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it's an all new show with great viral videos, "right this minute." wild dogs come across some cheetahs chowing down. >> there's more of us than there are of them. >> see which side is going to leave with lunch. >> calling all the boys in the neighborhood. going to need everybody on this one. a little girl's at the mall
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with grandma when her -- >> leg and foot get caught in the escalator. >> how some heroes jump to action in a frantic rush to set her free. a bride marches down the aisle at -- >> the spam museum. >> the couple committed to canned meat. >> you never have to guess what your man wants for dinner. and a parody of a sorority recruitment video. see which nails it. >> yeah. cheetahs in this part of south africa is really a rare treat. but this pack of wild dogs just kicked it up a notch for grant. he said he was driving through and these dogs spotted three cheetahs who had taken down a wildebeest and were having a male. t -- meal. the dogs thought there are more of us than them. let's see if we can steal their lunch. >> when you're hungry, you'll do
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just about anything to score food. >> they start includesing those sounds that they're making until it gets to the point it's like a noise. you can hear the dogs getting even louder. >> they're calling all the boys in the neighborhood. that's what's going on. yo, steve, mike, earl, bert. going to need everybody on this one. >> you need a few more names. it was more than three. >> kyle, kevin, eric! >> all y'all! >> then one of them finally grabs it and pulls it toward the pack of dogs and the cheetahs run away. >> you don't let somebody natch what you worked for. this is the story of the stag and the senior. 81-year-old there, that is a stag that comes up to her window for a little food. check that out. she's feeding it bread and she's been doing this for the past four years. look at this.
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you can see how she's feeding it a piece of bread and pets it. >> this is how you see people on the news. i've been feeding it for four years. i don't know what happened. >> she calls it flipping. >> and flipping is going to be flipping out one day. >> he's flipping crazy if he doesn't come back for free bread and a pet. how many of us have a problem with carbs? i identify with this animal. 6-year-old laila was at the shopping mall with her grandmother and here she is stepping onto the escalator. grandmother behind her, looks like they're having a conversation. >> this is bad. >> suddenly little laila's leg and foot gets caught. you see someone from the other side hop over to help. grandma is tugging. another man runs down. >> push the emergency button to stop. >> security sees what's going on and hits the button.
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it was too late. she was injured. authorities at the mall are not taking responsibility for this. they say there's a protocall. and parent adults are supposed to ride facing the child. grandma should have been riding backwards to prevent this. >> i'm 40-something years old and i've never heard protocol for riding an escalator. how does it swallow a foot? >> your guess is as good as mine. it's now trending again after it happened in october. it's a good reminder to watch your little ones when on an escalator. >> the elevator in this next video was working just fine until it wasn't. the people at this residential building were stuck on that elevator for about an hour and a half. they're now crawling out. one by one they do make it out. >> come home from work, the elevator drops on the basement floor. everything turns off but the light zblps this is one of the ladies that was stuck on the
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elevator. she now has to take the stairs all the way to her place. >> called 911. they said they can't do anything. fire truck's not coming. for us to stay calm. >> it's 2017. it's hard to believe that this kind of stuff still happens. >> on the bright side, they made it out of there and they're all okay. a lot of places -- a lot of beautiful places you could host a wedding at. this couple decided to do it at the spam museum in austin, minnesota. >> this would be my dad's dream place. >> hey, maybe. he know he could eat spam any kind of way you could think of. >> wow. well, yeah. look. even their cake is spam inspired. in fact, mark the groom is a huge spam fan. so much so, guys, he actually changed his middle name to i love spam.
