facing criticism for saying he would meet with kim jung un and be honored under the right circumstances. we will have the reaction to that just ahead. >> the new and dramatic video from that deadly pool party in southern california giving us a closer look at the chaotic scene. police opening fire at the suspect as he shoots at random. >> new this half-hour, major changes coming to school lunches. >> the new agriculture secretary visited with schoolkids and praised chocolate milk. concerns grow the trump administration is rolling back the initiatives of michelle obama. >> and famous people got fancy at the annual met gala. so, see who went the comfortable route, see who went adventurous route, see who decided to get comfortable on the stairs, show it all to you. you will get to see how we would do as fashion police. >> oh, boy. >> producers putting us to the test on tuesday, may 2nd. >>> from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> always our favorite, favorite, favorite newscast. one of the favorite newscasts of the year after seeing the met gala and all the costumes. >> so much to talk

the united states can bring him around. >> eric: gordon chang, the top analyst of north korea and kim jung-unhank you. it's unpredictable, dangerous, and you cannot get in the mind of kim jung-un as he tries to play this potentially dangerous chess game. >> arthel: very dangerous. the national security council same president trump has been briefed on the reported north korean missile launch. mr. trump, today as we know, he is delivering his first commencement speech at liberty university of virginia. he is using the occasion to reflect on his presidency thus far. caroline is live at the white house with details. what more can you tell us? >> reporter: adding to that, mry his national security team. we're hoping to get more tonight as they find out more information about this launch. was it a ballistic missile as it appears to been? how long did it go up in the air? was it a success? how much of a threat is this to the united states? more details on that. before this, it was a light day for the president, going to liberty university in addressing graduating seniors. one of his big applause lin

navy bolstered its fleet present in front of kim jung un.sile defense test we conquered. >> reporter: the technology is so precise it is like trying to hit a bullet with another bullet in the us military pulled it off. the crucial test conducted over the pacific ocean. the mark enemy missile fired over 4000 miles away from marshall islands targeted by an interceptor deployed just north of santa barbara. the stakes couldn't be any higher as north korean dictator kim jung un fires a dozen missiles just this year. >> the weapon tested last week can reach hawaii. an electromagnetic pulse over hawaii will shut the state of hawaii down. is more important people in pyongyang realize they cannot get away with striking the us with any kind of weapon. >> that is the trump administration act before it gets to the interceptor point. >> china is doing back channel networking with north korea in a way that getting them to try to stop a nuclear test, we will try to keep the pressure on china but we will continue to work with them in any way we think is bes

facing criticism for saying he would meet with kim jung un and be honored under the right circumstancesll have the reaction to that just ahead. >> the new and dramatic video from that deadly pool party in southern california giving us a closer look at the chaotic scene. police opening fire at the suspect as he shoots at random. >> new this half-hour, major changes coming to school lunches. >> the new agriculture secretary visited with schoolkids and praised chocolate milk. concerns grow the trump administration is rolling back the initiatives of michelle obama. >> and famous people got fancy

kim jong-un. he's saying he'd be honored to meet kim jung-un. do you think the president believes his negotiation skills could solve this conflict in north korea, just his businessman negotiating? >> on the one hand, the president gives those kind of signals all the time, he's going to bring a new level of negotiation prowess. on the other hand, he's said he learned a lot about north korea and china and the problems in asia that he didn't understand before he was president. the president has actually put together a pretty solid national security team. mattis of defense, h.r. mcmaster now running the national security counsel. and they've done a very good job strategically of putting together a strategy and the president will undermine it unnecessarily and duterte in the philippines is a good example. look, we have a naval base in the philippines. our military relationship with them is important for the strategy in asia and being able to counter china and north korea. it's however unnecessary for the president to invite him to the white house wit

also making news today, two women suspected of murdering the half—brother of kim jung un are due to appear. they face the death penalty if they are convicted. they deny the charges. staying with north korea, the authorities say that kim jung un personally supervise the test launch ofa personally supervise the test launch of a ballistic missile 2a hours ago and they are describing it as a successful test. the launch was there a 12 the third test this year in defiance of united nations sanctions. scientists in america say they have made a major breakthrough in preventing bacteria gaining resista nce in preventing bacteria gaining resistance to the antibiotic franco meissen. they have modified the drug to make it much more powerful. it was feared that bacteria would eventually develop a full resistance to the existing form of the antibiotic. the chief executive of british airways has refused to resign in the light of the computer failure that cause chaos for passengers. in his first interview since the crisis started, alex cruz said a power surge was behind the colla pse said a power surge wa

