so --. >> pierre: wow!estaurant kitchen. >> pierre: in the same kitchen. it's like --. >> anthony: downstairs kitchen. >> pierre: basement kitchen. >> anthony: it was downstairs. >> pierre: oh, i can't believe this, man. well, boom, boom was really the defining moment for me. boom had, like, this global ethnic/italian --. >> anthony: so you saw a window to start introducing african, west african flavors? >> pierre: yeah. >> anthony: and it, it worked. people were receptive to that. >> pierre: absolutely, yeah, yeah. ♪ oh, wow. >> anthony: tonight we're having yassa made with the local fish called thiof. cooked simply, on the bone, wrapped in foil, and steamed over the fire, served with a mignonette-type sauce of onions. grilled mussels. sea urchin. >> anthony: mm, grilled mussels, cool. >> pierre: yeah. >> anthony: oh, that was good. mm, starving. i mean, i'm really hungry. so, what distinguishes senegalese cuisine from the neighbors? >> pierre: i think we have the best food in the continent. >> anthony: ha

>> pierre thomas at the supreme court tonight. pierre, thank you. >> next, on his 500th day in office, president trump is claiming that he has, quote, the absolute right to parton himself. so, tonight here, our jon karl pressing the white house on this, asking, does the president plan to use that power to pardon on himself? >> reporter: today, a defiant president trump declared himself effectively immune from prosecution, tweeting, "i have the absolute right to pardon myself, but why would i do that when i've done nothing wrong?" later, white house press secretary sarah sanders refused to rule it out. >> thankfully, the president hasn't done anything wrong, and wouldn't have any need for a pardon. >> reporter: but does he absolutely rule out doing that? i mean, does he rule out ever issuing a pardon for himself? >> once again, thankfully, the president hasn't done anything wrong and therefore wouldn't need one. >> reporter: the top republican on the senate judiciary committee scoffed at the idea the president could pardon himself.

pierre mcguire. we get to listen right now. >> pierre: thanks so much, doc. you are at the top of the national hockey league. how is the view my friend? >> it is just unbelievable. i don't know what to say. it is just unbelievable. i am the happiest guy. i am so happy for my teammates and the fans back in washington. all of my friends. you know, it is unbelievable. >> for 13 years. what changed this year for you alex? >> we won the stanley cup. that is all that matters. we won. does not matter what happened before. we just won it. >> pierre: your leadership was phenomenal. not just athletically. when did you decide to become more of a vocal leader with the group? >> i don't know. it just came naturally. >> pierre: you did it so well. alex ovechkin, you are now a stanley cup champion. >> thank you very much. >> pierre: doc. >> mike: the knights have left the ice surface here. but they had one last chance to salute their crowd. 51 wins in the regular season. no expansion team ever came close to that. and the celebrating goes on. there will be a presentation of

he says he simply form got, david. >> pierre thomas. pierre, thank you. >>> overseas tonight, and to that deadly earthquake in japan. the urgent efforts under way to find the missing. the 5.5 magnitude quake rocking the city of osaka. witnesses say buildings shook for 30 seconds, some crumbling. people scrambling to evacuate. at least four people were killed, including a schoolgirl. more than 300 injured. tonight, the search for survivors, as more than 100,000 residents are without power or gas tonight. >>> back at home tonight, and a troubling new video from a woman who says her husband's tesla burst into flames. tonight, the ntsb now adds this case to other investigations involving tesla batteries. here's abc's chief national correspondent matt gutman tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the ntsb is sending a specialist to help investigate that car fire, jets of flame shooting out from beneath this tesla model s in los angeles. "west wing" star marry mccormack tweeting, "this is what happened to my husband and his car today. no accident, ou

pierre, we should note, president trump said manafort received a tough sentence. of course, he has not been sentenced just yet. his trial hasn't even begun. pierre, the president's lawyer, rudy giuliani floating a message tonight -- the idea of a pardon? >> reporter: yes, he said mueller's investigation is tainted and out of control. he said, when the whole thing is over, things may get cleaned up with some presidential pardons. tom? >> pierre, thank you. >>> and before all of this, earlier today, president trump was on a high. coming off his north korea summit -- take a look at this -- what looked like a victory tour. walking out of the white house and down the driveway. reporters surrounding him. talking live on the spot, and on live tv for nearly an hour. making all sorts of claims. kyra phillips was there, and has this fact check. >> reporter: it was just before 8:30 a.m. and president trump was on the move. >> listen, i'm doing an interview over here. >> reporter: the entire white house press corps running to catch up. >> mr. president, should muller be suspe

