they always say you need to spend a week in d.c. he captured a lot. anniversary celebrations aren't always just between the couple. sometimes it's a family affair. christine has something special up her sleep for dad. >> i already had it on order for but. >> notice he loves hats. he has his green bay packers hat on and also loves the packers. you just notice he pulled something out of the hat. this gift is tailored specifically for this me fga fa here. he doesn't say anything. he just looks up at christine, looks up at his wife, looks back down at the pieces of paper. he's just stumped. >> obviously those aren't the real ones, they're on their way. >> his son-in-law, kevin, is sitting next to him and the two of them are going on a little adventure to lamb poe field.

>> where the cowboys play? >> no. this game is not just any game but the division rival chicago bears are going to face off and dad is going to be there to watch it go down. >> even if it's ice cold the fans will show up. >> there wasn't going to have number fun. >> the gifts don't stop there, because they hand him two more tickets, anybody care to guess? >> taylor swift. >> no. >> you got to get your ass back to chicago. >> you're kidding me. i'm going to see the cubs and the reds? >> yes. >> you didn't tell me that. >> surprise! >> you notice that kevin is also pretty shocked but that's because there's two tickets and well, he and his father-in-law are buds, so yeah you're going, too. >> to wrigley field. >> his wife and his daughter, christine, didn't only just get game tickets, this he got tickets to the tailgate on wednesday night as well. they arrived in lambeau field on tuesday and say he cried the entire time. ♪

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year' watching a kite border who decided to brave the rough surf on north carolina's outer banks. watch as he goes completely airborne. a little extra lift for the intense wind generated by hurricane maria still swirling off the coast. that storm is finally expected to move out later today. and it is not recommended to go kite boarding. mm-hm. turning now to a major break in an it 27-year-old cold case in florida, what had been called the killer clown murder. >> police have arrested a female suspect who mater married her husband. >> reporter: police say marlene warren opened the door of her florida home to find a clown who handed her balloons and flowers then pulled out a gun and shot her to death. for 27 years, no arrest until now. >> this is the woman who detectives say dressed as a clown. >> reporter: police in virginia

arresting sheila keen warren, who has been married to the victim's husband, michael warren, since 2002. at the time of the murder, investigators suspected keen warren, who worked at the couple's used car dealership. police reopening the cold case three years ago and doing new dna testing. >> took 27 years to bring closure to the victim's family. >> reporter: the victim's son, joe, who says he saw the clown drive away that day in this white convertible says i'm happier than i've been in many years. as for his step dad michael warren, he says there's no doubt he was involved. however, police are not saying michael warren is a suspect. keen warren is behind bars in virginia and will soon be extradited to florida where she faces charges of first degree murder, linzie janis, abc news, new york. >> and that son who said he saw the clown drive away, apparently, the shooting

happened in front of him and his friends. >> and the husband's own car, car dealership, by the way. she managed the couple's rental properties as well. coming up, the seismic shift for millions of women in saudi arabia. >> they'll soon be allowed to drive. so what drove the change, and what other changes could be next? we'll check that out next in "world news now." i'm never going to be able to sleep with this cold. i'll take a sick day tomorrow. on our daughter's birthday? moms don't take sick days... moms take nyquil severe. stock up on nyquil severe, so you don't lose a moment to... ...sick days.

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or maybe it's the other way around. big news out of saudi arabia. women there will soon be allowed to drive. >> it's a right women have been fighting for nearly 30 years. we told you about that. and it could be a sign of more freedoms to come. here's abc's mollyly hunter. >> reporter: the deeply conservative kingdom of saudi arabia has finally, at long last, given women the right to drive. >> a decree has been issued in saudi arabia giving women the right to drive! >> reporter: it's the last country on earth to do so. >> couldn't believe it. because for 27 years, we've been waiting for this. and finally, it has come. >> reporter: the first major protest back in 1990. and in 2011, she took the wheel in her brother's car. she drove a few miles while a friend filmed her. posting on youtube, it racked p up 700,000 views in one day.