meeting of the minds between donald trump and kim jung un. could such a thing happened? donald trump explained many politicians would never meet with kim, he would, adding it would be an honor. >> under the right circumstances i would absolutely meet with him. most political people would never say that but i'm telling you under the right circumstances i would meet with him. >> the white house dispelling concerns about the president saying he would meet with kim. >> there are a lot of conditions. what would have to happen with respect to his behavior and show signs of good faith if the circumstances are presented we would be prepared but they are not at this time. >> democrats say with tensions mounting with north korea the president needs to devise a strategy that will denuclearize north korea. elliott bangle says the president saying he would be honored to meet with kim, a dictator and murderer is the latest example of the dangerous inconsistency coming from this administration, the trump administration should be devising a credible strategy, not flying by the seat of hi

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china when they started turning back a crushed economy start cutting down in 2005, kim -- kim jung un is not paying his generals. >> we got this place defended by antimissile defense systems, got a lot of heat for meeting the guy, but sanctions for extinction problems that created black markets in the first place, it is about not allowing forced labor exports of goods and services. is that even allowed now? we are not doing regular trade with countries around them and causing this, it is only making the crazy dictator think he is at war with america which he is not really. dagen: if china helped enforce the sanctions more than they do that would be a step in the right direction. >> absolutely so they signaled they are not interested at all, with the united states has done with this bill north korea has sneaky ways, and what this does is close those loopholes. we are retching get up to 5 or 6, we have a long way to go. try us. we dare you. >> it is a good idea, the trump administration said iran has been cooperating, tough sanctions on them, a great economic tool and i would love china

believed china as regime closest ally and biggest training partner is in best position to pressure kim j jung-un. chew 23450ez can put brakes on this do i not believe kim j jung-un will do that by h himself. i don't think built i don't think he's concerneded of the welfare of people to say the least. >> trump said he believes china is starting to did and that the willing may make cop sessions with trade deals in china to make that happen. >> i'm garrett tipy fox news. >> gar jury back after the break. >> a full look at the for quhaingt news at 11 returns. for years, fios has been promising fast internet to small businesses. but for many businesses, it's out of reach. why promise something you can't deliver? comcast business is different. ♪ ♪ ♪ we deliver super-fast internet with speeds of 250 megabits per second across our entire network, to more companies, in more locations, than fios. we do business where you do business. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> good weather for the annual walk for ms at rfk stadium today and this year greater maryland chapter raised 4 0 0,000 across the country. walks asupposed to pass the

so, he is actually made a very veiled outreach to kim jung-un.im potentially make open-ended statements about the dictator and see how that goes gorbachev so we need to let all the areas play out and see what happens. >> laura: thanks for being here. were glad to have you. thank you. >> eric: meanwhile, president trumps son-in-law and advisor, jared kushner has led to a new controversy in washington. because of his sister, some chinese investors, and a controversial that only people with really big bucks can get. i got a mortgage offer from the bank today. whuuuuuat? you never just get one offer. go to lendingtree.com and shop multiple loan offers for free! free? yeah. could save thousands. you should probably buy me dinner. pappa's eatin' steak tonight. no. at lendingtree, shop and compare loan offers from top lenders and in just 5 minutes, you could save thousands. lendingtree, when banks compete, you win. i love date night. yeah. somebody's ruining it. yeah. well you could leave if you wanted to? >> eric: artifacts from the tomb of king tut, t

kim jung un. >>> relative calm returned to paris this morning following violent mayday marches in theal. six riot police officers caught on fire, after they were hit by molotov cocktails. one of the officers suffering third degree burns. france political social divisions are enflamed a week before the country's final run-off presidential election. >> fox news lost another executive. just a few months after the ouster of roger ailes. >> fox news co-president, bill shine has been forced out. abc's chief business correspondent, rebecca jarvis with the latest. >> reporter: another shake-up inside fox news. >> the factor begins right now. >> reporter: just two weeks after the network's star anchor bill o'reilly was ousted after growing sexual harassment allegations. >> fire bill o'reilly! >> bill shine, head of programming, stepping down. the head of fox's parent company, rupert murdoch saying, his contribution to our channel and our country will resonate for many years. but behind that praise, murdoch's sons, james and lockland reportedly pushing for shine's exit. just as they did with o'