>> pierre thomas leading us off tonight. pierre, thank you. just moments ago, we heard from a eyewitness, a man who works at a business in that same building, right across the hall from the newsroom. he was on the phone when gunfire broke out, and he could see into the newsroom of "the capital gazette" as this was unfolding. here's what he saw. >> i saw a guy holding a gun, the door of "the capital gazette" had been blown to pieces. it was in shattered pieces all on the carpet. and this guy was holding what looked like a big shotgun, and moving across the entrance of "the capital gazette" office, pointing the gun deeper into the office, like he was targeting people. i mean, i only looked at him for a second. i ducked my head back behind the wall as soon as i saw the guy initially. and i saw a young woman who looked like she'd been hurt. she was on the ground. there was a bunch of blood on the floor, so -- we stayed in our office until a second group of police officers showed up. they actually broke down our office door and then they escorted u

in 2016, jean—pierre bemba was convicted of murder, rape and pillaging.en were violated by multiple men, but the judges ruled the original trial got it wrong — that he was not to blame. thisjudgement could have a considerable impact in other cases when a leader argues they cannot be blamed for atrocities committed by their forces in a foreign land. the american chef, author and tv presenter, anthony bourdain, has been found dead in a hotel room in france. it's thought he'd taken his own life. it's the second high profile suicide this week — the designer kate spade died on tuesday. from new york, neda tawfik reports. i have eaten a lot of really nasty things may show... anthony bourdain was a culinary rock star who was unpretentious about his food and his company. his taste for adventure and his honest reflection captivated audiences and left them hungry for more. his sudden death came as a great shock. television network cnn which carried his food and travel show parts unknown, said the chef took his own life. anthony bourdain was in france, working on th

pierre boulez opened in march two thousand and seventeen as part of the barenboim saeed academy and is especially for chamber music top musicians from all over the world are already lined up to play here and the first season is packed with stars one of the first being the georgian violinist. liz a fantastic rehearsal and of course the first question has to be what was it like playing in this amazing hall yeah it's quite amazing actually to be part of this the birth of a new space which is so special because from the one side use you feel the space. and the same time you feel that people are very close you because you have played it as yeah no but i think i know it because the seats are quite close and i know that. we'll be surrounded by the odd i think there's even some more coming tonight for more seats are going to be even closer i know yes and actually we decided to make a circle here will see that and because in the way the music will be in the middle and it's matches actually of course the formal day of the hall and there is no clear direction so basically music is everywhere and

in 2016, jean—pierre bemba was convicted of murder, rape and pillaging. ten were raped. women were violated by multiple men, but thejudges ruled women were violated by multiple men, but the judges ruled the original trail got it wrong. that he was not to blame. —— trail. -- trial. thisjudgement could this judgement could have a considerable impact on other cases when they argue they cannot be blamed for atrocities committed by their forces blamed for atrocities committed by theirforces in a blamed for atrocities committed by their forces in a foreign land. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: as broadway gets ready for the tony awards, we sit down with the cast and producers of the band's visit — one of the biggest hits so far this season. the day the british liberated the falklands, and by tonight, british troops had begun the task of disarming the enemy. in the heart of the west german capital, this was gorby—mania at its height. the crowd packed to see the man who, for them, has raised great hopes for an end for the division of europe. michaeljacks

