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good morning i'm diane macedo. >> and i'm kendis gibson with some of the top stories we're following. president trump is announcing his new budget. the proposal includes $200 billion in federal funds at the core of a sweeping infrastructureplan.ee tours are dead and three others are injured. rescuers had trouble reaching sight because off rough terrain and high winds. harvey weinstein is the target of a new lawsuit. it blocks the imminent sale of weinstein's company. it accuses him of forcing them to facilitate his sexual
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encounters. >> the obamas are about to have a permanent address in washington d.c. their official portraits are unveiled at the smithsonian. those are some of the stories we're following this monday, february 12th. and we do say good morning everybody on this monday. we're goring to start this half hour with president trump poised to send his budget to congress today but his recent tax cuts have already rendered it out dated dated. >> calling for an extra $300 billion in spending. the proposal is expected to fall short of the long-time republican goal of eliminating the federal deficit over the next decade. >> includes $200 billion to repair the nation's crumbling
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infrastructure. a whole lot of big numbers at the core of this but they're saying it is dead on arrival but they are putting inthe to all of this today. >> interesting timing for it all. meantime he's under fire for referring to domestic violence claims as miracueere accusations. >> the president wished porter a great future and says it's a tough time for him but made no mention of his had akaisers. she said the tweet implied that she was a liar. but aids are defending the comments and the way the allegations were handled. >> rob porter was gone from one of the top aids to donald trump, our president, to no longer working there. i think the president, like it rest of us were shockd and disturbed by the allegations. this is not the rob porter any of us have worked with.
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you're looking at police reports, pictures details, allegations by these women and yes, we are a nation of laws due process and are sides should be heard out. >> he still has confidence in his chief of staff, john kelly. he's accused of knowing about the allegations for several months and doing nothing about them. >> meanwhile conway saying the president is still inclined to release it. democrats say they're willing to black out any part of the document the fbi considers to keep secret. the president approved it release of the gop memo against the advice of the fbi. and thieek a columbus ohio suburb saying goodbye to two
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fallen police officers. a vigil was held for 54-year-old anthony morelli. both were shot responding to a 91 within hang up call. police have released that call. >> police ambushed two officers killed in the line of duty.>> what's i don't remember your emergency? >> he shot the police officers. >> reporter: first from her suspect's life fearing for her and her daughter's life.and anthony morelli were on the scene, immediately met with gun fire. just three months ago his wife told authorities he threatened to kill her and her daughter and always carried a gun. >> we will get through this. >> reporter: the community still realing and emotions boiling over as people try to capitalize
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off the tragedy with phoney donation headlines. >> there's a special place in hell for those people. >> reporter: president trump offering his condolences and he's still in the hospital. his condition is not being released at this time. zachary zachary. it took a staggering more than eight hours before the victim's of a tour helicopter crash could be air lifted out of the grand canyon. they had to hike to the west rim. it weather and terrain were too rough for the vehicles. three of the british tourists on board. all had sight-seeing flights over the grand canyon are suspended righting now and they say the airspace has become just too crowded. federal agencies are investigating the cause of that crash. and investigators in russia have
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recovered one of the black boxes from an airliner that crashed in moscow. you see the video of it. all 71 people on board died just minutes after take off from the second busiest airport. there was no emergency call for the aircraft. the search for debris is expected to take yet another day. and heavy snow is making access to it difficult. it's been more than a year since a commercial airliner crashed anywhere in the world efforts to restore power in puerto rico are dealing with another setback. parts of san juan and other areas were without apower. authorities said they have had the lights back on within a day. the explosion took place on the same day the main utility claimed they had had 75% of the power restored 1en had 45 days after hurricane maria. forced evacuations east of lauchgos angeles.
