Deadly anthrax spores. They unwittingly used live and potentially lethal anthrax in a train traing exercise last week. So far no one has shown signs of sickness or at the affected laboratories in the u. S. Three lab workers in delaware and wisconsin are also taking antibiotics to prevent infection. The review must be thrower because the spores can survive for years out in the open. Theres concern because the samples were transpoerted by fedex along with everyday packages. The scare began last march at the dugway proving ground in utah when a batch of anthrax known as ag 1 was bombarded with radiation to render it safe. But some of the spores survived alive and potentially deadly. For years batches thought to be safe were sent to 1 labs across the country via fedex air. South korea received its shipment in march. Last week a lab in maryland detected contained live spores. Authorities are not sure how many spores survived the shipping. Were told the original batch contained billions of spores. Pierre thomas abc news washington. 20 new jersey teenagers are now facing charges stemming from a sexting investigation. They attend high school and middle school in the town of cape may accused of passing around nude picture oofz female students on cell phones. The investigation is still under way. Prosecutors say some girls may be charged, as well. An illinois man faced decades in prison for setting a fire that affected thousands of flights. Brian howard admits setting fire to an illinois air traffic facility last september and cutting wires there. He said he was trying to commit suicide. The facility controls flights over five states and was shut down for two weeks. Hell be sentenced in the fall. Spectacular volcanic eruption happening in japan this morning. Small japanese island is a national park. Cloud of black ash and rock climbing into the sky. It rose to more than 27,000 feet. People on the island have been ordered to evacuate. The same volcano erupted last august. Key west living up to its reputation as a colorful place. Look at this, crosswalks in the heart of the Entertainment District featuring all six colors of the rainbow flag part of the citys official philosophy one human family adopted at the turn of the century to promote equality and acceptance for everybody. The colorful intersections is debut june 10th to kick off the citys annual pride fest. I love key west. Thats your neck of the woods. My neck of the woods, yes. Coming up later, the Big Box Office options for moviegoers this weekend. First the imposter doctor and the major security breach. The Childrens Medical Center breached by lab coat wearing phonies. And its not the first time. And bruce jenner fighting back against a lawsuit in that deadly car accident. Youre watching world news now. World news now weather brought to you by resolve. Does your carpet ever feel rough and dirty . 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Speaking of risks and Health Warnings there is a new warning about a potential health risk from tattoos. Researchers say some inches can cause major longterm skin problems. Itching, scalping and permanently raised areas. They say the longer lasting complications occur in areas with red and black ink. Knows are actually two pretty common colors for tattoos. Wow. What about your tattoos . What color are they . Purple and pink. So youre good. Where are they again . How many is it you have . You know my mom always said never get tattoos. But you didnt listen to mama. I always listen to ma moo. You dont have any tattoos . No. Do you . You didnt know i have tattoos. I do actually. Do you want to show the audience where it is. I have to disrobe slightly. In another health note this morning, a prominent hospital in texas is rethinking security measures after a con artist posed as a doctor. He even went as far as to visit patients in their rooms. He was playing doctor for real. Abcs Mara Schiavocampo with this crazy story. Dallas area hospitals on alert after the hospital Officials Say this man it, 23yearold Terrence King impersonated a doctor at Childrens Medical Center dallas. Reportedly even entering a patients room wearing a lab coat carrying ipad and two pagers, later allegedly fleeing from police in a stolen ambulance with its emergency lights on before crashing into a bmw, caught after a foot chase. Its not the first time weve seen this kind of medical misbehavior. In 2011 17yearold matthewshite was arrested in florida for impersonating a doctor even treating patients. Thats when he said can you take over cpr. Now the hospital where he was busted says they have put their staff on be alert and will refine our procedures that help insure the safety of our patients. This may not be the first time king has done Something Like this. He was arrested in 2013 for impersonating a dallas firefighter. Mara schiavocampo, abc news new york. Coming up bruce jenner fighting back in court now. Asking a judge to throw out the wrongful death suit against him in connection to a deadly car accident. What his lawyers are saying. That story up next. World tt2wut3n 4 bt qx a qh00 tt2wut3n 4 bm qc;< tt4wut3n 4 dztq ;l tt4wut3n 4 entq u . , tt4wut3n 4 gzt l8t tt4wut3n 4 hnt e68 tt4wut3n 4 iztq 6o tt4wut3n 4 jntq tt4wut3n 4 lzt you know im losing my mind today. This is your morning. This is it. You know. Ed sheeran. I found out about ed doing the show with you one night. I did a piece on him on nightline. Had no idea