evacuated from a nearby town. airspace over the region has been closed, about 188,000 tons of ammunition was stored in that depot. ukraine has been fighting russia-backed separatists for three years. we're getting a look at some of those ads placed by russian agents during the presidential election. >> and now investigators want to know how those agents half a world away were able to target those ads with such precision. here's brian ross. >> reporter: abc news has obtained some of the ads they say russians planted on facebook to help get president trump

what they were reading was written by the russians. this one warns against so-called refugees. this one uses a popular cartoon. dora the explorer knows how easy it is to cross the u.s. border. we need to stop this madness, we need trump. the ads come from a group called "secured borders" but they claim there is no such group, that it was russian agents. >> their goal was to spread dissension, was to split our country apart. and they did a pretty good job. >> reporter: many of the ads, investigators say, came from an operation in st. petersburg russia. one says she took thi

2015, hoping to expose the operation where trolls worked 12-how mu 12-hour shifts. the former employee said facebook was one of their main platforms. according to investigators, the slant is pro-trump, anti-clinton. their targets, voters in specific areas of key swing states. >> how do they have that level of specificity? that's one of the questions we need answered. >> james lankford, says russian trolls have been busy tweeting on both sides of the issue. he says they're trying to raise the noise level and push divisiveness in our country. >> president trump responded to the issue tweeting facebook was always anti-trump. and mark zuckerberg responded, trump says facebook is against him, liberals say we helped trump. both sides are upset about ide

and content they don't like. that's what running a platform for all ideas looks like. >> and zuckerberg saying we'll keep working to ensure fair and f free elections around the world. but it's not just facebook. twitter, apparently, had plenty of ads or fake accounts that were posting some things that supposedly the russians were behind. and that was supposedly even bigger than the facebook infiltration. >> we have fake news, fake ads. it comes down to the onus is on us, as the media to put out information that is true that people can trust and us as conzo sume consumers. the big warning for anyone thinking of buying a puppy online. >> speaking of fake ads. those ads tugging at your heartstrings may be a scam. that's coming up next on "world news now."

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he paid $700 to buy another dog online. ? i got an e-mail from a shipping company. and it said you are required to pay $1500 additional. when i looked at, the shipping company was the same guy that i bought the puppy from. i knew then i was scammed. >> reporter: the better business bureau believes 80% of sponsored links for pet results may lead to fraudulent sites. the bureau is warning anyone searching for a pet online is likely to encounter this fraud. according to the consumer watchdog report, the thieves often insist on e-mail and text correspondence and refuse to meet in person or sigh tee the l before paying. >> the only way to be sure is to go see the puppy in person. >> reporter: t.j. holmes, new york. >> in person is best. even better, don't buy the

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♪ oh, this is going to cause some trouble a little bit later on. new research on this thursday mix that shows how you can tell if your partner is cheating. >> why is that going to cause trouble? for who? >> because you're speaking very quickly. it's all in your pitch and the speed, the way you speak. this is from researchers in two universities. >> you're speaking very quickly right now, kendis, does this make you nervous? ? [000:25:51;00] >> no, not at all. i will admit if i've done wrong.

they say if you suspect greater variation in pitch and that your partner is a cheater. participants rated the voices on likelihood of cheating and they found out it all varied of those who had a history of cheating as more likely to cheat when they rated they will. >> so basically we now know why you're single. this is what we're learning from this. anybody notice that entire read? >> i was speaking quickly. >> that was pretty high-pitched. what? >> depends on the definition of cheating. >> the better sign is if they say something like i mean, what really is cheating? >> like a free day on your diet? okay. on to dogs -- >> you can't cheat if you don't commit. >> on to a different type of dog. these dogs have no need to cheat

because they have what they want right here at home. check this out. these are dogs jumping for treats. this photographer managed to capture the moment just before they catched or in some cases missed the treat. the emotions range from panic, delight, this one i'm going with joy, sheer joy, and in some cases they missed the treat and you see this kind of sadness on their face. >> yeah, we've seen it with water before, where dogs have that look, but this, this photographer capturing it there. >> this could be my new favorite meme. here's this virginia tech kid who found the world's largest rubiks cube. it is 13 by 13 and he decided he's going to take on this challenge. and it might seem impossible, but -- >> that's a rubiks cube? >> that's a rubiks cube. two hours later, simon here, a freshman at virginia tech.

>> no way. boom. >> that is mind-boggling.

almost as this morning on "world news now," members of president trump's cabinet, grounded. why he says he's not happy about the use of pricey private jets for government business and members of congress on both sides of the aisle want answers. and the latest incident of an airline passenger being dragged off a plane by officers after complaining of an allergy. we'll tell you what else was on board that prompted that request. and later, remembering a cultural icon. >> hugh hefner has died at the age of 91. see what we're finding about the life and times of the man who changed america's attitude about