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500 people were moved out of businesses in the diamond bar. and carrying about a thousand gallons off hydrogen. >> congress has taken a new step to fight the deadly flu epidemic. there are other efforts aimed at fighting the virus already underway. we'll get the details. >> reporter: packed hospitals and waiting rooms. the number of flu cases swelling. now an experimental new drug giving people hope. a japanese drug says it's devee virus within a day. but it still has to go through the fda apruvl process and wouldn't be available until next year at the earliest. the this year's flu strain renewing the call for people to get the vaccine. >> people who have a history of advanced heart failure, diabetes cancer some other
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immune suppressings, those people are going to be much more fragile. >> reporter: but 30-year-old joey dallas says he wasn't high risk and got his flu shot. health officials warning the flu puts you at risk for other illnesses. that sets a bodsk secondary bacterial pneumonia which can be very fast acting and severe. >> reporter: doctors tell us you're contagious before you show symptoms of the flu. that's why it's important as soon as you feel sick to stay home. and gas prices are up an average of 7 cents a gallon. drivers nation wide are paying $2.65 per gallon 34 cents more than a year ago. people behind it new peter rabbit movie are -- a character
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is allergic to black buries but they throw the fruit at him. sony pictures and production team say food allergies are a serious issue and theyicide not have treated it as a joke. there's been a call online even for a boycott of the movie. still peter rabbit took second place at the box office this weekend. >> apparently there's a line in the film where they say -- i don't know if it's black buries or blueberryiesblueberries. so children with allergies did not take lightly to that. >> do rabbits have allergy snz. >> frank did not approve of peter the rabbit's behavior. he did apologize later on in the film. and an arkansas woman giving birth after entering men pause and that baby is a woman's grand
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son. she underwent a partial hysterect hysterectomy. they needed a surrogate to have kids so cody's 50-year-old mom helped. >> her grandson cross was born in december and is said to be doing well. we're just seeing the first pictures of cross. >> wow, what a gift. a lot of daughters complain about their mother in laws. i don't think she'll be having any complaints. >> no, she's not able to. a miami teacher is fired after she married another woman. and up in the sky is it a bird, is it a plane? how about over 1,000 drones lighting up the sky at the winter games. we'll show you how they did it.
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strikes. it was hit by a number of lightning bolts during this bad storm. it also knocked out power to more than 1,000 homes. they're demanding answers after learning that a popular first grade teacher was fired after explanation. >> this just days after the teacher married another woman. >> reporter: it was a dream wedding. jaws marrying her same-sex part flr last weektdend at the sands of the florida keys. but she quickly found herself fired from st.s peter and paul catholic school. leaving some parents rst learning of thethrough a letter from the school describing it as a difficult and necessary decision. she broke it contract she signed
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when she began teaching. according to the contract all employees, including school teachers are expected to abide by catholic teachings. any conduct inconsistent with that can draw disciplinary action up to termination. this despite pope francis once saying that gay people should not be discriminated against and they should be respected. morphy writes i married the love of my life and unfortunately i was terminated from my job as a result. in their eyes i'm not the right kind of catholic for my choice in e is now looking for her replacement. >> and miami dade county doen ordinance preventing discrimination but makes exceptions for religious institutions. >> and the state law doesn't cover sexual so she's going to have a tough
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uphill battle there in the courts. examining up the record-setting drone's soaring over south korea creating a stunning opening ceremony you'll be seeing a lot more of them. fast acting zzzquil liquicaps help you fall asleep fast, like stop staring at the clock fast like stop worrying about your boss fast like wow, you're already asleep fast. when life keeps you up... zzzquil helps you fall asleep in as little as 20 minutes.
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former president george h.w. bush used to always talk about light. now we know what he was talking >> that's right. for those of you who caught the incredible drone show you know re it also captured a world record. >> reporter: the drone show broadcast during the opening ceremony didn't just dazzle it smashed a world record. 1218 drones creating the largest ever synchronized drones. largest ever previous to that is 5en had. the drones creating animated three-dimensional figures. that snowboarder coasting over the sky. and of course the olympic rings. so what's that in your >> the intel shooting star drone. 1200 of these flew to cre
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snowboarder. this weighs 330 grams. it's about the weight of a volleyball volleyball right and the reason is for safety in mind. we wanted to it lightweight. >> a smaller number of drones will fly here every night during the medal ceremonies. >> this is completely different than what you've ever seen before. it's something where it's sort of like digital fireworks. >> they rely on sophisticated software. it's beautiful but not easy. >> there have been a lot of challenges. you can never predict weather. . >> what the olympic committee as described as logistical issues caused the cancellation of the live show. they've made a number of cameos including last year's super
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bowl. and wonder woman. >> you literally have multiple points off light in the sky and it can create such a beautiful experience. that's what we want to create across the world. >> love the reaction of the spectators. >> no. they were looking at that interesting torch lighting ceremony. there's a lot of people online -- >> well our thanks to matt gutman for that report. coming up cold. ght since i was a kid, empty my pocket change into this old jar. it's never much, just what's left after i break a dollar. and i never thought i could get quality life insurance with my spare change. neither did i. until i saw a commercial for the colonial penn program. imagine people our age getting life insurance at such an affordable rate. it's true.
