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this morning on "world news now," president trump playing nice. >> he stood side by side with the senate republican leader, mitch mcconnell after weeks of blistering attacks. the president saying they're now friends. new this morning, senator john mccain takes a shot at the trump approach to world leadership. in an impassioned speech, he cautioned the u.s. turning away from the world calling it unpatriotic. and millions of people are speaking up about sexual harassment and assault, sharing their stories with the #me too. a-list celebrities and private
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citizens, women and men. and look out below. it looks like a b.a.s.e. jumper jumping off a cliff, but he's not wearing a parachute. how does he do it and not go splat? we'll explain on this tuesday, october 17. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> doesn't look like the safest thing. >> you go first and let me know how that works out. >> please. >> we'll figure that one out. you know, there was that great american poet who once said u-n-i-t-y. i think that was queen latifah. i guess that's what the president's going for now. >> president trump stood side by side with mitch mcconnell in the rose garden saying they are closer than ever. answering questions on puerto rico to the russia
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investigation. >> and he falsely claimed that his presidedecessors didn't cale families of fallen soldiers. >> reporter: they held a press conference to declare their relationship outstanding. >> we've been friends for a long time. we are probably now, despite what we read, we're probably now as far as i'm concerned, closer than ever before. >> reporter: that's a change in tone for the president whose former chief strategist, steve bannon has declared war on mitch mcconnell. >> the donors are not happy. we've cut your oxygen off, mitch. >> steve is very committed. he's a friend of mine and i have committed to getting things passed. i have great relationships with many senators. in particular with most republican senators, but we're not getting the job done. and i'm not
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siev -- myself. >> reporter: i asked about bannon's vow to take on nearly every establishment senator. >> i know how he feels. depends on who you're talking about. there are some republicans, frankly, that should be ashamed of themselves. i can understand fully how bannon feels. >> reporter: but in the rose garden, mcconnell fired back. >> you have to nominate people who can actually win, because winners make policy and losers go home. >> reporter: the president said he'd talk to bannon. >> steve is doing what steve thinks is the right thing. some of the people he may be looking at, i'm going to see if we talk him out of that because they're great people. >> reporter: he took questions for about 40 minutes on a wide range of subjects, including puerto rico. >> we have massive amounts of water. we have massive amounts of food. but they have to distribute the food. and they have to d
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they have to distribute the food to the people of the island. so what we have done, we have military distributing food, something they shouldn't have to be doing. >> reporter: and on the investigation into russian meddling and possible collusion, the president signaled he won't pull the plug on the special prosecutor. president trump also caused controversy by saying unlike his predecessors, he places phone calls to the families of fallen service members. spokes people for all of the last three presidents say no, that is not correct, that they, too, placed calls to the families of fallen service members. a spokesperson for president obama said president trump's words were unequivocally wrong. jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. and president trump is facial calls -- facing calls to withdraw the name of the person he called on to be the next
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it tripped the dea of powers to go after pharmaceutical companies sending drugs to the black market. the president agreed to reconsider the nomination and promised a major announcement on the opioid crisis next week. senator john mccain is taking the nation to task. the arizona republican used these words while accepting an award in philadelphia. i called the idea that the u.s. would refuse its obligations of international leadership unpatriotic. >> and led three quarters of a century, to abandon the ideals we have advanced around the globe, to refuse the obligations of international leadership in our duty to remain the last best hope of earth for the sake of some half-baked, spurious nationalism, cooked up by people who would rather find
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than solve problems. [cheers and applause] is as unpatriotic as an attachment to any other tired dogma of the past that americans consigned to the ash heap of history. >> the senator sounding feisty there overnight. he added that americans live in a land maid of ede of ideals. army saergeant sergeant bow bergdahl's sentencing hearing begins monday. and the man who planted two homemade bombs in new york city last year will spend the rest of his life behind bars. that's the mandatory sentence for rahimy. one of the devices exploded, injuring 30 people. prosecutors say