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>> no. >> what? for real? like legally? >> for reals. >> legally? >> legally. >> a judge allowed that? >> yep. he's found a woman to marry him. and right here in the middle of the museum with onlookers, with other museum patrons and spam's senior brand manager as the fish i can -- officiant, they got married. the flower girls are their daughters. they exchanged vows, wore rings. and she vowed to love him forever. in fact, she now will be an i love spam. >> if that floats his boat and she loves him, good for them. i'm not mad at them. >> it means a lot to me. >> i forgot to mention the fact that they flew into the state from the uk for their wedding. >> came all the way to the
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united states to get married and they went to spam museum. wow. >> on the brugt side, you never have to guess what your man wants for dinner. >> i was just thinking that. what are we going have for dinn dinner? there's never a good time to have a blowout, flat tire. the worst time to have a blowout when you're going recklessly fast. these guys in a mercedes, they are really pushing the limits of this car as the driver himself is recording the responsibility right there. it says 240-plus. that's kilometers per hour. that's 155 miles per hour. >> they should have both hands on the wheel. >> oh, no. >> oh. >> did you hear that pop first? >> yeah. you can hear it. it's very faint -- >> yeah. you hear the thud first. then the rat tat tat of that
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rubber coming off the tire. then there's no chance for these guys to hold control of this car. looks bad, sounds bad, it was bad. here's the aftermath pictures. >> wow. that thing looks like it went through a war zone. >> it rolled three times before it came to a stop. >> wow. that thing was crushed. how are the people inside? >> no word on the two guys that were inside this car. reckless driving has no bounds. these guys in a bmw m-5 racing through the streets of what we believe to be either russia or the country of georgia. just splitting through traffic with no regard for anyone else around them. now, the driver, he's not wearing a seat belt. neither are his passengers. >> know where you have to be is this important. >> now listen to this close call. watch the reaction of the passenger.
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the kid in the passenger seat just turns into a puddle. he is, like, freaked out. they're laughing but that's like a nervous adrenaline rush laughter. thankfully i don't have a nasty ending to this video. but what a stupid thing to do. >> the possibilities of what could go wrong is many. >> it's getting renewed attention now likely because of the fast and furious movie that's just been released. this cutie has learned a new trick. >> and from his sippy cup he's flicking water at dad. >> oh, got me again! >> the video that's making a splash. plus, fabio is responding to his fans. >> fabio's famous for being awesome on a bicycle. >> find out what his insane challenge is. >> oh snap.
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closed captions provided by -- breakthrough allergies with allegra®. he asked for it and the folks online responded. what am i talking about? 300,000 subscriptions. fabio hit that number. he promised if he did, he'd let the people decide what his next stunt would be. >> fabio's famous for being awesome on a bicycle. i love this kid. >> you got to know when you ask the internet and they respond, it's going to be outlandish. and because he is that dude, he went for it. here's the thing. they challenged him to do a back flip off a bridge into water while wearing a penguin suit. >> well, if someone could do it, he could. >> that's exactly what i would
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ask him to do. >> his version of the penguin suit is a little eh. >> it's go time. >> snap. >> and we've got it. >> perfect. this kid is a magician on two wheels. >> he gives us several different views and angles. >> sitting here thinking he didn't have a life jacket on. and that water is moving quick. they think to set somebody up down river to pull him out? >> luckily everything went well. he makes it back to the edge. >> he did it. next challenge. >> you've been on our show for two years, maybe it's time for our viewers to challenge you to do something. >> heck no! >> yeah. what do you guys think? what should charity do?