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invauvlging his close aid, rob porter. >> it was very sad when we heard about it. he says he's innocent and i think you have to remember that. he said vterday that innocent. >> reporter: this weekend the president is also under fire for taking partisan sides in the russia investigation. refusing to release the democrats classified memo. last week he ordered the release of a gop memo even though his own justice department called it extraordinarily reckless. >> the white house has a new found admiration for the fbi and what we're seeing is the problem when you have someone who lacks character in the oval office. it infects the whole of government. a new flu strikeing it same patient twice. >> i think we're getting to 40 to 50 patients coming in. >> some pretty unconventional
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hear the response from his ex-wife. an international child abduction case heads to court today. a young american boycott in the middle taken to brazil by his guarantees grand parents. we'll see if it it becomes the newest olympic sport on this monday, february 12th. >> announcer: from abc news this is "world news now." >> i have to say i would totally do it. >> i don't know they were sober as they did it but it looks a lot of fun, doesn't it? >> i love it. creativity at its best. >> but we're going to start with disgraced hollywood mogul, harvey weinstein now facing several new legal battles. in new york state the attorney general has filed a civil rights
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lawsuit just days before the half billion sale. >> claims harvey weinstein forcing them to facilitate his sexual encounterers and the weinstein company failed to protect its workers from harassment and intimidation. >> lawyer saying weinstein's behavior was not without fault but was not criminal. it continues with this. "if the purpose however is to scapegoat mr. weinstein, he will vigorously defend himself." and the white house facing more fallout to its response over domestic violence allegations. >> now porter's ex-wife is firing back. >> reporter: president trump on the defensive for lavishing
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praise on former white house staff secretary, porter even after both wives accused him of domestic abuse. >> he says he's innocent and i think you have to remember that. >> he came and grabbed me by the shoulders here and pulled me out of the shower in a rage. one of porter's exs recounts her own anguished response to the president's remarks in time magazine. quote i was floored, she writes. my friend turned to me and said the president of the united states just called you a liar. she also expressed outrage over the president's tweet, railing against false accusations and demanding due process for man accused of sexual misconduct. hill brant tweeting "if he wants due process, let's have congressional hearings tomorrow.
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>> these accusers have had their day on your network for a long time. >> it's a total set up. trump adamantly denies he ever groped any of his accusers. >> believe me she would not be my first choice. >> reporter: and when it comes to his friends and allies he gives them benefit of the doubt. from roger ailes. >> i can tell you some of the women that are complaining, i know how much he helped them. >> reporter: there's also chief of staff john kelly who alowed porter to keep his job. white house officials insisted porter misled the president and kelly. >> it became obvious with had the photographs came out. >> reporter: budget director said these photos from one of porter's exwives seals his fate.