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by isis and al qaeda. the manhunt is ramping up for two inmates in southeastern missouri. they escaped a county jail by crawling into an air duct and jumping a fence. both are considered armed and dangerous. and now authorities are warning resident of caruthersville, missouri to stay inside and keep their doors and windows locked. about 100 people are still missing from the devastating wildfires in california. firefighters say they are making progress, but the danger is far from over. a break in the weather is helping crews for the first time in days. there are no red flag warnings in the entire state. some residents are returning home as some evacuation orders have been lifted. at least three people have been killed in ireland from hurricane ophelia. wind gusts of 80 miles per hour
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300,000 customers. and farther south, the storm turned the skies of london this eerie shade of yellow. look at that. this is as ophelia's winds blew sand from the sahara desert and smoke from deadly forest fires in spain and portugal all the way to downtown london. >> incredible. and astronomers are detecting the collision of two neutron stars and in observing the bright blue debris, scientists were able to literally see gold being formed. >> gold! >> gold. >> does that mean it's going to rain gold? should we get our little -- >> exactly. >> i think it means we need to get out thayer and mine that gold. >> i'm ready. i'm going to need a bigger mug. so it happened in a galaxy named ng 49
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>> it is far, far away. it is in 130 million years. does need a little work with the brand name i think. >> we're getting gold! >> that's all that matters. >> i don't know if it's true, but i like t. why alex rodriguez is getting more attention these days now that he's off the field and how's found himself in the stands supporting his girlfriend. you may have heard of her. and what family members of harvey weinstein are saying about his widening sex abuse scandal. the words his own brother is using to describe his behavior coming up. you're watching "world news now." e coverage. guess what? you could apply for a medicare supplement insurance an whenever you want. no enrollment window. no waiting to apply. that means now may be a great time to shop for an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. medicare doesn't cover everything.
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!♪ here's pepto bismol! ah. ♪nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea!♪ welcome back. and there's major developments this morning in the harvey weinstein scandal. the movie production company that he founded and bears his name may actually be up for sale. >> harvey and his brother bob are set to face off during a company board meeting, and this is as harvey faces kpoungd legal troubles. >> reporter: harvey weinstein is in danger of criminal prosecution. the nypd says mul
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have come forward with allegations of sexual assault. in london, scotland yard says they're investigating five claims. >> we all make mistakes. second chance i hope, okay? >> reporter: in an emotional interview, weinstein's brother and long-time business partner, bob weinstein says he knew his brother was a philanderer but thought the instances were consensual. he added he's seen no remorse from his brother. i have spoken to him two times since news broke hoping to hear "oh, my god." but the words are "me too." alissa milano writing, if you've been assaulted, write "me
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>> the hash tag me too was used more than 5 million times. so many people inspired by her tweet to share their own very personal stories. celebrities like lady gaga are sharing their difficult experiences. >> and men too. and as one woman put it, many are not having to choose to tell their story but which story to tell. moving on and coming up, one of baseball's all-time greats enjoying life off the field. >> we're checking in with alex rodriguez to see how he feels about being the most famous boyfriend in the world to j. lo and how they are putting their kids first as parents. and we have an all new edition of lifestyles of the rich and kendis. >> the last time we were with
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♪ ♪ south bronx ♪ south south bronx >> bronx is a great place to be right now. we're going to head to the boogie down bronx for playoff action. >> the yankees taking on the houston astros in the south south bronx. >> outta there. >> that was todd frasier. >> he did some work in the field. air jud aaron judge made a couple of touch grabs. >> who was that? >> aaron judge, all 6'7" of him. >> aaron judge? >> come on, jack. >> i'm waiting for the home run. >> judge would also hit a
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run. >> all rise! >> thank you, jack. >> that's in the fifth, when the team pulled ahead leaving the astros in the dust. final score 8-1. game four is tonight. i didn't know it was a home run thing. >> the astros didn't look -- >> they didn't look very good. it's generally an aaron judge thing. jack knew he hit a home run so he figured he could save the "all rise ask" for that. and now to alex rodriguez. >> his daughters are especially proud. we're up all "nightline" with sarah haynes. >> are y'all ready o to have a good time? >> reporter: it's saturday night, las vegas. super star j lo sets the stage on fire. and who's watching fro t