>> pierre thomas tonight. thank you. >>> there is an urgent effort under way at this hour to get the youngest victims from that volcano in guatemala to the u.s. for help. and look at this tonight. this satellite image of a village from before the volcanic eruption, and this image afterward. you can see the village is gone. burned, covered in ash now. abc's victor oquendo in guatemala on the effort to get those young victims here. >> reporter: tonight, more than 72 hours after guatemala's volcano of fire buried communities, hope is fading. officials suspending the search for survivors. days of rain and hot terrain making it just too dangerous. overnight, the u.s. military airlifting six children with life-threatening burns to a texas shriner's hospital for treatment. >> we also had some moments on the airplane where the kids, you know, weren't doing so well, and we had some great teams onboard to help, and we were all here to help each other. >> reporter: meanwhile, the images from the volcano are breathtaking.

pierre, thank you. >>> now to the crackdown at the border.tonight about hundreds of children separated from their parents. abc news reporting here last week on a mother and her 14-year-old son separated more than eight months ago. she had not seen him since. she's accused of trying to illegally enter the u.s. she's applying for asylum. well tonight, word that they have been reunited now. and this evening, what happened when a senator tried to get a tour of a former walmart where children are now believed to be held? here's abc's chief national affairs correspondent tom llamas. >> reporter: tonight, new pressure on the trump administration and their zero tolerance policy for illegal immigration. >> behind those doors inside that walmart are apparently many hundreds of children. >> reporter: senator jeff merkley traveling to the border over the weekend, trying to get inside this government facility he says is holding children who are separated from their parents after crossing the border illegally. >> can you please give me a tour of it? >> rep

and pierre, we know that reporter said he was hiding under his desk. he said he could hear the shooter reload. but then at some point, he stopped firing. the reporter saying, "i don't know why." tonight, we don't even know who the suspect is, even with him sitting across from interrogators? >> reporter: that's right, david. he's sitting right there across from the iner the gators and they have no idea who he is. sources say he did not have a wallet and that he's not talking. the only thing clear tonight is he showed up in that newsroom with a shotgun and a deadly plan. david? >> pierre thomas, thank you. >>> just moments ago, with hear from an eyewitness, a man who works right across the hall from the newsroom. he was on the phone when gunfire broke out, and he could see into the newsroom of "the capital gazette" as this was unfolding. here's what he saw. >> i saw a guy holding a gun. the door was in shattered pieces along the carpet. and this guy was holding what looked like a big shotgun and moving across the entrance of "the capital gazette" office

the winton hotel, as well as the pierre hotel. that's home to almost 200 tenants. additionally, the central city s.r.o. collaborative -- [inaudible] >> -- both inside and outside. s.r.o.'s. our land use committee is compromised of s.r.o. tenants and community members who have been intimately involved in this process as we've been meeting with the developers as they are the ones that best understand the neighborhood, the conditions of s.r.o.s, and will directly feel the consequences, good and bad, of new development. so i want to explain a little bit. we've been meeting with the developers for several months. they have come to both the wynton and the pierre to express this is plans for the project and listen to the feedback as well as many meetings with our specific land use committee. they have listened attentively to the concerns that our members have brought up and offered a number of ways to help mitigate those concerns. a number of capital improvements to both the pierre and the wynton as well as ways to improve the neighborhood as a whole. funds to renovate th

pierre, so much pressure on michael cohen tonight. he also obviously knows that one of his own business associates is already cooperating with federal prosecutors? >> reporter: that's right, the pressure is mounting. one of cohen's associates in the taxi business has agreed to cooperate with the government, and they're in the process of getting access to millions of cohen's records. >> pierre, thank you. >>> the president, beating us back home. he left on air force one from singapore. we had to stay and do the news last night. but the president claiming victory, declaring that north korea is no longer a nuclear threat. but what did the u.s. offer? and did we get enough in return? no concrete timeline on when the nukes will be destroyed, and how it will be verified. the president saying he trusts kim jong-un. phlips from the white house. >> reporter: president trump landed back in the united states today declaring, "there is no longer a nuclear threat from north korea." >> great three days. >> reporter: "everybody can now feel much saf

