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she paints this lovely lady. >> it will make your art smell kind of good, too. >> that's true. a couple of people go on a journey. a big gift was wrapped up. it was an electronic keyboard, but one of the guesses was, is it a puppy? he knows deep down she kind of meant that. fortunately, there's a problem. >> we are not able to have a pet in this home. however, we have actually replaced this carpet here. so i got permission from the landlord to fill our home with puppies. >> i would like to fill my house with puppies. >> he's getting the puppies from
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this website. >> that's a thing? >> it is a thing! they take puppies forfeited. they will rent you puppies for half an hour or longer. and then you can adopt them. >> so smart. >> i couldn't resist and looked it up. it looks like they are only located in provo and salt lake city, utah, for now. >> bryce is going to spin this to try to get her back. eventually he's like, fine! you can see here, show time, she's walking in on the phone -- >> oh, my god! >> open the door to basically a wall of puppies. she's like, oh my goodness! >> the one that greeted her is so cute! some of them tried to make an escape. what happens to follow is exactly what you would expect. >> oh, my gosh! >> that is adorable! look at the wagging tails. they also smell so cute at this time. >> and they just lie down on the floor, let the puppies just
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climb all over them. unfortunately, she has to go back to work. this is a very thoughtful gift. and they said if this video gets 10,000 likes, they will adopt one or two. that's all for now. please watch the next all new episode of "right this minute."w to put more life in your hair. try new herbal essences and let life in"
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that's your hair lulu! mom, can we have another dog? (laughing) trap and lock up to 4x more dirt, dust and hair than the store brand stop cleaning. start swiffering. take a look at this. this was the mess after an aoil pipeline ruptured near dallas. crews accidentally cut a 30-inch high pressure oil line spraying crude oil all over the highway. the oil was cut off within minutes. take a look at the clean-up effort there. the chaos over president trump's travel ban wasn't the only thing causing a pless at the country's airports. >> delta air lines suffered a six-hour computer shutdown that grounded nearly 300 flights on sunday and monday. abc's david kerley has the latest. >> reporter: for a second day, delta canceling flights. 110 flights didn't take off on top of the 170 sunday. >> we've been out here for hours
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literally. >> reporter: it was a six-hour shutdown of delta's computer system. that left aaron mcanyoneny a paraplegic fighting cancer sleeping on an airport floor. >> i didn't know companies could be run there way especially an airline company. it's just absolutely unacceptable. >> reporter: six months ago, delta suffered another significant i.t. shutdown. other airlines, too. all using older computer systems patched together. >> it's like being on an airplane and trying to fix it while it's airborne. we can only expect more in the future. >> reporter: which is why for the second time since august, the ce owe of delta apologized to the airline's customers saying this type of disruption is not acceptable to the delta family. david kerley, abc news, reagan national airport. >> coming up, thinking about taking a break from the winter chill. >> that's right. we're checking out winter get away ideas that could warm you
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♪ on and on and in the sun >> well, millions of us are still weeks away from any hint of spring. >> luckily though there are quite a few deals out there to have some fun in the sun and they're cheaper actually than you might think. travel expert courtney scott has ideas for us. good morning. >> reporter: the deep freeze of winter is setting in which makes all of us want to escape the cold for somewhere warm. here are my topics for warm and unique get aways that won't break the bank. it's a new year and time for a new you. the perfect place to discover that you is at aqua wellness resort where you can stay in a
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treehouse in nicaragua's emerald coast for as little as $185 a night. cradled in a private cove with uninterrupted views of the pacific ocean, your treetop villa built using local materials will place you inside the tree canopy completely connected to nature. indulge in mostly organic meals and fresh caught fish. practice yoga, go on jungle hikes or head down to the beach for kayaking or new york issing. there are daily flights to ma na ga from miami, houston and atlanta. cruise the canal and costa rica on princess cruises. some the some of the biggest cruz deals of the year are in february. you can take a unique ten-day cruise on island princess ship, a ship custom built to sail through the panama canal. departing from fort lauderdale, they make stops in aruba, cart hane na, colombia, panama and
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costa rica. snag a round trip flight for under $1,000 to marrakesh and then travel to the surf town of yaghazout. there are a handful of rustic beach hostels where you can stay at incredible prices. book at an adorable bungalow for $68 a night or share a room for only $15 a night. the property frequently hosts it surf retreats with surfers, yogis and michelin star chefs. you can surf the panorama point, wander through local sooks and learn how fishermen perfect their trade. escape to one of the newest hotels in the tropical archipelago of the florida gates, the gate to key west. closer to home and opened in april 2015, the gates key west is a modern take on hemingway's
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old school key west. you can stay here for $199 a night. you'll find handcrafted spirits, chic bikes to cruise around the highland and the blind pig food truck. the entire florida keys are a beach lover's paradise. some of the best beaches to explore are zachary taylor beach. the hotel's whitewashed beachy as they tick will make you forget your winter woes. with plenty of weeks left of winter, it's only going to get colder. start planning your winter escape now before these deal run out. back to you. >> courtney, thank you for that. just completely torturing us and reminding us we're not in any of those places. >> you know what? by the way, if you're thinking of florida and you know how much i love orlando, there's a really great deal in davenport, florida, not far from orlando. $556 a week two-bedroom rental.
