control after an alleged incident of racial profiling. two african-american women who were recording the incident. >> they were accused of eating there the previous day and leaving without paying for their food. the woman said they had never eaten at that applebee's before. this was part of the discussion they had with the officer. >> can we just pay for our food and leave? we haven't done anything. >> let's do a role reversal here. put yourself in my shoes. what would you do? >> you're doing your job, but this restaurant is not doing its job. because this is my first time being here. i'm from st. lewis, missouri. >> they are going to make a decision. relax. what they're telling me is that they want you to pay your bill and leave and not come back. >> that's perfectly fine. >> not come back to applebee's ever again. >> applebee's has fired a manager, a server and another employee because of that incident. the chain is apologizing and saying sorry, directly, to those women. >> a statement says they don't tolerate racism, bigotry or harassment of any nature. when we come back the highs and lows of the bachelor winter games. and the kate upton photo shoot that went wrong. 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trouble staying up on their skis. >> time to warm up. >> and then the real games begin. the tears started flowing. especially when ashley's crush asked somebody else out on a date. >> why does this always happen? why does it always happen? i don't get it. >> see you guys. >> bye. >> bye, everyone. >> bye. >> it sucks that like the one guy i had had interest in of course went on a date tonight. why don't i ever get picked? >> oh, she ugly cried. >> she ugly cried. >> you got to be really sad. >> and i just realized ben's single again and it was time to send home the least popular contestant. they're heading back to their respective home countries. >> but we have to get the answer from global chief. jack, what do you think they could have done differently? >> i think they could have all stayed home to preserve some dignity. that would have been a start if you thought you were confused by the first night of any bachelor season, running around, this was worse. we didn't know any of the international people. >> kind of makes you wish bachelor in paradise was back. >> i'm thinking bachelor in paradise is microscopically better if own because of the beach. >> thank you very much. and on this valentine's day if you're still looking for love look no further than maria carey or rather, look no further than mariah carey's dog. >> mimi put out a call saying her dog is looking for a valentine. so who could be in the running. well, the jack russell is used to being pampered so she probably needs someone from the celebrity world. how about bo. >> oh, there's bo obama. looking strapping. flynn, big best in show. >> brand new. >> might be a top contender. >> the scooby-doo. lassie. >> many, many, many others. oprah's dogs are rich. >> you know their names? >> no, i don't. sadie was -- well, it could work. >> this is great. tell me more. well, it has happened again. someone attempted to make a replica of the queen, beyonce. a wax one. >> here it is. the canadian version of wax bay. >> wow, this is luis tussoud's wax works in niagara falls, ontario, not new york. >> yeah. so, the main complaint is that her skin is too light. reactions online were swift and mersyless. >> that is not beyonce. >> of course, the skin color is just one of a few problems. people are recognizing. comments includes, are they manager? she looks like a white housewife. >> beyonce is a housewife, isn't she. another theory beyonce's wax figure makers have never actually seen beyonce. this isn't the first time a queen has been misrepresented in wax. here she is at madam tussauds. no relation, of course, in new york. they eventually adjusted the original. it's better, but still, wow, it's not right. >> sometimes they really get it. sometimes they really don't. >> just try not to replicate them in wax. >> modeling can be hard work and kate upton has learned that the hard way, yet again. >> check her out posing on a rock for sports illustrated issue. waves are crashing behind her and the wave goes from crashing behind her to into her. making things more complicated. she was topless at the time. >> it did make things more complicated. the 25 year old tumbled into the waters. you can see by the skirt she was wearing, she looked down and thought in is going to end badly. >> luckily, she wasn't hurt. she joked, they probably should have photo shopped her on the rock but always a good sport. sport. >> do you have trouble falling asleep. do you wake up with a sore neck or edache 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. my dbut now, i take used tometamucil every day.sh it traps and removes the waste that weighs me down, so i feel lighter. try metamucil, and begin to feel what lighter feels like. we chatted a little about kate upton's sports illustrated swimsuit shoot. but, now it's time to introduce you to the new cover model of the sports illustrated swimsuit edition. >> and daniel's gone from shy newbie to top of the game. we have more. >> it's amazing and i feel like sports illustrated is iconic and it's huge. >> reporter: the 24-year-old from compton, california is only the third african-american to grace the swimsuit cover, ever, after tyra banks and beyonce. >> the tyra show came out and i remember her saying she was the first black modelling to on "sports illustrated". >> reporter: she went from rookie to cover girl of si in just one year. the magazine has become a launching pad to household had name status. if not gold plated brand name status. kate upton, the list goes on. >> you guys should totally meet. >> reporter: danielle got a chance to meet her idol, tyra, as part of the reveal. >> nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you. >> reporter: what was going through your mipd? >> everything. from being a little kid watching