Saying his team planned on tanking the rest of their season. And commissioner adam silver said the fine was for public statements detrimental to the nba. This on heels of rampant misconduct within the mavericks organization. Linsey davis with the details. Inside. Taking it to the basset. Its tied. Reporter one of the most lucrative franchises in the nba, led my charismatic billionaire mark cuban, known for his sharp tongue on shark tank. There is no market you have for retail. Reporter according to sports illustrated, they are under fire for more than a dozen current and former employee who is said the mavericks hostile Work Environment was an open secret where they experienced everything from Sexual Harassment to domestic violence. After interviewing the employees, a pattern emerged of a corporate behavior. Domestic abuse by high profile member of the online staff, intimidating responses from superiors and an employee who openly watched pornography at his desk. They were forced to look for careers outside the sports world because the Work Environment at the mavericks left them feeling vulnerable and devalued. Mark cuban said this is all new to me. Based on what i read, we fired our hr person. I dont have tolerance for what i read. Its wrong. Cuban is vowing an overhaul. He says im embarrass zed it happened under my ownership and needs to be fixed. Period, end of story. When we come back. Bill gates. The billionaire with a big brain. Which test did he flunk. The skinny is coming up next. Lyrics oohoo child, lyrics thingsll get brighter. Lyrics oohoo child lyrics things are gonna get easier. Lyrics oohoo child, lyrics thingsll get brighter. Skinny the skinny, just give me the skinny. It is skinny time here on a thursday and we have big jeopardy news. The long time host, alex trebek has a new job. Yes i have always wanted to host jeopardy. Slow down, hes going to be there. Hes not leaving the popular quiz show anytime soon. So happy to see that. Too soon. But hell still be asking the questions. Hes been selected to moderate the pennsylvania gubernatorial debate. We dont know the official format of the debate but we know they wont have to answer in the form of a question. I get it. Its a playoff off the whole jeopardy thing. You answer in the form of a question. He has said he would love to moderate a president ial debate. Oh yes. So, this is like one step closer to that dream. Training. 2020 might be the president ial debate with alex trebek. Quote i would try to pin them down, even though i might look bad doing it. Take that. Hes playing hardball. Hes good at that. When you see the contestants on jeopardy, you had those that didnt know anything about sports and alex is like, can we just go to a commercial . Maybe one of the richest men in the world, but microsoft founder, bill gates proved he doesnt know much about spending those billions. He has to guess the price of every day items. This is a test he failed in spectacular fashion. How much do you think ricearoni would be, within a dollar. 5. Its 1. Ill take five. I know. Tide pods. You have been hearing a lot about those lately. Lets go with ten. 19. 97. Its expensive to do laundry. How much . I would say 4. Look at you. 3. 78. Thats right in his defense, those werent necessarily new york prices. No, no they were not. So he enlisted the audiences help for the remaining products and got close to the right price. He did admit he hadnt been in a Grocery Store for a long time. He was asks about his indulgence and purchases. First he got a porsche then updated to an airplane. Has is an indoor trampoline room. Quote indoor trampoline. I recommend it. Thank you bill gates. On this sacred holiday, National Margarita day, Ryan Reynolds is joining the gin world. Oh, gin . Aviation american gin made the announcement saying we are excited to announce our new boss, Ryan Reynolds. And so happy to announce im the proud owner off a gin company. All right. Fine. Ill give you this, the promo pictures look great. Well, hes a handsome man. So if they like the gin as much as the photos. I think theyll like the photos. Hes the better looking one. The rumors are true, rush hour 4 is a go. There was a three . No. Now theyre teaming up again for what tuckers calling the rush of all rushes. You hear the words coming out of my mouth . So, once again, hell be doing the words coming out of my mouth, again. We dont have any details yet but rush hour 2 came in 2002. Rush hour 3 in 2007, so, they are overdo. Yeah, for a paycheck. Apparently, it took a while for tucker or jackie chan to get on board. Jackie chan is one of the highest paid actors around. Chris rock has been around. Jackie chan make as lot of money. But theyre apparently happy to cash in on one more movie. I will be one of those people who will be there to watch this. Theyre super entertaining, why not. Coming up, remembering americas pastor, billy graham. Youre watching world news now. Okay lets try this. It says you apply the blue one to me. Here . No. Make every day valentines day with ky yours and mine. Two sensations. One great way to discover new feelings together. Aww thanks for loading, sweet. Oops. Oh burnton gravy . Gotta rinse that. Nope. No way. Nada. Really . Dish issues . Throw it all in. Cascade platinum powers through even burnton gravy. Nice. Cascade. Look at billy graham over the years. This morning, reverend Billy Grahams twitter account is filled with messages. He often spoke of the after life saying my home is in heaven, im just traveling through this world. David looks back at his conversation about death with diane sawyer. He was known as americas pastor. Christ can change your life, he can forgive your sins and then you have the ability and the resource and power to love your neighbor. His connection with so many who never met him. Tell me about this man. He was young, energetic. I was scared. Scared . Very frightened. You still get nervous ever . Yes. Every single time. Im nervous now, talking to you. How often do you think about it . I couldnt answer how often. I suppose i think about it quite a bit, like everybody else. We are all conscious this life is very temporary and its very short. The older you get, the shorter it seems. It seems like just yesterday, i was milking cows for my father. We are all facing death and we all better get worried about it and be sure we are right with god and ready for the day of judgment. What do you hope they say . I dont want them to say good things about me because i dont deserve them. I want to hear one person Say Something nice about me and thats the lord. When i face him, i want him to say to me, well done, my good and faithful servant. But im not sure im going to hear it. Thats what i would like to hear. Its not often you have a conversation about death thats so pleasant. Yes. It is clear he was