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be a tough hearing. senators demanding answers. why did the credit monitoring company make money after a massive data breach over the summer, getting a $7 million contract from the irs to beef up fraud protection. senator john kennedy putting it in pop culture terms. >> you realize to many americans right now, that looks like we're giving lindsey lohan the keys to the minui bar? >> i understand your point. >> reporter: companies like ex-wh equifax collect data and make money. >> they have disclosed at least four separate hacks in which it compromised sensitive personal data. in those four years, has equifax's profit
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mr. smith? >> yes, senator. >> reporter: senator elizabeth warren has a bill that would let consumers turn their credit data on and off. >> you ought to be able to do that for pre. you ought to be able to do it at any of the reporting companies and you ought to be able to do it forever. >> reporter: warren is focussed on helping consumers protect themselves but both democrats and republicans want the government to pressure companies like equifax to change the way they do business. ali roggin, abc news, the capitol. a republican house member says he won't seek reelection after revelations of an extramarital afafrfair. he's part of the pro-life caucus but apparently urged his mistress to get an abortion when he thought she was pregnant. shoppers at walmart may have been funding north korea without
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realizing it. >> they process seafood that often ends up in american stores. a walmart spokesperson says it has banned suppliers from getting seafood from those plants. and the european union has ordered amazon to pay $295 million in back taxes, claiming that the online retailer had an illegal tax deal in luxembourg. luxembourg offered tax benefits that were not extended to local companies. both amazon and luxembourg say they may afeel tppeal the rulin. the patriots have unveiled their new plane, the boeing 767 has been dubbed "air kraft." >> not a bad way to travel. >> it's a cool
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>> -- defense on it. >> ooh! >> you know. then again, how are the giants doing? >> a slow clap for yourself. that is good. coming up right here, ryan gosling and harrison ford open up about their on-camera chemistry in "blade runner 2049." first, the death of a fraternity pledge, was it the result of a hazing ritual? ist first here's a look at today's high temps. "world news now" weather, brought to you by digestive advantage. [joy bauer] two thirds of americans have digestive issues. "world news now" weather, brought to you by digestive advantage. probiotics don't survive your stomach's harsh environment. digestive advantage is different. it's natural protein shell is tougher than your stomach's harsh environment, so it survives a hundred times better than the leading
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prosecutors are seeking the death penalty in the so-called keller clown case in florida. sheila keen warren is being held without bail after a hearing in west palm beach. investigators say she disguised herself as a clown before shooting and killing maureen warren in 1990. sheila warren moved to virginia and later married the victim's husband. and pennsylvania is facing another fraternity scandal.
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the move came after a student suspected of drinking was found on a local street unconscious. they have been under a social ban since tim piazza died in february after a night of drinking during a hazing ritual. investigators believe max gruber may have been forced to drink so much that it killed him. lsu police say text messages are at the center of the investigation of the alleged hazing death of 18-year-old pledge max gruber. >> people who have life-lasting relationships, why did his life have to end so early. >> he received a group text telling them to attend "bible study" at the frat house. that was code for question and answer session. wrong answers meant more alcohol. the pledges were forced to drink in excess. sometime after
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was highly intoxicated and passed out on the couch. but it was hours later before they discovered him and that he wasn't breathing. it comes as members of a penn state fraternity face charges after the death of tim piazza who fell down the stairs after a night of drinking and hazing. fraternity members waiting 12 hours to call 911. and lsu is suspending that fraternity on campus, but its charter has been revoked by phi delta theta's organization. which means it's been shut down. >> there might be videotapes in the house that might shed light on what happened. and they seized a duffle bag of beer cans, a glass smoking pipe from the house. >> there's a lot of similarities to the tim piazza case.
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so they're certainly going to be looking at that. they've been trying to draw attention to this issue nationwide. coming up next here after the break. a look at "blade runner 2049" and how the highly-anticipated reboot intends to carry on the legacy. >> nick watt sits down with the cast next on "world news now." when heartburn hits, fight back fast with tums smoothies. it starts dissolving the instant it touches your tongue. and neutralizes stomach acid at the source. ♪ tum -tum -tum -tum smoothies! only from tums
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"blade runner 2049" on the first few seconds that they see. >> they know you're here. >> reporter: the mood, the pace, the feeling and the harrison ford and ryan gosling. >> i had your job once. >> i know. >> this is not a running, jumping and falling down movie. this is not a light comedy. this is not a bromance or a car chase movie. this is -- i'm sorry. god, that was a haurtfurtful tho say. >> reporter: ford reprises his role from the original 1982 movie, the ex-cop. >> just answer the questions please. >> reporter: then and now. >> what do you want? >> i want to ask you some
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questions. >> reporter: 2049 in los angeles where it still rains a lot more than in real life and gosling plays a new generation of blade runner, clearing the streets of humanoid robots, the theme, what it is to be human. >> if you could just look up and to the left, please. >> if this gets out, we've bought ourselves a war. >> where are we going to be in 2049? we're already producing bioengineered people. will they be as emotionally human as we are? that could be an army of people that could take over. >> reporter: you don't make me feel any better about this. gosling's boss. >> so what you saw didn't happen. >> yes, ma'am. >> reporter: you were rather scary in this film in a good way, don't you
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>> good could have. th -- cover that was a good cover. >> reporter: it was not a critical smash in 1982 and a bit of a box office flop. in the 35 years since, blade runner's status has grown and grown. >> the original is such an experience. but what's also interesting is the experience you have after you've seen it, because part of the reason why i think it became a cult classic is because you couldn't shake it. it was pinging this nightmarish version of the future that felt possible. >> this is about what it means to be a human being. what are our opportunities? what are our responsibilities? do they really exist? it's not the answers. it's the questions. there are a lot of questions left yunanswered. and it's kind of like life.
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"nightline," los angeles. >> questions left unanswered. >> he gets all the best assignments. ryan gosling. speaking of best assignments. we're going to check in on our friend gio and what he's been sighing all over the country coming up. mom i dropped my ball. got it. ewwww oh eat it! lysol kills 99.9% of bacteria on soft and hard surfaces. one more way you've got what it takes to protect.
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i am roped down. we are in a secure building, surrounded by concrete. but this is an unbelievable thing. i've neff se i've never seen anything like this covering storms. we're seeing branches, pieces of trees come from the sky. obviously, trees aren't up there, which means that a lot of these trees are sort of whipping around and coming around like that. that's exactly why we evacuated. whoa! we feared -- she's winthese win really intense. you can see this whiteout thing, this whiteout condition that amy was talking about. just look at that. i don't think i ever would have described a hurricane and sort of compared it to a blizzard. that's what this looks like here. and it's really remarkable. i actually brought my mother to this building here, because i knew this would be much more secure than the house
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don't know if those homes have been tested for winds that strong. and that, that's frightening. i have some family there, and they chose not to leave, george, and sorry. >> what was it like for you to be in that area? to be from that area and watching it. >> it was tough, not knowing what was happening in the keys. nobody had communications. my family was there, but thankfully everybody's okay. but we also covered right before that, texas, and it was incredible to see the american spirit in action on full display when we saw these people coming together from all over the place, with their little boats, and they were just bringing their own fuel, paying for this and picking people up and helping them. unbelievable to see. >> thanks,
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this morning on "world news now," breaking new details in the las vegas shooting. we're seeing new video of the moment people ran for their lives, gunshots echoing across the strip. and news about the shooter. police say he may have had help and may have planned to escape. also brakieaking right now. three army green berets killed. and suspicions that al qaeda is behind the attack. and new storms closing in on the gulf coast. and later in the mix. talk about a big smile. see the story behind one epic photo bomb on
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