who he was. Love this kid. Ooze in the park. I cant wait. Youve been talking about this for some time. Pull it up pull it up. Theres the pass. Boom. Thats going to get him in. All access. Theres the pass thats going to get him arrest bid nypd. Ed sheeran is going to be like who is this groupie. Gma. I qualify as a groupie today. Looking forward to it. But in the park. Im not a groupie, but yes im a groupie about ed sheeran. Got to go he said. Im too excited about ed sheeran. Bruce jenner going on the offensive in court fighting back against that is wrongful death lawsuit filed against him for that deadly car accident earlier this year. Asking a judge to throw out the lawsuit all together. Abcs linsey davis with the story. Bruce jenner is fighting back against his involvement in the deadly malibu car crash that claimed the life of 69yearold Kimberly Howe. Are there any injuries. Im going to say yes. It looks pretty bad. One car is destroyed. Bruce, are you okay. The reality show star who after passing a police so bright star walked away from the collision unharmed objecting to a lawsuit filed by howes 57 and 60yearold stepchildren seeking compensatory damage claiming jenner was negligent, careless and reckless in the incident. Jenner striking back filing Court Documents obtained by abc news calling the accident a terrible tragedy, but deny diagnose financial responsibility to howes stepchildren saying they are financially independent, successful adult stepchildren who were not financially dependent upon the decedent for the necessities of life. Bruce jenners attorneys have a good argument to dismiss this case. Jenner was one of many involved in the crash that took howes life. Jenner has not been charged in connection with the incident. Police are still investigating. Jenners lawyers telling abc news we continue to express sincerest sympathies for the friends and family of Kimberly Howe adding the plaintiffs lack of standing to file this case is no comment at all upon their grief or affection. It is merely a statement of law. Linsey davis, abc news new york. Right. Coming up two summer blockbusters opening this weekend. Not getting high marks. Critics calling them unintelligible and a disaster. Wow. 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We start with san andreas starring dwayne johnson, also known as the rock. Hes a rescue chopper pilot trying to save his estranged daughter. Seismologist Paul Giamatti tries to warn the world the worst is yet to come. A quake. Its up to a 7. 1 jesus, get the hell out of there everybody get off. All right. Action packed. Its a disaster flick. What do you expect . Theyre going to tear up another american city. Scoring a splat on Rotten Tomatoes getting a 50 . Andrew barker describes it as a movie that quickly disintegrates to fatally stupid. Scott saying those merely wanting lookout, earthquake will get their moneys worth. Its a disaster flick. Aloha the comedy stars brady cooper returning to the site of his greatest career triumph, the u. S. Space program in honolulu and reconnects with a love who got away while falling for the hard charging air force pilot played by emma stone as they try to stop a satellite launch. Nobody wants to live where they are. They all want to be in a fantasy. She gave me the heave. Boy, did she blow it. If i may. You have no to know that. I know what youre doing. Youre not going to pick my brains. Your attempt to get under my hood is frankly fantastic. Well, if that doesnt make you want to go see it is this the only clip we have . That was the best one. Volcano of controversy amid allegations of cultural misappropriation. It earned almost 7 on Rotten Tomatoes. Andrew barker unbalanced unwieldy and sometimes nearly uninterrogate. I would still go see it. Rachel mcadams is in it. And bradley cooper. There you go. This morning on world news now, flood emergency. The rains in the south refusing to let up. Thousands forced to three their homes escaping the dangerous and deadly waters. Crews constantly working to rescue the trapped and stranded. Forecast just ahead. Renters beware. If that Summer Vacation deal seems to good to be true it probably is. One familys surprise when the real owner stopped by. He basically said sorry to tell you this but you have been scammed. How to keep thieves from sandbagging you this summer. And spelling success. The nations best and brightest young spellers put it all on the line at the National Spelling bee. The thrill of victory, the agony of defeat. Competitors doing everything they can to avoid a dreaded ding. Nunatak. Nunatak. And for the second year in a row, a tie. Just simply no more words. Well meet the winners on this friday, may 29th. Captions paid for by abc, inc. From abc news this is world news now with t. J. Holmes and reena ninan. Well, happy friday everyone. There is breaking news at this hour. We are possibly talking about Miriam Webster changing their name to shivah shank car venkatachalam. We havent had a tie in 50 years and now back to back years. They dont have enough words for the kids to keep spelling. Their last names shivashankar and venkatachalam. Its a big thing. Every year the day after the spelling bee, were having to look up the winning word. What does that word mean . These were not s. A. T. Words we studied. Well show you the words later. Nunatak and something else. Thats fun stuff. We have to start with the nasty stuff which is still the weather. This has