pierre, thank you. >>> and two moments in history we mark here tonight. it was 50 years ago when robert f. kennedy was shot and killed just after winning california's presidential primary. today, a tribute at arlington national cemetery. so many speakers recalled his life and his words. >>> and it was 74 years ago, the d-day invasion, a day that changed the course of world war ii. thousands of allied troops taking part in a massive air and sea campaign on the shores of normandy. at the american military cemetery there today, those troops and the fallen were honored. tonight, of course, we salute them, too. >>> there is still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this wednesday. the brutal police beating, the new images tonight. ns t a the officers caught in this surveillance. >>> also, the abc news exclusive. the offduty fbi agent doing a back flip, you'll remember, dropping his gun, it fires as he reaches for it. well, the plan who was shot the now speaking out tonight right here. >>> and severe weather we're watching at this hour. damaging storms on t

pierre laurent has worked for companies, including microsoft and intel.e says the tech industry designs products to hook users. do you think the average parent is aware of that danger? >> no, i don't think the parents are aware of that. >> reporter: pierre and his wife, monica, became concerned that their three children would miss out on real-life experiences while on their devices. researchers are still learning more about how technology affects kids, but some early studies of heavy tech users show potential links to a rise in teen suicide rates, addiction, anxiety, and loss of social skills. none of the three children played video games or watched tv, and they didn't get cell phones until they were teenagers. their 13-year-old daughter, maia, spends her free time knitting and playing in the backyard. do you ever miss technology? >> not really, no. the only thing i might miss technology for is listening to music or an audio book. >> every parent is really struggling with how to reap the benefits of technology while minimizing some of the risks. >> report

this was daniel's old elementary school in the nearby town of saint-pierre-de-chandieu. [ bell ringsto memories of my own school days. the smell of caustic pine cleaner, chalkboards, and fear. the cruel administrations of tiny-eyed lunch ladies slopping can-loads of prison chow into steam tables. chipped beef, tuna noodle surprise, and powdered mashed potatoes that haunt my sense memory still. >> daniel: pumpkin soup today. with, uh, onion, nutmeg, and chicken stock. but basic, good pumpkin soup. >> anthony: this is marie -- head chef, cook, host, and server for 320 hungry and very discriminating french school children ages 3 to 12. on the menu prix fixe today, a pumpkin soup, a fresh blanquette de poisson with white wine, vanilla, and shallot. served with homemade couscous, and a sauce supreme. and this is a very sophisticated meal for -- for children. >> daniel: that's a nice meal. >> anthony: i was a little shit in school, frankly. and like a lot of the other students, we were like, "and i want pizza, pizza, pizza." are the children here -- >> daniel: les enfants. >> anthony: -- o

pierre thomas has new reporting.er of 2017. how big is this day right now on what's happening to paul manafort? >> reporter: clearly, he was a former chain chairman for the trump campaign. clearly a very senior official now facing serious charges. today, being led to jail pending trial. this is extremely unusual for a white collar suspected criminal to be held pending trial, and the judge just said that his flight risk has multiplied, and she put that together in this decision. >> we have reached out to the president's attorney, and so far, no response yet. we want to go to the white house. kyra phillips is standing by. you spoke with the president today. he has been on his own campaign since the charges first came down against paul manafort saying he had very little to do with the campaign. that is not necessarily true because he had an important role just before the convention and just after the convention making sure he secured the nomination. what is the president saying today? >> reporter: well, let me get back

amy. >> pierre thomas, we appreciate it.nk you. >>> let's bring in abc news senior legal correspondent and analyst sunny hostin, chris christie, an abc news contributor and a former federal prosecutor. governor christie i'm going to begin with. christie, a former federal if you are president trump right now, how concerned are you about michael cohen cooperating with investigators? >> i think this is one step at a time, right? i think what's much more likely to have happened than why he may be changing lawyers he can't pay them anymore. lawyers usually take off when the check doesn't come in. and i think given 3 million documents being reviewed from a firm like mcdermott, will & emery that has very high rates, that's my guess. if i were the president i would take a deep breath, not worry about that and let this kind of progress. >> let me ask you this, we know it's a separate case, of course, but can any of the info or evidence that's uncovered in this investigation be used by mueller in his investigation? >> sure. you know,

