Ultimately finding e. T. . And the acts that both rocked the house and brought down at least one house at last nights brit awards. The live debut of the chain smokers and coldplay together along with the touching duet with George Michael. Were going to have the complete story ahead in the skinny. It is thursday, february 23rd. Ahead from abc news, this is abc world news now. Big congratulations. Are under way in indiana right now. To our new friend to. A mystery person relative, who just won the Powerball Jackpot, 435 million. Check your tickets, people. 10, 13 is, 28, 52, 61, and the powerball number is 2. Get to it. Come on, guys. Any day now, come on, geez. Way too long. 435 million on the line here. If that is you. There it is. Feel free to call us. Kendis and i are here for you. We will support you. Have a short list. I will support you. We mean we would like you to support us. Us. Moving on now, were going to start things off with the crackdown happening right now at the Dakota Access pipeline. Yeah, some of the protesters who had been camping there for several months, as you know, they set fire to their wooden shacks as they left. Ordered by the government to get out overnight. A handful were arrested outside the camp for obstruction. 250 to 350 remained inside the camp overnight. The army corps of engineers called for evacuation because of the threat of spring flooding. We feel that for life and safety reasons, that this is not a place where people should be living in a place that has no sewer no water, in a flood zone. A 7yearold boy and 17yearold girl were burnedy hospital. Officials say those still inside the camp will not be arrested if they leave voluntarily overnight. Police will be back there in the morning. Abcs phillip mena is also there. Reporter Police Moving in, forcibly arresting the remaining pipeline protesters in north dakota. Facing a 2 00 p. M. Deadline to evacuate or face arrest, some protesters began ceremonially setting fire to parts of their camp, preferring to burn it rather than have it seized and destroyed. Thats all done with the intent of getting this area cleaned up. This area here potentially could be facing a flood rather soon. Reporter this day was inevitable. After President Trump signed executive actions last month moving the pipeline plan forward. Undoing a previous order from president obama, blocking it. The protesters began gathering here last april, opposing the construction of the 1,200mile Dakota Access pipeline that would run from north dakota to illinois. They say the pipeline would disturb sacred nativeamerican sites, and pollute rivers and water supplies. The pi will be safer and cheaper than trucks or trains. Clashes between protesters and police have turned violent in the past. At its peak, the movement drew thousands. We saw many of the few hundred left packing up and moving out. I dont know what to do. Im a mother. Im not trying to get hurt, and im not trying to get arrested. And im not a criminal. Once all the protests are removed from the campsite, then the massive cleanup effort will get under way. The Company Building the pipeline says it could be operational in as little as two weeks. Phillip mena, abc news, cannonball, north dakota. It does not look warm there in cannonball, north dakota, whatsoever. The teen who became the face of the transgender bathroom battle is speaking out about the change in federal guidelines on the issue. The white house has ended protections that allowed transgender students use bathrooms and locker rooms based on gender identity. The issue is now left with individual 17yearold gavin grimm hopes its just a temporary change. There will be setbacks. I mean, theres always going to be twists in the road. And the most important thing to remember is that thing are going to get better. Theyre going to improve. You may recall this young lady here, jackie evancho, the teen opera singer who performed the National Anthem last month at the inauguration. She says that shes disappointed with the move. The 16yearold has a transgender sister. And she asked the president by twitter here to meet with both her and her sister to discuss transgender rights. Congressional lawmakers are visiting their home districts this week and many republicans are running into some angry constituents. They are swarming town hall meet it is armed with tough questions about immigration, Affordable Health care and other Key Trump Administration policy. And when they get answers they dont like, well, they erupt with jeering and booing. President trump sent a tweet calling them socalled angry crowds organized by liberal activists. The president referred to socalled angry crowds at these town halls. Is he suggesting this is manufactured anger, this not real anger and real concern . Thanks. I think theres a hybrid there. I think some people are clearly upset, but there is a bit of professional protester manufactured base in there. Just because theyre loud doesnt necessarily mean there are many. Some reaching out to constituents by phone instead of in person. Others especially those up for reelection in swing states next year are choosing not to hold town Hall Meetings this week. Were going to turn now to the wild weather. And we hope that all those folks in the upper plains had a chance to enjoy the warm and sunny day yesterday because that region is in for a radical change today. Temperatures plunging as much as 40 degrees and blizzard conditions moving in. As much as a foot of snow could fall and winds will be strong. Just to paint the picture, scene yesterday on the fox river in wisconsin. Those