. >> trump expressed grudging admiration for kim jung-un. >> at a young age. he assumed power. people tried to take it away. his uncle, any bed else. he was able to do it. so, obviously, he's a pretty smart cookie. >> so, how does the philippines controversial leader fit into all of this? we saw firsthand how he deals with suspected criminals in his country. his troops have killed more than 7,000 people since he came to power. in the crowd, a worried mother. soon she learns her son is gone. >> oh, no. >> your son. >> outwardly appears a deal with the devil. a person participated in extra judicial killings of drug dealers and okay to kill journalists. >> spoke about the north korean conflict. urging the united states to be prudent, are playing with toys. bob woodruff, abc news, seoul. >>> one more note from the region. the conflict with north core car has people in nearby japan on edge this morning. especially for those living near u.s. military bases. poe t a potential strike dominates japanese media. the bases in japan could be target of misses from the north. if that were to

mainland in january north korean dictator kim jung-un said an icbm test was imminent but hasn't happened yet. this shorter rang test comes days after south korea elected a new president who wants to engage pyongyang, not isolate it. but today his spokesman said dialogue is only possible if north in a statement, the white house called for stronger sanctions and pointed out that the missile landed near russian territory, adding that president donald trump, quote, cannot imagine that russia is pleased. russia's president expressed concern over the launch in beijing. today china called for restraint and calm. china's north korea's only major ally and has been pushing for negotiations. they receiptically there could be a path toward dialogue. over the weekend a senior north korean official said that the regime would be open to talks with the u.s. under the right circumstances. echoing a similar overturn by president trump. but elaine this latest provocation derails this possibility at least any time soon. >> quijano: adriana, thank you. >> he manuel macron was sworn in today as frances new pr

comes about a week after president trump says he would be honored to meet with north korean leader kim jung un. >>> two deputies are dead after a fiery crash in mow dead toe. they were -- mow disease modesto. their car landed on top of a dumpster in a parking lot. investigators say surveillance video seems to indicate the deputies may have been speeding before the accident. >> i've seen the video. hopefully, the cal highway patrol's investigation will answer the questions as to why, and i don't want to speculate at this time. >> emergency crews found the car engulfed in flames. they had to use a ladder to get to it. both detectives died. >>> >>> kim was rear ended by a bus carrying tesla workers yesterday morning. the chp says the volkswagen slowed or stopped in the middle lane of 560 over the altamont pass. the bus driver claims he was blinded by the early morning sun when the crash happened. >>> another weekend packed with flight delays over at sfo. and here's a live look at the airport. repaving work continues again tomorrow on one of the two main runways. weekend work has been underway for

>> president response comes off missile launch on friday and we heard the president talk about kim jung-un calling it a smart cookie. not in the way but the way he's moved his way through government. >> people were trying to got let him succeed and somehow he made. it that's what he meant when he said he called him a smart cookie. >> when you see the quote on its own. >> a lot of people were surprised. >> that's why you need context. >> absolutely. >> over the weekend the president raised a few eyebrows when invitesed philippine president to the white house. philippine leader is accused of human rights abuses like extra judicial killings of those in his country. he defentsed the right to defend him and said it's enough to counter north korea. they have to first consult the national security council or state department. >> may day demonstrations taking place across the world and home and workers taking to the stress. union members marched for workers rights and here in the united states protests are called for immigrants rights we're seeing in d.c. as well as lgbtq awareness. >> just a shor