been all week weve been talking about this stuff. Deluge in the plains. More pouring rain rising rivers forcing thousands of people to leave homes and cars. Texas and oklahoma the bulls eye again today bracing for more scenes like this one. Southwest of Oklahoma City. Firefighters working around the clock, pulling off one rescue after another. At least two the dozen people are dead and 14 missing. Heres more from abcs brandi hitt. New evacuations under way in texas along with water rescues near houston and now were hear stag terrifying stories firsthand. Oh no from those who barely escaped the powerful force of floodwaters did earlier this week in wimberley. The perez family trapped surrounded by water inside their Vacation Home. They later spoke to kdue. I was scared for my life and her life. We went into survival mode. I tied sheets together to make a lifeline. Rescued by boat in the nick of time but three other families swept away inside their Vacation Home didnt have the same luck. Seven remain missing right now we must focus on finding those still missing. And just as importantly, pray for the living whose hearts are broken. Reporter Lieutenant Governor dan patrick got an aerial look at the widespread devastation. Thousands of homes across the can Lone Star State now damaged or destroyed. There we go. Several tornadoes also touched down including this ef2 that sent three drilling workers to the hospital. As 33 million americans now brace for more Severe Weather. Blanco river behind me isnt expected to rise as high as earlier this week but search and rescue teams say more rain will shift all of these debris fields mangled trees and metal and that makes it more difficult to find survivors. Brandi hitt abc news wimberley, texas. Another soaker today in some areas. For more on what we can expect lets turn to meteorologist justin pavek. Hey there. Thanks and good morning. Very concerned about additional flash flooding over the south plains later on today into tonight. And then again heading na toward the upcoming weekend. We saw that very dangerous lifethreatening flash flooding around lawton oklahoma yesterday. Could see similar scenes around Oklahoma City and dallas later on this afternoon. Meanwhile heading toward the upcoming weekend, the northeast dealing with heavy rain and some gusty thunderstorms, as well. T. J. And reena, back to you. Thanks so much justin. Stunning news a former speaker of the house charged with violating banking laws and lying to the fbi about it. Dennis hastert allegedly was trying to hide huge cash withdrawals supposedly part of a 3. 57 million in hush money by the Illinois Republican. Hastert retired from congress eight years ago and a lobbyist since. With allegations of bribery swirling all around the organizers of world soccer are voting today who should be their leader. The vote happening in Zurich Switzerland where seven soccer officials were arrested on wednesday among the 14 people accused of taking 150 million in bribes. Sepp blatter is the current head of the organization known as fifa. Theyre the ones that put on the world cup. Hes seeking a fifth term. The u. S. And every european soccer nation expected to vote against him. Blatter broke his silence yesterday blaming what he called the actions of individuals. A major twist in the trial of the Movie Theater gunman in colorado. A videotaped interview cast doubt on his defense. James holmes and his attorneys claim hes not guilty by reason of insanity. The video undermines that. Clayton sandell. For the first time jurors are seeing and hearing the gunman in his own words during an exam to determine whether he was insane or not. Brings tears to your eyes sometimes . Just regrets. Regrets about . About the shooting. One psychiatrist who examined holmes says he is mentally ill but knew what he was doing. Is it your opinion that the defendant James Eagen Holmes met the definition of legal sanity . Yes. The testimony comes as prosecutors have focused on sections of the gunmans own notebook they say shows careful planning. Here he considers targeting an airport, ruling it out because of substantial security. He diagrams several auditoriums but notes avoid theater one, too many exits. Holmes attorneys pursuing an insanity defense. My mind period. It is broken. I tried to fix it. Nearly eight pages are filled with just one word why. That is the question still haunting families of the 12 People Killed and dozens injured. It is not something that we can get over. During this examination, holmes was interviewed for a total of 22 hours. And in the coming days the jury will hear all of it. Clayton sandell, abc news centennial colorado. A major bank is reportedly cutting back. Wall street journal says Jpmorgan Chase eliminating more than 5,000 jobs 2 of its current workforce. Insiders say the cuts have already started part of a move to rely less on human tellers and more on technology. The average branch would lose one employee over the two years. George pataki joined the crowd of republican president ial hopefuls making his announcement on youtube. Pataki told supporters as a mod he can pull a divided nation together. He served three terms as governor of a heavily Democratic State. The republican governor of another Democratic StateChris Christie is changing his tune on education. Christie now says the Common Core National Education Standards arent working. And new jersey should do something different. Just a