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new science showing cravings may be a result of the bacteria in our guts. >> some of the bacteria are sending signals to the brain saying eat more sugar. so how do we maintain our healthy eating goals? one answer, trick your sweet tooth with a new focus on minimizing sugar first some products to wage the war. my new forgave desert teas, zero sugar and no substitutes, just a combination of natural herbs and flavors that evoke a sweet response from the taste buds. >> come on, black forest tea, chocolate hazelnut, yum, no sugar. next up, full throttle fruit. what's new a focus on the fiber. that fiber makes you feel full while satisfying your craving and if you're on the go, dried fruit. make sure it's no extra sugar added. the thing about fruit, i have an eat all you want philosophy. that makes me feel like i'm not restricting myself all the time. there are times when fruit just
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doesn't cut it. i want the real deal. even candymakers's the value of reducing portions. when it comes to sugar, make it maul and long lasting. >> go for a ginger candy. it's strong flavor. really small. you get that satisfaction of finishing it in its entirety and it's really low in sugar. >> when i give into my sweet tooth, i aim for greatest satisfaction with the least amount of sugar. becky worley, abc news, oakland, california. >> so my approach of eating the entire tray of brownies with peanut but the ser not the way to go in. >> no, and i mean, yeah, that's a really bad idea. hey, i love this. j-jen ashton says the amount of sugar you crave depends on how much sugar your mother consumed during pregnancy. >> what about brownies and peanut but the silver. >> just eat the whole pan. >> now that's all i want. >> just eat it. ,$8drw ♪ music
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this morning on "world news now," president trump's first major firing. >> the acting attorney general given the pink slip by the president after refusing to implement his immigration. the shake-up happening in a matter of hours. what this means for the administration going forward. while president trump is following through on his promise to tighten the borders, we're learning how this impacts the process for refugees. hear what david muir found out following families escaping violence in the middle east. bad weather to blame for a massive pile-up involved in pennsylvania. and it's one of the biggest ticks in the country. we are not, however, talking about the super bowl. nope, we're talking about the other party. you know, the one over at gobbler's knob? groundhog day. ticks anyone?
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find out why the preparations in punxsutawney are just as crazy as the big game everyone seems to care about. wait till you hear how much low tell rooms are going for. stay with us on this tuesday, jan 31st. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> think super bowl or groundhog day? >> i'm going to take the super bowl. better book your hotel room. >> didn't you see how much fun bill murray had. >> it's great living that day over and over again. press trump firing the acting attorney general after she refused to go along with his immigration ban. >> sally yates directed the justice department's attorneys not to defend the president's executive order saying she wasn't convinced it was lawful. president trump accused her of trying to obstruct his agenda for political reasons. another career justice department official was immediately sborn in to replace yatess till a new attorney general is confirmed. a vote on current nominee
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senator jeff sessions is expected today. officials in the state department are circulating a dissent ept memo saying the new rules might deepen the terror threat. but the white house is pushing back. >> i think they should either get with the program or they can go. >> the attorney general of washington says he'll sue the administration becoming the first state to announce legal action over the ban. and last night, congressional democrats held a rally on the steps of the supreme court saying the president's order targetsing several muslim majority countries is unconstitutional, reckless an un-american. abc's jonathan karl has more on the on going ballot. >> reporter: the white house today is firing back, insisting its new extreme vetting travel ban is working just fine. >> i think this has been blown way out of proportion and exaggerated. >> the president himself declared his policy which temporarily bans people from seven majority muslim countries off to a good start. >> we actually had a very good day yesterday in terms of
