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now. >> okay. all right. it's a weird video. so there's a crazy weird story going on behind it. that's floppy. she was found in the summer of 2016 wandering outside the i.p. company in budapest in hungary. now all the people that work in that company decided, let's adopt her. come on in, you became kind of like the office pet. the thing is, in winter 2016, floppy caught site of beast. he's floppy watching some of beast's videos. beast is also a white poodle. >> he's so handsome. >> are you kidding me? >> he's also got beast's picture there on the wall. >> no way. >> it appears she's found a stand-in, i suppose you could say. >> no. you got to be kidding me. >> yeah. well, the thing is, i ain't saying she's a gold digger, but she's dealing with a broke dog. beast has 2.5 million followers
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on facebook. and it might be because beast's family name is beast zuckerberg. >> oh. >> yes, beast zuckerberg is part of that family. social media royalty. as you can see from the videos they share, they figured that love knows no barriers and they basically put their proposal out. they poked him. they are looking for a friend request. >> i do also recognize we have seen our very first dog proposal on "right this minute." >> dog-prosal, yeah. there's a website. >> a website? >> hope city. enough passion will come from this family and the knock on the zuckerbergs, they may be getting it together. >> they are just doing something wrong. >> i'm wondering if floppy sees our story, if she may take a
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liking to you. floppy, call us. >> i don't know how much longer this mop is going to last. >> this mop. >> okay. you have a very light-headed head. floppy, i believe in your floppy love. best of luck. florida. the company says, this isn't aimed at replacing the drivers, it is aimed at making drivers more efficient. >> here is the idea. it would allow them to make a delivery while the drone is flying another package to it next destination. then the drone and the driver would rendezvous at predeter menned location. drone delivery is years away from being approved. but it looks on its way. >> trying to get the dog to fetch the paper isn't working out. maybe this will work. >> wal-mart's recent investment in online sales is paying off.
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the company surprised wall street analysts saying e-commerce sales in the u.s. up 29% from a year ago. compared to 22% increase by online retail giant amazon. wal-mart pointed to the retooling of online shopping program as one of the reason for the growth. >> if you love if talian olive oil it will cost you a little more. experts say costs are going up because of combination of bad weather and pests. particularly, in italy. those problems could result in price jumps of as much as 20% here in the u.s. the vast majority of the olive oil consumed here is imported either from italy or spain. >> how will this affect my dirty martini? >> the key. your dirty martini? >> put the skinny investigative unit on that. >> it's the olive that will be pretty bad. turning now to a driving hazard that is hitting all of us in the wallet. >> new report shedding light on one of the reasons behind the spike in auto insurance premiums.
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may have nothing to do with how you drive. >> reporter: the new report revealing what is driving car insurance premiums up coast to coast. distracted drivers are costing us all more. this teen, veering across the yellow line and on to the grass on the other side of the road. this driver, plowing into a parked patrol car while using his phone. confessing when heap got out. >> you okay? >> that's what i get for -- >> insurance industry experts say the number of crashes involving distracted drivers are helping push up rates. the typical driver now spending $926 every year on auto insurance. that's up 16% from 2011. but there are ways many consumers don't think of to pay lower premiums. combine your homeowners and auto coverage. many insurers will give you a discount. if you have a short commute take advantage of possible low mileage discounts. and few realize a good credit score can some times score you a
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discount too. you can save up to 10% alone by combining policies. you can also enroll in a defensive driving course for further insurance discounts. >> thank you. coming up. enjoying the great indoors. >> toys/games the family can enjoy no matter what the weather is look outside. so the olive is cheaper? take mucinex dm. it'll take care of your cough. fine! i'll text you in 4 hours when your cough returns. one pill lasts 12 hours, so... looks like i'm good all night! ah! david, please, listen. still not coughing. not fair you guys! waffles are my favorite! ah! some cough medicines only last 4 hours. but just one mucinex lasts 12 hours. start the relief. ditch the misery. let's end this.
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>> whole line of toys, twist time. this is my favorite. tower crash. lots of ways to play the game. essentially let you throw this. >> throw it at it. >> no. no. that could be another way to play. you have a green one. build the tower high as possible. >> put it here? >> yeah. >> we may be starting on the ground. >> take one out. >> we can play that way too. build a tall tower. play it like a jenga game. pulling. lots of ways to play. lots of fun. keep everyone on their toes. a little speed we are looking for, fast thinking game. 59 second. this is a great little game. you have five card in your hand. the rest of these are yours. you always have five cards in your hand. >> shouldn't show you my card. >> two card down. 8, 10. what you need to do, get rid of your card, by going one consecutive up or one down. >> ten. >> can't dupe math.