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these three videos take us on a journey to try to figure out what goes on in the minds of babies. >> well, good luck with that. >> because what is it they always find so funny? in this case most of us would think, all right, well he's got his little sippy cup. and from his sippy cup he's flicking water at dad. >> what was that? something happened on tv. oh! >> he's like, forget the tv. boop. >> and of course dad's reaction obviously helps the laughter. their cat's ears are also apparently super funny. >> the world's most patient cat because it hasn't walked away yet. >> yeah. kids love to antagonize the pet. i'm shocked that he didn't find the tail and start swinging it
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by the tail. >> he's just fascinated by the ears. now, in this last video, we're strolling down a park where little nora at 12 months old already walking is multitasking playing the harmonica. she's learning how to walk. she's still a little wobbly on her feet. >> sometimes kids are like that. you need some good tunes. create your own. >> she's got another show after naptime. the task? create something eye catching. if you're a mechanical engineering student, i might think you have succeeded here. it may look incomplete at first once the train goes down, but you quickly realize that this is a robotic loop created by
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student christian search. you can see the train go right through the gripper of that robot arm. that triggers a switch and tells the robot to go quickly. pick the track up in front of the train and start all over again. >> oh, and he's going to change tracks now. >> it's a pretty simple project, but it's mesmerizing to watch and i would say eye catching. >> it is. it's also showing off a little bit. like look how fast i can clean up while this train is not halfway down the other. >> and look how many jobs that robot is stealing. the truth hurts. >> the neat part about this is christian says it will be featured in switzerland. >> i bet lots of people are going to stop and just look at it. >> people are going to train their eyes on this. this little driver is a bit
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there he is in new york city in 2016 because he says just a year ago, he decided to leave his comfort zone. i know it's hard to believe that he has a comfort zone. this is a man known to throw parties. he said he decided to travel solo and see the world. and he went to places like australia, canada, indonesia, colombia, france, new zealand doing the same two step. not only did he go places, he decided to dance. and he danced with friends and strangers to just agreed to dance with him. >> because why not? >> when he's 80-something years old and gets to look back at his life to see what he did, he can pull up this video and say i saw things, i went places, and i just lived. >> yeah. and danced because if you make it to 80, he may not have moves anymore. >> somebody did have moves and it's like a scene out of a jackie chan movie. it's amazing what this man has done over the past year. and we seen some of the videos
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he's made in different places. but he put them all together in one video to show how he's been traveling the world for 12 months. he said he created friendships for a lifetime and he discovered something about himself because he went solo. when you go solo, you have to figure things out alone. you have to depend on other people if you're unfamiliar with the territory. looks like he had a good time doing it. rosie here loves to play catch. >> oh! that was stylish. >> ball goes flying. she makes it over that fence. >> well, the wind caught her a little bit. you could see the breeze. she got so high. >> if you notice, at the end she landed and keeps running. >> nailed it! >> i'm so glad they got that on video. it's so beautiful. i could watch it over and over. >> we have. >> now, this video is a little bit older, but it's a doozy.
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no wonder it's trending. now over to sweden where this little guy learns about distracting driving. distracting biking in this case. passing by on the shuttle. >> ooh la la. >> oh, no! >> like hey lady, ooh la la. >> and that is the blueprint for the rest of his life. >> the only thing that's going to change is he's going to get a bigger bike and a better helmet. >> the lady at the end checked in on him. his uncle says he's fine. he just started recording at the perfect time. >> now, some people will think this is set up. but based on what we know about men in general, i'm going to go with real. it's the sorority recruitment video that keeps on giving. >> huge production value. very popular all over youtube.
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huge production value. i've got the latest one for you guys. this one put out by the vanderbilt football players. the vanderbilt football sorority. this in case you haven't figured out yet, a knockoff parody video which is spot on. >> they got brothers in there. ♪ >> you see them going in and just making a ton of fun out of those sorority recruitment videos. they seem to match scene for scene some of them. holding the flag, smiling, waving. >> because that's what football players do, right? >> they even use one of the more popular songs. "all night" by icona pop ♪ we could do this all night >> pop it. >> in many cases their sorority
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sisters show off their gorgeous sorority house. the players here at vandy, come on into our locker room. they're showing off their unifor uniforms. doing their nails, taking selfies. >> this is funny. these guys are great and they've got a great sense of humor. >> i could get behind this. >> great work by sam dobbs, the guy who put this all together. thanks for hanging with us today. thanks for hanging with us today. we'll see you on the nextrking, resolve carpet care with five times benefits