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homeland security. and someday, we had to make the move, and we decided to make the move. >> reporter: the administration is pushing back against stories of chaos and confusion. families detained in airports. customs and border protection officials unclear on how to enforce the new policy. terminals turned into makeshift legal aid clinics, with lawyers offering their services to travelers impacted by the ban. in dallas, the mayor personally apologized to one family that had been detained offering them roses. and sounding off on it all, protestors across the country from new york and boston -- [ chanting ] >> reporter: to portland and seattle. the plan was rushed through so quickly on friday top officials on the president's national security team were left in the dark. >> protection of the nation from foreign terrorists' entry into the united states. big stuff. >> reporter: and secretary mattis was there when the president signed it, and even applauded. but he had no input whatsoever, and was surprised by its
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contents. and homeland security secretary john kelly whose department is charged with implementing the policy was getting his first full briefing on the executive order right as the president was signing it. the order also caught top republicans in congress by surprise. >> it was not properly vetted. so you have an extreme vetting proposal that didn't get the vetting it should have had, and as a result, and implementation, we have seen problems. >> reporter: republican senators, marco rubio and tim scott said the rush to implement the policy created confusion, anxiety and uncertainty. it the white house press secretary downplayed the disruption. >> we made sure that the people coming in weren't coming in to do us harm. the system actually worked really well. >> the president brushed off criticism of the surprise announcement tweeting, if the ban were announced with a one-week notice, the bad would rush into the country during that week. a lot of bad dudes out there. there's been confusion about whether or not the ban won apply to permanent u.s. residents.
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people with green cards who come from the seven countries included in the ban. at first the administration said that the ban would apply to them but now the secretary of the department of homeland security has said that those people with green cards would be granted waivers. jonathan carl, abc news, the prowhite house. barack obama is speaking out on the ban just a week and a half after leaving office. through his spokesman he said "citizens exercising their constitutional right to the assemble, organize and have their voices heard by elected officials is exactly what we expect to see when american values are at stake." he disagrees with the notion of discriminating against individuals because of their faith or religion. the outrage over that ban extends to britain, as well where the prime minister is defending the decision to give president trump a state visit. a million and a half people assigned a petition to stop that trip from happen. but theresa may says the invitation stands.
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a growing number of american veterans who served in iraq and afghanistan are expressing outrage at the ban. it blocks visas for interpreters who helped american forces on battlefield. they had feel betrayed by the executive order because they promised to help the interpreters and their families get to the u.s. priz trump signed another executive order yesterday as small business leaders gathered at the white house aimed at dramatically limiting regulations. it's being called the one in, two out plan because it requires government agencies requesting a new regulation to identify two others they will cut from their own department. and this morning, we're learning that iran has conducted its first missile test since president trump took office. press secretary sean spicer did not give an indication how the u.s. will deal with this show of force by iran. the u.n. security council has scheduled an urgent meeting later today. and the navy seal killed in battle against al qaeda this weekend has now been identified. the pentagon says the commando
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was 36-year-old rhinowens from eorria, illinois. friends from high school say owens had always wand to be a seal. the eiffel tower in paris has gone dark to honor the six victims of a shooting at a mosque in quebec. thousands gathered across canada to mourn those lost. the man suspected is a 27-year-old known for his far right nationalist vunz prime minister justin trudeau says there's no place for that in his country. >> this was a group of innocents targeted for practicing their faith. make no mistake, this was a terrorist attack the people who commit these acts mean to test our resolve and weaken our values. they aim to divide us. to sow discord and plant hatred. we will not close our minds. we will open our hearts.