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>> 11. now you can do a 10, 12. i got the 12. i am winning already. >> you will win the whole thing. >> just keep going. >> reason we are on tv. wow. >> okay. so this is a game. that has -- skill and agility. going to give this to you. you need to pour it into the bucket. sometimes land on the c, card. hop on one foot. >> hop on one foot. >> make two pours in the bucket. >> this sound like one of the games you play in college. except it ends with shots at the end. two little pours in the bucket. >> while pouring two. >> go ahead. >> no. >> no, no. >> obviously you don't want to sink the bucket. >> we have wet stuff here on our cookie crafter. what is the best thing to do in everyone's home, hang in the kitchen? now we take graham crackers, all shapes, turn this on. look what we can do. i could actually take pieces of
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this. >> make it. >> i can turn this into a design. want to give it a try. go ahead. >> okay. >> have the great little designs. couple different shapes. you want to go out. frosting. sprinkles. how cool is that? >> great. >> yeah. >> all right. >> doing a good job. >> look at that. finished it. that's great. perfect. >> yep. take that right off. >> okay. awesome. >> something to do. >> do you remember, slinky-dinks? >> i've don't. >> shrinky-dinks. get plastic. you can bake them in the oven. you get the oven. when you are done, great things. kits that are the secret life of pets. now we have sets. you can play. kids can make room decor, like light up butter flies. you can make jewelry. so, girls, boys, everyone, and it is great because parents get to do something with their kids that they remember. and it is new for the kids. >> kids nowadays, despite all
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the technology. >> love this. >> love it. >> love this. speaking about like the crafty kind of thing. coloring. coloring not just for little kids. >> not passe? >> no. adults love is. two things. cr crayola, arts with edge. we have designs kids love. and then you have color escapes. 12 big sheet. all of these beautiful colored pencils. you are done. frame them. art to hang. >> occupy their time for what, good hour, two. >> all day. >> everyone could sit around the table all day long. >> awesome. great tips. great idea. sorry i messed up the table. >> okay. fun, watching you hop. >> watching me hop. i can't dupe math. i can't do two things at the same time. all right, laurie. thank you so much. always a pleasure. interested in learn morgue about the games and these planning of projec projects, visit, toyinsider.com
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♪ ♪ >> welcome back to "world news now." you may have noticed. kendice and i were actually out the past couple days. some of you noticed. you wrote to us on social media. >> a lot of people wrote to us on social media. >> thank you. >> producer presented a list. want to share some of the love back with you guys. we are happy to be here. >> simeon says, gio benitez, nice to see you two at the wnn desk. >> nice, welcome, gio and adrian. >> nice, cute.
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>> so, stephanie, stephanie, writes,@gio benitez, can you please stay perm fently. >> brenda, says no, kendis, well i don't mind seeing gio benitez. smilie face. exclamati exclamation. >> sorry, sorry, buddy. >> uh-huh. >> so, eric, writes. gio benitez and adrian on abc wnn again. it's like christmas never ended. >> what a treat waking up to gio ben spichlt benitez. >> why is that they're in love with gio? do we have anything that would show why they're in love with gio so much. >> oh. >> sweet. great personality. >> he likes trees. >> he likes nature. is that what it is?
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>> i don't know. woke up, was mad until i saw gio was on my tv on abc wnn. now kind of okay with it. >> seriously people. pretend as if you did miss us. did you miss us one little bit? >> seriously. >> but, writes, today was okay. with gio benitez and the other lady. sure missed diana and kendis. don't let them be off again. >> the one twitter follower who missed us. slash, my alias, i may have written. >> the gun show or six-pack abs, what its it about gio? >> the smile. >> the smile. >> definitely. yeah. >> that's it.
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this morning on "world news now," the president addressing the spike in threats against jewish americans. >> the alarming increase prompted reporters to ask president trump if any action would be taken to stop the threats. his answers then were deemed unsatisfying to critics expecting more. hear how his direct response yesterday to the threats is now being received. >> high water emergencies in california drenching rains, flooding neighborhood, forcing hundreds of people from their homes. and now concern about what is in that floodwater. we'll have the latest. >> then new video of dramatic rescue in central park. teens taking a selfie together and second later they plunge into an icy spond. see how they were pulled to safety. >> you may have a reason to embrace that face for radio.