>> the streets were packed with police cars and religious police cars with some 100 brave saudi women broke the ban and drove that day. none were arrested. we broke the taboo. >> reporter: the campaign women to drive gaining speed and finally permission granted. manal tweeting, saudi arabia will never be the same, we did it. the les of things that saudi women can't do in the kingdom is still very, very long. but next summer, without male permission, saudi women will also be allowed to get behind the wheel. >> amazing this has been going on since the '90s, she was campaigning for this. >> and we were discussing, why is it going to take until june of next year. somebody suggested maybe it will take that long for women to actually train. >> they do need to learn to drive and take the road test and

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millions of civil servants. >> reporter: it's the oscars of government service. once a year, the best civil servants gather in the for the sammys. >> you do so much for so little recognition, so little pay. >> reporter: this year, seven winners were chosen from 26 finalists and more than 440 nominees. one medal recipient, rory cooper, has pioneered innovative wheelchairs with robotic arms and hands. his work was inspired by a bicycle accident years ago while serving in germany. that accident left him paralyzed and in a wheelchair. >> we're yep spired every day by the veterans that we serve. and no one deserves more of our commitment every day than those

who place themselves in harm's way. >> reporter: his project has improved the lives of thousands of veterans. secretary of veterans affairs there to celebrate. other winners last night included a humanitarian response team recognized for their relief ever or thes efforts in syria and iraq. and a deputy inspector general for leading an investigation into a massive irs impersonation scam. abc news, washington. >> thank you. and the partnership that puts this whole thing on is a non-profit organization. >> and it is inspiring some of the work they have been doing. it's great they have an awards show for them. that's the news for this half hour. >> remember to follow us on facebook at wnnfans.com.

this morning on "world news now," the president's plan to cut taxes, but for all? >> president trump's new tax plan aims to bring back jobs and cut taxes for the middle class, but he's fighting some criticism that only the richest and corporations will feel most of the benefits. and a rock slide at one of the country's most popular natural monuments has left at least one person dead. the investigation now under way at yosemite after a massive chunk of rock described as the size of a building fell off the famed el capitan. and we're getting a first look at some of the facebook ads bout by russian agents allegedly to sway the election. hear what they're finding out about where those ads came from. and please don't say the

word "treat." oh, no, they heard me. the dogs are going nuts. but a photographer was there to capture the magic of treat time. stay, stay, good boy, keep watching. keep it weird. it's thursday, september 28. from abc news, this is world news now. >> this is thursday. some odd things happening there in the mix a little later. >> yeah, photographs. we do want to get to breaking news that developed a matter of hours ago. a major passing overnight, the legendary playboy founder, hugh hefner passing away at the age of 91. >> he started playboy in 1953 and, panned expanded it into e. he was known for his over the top lifestyle marked by wild

parties attended by celebrities. he was often spotted in a silk robe smoking a pipe and surrounded by young, beautiful women. >> there have been many reactions, including jenny mccarthy is among the many stars paying tribute, tweeting thank you for being a revolutionary and changing so many people's lives, especially mine. hefner is survived by four adult children and his wife who is 60 years his junior. more throughout the morning. and the other big story this half hour. president trump proposing the most sweeping tax overhaul in decades. >> the president told supporters in indianapolis that the plan would be most beneficial to the middle class, but democrats are calling it a wind fall for the wealthy. >> critics point to the president himself and his children, who stand to gain millions. if he succeeds in repealing the

estate tax. jonathan karl breaks down the new tax plan for us. >> reporter: after failing yet again to get a republican health care plan through congress, president trump is now promising to deliver on something even more ambitious. a massive new tax cut. >> there's never been tax cuts like what we're talking about. >> reporter: details are still sketchy, but the plan calls for slashing the tax on corporations, now 35% to 20%. for individuals and families, reducing the number of tax brackets from seven to just three. doubling the standard deduction for families, that would mean no income tax whatsoever on the first $24,000 of income. the president insists his plan will benefit the working class. and not the wealthy. >> they can call me all they want. it's not going to help. i'm doing the right thing. and it's not good for me, believe me. >> reporter: of course it's impossible to know how any plan will affect the president, because he still has not