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>> the victims were attending prayer services when they were shot in the back. the iraqi war vet accuses of opening fire in fort lauderdale airport has pled not guilty. five people died and six others were injured in the attack earlier this month. esteban santiago surrendered to police after emptying his gun. in pennsylvania, interstate 83 is now open following a fatal 50-vehicle crash. a tractor-trailer driver was killed and at least nine others transported to hospitals. the crash happened monday afternoon during a sudden snow fall which create poor visibility and slick roads. 83 south was closed for hours. state police are now investigating. former president george h.w. bush is back home this morning after being released from a houston hospital. the 92-year-old was treat ford pneumonia. the nfl has now reported asked him to be the official coin flipper at the super bowl which takes place on sunday in
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houston. >> that is great. i'm glad he's back home healthy. in missouri, a unique project is in the works. in the city of jasper where a man is using old tires, you see right there to build a new house. >> his name is jimmy carter. no, it's not the former president. just a coincidence. he has gathered now about 1000 free tires from tire shops and he's been working on the house since july. so far, he's got the foundation in place as you can see. but luckily jimmy has another house. >> he says he's going to take another four years or so to finish the house. okay. this is what he hopes it's going to look like. when it's done. i'd like to see that. 3200 square feet and completely covered in rocks. >> covered in rocks be. >> yeah. looks like a little bit i've bump a ride for a house. >> sun deck on the top. >> what are you packing in there dirt in i don't get it. >> we're going to have to get to the bottom of this. we'll do a full investigation
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how he's building the tire house. >> when jimmy builds the house, give us a call, il come to that house and stay overnight. >> "world news now" sleepover. good luck, jimmy. four years into all we got to wait. coming up checking out mysterious lights in the sky. >> the unidentified on thes seen floating right near a volcano. could it be a sig fal from beyond or probably something a lot less exciting? >> aliens, yes. finally. later behind the scenes of the refugee crisis. look at how the president's executive order might affect their chance to escape the violence plaguing their homes. you're watching "world news now." yeah, that stuff only lasts a few hours. or, take mucinex. one pill fights congestion for 12 hours. no thank you very much, she's gonna stick with the short-term stuff. 12 hours? guess i won't be seeing you for a while. is that a bisque?
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check out this sighting near mexico's pacific coast. a camera captured some sort of strange lights floating through the sky right near a volcano. they appeared about 20 minutes apart from each other. don't get freaked out. witnesses say they were likely homemade lanterns floating away. isn't it more fun to think it's something a little more creepy? >> diane's going to keep looking into that. >> ufos. a high profile murder mystery spanning four decades has finally been solved. >> the victim was a divorcee from a celebrity marriage. dna evidence has revealed her killer. it turns out he was killed by
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police more than 30 years ago. here's abc's aglek stone. >> kenneth troyer was identified as the person hon effectually assault and murdered karen klas. >> in 1976, karen klass was the ex-wife of bill medley. the 32-year-old was sexually assaulted and strangled in her california home. police got a helping hand from 21st century science. >> familial dna search is the only reason troyer was identified in this horrific crime. >> the sheriff's department says it tracked down the killer using dna searching when a partial match from dna collected at a scene is used to find likely relatives of a suspect. it's been used to solve other cases in california including
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the grim reaper. critics argue it casts too wide a net. >> family members of potential suspects are now subject to questioning that certainly is not fair. >> karen klaas's family was at this news conference 41 years to the after she was attacked. >> on behalf of my family,'s been a long road. and we're just thered that we can close the book. >> reporter: alex stone, abc news, los angeles. coming up, a look at president trump's temporary suspension of america's refugee program and indefinite ban of all refugees. >> why critics are saying the existing vetting process was more than enough. you're watching "world news now." so i mowed the lawn, put up all the decorations. i thought i got everything. almost everything! you know, 1 in 10 houses could get hit by a septic disaster,
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♪ president trump says he's following through on his promise during the campaign to use excessive vetting to try to protect our borders and he is indefinitely banning all syrian refugees, as well. >> but you know, the vetting process can already be quite vigorous as david muir find out following refugee families along their journey from amman,