few years ago, he supported them. His latest effort to be more appealing to conservative voters as heconsiders a bid for the republican president ial nomination. How many are we up to now . Is it seven officially . Are we talking republican or just folks there are definitely more on the republican side. I think its seven official flip unofficially probably what, 150 people thinking about running for the republican nomination . Who knows. Im waiting for you to announce one day at this point. Why not. You know what . Wheres my shot. America, im just kidding. Im sorry, no, no reena. Lets turn now. Three torch relays to tell you about ahead of this summers Special Olympics world games in l. A. One of them started yesterday in d. C. The others began in maine and miami. Those torches will be carried through every state. The games in l. A. Run from july 25th to august 2nd. Just want to know if you have a run, i would grill new any sort of interview. Would you vote for me . I dont publicly say who i vote for. You wouldnt. I like to remain neutral. What was the i dont want to give away my political leanings. Im your friend. You wouldnt vote for me . You are my friend. No matter if im a republican democrat you wouldnt vote for me. Grace was born with most of her right arm missing and her parents couldnt afford a hitech prosthetic. A group of High School Engineering students created an artificial limb using plastics and a 3d printer. When it came time to debut the work they decided to go big. Little grace dolled up. She looks gorgeous arriving in a limo to demonstrate her arm in front of a sold out house. The process documented in a student film named the hand of grace. She looks like a little princess. Doesnt she the . They made something out of it. They made a whole scene out of it. They krafted two different prosthetic arms and enjoyed the project so much theyre working on a third. Very cool. Coming up the wedding proposal at a wedding that ignited a heated debate. I hear that right . A wedding proposal at a wedding . Yes she what the bride has to say. First all the drama pla from the National Spelling bee. The contenders hoping all those hours with a dictionary paid off and why they just ran out of words. Well meet some of the smartest kids in the country. Also scam surprise that could easily ruin your Summer Vacation. Rentals listed to rent but not by the owner. Also a rumor you can find us on facebook and on twitter abcwnn. You are watching world news now. Now. That detergent was like half the price and well have to use like double maybe more im going back to the store . Yes you are. Dish issues . Get cascade complete. 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Turning now to a spectacular view from the top of the world. The Observation Deck at 1 world trade center. Look at it there, its now open to the public. New york city laid out. You can see this from 102 stories up. Bad weather though and many spectators only got to see a glimpse of a white wall of clouds. Still on a clear day you can expect to see up to 50 miles out. Stunning. Absolutely stunning theyve been working on that for quite symptom time. Its there, ready, open to the public. That scares me though. That high up yeah. You see the floor where you look down. Yeah. Back here on ground a growing number of americans looking for ways to save a few bucks on Vacation Rentals but finding themselves stung by scammers. Yeah this is called the scra aimed at people looking to rent homes. Now scammers are targeting vacanciers. Here rebecca jarvis. Many of us are now in the middle of planning those much needed Summer Vacations, even ditching fancy hotels for Family Friendly apartments or hopes. Posted online. But renters beware. Some ads may not lead to you vacation bliss. The Better Business bureau with a new warning for summer saying in the past year in the boston area alone, more than 400 complaints about Vacation Rentals. People will introduce properties that are not really for sale. I should have thought, wow, you know at 400 a night, this house is amazing. How could that be. I thought maybe we were lucky. Cherry mcafter free ren this had beautiful home in lake tahoe for the summer for her family of 14. Through an ad on the rental website home away. Com. Its sprawling, big place. 4,000 square feet inside. As her family members started to arrive so did the owner of the house, shaun, who it turns out did not put his home up for rent. He basically said sorry to tell you this but you guys have been scammed. The ad was a fake scamming cherry and her family out of nearly 1500. She says they werent the only ones. I have confirmed episodes with various groups families believing they were renting my properties which indeed they had been scammed. Home away. Com told us it suspends potentially fraudulent lent accounts and warns travelers about those listings adding we work on a case by case an basis to get go their money back but urge customers to educate themselves. The family says they received a full refund from their bank. So what can you do to make sure your vacation is safe . Experts say do your research and get everything in writing before payment. Reverse Google Search the image of the vacation rental. If it comes up on multiple sites, keep moving. And never wire money. Use a credit card or paypal instead. Rebecca jarvis abc news new york. Sounds terrific tips there. Coming up in in your next half hour the pilot accused of being