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could a new study prove that pretty people might not always get what they want in life? i mean, i would -- these are our staffers, really? these close-up, chris campbell, it is wednesday, february 22nd. from abc news, this is "world news now." you think they knew what story they were posing for when they agreed to take pictures? >> sure they were told it was about all the beautiful people that work here on "world news now." >> all right. we'll get more on why you should embrace the ugly coming up. our top story this half-hour, president trump denouncing anti-semitism. the statement came in the weak of the vandalism of jewish graves at a missouri cemetery and bomb threats at jewish community centers. >> the president's daughter. vanka tweeted a call for religious tolerance. some still aren't satisfied with what he is saying.
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we get more now from abc's jonathan carl. >> reporter: president trump used a visit to washington's new african-american history museum to finally denounce the spate of anti-semitic threats and attacks in the united states. >> this is a meaningful reminder of why we have to fight bigotry, intolerance, and hatred in all of its very ugly forms. >> one of the moets jarring incidents this jewish cemetery near st. louis desecrated more than 100 tombstones overturned. the fbi launched an investigation into bomb threats that have sparked terrifying evacuations of children. some in cribs from jewer community centers. 68 incidents in all. 11 threats across the country. president trump said he denounces anti-semitism whenever he gets a chance. listen to what happened when he was directly asked about it. >> mr. president, sips your election campaign and even after
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your victory, we have seen a sharp rise in anti-semitic incidents across the united states. >> instead of condemning anti-semitism he first talked about his election victory. >> well i just want to say that we are, you know, very honored by the victory that we had, 306 electoral college votes. then he, asked again at his solo press conference, instead of denouncing it anti-semitism, he denounced the person asking the question. >> there has been a report out that 48 bomb threats have been made against jewish sent ears cross the country in the last couple week. there are people who are committing anti-semitic acts or threatening. >> he said he was going to ask a simple easy question. and it's not. it's not. not a simple question. not a fair question. sit down, i understand the rest of your question. i am the least anti-semitic person that you have ever seen in your life. >> after the fbi announced its
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investigation, a response from trump. ivanka trump, tweeting america is a nation built on the prince pull of religious tolerance. we must protect our houses of worship and religious centers. #-jcc. jewish community center. on twitter, hillary clinton for the first time called on president trump to act. jcc threats, cemetery desecration, and online attacks are so troubling and they need to be stopped. everyone must speak out, starting with potus. and he did. >> the anti-semitic threats targeting our jewish community and community centers are horrible. and are painful. and a very sad reminder of the work that still must be done to root out hate and prejudice and evil. >> reporter: white house press secretary sean spicer was asked but didn't directly answer why it has taken the president so
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long to condemn this recent series of anti-semitic attacks. what he said was the president has been forceful in denouncing anti-semitism and racism since the day he was elected. in fact going back to the very beginning of his campaign. jonathan carl, abc news, the white house. >> deportation worries arising among many of the nation's 11 million undocumented immigrants. the trump administration signing off on new immigration rules. the department of homeland security is now set to deport anyone charged or convicted of a criminal offense. deportation is also possible for anyone. immigration officer deems risk to public safety. children of undocumented immigrants say the new guidelines have their parents living in fear. >> they're scared to go out. and get pulled over by immigration. by ice. i don't think that's fair. they're not krim namz. >> and any one who entered the country illegally in the past two years may face deportation, and does not affect people known
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as dreamers. those it grnlts who came to the u.s. illegally as children. >> changes ahead on the issue of restrooms and transgender students. the white house set toer to new guidance on the controversial topic. right now schools are required to allow transgender students to use restrooms of their chosen gender. enforcement is on hold pending court decision. a spokesperson says, president trump feels it is an issue for states to decide. >> planned parenthood scored two important victories on keeping funding. federal judge in texas seltz the state cannot kick out the charity from it medicaid program. at least not without a full trial. texas tried to defund planned parenthood amid allegations that the organization tried to illegally sell fetal organs. the judge expressed skepticism. and defunding the agency would deprive patients with needed health service, cancer screening. similar defunding efforts failed in other states as well. in virginia the governor vetoed a bill that would block state
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funding for clinics, performing abortions for women not covered by medicaid. vetoed the same bill last year. the bill spop sore is hoping the general assembly will override it this week. >> heaviest rain may be tapering off. northern californians are dealing with the effects. more than 250 residents of san jose had to be rescued when fast rising flood waters swamped their neighborhood. residents say it happened so quickly they had no time to prepare. the anderson dam is overflowing creating a hazard to those downstream. >> all of the water in the creek watershed right now is dangerous. it is swift moving. carrying debris with it from areas that haven't seen water in years. and on top of that it may be contaminated. >> many of the neighborhoods residents are spending the night in shelters. there its other flooding in northern california as the well, mudslide. washed away roads. downed trees as well as the power outages. >> quite a few amazing images out of there. speak of images. our first look at a group of
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teenagers frantically frying to escape after falling through thin ice on a pond in new york central park. nine of them went out on the ice. to take a selfie. seven fell into the frigid walter when the ice gave way. good samaritans there, came to the rescue helping all to safety. they were treated at hospitals. all but one released. >> something of a home come offing in los angeles for magic johnson. the lakers star, now his former team's president of basketball operations. that means he has the power to make trades. and he apparent leap has already made at least one. johnson won five nba titles in the lakers in the 80s. and part owner of the l.a. dodgers and l.a. pride apparently. >> i guess doing well. couple weeks agoept told you about a 106-year-old psych mist in france. now, check out -- 99 1/2-year-old schemer, george genof. >> george started hitting the slopes in utah, 57 years ago.
