this is gina and evan. they're going on a little drive. apparently evan and gina were supposed to go to dinner. before dinner she was to help with a project. he suddenly realizes he left his wallet at home. >> convenient excuse. she'll have to pay now. >> don't worry. evan is the man. he also watches "right this minute." so his game is tight. he's headed back to get it and of course they take a few detours. >> that's a good part of your relationship where you can sing and you don't care what you sound like with your boo. >> well, at one point she realizes -- >> did you get lost? >> no.

the cop's pulling me over. >> they've got some company. >> he's there for the singing. >> no. according to the police officer, the brake lights are out. >> did you know about that? >> no be, sir. >> do you have your driver's license and insurance with you? >> i have my insurance. my license is at my house. >> she sits in the car and then evan returns. >> not in handcuffs so it's a happy ending. >> they're still running everything. and here the officers returned, he signs the written warning. then he takes a piece of paper off of the clipboard and shows it to gina. and she's just taken back as the police officer tells her -- >> sweetheart, you've been set up. >> what? >> you've been set up. >> i hate you. >> thank you for being a good sport about it. >> i hate you. >> now the big question is, do you have an answer? >> no. >> no? >> plead the fifth. plead the fifth. >> yeah, sure. >> all right. >> he set it all up, includes

her mother and the norwood police department. got it all on video. now it's here on "right this minute." she said yes. >> by the way, that's recording. >> what the heck. oh, what? the end of the episode already? just watch the next one. japed . before yanks the girl out of the water. but rachel roseoff wasn't lucky. the senior and lifeguard at her community pool. tragically lost her life labor day weekend last year. after she was shocked, leaving her unable to move and fight her way to the surface. >> she always said she wanted to be strong like me. she was so much better than i was at 17. >> reporter: now her family is filing a lawsuit. claiming her death was caused by the allegedly substandard repair work of two raleigh companies.

williams electronic motor repair and future connections electrical, the family alleges among other problems fa failed replace faulty wiring in 2011. >> they knew or discovered conditions dangerous at the pool. they didn't correct them. >> lots of things swimmers should look for. if the lighting looks old. in disrepair. could be dangerous. >> the same kind of shock killed 7-year-old calder sloan at his family pool in 2014. >> the boy that never stopped running, never stopped doing anything. >> safety experts say, many pools are only inspected by an electrician when they're first installed. >> not a bad idea to look for an inspection notice. make sure that the municipality, city, state has looked at this pool, made sure it is safe. >> in the wake of rachel's death, some north carolina lawmakers want a law requiring additional inspections of all public swimming pools in the state.

linzie janis, abc news, new york. >> we should mention abc news reached out to both of the companies being sued by rachel roseoff's family. we have not heard back. >> in case you think somebody has been electrocuted in a pool. experts say first turn off the electrical supply. nowhere that is. and then call 911 to get some help. immediately. >> they're saying you have to be careful that you don't get electrocut electrocuted. help fell to have a rescue hook made out of fiberglass, not metal. >> coming up. see the world on the chief. without quitting your day job. meet the guy who did it next.

♪ roam where you want to >> appropriate song for this story. >> don't we want to roam around the world? most of us dream of, traveling for an entire year. but one man was actually able to do it in real life. he didn't have to lose his job for it as a result. >> that's right. travel blogger, seth dogan managed to visit 25 countries in 2016, all while working on a full time job. abc's jeannine elliott caught up with him to show us all how he did. >> hi, i'm seth dogan.

this is the place to be. >> best snets. >> at 32-year-old, seth dogan has seen more of the globe. especially when he spent last year doing this. >> i had flown for 11 days, 59 one way flights. the length of the flight was six times around the world. >> i am here in dominican republic. >> seth spends any spare minute he can find traveling. jetting from his day job at digital marketing agency in new york city to explore destinations across the world. >> this is so scary. >> you have three day long weekend. you leave on thursday afternoon. if you are flying to europe. means you are in europe early morning friday. if you leave in the evening of sunday, that gives you pretty much three full days. >> day two in budapest. >> he didn't blow his life savings in the process. managed to do it all on a budget. ♪ ♪ i flew to sweden, round trip,