drunk in the cockpit. That pilot plowing his cessna into a shed with his son on board. What authorities found inside that plane. For the second year in a row, we have two winners in the scripps National Spelling bee. Youre watching world news now. World new all right. Kids apparently are just getting smarter these days. We love this story. The story of the it is. Till last year it hasnt happened for more than 50 years. For the second year in a row there are two winners in the National Spelling bee. Abcs Michele Franzen on who had the last word. Crannog. Correct. Its it the annual ordeal to see who can be letter perfect. Correct. Thank you. When even a momentary die spell. Thats not right. Can spell doom. For 37,000 in cash and prizes young people from all over the United States run an Obstacle Course of abcs to see who can spell success most often. Ies s. Correct. To tartarian, the bell tolled for each verbal victim until there were two. Scytale. Thats how good they are. Vv vv and Gokul Venkatachalam in a war of words. If you spell this word correctly, the Scripps National bee will declare you and vanya cochampions. They battled to a draw. You none na tack. Nunatak. Correct. Congratulations. The two share the trophy as cochampions. A spell binder to the very end. Michele franzen, abc news new york. It wasnt even sweating it. Nunatak. Can we go home now . They study for so long practically account entire dictionary. Its not easy. Every single word we had in that piece i have no idea what they mean. I think most of america has no idea. These kids are amazing. Why do they put the pressure on the kid at the end . If you get this one right, its going to be a tie. Come on man. He still nailed it. Congrats to both. Congrats. They get reheated. Renuked. And rebaked. And when leftovers are done. Theres always stuff left over. New dawn platinum power clean calls dibs on those. It powers through tough, driedon messes in seconds. Even 48 hour stuckon food. 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See how much coverage you can get for just 9. 95 a month. Call now for your free information kit. Spelling. Were still stuck on the spelling love it. Now its time for the mix. Interesting mix today. Youve got a good one today. Yes. Would you be mad if somebody decided to take your wedding and use it as an opportunity to propose to their significant other . Kind of showing you up right . Thats what happened to a woman in iowa. Fiancee proposed to her at her friends wedding. Pictures were uploaded to reddit. Staggering number of almost 2 million people. This wasnt really any girls nightmare. That was a headline. Any girls nightmare. The truth is had the woman, the bride actually wanted the maid of honor to be proposed to in this way. What do you think, reena, your wedding . The bride, it was her idea. You as the bride . Dont show the me up on my big day. Reena . Right. What would you think if this happened at your wedding that you saw them sitting at the table there. Your wedding. I get why she did it. It was such a happy moment she wanted her friend to be happy. Im for it. Its a special day for more than one couple. You wouldnt mind if one of your girls did it. No, id be happy. Time for the mix. Polka. Politics and foreign wars all the weather all the scores thats the world news polka tapes that roll in way too slow stuff you saw on koppels show thats the world news polka its late at night youre wide awake and youre not wearing pants so grab your world news now mug and everybody dance have some fun be a pal every anchor guy and gal do the world news pole cal everybody. Thats the world news polka. 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The latest details ahead. Little answers provided by the Company Responsible for that disastrous oil leak and the balls of tar washing up on other california beaches. Could there be a connection . For the First Time Since his death, Michael Jacksons neverland ranch is on the market with some major upgrades. You got to hear this price tag. And a match made in tv haven has fallen back to earth. Farmer chris and whitney making a big announcement just two months after the bachelor finale. The story ahead in the skinny on this friday, may 29th. Captions paid for by abc, inc. From abc news this is world news now with t. J. Holmes and reena ninan. Farmer . Yeah. Happy friday, everyone. Is it a happy friday . It is a superhappy friday. I hear breakups are in the air. Breakups are in the air. We have spelling bee champions in the air, too. Thats good stuff. Thats good stuff. The breakup thing. Didnt we just crown them and celebrate this couple . Over already. You never know. It aint over till you put a ring on it. Did he put a ring on it . He put a ring on it, right . Didnt they get engaged. I thought he said i have a ring and well maybe the ring is off of it. Jack, this is your wheelhouse. Jack . Jack, two months, its over. Whats that . Two months, its over. Its over. Two months. Sorry, im emotional. What faith should i have in this bachelorette season going on now . Theyre going to break up. You never know what to expect. Okay. You could be the next bachelor and your wife doesnt even know it. She would know it. Youre right, youre right. Youre right. Glad she doesnt watch the show. Im glad both of our spouses dont. We begin with the federal charges, serious stuff. Man, this was a bombshell. Where did this come fromle . Weve got a lot of questions still