>> pierre, thank you. we have word from the regional jail he is being held in, vip housing at that jail. pierre, thanks again. >>> there is another political angle we are covering. overnight, the president's attorney, rudy giuliani talking about the timing of whether or not the president will sit down for an interview with special counsel robert mueller. >> giuliani's comments came just hours after an extraordinary scene at the white house. the president holding an impromptu free-wheeling unofficial press conference on the north lawn, and abc's tara palmeri is covering all this for us this morning. tara, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the president is still riding high from that summit with kim jong-un and playing up the hit to the fbi and the inspector general's report. he and his legal team seem to be fired up and on the attack. overnight, the president's lawyer, rudy giuliani, saying we could know soon if the president will agree to cooperate with special counsel robert mueller in the russia i

. >> such was the jubilation from jean-pierre bemba's friends a family in the public gallery. hado asktaff to restore or. >> may i ask the registry to reer to the calm in the courtroom. >> their acquittal was based on two grounds of appeal. the judges agreed the conviction had exceeded the crimes thaten d roved beyond a reasonable down -- doubt and that bemba should not have held liable as a remote commander if his troops deployed to a foreign country. >> the apals chamber, by majority, reverses theon convicf mr. bell be ba. it scontinues the proceedings with respect to those criminal acts in relation t which the trial ch eberntered a conviction, even though they were outside the scope of the factsta and circumses of the case. >> in 2016 jn-pierre bell ba was convicted of -- benefit ba was contributed of rape, pillaging. chirp -- children as young0 as 1 were raped. men violated by multiple men but the judgesesumed the original trial got it wrong, that he was not tolame. this judgment couch a considerable impact in other cases. when a leader argues they c be blamed for atrociti

. >> pierre thomas here with us. we're hearing the editor called the police in 2013 about ramos. >> that's right david. police responded and interviewed ramos. no charges were filed. the police chief said employees didn't want to even flame situation. an officer involved wrote he didn't believe mr. ramos was a threat to the newspaper's employees. >> pierre thank you. >>> we're following two developing headlines friday night. was there a security breach involving the president on air force one? was a comedian able to get through the line? did the president think he was a senator? >>> the president also revealing his possible picks down to the supreme court. the one question he said he probably will not ask. here's terry moran. >> reporter: tonight president trump reveals he narrowed his list to five names, two of them women. he said he'll announce his choice on july 9th. for millions of americans the battle comes down to abortion. trump has the power to forge a court that will over turn roe v. wade. >> if we put anoth

in twenty four jean-pierre simmons gave a speech about poverty today united nations on behalf of sure we can k'naan profit recycling center in new york well sure we can is a very unique place when i first came here i was struck here is a place that opened up the gates i see a community of people they're all working cutting boxes and i looked around and i seen people bringing out fresh home cooked food take trays of it and i said to myself what is this they showed me what to do i thought you just put twenty four bottles in a box no they said you want more money sort them. he began explaining to me who was who that sister is running this place and write the name as well this is such a god. so you're to be in the five senses and you recall that also the dignity and by your each human being each of us can do a lot given the chance i don't think anybody here we can wants to live like wall street people we have reached some way and i think when the person is half the ability to participate in decision making in managing their own life that this will be the end because. i i. i resilience str

abc's chief justice correspondent pierre thomas leading us off from the fbi. >> reporter: tonight, the justice department's independent watchdog handing down a searing rebuke of fbi director james comey, finding the former fbi director made serious errors in his handling of the hillary clinton e-mail investigation. the report calls out comey's surprise july 2016 news conference clearing clinton. >> we cannot find a case that would support bringing criminal charges on these facts. >> reporter: the inspector general found it "extraordinary," and "insubordinate" that comey refused to tell his justice department bosses what he would say, finding he had "usurped the authority of the attorney general." at that same news conference, comey criticized clinton. >> there is evidence that they were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information. >> reporter: the inspector general determined those statements "violated long-standing department practice and protocol" since she was not being charged. the report also taking aim at that october surprise, comey anno