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section? her boyfriend, alex rodriguez and his 12 year old daughter natasha. ♪ >> that was the best show i've ever seen. >> no! >> the best. >> reporter: the two announced their relationship this past may and have been paparazzi gold ever since. snapped while on vacation in france, cruising in the car. and all over new york and florida. >> jennifer's an amazing person. the hardest working. she has like ten jobs. >> reporter: she's making you look lazy. >> yeah, i think so. >> reporter: we all came to know alex rodriguez as the home run hitter of the yankees. >> a suspension. >> reporter: later embroiled in a performance-enhancing drug scandal that rocked his baseball career. >> for that
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deeply regretful. >> reporter: now he is in what he calls his second out. >> oh! >> reporter: analyzing plays on fox sports. >> the size of a nfl tight end, but moves around like a shortstop. >> reporter: guest appearing on "shark tank." and going all in on his multi-million dollar real estate venture, and joining abc news and a contributor. but his number one job? doting dad to 12 year old natasha and 8-year-old ella. at home he's a regular guy. but outside, he'll always be -- >> what's up! this is the best part of retirement. >> reporter: but he isn't too famous to embarrass his daughters. >> what boys? what boy are we talking about? can i go meet all of them? i want all the boys to know who daddy is. >> reporter: he and his ex-wife
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contentious divorce. >> hi, beautiful. >> she looks incredible, right? >> reporter: fresh offer the plane from j. lo's vegas show, they spend the day together. >> from the beginning, we always put the kids first so they would grow and have emotional wellness and not feel a lot of the tugging that you see sometimes that happens in families that are divorced. >> reporter: but the kids have some complaints. >> he does a lot of funny things. but they're mostly embarrassing. he can't dance or sing for his life. but it's fun when he does. >> reporter: while there have been home us momentous highs an lows in his life, he says it's made him a better man, dad and role model. >> you don't have to be defined by those mistakes. how you come back matters, too.
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anif you've got a lifee. you gotta swiffer ♪ time now for the mix, and we'll put this one in the category of you go first. a deare devil has found a way t throw himself off a cliff in yosemite and does it without a parachute. the whole thing works because he's attached to a rope. it's a high-line that he has rigged to the top of the mountain. eventually, he stops because the rope catches him and he swings along the mountain side. >> heck no. >> and he wants people to know he does not take this lightly. it took more than a year to scope out the location and rig the entire
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suspended. but he's trying to raise awareness about this particular type of sport. >> like a foot bridge somewhere? >> he says he finds he's happiest when he's doing this sort of thing. >> all right, good for him. >> i'm glad that makes him happy. >> it makes us want to throw up. but good for home. so this was an interesting prank. you know, there's the new movie coming out called "geostorm" with girard butler. here you have normal new yorkers who got in a cab there in new york. and during the middle of their cab ride, this alert comes from the anchors of all anchors. >> interrupt thisit
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affecting parts of the tri state area. this is winter-like weather. >> it's a really warm day and here he goes saying winter. that's not believable. oh, you just wait a minute. because their cab ride all of a sudden encounters the rapid winter conditions. >> this is such an elaborate prank. >> people are freaking out. they're like, what? >> could you imagine? >> oh, my gosh! >> oh, they finally figured it out. >> and they were fine. >> it would take a while to figure that one out. over to a 17-year-old making a name for herself with coffee art. >> it's like so last year now. check this out, 3 d coffee art. she's figured out a way to
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this morning on "world news now," john mccain taking aim at the president and his supporters, with a stern warning, the emotional speech as the long-time senator battles cancer. and president trump is under fire after claiming that past presidents didn't call the families of fallen soldiers. aides for president obama, clinton and george w. bush quickly fired back. and new this half hour, stuck inside a manhole for more than a week. >> we'll meet the man who says he fell down a hole and spent days calling for help. learn what he ate. it was a small world after all. it was small world night on "dancing with the stars."
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