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here we go again. this is highway 101, northern california, 180 miles north of san francisco. just hours after that road was reopened after a landslide. another wall of earth shut it down again. the road workers scramble ford safety. this was the third or fourth landslide this spring alone. >> venezuela remains a nation in turmoil. it plans to pull out of a regional organization, after its
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leaders criticized the country's embattled president. in the meantime, confrontations between the government and protesters are getting more violent. another protester was killed ne. another high profile host facing criticism this time over a comment he made about first daughter ivanka trump. >> yeah, jesse waters quick to take to social media to defend himself. and then he announced on air last night. that he was taking a couple days off. here is abc's rebecca jarvis. >> reporter: with fox news already facing backlash from allegations over its treatment of women. a new firestorm over what critics are calling sexually charged comments about the president's daughter. >> i don't really get what is going on here. i really liked how she was speaking into the microphone. >> host jesse waters talking about ivanka trump on stage in germany. taking to twitter to explain
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what he really meant. on air i was referring to ivanka's voice and how it resonates lick a smooth jazz radio dj. this was in no way a joke about anything else. the white house saying it has no comment about water's remarks. but fox is facing more lawsuits. >> welcome to america's news headquarters. >> kelly wright coming forward to join a class action suit accusing fox news of hostile racial discrimination and plantation style management. >> i want to make it possible for who ever fills my shoes that next generation to never go through this. wright who says he was demeaned and passed over for promotions, compelled to speak out after fellow employees shared stories of alleged racial humiliation. like tabrice wright from payroll who told former vp spoke to her.
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oh you have children. you have three. all by the same man? i'm like, yes. i was shocked. i was shocked. >> a lawyer for judith slater calling the charges frivolous aimed at enflaming racial tensions. meantime fox news vehemently denying the race discrimination charges. rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. >> as for waters announced on last night's show he is abruptly going on vacation the next two days, plans to be back monday. >> after saying on twitter this is all a misunderstanding. coming up, the latest flight fiasco. >> delta allegedly kicking a passenger off the plane for using a restroom before takeoff. that's next. nope. so let's be clear: clearasil works fast on teen acne, not so much on other teen things.
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>> huh. >> bad that we don't know any apps. >> because we're old. first united had problems. then american airlines. and then, all of a sudden, delta is like hold my beer. >> a milwaukee man was kicked off a plane on a delta flight. allegedly for using the bathroom, when told not to. terry slater from our milwaukee affiliate has the story.
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cell phone video of milwaukee man's interaction with delta last week, when other passengers realized he was being kicked off the milwaukee bound flight from atlanta for going to the bathroom. >> hamilton told us the plane was delayed taking off. he couldn't wait any longer to use the bathroom. >>some time later, we are still, taxied, plane hadn't moved. and, it's, it is at an emergency stage now. >> i have seen this happen on planes before. never heard of some one being removed. >> passenger and lawyer, christa was sitting next to hamilton and started recording because she didn't feel delta was treating hamilton like a person. what did you think of delta's response on the plane? >> the first person they sent on was very rude to him i thought.
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>> it's almost ironic that we don't, we don't have the ten minutes to have the conversation but we have an hour and a half to stall everyone. >> after a second delta worker tauk talks to kima. he decide to leave and is greeted by fbi agents who decide not to arrest him. >> he said he came to arrest me. but after our conversation, realized that that wasn't, that some of the language that was used, some language associated with my name wasn't accurate. >> our thanks there in milwaukee for the report. >> kind of frustrating. because there are many, many times that you do want to go to the restroom. takes a while until you are at cruising altitude for them to allow you to do it. >> especially if, since they are taxied.
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what a big day? >> it is time for a very special frank. mix. i actually went to say special day. special mix. then i looked at frank. i said special frank. frank is here. because the it is national take your pet. face the camera. show your mug. >> take your child. child to workday. >> uh-huh. >> i don't have a child. i have frank. >> look a child. >> wonder if he could see himself on camera right now. >> frank is very relaxed right now. he already ate, ate some of the scripts. >> he did. >> see right here. just chewed the corner off. >> let's just walk him. does he walk? down boy. down. >> see that. he obeys perfect command.