about this. Its a weird story in a lot of ways. Were talking about the former speaker of the house, Dennis Hastert. Hes accused of violating banking laws and lying to the fbi. Federal indictment hints at wrongdoing by hastert long before he was a heart beat away from the presidency back when he was a High School Wrestling coach and teacher. Lets get the details now from abcs devin dwyer. Former House SpeakerDennis Hastert accused of a dark past before his career in politics. Federal prosecutors have indicted the Illinois Republican for trying to hide nearly 2 million in secret payments to an unidentified person and lying about it to the fbi. The indictment alleges hastert structured withdrawals from his Bank Accounts to avoid detection. When asked about it, city told the fbi he didnt feel safe with the banking system. According to Court Documents saying yeah, i kept the cash. Thats what im doing. Authorities say the money was to compensate and conceal for some prior misconduct by hastert. The indictment says nothing about what hastert was allegedly trying to cover up, but it appears to be something he did long before he was speaker of the house. I never envisioned that this former teacher and wrestling coach from kendall county, illinois, would have the opportunity to lead the United States house of representatives. Hastert has not responded to abc news requests for comment. Who is the person hastert was paying . Authorities wont say but the individual has allegedly known hastert most of their lives in the town where he taught high school. Hastert has been a lobbyist here in washington, d. C. Since 2008. After the indictment, his company removed his bio from their website. If convicted, he faces up to ten years in prison and a half Million Dollar fine. Devin dwyer, abc news, washington. Lets turn to the plains, the flood weary plains. Some towns rain will not let up. Hundreds of families forced to leave their homes along rising rivers across texas. Firefighters scrambling to keep up with the nonstop calls for help, pulling trapped men, women and children to safety. Death toll has now hit 24. 14 others still missing. Each new round of rain is making it that much more difficult for the certainly. This is just unreal. Weve been talking about this every single week, all week, every day this week. It seems like were talking about the same areas. Its not like its moving along. Its been sitting right over the plains. Look at some of these pictures. Stranded residents being plucked from some of these flooded homes and cars across oklahoma. Torrential downpour dumped 5 inches of rain in the town of lawton yesterday afternoon, filling up streets catching drivers off guard, roads vanished under flowing water from canals and creeks. Rescuers had to use front loaders to get them out. Another day of this stuff is on tap for that same area today. Its so heart breaking. Spots between dallas and Oklahoma City will get more than 2 inches of rain this afternoon. Scattered storms across the rest of the south. Also some heavy rain in much of the upper midwest plan on mid 80 degree temperatures on the east and west coasts. Southwest much of the midwest. Phoenix the hot spot, soaring into the triple digits. New details this morning about that anthrax scare. The u. S. Military sending a live anthrax spores via fedex. At least 26 people are taking antibiotics after possible exposure to anthrax. It was mistakenly sent to 18 labs in nine states and to an army base in south korea. Before being mailed 9 anthrax was bombarded with radiation to kill account live spores but some of those survived lead together current scare. Officials say the public, however, is not in any danger. The Southern California beaches plagued by mysterious oily goo could be clean enough to reopen this weekend. Crews have scooped up truckloads of tar balls and clumps that washed ashore along a sevenmile stretch on wednesday. No new tar bells from been spotted from Manhattan Beach to redondo beach. Tests on where it originated could take days. Railroads have to continue notifying states about hazardous crude oil shipments. The Transportation Department was about to require that states ask for the information, First Respond others though had expressed worries about the change in the wake of fiery accidents involving these trains youre seeing here. The railroads must continue to provide oil train routes and volume information. You may soon be able to find out whether your car was one of those potentially fatal air bags. Four major automakers are at thing the federal government exactly which models need to be recalled. But Abcs David Kerley says the list is not yet complete. Reporter a week after that japanese air bag maker expanded the recall were learning that ford mitsubishi bmw and chrysler have told the government and its been made public, which cars can carry potentially defective bag deplay thors. Five have died in this country. But all the cars affected have still not been listed. For a manufacturer not to know which makes, models and vehicles have the takata inflater in it and the kind is just irresponsible. The government has said it could take days to weeks to collect all the millions of numbers from the carmakers. And the carmakers admitted once all the numbers are online, you may have to wait months if not years to get a replacement. Depends upon the manufacturer. Some like honda will be ready to do it almost immediately. Some like