. >>> president trump's twitter smackdown. the president taking aim at the media once again.ace meeting with vladimir putin. >>> beach backlash. new jersey governor, chris christie, blasted for taking his family to a public beach he closed during a state government shutdown. tonight, defiantly pushing back. >>> venus' breakdown. the tennis star in tears after her first match at wimbledon, her first public comments since that deadly car accident. >>> and splash landing.

. >>> president trump's twitter smackdown. the president taking aim at the media once again.ore his face to face meeting with vladimir putin. >>> beach backlash. new jersey governor, chris christie, blasted for taking his family to a public beach he closed during a state government shutdown. tonight, defiantly pushing back. >>> venus' breakdown. the tennis star in tears after her first match at wimbledon, her first public com

. >>> president trump's twitter smackdown. the president taking aim at the media once again.s before his first face to face meeting with vladimir putin. >>> beach backlash. new jersey governor, chris christie, blasted for taking his family to a public beach he closed during a state government shutdown. tonight, defiantly pushing back. >>> venus' breakdown. the tennis star in tears after her first match at wimbledon, her first public comments since that deadly car accident. >>> and splash landing. the moment laughing tourists begin to panic.

. >>> president trump's twitter smackdown. the president taking aim at the media once again. face to face meeting with vladimir putin. >>> beach backlash. new jersey governor, chris christie, blasted for taking his family to a public beach he closed during a state government shutdown. tonight, defiantly pushing back. >>> venus' breakdown. the tennis star in tears after her first match at wimbledon, her first public comments since that deadly car accident. >>> and splash landing.

. >>> president trump's twitter smackdown. the president taking aim at the media once again. days before his face to face meeting with vladimir putin. >>> beach backlash. new jersey governor, chris christie, blasted for taking his family to a public beach he closed during a state government shutdown. tonight, defiantly pushing back. >>> venus' breakdown. the tennis star in tears after her first match at wimbledon, her first public comments since that deadly car accident. >>> and splash landing. the moment laughing tourists begin to panic. the balloon crashing into a gator-infested pond. >>> and good evening. i'm tom llamas in for david and we begin this monday night with chaos at a major american airport. reports of a vehicle plowing into a group of people, many of them injured. here's the scene at boston's logan airport at a parking area crowded with white taxis. one of those taxis jumping a curb, slamming against the building. the sdint causing special individual lens for security threats. abc's adrienne bankert is there with the information on the driver behind the wheel.

twitter smackdown, president trump in find for another tweet going out to the media sharing this videomming cnn. the white house defending his actions. >> i do think that he's beaten newspaper a way on cable platforms that he has a right to respond to. >> but doesn't go against these comments from last week. >> the president in no way want our factions or ever promoted or encouraged violence, if anything it's the contrary. >> we're live in washington. fiery landing rare smooth flight denver on a plane operated by

twitter smackdown. president trump under fire for another tweet going after the media.s video slamming cnn. the white house defending his actions. >> i do think that he's beaten up in a way on cable platforms, that he has a right to respond to. >> but does it go against these comments from last week? >> the president, in no way, form or fashion, has ever promoted or encouraged violence. if anything, quite the contrary. >> we're live in washington. >>> fiery landing. a smooth flight to denver on a plane operated

. >>> speaking of twitter, smackdown, president trump is getting criticism if his party after he tweetedhis doctored video clip. the controversy next. >>> later, reduced to rubble. this is all that's left of a home in lancaster county after a deadly explosion. what we're learning about the moment just before the blast. >>> from the philly pops concert tonight to the parade and concert, fireworks tomorrow, i have all the information for your fourth of july forecast coming up. ♪ come to sesame place before little kids become, big kids. before dress up, turns to make-up. and tag becomes hashtag. before furry hugs, become first loves. come to the only place, that makes little hearts race. get unlimited visits with a season pass for 6 payments of less than $19 a month. >>> president trump is keeping all options open on pushing for health care reform. the president's top legislative aide insists the senate is getting close to agreeing on their bill to repeal and replace the affordable care act. the aide says the president is calling lawmakers to get the deal done. president trump believes the

twitter smackdown. president trump under fire for another tweet going after the media.amming cnn. the white house defending his actions. >> i do think that he's beaten up in a way on cable platforms, that he has a right to respond to. >> but does it go against these comments from last week? >> the president, in no way, form or fashion, has ever promoted or encouraged violence. if anything, quite the contrary. >> we're live in washington. >>> fiery landing. a smooth flight to denver on a plane operated by united express, ends in flames.