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>> does he do tricks? >> not unless you are holding food. >> jack, see if you can get hem to come. come on, frank. come on, frank. come on, frank. >> took him all around the studio. he went to the editing room. brian taught hem wriim writing. the full tour. his favorite part is chewing. >> oh, he moves. whoa. >> he does move. yeah. . >> there he goes. >> eating more scripts. >> get it. >> you want an apple. he would rather eat paper than eat actual treat. >> he is named frank because. >> he has blue eyes. we adopted him from a shelter. the shelter called him old blue eyes. so we figured that would be complicated to say all the time. so we went with a theme. we named him frank. after frank sinatra. he is not going to bite you. put your nose up against him. he will just take it all in. >> aw. >> national take your child to
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workday or national take your rabbit to workday. >> your rabbit to workday. that's a first for "world news now" in our 25 years. so, you know there is, this study about pets. particular dogs. >> theme. >> yes, pets is a theme today. that says apparently, dogs reflect your mood. >> oh. >> you know twwe have said. a roone eason to be happy. dogs or pets will make you happier. they will reflect your mood. some of your mannerisms. reflect some of your sayings. >> frank. >> see. it's proof. >> it's working. pets do that. >> take you to really cool video. drone operator shooting video over surfers doing rad tricks. when he noticed there was a shark right next to the surfers. then he somehow with the drone trying to signal to them. they are just completely oblivious what was happening. luckily they
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breaking news this morning on "world news now" -- the tense standoff following a deadly encounter. one trooper is dead after police say a man opened fire at a convenience store. overnight this emotional reaction from officers as others work to capture the suspect. >> and happening now -- >> a wall of severe storms sweeping across the midwest. with high wind and tornados causing major damage to many communities. accuweather tells us the region is expecting extreme weather. >> new this half-hour, 911 call from former "bachelor" star, chris soules, hear what soules said to the operator. and what it may reveal about what really happened. ♪ ♪ >> oh, yeah, the big news for fans of will smith. >> whoo-hoo. >> planned with d.j. jazzy jazz. >> yes!
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>> why it may prompt you to plan a trip this summertime. >> summertime. >> we'll have that ahead in "the skinny." it is thursday, april 27th. ♪ here it is slightly transformed ♪ >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> well does give, get you in the mood. though we are in the middle of spring. ♪ summertime ♪ summertime >> huge news. we are going to delve into that in "the skinny." but we want to get to the breaking news, happening at this hour. in delaware. that standoff between police and accused cop killer after a trooper was killed. >> the standoff started yesterday afternoon. police tracked the suspected gunman to his house. they blew the door off. but didn't actually enter. they continued to try to negotiate a surrender. that house is about 15 miles from where an encounter with a state trooper took place.
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>> now all of this started at a convenience store when the trooper approached what he described or what was described as a car with two suspicious people inside. police say a man who was in the vehicle got out and opened fire on the trooper, witnesses saying it happened really fast. >> he ran, ran for like, probably, 7, 8 feet. >> shots going off in the neighborhood. a s.w.a.t. team in the trees and everything. >> it is unclear how the suspect got from the star to his home. officers came out in force to honor 32-year-old, steven ballard, who died after being taken to the hospital he has been on the force more than eight years. >> of course, we'll continue to monitor developments there in delaware. the governor there asking for all of the flags to be lowered to half staff. we are going to turn now though to renewed push to repeal and replace obamacare, gaining support from hard line conservatives. >> house freedom caucus is backing revived health care bill. the changes may not be enough to get moderates to sign on. abc's mary bruce has more. >> reporter: possible breakthrough in republican
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efforts to overhaul obama care. ultraconservatives who blocked the first attempt, now giving a new compromise their stamp of approval. what made you change your mind? >> the amendment, we got, states to opt out, of some of the regs. >> reporter: the new version would let states opt out of popular obamacare requirement that plans cover basic health services. it could also gut protections for people with pre-existing conditions. something the president once promised not to touch. >> are you going to make sure that people with preconditions, are still covered? >> yes, because it happens to be one of the strongest. >> plan supporters insist those with pre-existing conditions could be protected. >> one group of people who may not have to worry. members of congress. new changes would not apply to them. under the new republican plan, they're exempt for now. >> what about this exemption? if this plan is good enough for the american people shouldn't it be good enough for members of