continued in the philippines despite claims that the army was in the final stages of a battle to save kim jung unels to surrender orface are calling on the remaining rebels to surrender or face being are calling on the remaining rebels to surrender orface being killed —— marawi. the government offensive is said to be not straightforward. these rebels or terrorists, are ensconced in houses in neighbourhoods. they have the advantage of having sniping positions. street to street fighting could also mean a long and drawn—out conflict with these rebels. is the president losing control of the situation here? i do not think so. i think they are doing it slowly because the alternative is just to raise the city to the ground and you cannot do that. this is the biggest islamic city in the country. the humanitarian disaster is unfolding and it would get worse if you burn it down. the heritage destroyed with the tremendous. in fact, many people there are already saying please stop even the surgical air strikes because it would lead to the burning of the city. it was said that hopefully by friday, things will

north korea's leader kim jung-un has made no secret of his nuclear ambitions. just this week holding a lavish parade honoring the creators of his latest weapons. >> at some point they're going to develop a capability that will be able to reach the continental united states. >> reporter: now, the white house acknowledged the test. and the south korean president held an emergency meeting in response to the latest provocation. tom? >> bob, thank you. >>> now to the extraordinary images coming in here at home. firefighters tackling a potentially deadly blaze when part of the building collapsed, trapping a firefighter. setting off a frantic rescue. all unfolding as cameras were rolling. here's adrienne bankert. >> oh, my god! oh, my god! >> reporter: it happened in one heart-stopping moment. this convenience store, engulfed in flames. the front of the building collapses, crushing a firefighter at this michigan gas station. >> there's a fireman down! get him out. get him out. get him out. >> reporter: cameras rolling as flames rage around him. burning dangerously clo

in an interview with bloomberg, mr trump said he would be honoured to meet kim jung—un in the right circumstancesen speaking to fox news, the president reverted to a stronger line, calling north korea's stance on its missile programme inflammatory and very threatening to the united states. he said he'd take action if he had to. barbara plett usher reports. during the election campaign, donald trump said he might be willing to sit down for a burger with kim jong—un. but he dropped that notion of burger diplomacy after the north korean leader declared he was working on a missile powerful enough to hit the united states. you do you have to do, and you don't talk about it. so when people say — i was asked a question yesterday, exactly when would you go in? at what time would you go in? i mean, it's ridiculous. i don't want to talk about it. i can say this. he's very threatening, he's a big threat to the world. how safe are troops in the demilitarised zone, and our ally in south korea? how safe are they, with some of the defence systems we have provided, and what is the status of those? well, nobody i

. >> reporter: north korean leader kim jung-un is making it loud and clear. nine missile tests so far this year, he wants a variety of missiles that could threaten close neighbors and far away enemies like the united states. the farthest tipped with nuclear bombs. after carrying out two nuclear tests last year, kim is ready for another underground test. the test include long and short-range missiles, some using liquid or at times, solid fuel. launched from submarines or even mobile launchers making them difficult to track. >> we always assume that with a testing program they get better with each test. >> reporter: patience is running out, especially for japan. many of these tests of missiles fall close to or within their waters. >> reporter: we cannot accept north korea taking provocative action, ignoring the repeated warnings from the international community he says. for south korea's new liberal president, it is a slap in the face. moon took office with promises to push for a softer approach on his northern neighbor. just last week, he signalled to restart

as tension rises with north korea donald trump says he would consider meeting with kim jung un. the us government will stay open for business — it shouldn't be remarkable but it is. to get there mr trump had to give up on some key campaign promises. and. these are the faces of war. a new exhibition focuses on american soldiers who've fought in iraq and afghanistan. welcome — i'm katty kay in washington — it's may day, christian has the day off — and we hope he is spending more peacefully than the scenes in paris today. a french police officer was engulfed in flames and seriously burned — two more were injured in clashes with protestors. this year's may day demonstrations come just six days before the final round of the french presidential election and in a divided nations it is clearly a tense time. the bbc‘s lucy williamson is in paris and i spoke to her a brief time ago. these marches come just six days before the final vote and i expect they are some gauge of the mood in france and it does not look good does it? these may day rallies are an annual event organised by the main

