this morning on "world news now." the national anthem takes center stage on thursday night football. >> fierce rivals, the packers and bears along with some fans honoring a request to link arms in a sign of unity. the white house defends the response to the crisis in puerto rico amid images of thousands of shipping containers filled with needed supplies sitting there unloaded. millions still have no power or water. >> we cheated death! we cheated death. >> another massive rock slide at yosemite, this time crashing into a suv full of people. a woman inside recounting the terrifying moments.

and grind up those beans and put on a fresh pot. today is national coffee day. we'll tell you where to get the best freebies and why today of all days we need a caffeine boost. it's friday, september 29th. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> we do say cheers to you. >> cheers. >> has two non-coffee drinkers. enjoy. >> so, we are celebrating on behalf of the staff. i really think, we are not the only people here, probably the only people who work these hours who don't drink coffee. >> we celebrate for you. >> we do, indeed. we'll get to that a little bit later, but we'll start things off this morning with the national anthem taking the spotlight during thursday night football. >> the oldest rivalry in football and the controversy on the field. players from both

what they're calling a show of unity in the wake of last week's protests. some fans in the stands joined them as of of of a country music star sang the anthem. the packers had asked all of their fans to join them in linking arms. but many opted for the traditional hand-over-heart posture. aaron rogers spoke about the demonstration. >> it's never been about the national anthem or the military. we're all patriotic in the locker room. we love our troops. this is about something big irther than that. an invitation to show unity in the face of some divisiveness from the top. >> in the meantime, more videos are surfacing, showing fans, including packer loyalists burning team gyre, angry over the players k

anthem last week to protest racial injustice. >> this comes while critics accuse president trump of adding fuel to the fire with his latest comment accusing teams backing town to players. >> i think they're afraid of their players, and i think it's disgraceful. >> the white house says the president was referring to nfl owners afraid of conflict, not the players themselves. one tweet says if the president thinks it's an antebellum plantation he's mistaken. let's move on to the crisis in puerto rico. the federal response to hurricane maria has been slow. >> many in isolated towns say they still have not received any assistance. one puerto rican law make

ir calls it a disaster. president trump says they are doing a great job. >> we have provided as much was necessary to the island. the challenge became land-based distribution. that remains the pry or tiority. >> one shipping company says there aren't enough drivers or gas to move them. more should be on the way now that president trump has waived restrictions on foreign ships delivering aid. a second massive rock slide at el capitan. this time, debris came raining down on a suv with four people inside. crashing through the roof. the driver hit in the head and airlifted out of the park. the others escaped without getting hurt. >> something came through our sunroof. but we didn't n

it was close. it shattered and the dust poured >> glass was flying. >> we were trying to outrun it, go, let's go. my husband reached up and said my hiead, my head. it was bleeding profusely and hurting. >> yosemite officials have identified the british tourist killed by wednesday's rock slide as andrew foster. he and hess wife were hiking at the bottom of el capitan when the chunk of granite the side of a building broke offer. t the president insists the wealthy are not getting a tax cut. but the "new york times" reports the president could save more than a billion dollars as a result of proposal. >> reporter: president trump unveiled the tax reform plan calling for democrats to join republicans in support. tweeting democrats don't want massive tax cuts. how doe

great reviews for reform. it streamlines the system and benefits the middle class. >> we're going to make sure that every american can file their taxes by themselves on a single sheet of paper. >> reporter: the details are forthcoming, but it calls for slashing the tax on corporations, now 35% to 20%. for individuals and families, reducing the number of tax brackets from seven to try. and double being the standard deduction. trump is proposing eliminating the estate tax, something paid on estates valued at $5.5 million for individuals, $11 million for couples. as for the flat 20% cut for

>> i can't guarantee anything. >> reporter: democrats are skeptical. >> don't call it reform. because it's not reform. it's just more of the same trickle down economics. >> reporter: as to how this will affect the president, he has said this new tax reform plan is not good for him. he has not released his own tax records. the first president in four decades not to do so. the white house is hoping to get this new tax plan approved by congress by the end of the year. gloria rivera, washington. >> the "new york times" did an analysis based on the president's 2005 tax return and a bloomberg estimate of his wealth and report that the repeal of the estate tax could save them $1 billion. politico reports jared kushner and ivanka trump's use of private e-mail

business are of interest. a spokesperson did not respond to our request for information on this. and those who tried to repeal obamacare say they are not giving up. they insist they're committed to try again. for now they're focussing on tax reform. congressman of scalise is excited to be working again after being shot and nearly killed. he got a standing ovation when he returned to congress on thursday and says his femur was shattered. hip and pelvis were also badly damaged, but you wouldn't know that by watching him on the house floor. he was overjoyed to be back. >> you have no idea how great this feels to be back here at work in the people's house. [cheers and applause] i'm definitely a living example that miracles really do happen. >> scalise thanked those who helped save his life that baseball park in

he said his doctors did a phenomenal job rebuilding him. the faa is banning drone flight over the statue of liberty as well asinine other -- as nine other monuments. it will be banned starting next week. he in case you missed it, yesterday was national drink beer day. >> yes. and did you celebrate? >> no come. >> for those who may be nursing a hangover, it is national coffee day. >> well planned. >> there are plenty of ways to celebrate with free and discounted cups of that steaming black magic. >> you can get deals at starbucks, pete's coffee,