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congress. >> should be. i agree. >> you will make a change? >> yes. i will say this it will be fixed. >> now that conservatives are on board, political pressure on moderates to see if they can back their own party's plan. the president remains optimistic, but the speaker of the house has made clear until this bill has enough support, there will be no vote. mary bruce, abc news, capitol hill. >> that story does beg the question, what sort of sneakers does mary bruce wear? she is always moving. >> moving. >> the white house revealed plans to dramatically overhaul the tax code. the blueprint outlined in just one page, calls for taxes on big corporations and small businesses to plunge from 35% to 15. it also promises to cut taxes for lower and middle-income americans. and simplify the tax code. now the number of tax brackets reduced from 7 to 3. 10%, 25%, 35%. >> the overall economic plan,
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consists of massive tax cuts and tax reform. regulatory relief. and renegotiating trade deals. and with that, we will unlock the economic growth that has been held back for too long in this country. >> so the treasury secretary offered no details on how the plan would be paid for. and he is not saying how it would personally affect president trump. and his business empire. he did say the president has no plans of releasing his tax returns. and, mr. trump is not pulling out of nafta it turns out. at least for now. after speaking with the president of mexico and the prime minister of canada, president trump said, they agreed to work together. in renegotiating the north american free trade agreement. and he said the end result will make all three countries stronger and better. >> likely to be a stormy day for eastern u.s. a strong storm system stretching from the gulf coast all the way to the canadian border. right now, the strongest cells, the yellow there, are in indiana and western kentucky and
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tennessee as well. yesterday's storms ripped up parts of arkansas, damaging homes and pulling up trees. there were also high winds and heavy rain in southern illinois. bending and snapping trees there. >> wow. >> there is another storm system following this one. >> busy time. for accuweather justin pavick. good morning. >> kendis, diane. good morning to you. strong, gusty thunderstorms ahead of the front later this afternoon. although, the interstate 95 corridor is going to be partly sunny and very, very warm. later this week, concern turns back to south plains, damaging wind. hail, tornados starting up later friday. at the same time, we are talking about accumulating snows towards denver. west of denver over higher terrain. some areas could see over half a foot. diane, kendis. >> half a foot of snow, april 27th. justin. thank you. police in iowa released recording of the 911 call former
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"bachelor" star, chris soules made from the scene of a fatal accident. soules made the call after he crashed his pickup truck into the back of a tractor-trailer, sending kenneth mosher into a ditch. officials say after some one tried performing cpr on mosher, soules, ended the 911 call. >> my name is chris soules. my name is chris soules. >> soules left the scene before police arrived and was eventually arrested at his home. soules out on bail, wearing an ankle bracelet. faces up to five years in prison. mosher died from his injuries. the vietnam vet is being remembered as grandfather of three and avid golf player. >> the controversial netflix series, "13 reasons why" is close to being renewed for a second's
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son. the series revolves around a high school students who commit suicide. she leaves behind audio tapes for 13 people who she says were part of the reason why she took her own life. reports from hollywood say a deal for a second season is close. some suicide prevention groups say the show could increase the number of youths attempting to kill themselves. >> critics are calling former president obama a hypocrite for his plans to speak at a health care conference run by a wall street firm. for that speech, he will be paid $400,000. which is the same as his yearly white house salary. an obama spokesman says there is no hypocrisy, and points out that candidate obama raised plenty of money from wall street. and that as president imposed tough regulations. >> brutal unprovoked attack on a member of a japanese water skiing team that was caught on camera and it is going viral. >> the fish caught the skier in kind of a delicate area. >> we did say it was brutal. >> oh, no. >> but we do know that, that he
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is okay. at least okay enough to tweet this video out himself. no word from the fish though. not sure how the fish is doing. [ laughter ] >> what are the odds of that? >> ladies and gentlemen, japan's new soprano. [ laughter ] >> ah-ah-ah. >> coming up in "the skinny," hollywood's most beloved stripper. that's right. hear the stripper names channing tatum is coming up with for george clooney and michael strahan. >> today is the first day of ratings month. you are welcome. how ann coulter throwing fresh fuel on the fire in the battle over free speech on campus. our reporter is there live next on "world news now." ♪ ♪ >> announcer: "world news now" weather, brought to you by cats pride. >> announcer: "world news now" weather, brought to you by cats pride.