looking forward to the afterlife because of his preachings. He has seen more than ten president s starting with harry truman. Very close with queen elizabeth. Dont miss up updates at wnnfans. Com. Good morning, im diana macedo. Im kendis gibson. Here are some of the top headlines were following this morning on world news now. Breaking news. An attack overnight at a u. S. Embassy. Details still coming in. The latest ahead. President trump is vowing to take action after hearing from a room full of people devastated by School Shootings, including those from parkland, florida. Hes suggesting Arming Teachers, strengthening background checks and raising the age limit to buy certain guns. And set to start the appeal of Net Neutrality laws that would allow Internet Companies to slow down or block certain websites. It will take 60 days for the repeal to become policy. And lindsey vonn ended her r olympics by failing to finish the slalom portion of the alpine combined event. But american Mikaela Shiffrin won gold in the giant slalom and silver in alpine. Those are just some of our stories this thursday, february 22nd. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Yes, absolutely. We are celebrating. Im so excited. Team u. S. A. Womens hockey just won gold. There i said it. There you have it. Dramatic, wasnt it, jack . Shootout. It went into overtime. It went to a shootout. Against their rivals, team canada. Blame canada. So they won the gold there in pyeongchang just within the last few moments actually. But were going to start this half hour with terrible news out of europe. Breaking news. Americans in the capitol city of montenegro have been told to stay away from the u. S. Embassy. An attacker threw a grenade into the embassy and took his own life using another explosive device. Security in the area of that embassy has been beefed up. No americans were hurt during the incident and no major damage to the building. That attack taking place in the overnight hours there. Theyre hoping that daylight will at least give them a few more answers as to what took place there. Our other story is the deadly winter storm thats been hammering at least 20 states from texas to michigan. Snow, ice, rain and flooding. The radar shows that system expanding from the gulf coast to the great lakes and beyond. Marcus moore from the storm zone in dallas. Reporter that massive storm cutting across the country. Bringing a wintry blast to western parts of north texas covering roads with dangerous ice and to the east of dallas, a deluge leading to rescues. Even First Responders needing help. The rescue under way now. Reporter a woman rescued from the roof of a car. And a terrifying moment for lacy smith and his family. Lightning striking the car, sending his hood flying. Evacuations in india as rivers there continue to rise. And you can see just behind me how much the Trinity River has come up in dallas. This is far from over. The rain continues to fall. And in the coming days another half a foot is expected from texas and across the heartland. Marcus moore, abc news, dallas. And forecasters say for all the areas that have been enjoying that amazing springlike weather, its not going last very long. Accuweather joins us with the latest. Good morning, paul. Good morning. Cold air punching in from the north, warm air surging from the south makes for the rain in the south, ice in the middle and snow on the top tier of this. Were expecting a mix of ice and snow in the center part of the country with snow up towards minneapolis and were looking and tug to President Trump sitting down with state and local officials following that emotionally charged meeting with families. The president listened for an hour to survivors and heart broken parents calling on him to do something to prevent another School Shooting. Reporter President Trump sat silently listening to families of survivors of School Shootings. They shared their grief and begged for action. Justin recalled hiding in a closet while his class mates were gunned down at his high school in parkland last week. There needs to be significant change in this country. Because this has to never happen again and people should be able to feel when they go to school, they can be safe. All these School Shootings doesnt make sense. Fix it. It should have been one School Shooting and we should have fixed it. And im pissed. Because my daughter im not going to see again. Shes not here. Reporter President Trump vowed to take more action than his predecessor. Its not going to be talk like it has been in the past. Reporter Arming Teachers was one idea that seemed to resinate with President Trump. He recalled how assistant coach died last week using his body as a human shield to protect his students. If the coach had a firearm in his locker, when he ran at this guy, that coach was very brave. Saved a lot of lives i suspect. But if he had a firearm he would have shot and that would have been the end of it. Reporter but it was less popular with the students. Does anybody like that idea here . Does anybody like it . Yes, your beautiful meadow. We talked about that and do people feel strongly against it . Anybody . Anybody . Strongly against it . The nra put out a statement to oppose the president s suggest to raise the age for purchase of long guns. Even marco rubio said hes opposed to Arming Teachers. Our thanks to you. And as the president met with the the families, a photographer caught a note card, a reminder to say i hear you. The president struck a sympathetic tone, but didnt appear to use the bullet point. And demanding changes in the gun laws. The students went to tallahassee to call for a ban on assault weapons and improved care for the mentally ill. They vowed to oppose any legislature who continues to accept Campaign Contributions from the nra. And schools in Broward County florida will see plenty of heavily armed officers. Hes going to issue rifles to trained deputies at schools. The decision is all about never letting Something Like last weeks attack happen again. And a texas School Superintendent is threatening to punish any student who threatens a walkout. Says students will be suspended for three days for any type of protest during school hours. The superintendent added that life is about choices. In other news President Trump is going after one of his favorite targets inside his own administration. Again. Attorney general Jeff Sessions was the subject of a tweet. The president writing why didnt obama do something about the meddling . Why arent dem crimes under investigation . Ask Jeff Sessions. Federal regulators can now say doctors can begin using a childfriendly nasal spray again. They pulled the recommendation for flu mist vaccine after they found it wasnt working against swine flu, the kind that was making people sick at that time. But they believe it will be a good option for next years flu season. A florida teenager is on a Timely Mission to get other girls to the movies. Shes become a Big Time Fund raiser. Her passion, sending other young girls to movies, science based or science films with women of color. She raised 20,000 to send 1,000 girls to the Oprah Winfrey movie, a wrinkle in time. It includes food and a copy of the book. The movie is opening this spring. Its from our Parent Company as well, disney. Can i come . We would like to go. We like food. We like a good book and we like movies about science. I failed at science. So i need the help. True. Coming up a swatting incident broadcast live on youtube. See the Moment Police stormed the home of a 12yearold gamer. And a man uses sound to see. 