7-eleven and many more. >> i used to love wawa coffee. >> i was a dunkin' donuts girl back in my coffee days. now we just stick to beer. coming up, the legacy that hugh hefner leaves find hollywood. how one man with a bold dream forever changed the way we look at sex. but first, the arrest made in colorado, possibly linked to the murder of two teenagers in indiana. >> and do remember to go to wnn fans.com. >> on the west coast, stay up and hang out with us. you're watching "world news now." so if you're on medicare or will be soon, you may want more than parts a and b

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but that was no test drive. that was an employee for the car dealership. they finally pulled over, the suspect surrendered. no one was injured. >> different scene in georgia when a car came crashing into this taco bell. one person was killed four people injured. they do think was intentional but that he wasn't targeting anyone in particular. his lawyer says o.j. simpson has been bored to tears after being placed in a morrisse secl area of the prison. meanwhile, the goldman family says they intend to pursue simpson for the $60 million he owes them. now to the case of two girls murdered in indiana. >> police are

arrest made halfway across the country. here's maggie rulli. >> reporter: finely finally a potential break. abbey williams and leibby jermaine were out hiking. their bodies were found by a railway bridge. libby managed to record audio of a man's voice. now colorado and indiana cops are working together. 31-year-old daniel nations was arrested outside colorado springs, accused of threatening several people on a hiking trail with a hatchet. nations is also a person of interest in the death of a cyclist in the same area earlier this month. police are looking at possible similarities between those incidents and the girls' deaths. indiana police cautioned that right now there is nothing that definitively connects this person to their investigation. libby jermaine's fam

police have finally caught her killer. >> we are hopefully optimistic that today is the day. >> it's been a long seven months. it would be a relief if it were him. our fingers are crossed. our toes are crossed. >> reporter: the mother of abbey williams tells abc news, our family is hoping and praying that god's got this and that today is finally the day. indiana police say they've received more than 1,000 photos of people who allegedly look similar to a sketch of the suspect. they have looked into every single one of these and will thoroughly investigate nations as well. maggie rulli, abc news, new york. coming up, we're looking back at the cultural impact of hugh hefner. >> the man who made his fantasy a reality. his legacy and how he got his big break, next on "world news now."

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>> oh. >> flashback friday. flashing back to j.t. and nellie. and hugh hefner dancing on his throne. >> you see him there in his familiar confines. it shows the influence as a cultural icon there, hugh hefner over the course of more than 60 years. there he is jamming with nellie and justin timberlake. >> perhaps his greatest contribution was to hollywood. >> the best life is where one pursues one's only personal dream. >> reporter: even in hollywood, the dream factory could marvel at the dreams hefner made real. >> i feel that embracing sex ult embraces what it means to be free. >> reporter: anna nicole smith, pamela

anderson posting a video of her weeping on her instagram account. on "sex in the city," hefner set up the fantasy he created. >> drinking with three blondes, i guess that's a regular day for you. >> a slow one, yes. >> reporter: he host ed a 1977 episode of "saturday night live." >> hugh hefner! >> reporter: darkly referenced while the world hef brought was a magazine editor. he had high-end journalism and the pleasured principles of the playboy philosophy as he depicted on his own tv shows like "playboy after dark." it became a

hedonism. >> i didll at the same time. >> reporter: hef's parties there in the house itself and in the grotto, attendees including leonardo dicaprio, james caan and shell silverstein. later, shows like "the girls next door" would bring reality show comedy and high jinks to the mansion. >> a country that i love that we're wrongheaded attitude toward race and sexual behavior. >> reporter: chris connelly, abc news, los angeles. >> the author of the "giving tree." he had a type of woman he was attracted to, but lots of writing friends he hung out with. >> the guys would come there to the mansion. i mean, a lot of people say different things about him. he was

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this half hour on "world news now," we take you to one of the most remote areas of puerto rico, as the crisis deepens. the white house explaining why so many supplies are not getting delivered. and the nfl versus president trump. the national anthem controversy is back in focus during thursday night football. see how fans are now speaking out and standing firm. and also new this half hour, three eagles have landed all at once. >> why three former presidents are coming together, the so-called three amigos. >> and puberty pictures for puerto rico. i wonder if we have any old photos lng