$192 from new york. i just booked in advance. during the low season. >> for the novice traveler. say they're starting from scratch. going to book a flight. don't want to spend a lot of money. don't have time. what's the first step? >> knowing your credit score, taking advantage of the credit card deals. banking points, miles. i did not book all my flights on miles. >> instead he relied on unconventional method to get the best deal. >> there are airlines norwegian, you can get really cheap return tickets. go to the norwegian language website. that gives you even better prices. >> you have to decode. >> not that hard. like the same flow. you can use google translate. i did try it with, a new airline, that's mexican, they do also charge you little cheaper if you book in mexican pesos. >> regardless of currency, seth says the key is to take advantage airlines digital

mix-ups. >>some times manual human error. some times algorithm messing things up. some airlines they do end up offering really cheap tick teet. i did fly to united arab emirates, $178 round trip. seth recommend taking part in hotel loyalty programs to save on accommodations. >> you booked hotels some times nine months in advance. did that help you get better deals? >> get really good deals. like a smaller hotel. not a chain one. because they want to film it up as soon as possible. what i paid like for a really nice hotel in, in europe, was not really more than $30 a night. >> reporter: some would argue you can't really appreciate a city spending such a short period of time there. how do you make the most of your time? >> i took advantage of walking tours in every city. >> smile! >> three walking tours, they take you to the, to the most important places in a two hours, three hours. >> when asked if he has any

plans of slowing down? >> right now, i am at 45 countries. i want to hit 100 by age of 40 in eight years. in every place you see different things. different standard. stow you really appreciate what you have back home. and it's -- feeling of gratitude. as cheesy as it is, it is true. >> jeannine elliott, abc news, new york. >> so, volaris. and, taking notes. >> i did the same abu dhabi trip for $178. there are different sites. flighthack. flight deal will tell you mistake fare. have to jump on it. >> be welling to go wherever. >> at any point. one just last weekend on expedia, tickets to asia from new york $200 round trip. >> you are heading to asia? >> i was passed out at the time. i did jump on ethiopian airline earlier this year, $300 round

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this morning on "world news now" -- relations with russia, at an all-time low. >> how president trump put it as secretary of state rex tillerson met with russian president vladamir putin behind closed doors. we'll tell you what was discussed as the question of what to do with syria looms. we'll have the full story. >> the officer in this dash cam video, featuring a controversial arrest, is on leave while investigators try to figure out what led up to that. the jaywalker confronted by the officer, the situation escalating quickly, the chief now calling this video, disturbing. >> united airlines continues its apology tour. with all passengers being compensated after security personnel dragged that doctor from his paid seat. the ceo tells abc exclusively, that will never happen again. more details ahead. >> stop me if you heard this one before. boy gets a cheeseburger craving

and drives his little sister to mcdonald's. how young was this boy? how did he learn to drive? from youtube. wait till you find out what happened here. it's thursday, april 13th. you got the jones for french fries. >> when you get a craving. >> learn what you have to do. >> wasn't there for a kid's meal. wait till you find out how old the kid was. favorite story of the day. start this half-hour with -- what the white house says is a declining relationship between the u.s. and russia. this as the president acknowledges a stark reality. >> president now says relations with moscow may be at an all-time low. and secretary of state, rex tillerson expressed sentiments after a face to face meeting with president putin. >> beth sides appear at better end on the differences over syria. abc's terry moran is in moscow. >> reporter: at the white house

alongside nato secretary-general, the president offering a grim view of u.s. russia relations. >> right now we are not getting along with russia at all. we may be at an all time low in terms of relationship with russia. >> the u.s. missile strike on syria sparked a crisis between the u.s. and russia, syria's staunch ally. it came in response to the assad regime horrifying chemical weapons attack. launched from this air base. there were russians on the base. some u.s. officials believe they knew maybe even facilitated at take. >> was it possible that syrian forces could have launched that attack in italy of last week without the russians knowing? >> i think it is certainly possible. i think it is probably unlikely. and, i know they're doing investigations into that right now. i would like to think that they didn't know. but certainly they could have. they were there. so, we'll find out. >> reporter: trump still speaking fondly of a closer relationship with vladamir