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get this he has gone every year since then, says he has no plans to stop any time soon. >> he its also something of a floss ferrell, king of the slopes. george says to be a skier you have to love skiing no matter what kind of weather it is. i am having ptsd watching the video. he says, staying positive will make you a lot happier. >> amazing able to do that at 99 1/2 not injure himself. >> some people in their 20s. >> unlike. >> well. >> knock out their backs while on the slopes. in vermont. >> you want to tell the people, why you were out the past couple days. >> because i am a 20-year-old -- >> someup one is not as good ase 99 1/2-year-old. >> trying to shed some nar after not being on the slope is not a good thing. don't try it. the back. >> looking good. you are okay. >> coming up -- the dramatic rescue caught on camera. you will want to check this out.
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new video released by d.c. police of a fiery crash. not far from the u.s. capitol building. see what officers did. >> reliving the pain to jump-start a movement. what parents of trayvon martin are doing five years after their unarmed son was gunned down that they hope will help bridge america's racial divide. >> remember to find us on facebook. wnnfans.com. and on twitter. take mucinex dm. it'll take care of your cough. fine! i'll text you in 4 hours when your cough returns. one pill lasts 12 hours, so... looks like i'm good all night! ah! david, please, listen. still not coughing. not fair you guys! waffles are my favorite! ah! some cough medicines only last 4 hours. but just one mucinex lasts 12 hours. start the relief. ditch the misery. let's end this. shis it dna or olay? us 20-something skin. new olay total effects fights seven signs of aging to help
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>> can you open the door? >> dramatic images washington, d.c. police officer rescues a man from his burning car. once the door was opened, they got his seatbelt off, dragged him to safety. other officers broke more windows to see if anyone else was inside the vehicle. you hear them calling out for anyone else. the driver was the only one, we should say, he was treated, released from the hospital. very fortunate there. >> yeah, reasons to be thankful this morning. >> one of the first events that helped fuel the black lives matter movement, shooting of trayvon martin. >> martin's parents put their word of anguish in action. we are up all "nightline" with byron pitts. >> reporter: five years ago this month when 17-year-old trayvon martin, unharmed, holding a bag
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of skittles bottle of iced tea was shot and killed by neighborhood watchman, george zimmerman. >> trayvon's parents, sabrina and tracy penned a powerful memoir called "rest in power" the enduring life of trayvon martin. a look back at the son they raised. and the trajvajic e tragic even change their lives. >> he loved doing things outdoors. so, just to have this life cut short and not to see him continue to do the things he liked it was very devastating. >> reporter: the bullet from george zimmerman's gun, pierced trayvon martin's heart and exposed and old wound in america's soul. fulton and martin paint a painful picture of confusion and frustration that followed. >> something else in the book i was struck by. this notion that there is this 17-year-old boy dead on the sidewalk. police don't canvas the neighborhood. don't knock on doors to say, hey
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is this your son. why not? >> i couldn't tell you that. when i return to the residence that -- even that night, the crime scene tape had been taken down. and there was no soon of any altercations on the scene. and so -- it, it still isn't clear to me. >> they founded the trayvon martin foundation. here at florida memorial university. >> everything in here is trayvon. >> sabrina spoke at the democratic national convention last summer. >> i am here today for my son, trayvon martin in heaven. >> campaigned heavily for hillary clinton. each thinking of running for office herself. how does one go from beingbeing reluctant to being some one kidding running for office. >> i would not have imagined this. some times your life you are dealt card. you need to make sure that you are playing the hand right. >> i would imagine knowing that your son is the face of a
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movement, has to energize you in some way? >> but also imagine it can be a tremendous burden, yes? >> i would much rather prefer my life as the it was to. have both boys here. to just be going on vacation, going to work every day. and them going to school. but i know that it is not just about trayvon martin, it its about so many other trayvon martins, it is about our young lady being shot and killed, it is about, our teenagers being shot and killed. men being shot and killed. and so, it is so much bigger than trayvon that twee really didn't understand initially but i think we kind of get it now. that it is very important that we continue this fight. >> for "nightline," byron pitts in miami. >> the book just came out tuesday. his parents say they're kidding running for office. >> yes. we'll see how it all plays out. so much happened in five years. hard to believe five years. a lot has happened since then.
