From abc news this is world news now. I mean this is big. This is huge. Big. Huge. You want to stick around for that. Big time. All right. We begin this half hour with a stunning allegation in the aftermath of the firing of fbi director james comey. A new report that President Trump allegedly demanded comeys loyalty. Sources close to comey told the New York Times he was summoned to the white house for a dinner a week after the inauguration. They say the president asked comey to pledge his loyalty to him, but comey offered his honesty instead. The white house is denying the report that comes on the heels of an nbc interview in which the president has a few choice words for comey. He is a showboat. Hes a grandstander. The fbi has been in turmoil. You know that, i know that, Everybody Knows that. You take a look at the fbi a year ago, it was in virtual turmoil, less than a year it hasnt recovered from that. Monday you met with the Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein. Right. Did you ask for a recommendation . What i did was i was going to fire comey, my decision. It was not you had made the decision before they came in the room . I was going to fire comey. Theres no good time to do it, by the way. But regardless of recommendation, i was going to fire comey. Let me ask you about your termination letter to mr. Comey. You write, i greatly appreciate you informing me on three separate occasions that i am not under investigation. Why did you put that in there . Because he told me that. He told me that. He told you that you were not under investigation with regard to the russian investigation. I heard it from others. I said, if it is possible would you let me know if youre under investigation. He said, you are not under investigation. I know im not under investigation. Me personally. Im not talking about campaigns, im not talking about anything else. Im not under investigation. This was set up by the democr theres no collusion between me and my campaign and the russians. The other thing is the russians did not affect the vote and everybody seems to think that. There is an Investigation Underway though, an fbi investigation. Is that a charade . I dont know if it is an fbi or if theres so many investigations. I dont know if it is an fbi investigation or if it is congress, if it is the senate or house. James comey testified there was an fbi investigation. Yes, but i think theyre helping the house and the senate. So you probably have fbi, but you have house, you have senate. Were you angry with james comey when he went public and said he cant support your unsubstantiated charges of wire tapping, that your predecessor wire tapped you. I was surprised he said it but i wasnt angry. Theres a big thing going on right now which is spying, and it is you can call it anything you want. The unmasking and the spying, and to me thats the big right now. And comeys former deputy contradicted the white house as he made his first public appearance as acting fbi director. Andrew mccabe testified before the Senate Intelligence committee after the white house said that comey had been fired in part because he lost the confidence from the fbi agents and other employees. But mccabe said that was not the case. Is it accurate that the rank and file no longer supported director comey . No, sir, that is not accurate. Director comey enjoyed broad support within the fbi and still does to this day. As to why meanwhile, Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein says he is not quitting. He is also denying reports he threatened to resign after the white house originally pinned the comey firing on him. The comb rhee firing has brought about an unlikely meeting of the minds. Rosie odonnell said, fire now her arch nemesis President Trump retweeted that, adding his own message, we finally agree on something, rosie. I would love to hear how Rosie Odonnell felt seeing she has now agreed with donald trump on something . Right. All right. See that . Anything is possible. Yes. Also check out this artwork from the new yorker. This is the magazines upcoming cover story on comeys firing. It shows comey as an Airline Passenger being dragged off a plane by attorney general jeff sessions, disgeesed as a security officer. And if you look closely, you can see the pilot looks a lot like President Trump. Oh, i see that. I wonder how united feels about that. Yeah. Soon. Maybe. Changing gears here, in arkansas a man suspected of killing a sheriffs deputy and two other people has finally sur render after a fivehour suspect. The deputy was shot during a traffic stop. The suspect barricaded himself in a nearby home where two women were found dead lieutenant Kevin Mainhart had ex tense itch experience before joining the sheriffs office. He had a great work ethic. He was fair minded and fair with the people he dealt with on a daily basis. He was also a great father and a husband as well as a great friend to all of us in Law Enforcement and the community. The suspects father says his son had an argument with his girlfriend as was emotionally disturbed. Police in texas