putin. who u.s. intelligence believes meddled in the 2016 u.s. election. >> putin is the leader of russia. russia is a strong country. would be a fantastic thing if we got along with putin and got along with russia. and that could happen. >> but the chilly greeting for secretary of state rex tillerson in moscow makes all seem a distant dream. tillerson as ceo of exxon once clinked glasses with put-in. a tense two hour meeting with putin, kremlin not releasing pictures. in front of the camera, the secretary of state echoed the u.s. line. >> the current state is at a low point. >> he angered russia by bluntly calling for regime change. >> our view is the reign of the assad family is coming to an end. vladamir put yen showed the world for years he will not back done under pressure. so he is still standing by. bashir al assad and that regime. bumt the common ground between the u.s. and russia, fighting

isis and islamic extremism. after that the kremlin suggests political future of the country can be discussed. terry moran, abc news, moscow. >> the president announced a stunning about face as well, met with nato's secretary-general after bashing nato for months during his campaign calling the military alliance obsolete. the president suddenly declare it is no longer obsolete. mr. trump come planned about nato doing more to fight terrorism and said nato is doing just that. the reversal comes ahead of the president's scheduled visit to nato head kwaurs in brussels belgi belgium. >> president trump reversing korgs on china. a frequent target as you recall during his campaign. candidate trump repeatedly promised to list china currency manipulator. changed his mind telling "the wall street journal" in recent months, china's kur in smanipul halted. made amid warming relations with

the chinese president. the president says he thinks china will help the u.s. deal with north korea's nuclear threat. >> two men from illinois under. facing terrorism charges. joseph jones and edward shumente accused of trying to help isis. caught after a two year sting. at one point they thought they were helping a friend travel to syria to turns out the friend was fbi informant. if convicted they face 20 years in prison. new york city police are frying to figure out what killed a trailblazing member of the state's top court. the body of judge sheila abda-salam was found along the hudson river in manhattan yesterday. a day after reported missing. investigators found no signs of trauma or injuries indicating foul play. the 65-year-old is the only black woman ever appointed to new york's court of appeals. >> to sacramento where the police department conducted both an administrative and criminal probe. after the release of that video. their chief is now calling this

morning, disturbing. take a look. shows an officer taking down then beaten. an unarmed alleged jaywalker. it happened as the 24-year-old, mandie cane was walking home. his hand were in his pockets when he says the officer drop your weapon. the officer moved forward. >> thought i was going to be like the next trayvon martin. like they're going to draw a gun and shoot me in my back. >> cane charged with resisting arrest. outstanding misdemoonor warrant. both charges were dropped. the officer was placed on administrative leave. police have not said whether he was aware of cane's outstanding warrant before the incident took place. >> now to the aftermath of the passenger dragged off a united airlines flight. the company's ceo is apologizing to all the passengers. and that passenger in particular. the airline is also reimbursing all passengers who were on the

flight. attorneys for the man and member of his family will make statements about the incident today. and those attorneys, have asked a court to preserve all of the evidence in the case. in an exclusive interview with our rebecca jarvis, united ceo, oscar munoz is ashamed by the whole thing. >> this could never. will never happen again. on a united airlines flight. that's my premise. and my promise. >>en the future if, no one voluntarily decides to leave a plane, based on the amount of money united is offering. will united. >> we will not put a law enforcement official to take them off. >> two more security officers helped dragt man off the plane have been put on administrative leave. we'll hear more in the next half-hour. >> turns out, a north carolina bill that would outlaw same-sex marriage isn't going anywhere any time soon. republican house speaker says it will not be considered. the democratic governor says the bill is plain out wrong. but sponsor says the u.s. supreme court overstepped its

constitutional bounds in ruling that states must allow same-sex marriages. north carolina is still reeling and feeling the effects of a law which, diskrim nated against transgender people. that law was mostly repealed last month. but that repeal didn't go far enough for california's attorney general, who says the ban on state funded travel to north carolina remains in effect. the law that replaced so-called bathroom bill prohibits any nondiscrimination ordinances involving sexual orientation and gender identity. becera says that is unacceptable. >> our favorite story of the day. the little guy in ohio who knows how to take action when needed. he is only 8 years old. >> unbelievable. so the other night. the young man and his sister, must have had the crave frg a happy meal. >> they jumped in the family van and drove more than a mile to mcdonald's. and that's when, when the officer spoke to them.

