At their newest video hater but first here the nightline five. Hater. First night line five. Numb good evening. We start tonight with a horrifying and mystifying story of Otto Warmbier a promising student at American University who was arrested in north korea and held there for a year and released only in a coma. Today a tragic ending to this story with so many questions unanswered. This is the action that may have cost this College Junior his life. Then 21yearold Otto Warmbier attempting to steal a propaganda poster from a hotel in north korea. Please save my life. Please think of my family. What followed was a tearful confession and a sentence to 15 years of hard labor. 17 months later warmbier was carries off a plane unable to walk, talk or respond to verbal commands. Were thrilled our son is on american soil and im able to talk to you on ottos behalf and im able to wear the jacket that he wore when he gave his confession. Today just six days after that, warmbier died, his parents w
Many lines about the unforgettable footage. We wont go. Maybe trying to cool off. With the heat burning up this country. Good morning tuesday morning. Well begin with the dangerous and wild weather for millions of americans on this last day of spring. Take a look at todays expected high temperatures. 116 in las vegas. 119 in phoenix. Both close to record highs. 122 in palm springs and that heat stretches all the way to northern california. 107 in sacramento. Check out another image from downtown phoenix. The sign reading 115 degrees there. Forecasters say numbers like that arent going away any time soon. Overnight high heat well after sundown. Nearly 100 degrees in phoenix at midnight. The extreme heat now impacting travel plans. Nearly 50 flights out of phoenixs Sky Harbor Airport already canceled today. Smaller regional jets must be grounded when temperatures get above 118 degrees. The hot spot, death valley. Where it could reach 124. And records could tall in the gambling mecca as w
There could be many lines about the unforgettable footage but we wont go there. Maybe trying to cool off. Could be, with the heat burning up this country. Good morning tuesday morning. Well begin with the dangerous and wild weather for millions of americans on this last day of spring. Take a look at todays expected high temperatures. 116 in las vegas. 119 in phoenix. Both close to record highs. 122 in palm springs and that heat stretches all the way to northern california. 107 in sacramento. A deadly pileup on the new mexico arizona border during a dust storm. 25 vehicles involved. The extreme weather causing problems coast to coast. Overnight high heat well after sundown. Nearly 100 degrees in phoenix at midnight. The extreme heat now impacting travel plans. Nearly 50 flights out of phoenixs Sky Harbor Airport already canceled today. Smaller regional jets must be grounded when temperatures get above 118 degrees. The hot spot, death valley. Where it could reach 124. And records could f
Were nearly empty. One lucky customer was getting the last ac as we were there. The manager says they have more acs and fans arriving regularly. A wildfire in Southern California is forcing voluntary evacuations this morning. It broke out yesterday around 3 00. It jumped to 850 acheners a maertd of hours and the last time we checked the fire was 0 contained. 450 firefighters are working that blaze. You can track the temperatures where you live on the app, you can piend it freon the app store. Google wants to build a mega campus in downtown san jose and today the city will decide whether to take the next step and enter into talks. Not everyone is so happy about the splent. Matt keller is live us in san jose. Reporter good morning. Google has good plans for this area but some Community Activists want to make sure they have their say. The city sees a lot of opportunity here in the downtown area. The tech giant twoobts wants to build a mega campus between 6 to 8 million square feet with ca
Hiphop entrepreneur in history. Now diddys speaking out about his meteoric rise. We understood what it would take to make our dreams come true. And the murder of his friend, the notorious b. I. G. And rough on the eyes . The competition is frightful at the worlds ugliest dog contest. A look at the top contenders and the winner with a face only an owner could love. But first, the nightline 5. Good evening and thank you for joining us. Im rebecca jarvis. Tonight we hear from former nba star Dennis Rodman on why he calls north korean dictator kim jong un his friend. Rodman last visited the closedoff country the same day american Otto Warmbier, held by the brutal regime for 17 months, was released to his family. Rodmans team says that was no coincidence. Tonight we explore the seemingly bizarre relationship between the despot and the basketball star. And learn more about otto, who died with severe brain damage just days after returning to the u. S. Heres abcs bob woodruff. As we prepare to