released his tax returns. but there's one big provision that would clearly benefit the wealthy. he wants to eliminate the estate tax. something that is only paid on estates valued at more than $5.5 million for individuals, $11 million for couples. while congress will surely make changes in the plan, the president insists there's one thing he won't budge on. that huge tax cut for corporations. >> wh20 is my number. it is a perfect number. >> reporter: the president doesn't explain how he'll pay for these hefty tax cuts, leaving congress already deeply divided to figure that out. >> tax reform is going to make health care look like a piece of cake. >> reporter: white house officials and speaker of the house paul ryan have said they hope to get this tax plan through congress by the end of the year. that is an extremely ambitious timeline. in fact, this would be a heavy left to even get done by next

year. that said, there is immense pressure on republicans both here at the white house and on capitol hill to show they can deliver on this. jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. the president says that he's upset, in the meantime with the health secretary, tom price after dozens of expensive trips on private jets paid for by taxpayers. >> president trump says he's not pleased. >> what are you going to do about it, mr. president? >> i'm going to look at it. emneat happy about it and i let him know it. >> two other top officials are under fire. steve mnuchin is accused of using a government plane to fly to kentucky to watch the eclipse. and according to the "washington post," epa add men straighter, scott pruitt has taken at least four military or charter flights that have cost taxpayers $58,000. congress is now investigating. a rock slide in yosemite national park in california leaves one person dead and

another injured. a giant hunk of granite described by one witness as the side of an apartment building fell from el capitan late yesterday, sending a plume of dust into the air. at least 30 climbers were scaling the granite monolith at the time. a chopper transported the injured do the hospital. and an ohio corps fooner sa autopsy was inconclusive as to whether warmbier was tortured. his parents say his teeth looked like they were rearranged by pliers. the coroner says warm bibier di from brain damage. and bottom line, we don't know what happened to him. fema and other government

officials say they will have visited every town on the island by sometime today. and what they'll see, more than a week after the hurricane is utter devastation and a recovery effort that's just getting started. here's abc's richard cantu. >> reporter: so much of the recould have fry last week's devastating hurricane has been a do it yourself affair for puerto ricans as the wait for help from the outside stretches on. the governor yesterday visiting a national guard base in hard-hit salinas. more than three kwarers of the structures there destroyed. >> we're island. >> reporter: military operations bringing in tons of equipment and supplies, but many still waiting for help. only 4% of the island has electricity, just over half drinkable water. and 80% of the telecommunications are down. in vega alta, the red cross is setting up a satellite internet, a lifeline for residents trying to reach loved ones. >> i want to tell them that i'm okay. don't worry for me.

>> reporter: and in yew tau know. >> my name is robert strong. if they see this thing, know that i am okay and i'm well taken care of. >> reporter: in old san juan, family-owned businesses are slowly opening. managing the best they can without power. a restaurant, setting up tables on the sidewalk. too hot to serve inside. and this pharmacy, selling things at a discount or giving them away to customers without cash. while the lines for basic necessities, water, cash and especially gasoline grow ex-as per eightingly long. richard cantu, abc news, new york. >> as pour the stofor the stormd it all, maria is out to sea. it's likely to lose hurricane status once and for all later today. >> maria brought big waive wave

the outer banks. all the watches and warnings have been canceled. three workers have been kill after part of a television tower collapsed. they were near the top of the 1200 foot tower when a piece of equipment collapsed and they fell to their deaths. the power transmits the signal for two local stations including the abc affiliate in the miami area, but the men worked for an outside company. the investigation is in its early stages. and a coal train crashed near pittsburgh, derailing about a dozen cars, live power lines were knocked down, but so far no injuries reported. one witness says it felt like an earthquake. two locomotive engines were pulling 126 cars all loaded with coal. a massive clean up and investigation is under way there. and one candidate for boston city council knows how to get attention. when he showed up at a polling place on tuesday, some voters were a little scared.

>> so his name is spanish foreclowfor clown. >> this time someone called the police when he was hanging around on tuesday. a responding officer quickly realized he wasn't a threat, he will be on the city council general election ballot in november. >> pat pie yaw sew. >> wonder what he'll show up as then. >> he'll be facing seven other candidates. >> that is one way to stand out. >> there you go. even the car. wow. commitment. commitment. >> is that a clown car then? why not? coming up, the russian infiltration of facebook. see if you recognize any of these ads that russian placed allegedly to sway the election in favor of donald trump. the new questions now being raised by congress. rfl and the new warning for those looking to buy a puppy online. the adorable add cou could be a.