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Now i have the chance of maybe getting shot or something. We open the door, they come in, rushing in. The service call, whats going on . Im like you tell me whats going on . Peter says he saw comments from other online use zers telling him he was about to be s. W. A. T. Ed, but he didnt believe them. Police are trying to find the caller. The person threatened to do it again. Coming up the incredible story of the batman. Not that batman. Were going to show you a different batman, just as impressive. Youre watching world news now. Youre wauchbing kiss no. Make every day valentines day with ky yours and mine. Two sensations. One great way to discover new feelings together. I. Prilosec otc 7 years ago,my doctor recommended. 5 years ago, last week. Just 1 pill each morning, 24 hours and zero heartburn. Its been the number 1 doctor recommended brand for 10. Straight years, and its still recommended today. Use as directed. Test. Test. Test. Were back and it is time for another edition of stranger than fiction. Thats right. He has what some call a superpower. He says anyone can learn it and hes trying to teach it to the world. Reporter for daniel kish sitting still has never come easy. People raise eyebrows about my tree climbing. Running around School People seem to think my hiking alone is unusual. The bicycling, ive been doing since i was a kid, people seem astonished by. Theyre astonished because daniel has no eyes. I lost my eyes due to cancer of the retina. I lost my first at the age of 7 months and the second at 13 months. Reporter he gets arnds just fine because he says he can see. Its a total odd ball in terms of its shape but it starts out quite low and as you approach it, it quickly comes up but never gets very tall. His secret. Daniel explains in his ted talk. Many of you may have heard me clicking as i came on the stage, with my tongue. Those are flashes of sound that go out and reflect from surfaces all around me. Ive developed my brain to use sound instead of light to see by. Reporter and he doesnt mean see in a metaphor cal sense. And science is now backing him up. I was skeptical. But when he got here i was absolutely blown away with his abilities. Reporter one of several researchers who studies daniel. Scientists thought the visual cortex went dormant when you were blind, daniels was full of activity, implying his brain has allowed him to turn sound into images. The findings brought daniel a lot of attention. He also landed a pretty sweet nickname. Batman. Reporter how do you like your nickname . The batman . I was at first resistant because i didnt want be to equated to a superhero. Batman, however, is pretty cool. Hes just a man who developed his abilities. In that sense we have something in common. Any brain can learn to do this. Reporter so, if anyone can learn to echolocate, why dont they . He says the barrier isnt blindness, its expectation. To be fair, people have such a low expectation of what blind people would do. Just walking to the mail box astonishes people, the fact i can comb my own hair astonishes people. So i dont pay much attention to what surprises people and what doesnt. Reporter well, you did a good job. Your hair looks great. He said what set him apart is his participants expected more. They believed i should grow up to enjoy the same freedoms and responsibilities as everyone else. In their own words i would move out, which i did when i was 18. I will pay taxes. Thanks. My parents were kind of unique in that they werent that concerned about the blindness. They respected my freedom to be a boy like other boys. There were concerns raised about the clicking as well. My moms response was thats how he finds his way around. Thats how he sees. Reporter but many parents and schools discourage them from echolocating. They thought it was a stigma. Finding is a very natural response to blindness, just as chasing after a ball is a very natural response to sightedness, but we dont restrict kids from chasing a ball. We restrict blind kids from climbing. Reporter its a mindset hes helping to world with world access for the world. Hear the wall . Yeah. Reporter hes taught thousands of students all over the world how to navigate. One got so good at bike riding, he even set a world record. But i may have given daniel his biggest challenge yet. Teaching me. How do you actually do the click . Its an implosive sound thats made by creating a vacuum with your tongue. Different people click in different ways. Reporter i dont think im doing a very good job here, daniel. Different people click in different ways. Reporter hes hoping to spread his method further. Just recently published a textbook and its the only one that details how echo locating can actually be taught. Reporter how the blind actually can lead the blind and do so much more. He said for the longest time blind people werent allowed to be blind instructors to blind students. And he changed that. Yes. Genius. So, how do you still go Mountain Biking . He says when the sounds or echoes come back, he can see. They cant see color or brightness, but when it comes to texture and shapes, daniel calls it fuzzy geometry. But wharkss cool is he can see 360 degrees. I know hes trying to apply it to other people. But it would seem that his brain is special. It could be a little bet of that and hes been doing it is at such a young age. Hes taught others to do this. Hes trying to spread this pretty far but even for sighted people, this is something firefighters could use. Genius. All right. Well be right back. Ng firefighters could use. Hes vie soog staeds there i thought we got we got really scientific in the last block, but now is weird science. Were starting with a baby dumbo octopus. The cutest baby dumbo octopus you ever did see. A little newborn baby dumbo octopus coming into the world. You see they get the name dumbo octopus because they got the ears going on. Theyre said to be one of the most charismatic deep sea creatures. They glow pearly white in the darkness and