berlin has a new concert hall the pierre boulez is named after the late great composer and the concert here are being described as music for the thinking ear the whole and especially the acoustic are supposed to be really fantastic i can't wait to go in and have a look. appeared opened in march two thousand and seventeen as part of the barenboim saeed academy and as especially for chamber music top musicians from all over the world are already lined up to play here and the first season is packed with stars one of the first being the georgian violinist liza but she. leaves a fantastic rehearsal and of course the first question has to be what was it like playing in this amazing hall yeah it's quite amazing actually to be part of this the birth of a new space which is so special because from the one side you see if you feel the space. and the same time you feel that people are very close to you because you have the latest yeah no but i think i know it because the seats are quite close and i know that. we'll be surrounded by the odd i think there's even some more coming tonight for more se

nixon if pierre had been allowed to run for president.nd boy have things not change. now pierre's son juft isn't the prime minister of canada. and he is so popular he is actually on the cover of rolling stone magazine. and justin followed in his father's foot steps by making canada a safe haven for immigrants from around the world. >> the thing that every time the u.s. invaded another country it was like, not again. not again. >> yeah. >> when we came across the border we are driving in and when you see the canadian flag all of a sudden my wife is sighing and so am i. we're both going, ahh. i think that was thes emotional response of two americans who were no longer living in the country constantly going to war. that's a hard thing to take. that's a burden americans have that even progressives i don't think quite get it. >> you don't feel it. >> you don't really feel it. and we didn't expect it. it was just out of the blue. it hit us. it's like. >> what was the biggest adjustment you and your wife had to make upon moving to canada, things

two years ago john pierre bemba was found guilty of crimes against humanity for atrocities committedby his forces in the central african republic in two thousand and two he was sentenced to eighteen years in prison judges in the early it said bamba had failed to stop a series of quote sadistic and cruel rapes and murders biased m.l.c. militia but in the latest decision the court found ben but couldn't be held criminally responsible for their behavior the troth chamber conclusion that mr benn failed to take all necessary and reasonable measures in response to an aussie crimes in the car was materially affected by errors and mr van dam not feared held criminally responsible under article twenty eight for the crimes committed by and will see troops who are in the car of. we are trying to get reaction on this breaking news story which as i mentioned just happened about an hour or so ago less than an hour ago the former vice president of the democratic republic of congo schumpeter bemba having his conviction on war crimes overturned by the international criminal court now al jazeera is ni

unfortunately for the british, jackson had been warned by pure lafitte -- pierre lafitte that he should extend the rampart and it gets extended into the swamp. instead of being the weakest part of the line, it becomes one of the strongest, and the british really are not prepared for how deep and difficult it is to move through swamp. they end up taking massive casualties there. the second line of defense by the british is near the levy side and the plan there was to take ladders and big bundles of sugarcane sticks from the nearby plantation -- they would have taken those sticks and thrown them into the canal and laid a ladder right on top of the ramparts so they could swarm over the top and overwhelm the canons there, which were, again, causing so many casualties. on the day of the attack, the man in charge of bringing those, colonel molden of the 44th regiment, did not bring them. they end up getting bottlenecked on the levy side and the british take massive casualties there as well. the third line of attack -- we can see from where we are -- but jackson had a set of cannons whose enti