>> you know what are you doing? >> he said, me and my sister want aid schecheeseburger. i asked him how he learned to drive. he says he looked up youtube videos on how to drive. >> on youtube. >> learn it all. >> and apparently did an okay job. didn't hit anything on the way to mcdonald's. >> by the way they did get cheeseburgers. taken to the police station where their parents picked them up. no charges have been filed. you can imagine, little mug shots. remember ham burglar. the pinstripe suit. >> awesome. great. >> i help they got to enjoy the burgers and fries. >> hope so too. they silt thert there, grounded months. oh, man. coming up, in the mix, the newest reason to enjoy schok laschok -- chocolate. the wisconsin manhunt closing in on the suspect who stole a machine gun. and a revealing new letter he left behind. >> don't miss tomorrow's show,

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this is quite a gusher outside of boston. water main break. sent a geyser high into the air, you can see there. during the evening rush hour. not to be outdone in the meantime. the west coast. drivers in los angeles, were treated to their own impromptu water fall. a few of them actually used it as a good excuse to got a free car wash. details in the search for the suspected gun thief who sent a manifesto to the white house. wisconsin tv station released portions of the 161 page document. believed to be written by joseph jakubowski.

reveals the 32-year-old's anger with the government. calling it a gang of terrorists. a letter sent to a judge in 2008. has come to light. jakubowski referred to trouble with alcohol and difficult family life. >> florida police officer faced attempted manslaughter charges after shooting an autistic man's unarmed caretaker. >> the police union says the charges are politically motivated and vindictive. the arrest warrant for the officer says other officers closer to the victim didn't feel threatened. abc's gio benitez has the story. >> reporter: the police officer at the center of this now infamous video is facing serious charges. prosecutors say he should not have fired his gun. hitting a behavioral therapist trying to help a man with autism who had wandered on to the street from his group home. listen to what the therapist was yelling. >> nrt miami police officer, jonathan aletta seen her pointing his rifle. apparently thinking this was a

dangerous situation. >> all units. he has something inside of his hands. all units use caution. >> the arrest affidavit says another officer positioned 20 feet from the therapist said twice over the radio. does not aper pear to be a fire. less than 30 second later. from 152 feet away he fires his gun. that moment not on camera. then the stunning realization. >> that therapist has recovered. officer aledda arrested charged with attempted manslaughter. felony and culpable negligence. he has not entered a plea. gio benitez, abc news, new york. >> coming up in the next half-hour. oprah winfrey, the most accomplished person in any room. now revealing what intimidates her. >> first, some of the funniest moments from dave's mom. you are watching "world news now."

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church secretary. can you believe it in indiana. find comedy late in life. >> often appeared on the show calmly enduring his jokes delivering her own and dave's mom be came everyone's mom. >> reporter: jimmy kimmel has guillermo. johnny carson had ed mcmahon. and conan owe brhas andy richte. while david letterman has paul schaefer he had one more secret weapon. >> never give the bookie your home phone number. his mom, dorothy, often appeared on letterman's late show in late night. passed away at 95. she made her debut in 1986. audiences quickly fell in love with the talk show host's so soft-spoken mother. >> did that embarrass you to tears? >> no, david. >> lotterman sending her to the winter olympics as a correspondent not once but three

times. >> is there anything you or your husband can do about the speed limit in connecticut? >> unlikely star unfazed by the limelight. dorothy's enduring ways were the ying to letterman's goofy yang. >> the one thing i have learned in my 84 years. >> hard having a son who looks older than you. byron pitts, abc news, new york. >> she really knows how to land the jokes too. >> she did it so dead pan. before dave left the late show. "rolling stone" magazine did a list of the best side kicks overall. she was number four on the list. for comedy. >> not surprising. >> yeah, speaking of side kick. pretty much a front man for a lot of years. charlie murphy. passed away. he died at youngage of 57. a charlie, younger brother eddie murphy. he appeared in films over the years.