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ukrainian leaders are blaming sabotage for this massive explosion at an ammunition depot. at least 30,000 people were evacuated from a nearby town. airspace over the region has been closed, about 188,000 tons of ammunition was stored in that depot. ukraine has been fighting russia-backed separatists for three years. we're getting a look at some of those ads placed by russian agents during the presidential election. >> and now investigators want to know how those agents half a world away were able to target those ads with such precision. here's brian ross. >> reporter: abc news has obtained some of the ads they say russians planted on facebook to help get president trump elected. americans would have no idea what they were reading was written by the russians.

this one warns against so-called refugees. this one uses a popular cartoon. dora the explorer knows how easy it is to cross the u.s. border. we need to stop this madness, we need trump. the ads come from a group called "secured borders" but they claim there is no such group, that it was russian agents. >> their goal was to spread dissension, was to split our country apart. and they did a pretty good job. >> reporter: many of the ads, investigators say, came from an operation in st. petersburg russia. one says she took this video in 2015, hoping to expose the operation where trolls worked

12-how mu 12-hour shifts. the former employee said facebook was one of their main platforms. according to investigators, the slant is pro-trump, anti-clinton. their targets, voters in specific areas of key swing states. >> how do they have that level of specificity? that's one of the questions we need answered. >> james lankford, says russian trolls have been busy tweeting on both sides of the issue. he says they're trying to raise the noise level and push divisiveness in our country. >> president trump responded to the issue tweeting facebook was always anti-trump. and mark zuckerberg responded, trump says facebook is against him, liberals say we helped trump. both sides are upset about ideas and content they don't like. that's what running a platform for all ideas looks like. >> and zuckerberg saying we'll

keep working to ensure fair and f free elections around the world. but it's not just facebook. twitter, apparently, had plenty of ads or fake accounts that were posting some things that supposedly the russians were behind. and that was supposedly even bigger than the facebook infiltration. >> we have fake news, fake ads. it comes down to the onus is on us, as the media to put out information that is true that people can trust and us as conzo sume consumers. the big warning for anyone thinking of buying a puppy online. >> speaking of fake ads. those ads tugging at your heartstrings may be a scam. that's coming up next on "world news now."

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♪ how much is that doggie in the window ♪ >> ah, the good old days. >> when doggies were sold in windows. now it's how much is that doggie on that website. >> and is that doggie real? because this morning, the new warning for anyone looking to buy a puppy online, the better business bureau says chances are that cute ad you're reading is a scam. here's abc's t.j. holmes. >> reporter: puppies like these yorkies and french bulldogs are some of the most popular breeds to adopt. but going online to buy one, the better business bureau says beware. they're popular lures for scammers. >> i don't think it's possible to do a search online without running into one of these fraudulent sites. >> reporter: that's what danny shelton says happened to him. he paid $700 to buy another dog

online. ? i got an e-mail from a shipping company. and it said you are required to pay $1500 additional. when i looked at, the shipping company was the same guy that i bought the puppy from. i knew then i was scammed. >> reporter: the better business bureau believes 80% of sponsored links for pet results may lead to fraudulent sites. the bureau is warning anyone searching for a pet online is likely to encounter this fraud. according to the consumer watchdog report, the thieves often insist on e-mail and text correspondence and refuse to meet in person or sigh tee the l before paying. >> the only way to be sure is to go see the puppy in person. >> reporter: t.j. holmes, new york. >> in person is best. even better, don't buy the puppy, rescue it from a shelter. adopt, don't shop.