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>> all right, come offing up in the next half-hour. the new video of harrison ford's close call with a 737 as authorities say he mistook the taxi way for the run way. >> first, bao baoo goats bye-bye. one of the beloved giant pandas on the panda express and for a new life. you're watching "world news now." troducing flonase sensimis. more complete allergy relief in a gentle mist you may not even notice. using unique mistpro technology, new flonase sensimist delivers a gentle mist to help block six key inflammatory substances that cause your symptoms. most allergy pills only block one. and six is greater than one. break through your allergies. new flonase sensimist. ♪
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♪ ♪ >> oh. oh. >> never miss an opportunity to play panda. >> play panda. designer. >> the only reason we are doing the story. >> the only reason. bao bao would stay at the national zoo until the hit song. the national zoo, great opportunity to get panda in the news. grow up so quickly. remember early days when they were resembling a stick of butter, to first birthday, on a bamboo sandwich. >> resembled a stick of butter. >> they did. >> now bao bao, bid her farewell to an adoring nation. here is abc's matt gutman. >> reporter: bao bao born a star and grew up squeaking. under the glare of the
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smithsonian cameras watched by millions. but now she is 3. and it is time for the 200 pound bundle of cuteness, bao bao to take a bow from the american stage. the sole passenger aboard panda express to china. part of the deal. all pandas are technically on loan from the chinese. she left on the panda eared forklift to waves from fans. it is first-class travel for bao bao in her suite, 50 found of bamboo, apples, sweet potato, honey water and panda caviar. >> as a special treat. sugar cane. >> pandas in america get extraordinary care. met the twins at the zoo atlanta. where i learned they're not soft. criminally cute. and unfortunately threatened in the wild. which is why bao bao is going back to china to breed. the in flight movie might we suggest, kung fu panda.
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okay, so it has been thought the pretty people get paid more and get better jobs all along. but apparently some scientists have put work into this. and that is not necessarily the case. university of massachusetts had nothing better to do over the last 13 years, study some 20,000 people, two researchers there to find whether very unattractive people got paid less. apparently they found that no. so, they found that very unattractive subjects always earned significantly more than those classified as simply unattractive. the reason behind this whole theory is because, the very unattractive, apparently, worked harder because they didn't rely as much on their looks. all of which i have no idea.
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personally. >> should we feel good or bad about the fact that we don't make a lot of money. >> depend on whether or not we consider ourselves unattractive or very unattractive. which level of unattractive. >> it could be either? >> do they factor in tom brady and giselle into this. this sound? >> little flawed. >> make a lot of money. and they're pretty. >> you have to be very unattractive to make a lot of money. you can't just be kind of unattractive. >> if you are just unattractive. you are not doing that well. >> ugly it up people. you can do better. >> the ugly tree. every branch. >> more pressing issues. >> uh-huh. >> at steak now. president of iceland reignited a pizza war. saying, while speaking to a group of children, if he had his way, he would ban pineapple from pizza. in the entire country. >> let's move to iceland. >> this sparked a massive debate including in the studio.