check it out. Theyre smiling at us. It is . Saying hi. How do you know . Because, look how adorable. Frank. Did you just call me a rabbit . I was thinking about frank when i was talking about cute little babies and i called you frank. Its probably only a matter of time before i called kendis frank. Lets go to nasa and future scientists or astronauts. Well have something that the current astronauts do not have. Ooh. What do we have . Indoor plumbing in their suits. Theyre working on a new space suit that includes a longterm Waste Disposal system. There is a toilet on board the International Space station and the space shuttles. We have had them on spaceships as well. But Say Something happens where youre Sandra Bullock and youre there, wasting away in gravity and space for six days. Theyre working on or building a space suit where you can go six days. A builtin toilet in the suit . Good to know. God speed. Over to boston dynamics. Last week, we showed you the dog, the robot dog opening the door. He has a new trick now. Check this out. This is what happens when you try to stop the robot dog from opening the door. They tried swatting it away, pushing the door closed. They tried pulling it back with a rope. Robot dog is not having it. Keeps going back for more until robot dog finally escapes. Stubborn robot dog, dont you think . Now, scientists have nothing else to do on their hands. They have Research Whether gray squirrels are smarter than their other counter parts, red squirrels. They give them this morning on world news now the nationwide dialogue about guns. More than a week after the School Shooting in parkland, florida, several highprofile discussions on what to do next. At the white house, the president was joined by families touched by violence, where he voiced support for Arming Teachers. Hours later, a crowd of leaders reacted to the president s idea as parkland parents and students confronted two u. S. Senators and a congressman. Were tracking a powerful, slowmoving storm system bringing flooding rain and dangerous ice from texas to the northeast. With it, dramatic rescues. A woman on the roof of her car. And at the olympics, things are looking up for team u. S. A. Advancing in the overall medal count. Take that, netherlands. Well show you the latest results on thursday, february 22nd. Announcer from abc news this is world news now. Were going to start this half hour with the outpouring of raw emotion at the white house with students taking their stories to President Trump. The president listened intently to calls for action. One Parkland Student breaking down in tears, pleading with him to keep it from ever happening again. Jonathan carl was there at the white house. Reporter for nearly an hour, the president sat mostly silent, listening to the horrific, firsthand accounts of the senseless violence. Justin gruber was texting his father as his classmates were gunned down in parkland, florida. I was born in a world where i never got to experience safety and peace. There needs to be significant change in this country because this has to never happen again and people should be able to feel when they go to school they can be safe. Reporter andrews daughter was one of 17 killed at Stoneman Douglas high school last week. He stood with his sons beside him. Should have been one School Shooting and we should have fixed it. And im pissed because my daughter im not going to see again. Shes not here. Shes not here. Shes in North Lauderdale or whatever it is, king david cemetery. Thats where i go to see my kid now. We all Work Together and come up with the right idea and its school safety. Reporter samuel was texting with his brother a floor above as the gunman murdered one of their classmates. I turned 18 the day after. Woke up to the news that my best friend was gone. And i dont understand why i can still go in a store and buy a weapon of war. Reporter then the president heard from nicole hawkly whose 6yearold son dillen, was among the 20 children killed in sandy hook. You dont want to be me, no parent does. You have the ability to make a difference and save lives today. Please dont waste this. Reporter after the stories were told, the president asked for ideas to stop the violence in schools. And one possible solution which may not be very popular would be to have people in the school, teachers, administrators who have volunteered to have a firearm safely locked in the classroom who are given training throughout the year. Reporter it was an idea the president seemed to like. He brought up the assistant coach who died shielding his students. If the coach had a firearm, that coach was very brave. Saved a lot of lives i suspect. But if he had a firearm, he wouldnt have had to run, he would have shot and that would have been the end of it. Reporter he asked for a show of hands. Does anybody like that idea . And do people feel strongly against it . Anybody . Anybody . Strongly against . We can understand both sides and certainly its controversial. Well study that along with many other ideas. Reporter the president himself acknowledged hes under incredible pressure to act as he said at the end of the listening session the world is watching. Jonathan carl, abc news, the white house. And somebody else watching. A keen eye photographer captured a close up of a note card in the president s hand during the listening sessions. On it, handwritten questions to the families about their experience and a reminder, number five, right down there, that says, quote, i hear you. The president struck a sympathetic tone, but didnt appear to use that prompt. Thousands of protesters joined students from Stoneman Douglas high school. They headed back from tallahassee after a long day of lobbying. They discussed gun laws and Mental Health issues and we have a full report coming up shortly. Many students and teachers who survived the attack in florida asked direct questions of lawmakers at a town hall meeting sponsored by cnn. Parents whose children were killed confronted floridas two senators. And fred guttenbergs daughter is one of those victims. He angrily addressed senator marco rubio, calling the comments since the attack pathetically weak. Look at me and tell me you accept it and you will work with us to do something about guns. I think what youre asking about is the assault weapons ban. Yes, sir. So let me be honest with you about that one. If i believed that would prevent this from happening, i would support it. My daughter, running down the hallway at majory Stoneman Douglas was shot in the back with an assault weapon. The weapon of choice. Yes, sir. Okay. It is too easy to get. It is a weapon of war. The fact you cant stand with everybody in this building and say that, im sorry. What a debate. A spokeswoman for the nra talked about the organizations opposition of putting