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jordan, up "up all nightline" with david david muir. >> reporter: in 2016, mo are than 12,000 syrian refugees were admitted to the u.s. before the election we traveled to jordan to see just what the vetting entailed. through this doorway, we immediately cover discover a crush of humanity. refugee families already screened by the u.n. now waiting to be interviewed by the u.s. >> i'd say that the interviewers are highly trained. they're trained to look at the documentation but also for the credibility behind the applicant's story. >> when you say documentation, this is syria. they've been at war for years now. >> yes. >> what kind of documentation do they have if any. >> surprisingly, 97% of all adult applicants in our pipeline have sal lid syrian documentation. >> from here, they are screened through the terrorist watch list. the intelligence databases back in the u.s. and homeland security makes the final decision. the u.s. state department told us of the more than 00,000
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refugees admitted to the u.s. since 9/11, a quote tiny fraction of 1% have been arrested because of terrorism concerns. critics say that's still too many. these refugees the fbi caught in 2011 attempting to buy an anti-aircraft miff they thought would be used against american forces in iraq. they were known insurgents who had fought against u.s. soldiers but still slipped through the cracks. after that incident, president obama drastically curtailing the number of iraqi refugees coming into the country for six months, the vetting procedures overalled. >> last week i asked president trump about the critics who say his ban will only inflame tensions in this country and overseas. >> are you at all concerned it's going to cause more anger around muslims in the world? >> there's plenty of anger right now. how can you have more. >> david, david, i mean, i know
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you're a sophisticated guy. the world is a mess. the world is as angry as it gets. >> it was during our trip we found another family in iman who had been waiting nearly two years for an answer, their home bombed in syria. since our trip we have followed their story. they arrived here in the u.s. in september to a warm welcome from their new community. [ speaking foreign language ] and since then, mustafa has landed a full time job at a local auto parts factory. the kids are thriving in school but he knows he may not be able to share this promise of a better life with relative who have yet to arrive. an uncertainty now shared by thousands of refugees who had pinned their hopes on a new beginning in the united states. for "nightline," i'm david muir in new york. >> david, thank you. coming up, why it of coulds pore to stay in a hotel in pux an
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time now for the mix. i got something for you. super bowl's coming up. everybody's excited. you think you got to go to the super bowl. ticks will be thousands of dollars. hotel roonls will be crazy expensive. get this groundhog day is coming up. everybody descends on punxsutawney, pennsylvania, the hotel rooms, there's phil, by the way. the hotel rooms in punxsutawney for groundhog day $450 a night. hotel rooms in houston average for the super bowl, $340 a night. it costs more to go see punxsutawney phil see or not see his own shadow than to watch tom brady throw ten touchdowns and win another super bowl. even after phil crimes climbs out, 300 bucks a room. there's only two hotels there.
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that's another story. >> don't interrupt a good story with supply and demand. we don't want to hear that. >> which one would you go to. >> punxsutawney flil more popular than tom brady. >> and rob groundkowski and matt ryan? come on. you only see phil once and you see brady like 16 times or 12 times if he's messing with the football. joking, just kidding. just kidding. not funny. we're going to move on to something that's going to make everybody's heart melt. when you're a patriots or falcons fan or none of the above. rain johnstone is a widowyer from south australia looking for a new fishing buddy. he's looking for a fishing mate. my previous fishing mate is now deceased. so he puts this add out there hoping someone will respond. >> that's a nice add. >> maybe because of this killer
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selfie it went viral. he got over 23,000 views. thousands of responses. and he says, i think maybe bachelor stishlgs i like to imagine he did this bachelor style. he picked one. he got all the different responses and he says he found a "mate," who was nearby. local and they're going to go fishing together. >> it was done bachelor style so guys came out and did a whole contest? he would go on ingle fishing trips with them. >> yes. that's the way i imagine it. will you accept this fishing hadding. > or this fishing rod or worm in let's show this. let's just show this because that transition was so unsmooth. look, it's a girl dancing. ♪ >> you really pulled it together. >> this is mioka carmichael, 1.5 million views, 2.8 on her facebook page dancing
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this morning on "world news now," the acting attorney general is being replaced after refusing to defend president trump's executive order on immigration. meanwhile, president obama is breaking protocol and speaking out on the ban. we have the details ahead. >> overnight an outpouring of support in quebec city for the victims of the deadly mosque attack there as we learn the identity of the suspect who gunned down six muslim worshipers. we'll have those new details. a cyclist is clinging for his life. >> the terrible crash that turned terrifying for a rider sent airborne during a pile-up, then hanging over the side of a bridge. the high drama on the bachelor last night. the two the women who hate each other ended up on a two-on-one date with nick. who got the rose and who got the boot?