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participants rated the voices on likelihood of cheating and they found out it all varied of those who had a history of cheating as more likely to cheat when they rated they will. >> so basically we now know why you're single. this is what we're learning from this. anybody notice that entire read? >> i was speaking quickly. >> that was pretty high-pitched. what? >> depends on the definition of cheating. >> the better sign is if they say something like i mean, what really is cheating? >> like a free day on your diet? okay. on to dogs -- >> you can't cheat if you don't commit. >> on to a different type of dog. these dogs have no need to cheat because they have what they want receipt here right here at home. check this out. these are dogs jumping for treats. this photographer managed to

capture the moment just before they catched or in some cases missed the treat. the emotions range from panic, delight, this one i'm going with joy, sheer joy, and in some cases they missed the treat and you see this kind of sadness on their face. >> yeah, we've seen it with water before, where dogs have that look, but this, this photographer capturing it there. >> this could be my new favorite meme. here's this virginia tech kid who found the world's largest rubiks cube. it is 13 by 13 and he decided he's going to take on this challenge. and it might seem impossible, but -- >> that's a rubiks cube? >> that's a rubiks cube. two hours later, simon here, a freshman at virginia tech. >> no way. >> solved it. boom. >> that is mind-boggling. almost as mind-boggling as

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this morning on "world news now," members of president trump's cabinet, grounded. why he says he's not happy about the use of pricey private jets for government business and members of congress on both sides of the aisle want answers. and the latest incident of an airline passenger being dragged off a plane by officers after complaining of an allergy. we'll tell you what else was on board that prompted that request. and later, remembering a cultural icon. >> hugh hefner has died at the age of 91. see what we're finding about the life and times of the man who changed america's attitude about sex. and a star opens up about three of the most important people in his life who don't count themselves as his fans.

who doesn't love the boss? "the skinny" will detail it out. it is thursday, september 28. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> aye yi yi. you got to love the boss. >> yeah, baby we were born to run. >> and walk. >> we'll have more on the boss, including some tunes, i'm sure, coming up. but we're starting things off with new questions about health and human services secretary tom price and other officials traveling on private planes funded by taxpayers. >> and the president is not happy, signaling that price's job could now be in jeopardy. >> the treasury secretary steve mnuchin is also a target of that investigation. he's accused of using a government plane to fly to kentucky with his wife to watch the eclipse.

abc's cecelia vega is tracking your money. >> reporter: president trump making it clear he is angry with his health secretary's penchant for private planes on the public dime. >> i will tell you personally, i am not happy about it. i'm not happy about it. i'm going to look at it. i'm not happy about it and i let him know. >> reporter: secretary tom price under fire for his luxury jet travel, costing tax payers more than $400,000. an investigation now under way, and price says those high-priced trips are on hold. >> we've heard the criticism. we've heard the concerns, and we take that very seriously and i've taken it to heart. >> reporter: but the president made it clear price's future is in question. >> would you fire him, sir? >> reporter: three cabinet secretaries now under investigation for expensive travel. treasury secretary steve mnuchin accused of taking costly government jets over commercial flights, including that trip to kentucky with his wife where they viewed the eclipse.

and new revelations about the epa administrator, scott pruitt's frequent trips home to oklahoma paid by tax payers, and now he's under fire for installing a $25,000 secure private phone booth in his office, something previous administrators didn't have. a spokeswoman says pruitt, a vocal critic of the agency before he took the top job needs the secure phone booth so his calls are not subject to hacking from the outside. now democrats and republicans on the house oversight committee want to know more. they have launched an investigation. they want to see travel records and the cost of those trips since inauguration day. the white house and two dozen federal agencies have less than two weeks to turn these documents in. cecelia vega, the white house. in the meantime, the president is hoping to score his first major legislative victory. >> the president unveiled the

proposal in indianapolis, insisting the cuts would be good for the meiddle class. rates for individuals would be lowered and simplified from seven to three brackets and the size of the standard deduction would double. >> so the plan is facing an uphill battle if congress where democrats say it's a boon for the wealthy and despite a bruising loss on health care, the president is optimistic. >> i look forward to working with congress to deliver these historic tax cuts. and reforms to the american people. these tax cuts are significant. there's never been tax cuts like what we're talking about. >> the plan also calls for the elimination of the estate tax, which would be a big gain for the richest american families, like the president's. overall, the details are sketchy, and it's still not clear how the cut would be paid for. so congress will have to figure that out. a giant piece of rock described as the size of an apartment building fell from the

face of yosemite's el capitan, killing one person and injuring another. it sent a plume of white dust into the air. it is the height of climbing season and at least 30 people were scaling that rock face at the time. an emergency chopper transported the injured climber to the hospital. no word on the extent of the injuries. disaster relief is slowly pouring into hurricane-damaged puerto rico. but a lot of it is caught in a bottleneck waiting to get out of port and to those in need. more than a week now after hurricane maria hit, 96% of puerto rico is still without electricity. and just over half now have drinking water. a tourism official is asking cruise operators and airlines to help bring in aid. a royal caribbean liner delivered generators and other supplies on wednesday, and puerto rican native jj barea is planning another trip.