age restrictions on firearm purchases. She cited the case of a female College Sexual assault victim wanting to arm herself for protection saying age restrictions would deny her that right. Police in Southern California are calling a School Security guard a hero for reporting a students alleged shooting plot. Allegedly thwarted a shooting plot. Police searched the teens home and found two assault rifles, 90 high capacity magazines and two handguns. He will face charges with the alleged threat. And his older brother will face weapons charges. The other big headline we are following, tributes are pouring in from all over the world for the reverend billy graham. He died yesterday at the age of 99. Graham spread his religious message to ordinary people. He offered words of wisdom to a generation of president s. Steve osunsami explains. Reporter he spent his life providing quiet counsel to kings and queens and u. S. President s. Were going to pray every day for our president. Reporter from President Trump, graham was a very special man. George w. Bush, a shepherd to millions passed on. In 2007 the clintons explained how much it meant to them when he came to visit after the political sex scandal became public. He is one of the people who made a real difference to me personally. He was someone who could understand both bill and me. And he just talked to me and what he wanted me to know was that the christ he believed in was a god of second chances. Reporter for a young george w. Bush, that message led him to sobriety. The result of being with billy graham and being inspired by billy graham and, i guess, being led by billy graham and i started reading the bible and shortly thereafter, i quit drinking. Thanks to Steve Osunsami for that report. We should mention Funeral Services will take place next friday in north carolina. Hell be buried on the grounds next to his wife who died in 2007. A blast sent debris flying out of the sides of the boat just as passengers were getting off. Two americans are among the injured. None of the injuries are considered life threatening. Investigators say a mechanical problem is likely to blame. In peru, more than 40 people are dead after a double decker bus tumbled off a mountain highway. Investigators say it happened early wednesday morning along the countrys southern coast. No word on the cause of the crash or how many people were on the bus. That tragedy comes seven weeks after 52 people died when a bus and a tractor trailer collided outside lima. The monster storm thats been pounding states from texas to michigan is on the move. This was the scene outside chicago. Emergency crews are rescuing a woman stranded on the top of her car. And similar scenes are playing out across dozens of states where heavy rain is creating massive flooding. Accuweather meteorologist with more on whats to come today. Good morning, paul. Reporter wet and icy with a mix of snow, ice and heavy rain throughout the east. For the deep south, thunderstorms rumbling into dallas and houston. We have widespread flood risk from cincinnati to little rock along rivers including the illinois. Over toward the grand river as well as st. Joseph. Over the weekend, more rain pounding the east coast. Going into the philadelphia area and new york. Hopefully you got a chance to enjoy the good weather while we had access to it. Well try to take advantage while we can and a lot of people did the same thing. The warm temperatures here in the northeast. Take a look in brooklyn. They were ice skating in short sleeves. A record high. 78 degrees. Thats the warmest in february in the big apple. Thats right we saw records set all across the midwest. More than half a dozen cities have new records for the month of february. Nice. All right. More of this, bring it. Did you get outside today . Its going to get colder isnt it . It is. Yes. You had to go there, didnt you . Yeah. Sorry. Coming up, the gold medal showdown between the u. S. And canada womens hockey teams. The latest from south korea. More from the students of parkland, florida as they confront state lawmakers. Youre watching world news now. Lawmakers. Youre watching world news now. All across the country students have staged walkouts to show support for the students of parkland, florida. These are just a few from florida, minnesota and colorado. And those took place as the Parkland Students rallied for change in tallahassee. Theyre mobilizing under the name never again. They are demanding lawmakers offer up more than just thoughts and prayers. Abcs dan harris was there. Never again never again this whole situation hit close to home for all of us. This hit our school. This is our community. Reporter these are the young people who have faced down gun violence and are now thrusting themselves on to the front line of americas battle over guns. Driven by their grief and a shared mission to turn their tragedy into sweeping political action. This time were putting an end to it. Its never again. Reporter legislative resistance to gun control has become a norm. Locked in closets for hours, not knowing if we were going to be okay. Maybe were not necessarily experts on the politics of it, but we know the impact it can have on anyones life. Reporter their optimism, palpable. The kids bounced from one office to the other. This is why were here today, to make sure that something does change. Reporter taking aim at topics like nra funding, Mental Health screens and semiautomatic rifles such as the ar15. Whats your opinion on banning certain weapons . You know, id like to have that conversation and i think were committed to look at everything. Reporter challenging lawmakers with tough questions. Are you willing to actually act on anything . Yes or no . And do you think youd push for policy itself or just agree . Reporter by midday their initial optimism curdled into frustration. They complained about what they saw as a lack of straight answers from lawmakers. I dont know if im going to have faith in my state and local government anymore. Because what i saw today was discouraging. Reporter despite the disappointment, these kids and their friends say this will not be the last time they rally for action. They vow to make this trip to their State Capitol again and to attend a march on the nations capitol next month. For now theyre returning home to these nearly empty classrooms. Refusing to be silenced by gun violence. Dan harris, tallahassee, florida. And were hearing from michelle obama. She tweeted, im in total awe of the extraordinary students in florida. Like every movement, gun support will take unyielding curage and experience. Well said. Well be right back. Well said. Well be right back. Manolo youre so cold, come in whats wrong . Its dry. Your scalp . Mine gets dry in the winter too. Try head and shoulders dry scalp care it