her, from being a little girl watching her on a television and to seeing her just go on and be super successful in everything she did. and, you know, it just -- >> reporter: it gets you? >> it gets me every time. >> reporter: what makes you so emotional? >> i guess like just growing up in compton and having a dream to be something bigger and to be, you know, something bigger than myself. and i feel like that's what tyra was for me and she was such a huge influence on my life and my career because i always wanted to be like her. >> reporter: what did she say to you? >> she's like, do you have a good accountant? she told me to go to the parties but not the after after party. >> so she's not just the fairy goth mother, she's being your mom, a little bit. >> yeah, i love it and to hear that from her, i'm like okay. i want to follow in your foot steps and do everything correctly. >> tyra said we were counting on you, we were all counting on you. that's my tyra impersonation. >> from america's next top model? good morning, i'm kendis gibson. >> i'm diana macedo. here are the top headlines we are following on "world news now." the country's top intelligence chiefs are sounding the alarm ahead of the midterm elections. there's evidence russia is already meddling there and america is under attack. we have a full report coming up. heart stopping moments over the pacific. a united airlines jet engine loses its cover mid flight. the plane reached hawaii safely, leaving passengers with terrifying moments. >> and fat tuesday turning into ash wednesday but the party is still underway over bourbon street. soon it will be time to sleep off all that celebrating, maybe. and a bichon frise has won the westminster dog show in new york for just the second time. flynn will be on good morning america this morning. those are some of our top stories on this valentine's day. wednesday, february 14th. announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." he's so fluffy. i just want to -- >> cute. you just want to, like, snuggle with him. >> looks like a giant cotton ball running around. we'll have more on flynn coming up. we're going to start this half hour off with sobering warning about russian interference in the next election cycle. it had top intelligence chiefs are warning that america is under attack. >> looking to influence the 2018 midterm elections through information warfare and some lawmakers are calling on president trump to do more to stop it. here is pierre thms. >> reporter: this dire message. >> frankly it united states is under attack. >> reporter: president trump's six top intelligence officials warning the russian are already targeting the 2018 midterm elections. >> we need inform the american public this is real and the resilience needed for us to stand up and say we're not going to allow some russian to tell us how to vote. >> you've seen russian activity in the lead up to the 2018 election cycle? >> yes, we've seen russian activity and intentions to have an impact on the next election cycle here. >> reporter: abc news learned their plan to use social media through fake news and a probing state election system to see if they can be infi traited. we reported in september before 2016 election that 21 states were targeted by russian hackers and the stark assessment of the russian intelligence committee. >> we've seen some activity at state elected officials that were attempts electronically to search those individuals. so we assume that there's still the intent. >> reporter: some senators criticizing president trump who recently said this -- >> could have very well been russia, but could have been other countries. >> we cannot confront this threat with a whole of government response when the leader of the government continues to deny it exists. >> it's remarkable, you have all the leaders in the intelligence community but still don't have the president of the united states acknowledging the level of this threat. >> reporter: it appears no single intelligence or law enforcement agency is responding to the russian threat. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >> thanks to pierre there. and president trump is looking to shift attention back to infrastructure today after the fbi directly contradicted it white house. sarah sanders initially said the background check on rob porter was underway when he resigned over domestic violence allegations. but fbi chief, christopher wray told lawmakers the investigation was completed in july and said they briefed the white house on the case four times. sanders now claims an obscure white house office was still looking into it. a second federal judge as blocked the administration from ending the dreamers program. the brooklyn based judge issued a temporary injunction as a california judge did last month. daca allows undocumented immigrants brought here as kids to stay here. it was scheduled to end march if i everth but that date may now be pushed back. they now say they have a monster behind bars after arresting a soldier. he's accused of a brutal rape and kidnapping five years ago in texas. dania bacchus has more. >> reporter: the details are horrendous. >> here we are to put this monster behind bars. >> reporter: in 2013, a 16-year-old girl was grabbed from behind. >> she was pulled into a grassy area, viciously attacked, sexually assaulted and left for dead after being struck in the head with what we believe to be a hatchet, numerous times. >> reporter: years after the attack, the harris county sheriff's department say they found a match. it led them to an army paratrooper in texas stationed at ft. bragg in fayetteville, north carolina. they say he has a family member who lived near the attack. >> he provided some key information that proved beneficial to your case. >> reporter: he is charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child and aggravated kidnapping. he is in custody in north carolina being held on a $1 million bond and awaiting transfer to harris