he used the maverick's team plane on friday to fly donated supplies in to puerto rico. mark cuban personally loaned the plane for that effort. college basketball legend rick pitino is allegedly out of a job. he's been placed on unpaid administrative leave. the news comes after the program was linked to a federal investigation into fraud and corruption in recruiting. his attorney says he has effectively been fired. school officials are promising to move forward. >> effective immediately, coach pitino has been placed on an unpaid, administrative leave. coach pitino's employment will be reviewed at a later date. while this may be a dark day for the university of louisville, better days are ahead. >> the athletic director was also placed on administrative leave, and this is the latest black eye for the program. the school is currently on probation for a scandal involving escorts for recruits. and derek jeter will have his hands full as part owner

of the miami marlins. baseball owners had unanimously approved the sale of $1.2 billion for the franchise. the former yankees captain will be in charge of the marlins' baseball operations. they're about to finish their eighth consecutive losing season, so he's going to hope to turn that around. >> absolutely. they have big stars there. another scuffle caught on camera between an airline passenger and police. this time a woman was forcibly removed from a southwest flight as it prepared to take off from baltimore to los angeles. the woman was asked to leave the plane after she complained that she had a life-threatening allergy to animals. southwest said they offered to rebook her on her to flight, because there were two dogs that were on board but clearly she refused. she was arrested, charged with disorderly conduct. southwest says it's disheartened by the way the situation unfolded. delta airlines is offering free text messaging to flyers starting sunday.

it will be available through i message, facebook messenger and whatsapp. they will be able to send and receive messages but it does not include the exchange of photos, video files or audio messages. just the old school stuff. and a driver in minnesota was either having a really bad day or maybe needs their eyes checked. check out the black suv. >> okay. while in stop and go traffic, the driver seems to accidentally rear end the suv that it's behind. so both drivers pull over. >> but when they get onto the shoulder, watch as the black suv rear ends the white one again. yeah. guessing they're ready to end that road trip. >> what were you doing in minnesota? >> i am an excellent driver. >> yeah. coming up, tom cruise breaks his silence. is this photo of his, was this

evidence of a -- >> i never thought i would see the words stunt butt in the prompter. >> it's ahead in "the skinny." i know it's in the skinny, but seriously, brian ross is investigating this. >> big story coming up in "the skinny," but first, remembering an american cultural icon, hugh hefner dead at the age of 91. hear how he wants to be remembered and the spot he chose for his final resting place. first, here's a look at today's forecast. "world news now" weather, brought to you by my pillow.

i'd like to be remembered as somebody who played some positive part in changing the social sexual values of his time and had a very good time doing it. >> and he did. both. those are the words of hugh hefner, who defined how americans look at sex.

>> founder of "playboy" magazine also died at the age of 91. >> reporter: hugh hefner was the ultimate playboy, hosting wild parties at his mansion, in his trademark robe and pajamas, surrounded by women, celebrities and an aura of sex. >> made for a good party. >> reporter: for hefner, the party started in 1953 with the first issue of "playboy" magazine and featured a cover of a featured a photo of a nude marilyn monroe. >> glad you could join us this evening. >> reporter: the magazine led to tv shows and an entire playboy empire. there were key cubs, featuring waitresses wearing revealing bunny costumes. in the '70s, hefner was attacked by feminists for exploiting