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i would eat some pineapple peelt zbla. >> i think it is just a horrible, horrible, disgrace to put pineapple on top of pizza. >> i also want to put this in perspective. have you been to iceland? do you know what kind of food they eat there? people who eat fermented shark. worried about pineapple on pizza. >> something may be more appetizi appetizing, at least for your eyes. recent youtuber featured this creation. a giant mac and cheese and cheeto's donut. look at that. so huge. you need two to dig in. actually mac and cheese. not cheeto's. >> full of mac and cheese. >> yeah. >> as well as the butter, heavy cream. >> giant fried mac and cheese ball. >> cheese sauce. >> bring me one? >> no. >> we will work on that. hopefully brought me something else. >> yeah, go back and fogth on this one. it is national margarita day. >> i didn't bring any for
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this morning on "world news now," fears of deportation sweeping the country. president trump rolls out specifics of his immigration policy, delivering on many campaign promises. what does this mean for undocumented immigrants and their families? full story ahead. >> a missouri man stands accused of trying to help plot isis-style attacks in kansas city. hear how agents say they were able to nab the accused would-be terrorist. >> and this half-hour, the new video of harrison ford's close call with a 737. >> getting our first look at the actor barely missing a packed jetliner when he confused the run way with a taxi way. find out what we are
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discovering. >> this is huge. a "world news now" exclusive. the impostor posing as r & b singer cisco to get into fashion shows all over new york. the real sisqo breaking his silence this morning. our very own skinny investigative unit. it is wednesday, february 22nd, a day that will live in infamy history here on "world news now." >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." ♪ >> this is huge. >> the skinny investigative unit. >> this is a huge day, folks. i mean, we can't -- do you understand what is happening? >> i can't wrap my head around it. i'm speechless. >> it is -- it is -- >> we exclusively spoke with sisqo, just a matter of minutes ago. >> wait till you see what he was wearing? >> yes. >> by skype. got to tell you how big this has been. brian ross trying to get an interview with him. the same for, amy robach. >> no, i will not talk to oprah,
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i will only talk to kendis and diana. >> robin roberts tried it. michael strahan, said, i just got to "gma," why don't i interview sisqo, no, only us. >> we will get to that in a moment. >> first, begin with the other big story, the other big story. sweeping changes to immigration enforcement as candidate donald trump promised to take action now as president following through. >> new policies laid out by the trump administration could lead to the mass detention and deportation of many of the countries 11 million undocumented immigrants. >> the president is leaving some protections in place. specifically for the three quarters of a million people who came to the u.s. as children. abc's cecelia vega has details. >> reporter: trump administration signing off on new immigration rules that could put the majority of the country's 11 million undocumented immigrants at risk of deportation. an overhaul of the immigration system a promise at the heart of donald trump's campaign from the very beginning.
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>> we are rounding them up in a very humane way. >> reporter: his pledge to target the worst of the worst. >> we have some bad hombres here we will get them out. >> reporter: new orders issued by department of homeland security go beyond that. under president obama the priority was deporting serious criminals. but the new policy directs immigration and border patrol agents to deport anyone convicted of any criminal offense including crimes like driving without a license. people charged but not convicted could be targeted too. as well as anyone an immigration officer deems a risk to public safety. in the past any undocumented immigrant arrested within two weeks of arriving in the country faced expedited deportation. now anyone who entered illegally within the past two years could face expedited deportation, a much larger group. its one of the goals here mass deportation? >> no. >> not at all? >> is the white house's message today to undocumented people in
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this country whose only crime its being in this country illegally, don't worry? or you are on notice? >> the message from this white house and from the dhs is that those people who are in this country, and pose a threat to our public safety, or have committed a crime, will be the first to go and we will be aggressively making sure that that occurs. >> what about others who aren't? they're watching this fearful now? >> the president has said, multiple times, that we have got to look at the issue on ape very, very, holistic way. >> the white house insists this is about enforcing the laws already on the books. >> for so long the people at ice, cpb had their handcuffed. >> president obama expelled record numbers of undocumented immigrants, earning reputation as deporter in chief. but critics say people who are not serious criminals are already being caught up in president trump's crackdown.
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people like guadalupe rios, an undocumented mother deported from phoenix her arrest sparking protests. and a woman, who is hunkered down in a denver church seeking sanctuary. but the new rules do not affect the more than 750,000 people who came to the country illegally as children. known as dreamers. >> they shouldn't be worried. they are here illegally. they shouldn't be worried. i do have a big heart. >> now, sean spicer said matter of dreamers is not settled. another part of the plan, a plan to hire 15,000 border patrol agents and immigration officers and to call on local police to help with deportations. how all this gets paid for remains to be seen. cecelia vega, abc news, the white house. >> thanks. president trump is denouncing anti-semitism. jewish groups were upset. that he ducked a question about anti-semitism in the u.s. at last week's news conference. then there was a rash of bomb threats to jewish community
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centers around the country and desecration of a jewish cemetery near st. louis. his daughter ivanka weighed in addressing religious intolerance. the president spoke out during a speech at the african-american museum in washington. >> the anti-semitic threats, targeting jewish community and community centers, are horrible and are painful. and a very sad reminder of the work that still must be done to root out hate and prejudice and evil. >> now some critics are applauding the president. others though are dismissing the statement as "a band-aid on the cancer of anti-semitism." quote from one of the critics. another said the statement would have been better if it had been issued months earlier. >> the supreme court weighing arguments in a case, deadly shooting by a u.s. border agent. agent jesus mesa shot and killed a mexican teen on the mexican side of the border in 2010. at issue whether the teen's
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family can sue over their son's death in u.s. federal court. the high court deciding whether fourth amendment protections should apply when some one is not on american soil. so far, lower courts sided with agent mesa. >> missouri born army veteran charged with trying to provide support to isis. detention hearing friday for robert hester jr. hester accused of plotting a president's day attack on buses and trains in kansas city. captured friday, when he arrived at a meeting that he thought was with an isis sympathizer. >> a dam. >> northern california running out of room for all the rain water. a dam near san jose is full and is overflowing, the water raced down a creek into a neighborhood. hundreds had to be rescued. from the fast-moving water. they didn't have time to prepare or even grab any possessions.