among countless writing credits. >> charlie's appearances on the dave chapelle show cemented his status. told the story of hanging out with prince at paisley park. full re-enactment, mind you. >> this bores me. is any one up for a game of basketball? ha-ha-ha! >> you know what we call this, the shirts against the blouses. >> i kind of learned something. that they never judge a book by its cover. this cat can ball, man. >> play ball. >> he was crossing cat. >> made my knees slam together. getting rebound like charles barkley. >> shoot the jay. shoot it. >> it's kind of hot out here, man. >> why don't you purify

yourselfen the waters of the lake. >> in your face, charlie murphy. >> good. >> after it was all over. he took us in the house, served us pancakes. pancakes. got to admit. it was a good game. i wish i could say the same for you. do you guys want some grapes? >> i mean, there is some great story tellersen the world that we live in today, man. >> [ bleep ], [ bleep ]. >> it's clear he was one of the great story tellers as well. >> he really was. eddie murphy says he does brilliant im% nation of his older brother. you always wanted mill to be famous. he can say, let me do my charlie murphy impersonation. >> so good.

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"the mix" time here on a thursday morning. >> this story makes me happy. it is just like vindication apparently there is a new study that says eating chocolate keeps you younger. i mean, is this not, are you not a chocolate fan? >> not a chocolate fan. explains crows feet around my eyes. >> consumer reports, said six anti-aging foods if we want to live long enough to bury our enemies. chocolate made the cut. among many positive effects. it kind of does a certain coating on the end of our caps of our chromosomes that keep our you younger. study of 20,000 people of those people, they said 25% had lower risk of dying from heart disease. 23% were less likely having a stroke. i mean just -- the benefits are endless. i think i am going to just.

>> love that you are getting a good since of the "world news now" budget. one piece of chocolate. you want some. >> and, with everything. you have the entire fondue fountain all of that. asked for chocolate. >> actually very good. >> do edibles count? moving on. we'll see -- so you know, kids will fall asleep, wherever they would like. here is a case -- example of that. this young girl here. >> look at her. >> she just, on a little merry go round. just kind of like -- passes out. pretty much how we feel every monday. >> along for the ride. >> every monday morning. >> just along for the ride. >> all right, really adorable now. we have this, i can relate to. well now i have a 3-year-old. at the time he was a newborn. you are always thinking that you hear the baby cry. take a look at this guy. he has the newborn.

he is asleep, getting much needed sleep, having a newborn. start patting the baby's back. trying to console the baby. the baby is actually with mom. oh, look at him. still, so sweet. >> at least he automatically is like. all right. >> and go to sleep. >> not having an effect at all. >> all right, an all-points bulletin out, down under for a gold thief. but the sketch that is out there, it will probably won't help people. so this woman, rosemary draper. she had gold in her house. >> i think i know the guy. >> purchased gold as an investment. so this person, that supposed to be there, came in and stole the gold from her house. so she decided she wasn't going to give the sketch to, to the police. she was going to draw it out herself. like what this gold thief looks like. and thamt tea what he looks like. so. >> they're going to find him.

this morning on "world news now" -- president trump warming up to china. after some very tough talk along the campaign trail, the president has made an about-face on key issues involving china and nato. this as the the white house is facing image issues of its own. those details ahead. >> also doing his best to save his job, the ceo of united, speaking exclusively to abc news about the airline's public relations nightmare over that passenger who was dragged off the plane. what he says he will do to quell the outrage. >> and new this half-hour, a ups driver providing excellent pr you could say. >> yeah, the delivery driver doubles as a fire fighter, warning residents of a fire before taking a garden hose to the flames. >> she didn't become a self-made millionaire by being a