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he insists the photos are not what they seem. >> reporter: this week the white house hopes to turn its attention to the president's infrastructure plans, specifically the plan to spur investment in the crumbling infrastructure. this is the third time thavl rr tried to roll out infrastructure week. each week it gets derailed and there's every indication it could happen again. and the trump administration has a plan to turn the space station over to the private sector. cutting off funding in seven years. at that point it would be operated through partnerships organized by nasa. we should learn more. it's expected to face stiff opposition in congress. the u.s. has spent $100 billion to build and oprate the space station. a new immigration plan is
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being unveiled today. it actually provides a pathway to citizenship for 1.8 million young immigrants known as dreamers. that's inthe line with the immigration plan. it sets opborder trust fund for what's being called tactical infrastructure. it does provide for more border patrol personnel. vice president pence says the united states is now willing to hold talks with north korea. he was quoted as saying if you want to talk we'll talk. he says the u.s. will continue to impose sanctions until it takes clear steps of getting rid of its nuclear weapons. he deskreebed it as maximum pressure and engagement at the same time. he has suggested speaking with north korea would be a waste of
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time. >> and combing for clues off a paschginger jet. it went down about 50 miles away. officials are not mentioning the possibility of terrorism. the pilots described experience reported no emergency before the crash. three tourists are dead and three others are critical. are six were in their 20s and 30s. rescue efforts were hampered by rough aterrain and strong wind. they found wreckage on the side of quarter master canyon. >> it hit the bottom biggest explosion you've ever heard. after the first explosion there was at least five more explosions that went on.
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>> they could have been air lifted to the scene and air tours over the grand canyon have been suspended. they will once again pay tribute to police officers and killed in the line of duty. anthony morelli and erick jaring. their bodies are being moved to separate funeral homes. residents are expected once again to line the route. responding to a hang up 911 call. 31-year-old quinton smith is charged with two counts of murder. he's recovering after two counts of responding to the incident. in new york city an investigation is underway after this vicious attack on rietker's island. catching the violence right for. they suffered a fractious spine and was knocked unconscious by
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four gang members. the suspects are all under 21. they are set to be arraigned today. takata has reached a settlement. the airbags were known to explode. they're blamed for at least 16 deaths and more than 180 injuries and led to the largest automotive recall in history. it establishes a trust and clears the way for takata to exit bankruptcy. and an interesting piece of legislation that is making its way through the legislature there. >> it would create an official day to honor sliced bread. the bill is designed to promote tourism in the city of chilly coffee where the first commercially sliced bread was sold. >> the day to celebrate, white, rye, wheat and everything else would be july 7th.
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>> final vote could come in the next week. >> these are important things. >> and hopefully it will become a national thing and we'll celebrate sliced bread and we'll eat some of it. who doesn't like bread? is there figure else to worry about in missouri? >> awesome. good for missouri. coming up itthe headlines from the olympics. >> including another gold. but we're going to have to wait on the weather for some of the other events. the latest from the winter games. and heart-stopping video of a massive fire ballen the highway. and remember to find us on facebook at fans. ♪harry's meeting clients...♪ ♪...from far away. but they only see his wrinkles.♪ ♪he's gotta play it cool to seal the
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passing cars sending the fire ball straight down the highway. two people in the truck were burned but no one in the other vehicles was hurt. and as she backs up you can see on the highway. >> the fire ball, that explosion. all right. over to the international custody battle after traveling from brazil to miami. >> so the boy's american father accuses imhad of kidnapping him. >> so my son is one of the happiest little boys -- >> reporter: a glimmer of hope for this texas father in the midst of a custody b his 8-year-old son. waking up one day and they're not there anymore, nico's
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parents ar according to a criminal complaint. and along with their daughter conspired to kidnap nico to their native brazil. he allowed his ex-wife to travel with his son for a wedding in 2015. now the only way he's allowed to see nico is when he travels to brazil for supervised visits. the five-year saga striking a cord with david goldman whose battle finally ended when the brazilian courts ruled seane should come to the u.s. know the wondering and missing and longing and not knowing how your son is and what he's doing on a day to day basis. >> reporter: christopher says he leans on david to get him
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through. saying it's absurd. international law gives brazil the jurisdiction to decide the future of the christopher says he's not giving up. >> tatshat's why i fight as hard as i do so he'll rememberis dad. >> the boy's mom as been charged. >> and probably won't end up coming to the u.s. to face those charges. the child also has returned to the u.s. obviously. coming our n hal exclusive inte johnny manziel. the former footballpening up about his very public fallrom winning the heisman to his addiction. how he's hoping to make a comeback. >> with the greatest nickname ever, johnny football. the latest from the winter games incsnowboarder who grabbed the first gold for team u.s.a. but he as another challenge right around the corner. my shoulders carry more than my country's pride they carry my community's pride
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oh yes, time to take another look at how team u.s.a. is dominating in pyeongchang. >> we're on the board at least. >> we're on the board. those vikings. >> let's think positive. >> we'll get them. and norway is on top with eight medals. >> it's the winter games and it's winter there all the time. >> it's like home field advantage except in south korea for them. you're looking at snowboarding right there and the first olympic gold medal was in snowboarding. the second in snowboarding. this time jaime anderson nailing her first run. the rest of the field either crashed or just failed. >> and a strong showing from the siblings. they beat out thetalians but it was the canadia
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away the gold. silver went to the olympic athletes from russia. >> not team russia.th so in the meantime the women's alpine ski event was expected to compete has been postponed because of dangerous weather conditions. >> plus the first medal wins. >> reporter: team u.s.a. has a new golden boy, gerard in the slope style event to steal gold. when you landed that run, you knew you won. >> it would have been a really big bummer to kpcome here and not land the >> reporter: gerard now the youngest american plan to win a gold medal in 90 years. what do you do now? besides graduate high school as you say. >> also making history.