boaters were more interested in catching some rays than catching some fish. Thats how nice it was. Yeah, it was beautiful. By the weekend, the warm weather in chicago will be only a memory. It was actually in the 70s in chicago yesterday. And the Parks Department front end loaders will be back to shoveling snow, not sand. I just dont like the snow. The cold weather hurts me. Ah. Interesting occupation for somebody who hates the snow. Exactly. This is the same storm system, by the way, thats taking aim at the upper plains. Its also the same one that slapped northern california. And those of us in the east have another day or so of springlike weather. Accuweathers Justin Povick has the forecast. Good morning. Kendis and diane, just incredible warmth on the way later on this afternoon. All throughout the northeast but especially over the middle Atlantic States where record high temperatures will be challenged. Some areas will feel like its 30 degrees above its going to make it feel like may even here in the southeast. Bigtime warmth. Records challenged today and again heading in toward friday afternoon. No records here in terms of warmth. Instead, were talking about heavy snow. We could see up to a foot in spots from the Central Plains into the upper midwest. Blizzard conditions and bigtime travel impacts and Severe Weather later on friday afternoon into friday night. There is the concern here for downpours, possible tornadoes and damaging winds. Diane, kendis . And justin, some of your colleagues at accuweather are giving us some really impressive video. Whatever that storm brings, we doubt that it will match whats already on the ground near lake tahoe. So they actually had to carve roads through as much as 12 feet of snow in the last seven weeks. The area has gotten more snow than it averages for the entire ski season. Unbelievable. Absolutely impressive. Now to some college hoops. Shall we . The syracuse Mens Basketball Team is firmly on the bubble with march madness of course, but a win over another bigtime program could make things more comfortable. Thats where the acc rival duke comes in. The blue devils and the orange were tied late in syracuse there. And then you see john gillon banking that shot at the buzzer. The orange win 7875. What a shot. Well done. Wow. And the crowd goes wild. Apparently every time duke loses in a buzzer beater, an angel gets its wings. And longtime viewers of world news now know that we used to have a special way of saying goodbye to anchors who move on. We would raise their image to the rafters. Oh, i thought raise the roof. No, so we havent had any known mishaps. And we definitely havent done this. East Coast Hockey League got the honor for number 1 colin chalk, a little upside down. And they kept going. They kept going. Instead of stopping the ceremony, the team raised the banner anyway. It has been corrected. But come on. So youre looking at it, and youre like, yeah. Hey, come on, guys. Raise it up, maybe no one will notice. This is great. Maybe no one will notice. A couple people are applauding. Oh, how awkward. Nobody is kind of creaking their necks to see if its upside down. I think we should do that with your photo when we raise it to the rafters. Not that im hoping that happens anytime soon. What . I barely just got here. Moving on, coming up, the earth shattering discovery by nasa. A solar system just 39 light years from earthing with seven earthlike planets. Hear why this could be a game changer in the search for life are you kicking me out before im even named . And rihanna is going to harvard. Were going to explain in the skinny. Youre watching world news now. Bye, bye. Announcer world news now weather, brought to you by mucinex. Weather, brought to you by mucinex. Ugh, its only lunchtime and my cold medicines wearing off. Im dragging. Yeah, that stuff only lasts a few hours. Or, take mucinex. One pill fights congestion for 12 hours. No thank you very much, shes gonna stick with the shortterm stuff. 12 hours . Guess i wont be seeing you for a while. Is that a bisque . 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No complaints about the drenching. The humpback whale was swimming near several boaters before making that giant leap. I think were going to need a bigger boat. Yeah, and then some i would say. Heres another cool one. Nasa has revealed a discovery that it is calling a huge step in the search for e. T. Astronomers are reporting the discovery of a solar system containing seven rocky earthsized planets orbiting a star. Several of those planets are located in whats called the habitable zone where our earth resides in relation to our own sun. That could allow for the existence of water and life. The discovery gives us a hint that finding a second earth is not just a matter of if but when. So this solar system is just 39 light years away from earth. In cosmic terms, that means were practically bumping right up against what are they here already . Whoa. See, i see venus. No, i think those are the new planets. I see uranus. You definitely dont see that. Those are the planets in have they been named . In our solar system. These are new planets in the new solar system. Okay. Theyre pretty cool. Wouldnt you say . Theyre a lot closer than i expected. 