released dramatic body cam video showing a man pointing his gun and shooting at the officer. Incredibly, the offer was not hurt in that scary confrontation that took place last year. Just last week the gunman was convicted of aggravated assault on a peace officer and sentenced to 99 years in prison. Strong words from north korea as it makes claims of an assassination plot against kim jongun. The north says the vo south korea are behind the plan. It apparently called for him to be killed with a biopoison. The north calls it a declaration of war. Meanwhile, a storm caused damage in central oklahoma yesterday afternoon. A possible tornado touched down in a actuals sub esh, homes, trees and power lines damaged. Winds as high as 75 miles an hour and large hail on top of it. Heavy wind, rain and hail were reported in other parts of the region including another possible tore nailed owe north of oklahoma city. Only a few minor injuries reported. And the storm systems will sweep into the northeast this weekend making mothers day a wash out in some areas. Heaviest rain is expected along the coast, one to three inches of rain is what forecasters are predicting along with winds up to 40 miles an hour. This is a special one. A College Football coach finds a special mothers day gift for the mom of one of his players. East carolina head Scottie Montgomery paid a visit to tia chapman at her job. Her son Kiante Anderson is a walk on. The coach hands her an envelope and tells her it is a mothers day gift. She opens it and sees it is a full scholar ship for her son. Yes you get a scholarship. Just the one, the son. Here is another twist though. Her son didnt know so not only did she get this amazing surprise but then she got to be the one that delivered the news to him. Over the phone. Check this out. Im here with coach mo, and some cameras and people, and i just got presented with the best mothers day gift ever. Youre on a full scholarship for ecu and your name and number is on this letter so kiante first thanked his coach over the phone and then he got on twitter with this. He tweeted thank you to his coach there saying, you know, blessingha i will continue to grind to be the best player i can be for you. All right. That amen. That is one way to motivate a young player and to give mom the best mothers day. Im sure she will remember for a long time. Great gift. All right. Coming up, dozens of sightings and counting, whats behind the rise in great white sharks lurking off california beaches. I dont like that story. Also, Steve Harveys message to his staff going viral. 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Or just horror movies in general. In type of paranormal activity. Snakes, smiling in selfies, apparently. Why cant we have some nice, frank the buns. We like to haze our anchors. Animal you are no exception. We have shark sightings strigerring warning along some of southern californias crowded beaches. At least two dozen great white sharks have been spotted this week up. Reporter up and down the california coast, dozens of great white shark feet from some of the nations most popular beaches. You are paddle boarding close to 15 great white sharks. Reporter using a loud speaker. Exit the water in a calm manner. Reporter sightings from long beach to where a woman nearly lost her life to a shark bite nearly two weeks ago. I dont think i will go in again. Reporter we join chris lowe on a mission to tag as many as he can. I never thought i would see the day where i would see that many in one morning. Reporter in one 400 yard stretch we have 20 sightings. Hes right here reporter researchers daringly sneaking up on the scientists believe the ocean has been so unusually warm the past 18 months that the sharks havent needed to migrate to mexico as they normally would in winter. The good news, these sharks would rather eat stingrays than humans. Matt gutman, abc news, long beach. By the way, we have timms on how to avoid sharks. We do. Would you like to hear them . Shark repellent. First is my favorite. Think like a shark. It means if you see seals and fish and things sharks might want to eat, dont swim there. Two, avoid looking like a seal. I dont know how one does that. Do not do this in the water. Swim in a group or have a partner with you, preferably one that swims slower than you do. Right. Dont swim in areas known to be frequented by sharks. That seems obvious. Try to swim on clear, sunny days. Because they get confused on foggy days. They do. And then we have tips on how to save yourself from snakes. Oh, were out of time. Got to cant get to those. Shark repellent, can i put that on as well . That will help. When we come back, steve harvey has been accused of some divo behavior. Oh. And we have breaking news. The superstar sending us some love this morning. The skinny is next. I want you to stay this bright blue forever, thats why youll stay in this drawer forever. I cant live without you, and thats why ill never ever wash you. Protect your clothes from stretching, fading and fuzz with downy fabric conditioner. Fading and fuzz with downy fabric