chrysler will probably take a year. It could be another week or more. Honda is telling customers to check its website june 15th to find out if theyre on the recall list. Youll need the vehicle identification number. Its right here at the bottom of the dash through the windshield 1 numbers and letters that you need to write down and enter into the website to see if your car is part of this recall. David kerley, abc news, washington. The secret service is working on plans to reinforce the fence around the white house. Security experts are testing out seveninch spikes that would be installed on top of the existing barrier. The idea to deter would be fence jumpers. The actual installation is set to take place sometime this summer. Pope francis will visit the white house in september. Hes also going to philadelphia where yesterday they unveiled plans for a massive mural featuring the pope along with plenty of parents and children. The mural when its completed will be more than 4200 square feet spanning an entire wall. Students from Catholic Schools will be among those doing the painting. If youre a fan after beer and music got my attention. I did. You might be interested in a little experiment under way. It has to do with music affecting the taste. But its the beer thats doing the listening. Let us explain here. Music, what music should beer be listening to . All right. Lets say wu tang clan. Dot street brewery is hoping the legendary hiphop groups beats help to develop an interesting taste. Heres the method. Own a few people will get that. The method. Theyve attached speakers to the keg in hopes the bass also move around the yeast during the fermentation and theyll be playing wu tang 24 7 on spotify. That is interesting. You like that . I do like that. Notable wu tongue wu tong cream, cream which stands for, t. J. , come back, please. That is what we call a wrap, reena. That is literally a wrap. Wu tang songs. Were going back wu tongs. They make kitchen utensils. Yes. They make wu tongs. Thats awesome. Ill help you with the spelling segment if you come back in. Did you see, wu tongs. Im better with my spelling. Cream, do you know cream . Its a song by the wutang clang. What did you call it . End the segment. Yall go to commercial break. Please. Cream, cash rules everything around me. Roll some spelling bee footage for her. Cream ruled the money. Dollar dollar bill, yall. 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I said wu tong because maybe we could partner with them and do a kitchen line of tongs and grill stuff. Thats why you said it. They have fire. Weve got its friday, folks. Theres some, it was it was a simple mistake. Slip of the tongue. An honest slip. I could say shivashankar venkatachalamm. Those are the kids who won the spelling bee. Yes. You get that right. Fourletter tang difficult. Its tricky. How about we move onto the faa investigating an incident actually out of this in melbourne, florida, involving a small plane. The pilot is actually accused of being drunk in the cockpit. Yeah. The air Traffic Controllers here got concerned because the man had slurred speech. They were trying to communicate with him. Authorities were tipped off by the pilots young son actually. Here now abcs linsey davis. Police now revealing inside this small plane that slammed into this shed before takeoff they found a half empty bottle of cognac, a bottle of wine and a plastic water bottle filled with liquid that smelled like alcohol. The pilot 57yearold Christopher Hall now charged with reckless operation of a vessel and child abuse without harm because also board that twin engine cessna, his 10yearold son. Hold your position. Moments before the crash, this terse exchange. Hold your position. I didnt tell you to move. The plane then crosses restricted space. And hits the shed. Turn your engines off, sir. Kill your engines. According to the police report, hall, an engineer, had the smell of alcohol on his breath. Was slurring his words and refused a breathalyzer test. Its his son who told police to check his fathers computer bag where they reportedly find the stash of alcohol. Thats a serious violation. Hes probably done flying that plane towed away, the son was released to a family friend. Linsey davis, abc news, new york. When we come back, the ultimate piece of Michael Jackson memorabilia is now on the market. His prized neverland ranch. Also the match made on tv. Right here on tv is now on the rocks. Not here. Well, abc, excuse me. I should thank you for clearing that up. Well be right back. Skinny is up next. The skinny is world news now continues after this from our abc stations. Skinny, so skinny heres the skinny. Topping our headlines, the final trophy of Michael Jackson memorabilia is now on the market. Wall street journal reports that the firm that bought at king of pops famed never, neverland ranch outside santa barbara, california, has actually restored the property and put it up for sale. Wow, that looks really nice. Its the First Time Since the giraffe is there, as well. Threw you off. The home has a giraffe. Yes, its real. This is a legendary home. It has everything you saw there. It had a ferris wheel and big price tag too, a cool 100 million. Restoration erased pretty much all the telltale signs of the former Michael Jackson. Those exotic animals are gone, Amusement Park now gone. What remains is the 2700 acre property. There are 22 structures including a 12,000 square foot