nourishes the scalp and. Keeps you up to 100 flake free head and shoulders dry scalp care we have breaking olympics news. Team usa won the first hockey gold since 1998. The u. S. Team took the lead against the arch rival, canada, in the first period of the gold medal game. The canadians stormed back in the second, they scored twice, but the u. S. Tied it up after two. After overtime, the u. S. Won in dramatic style. They went to a shootout and came away with the gold. It is actually 38 years to the day since the miracle on ice when the u. S. Beat the soviet union. Take that, canada. And the soviet union. Take that. Skier lindsey vonn ended her olympic career with disappointment in the womens alpine combined. She was in first place after the downhill portion of the event, but she didnt finish the slalom, actually. What . American, Mikaela Shiffrin the silver medal in this and that goes along with the gold she won in the giant slalom last week. Hopefully lindsey is happy for mikaela then. In the free style skiing half pike, the americans won gold and silver. David, a phenom mall 97. 2 on the final run. Earned silver to give us a onetwo punch there. Were always told the second week is the strong suit for the americans. Apparently, that seems to be the case in a lot of ways. So many people medaling. Slow and steady. You have to keep the pace. Thats what we have been talking about here. Lets look at the medal numbers. We are getting up to the count now, in fourth place for overall medal count. Boom take that netherlands. Lets take note of how impressive norway is doing. A country of 5 million. It has 33 medals for the olympics. I cant do percentage but pretty much every norwegian has medaled. I think you are a little bit off there. Fine, norway is good at the winter olympics, but we moved from foift fourth. Go usa. We have a couple days left in the olympics. We are also funnier than norway. Funnier looking. Check it out. The bobsled and Skeleton Team decided to do a match up of the winter olympic events. You have the curlers out there, sweeping right. Here comes the skeleton. Look how fast they go with the help of the sweepers. Oh, thats the skeleton. And it ends back with curling the same way it started. Before the olympics we had a bunch of pictures of the bobsled team. A bunch of studs. Remember . Yeah. Also, how do we make this an actual event . Sweep. Sweep. The skip is giving them. Well be back with National Margarita day. Ack with National Margarita day. Okay lets try this. It says you apply the blue one to me. Here . No. Make every day valentines day with ky yours and mine. Two sensations. One great way to discover new feelings together. Dinner date. Meeting his parents dinner date. Why did i want a crest 3d white smile . So i used crest. Crest 3d white removes. 95 of surface stains in just 3 days. For a whiter smile. That will win them over. Crest. Healthy, beautiful smiles for life. Wasting away again in margaritaville what key is that . Its the key after youve had a few margaritas. Oh, okay. In that case. Today is a national holiday. Its a huge, Huge National holiday. It is National Margarita day. Cheers. Cheers, salute. So, margaritas. Only 8 of americans hate margaritas. Im not one of them. We dont know them. 32 love them while another 44 just like them. 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Thats a direct quote. Im not sure what that means, but i cant wait. Now to a really, really cool moment that took place in texas. How is it . Is it hitting you yet . Hiccup. This was taken at texas a m university. So, this kid had to get four basketball shots under 30 seconds. Not just regular shots. A lay up, a free throw, a threepointer and half court shot. He does it in under 24 seconds and the cool thing about it, he won 25,000 by doing this. Wow this is a senior there at texas a m. Hes so calm about it, i got this. He didnt even need a margarita. Very impressive. Are you double really . Look, trying to play as a cat. No, were not this morning on world news now, raw emotion on display. Parkland students demand action on guns. Thousands packed an arena for a town hall meeting. It was tense at times. This while others represented their school at the white house. We have the latest. Breaking news this morning, an attacker throwing a hand grenade at a u. S. Embassy overseas, and then killing himself with another explosive device. The situation still developing right now. And new this half hour a dramatic rescue. A couple was left stranded on an island, but managed to cleverly ask for help. So how did they get there in the first place . And alex trebek is getting a new job, putting him even closer to what he says is a lifelong dream. Well have answers in the form of questions on this thursday, february 22nd. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning everybody on this thursday morning. Were going to start with the Parkland Community voicing frustration and calling for action a week after the School Massacre that changed lives. Students, parents and teachers gathered for a cnn town hall that quickly got heated. Many called for tougher gun control and Mental Health services. A grieving dad took aim at senator marco rubio. Rubio was the only republican lawmaker on stage after President Trump and the governor, rick scott, declined to take part. He spent much of the time on the defensive, taking what critics refer to as blood money. Senator rubio, can you tell me you will not accept a single donation from the nra . The answer is people buy into my agenda. The influence comes not from money, the influence comes from the millions of people that agree with the agenda. The millions of people who support the nra and gun rights groups. Senator . Senator . An nra spokeswoman was booed. She was challenged by students. And they followed a trip to tallahassee demanding to be heard. Dan harris is there. Reporter the 100 students from parkland began their extraordinary day long lobbying mission on minimal sleep, but maximal optimism. We are running on adrenaline, on each others hopes to make a difference. Reporter state senators began today by displaying pictures of the 17 students. It did not stop the students from hitting lawmakers with pointed questions about gun policy. Would you push for any policy yourself or just agree with it, if it is convenient to you . Never again never again well, they make the rounds inside the capitol, theres a large rally outside. 