conditioner. It smooths and strengthens fibers to protect clothes from the damage of the wash. So your favorite clothes stay your favorite clothes. Downy fabric conditioner. Skinny. So skinny. All right. It is time for the skinny. Oh. And we start with breaking skinny news. This is big, guys. Just yesterday right here we told you about dwayne the rock johnson pondering a possible run for the white house. You remember we tried to mimic his eyebrow move, with a little success. Well, this morning we are the rock. He apparently has a new best friend. Who . And that best friend. Is . Is me. Diane so that is the rock commenting, eyebrow game strong, d. And we have to thank our viewer greg benson who tweeted a photo of us doing it on the show. I retweeted gregs tweet and the rock himself responded. Thanks for the welcome, greg, by the way. The rock for some reason, he forgot me in that tweet. Oh. Maybe the biceps was mine. Yeah, thats definitely it wasnt yeah, mine. Look. It wasnt about my strong eyebrow game. Theres me right there. I have been a fan of his since he was a wrestler, and he was still go by the rock. You know what . Saying things like can you smell lalalalala. So this is big time. It is also anyone who compliments my eyebrows is my friend. Thank you, the rock. Thanks, rock. Appreciate it. Next, a memo from steve harvey to his staff going viral. The daytime talk show host responded to an apparent growing problem of staffers constantly dropping in on him in his dressing room and ambushing him in the hallway. The strongly worded memo leaked to a blogger told staffers not to enter his dressing room without an invitation or appointment or they would be removed by security. Harvey tells entertainment tonight he is standing by that memo, though he admits he should have handled it a little differently. You know what, that sounds reasonable to me. You think . Yeah. You get ambushed by strangers . I understand where hes coming from. Do you have an appointment. Appointment, what do you mean . Sorry, maam, nothing i can do. Excuse me. Why is there a Security Guard outside. I said i didnt disturbed. Disturbed . Please dont look me in the eye. Why are you why dont i have the kind of watery want. What are you talking about . I dont have chocolate covered press zels, are you going to get them . Am i . Can you please. 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Macron at just 39 becomes frances youngest leader since napoleon. It is a rejection of marine le pen. Details about the penn state sophomore that died during the alcohol hazing ritual. I said we need to call 911, get him in an ambulance. And im screaming. I got thrown against the wall. I didnt know what to do after this morning investigators trying to piece together why this engaged doctors were brutally murdered in their two Million Dollar apartment. Police rushing to the scene. We just ran in as the shots were being fired. After a short gun battle arresting 30yearold texara. Another sign of civility disappearing from civil aviation. A Flight Attendant pleading for security and the captain. Stop it excuse me. Reporter southwest says three passengers were involved before being pulled apart. One arrest in the sunday incident. This morning on world news now, President Trump fires fbi director james comey. The official reasonings for the firing were outlined in a letter from the Deputy Attorney general who wrote that comey grossly miss handled the Hillary Clinton email investigation. I think it is all about russia, not hillary. It doesnt take a Rocket Scientist to figure out what it is about. Why did you fire detectivor comey . Because he w good job simply. Reporter he first learns hes been fired by seeing the reports on tv. James comey, that he has been terminated. Reporter he reportedly thinks it is a joke. Hes pulled into a private room where the letter is read to him over the phone. One official saying comey was really surprised guess comey heard about it right before a recruitment event. He was going to speak at. He was like, hey, well, im recruiting. Anyone want to be director . Just just came up, it is i just got the email. What . Comics are having a good time with this one. Yes, they are. A big week past, a big week ahead. Sunday is mothers day of course. Happy mothers day to our moms. We have Emmanuel Macron taking over french presidency, more elections in iran. Gma concert series. Updates on facebook. This is abcs world news now, informing insomniacs for two de making news in america this morning President Trump talks about his decision to fire former fbi director james comey. Hes a show boat. Hes a grand stander. Hear what the president says about asking comey if hes under investigation and the controversy thats now causing. And the possible Security Breach in the oval office. Questions raised about the photographer taking these pictures showing President Trump with these officials. A plane evacuated because of a potentially dangerous animal on board. And who caused damage to air force one that cost there are 4 million to fix. And could have caused a mid flight fire