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ann coulter and planned speech at university of california-berkeley. >> but despite her speech canceled. campus police are gearing up for major protests. maggie rulli this morning. joins us on set. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, the latest conservative commentator to get into a fight with uc berkeley. once again at the heart of the battle free speech. >> we have a first amendment. people have fought and died for the right to free speech. >> conservative commentator ann coulter fighting for her right to say what she wants. claiming on fox news, anything less a violation of her right to free speech. >> they want to destroy and squelch conservative speech. >> uc berkeley argues her outspoken right-wing politics will trigger violent protests. >> these are specifically credible threats we take them seriously. >> reporter: says they must prioritize the safety of students. reoccurring concern at uc berkeley after its campus has
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become a magnet for extremist protesters. this was in february. when more than 1,000 protesters turned to violence, successfully stopping self described right-wing internet troll, from speaking there. he is a fascist and berkeley did not welcome him. >> two weeks ago, berkeley erupted with anarchists fighting against trump supporters. now the school once known as the birth place of the free speech movement is accused of shutting down just that. even getting heat from liberals who claim uc berkeley for caving to left wing radicals. >> berkeley used to be the cradle of free speech. now it is just the cradle for [ bleep ] babies. i feel like this is the liberal version of book burning. >> even senator bernie sanders is defending coulter's right to speak on campus. telling the huffington post. people have a right to give a speech without fear of violence and intimidation.
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berkeley says they did not cancel her appearance but offered her a date first week of may when they could better control public safety. coulter rejected the offer. countering there are no classes at berkeley may 2nd. all the people that should have been standing up for the first amendment here, ran away with their tails between their legs. >> reporter: this fight is far from over. right now, college republicans and conservative group are suing berkeley for unequal rules and unequal access. also talk that trump supporters will hold some kind of event in support of coulter, if the groups who oppose her are there, police worry things could get ugly. >> the whole point of avoiding and canceling her speech was because they couldn't provide security necessary. worried about violence. now expecting it one way or another. >> she has a colorful way of saying things. >> nice way to put it. >> we can say. >> quite a bit about this. call it a sad day for free speech.
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>> big news, the breaking news, the mega news -- dj jazzy jeff and hype man are coming back. >> maggie rulli and i are so pumped about this. >> i just don't understand. >> the first man in the chanel bag ad. who is it? >> no, no, no. >> no? "the skinny" is next. >> not with this face. ♪ ♪ skinny" is next. >> not with this face. problems can it fix fast? wow! butn will clearasil act fast to help this teen concentrate on his math test? darn! it only worked on the acne. can it hel... nope. no. so let's be clear: clearasil works fast on teen acne, not so much on other teen things. and now there's new clearasil overnight spot patches with patented technology for faster healing.
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grammy award for best rap performance in 1989. sure you knew that for the song parents just don't understand. i might know the lyrics too. but now, something new is happening. >> yeah, two time oscar nominee and, the other dude that stood in, the videos with him. >> d.j. jazzy jeff. >> announced they will take the stage together again. for their first official shows in 12 years. >> those shows include, two-day mtv festival, in croatia, in late august. then another festival, in the uk. >> croatia. never been to africa. >> why so far away? >> kidding. so they last performed together as a duo in 2005. nobody is really looking for ward to this. >> yes, yes, some of us are. all most as much as we look forward to calling their 900 number. >> they have a 900 number. >> every day.