country. his dna was up loaded to the data base for another sexual assault. diane and kendis? >> thank you. the cdc says nearly 16,000 people have been hospitalized with influenza since october. the highest ever recorded. at least 63 children have died this season including the first pediatric death in massachusetts, along with one in new jersey, a 6-year-old girl. it comes as a hospital outside seattle is screening all visitors for symptoms of the flu. arts and crafts retailer, michaels is agreeing to pay a fine after glass vases injured customers. the government says the walls of the vases were so thin, they shattered from normal handseling. injuries were nerve damage and severed tendons. they knew about it three years before taking action. bryan nicholls who spearheaded taco bell's turnaround is facing a similar task at chipotle. he replaces steve ellis. well, milder temperatures are making their way into much of the country. the mid-west will see a change from temperatures going from freezing to 15 degrees above normal. break out the suntan lotion. even the northern plains will see a warming trend, despite these whiteout conditions, chinook winds, as they're called expected to eventually bring higher temperatures. >> all right. >> yes. >> go wind. and u.s. gymnast is part of a new feature in sports illustrated swimsuit issue. she's seen with the word survivor written across her chest. >> other phrases are fierce and every voice matters. the feature is called in her own words. >> she made a powerful statement in court last month during one of former dr. larry nassar's sentencing hearings. she tells the magazine, quote, everyone deserves to be heard and to feel safe. and things got pretty hot at the end of the sapporo festival in japan. >> dancers celebrated the final day of the two-week event by showing off their moves, and then they took it off. >> hey now. they stripped down to their loin cloths. the temperatures were in the teens. they give spectators a 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her gas pedal gets struck. and you can't stop. >> and the police video has just been released. here is victor. >> reporter: florida police desperately trying to slow down a bmw. the driver saying he's unable to stop, deploying stop sticks after receiving this frightening call. >> i believe my gas pedal was stuck in my car. >> reporter: the 28-year-old joseph cooper was driving alone when he said he lost control. >> going about 100 miles an hour. >> reporter: authorities trying everything to get the vehicle under control. >> try to turn on your cruise. >> i'm trying, ma'am. >> reporter: traveling some 50 miles, dodging other drivers. >> i'm switching lanes. get out the way. >> reporter: authorities clearing traffic, deploying stop sticks multiple times, eventually stopping the car. >> car was smoking when we came up to it. >> reporter: bmw saying this is implausible saying the vehicle had multiple safeguards, including software to override the accelerator. they're working with florida 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games. or should we just call it the norwegian olympic games. the most gold medals all of time. >> enough about norway. team usa is second now in all-time gold medals and we are still tied for second in gold medals for these games as well and we just won or 100th gold medal across the winter olympic games. >> and snowboarding as well. >> our fourth snowboarding gold medal in just these games in pyeongchang. we are dominating there. shaun white crushed it in the half pipe. he won his third gold medal after failing to make it to the podium in sochi. take that sochi. >> yeah. white later apologized for waiting to the last run to boast out his tricks. he said he needed the extra pressure. it was quite emotional because he teared up. it was great to see. >> next to an american who's been skiing since he was 2 and became the youngest ever winner from the x-games. >> he had to battle back from a near death experience to pursue his olympic dreams. here is nick. >> reporter: hurdling down a half pipe, skiing upside down in midair, bagging six x-games medals, those are, in fact, some of the easier things that wallace has braved in his short life. >> skiing saved my life and it was my get away as a kid. >> reporter: back from a career ending infection that took him to the brink of death. he primed for a podium finish in pyeongchang but as this 22-year-old knows more than most anything can happen on the mountain and off. >> it happened, it sucks but you have to adapt into an older version of yourself at a young age. >> reporter: his life looked great on the surface, a ski jumping girlfriend, insane talent, raised here in the mountain town of aspen, colorado. his dad was a wine dealer. so far, so bushy but when he was 8 -- >> i want people to see what our life is really like. >> i was indicted. >> we lost everything. >> his dad was arrested and pled guilty to mail fraud and laundering and he eventually served over five years in prison. >> my sister and i, my mom. it was emotional. it was a hard time to go through as a kid. >> reporter: he kept on skiing. his escape. >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: his event, the super pipe. >> that's such a difficult trip. there's the right side 1080 down to the bottom. >> reporter: age 15, he became an x-games winner. everything was on the up and then this. >> you get up really early and got up there and skied one run through that. and was laying on the ground, just gasping for air. they told me i had a collapsed lung. it was always that thought of, why me? >> reporter: there was much more, much worse to come. >> my mom got diagnosed with cancer when i was going into the olympic qualifying for sochi. she was in and out of the hospital in a horrible state. >> reporter: he made it to sochi but underperformed way off the medals. pyeongchang is a shot at redemption. it's a miracle he's made it. one morning in 2015, he felt a little rough heading