49 people, including my two brothers were murdered. What did you do . Reporter back inside, as the students continue their work, their initial optimism curdled into frustration as they complained of what they view as a lack of straight answers from lawmakers. What i saw today was discouraging. Reporter look what happened in this encounter between students and republican state senator, aaron bean, who repeatedly dodged questions about whether he would support a ban on semiautomatic rifles like the one used by nikolas cruz to kill 17 people at Douglas High School one week ago. Whats your personal stance on assaultstyle weapons like the ar15. Its a head scratcher where we are. Its going to be a debate. Ive always defended peoples right to defend themselves. I havent got specifics. Are you generally considered progun . After the meeting the senator didnt want to answer questions from us either. I have to get to a meeting. Im trying to think of reporter okay. Okay. Okay. So, will all of this lobbying result in any new legislation . The answer is probably yes. The legislation probably will not include something the kids really want, which is a ban on all semiautomatic rifles. It probably will include a change in rules that require anybody who buys one of the weapons to be 21. Nikolas cruz was 18 when he bought his. Dan harris, abc news, tallahassee. Dan, thank you. Meanwhile, President Trump hosted dozens of people impacted by the shootings in parkland, sandy hook and columbine. They begged the president to take action to keep sids safe. Some sobbed openly, others expressed anger over their loss. There needs to be significant change in this country because this has to never happen again. And people should be able to feel when they go to school, they can be safe. Please, mr. Trump, these are things we have to do. We have to do something about this. We cannot have our children die. I turned 18 the day after, woke up to the news that my best friend was gone. And i dont understand why i can still go in a store and buy a weapon of war. How many schools, how many children have to get shot . It stops here with this administration and me. Im not going to sleep until its fixed. All the School Shootings, doesnt make sense. Fix it. Should have been one School Shooting and we have had have fixt it. And im pissed. Its my daughter im not going to see again. Harsh words there from that father. Clearly very emotional. Meanwhile, the School Shooting suspect may not be able to use a public defender as the case moves forward. Reports say cruz could inherit 800,000 from his late parents when he turns 22. That could mean since he is now 19, he could afford to hire a private attorney. A judge has been asked to look into that issue. President trump is lashing out against chain migration. That policy may be the reason his wifes parents could soon become u. S. Citizens. The Washington Post reports that the first lady likely sponsored her parents for green cards. Its called chain migration. The lawyer would only say they were living here legally as permanent residents. An american facility in europe. It happened at the u. S. Embassy in the capital city. Authorities say an attacker threw a grenade at the embassy, then took his own life with another explosive device. There was no major damage. A ferry boat explosion sent at least two dozen people to the hospital in mexico. It happened at a popular tourist spot. Right now, the official cause is still a mystery. Here is victor oquendo. Reporter mexican officials investigating why this ferryboat exploded at the dock as passengers were disembarking. This video showing the moment of the explosion. Firefighters and police swarming the dock, packed with tourists, many who were just getting off the boat. The ferry mangled. A hole in the upper deck. Debris and wounded tourists everywhere. First responders treating at least 25 injured, including two americans. It happened in the popular tourist deci ma Tourist Destination of playa del carmen. And it comes with the terrible bus crash on a day trip would thankfully no one was killed in the explosion. They are looking at a mechanical failure as a possible cause. Victor oquendo, abc news, ft. Lauderdale, florida. And we have new details on an overnight version of gilligans island. Two boaters found themselves stranded on a place called avoid island off the coast of australia. Their boat was smashed up during a freak storm. After spending eight hours, rescuers spotted them on a beach, thanks to their own smarts. They spelled out the giant word, help in the sand. They e activated an emergency beacon. I suppose when you land on a void island, its not a good sign. Yeah. They had cuts and bruises, but otherwise, they were okay. They were fine. And quite a story to tell. The skipper wasnt there. Neither was the millionaire nor mary ann. Coming up, remembering billy graham. Hear his answer when asked what he hoped people would say about him after he was gone. In the skinny, Ryan Reynolds. Spending some of that deadpool money. Here is a look at todays forecast. Cleaning floors with a mop and bucket is a hassle, meaning you probably dont clean as often as youd like. For a quick and convenient clean, try Swiffer Wetjet. Theres no heavy bucket, or mop to wring out, because the absorb and Lock Technology traps dirt and liquid inside the pad. Its safe to use on all finished surfaces tile, laminate and hardwood. 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And commissioner adam silver said the fine was for public statements detrimental to the nba. This comes on the heels of allegations of rampant misconduct within the mavericks organization. Linsey davis with the details. Inside. Taking it to the basket. Its tied. Reporter one of the most lucrative franchises in the nba, led my charismatic billionaire owner, ceo, mark cuban, known for his business and sharp tongue on abcs shark tank. There is no market you have for retail. Reporter according to sports illustrated, they are under fire for more than a dozen current and former employee who told the magazine the mavericks hostile work environ was an open secret where they experienced everything from Sexual Harassment to domestic violence. After interviewing the employees, a pattern emerged of a corporate behavior. Domestic abuse by high profile member of the online staff, unsupportive or intimidating responses from superiors and an employee who openly watched pornography at his desk. They were forced to look for careers outside the sports world because the Work Environment at the mavericks left them feeling vulnerable and devalued. Mark cuban said this is all new to me. Based on what i read, we fired our hr person. I dont have tolerance for what i read. Its wrong. Its abhorrent. Cuban is vowing an overhaul. He says im embarrassed, to be honest with you, that it happened under my ownership and needs to be fixed. Period, end of story. When we come back. Bill gates. The billionaire with a big brain. Which test did he flunk. The skinny is coming up next. Flunk. The skinny is coming up next. Lyrics oohoo child, lyrics thingsll get brighter. Lyrics oohoo child lyrics things are gonna get easier. Lyrics oohoo child, lyrics thingsll get brighter. Skinny, just give me the skinny it is skinny time here on a thursday and we have big jeopardy news. The long time host, alex trebek has a new job. Yes i have always wanted to host jeopardy. Slow down, hes going to be there. Hes not leaving the popular quiz show anytime soon. So happy to hear that. Too soon. But hell still be asking the questions. Hes been selected to moderate the pennsylvania gubernatorial debate. We dont know the official format of the debate but we know they wont have to answer in the form of a question. I get it. Its a play off the whole jeopardy thing. You answer in the form of a question. He has said he would love to moderate a president ial debate. Oh yes. So, this is like one step closer to that dream. Training. 