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>> what? >> why would they? >> they did have a 900 number. all about how you could call and hang out with them. it went a little something like this. >> oh, boy. >> you don't know the 900 number. >> just dial the number on your tv screen. it was all about, this is a special christmas version. >> yes. christmas version. >> some times you had nothing to do at home now. you can call me and prince on the telephone. get the inside scoop on the hip-hop scene. just dial the number on your tv screen. it's called the new rap hot line. call 1-900-10-9jeff. the situation. my parents went away on a week's vacation. >> parents just don't understand. >> the fresh prince of bel air. >> saw them live once in philadelphia. >> you're the one. >> it was very cool. >> so we know who is going to be at the concert. solo. >> maggie rull is coming with me. next, hollywood hunks getting
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new stage names of their own. >> channing tatum's success as stripper and magic might may have had to do with his past as a stripper. >> safe to say he could be called an expert on the topic. celebrating the launch of magic mike live in las vegas, he was asked to dish out stripper names for fellow a listers. rusty sparkplug. debonair dog-leg. the hero'sbullocks. >> the unicorn. jesus. >> the tiramisu titan. >> whoa, yes. >> gma with tiramisu titan. didn't know what to call kanye west. played it safe and said, mr. west. >> good stuff. >> tiramisu? >> next, he might be music's most fashionable guy. pharrell made this look good. grammy look. three years ago. now the first man to star in a chanel bag campaign. check it out. he makes that look good too. check it out.
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♪ >> you're a sharp dressed man. here is a sharp dressed man able to breathe life into his brand. >> yes, this morning, joseph aboud giving credit where it is due for his storied success. here is abc's david muir. >> our made in america team all across new england. remember l.l. bean, signature boots made in brunswick, maine. the team behind randolph sunglasses outside boston. we tried them on realizing we were better off leaving it to them. our stop in new bedford, massachusetts, the sign outside they're hiring. inside the factory coming to life, just as it has now for
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three decades. 800 workers, cut and sew more than 1,000 men's suits every day for the man joseph aboud. we went to find the man. >> what a success story? after all these years? >> that's a form of survival isn't it. 30 years. >> reporter: aboud suits made in america. the new bedford factory 30 miles from where he grew up and where he discovered his high school, voted him best dressed. >> we looked back at your high school yearbook. >> yes, okay. thank you for doing that. >> pretty prophetic, right? >> amazing, yes. best dressed. it was, i always thought that dressing well opened doors. >> reporter: it did. and after years of success, he sold his business. his trademark, had to stay good-bye to employees. later began working with men's warehouse. >> you left, never thought you would work with your name again. >> never knew if i would. didn't know. >> reporter: the incredible thing. it would turn out, the owner of men's warehouse would buy aboud's trademark back, reuniting the man with his brand and american workers.
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>> when i walked back into the factory for the first time. a pretty emotional moment. all the people came up and embraced me. like coming home again. >> right at home where aboud says the people are the fabric of his success. >> we are very proud of the history. joseph is an american designer. we have an american factory. and american work force. >> reporter: the workers here, can spot their suits on the street. >> i feel proud. i feel proud of the -- the people that i work with. it is a good feeling. >> reporter: stitch together the three words. made in america! >> such a great story. what are the odds of him, coming all the way full circle like that? >> yeah, best dressed in high school, and then to like this. i was -- most likely to not succeed. >> oh. okay. >> in high school. >> it's okay. >> yeah. >> you're going to be all right. you look great. you dressed well. ha-ha. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades. >> you're going to be all right. you look great. you dressed well. ha-ha. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news no
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making news in america this morning, the president's proposal for tax reform. the plan to cut taxes is outlined on a single sheet of paper, so when will americans get the full details and how will cuts affect president trump's business. tornado warnings posted overnight, where the threat is heading, and snow days before may. another airline is facing controversy after a delta passenger says he was removed from a plane for using the bathroom during a ground delay. this as united airlines changes its overbooking policy after one of its passengers was dragged off the flight. survival story, how a hiker was found alive nearly 50 days after going missing.
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