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winning silver, the first medal ever for american men in it single l haduge. and a brutal cold snap too cold for even the winter olympics. wind gusts up to 45 miles per hour. with that wind it makes it nearly unbeatable both going to extremes in feels like temperatures even taping his face to fight the burning cold. >> the wind chill has struggled to climb above zero. the cold is so extreme that thurometers stopped. the temperatures will climb to a balmy 20 degrees and later this week in the 30s. that will finally be perfect olympic winter weather. >> you can see by looking at his
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time for your monday mix and you know what was mesmerizing over the weekend was watching the north korean cheer leading squad at theolympics. women who were there and their synchronized cheers. that one's kind of interesting. i assume that's one of the players and they have a mask of his face and there's this. they are are had in sink. it is a little weird but mesmerizing for many watching the games. they were at the ice hockey thing. >> the weirdest part is who is that guy? do you think he snuck into the wrong seat and deeply regretting that but trying to pretend he
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knows what's going on with the clapping. >> i hope he's still okay. >> given the north korean regime, he may not be. >> hopefully doesn't see you did this out of sink. to edenberro. >> i think it's called edenburgh had. >> as i was saying. celebrating on the royal mile saturday. they've made an impromptu crowd surfing line. they say it's a rock to the vote cheer. passers by jump on top and a little crowd >> and if you've ever been on the mile which you have have there's lot of bars on that mile. >> they put traffic cones to insure no motorist would park where they wanted to sit.
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this morning on "world news now" the back lash after a top white house aid resigned amid accusations of domestic abuse it president repeated expressing sympathy for him. a new message for north korea. vice president mike pence says the u.s. is willing to talk but if hadicists the country will continue to impose tough sanctions against kim's regime. and johnny football on his fall from grace. >> he was on top of the world until his battle with alcohol and depression became too we have an exclusive interview as he tries to make k4comeback. and another quarterback seems to be getting some r & r,
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but is tom brady winning even when he's losing? the skinny this february 12th. it's pretgy to be tom bry.is even after losing the super bowl. >> he's only got five fingers, five rings. >> exactly. >> let's start out this half hour with president trump facing back lash for defending a former aid and ignoring the accusers. >> the president tweeted that lives were being destroyed by miracuizations and calling for due process. the ex-wife of the former white house staff secretary blasted those comments saying the president implied that she's a liar. >> they're dismigssing reports that his chief of staff
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mishandled it. >> he's not actively searching for replacements. >> hick hads ss was involved in crafting a response even though she and porter are dating. president trump is unveiling his had long awaited if infrastructure plans. the proposal centers around using $200 billion to stimulate investments with state and local government and private partnerships, bearing the brunt of the financial burden. the $200 billion will be included in the budget request due out today. and nearryly 2 million dreamers would be offered a path to citizenship. it's sponsored by a group of republican senators. their position is similar to the one offered by president trump's
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plan. the new proposal calls for money for boarder skurtd buttops short of the president's wall. quote, if you want to talk we'll talk. he made those comments while flying home to the winter olympics. pence described the policy as maximum pressure and engagement at the same time. >> all had sightseeing hem helicopter flights have been canceled. and three others injured. >> reporter: witnesses say this woman seen here walking near the fiery wreckage of this helicopter in the grand canyon is among the four survivors. all hospitalized after a grueling, eight-hour long rescue
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ef treacherous terrain. struggling to bring the to safety. finally a lifting one of the victims from the scene. >> our first responders were on the scene within the first 30 minutes and wetribute that first response to what helped save lives. >> reporter: they say the helicopter took off aout for a scenic tour of the grand canyon when flying in what police say were extreme weather conditions with wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour. douglas watched as the helicopter came down. tails broke in half. it hit the bottom. biggest explosion y and flames like you never seen as well. >> reporter: three people were killed. >> after the f explosion, there was at least five more that went on. >> papion airways saying it