wallflower. oprah reveals what rattled her making her feel intimidated. that's in "the skinny" on this thursday, april 13th. good morning on this thursday. we'll start with president trump taking what many are considering an extraordinary u-turn on his approach to china and also reneging on forceful campaign promises. >> the president says he will not label china a currency manipulator because the declaration could jeopardize talks aimed at getting china to pressure north korea. to kur, its nuclear program. after meeting with the president of china at mar a lago, and speaking by phone, president trump said, china had not been cheating on currency for months. when he was running for office he had this to say. frankly china took businesses and everything else. >> we can't continue to allow china to rape our country. that's what they're doing. we are going to be the people that create jobs for our country

not for china. >> well, overnight, asian markets were mostly lower as a result of the comments on both china and the u.s. economy. president trump also told "the wall street journal," the dollar is too strong and that he would prefer the federal reserve keep interest rates low. >> analysts say all that put heavy pressure on the dollar and continued the market slide that began on wall street yesterday. >> we'll turn our focus to the turmoil brewing inside the white house. speculation growing about whether steve bannon has a future in the administration after clashing with the president's own son-in-law. >> now the president appears to be distancing himself from bannon. more now from abc's cecelia vega. >> reporter: the president is firing warning shots at another top aide. his controversial chief strategist, steve bannon. the nationalist fire brand a driving force behind the conservative trump agenda.

>> if you think they're going to give you your country back without a fight you are sadly mistaken. >> reporter: "time" magazine once dubbed him the great manipulator, president trump called him a guy who works for me. trump telling "the new york post," i like steve, but you have to remember, he was not involved in my campaign until very late. i am my own strategist and it wasn't like i was going to change strategies. it comes amidst west wing clashes, bannon warring with senior adviser jared kushner. >> i can run a little hot on occasions. >> reporter: the president ordering them to work it out. but he made it clear, his patience is wearing thin. saying, steve is a good guy, but i told them to straighten it out or i will. >> cecelia vega, abc news. the white house. >> one more thing from the white house. press secretary sean spicer who has been under fire says he loves his job. the comment at an event scheduled well before spicer ignited a firestorm by comparing the holocaust with syria's use

of chemical weapons. >> in addition to apologizing for a second time. spicer called them insensitive, wrong, and said he realizes he offended a lot of people. >> i would ask obviously for folks forgiveness to understand that i should not have tried to make a comparison. it is disappointing. because i think i have let the president down. >> so far, we have yet to hear from the president about those comments by sean spicer. >> president trump is offering a grim assessment of the relationship between the u.s. and russia as both countries remain deeply divided over syria. >> the president said the united states and russia are not getting along at all. adding relation maze be at an all-time low. russia has vetoed a security council resolution that would have condemned syria for using chemical weapons. some u.s. officials accused moscow of facilitating the attack. the president apparently holding out hope for a better relationship with vladamir

putin. >> putin is the leader of russia. russia is a strong country. would be a fantastic thing if we got along with putin and we got along with russia. that could happen. >> well after a two-hour closed door meeting with putin, the secretary of state rex tillerson also said the countries have hit a low point with a low level of trust. but he says that there is still working to improve ties. >> meanwhile the violence continues. pro opposition media says government forces bombed eastern damascus yesterday. more than two dozen missiles and dozens of shells fell during the offensive. the assad government says it was targeting some of the last areas jihadist control. the only shooting victim to survive monday's tragedy in san bernardino, california is improving. nolan brandy's family says the 9-year-old is in good spirits. police say, brandy, 8-year-old jonathan martinez and their teacher 53-year-old karen smith were shot by smith's estranged husband in the classroom. smith and martinez both died. the shooter took his own life. school officials say classes at north park elementary school

will resume next week. >> state of arkansas plans to execute seven inmates in a span of ten days starting monday. there are efforts, we should point out, to stop the executions. and they're gaining steam. religious leaders from across the state are calling on governor asa hutchinson and arkansas's attorney general to commute the men's sentences to life without parole. several legal challenges aimed at halting executions. former executioner says it should not go forward. >> me being the executioner may have killed an innocent person. i-to ask for forgiveness. why can't the people on death row ask for forgiveness and receive it the same as i do? >> the executions were scheduled for such a short span of time because of the state's supply of the drug used in lethal injections. expires at the end of the month. melania trump getting