39 years, thats what that looks like . I like the big red one. 39 light years. Is matt damon still up there . I wonder if we could grow potatoes. I do actually think this lighting is an improvement on what we normally have, wouldnt you say . I cant see anything right now. When we come back, the big mistake at the brit awards. And why rihanna is headed to harvard. The skinny is next. To harvard. The skinny is next. Dont let joint discomfort keep you down. Come play with us im coming. Upgrade to move free ultras for improved mobility, and flexibility. It also provides 20 better comfort than glucosamine chondroitin, all from one tiny mighty pill. Get in there with move free ultra, and enjoy living well. Living well just thing i could change, somebody i can kiss, i want something just like this thats the new single from coldplay and the chain smokers debuting doing a big night for music. The brit awards, britains version of the grammys handed out last night in london. And this is a live debut of the song. I want something just like this chris martin is excited. It was one of the big moments complete with a light display as you can see there. Chris martin running all over the place, jumping into the crowd. A lot of confetti. The chain smokers stood there behind their keyboards. But there were some other moments, too. David bowies son duncan jones and michael c. Hall accepted awards on behalf of the late legend including album of the year and best male solo artists. It featured tributes to George Michael which inc partner and a duet between George Michael and coldplays chris martin. This fear of being used, i should go back to being lonely and confused very cool. Interesting. I believe natalie cole did something similar with her dad at the grammys decades ago. Unforgettable. Yeah, and it was a great moment. I got to say, you listen and watch that tribute and you think, what adele could have done at the grammys. Leave adele alone. And katy perry, by the way, brought down the house literally while she performed her new single change to the rhythm on a set covered by dancers dressed actually as houses. I dont know if you noticed, one of them fell off the stage. Oh, no. Oh. That dancer reportedly is okay. Was it a foreclosure or what . I dont know. Was there a big bad wolf on the stage . Huffed and puffed and blew the house down . Was it left shark . It wasnt the same dancer. Lets hope not. So rihanna is being celebrated for a very different kind of honor that has nothing to do with her music. The eighttime grammy winner has been named Harvard Universitys humanitarian of the year. The reason . Her funding of a stateoftheart center for oncology and Nuclear Medicine to treat and digs knows Breast Cancer in her home country of barbados. The 29yearold joins past honor rejames earl jones and tennis player arthur ashe. She will be accepting the award at a ceremony on campus next tuesday. A celebrity baby announcement. Nick cannon welcomed his third child. Mariah careys extook to instagram to share a adorable photo to share a photo with his son named golden saigon cannon. Along with a touching phrase, weeping may endure for the night golden is his first child with former miss arizona brittney bell. He already shares 5yearold twins with mariah carey. Mariah carey. Yeah, that stuff s a few hours. Or, take mucinex. One pill fights congestion for 12 hours. No thank you very much, shes gonna stick with the shortterm stuff. 12 hours . Guess i wont be seeing you for a while. Is that a bisque . I just lost my appetite. 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Where is big foot, whats with the Bermuda Triangle and now the latest to sweep the internet. Who took tom bradys super bowl jersey. Its unfortunate because thats a nice piece of memorabilia. Reporter that is piece of memorabilia estimated to be worth 500,000 disappeared from the locker room right after the game in the middle of the super bowl celebration. Nearly three weeks later, the Houston Police still dont have a suspect. Fivetime League Champion taking matters into his own hands posting this photo to facebook identifying a list of possible suspects asking who did it . Was it gollum with the help of fellow patriot Julian Edelman bonding over their love of ringsing . Must have the precious. Reporter was it lady gaga . Using her escape ropes to pull reporter or was it michael never been caught scott, taking a break from the office . Thats crazy talk. Reporter all kidding aside, brady needs to keep his conundrum in the public eye to get it solved or else. It shows up on ebay somewhere, someone let me know, try to track that down. Well, if hes trying to keep it in the public eye, he has succeeded. Yeah. The suspect board has already racked up more than 200,000 likes on instagram. So who did it . So many people wondering right now. 500,000 . Thats right there, number 12, here it is. How many people have access to the locker room on super bowl sunday . Thats the question. Exactly. I would think the list would be narrower. How did the falcons get in there . Announcer this is abcs world news now, informing insomniacs for two decades. Or two decades. Making news in america this morning, town halls across the country are getting more heated and in some cases more bizarre. Residents are talking to empty chairs and even cardboard cutouts as they demand answers from lawmakers. Plus, the overnight protests at the white house after the Trump Administration revokes guidelines for transgender bathrooms. Protesters blocking streets and surround cars after on offduty officers confrontation with a group of teenagers. Video of it and what the department is now saying. We have a winner for the Powerball Jackpot someone out there holding a ticket worth more than 400 million. While we dont know who they are, we do know where it was sold. Close call for a group of boaters when a whale makes a big splash
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