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flies on grand canyo other tours. they helped transport first responders to the scene of the crash. they send their sympathies to the families impacted and they're cooperating wi federal and local investigation. an investigation is underway after a airlineriously crashed. all had 71 on board were killed including three children.cted to go on as debris is scattered over a wide area. many emergency workers had to leave their vehicles and walk to the scene or use snow mobiles. so far no mention of terrorism. and new video released by israel's military shows israeli air strikes across syria. prime minister benjamin netanyahu called it a severe blow to syrian and iranian forces. israel attacked after it claims
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a drone crashed in its airspace. the pilot's ejected from that jet. turning now to the weather in this country. temperatures are mild in the east but it's a wet start to the east. you can see a series of rain storms from the gulf to maine and straight over to the atlantic. much of the cold in the midwest still going to stick around at least for the next few days. zeerro degrees in des moines. and southwest had had to cancel hundreds of flights becaus ran out of deciseicing fluid. and the western u.s. is also getting a good soaking right now. that should help lower the threat of wild fires and ease it drought conditions out there which they've been facing for a little while. six days into the competition at the pyeongchang olympics and some are ask figure
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the -- asking if the games may be extended. >> winds have led to the post ponement of two alpine events. look at those flags. >> very windy. >> and how windy it is right there. back inside. the twittersphere is wonderinging how it amarecon finished behind a russian who fell. apparently the american's program was not as difficult. >> it wasn't as difficult as the russian or the canadian who both fell. >> but they fell. >> they try to quadruple something. >> but they fell. >> he did like a single jump. >> and he didn't fall. >> and jaime anderson who earned the second gold this is not fix for the u.s. as
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slope--style snowboarding crown. she's the first to win multiple olympic snowboarding goals. congratulations to the americans. >> go team u.s.a. and that means all itthe die-hard curling fan ss come out. >> the brother and sister team lost to finland. >> they didn't fall did they? >> no. but if they fell maybe they would have won. >> but that didn't end comedian leslie jones' fascination with the sport. her big question is it like marbles? >> like how they're playing? curling curling? >> she's wurl wondering. >> even mr. t is into it. "i'm really pumped watching the winter olympics. i am had watching events i never
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thought i would watch before like coloring, you heard me curling fool. that's a terrible mr. t vut it's exciting it's not as easy as it looks. it takes skills. i like it. >> that sounds like the rock. coming up it's the private feud going public. >> after kim cattrall slams her former co stararah jessica parker. and later it's the biggest event in the year other than that black panther opening weekend. we're talking about meghan and harry's wedding. jimmy's gotten used to his whole room smelling like sweaty odors. yup, he's gone noseblind. he thinks it smells fine but his mom smells this... luckily there's febreze fabric refresher for all the things you
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and that's all had gone and that liquid curage or liquid sense of euphoria that rr over you is gone and you're left staring at the ceiling by yourself and you're back in that depression and back in that hole and dark hole sitting in a room by yourself thinking about all the mistakes you've made in your life. where did that get me except out of the nfl? threatening to kill his former girlfriend. he credits his fiance with forcing him to focus on football again. and it turns out two of america's best television friends aren't really friends at all. . >> the onceet feud between sarah jessica parker and kim cattrall is out there for see. >> reporter: they were the best of friends on hit show