feminism. >> playboy exploits sex like sports illustrated exploits sports. >> reporter: profits had dropped. by 1988, hefner closed the last of them and turned over the control of the still-profitable magazine to his daughter christie. a year later, he seemed ready to change his bachelor ways. hefner's marriage to a former playmate resulted in two sons. but after eight years it ended, and he went back to his old ways. in his mid-70s and touting the benefits of viagra, he took on seven girlfriends starring in a reality tv show. and in 2012, at 86, hefner settled down again, marrying it 26-year-old crystal harris. >> my age has changed. the women i'm attracted to have not changed. >> reporter: he has been immortalized in wax and in the pages of his magazine. asked once what he was most

proud of, he said he changed america's attitude toward sex. brandi hitt, abc news, los angeles. >> he did. when "playboy" magazine came out, you couldn't say "pregnant" on tv. "i love lucy" was on tv and they were -- >> in separate beds. >> exactly. imagine how revolutionary that must have been when they came out with this first issue there. >> as you can imagine, people on social media are reacting to this. my favorite post is r.i.p. hugh hefner, dude's been in heaven for decades anyway. >> that really says it. >> been in heaven for decades anyway. why bruce springsteen's massive fan base doesn't include his own kids. >> skinny's next. massive fan base doesn't include his own kids.

♪ >> ah. nothing better than the boss. >> especially at this hour. >> unless, apparently, you're one of his kids. so, yeah. so the boss is now talking a bit about his family life, and

apparently, his kids may have been born to run, but not so much listening. they're not big on that part. >> so 20 grammy awards. an oscar, more than 120 million records sold, so no surprise that bruce spring steen has one of the most loyal fan bases in music and industry. >> but it apparently does not include his own children. the 68-year-old rock legend says his three kids have shown a healthy disinterest in his work over the years. >> he says he doubts any of them have read his best-selling memoir, "born to run", but he was quick to add that he's not at all hurt that his kids aren't fans. he feels he did a good job in raising them. >> they don't like my music, so i did a good job? >> so they were smart kids. >> well, we're fans, bruce, for what that's worth. next to twitter 280. >> we told you yesterday about

how twitter's testing out doubling its current 140 character limit, well, it's surprised a select number of random users with that new limit. >> yeah. among them, jimmy kimmel. and apparently, he can't resist bragging about it. >> so he tweeted yesterday afternoon, hey, guys, i feel so sorry for those of you who have to abbreviate tweets, because you only have 140 characters. so lame. >> look at how huge that is. he went on to say or type, just type, type, typing away, so many characters, talk to you soon. #blessed. #280 characters. >> he's doing #blessed. >> abcdefg, wow. >> just because he can. >> just seeing it there, though. >> it's nice to see that jimmy isn't gloating. >> no humblebrag at all. >> taking responsibility very seriously. thanks jimmy.

next up, tom cruise weighs in on the stunt butt controversy. >> yep. >> yep. i just said the words stunt butt. >> that's bc education right there, boston college. last month, an eagle-eyed fan tweeted out this scene from valkyrie showing what appears to be an enhancement. and it nearly broke the inner webs with speculation that crews may have used either a stunt but the or had something extra stuffed down his khakis. >> but now cruise is telling screen rant that there was no prosthetic of any kind used in that scene, nor was there a butt double involved. he apparently will soon provide proof of this, by the way. >> oh, good. fans will catch glimpses of the 55-year-old's actual behind in his upcoming film "american made." in which his character moons members of his family, n

butt. >> butt. >> maybe i should say made in america. >> i just laughed in my head. you know that's david's series, can you imagine him doing a piece on that? >> i wasn't even trying to go there. >> tonight on made in america, tom cruise. okay, and finally, a major revelation from zac efron. >> he opened up to "vogue", in the interview about hanging a poster of tyra banks in his childhood bedroom to wanting to make a cameo appearance on "stranger things". >> but perhaps the strangest revelation is that he'd love to share a love scene with dwayne the rock johnson. >> wait, what? >> back of the line, buddy.

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>> making news in america this thursday morning. crisis in puerto rico. desperately needed supplies arriving but sit ng port not delivered. millions with no power or water one week after hurricane maria. what's behind the life threatening delay. >> president trump reveals his tax cut plan. who stands to benefit and who will pay for it. >> the overnight intelligence leak. fbi transcripts revealing how one contractor named reality winner smug led a secret report on russian hacking. >> the death of an icon t. remembering hugh hefner how he built the play boy empire and the one piece of adv