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a complete wrap-up with our burglar analyst. jack's title is getting longer and longer in "the skinny" on then tuesday, january 31st. >> from abc news, this is sfwhoons ye"world news now." >> yes, what a title. >> chief senior bachelor analyst. >> that's a heck of a title. >> congratulations on the promotion, jack. >> good stuff. i've been waiting with bated breath to hear. >> we begin with the acting attorney general. she is out of a job after defy agpresident trump's immigration ban. >> the president fired sally yates hours after she refused to defend his executive order and publicly questioned whether was legal. yates was a holdover from the obama administration. the president asked her to stay on till a permanent replacement is confirmed. last night he accused her of betrayal. >> meanwhile protesters clashed with police in columbus, ohio and an officer used pepper spray to break up the crowd. but earlier, the president
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appeared unfazed by the growing opposition. >> we actually had a very good day yesterday in terms of homeland security. some day we had to make the move, and we decided to make the move. >> aer president obama is chiming in on the controversy. his spokesman released a statement saying he fundamentally disagrees with faith discrimination and he added that he's heartened by the level of engagement taking place across the country. critics of the order are questioning why those particular seven countries were singled out. that's right. they say the terrorists who launched attacks inside the u.s. actually came from other nations that did not make the list. abc's brian ross takes a closer look. >> reporter: president trump's ban somehow misses the very countries that have produced the terrorists responsible for the deadliest u.s. attacks. none of those killers came from any of the seven countries on his list, libya, sudan, syria, iraq, iran, yemen, and somalia.
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the 9/11 hijackers came from saudi arabia, egypt, lebanon and the united arab emirates. none of them on the list. the wife in the san bernardino terror couple came from pakistan, not on the list. the husband american born. the boston bombing brothers came from the russian republic of dagestan, also not on the list. david muir asked the president about the missing countries last week. >> reporter: let me ask you about some of the countries that won't be on the list. afghanistan, pakistan, saudi arabia. >> you're going to see. you're going to see. we're going to have extreme vetting in all cases and i mean extreme. and we're not letting people in if we think there's even a little chance of some problem. >> reporter: the white house said other countries could be added if necessary. >> it's a 90-day review period, and if you've got other countries, please let us know. >> reporter: refugees from somalia, which is on the list, were involved in two terror attacks last year at a minnesota mall and at ohio state university, but in each case, only the attacker died.
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the president's supporters also point to how the obama administration drastically curtailed the flow of refugees from iraq for six months in 2011. that came after the fbi discovered two iraqi refugees connected to al qaeda had made it into the u.s. and were plotting attacks from their new home in kentucky. >> u.s. military officials tell abc news that the seven countries on mr. trump's list are among the places the military believes isis fighters fleeing the battlefield may try to hide. brian ross, abc news, new york. >> questions are growing about the egalt of president trump's travel ban. legal experts divided whether the courts will find it constitution. on the one hand, federal law gives the president broad powers to control immigration. opponents argue the ban appears to violate the constitution's bar on religious discrimination. already washington and massachusetts are signaling they will challenge the ban in court.
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>> we're just hours away from finding out who trump will nominate for the supreme court. >> he willnounce his pick to be replace antonin scalia at 8:00. p.m. tonight. sources tell abc news he has narrowed down his choice, to judge neil gorsuch, a harvard law grad, judge thomas hardiman sits on the same court as the president's sister. the man suspected of opening fire at a mosque in quebec is charged with six counts of first degree murder in the attack and abc's lan nab zack has more. in a show of international solidarity with the victims of the quebec attack, the eiffel tower in paris went dark. canadian authorities now releasing the name of the suspect alexandre bissonnette, believed to have acted alone. >> we can't express our sadness. >> the quebec cultural center remembered their fellow members killed on sunday. this man asked that the six dead
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be remembered as members of the community. they had wives, children, families. prime minister trudeau said the act of terror committed against the muslim community was an attack against all canadians. >> we will mourn this devastating attack and we will heel together heal together as one community, as one country, and as one family. >> reporter: investigators are piecing together the details of the fatal shooting attack that left six people dead, eight more injured. investigators are saying little about the motivation. >> we know that this horror has been based on intolerance and hot red towards one spec community. it's too early to say exactly what kind of message these people, horrible message they wanted to send. >> reporter: president trump spoke with canada's prime minister and offered up the support of the united states. one other thing, according to the white house spokesman, both men agreed on the need to let the investigation play out and not rush to any judgment. >> thank you, lana. a big shift in policy for the boy scouts. it now appears or it will now
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allow transgender children who identify as boys to be scouts. the organization says it made the decision to begin basing enrollments in its programs on gender listed on the application to become a scout. the boy scouts had previously held a policy that relied on the gender listed on a child's birth certificate. >> five homes in the hills above los angeles have been evacuated after a mudslide. it buried two power poles and took down power lines knocking out electricity to the neighborhood. at least three homes were damaged but officials think the area is stable now though they are keeping an eye out overnight. in northern california, crews have knocked down a 20-unit apartment complex which had been hanging on the edge of the ocean. residents have moved out about a year ago because of the danger. you can see it right there over the cliff. neighbors on the block now fear their houses could be next to go, given the continued erosion. pretty scary for anyone living in that neighborhood.