several million from a british tabloid for a false story. more importantly the first lady is getting apology and retraction from the daily mail for reporting rumor as but her time as a model. she sued in britain and the u.s. claiming the report hurt her ability to develop business relationships. >> ups driver, paul perrera not only delivers packages and also puts out fires. driving his route an hour north of boston he noticed a porch on fire. he first alert ed occupants. grabbed a garden hose and got the fire under control. didn't realize how big the names were until he saw the video. he said he is not a hero that any one would do the same thing. >> he went along with his day after that. >> yeah. delivering his package >> what can't brown do for you? that is great. >> good guy. i don't know that everybody would do it. but. >> good publicity for ups. guy heading to a bachelor party overseas, brought the staff at

british airport in on the celebration. >> pictures of the man we know as ryan, trying to get past security in england with a giant boarding pass. some how managed to print it out on a 0 size paper, which is 33 inches by 46 inches. >> wow. >> actually tried to scan the bar code. that didn't work. then staff had to lay the giant pass on the floor, to try to process it. >> is that the only one that they brought. they didn't bring, you know their phone? >> electronically. >> i love all the effort that they're putting into this. >> that's one way, putting a joke on him. >> part of the bachelor party. shenanigans. the abc news exclusive, united's ceo told us what he thought when he saw the video of the flight fiasco and what he is doing to restore united's reputation. >> shila lebouf going to extremes. even for him. the latest stunt at the top of the world. but first, a look at the

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outrage is not subsiding it seems after the violent removal from united airlines flight. >> united is refunding the cost of the tickets for every passenger on board. but there is more damage control ahead for the company. >> its ceo spoke exclusively with abc's rebecca jarvis. [ screaming ] >> reporter: the video that had the world buzzing for days. a united airlines passenger caught in a travel nightmare. >> come on. >> come on. >> dr. david dao visibly shaken as he is forcibly yanked out of his seat and dragged down the island off the united jet by law enforcement after refusing to give up his seat. >> oh, my god, look what you did to him? >> reporter: the episode

unleashing a pr crisis of epic proportions for united airlines. >> united airlines is in hot water. >> kicked off several passengers. >> united better fasten its seatbelt. >> reporter: everyone asking how could this have happened? >> it was a system failure. we have not provided our frontline supervisors and managers and individuals with the proper tools, policies, procedures, that allow them to use their common sense. planes? >> probably the word ashamed comes to mind. as i think about our business and our people, the first thing i think is important to say is to apologize to dr. dao, his family, the passengers on the flight, our customers, our employees. that is not who our family at united is. >> this is what you would call a perfect storm of bad pr.

you saw people saying that they were going to boycott united. you saw people protesting by lowering the stock price. by selling off their stock. >> reporter: especially on social media. where the incident has quickly mushroomed into memes like these. some twitter users even stroll trolling the airline with #newunitedairlinesmottos. you carry on. we carry off. and board as a doctor. leave as a patient. the three officers who dragged dr. dao off the plane have been placed on administrative leave. and munoz said united's policy would change. in the future if no one voluntarily decides to leave a plane, based on the amount of money that united is offering, will you united -- >> we are not going to put a law enforcement official to take them off. >> a law enforcement official

will never come on one of your planes again? >> to remove a booked, paid, seating passenger, we can't do that. >> the airline has also said it will compensate all of the passengers on the flight. as for dr. dao. >> what do you think he deserves in all of this? >> well, certainly an apology. and, from that point on i think we will have to see. >> do you think he is at fault in any way? >> no. he can't be. he was a paying passenger, sitting on our seat, in our, in our aircraft, and no one should be treated that way. period. >> for "nightline," i'm rebecca jarvis in chicago. >> it will be interesting to see what he does get. obviously he is going to get a lot more than an apology. >> he is about to get paid i think the doctor. his lawyers are expected to have a press conference by the way later on this morning. and maybe they'll give us a sense of what their next move will be. but, that its also like, they will teach this in schools. in communications schools on how

not to handle a situation. >> you are exactly right. this will be textbook don't say this. and even as we saw, just there, when he said, she said, well was he victim? >> so, did he do anything wrong? >> absolutely not. absolutely not. >> got to jump in. >> that's it. not -- oh, well. we will see. >> live and learn. "the skinny" is next.