main home with six bedrooms along with two guesthouses. The property is going back to its old name before jackson purchased it. Who knew it was Sycamore Valley ranch. What does remain is the train made out from flowers that spell out neverland. Some sad news and some would say predictable news. Another couple brought together by the bachelor franchise has called it quits. Chris the farmer from iowa and whitney the fertility nurse from chicago fell in love. They seemed like a couple created in agriculture haven. It seems like yesterday they were in the barn together for that magic moment. Yeah. Will you marry me . Absolutely. Yep, he put a ring on it. The closest they might be getting to a wedding now is the wedding reception that they crashed during an all on one date. A oneonone date. Are you okay . On the bachelor. There was a picture that showed whitney in iowa on his family farm not too long ago. Hes reportedly still there. This is our bachelor correspondent jack. He believed in them. Hes upset. He believed in them. The truth is i dont know why hes crying because he just gave meet stats that out of 28 couples that came together on these shows the next season is starting up. Youll move on. Theyre going to break up too. Youll move on. Its okay. Theyre all going to break up. Only 6 out of these 28 couples on these shows stayed together. What did you call it . This is like football for women. The bachelor stuff . Oh, yeah. Goodness. And stop, people. This is totally unforeseen. Weve got another breakup here. Celebrity chef bobby flakes, actress stephanie march. Things are turning sour fast. The couple split last month after ten years of marriage. Now march is challenging the prenup requiring flay to pay her 5,000 a month. In touch reporting that march is accusing flay of cheating on her with three women including mad men star january jones. Tmz reporting that march claims its her amazing palate responsible for his food skez. No comment yet from the flay or jones. Finally, to what could turn out to be the breakup of a lifetime for a professional bono look alike. U2 rocker was performing in los angeles when he spotted joe ayer in the audience. Now, pulled him up on stage. Look at this here. Bono gave the guy the lead while he played piano for the bands 1998 hit the sweetest thing. Sweetest thing do you know which one is who . You know what, you wouldnt know the difference. After the song, bono told him that he had a great voice. 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But there were also some somber words from the president and words of wisdom for new graduates. Here now our weekly friday rewind. This is the highest flood that weve ever had. In recorded history in the state of texas. We saw what we thought was a rescue boat coming down the river and we kind of did a cheer. And then we realized it was a car. She called me. She said im in a house. Im floating down the river. Tell mom and dad i love you and pray. They were expected to uphold the rules that keep soccer honest and to protect the integrity of the game. Instead, they corrupted the business of worldwide soccer to serve their interests and to enrich themselves. Today is the first memorial day in 14 years that the United States has not engaged in a major ground war. I dont believe anybody felt that ramadi would fall, and i think its of great concern to everyone. Isis exists and grew stronger because of the hawks in our party who gave arms indiscriminately. I dont expect to hear that from someone running for the republican nomination. I think that is just fundamentally a misunderstanding of the nature of the enemy we face. It is brelos perception of a threat that matters. I think the people of cleveland handled this. They should be so proud of themselves and we should look at cleveland as a model. Were the duggers. If the show is canceled the duggar family stands to lose rather a lot of money. It should be something that isnt a lot. Its a huge part of being a mother and motherhood. Mother. It brought tears to my eyes because my worlds collided at that moment. Your mantra, your battle cry next. You didnt get that part . Thats my point. Next. Youll get the next one or the next one after that. Break a leg. All right. Good advice. We got a look back at the week that makes us nervous. I know where youre going. It does. You got to go to our Facebook Page in case you missed it. And what do you call these moments we have . Funny, theyre strange. There are a lot of things of what we say to each other during the commercial break. Please dont judge us. Its unfiltered really. Dont judge us. Its too late. Wu tong. I have a feeling thats going to make it in. A simple slip of the tongue. I know its wu tang. Like tang. Did you ever drink tang . What . This is abcs world news now informing insomniacs for two decades. World news now informing insomniacs for making news in america this morning texas soaker. Another round of Severe Weather hitting the state right now. Pounding rains, once again. Where evacuations are still under way from previous floods. Were tracking it all. Indicted. The former speaker of the house in the cross hairs of federal prosecutors. Allegations of lying to the fbi, shady bank deals, and hush money. What dennis has territory is accused of hiding. Happening now. Massive volcano erupting. An entire island forced to evacuate. And spell binding to the very end. 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