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they could have missed an opportunity. people stare at webcams looking at traffic intersection or even a puddle. imagine the kind of webcam traffic they could have gotten for people waiting to see what happened at the complex. they could have used the money from advertising on the cam to reimburse whoever owns that building. >> i'm going to say something it's silly. forget it. i was like you could try to pretend you're pushing it over. forget it. anyway, your idea is much better. webcam. >> i think we should move on. coming up, count down to super bowl sunday. last night was super bowl media night's kickoff. we call it opening night. we found out fun little tidbits about the falcons and pats including favorite pickup lines, favorite karaoke songs and then austria. into women of "the >> mean highway, women of "the bachelor" are dialing up both the heat and the drama. see what's being called the lamest group date ever.
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the rider unbelievably made it through okay. says he has a bit of road rash. he almost fell off that bridge. >> you could see him clinging to the side of the divider there. >> quick thinking. >> glad no one got seriously hurt in that one. both super bowl teams are already in houston ahead of sunday's big game. last night the falcons and patriots participated in what the nfl now calls super bowl opening night. >> this is the event that used to be known as media day. no matter what they call it, the players and the coaches just can't avoid some of the strangest questions you've ever heard. >> go to pickup line for a girl. >> i like to play the guitar. i'm not that good. >> you have pretty eyes? i don't know. >> this thing's very soft. you got to the shampoo and condition. put beard oil on there sometimes. >> bromance. i got a couple bromances. ben affleck, wicked, matt damon, wicked. >> mark wahlberg. >> >> karaoke song for me "jesse's girl," some kind of '80s pop rock. >> i love chocolate chip
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cookies. little debbie's get me. >> i can't even tell you how much of a highlight it is for me. good, that's it? >> bill belichick always looks so excited. >> always looks so uncomfortable. so uncomfortable. he is my favorite person there. >> what's your go-to karaoke song? >> god, you put me on the spot. i know yours. you told me once. >> do you? >> no, i don't. tell me. >> do you put conditioner or beard oil on that thing? >> you know what? i did this morning. >> it's very soft. >> i shampooed it this weekend. >> there was one moment in that whole thing where someone in the crowd actually stole the spotlight for a little while because the person presumably a tom brady fan was wearing -- did you catch that? it's a freaky tom brady mask. at one point tom brady noticed the mask in the crowd and his response was whoa. >> looks a little like him. >> so weird. >> it's kind of creepy. >> also on the scene having fun
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with the houston texans, mascot was the empress of austria, elizabeth u. his real name is julian kurtzwernhart. a reporter from austria covering the super bowl for the past six years. word is he gave more interviews last night than he conducted because that's what happens when you're going to dress up and go into media day looking like that. >> you've covered the super bowl before, right? >> i have, last year. >> did you go as queen elizabeth? >> no, i didn't. of course, not. >> when we come back, who got the boot and who got a rose last night on "the bachelor." >> i know you can't wait. what game of thrones heartthrob kit harington is saying about his own deflowering. > we're going there. "the skinny" is next. his own deflowering. > we're going there. "the skinny" is next. so i mowed the lawn, put up all the decorations. i thought i got everything. almost everything! you know, 1 in 10 houses could get hit by a septic disaster,
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♪ skinny, so skinny >> skinny time starting with the "bachelor." >> oh, yeah. the crowd of women is being seriously reduced. you guys, can you believe it? here with all the details is our chief senior bachelor analyst jack sheehan. jack, what's up? >> your favorite episode ever, right? >> it was, no. it wasn't. they're being seriously reduced thankfully. 15 women started last night. there was a rose ceremony, two of them were ousted, astrid, sarah, much like the old acting attorney general, you're fired. roll that beautiful bachelor footage. headline here, bachelor in the big easy. high drama in the french quarter and on the bayou. it was a one-on-one date. nick and rachel. they were shopping. they were eaten beignets at the cafe dumond. >> whoa, look at that. >> there was second lining going on. they hit a concert eventually.