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"sex and t real life they're far from. >> why is it that we can see our friends perfectly but when it comes to ourselves do we ever see ourselves clearly? >> reporter: slamming sarah jessica parker for commenting on the unexpected death of her brother. "dearest kim, my love and condolences to you and yours and godspeed to your beloved brother." cattrall firing back "i don't need your love or s at this tragic time sarah jessica parker. your continuous reaching out is a painful reminder of how cruel you were then and now. let me make this clear you not my exploiting our tragedy to restore your nice girl persona." >> whether you're in touch with them all the time or not and they are suffering for any reason it's involuntary that you want to convey condolences
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or sadness or just let someone know that you're thinking about them. >> reporter: despite the laughs and hugs over the years, cattrall telling pierce morgan that the women on "sex and the city" were never friends. >> we've never been friends. we've been colleagues and in some ways that's a very healthy place to be. >> reporter: the feud sparked over cattrall's decision over doing a third movie. it's not about more movie, more scenes it's not about any of those things. this is about a clear decision an empowered decision to end one chapter and start another. >> so everything is like ruined. this is why we can't have good things. because you think they're are are had friends and besties and wearing their manolo blanics and
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♪ skinny the skinny the skinny ♪ i keep forgetting about the new skinny music. the new details about the upcoming royal wedding. >> for those of you wanting to follow along on tv we now know when it will happen. better set your alarm clock because the ceremony is now set to begin at noon local time. on saturday may 19th. >> which of course is 7:00 a.m. eastern time and 4:00 p.m. pacific. the couple will ride around in a carriage for the commoners to wish them well before heading back to windsor castle for the reception. >> and the arguably greatest quarterback of all time recovering from one of the toughest losses of his storied
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career. >> but don't worry tom brady wantso us know tom brady is doing just fine. eagles kept him from his super bowl win he flew to costa rica and joined it sunset with his supermodel wiele bundchen. #losing streak stops add one. >> so foles gets to go tod and he gets to go to costa rica with gisele. >> we have a retraction we want to make. >> so after lastweek'sreport in tmz about the spice girls reuniting for a major u.s. a key e group appears to be holding out. the kim cattrall of the spice girl. posh spice here in and at an event beckham shut down the rumors of a
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reunion. "i'm not going on tour the girls aren't going on tour it was really really really lovely but this is what i do now". >> this is what i do now. >> apparently being >> posh spice is out. seeing more victoria hershad, david owns pro soccer team. but i'm really sad about this. did they tell her it's what i want? what i really really want? >> clearly but she didn't hear that. a big congratulations to a member of her abc news family. no as she welcomes her new baby. >> that's right, a table for four please. their son, adrian is very proud big brother. >> you know it is ratings month.
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i'm taking . i just can't believe this ise i get to live with you. >> it meant nothing to me you. >> kendis was just talking about how he can't wait to see this "50shades" dominated at the box office whipping the competition. >> so "peter rabbit" was second with 25 million. >> very similar film. >> clint eastwood's 15:17. you know the kids on the chairs for black panther?
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that's me. and sisters sharing the same olympic dream in southut waving different flags. >> for around it's a dream come tr not the dream they were expecting. >> reporter: growing up in minnesota they did everything together first figure skating, falling in love with hockey. playing in the olympics a dre fraboth. but when that reality, they ended up on different teams. that's marissa, number 23 for korea and hannah number 20 for team ais.u.s.a. >> to be here in my birth country, to have my family here and my sister to share this journey with her is incredible. she arrived they found out they were pregnant, mu marissa arrived four months old and four months later hannah
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came. when hannah made the american team marissa deadidn't expect to go but then she got an invitation to see a country she hadn't seen since she was adopted. something that has made their bond even stronger. they both say if they play each other, they'll be fierce competitors on the ice but always sisters and best friends off the ice. pyeongchang, south korea. who do i root for? the american or the korean team right now? don't miss our updates on facebook. facebook.
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