. >> reporter: pierre and his wife, monica, became concerned that their three children would miss outexperiences while on their devices. so they decided to limit their screen time. researchers are still learning more about how technology affects kids. but some early studies of heavy tech users show potential links to a rise in teen suicide rates, addiction, anxiety, and loss of social skills. >> do they ever come to you and say i really just want a tablet, i want a cell phone, i want -- >> oh, absolutely. >> especially the last one. she doesn't want to miss out or something. and then you know, we said no. it's not the right time. >> reporter: none of the three children played video games or watched tv. and they didn't get cell phones until they were teenagers. their 13-year-old daughter maya spends her free time knitting and playing in the back yard. do you ever miss technology? >> not really, no. the only thing i might miss technology for is listening to music or an audio book. >> reporter: their use of tech is limited, both at home and at school. >> 12 divided by 4 is -- >> reporter

of congo is expected to be released from prison judges of the international criminal court ordered pierre bemba's conditional release after he was acquitted of war crimes member was serving an eighteen year sentence after he was found guilty of atrocities committed by his troops but on friday an appeals court judge said bemba could not be held criminally responsible for their crimes they've been sent to the central african republic to put down a coup after put down a coup attempt bemba still faces separate charges for bribing witnesses during his trial and the country's current president joseph kabila will not seek a third term in december's election that's according to the prime minister congolese presidents are allowed to serve only two terms could be the second and final term was meant to end in two thousand and sixteen but he's postponed elections twice due to fighting in the country the opposition says the delays were arranged by kabila to keep himself in office macedonia has agreed to change its name to resolve a decades old dispute with greece its new name is the republic of northe

international criminal court has ordered the release of the former congolese vice president john pierre bemba the ruling comes after an appeals court overturned his convictions for war crimes committed in two thousand and two and two thousand and three he has been imprisoned since his arrest ten years ago. at least twelve people including two rohingya muslims have been killed in southeast bangladesh after heavy rains triggered landslides international aid agencies are warning that there is a risk that water borne disease will break out makeshift camps house nearly a million broke into who have fled a military crackdown in neighboring meon mar. what is in a name a whole lot if you ask greece and macedonia these two countries have now resolved a dispute that has been blocking the former yugoslav republic from joining nato and applying for a u. membership this evening the macedonian prime minister is are on zaba have announced that from now on his country would be known as the republic of north macedonia his counterpart in athens alexis tsipras presented the deal to greece's president athe

but then in 1870, this bloke, pierre francois gollan, the famous paris perfume you, created the world's made it out of think candle wax. in english, it is forget me not. the most famous early wearers of lipstick were these ladies, america's suffragettes. they w0 re ladies, america's suffragettes. they wore it on marches to show that defiance. then in 1923, a real revolution. the tube was invented which meant women could carry lipstick around with them without making their handbag a mess. sales rocketed after that, and nowadays $8 billion worth of lipstick is sold every year. modern lipsticks are made from oil and wax, but in the past they contained lethal things like lead. so someone wearing lipstick really could give you the kiss of death. there is only one aaron, isn't that? —— there? that's it for business briefing this hour. but, before we go, here are the markets. the nikkei up turning a tiny bit, so if you thought there would be a shaky if you thought there would be a s ha ky start if you thought there would be a shaky start to the markets, given what we have heard about the tarif

you go by pierre two-time. producer name?father. your daughter is beautiful. and you're a producer, musician and so much has gone well for you. how do you put it in perspective? look at this. >> it's so much positivity that has been happening in hi life and definitely -- in my life, and winning the championship back-to-back is a beautiful thing. i'm taking it all in. >> yeah, what do you remember most about the nba finals? >> i don't think people reelds when you talk about warriors playoff history the player with the best field goal percentage, right here. this guy. that is amazing. >> yeah, i mean, it's a beautiful thing. i definitely feel blessed to be able to be a part of a team that is going to the championship and then, i feel blessed to be able to contribute in the finals to a championship. so, the one thing that you was saying, last year, it felt easier than this year. this year, was, it was rough. it was not rough, but it was, it was not as easy as last year. it took a lot of heart and a rot of passion and a lot of fo