this comes as allah u akbar -- kim jung un promises to send a gift package to the us. latest landing in japan's exclusive economic zone the country promising to retaliate. that is a scary story. rob: severe storms ripping through the midwest leaving a deadly path of destruction. >> two people are dead after their car was washed off the road in missouri during flash flooding. first responders searching for that driver. rob: janice dean live with where that storm is headed. >> reporter: scattered showers and thunderstorms in the upper midwest through the northeast and the great lakes as well as the central us, look at your current temperatures, very springlike, 40s and 50s on the map, cooler than average on the eastern tier of the country and the northeast, there is your satellite radar imagery, we don't have any big storms but we will see nuisance rain showers from the northeast to the great lakes of the gulf coast and the rockies are nothing organized but we could see scattered showers here and there, some reach severe limits but we won't see a tornado outbreak or anyt

states however, as the president had the meeting with president trump before he had the meeting with kim jung-un. i do not believe it's easy to make or development to stop the evil if china exerted more pleasure. once china stopped providing oil into north korea however, that triggered a talk. even though north korea did not receive. [inaudible] from china it's possible it will get its oil from russia. i have some worry about the impact of the sanction to be imposed by china. the question here is how trump will deal with this. afghanistan and syria the mother bomb was used. it was deployed in japan. there's some posture by the top administration. with that if it continues with the missile and nuclear development, what could be the next step of trump administration and they will try to be patient like the previous administration did or will north korea respond, what further steps will be taken by the trump administration. their approach by tran needs to be? the east asia is very important. the defense ministries meeting is held regularly. this is in japan and also including us and australia, tril

on the call trump said kim jung-un, quote, we can't let a man with nuclear weapons on the loose like that. >> american presidents say things off to the blunt and to the point you don't want out in the public domain. >> reporter: separately, we've gotten reports twice this week that american allies were upset. british authorities are irritated with u.s. leaks about the manchester bombing investigation. and when u.s. defense minister was asked if life was put ipdanger, am minister would neither confirm or deny saying, quote, only a connection had to be made. >> i never mentioned the word or intham israel, never mentioned it in the conversation. >> reporter: in just four months the president's conversations with the russians in the oval office, his call with duterte, and his contentious calls have all been leaked. >> when they see information used inappropriately in ways they have not approved, very public ways, they will stop passing along that information. and they won't tell us. they will simply dial it back. >> reporter: former cia officers we spoke to thds president and his closest

navy bolstered its see presence in front of kim jung un. we are live.cked with passengers forced to land after a fire breaks out on board. and passengers scramble to safety after a 3 hour standoff with police. >> the images are too disturbing. it offends people. it wasn't funny. i get it. heather: a desperate attempt at an apology from kathy griffin after a terrific assassination stunt leaves americans in disgust. the fallout from a furious nation. "fox and friends" first starts now. ♪ ♪ say geronimo ♪ say geronimo ♪ say geronimo ♪ say geronimo ♪ say geronimo ♪ rob: i don't know this song. heather: it is a great song to wake up to. rob: you are watching "fox and friends" first. heather: we start with the white house standing firm defending jared kushner over alleged back handling with russia. rob: michael flynn has agreed to turn over subpoena documents to the senate. heather: live in washington dc with details on the investigation, you know that song. >> reporter: the white house continues to aggressively defend the president's son-in-law, returning to

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rising, president trump declaring today that he would be honored to meet with north korean leader kim jung-unuld be appropriate for me to meet with him, i would absolutely -- i would be honored. >> reporter: the choice of words raising eyebrows. >> at a very young age he was able to assume power. a lot of people i'm sure tried to take that power away, whether it was his uncle or anybody else. he was able to do it. obviously, he is a pretty smart cookie. >> reporter: sean spicer offering an explanation for trump's view. >> he assumed power at a young age when his father passed away. there was a lot of potential threats that could have come his way. he has managed to lead a country forward despite the obvious concerns that we and so many other people have. he is a young person to be leading a country with nuclear weapons. >> reporter: spicer sought to temper trump's compliment saying the conditions do not exist for the president to hold talks with north korea. >> we have to see their provocative behavior ratcheted down immediately. there's a lot of conditions that would have to happen with resp