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nick says, "i'm super into you." rachel gets the rose. she's going to be around for a while. now to what i'll declare the lamest, stupidest, overall worst group date in bachelor history. >> tell us how you really feel. >> it was horrible. >> why? >> it was at a haunted mansion. it was ouji boards involved. just absolute stupidity. it doesn't get worse than this. >> the chandelier fell. >> unfortunately, it didn't hit anybody. the only redeeming quality in this whole mess was that our girl danielle m. got the group date rose. so she's sticking around for a while. good go, danielle m. two-on-one date, nick, corrine and taylor. corrine and taylor don't like each other. >> they hate each other. >> you predicted this would happen.
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>> that's right, that's right. so i did the analyst is right on it. predicted. these two had clashed earlier about emotional intelligence. >> oh. >> there was accusations of rudeness. >> oh. >> of not being there for the right reasons. >> what? >> no doubt. >> gosh. >> nick eventually gives the rose to corrine, unfortunately. >> wait, who's corrine? >> she's corrine. she's got the rose. taylor, you're gone. taylor though is not going quietly into that good night. she's out for revenge. she eventually butts into corrine and nick's dinner. we might see both of them on their way out the door next week. kiss count, kiss count, the kiss count stops at eight. >> whoa. >> he's going on a down slope. >> he is diving >> second week in a row. quick super bowl prediction, atlanta 41, new england 47.
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last team with the ball wins. analyst out. >> nice. i like ending on the prediction. >> jack, analysis spans from the bachelor all the way to the super bowl. >> dropped a rose. coming up next, kit harrington is getting super personal about his love life. >> fans of "game of thrones" vividly recall his character jon snow losing his virginity in the steamy love scene but things have changed. >> he told "elle" magazine about his own deflowering. >> he says it was a typical sort of teenage thing at a party with a girl. how young was he? when the reporter asked how old he was she said maybe 13 years old, he said no, but you're not far off. >> he never did reveal the actual age but he said "i was probably too young." >> what? >> that feels like tmi. >> it wasn't in a cave with a
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align, press and unzip. ♪ i don't want to live forever cause i know i'll be living in vain ♪ ♪ and i don't want to fit wherever, i just want to keep calling your name until you come back home ♪ >> you know you're one of the cool kids when you have no idea who anybody is on the -- >> who is bradley gilbert. >> last day of january which means for many of us, your new year's resolution totally go up in smoke if they haven't already. >> one woman in virginia is not only reaching an impossible resolution goal but now going well beyond that. you got to check this out. here's abc's linsey davis. [ cheers ] >> reporter: it is a moment one year in the making. coach betsy lavin gearing up for her own milestone swim cheered on by her children and
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their teammates. for lavin, the notion of going the distance became a personal goal. eight years ago, the former college swimmer was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, suffering occasional paralysis and numbness. her 12-year-old son assumed the worst. >> so i went to talk to liam, and he said, if i were going to die, would i be able to swim a million yards? >> reporter: last january, she pledged to swim 1 million yards. 568 miles by the end of the year. last month, with the community tracking her every lap, the williamsburg, virginia mother of three reached her goal. >> i didn't realize how important it was to me. both the goal and the team, until i completed it. >> reporter: her goal for this year is 1.1 million. linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> what a feat. i mean, she swam an average of 48 miles a month. >> you used to swim, too.
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>> how difficult is it to do something like that? >> it's extremely difficult. it's so hard, it's back and forth. it's really, really tough. kudos to her for doing all that work. >> just so you know, next year i'm going to top it. no big deal. >> do it. meantime it, outside of nor foreclosure virginia, one man gave his wife a very special gift for their 20th wedding anniversary. >> scott gave his wife cindy a kidney. she suffers from polycystic kidney disease and has been on dialysis for two years. >> the transplant surgery happened the day before their 20th anniversary. he tells local media that the light she got back into her eyes he doesn't have the words for it. >> their daughter kate so far is the only one of the five kids to have tested positive for the hereditary disease and they are now hoping to raise awareness by sharing their story. 20th anniversary traditionally is china. i was wondering if after all this she said thank you so much, sweetheart. where is my china?
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. making news in america this morning, president trump has issued his first firing as commander in chief removing the acting attorney general after she refused to defend his immigration order. we have news on the new protest overnight. plus, barack obama weighs in on president trump's decisions for the first time. we're live in washington. the big decision coming today. president trump will name his nomination for supreme court justice. who is on the short list? the boy scouts are making a significant shift. the new policy that will allow transgender children to enroll. choked up. tom brady gets emotional at the super bowl opening night. a question about family that nearly had him in tears. a goodue

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