good morning, pierre. >> reporter: robin, good morning.hat's right, word of yet another contact between an associate of president trump and the russians. the special counsel's team is asking questions, another sign that the investigation remains active and intense. roger stone, a longtime friend and confidante of president trump has denied having any knowledge of any collusion with the russians before the 2016 election. >> i still have seen no evidence of russian collusion. >> reporter: but now new word that stone met with a russian claiming to have dirt on hillary clinton and offering it to stone in exchange for $2 million. stone says he rejected it immediately. stone did not disclose the may 2016 florida meeting to congressional investigators when questioned last year. neither did former trump campaign aide mike caputo who reportedly helped arrange the meeting. >> they have not told the truth to congress and they should be prosecuted for it. >> reporter: last week, stone and caputo submitted letters to congress notifying investigators of

pierre lemoine, the son of a canadian fur tripper wants to france to louis xiv of to petition to build around the gulf of mexico and the mississippi river. his is his river to the king laying out the rationale to le in thiarea. he's arguing there could be mineral wells, wonderful fur till land and farms. the first french settlement in the new world we're -- we're going to see not actually in the new orleans area but they were in mo bill. this is the first permanent settlement by france in the gulf of mexico area. this was the newer settlement and if you look at this plan this should look familiar to anyone who's been to new orleans because new orleans is laid out on a similar grilled with your church in the middle and a program nailed. this is the later settlement of new mo beal and if we move over to -- this is the original settlement. old mobile. this was got a good site so they moved it upriver. during the early years, the sets leapt was little more than a back woormeds ramshackle down -- town but the it was envisionening its future was going to look like. one of the things they wan

pierre thomas has the latest. >> reporter: paul manafort headed to court facing the prospect of losingedom. and that is exactly what happened. federal judge amy jackson revoked manafort's bail. immediately sending him to jail. already facing charges of money laundering and fraud, he was recently accused of witness tampering. robert mueller claiming manafort and a man with alleged ties to russian intelligence tried to convince two witnesses to lie. clearly angry judge told manafort i can't turn a blind eye to these allegations. with that, manafort was escorted out of court as a shocked wife looked on. u.s. marshals handing her his belt, tie and wallet. >> are you going to visit paul in prison? >> reporter: his lawyer stunned. >> do you have any comment on what happened today? any comment at all? >> reporter: president trump distancing himself from his former campaign chairman. >> he worked for me, what, 49 days or something? very short period of time. >> reporter: manafort was actually with team trump for 143 days. and for more than three months, he ran the campaign playing a key role a

pierre thomas, abc new, washington. >>> in florida there is an investigation into a terrifying rollerident that sent two riders plunging to the ground and stranded many others. we know the ride was just inspected hours before it derailed. abc news reporter steve osunsami as the details. >> reporter: state investigators are searching for answers after the roller coaster slipped off its tracks 35 feet above ground. the sand blaster roller coaster is an institution on the boa boardwalk here. passengers strapped in feared for their lives. two were thrown from their seats. >> everyone started screaming. everyone called 911. >> reporter: randy francis was this one of the two year cars that nearly fell to the ground. >> after just a few minutes, i really noticed that something was not right. it was shaking side to side. we were about halfway down when the cars started falling off. >> reporter: authorities had to bring in a team that specializes in high rise rerescues. in all nine had to be rushed to a trauma center. earlier that day, state inspectors gave the ride a passing grade, saying it

pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >>> apple has signed oprah winfrey to a multiyear deal to create it won't affect the contract she has with own, the television network she launched in 2011. apple has yet to begin streaming content which will compete with amazon and netflix. netflix recently signed barack obama and michelle to a production deal. >>> women appear to be giving up the heels. "new york times" speculates the "me too" movement might be behind the decline in high heel sales as more women choose to dress for themselves rather than being sexually appealing to men. a new survey from a san francisco clothing resale company called thread up adds to growing evidence that a lot of women are switching out their high heeled shoes for more comfortable options. the company says there is a spike in the number of customers selling their high heels. >> so over the past three months, we've seen a 38% increase in the number of heels sent to thread up. >> at the same time, thread up is seeing a 50% increase in sneaker sales on its site. those statistics fit with a recent retail study show