ambassador nikki haley said trump administration believes china is using back channels to get kim jung-untop testing nuclear and ballistic missiles. she added, china knows north korea best and in countering the threat. >>> operations returning to normal at orlando air authority. this after a three hour standoff in the car rental area there. a distraught man kept begging police to shoot him. and pointed his gun at his own head at one point. now passengers were diverted from one of the airport terminals, some flights were delayed. finally the police got the 26-year-old former marine to put down his weapon and surrender. and then they discovered the gun was fake. but you see the damage there, a lot of backups in the orlando area. no shots however were fired. and, he is going to undergo some mental evaluation. >>> and a jetblue flight from new york to san francisco diverted to grand rapids, michigan, due to fires sparked by laptops lithium battery. the airline says a laptop was inside a passenger's carry on. the plane landed safely with no injuries, delays or damage to the aircraft. >>> comed

something else and that would be the trainees in their effort to try to affect the decision-making by kim jung-un. have you seen any indication that they have become more serious in their effort and that they're taking steps necessary to alter his decision-making process? have you seen or are aware of this position great situation that we have here and then as a follow-up, what do you think are the kind of steps that china could take that might get king duncan's attention. >> we certainly have gotten attention and they have taken steps at this point. it's not produce the results that we had hoped, secretary tillerson has said defined this as a series of steps relative to putting increasing pressure on north korea and that we are just at the early stages of that. clearly, china's engagement in helping us address this issue is critical, it seemed that way we continue to work with the chinese in that regard. beyond that, you would have to address that secretary tillers tillerson. >> to get a better detail of what we are trying to do, clearly, china needs to play a role. it's been suggested, picking

. >> instead of escalating between wreckless saber rattling and downing kim jung-un a smart cookie, we while protecting our allies and our homeland. >> across the pond, queen elizabeth and prince phillip host the garden party. the duke and duchess were at the event, a much coveted social occasion for people of all walks of life. >>> despite joking he'll never get asked back to the academy awards, jimmy kimmel set to host the 90th oscars next year, announcing the decision now because they want to keep the momentum going in 2018. >>> that's the news update this hour, back to you, kelly. >> pretty early for them -- >> very early. >> yeah. >> the tony's needed somebody like two months in advance. >> booked warren bette and -- >> you know, they should. they should. >> we know how that worked out. >> clear the air, come together, do it right this time. >> it's a redo. >> all right. there you go. thank you, sue. >> sure. >> whistle-blower at united health, and we have the details. >> a long running case, and at the heard of it is the allegation of the nation's largest private medicare insurer

the development by north korea and the ultimate goal of north korea is to maintain kim junge unregime by the -- kim jong un regime by the holding of the nuclear weapon that we tried to warn against the united states and tried to preserve their regime. so nuclear development and the regime are inseparateable so in exchange of -- insap rable so in exchange of position and life as they are acting and they are almost -- come jong un is almost stepping on the tail of japan and i do not believe there is no chance for making progress in the negotiation. on the short-term basis, for a while they may refrain from nuclear tests and missile launches. however, on the long-term basis, it's possible they develop nuclear missile which could reach the main land of japan. hat would increase the threat. they were to give up or abannedon of the nuclear development of -- abandon of the nuclear development of the weapon that would lead to the collapse of the regime so that probably would not happen. so if the missile were to be developed, that would be the real threat for japan. so we currently need to put all the options avai

kim jong-un in the development in research of nuclear weapons. and conventional weapons. >> analysts michael madden is consulted by intelligence agencies on north korean leaders. he said kim jungshed rocket scientist. it is believed these three men are in such high esteem they get to rubble bowes with the supreme leader like no one else. >> they do get to travel in kim jong-un ajet and in his car, which is not something other core leaders do. they live in an exclusive apartment housing. >> analysts say it is possible rival intelligence agencies could target the three men for assassination. similar to how four iranian nuclear scientists were assassinated a few years ago. >> they could be targeted through drone strike. other option is essentially finding someone within the another korean government who does not like un. who is disinfranchised and still has access to the activities that they have access to leadership activity who could be an assassin. >> could kim jong-un perth any of the men himself if they fail to advance north cree yeah weapons program? analysts say it is possible but not likely. their scientific and logistical knowledge is too tough for him to replace. >> int