twitter smackdown.this video showing him body slamming someone with cnn logo over his face. he goes after the media afternoon. why this time it's different. >>> standing her ground, secretary of state says she will not be sending her state's voter data to a commission created by president trump. i'll talk to her live in just a few moments. >>> beachgate. new jersey governor chris christie caught enjoying a beach that the state had shut down to the public. we'll tell you why that's landed the governor in hot water. good day to you. craig melvin from new york. president trump, social media firestorm using his favorite mega phone, twitter. once again, taking aim at his favorite target, the media. over the weekend the president posting this doctored video to tens of millions of followers where he's shown previouslying and punching a figure with a cnn logo on it. it's the latest in a series of attacks against the media. but despite widespread criticism over his tweet storm, president trump appearing to doubl

twitter smackdown. president trump under fire for another tweet going after the media. sharing this video slamming cnn. the white house defending his actions. >> i do think that he's beaten up in a way on cable platforms, that he has a right to respond to. >> but does it go against these comments from last week? >> the president, in no way, form or fashion, has ever promoted or encouraged violence. if anything, quite the contrary. >> we're live in washington. >>> fiery landing. a smooth flight to denver on a plane operated by united express, ends in flames. passengers and crew evacuated. emergency crews rushing to the tarmac. this morning, what went wrong? >>> maria menounos' blessing in disguise. the celebrity host speaking out for the first time about a terrifying health scare, in an exclusive interview. >> for me, i saw it as a huge blessing and a huge gift because i needed to change my life. >> her ongoing ordeal and the major life lessons she wants to share. >>> all that, plus -- fireworks safety 101. >>> chris christie's controversial day at the beach. >>> and reu

twitter smackdown, president trump in find for another tweet going out to the media sharing this video, slamming cnn. the white house defending his actions. >> i do think that he's beaten newspaper a way on cable platforms that he has a right to respond to. >> but doesn't go against these comments from last week. >> the president in no way want our factions or ever promoted or encouraged violence, if anything it's the contrary. >> we're live in washington. fiery landing rare smooth flight denver on a plane operated by passengers and crew evacuated, emergency crews rushing to the tarmac. this morning, what went wrong. >>> maria ma nunn necessary to blessing in disguise. she's speak out about a terrifying health development. >> i needed to change my life. >> her ongoing ordeal and the major life lesson she wants to share. all that, plus fire work safety 101. chris christy's day at the beach. and reunited. the family that was stuck on the mountain for days get the holiday homecoming today, july 3rd, 2017. >>> from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah in rock feller plaza.

marian in los angeles with details on the cnn smackdown tweet. >> good morning, president trump's twitterght once again taking criticism of cnn to a new level, the controversy centered around this video the commander in chief tackling a man with the logo, clip from old wwe appearance pretend to go fight a prowrestler, cnn slamming the video accusing the president of threatening journalists saying, quote, it is a sad day when the president trump of the united states encourages violence against reporters but the white house standing by its boss. >> this is just going way too far. the president of the united states is inciting violence against the free press. >> i think that no one would perceive that as a threat, i hope they don't. i do think he's beaten up in a way on cable platforms and has a right to respond to. >> cnn reporter jim acosta also step intoed the ring responding to the video tweeting, isn't prowrestling fake, acosta quickly schooled by twitter users including donald trump, jr. the latest after cnn was force today retract tieing trump transition member to russia. >> the left

but according to twitter, he's only wrestling with cnn. doctored to show a trump smackdown of cnn and share it with his 33 million followers on twitter. in response, cnn released this statement -- >> the president posted the video hours after he defended his social media use as "modern day presidential" while also take thing swing at the media during an event to honor veterans. >> the fake media is trying to silence us. but we will not let them. because the people know the truth. the fake media tried to stop us from going to the white house. but i'm president and they're not. [ cheers and applause ] >> i am president, and they're not. we have a panel of experts with us. but first, we start with the host of "reliable sources" brian stelter. there's been quite a bit of reaction on both sides. what have you seen? >> some trump supporters saying this is funny, others taking it too seriously. we've seen journalism advocates saying right now the target is cnn. the common thread is that he's trying to intimidate journalists. we heard from the radio/television news directors associ

this morning on "world news now," the president goes for the take-down on twitter, sending out a video of himself putting the smackdowne the latest reaction as well as a preview of the president's week ahead. >>> and frightening moments on board when a fire breaks out. the passengers race to escape the fire. investigators look into what caused the explosion. >>> and an important warning about the dangers from fireworks. >> and it comes from an unlikely victim, a police chief working at a show gone wrong, his warning about staying safe this july 4th holiday. >>> and the bea hive is buzzing, after rumors suggesting the carter twins have been named. plus, kanye could be splitting from jay z's streaming service as their feud heats up. and we'll have a more coming up on this monday, july 3rd. >>> from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> america's babies have been named. maybe. >> they have? >> maybe, maybe. >> maybe babies named. >> maybe. >>> but we begin this half hour with a big week in store for president trump, poised to take his second foreign trip with the health care battle unsettled here at home. >> the presid

twitter war between president trump and the media. hello and thank you for watching wusa9 at noon. i'm andrea roane. the president set off the latest fireworks when he tweeted on sunday a video smackdown showing him getting the best of a man with a cnn logo over his face. >> president trump spent the holiday the news media. >> the fake media is trying to silence us, but we will not let them. >> mr. trump drew criticism after he tweeted this doctored video showing him punching someone with a cnn logo pasted over his head. cnn called it a sad day when the president of the united states encourages violence against reporters. he is involved in juvenile behavior far below the dignity of his office. thomas bossart defended the tweet. >> there's a lot of cable news shows that reach directly into hundreds of thousands of viewers and they're really not always very fair to the president. >> monday morning the president took to twitter again claiming the media is overlooking accomplishments. >> people heard very little about any of those things because of the focus on the issues the president raises on social media. it seems like a distraction on many mornings. >> over the weekend, the president