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the flood watt urz -- waters may also be contaminated by sewage. looking at the weather radar, see the storm system is moving away from the west coast. there is still a chance of light rain in northern california, oregon, washington, but nothing like the heavy downpours over the past few days. >> but take a look at the temperatures in the rest of the country. looks more like spring than february. we expect to see some record high temperatures in the midwest. temperatures in the 30, 40 degrees above normal. north east will, only be 10 to 15 degrees warmer than normal. we will take that. >> 70 degrees in chicago. february 22nd. >> who would have guessed? >> new fallout from sales sandal at wells fargo. company directors fired four senior managers and executives. they are the first public dismissals since the bank acknowledged employees opened millions of accounts without authorization. all four executives denied last year's bonuses and they will forfeit some stock options. >> what would you do if you needed help with math home work? big problem, right? >> uh-huh. >> one fifth grader, thought it was so big she contacted the police. >> 10-year-old lena draper,
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messaged marion, ohio, police department facebook page. officer b.j.gruber responded. okay, with what? >> when lena wrote the math equations she needed help with. the officer told her do the numbers in parentheses first, then powers, roots, multiplication, division, left to right. >> you looked that up? >> i remembered a song my math teacher taught us in fifth grade. lena asked the officer a difficult question. he helped her again. however, some folks pointed out that officer gruber's guidance turned out to be incorrect. he said he hoped people would at least give him an a for effort. >> his math was wrong. >> yeah, but his order, order of operations was right for the first one. parentheses, powers, roots. multiplication, division, left off to right. addition and subtraction from left off to right.
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>> that's what you sang? >> not really a song. it's flowetry. spoken word. >> the problem, we sang the thong song. which explains a whole lot. >> coming up. our first look at what could have been an airport disaster. we have newly released video showing actor harrison ford apparently mistaking a runway for a taxiway, barely missing a 737. >> speaking of thong song. in a "world news now," "the skinny," exclusive, what r & bsisqo is telling our own, investigative unit about the faker, posing as him. that was sisqo moments ago as we spoke with him. you're watching "world news now." him. that was sisqo moments ago as we >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by -- ridex. now." >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by -- ridex.
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we are back. with our first look at newly obtained video showing harrison ford's close call with a packed boeing 737 jet. >> video shows exactly how close that actor came to causing possibly a disaster at a southern california airport. abc's clayton sandal has the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: the scene harrison ford probably wishes could have a second take. the actor's single engine plane on approach to orange county airport last week, mistakenly landing on the taxiway instead of runway. watch as ford flies over an american airlines 737 with more than 100 on board. after landing, ford asked controllers if that jet was supposed to be below him? ford's flight began minutes earlier at the santa monica
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airport. on the radio, he sounded momentarily confused at first identifying his plane as a helicopter. on the big screen and in real life, ford an accomplished pilot is no stranger to narrow escapes and close calls. >> nice landing, thanks. two years ago injured in the crash landing on a golf course. the faa tells us they're still investigating. well when we come back, the skinny exclusive. >> sisqo breaks his silence to our skinny investigative unit about his fashion week impostor. you will have to hear this. "the skinny" is next. >> this is a great day. ay. m. it'll take care of your cough. fine! i'll text you in 4 hours when your cough returns. one pill lasts 12 hours, so...