2020 might be the president ial debate with alex trebek. He says, if given the chance, quote, i would try to pin them down, even though i might look bad doing it. Take that. Hes playing hardball. Hes good at that. When you see the contestants on jeopardy, you had those that didnt know anything about sports and alex is like, can we just go to a commercial . Maybe we should have a judges panel like on jeopardy. Is that answer acceptable . Maybe one of the richest men in the world, but microsoft founder, bill gates proved he doesnt know much about spending those billions. Ellen asked him to play a fun game called Bills Grocery bills where he has to guess the price of every day items. This is a test he failed in spectacular fashion. How much do you think ricearoni would be, within a dollar. 5. Its 1. What a bargain. Ill take five. I know. Tide pods. You have been hearing a lot about those lately. Lets go with ten. 19. 97. Its expensive to do laundry. How much would you say that floss is . I would say 4. Look at you. 3. 78. Thats right in his defense, those werent necessarily new york prices. No, no they were not. So he enlisted the audiences help for the remaining products and got close to the right price. He did admit he hadnt been in a Grocery Store for a long time. He was asked about his indulgences and extravagant purchases. First he got a porsche then upgraded to a plane. He has an indoor trampoline room. So jealous. He says the kids love it. Quote, indoor trampoline, i recommend it. Thank you bill gates. On this sacred holiday, National Margarita day, Ryan Reynolds is joining the gin world. Oh, gin . Aviation american gin made the announcement saying we are excited to announce our new boss, Ryan Reynolds. Actor, producer, professional, good looking person. Ryan commented on the new partnership in the long and no way disastrous marriage of showbiz and alcohol. So happy to announce im the proud owner of a gin company. All right. Fine. Ill give you this, the promo c. Well, hes a handsome man. So if they like the gin as much as the photos. I think the company will do very well. Hes the better looking one. The rumors are true, rush hour 4 is a go. Yes there was a three . Now, chris tucker and jackie chan are teaming up for what tucker is calling the rush of all rushes. You hear the words coming out of my mouth . So, once again, hell be doing the words coming out of my mouth, again. We dont have any details yet but the original was in 1998. Rush hour 2 in 2001. Rush hour 3 in 2007, so, they are overdo. Yeah, for a paycheck. Apparently, it took a while for tucker or jackie chan to get on board. Jackie chan has been busy, hes one of the highest paid actors around. Chris tucker has been around. Jackie chan make as lot of money. But theyre apparently happy to cash in on one more movie. I will be one of those people who will be there to watch this. Theyre super entertaining, why not. Coming up, remembering americas pastor, billy graham. Youre watching world news now. Pastor, billy graham. Youre watching world news now. Okay lets try this. It says you apply the blue one to me. Here . No. Make every day valentines day with ky yours and mine. Two sensations. One great way to discover new feelings together. Aww thanks for loading, sweet. Oops. Oh burnton gravy . Gotta rinse that. Nope. No way. Nada. Really . Dish issues . Throw it all in. Cascade platinum powers through even burnton gravy. Nice. Cascade. Look at billy graham over the years. This morning, reverend Billy Grahams twitter account is filled with retweets of some of his most memorable messages. He often spoke of the after life saying my home is in heaven, im just traveling through this world. David looks back at his conversation about death with diane sawyer. He was known as americas pastor. Christ can change your life, he can forgive your sins and he can make you a new person, then you have the ability and the resource and the power to love your neighbor. His connection with so many who never met him. Tell me about this man. He was young, energetic. I was scared. Scared . Very frightened. You still get nervous ever . Yes. Every single time. Im nervous now, talking to you. His worries, often the same as ours, even when it came to death. How often do you think about it . I couldnt answer how often. I suppose i think about it quite a bit, like everybody else. We are all conscious this life is very temporary and its very short. The older you get, the shorter it seems. It seems like just yesterday, i was milking cows for my father. We are all facing death and we all better get worried about it and be sure we are right with god so we are ready for that day of judgment thats going to come. Diane asked him what he hoped people would say about him after he was gone. What do you hope they say . I dont want them to say good things about me because i dont deserve them. I want to hear one person Say Something nice about me and thats the lord. When i face him, i want him to say to me, well done, my good and faithful servant. But im not sure im going to hear it. Thats what i would like to hear. Its not often you have a conversation about death thats so pleasant. Yes. It is clear he was looking forward to the afterlife because of his preachings. He has been, he has seen more than ten president s, starting with harry s. Truman. Very close with queen elizabeth. Very influential. Dont miss up updates at wnnfans. Com. Dont miss up updates at wnnfans. Com. Making news in america this morning, the gun debate intensifies as the florida School Shooting survivors face off with u. S. Senators and the nra in a tense, sometimes combative town hall. It is a weapon of war. The fact that you cant stand with everybody in this building and say that, im sorry. This morning the positions that could now be changing. What President Trump may now support and why the nra opposes raising the minimum age to buy rif rifles. Ferry explosion. We hear from a teenager. The new details on the investigation. Breaking overnight from the olympics, a dramatic shootout as team usa goes for gold in womens hockey and