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♪ so skinny >> we are going to start "the skinny" with a surprise from oprah winfrey. there is a not a lot that rattles the billionaire media mogul. but she is revealing one thing that intimidated her. >> right, in an interview with "people" magazine, oprah admitted she felt like a real novice while talking to reese witherspoon on the set of their new movie. >> so, i was saying to reese how many movies have you done? i don't know, i don't know, hundreds, y'all. and i was like, oh god, please don't ask me how many i have done. asking her how many movies she'd did. made me think i have done five. so it is rare that i feel intimidated. but i feel, i felt, you know, intimidated. >> really impressive. >> she worked with steven spielberg. >> right. >> that was her first movie out of gate "the color purple." she was phenomenal. >> if acting was baseball, she landed on the third base,

probably thought she hit a triple, the color purple. then. i guess she is intimidated by the big stars, oscar winner, reese witherspoon. >> being perfectionist is, you never feel you are good enough. she has a little bit of that. next to shia lebouf, hollywood rebel, found a way to look his wound selling a few tickets. a new stunt in the name of art. >> he has done these before. this was our favorite. his three-day nonstop live streaming of him watching his own films here in new york city. what is he up to now? well, shia spending a month alone in a cabin in finland. but wait, before you start celebrating, he can still communicate with us. >> whew! >> he can do so with text from visitors to museum there in helsinki. >> for a time yesterday there was a live stream of him in the

cabin. that was brought down three times by hackers trying to annoy him. it is still down apparently. so they're having a bit of success with that. i can't imagine watching, can you, like, "world news now" watching yourself become to back for three days could you do that. >> i don't watch it. of course i watch it, dvr. >> can't do it back to back to back. like that. at least not sober. >> so then you can do it. >> absolutely. >> showing again what a nice guy he is. you recall just last month. he announced he was giving $1 million to chicago's public school. clearly no problem giving more. he is giving away, giving away a lot of music as well. >> now inviting all of us to his 24th birthday party. >> yes. >> chance, the birthday. sunday in chicago. be there or be square. tickets are $100. all proceeds go toward his charity. >> got to love that. >> chance gives back to chicago. so, got no problem with him.

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♪ oh i need someone to read me stories ♪ ♪ oh ♪ oh i need someone to read me stories ♪ ♪ oh >> interesting to see bill o'reilly there on top of the best-seller list after all the controversy. so, finally this half-hour, the color blind grandpa getting a whole new view. >> here's david muir. >> reporter: knoll stafford is about to open a very special

birthday gift. his grandchildren gathered around, grandpa has been color blind his entire life. and his family has a surprise. he reads off the label, color, for the color blind. >> color for the color blind. i am color blind. >> laughter from his family. >> then an explanation from his son. >> these are special glasses. that when people wear them that are color blind, it's color like we all see. >> i scan put these on. >> yeah. >> then he puts them on. >> oh. his daughter molly giving dad a hug. >> for the first time in 66 years, he is seeing the colors. special corrective glasses by enchroma that have help sewed many. there are millions who suffer from color vision deficiency. it turns out color is something

he has been working with his whole life. he is a landscaper. sending us this photo, smiling in his garden. more beautiful than he could even imagine. david muir, abc news, new york. taking in all that beauty in full color. i love his reaction. >> see what a beautiful garden he has right there. you see what he has been missing out on. and now he gets to see it all. >> yep. >> don't miss our updates on facebook at wnnfans.com. >> stay with us. more news is next. >> go gators. >> this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades.

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making news in america this morning, an about-face for president trump reversing course on a number of campaign positions, what he's saying about china now, the importance of nato and a bombshell threat to repeal and replace obamacare. russian relations at an all-time low. secretary of state rex tillerson arrives from moscow and within hours of giving his sobering assessment on the strained relationship. what was discussed? live in washington. police officers now at the center of a criminal investigation. after video surfaces of a man accused of just jaywalking being punched. what the department is saying. bullets fly past a 4-year-old girl. her miraculous escape caught on camera.