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♪ let me see that thong ♪ baby ♪ that thong-thong-thong-thong >> man, i have a flashback to high school. >> add this to the list of things i thought i would never be doing on the air. singing the thong song. >> i think you put that on your resume reel don't you think? >> absolutely. cue up sisqo, a big day for us. huge breaking news day. the hip-hop star break his silence. exclusively. >> here on "world news now." believe it or not. >> so, there is a man who has been impersonating sisqo all over new york city. and, you sure remember sisqo famous for the thong song in 2000. he says the guy now has been
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posing as him. bleaching his hair. getting into shows all over fashion week. >> guy on the right looks nothing like sisqo. i don't know what they're talking about. >> bad news for you, buddy. >> it's the one on the left. >> let's go to sisqo, shall we. >> okay. >> so a couple publications contacted the guy. the guy was like, trying to be sisqo. looking at this guy. look, dude, you look like you are totally trying to be sisqo. first, foremost, i would never wear that outfit. it was really weird. because i was just thinking to myself, well, is that the way my hair looks? like, ha-ha. it kind of looked like a lego, those lego pieces, like -- and then it was just like -- the fact that he had shades on, like, inside. it was, that was kind of weird. it was like, you know, not 2000 any more. it's like. anybody that knows me, anyfan that knows me, knows i never take off my halt unless i am on
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stage. or in the bedroom. so -- >> all right. little tmi there from sisqo. clearly the impostor did not do his research. clearly, nobody else knows these things about sisqo. it worked. the guy, love the idea that he posed for photographers as sisqo. sat there taking his picture. >> i love that, some, 17 years after the song came out that sisqo or impostor, looking like sisqo could get a front seat at new york fashion shows. >> should be happy about that part. >> exactly. there you have it. during our interview. sisqo had a personal message for a young girl. >> come on "world news now" and perform for us, sisqo. >> just great. some one tried to show up as kendis gibson. >> take down. >> back of the line. >> fantastic. a celebrity. making first public comments. >> in an interview with the french film host, george clooney broke his silence about the biggest role of his life. daddihood. >> 55-year-old actor said he and wife amal are happy, excited. looking at parent lood as an
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adventure. >> he did joke his preparation for fatherhood would involve locking himself in a room. >> the couple's twins reportedly due in june. >> okay. so -- the due date. may tell you is now for hoda kotb, 52-year-old nbc host revealed she adopted a baby girl. her name is haley joy. hoda calls her little nugget. love of her life. congratulations. we look her overall despite the competition. a wonderful person. >> awesome. posted the cutest picture on instagram of the little baby. huge congratulations. >> hoda watches us. my corporate apartment was in the same building. she's the one viewer. yes. >> next something you have to hear to believe. >> talking about a impersonation of rihanna. ♪ monster get along with ♪ i'm friend with the monster
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lasts 12 hours. start the relief. ditch the misery. let's end this. ♪ know you're not alone because i'm going to make this place your home ♪ ♪ know you're not alone because i'm going to make this place your home ♪ >> a lot of people have made this place home. it is one of the most famous television homes ever. really. that huge mansion in los angeles used as the setting for the bachelor. >> you may be surprise to find out it is not just a tv home, it is a real-life home. here is abc's nick watt with the story. >> reporter: stars of this season, both topless. i had no idea in the off-season a regular family lives here. in the bachelor mansion. >> do they drain the pool for you before, i mean --
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i hope so. >> no, not contaminated like that. no. >> reporter: the family home has become a legit star of the fran choose it. >> this is called i believe the invitation room. >> clearly marshal, contractor who built the place himself isn't a super fan. his daughter jessica might be. >> you like chad? >> i love chad. >> chad johnson, jessica bumped into him at once. >> did you tell chad this is your house? >> the only reason he talked to me. because -- >> reporter: fans do come calling. >> depend on how he is feeling. yeah, yeah. some times he is not having it. we got to turn around. >> wow, we went there. >> other times, come on in. >> reporter: there are enough bathrooms for everyone to cry in. ten years, 22 seasons, now, nearly 50 coats of paint on these walls. if only they could talk. those are permanent pieces to -- to hold up the lighting. one of the few off-season reminders of its celebrity.
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twice a year the family moves out completely. >> pack it up. >> reporter: everything? >> everything. >> in come a hoard of bride, grooms, stars. >> i wouldn't want 25 frisky people staying in my house? >> apparently some of them aren't frisky. >> reporter: yeah, he definitely doesn't watch the show that much. nick watt, abc news, some where outside los angeles. >> maybe we shouldn't tell the guy about the kiss count. >> sure he has seen it. >> think they come back every night -- every six weeks and have like a black light. try not to. >> i hope not. for their sake. >> no, they don't drain the pool,why would they? >> ew. jack, done to final -- final four. >> thankfully, yes. >> final four on the bachelor. dates done. corrine. >> the poor family what were we thinking ten years ago. >> don't miss our updates on facebook at wnnfans.com. would you give the bachelor your house? wnnfans.com. would you give the bachelor your house?
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making news in america this morning, immigration crackdown. president trump widening the net for deportation. the changes putting millions of undocumented immigrants on notice. we're live this washington. the severe weather threat on the west coast. hundreds of people had to be rescued overnight after a dam overflowed. also record-breaking warmth on the move. going viral this morning. how this photo of a shirt on a windshield is serving as a warning for many women. a snowboarder buried in the snow. the desperate rescue that saved his life. a good wednesday morning. we have new reaction over night as the trump administration follows through on a promise to
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