out to ski. >> i can't figure out how to breathe. >> before i knew it i was being flown to hospital in salt lake. i was in medically endeuced paralysis. >> reporter: he had an extremely rare, dangerous strep infection. doctors told his parents to prepare for the worst. mere months later, torren won x-games gold in oslo, norway. >> it was special. it was cool. >> reporter: his mom is healthy and his dad, out of prison. >> in my eyes he was still my hero and the person i looked up to and nothing has changed until this day. i still loved my dad to death. >> reporter: and they are going to the olympics. >> throughout all those things, you come to have this sort of shield, i suppose. in the back of my head i like to think i'm always ready. >> and you complain that starbucks closed around the corner. >> quite a life. like a country song. wow. weird science is next. d science is next. about the colonial penn program. here to tell you if you're age 50 to 85, and looking to buy life insurance on a fixed budget, test. test. a price that can't increase, and a price that fits 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these are our lab coats of love. >> on valentine's day. you're welcome. i was told we're doing a story about single atoms. >> are we going to match them up with love? >> yeah. with like -- single beckys. no. it's a weird science. >> single sams? >> it's a single a a >> oh, atom. >> scientists in the uk have photographed a single atom. the building block there of life. like we haven't seen that. at all. >> we haven't? oh. >> that i know of. the laser light caused the atom to emit photons there. >> so, it's that tiny dotty thing in the middle? >> yeah. >> we look so lonely. we have to get him a friend. >> everything is built out of that one little thing. >> we're on this, atom, don't you worry. we'll find someone. >> adam lambert is single by the way. all right. over to michigan where a couple found a rock, possibly worth more than $10,000. it was not a diamond or a jewel. it was a meteorite. ashley morris and her boyfriend decided to start hunting after they read reports of other people finding meteorites in the area. >> so there's a reason some people get a little angrier when they drink. the australian scientists have pinpointed the parts of the brain that go weak when we drink. apparently it is the prefrontal cortex. the part of the brain responsible for personality and moderating social behavior, dozes off when we drink alcohol. >> the part of your brain that makes you get your act together just goes to bed? >> yes. and then we thought, if you're mean when you're sober -- >> what if you are a fun drunk. like when the part of my brain that tells me to get my act together goes to sleep, the party part of my brain goes to sleep not the mean part. so does that mean you're kind of mean? well, now we know what your problem is. oh, there you go, jack. that's jack's take on it. science for you. okay, over to a new video coming out, giving a new meaning to bear hugs. this is a care taker in new york. soothing a bear that's kodiak. he was feeling a little under the this morning on "world news now" panic over the pacific. >> a jet engine comes apart but the plane couldn't land because it was halfway between the west coast and hawaii at the time. we have new details in from people on board. >> new developments in the rob porter scandal. the fbi said it told the white house four times about porter's past before he resigned over allegations of domestic violence. hear the white house explanation. golden boy snowboarder, shaun white shows why he's among the best winter olympians, ever. and once upon a time he was a math teacher with ridiculous abs. now he's a social media star storming fashion week in new york. we're talking love and flats. on this valentine's day no less. this is wednesday, february 14th. announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." ♪ i'm too sexy for your party >> do you even lift, bro? that's exactly what i asked him. >> i lift my bro. yes. >> we talked to him one on one, we asked all of that. >> the hard hitting questions. >> exactly, like what is logic? what is algebra. those are important questions. >> yes, absolutely. we're going start this half hour with what was 40 minutes of terror. >> airline passengers watched as one of the plane's engines fell apart. this is video from flight 1175 out of san francisco. the boeing 777 was 45 minutes from honolulu when passengers say they heard a boom. apparently the cover of the jet's right engine had fallen off and there you have it, metal flapping in the air. >> that applause you see there is after the plane landed there in honolulu. you can understand the relief on many of the passenger's faces by that point. but as passengers were told to brace for landing, many called it the scariest flight of their lives. >> i thought we were going to die and i hoped that my kids knew that i loved them and it was horrible. even the flight attendants were really professional, but they were scared. you could tell from their face. >> and a plane did land safely. it is designed to fly on one engine in an emergency. luckily, no one was hurt. the faa is looking into what happened to the engine. >> we both would have lost it. >> i don't think we would be able to remain calm and composed in that kind of situation. >> what a terrifying moment it is. >> and terrifying moment taking place on oregon's highest peak right now. it is over, the rescue effort. seven people needed to be rescued from the slopes of mt. hood. one of them died after he fell as far as 1,000 feet. the other hikers were brought to safety hours after becoming stranded. now warm conditions caused falling ice and rocks. now rescuers worked as quickly as possible ahead of the storm expected this morning. over at the white house, now getting pushback from the fbi on the events leading up to the departure of rob porter. the fbi chief directory contradicted a claim that porter's background investigation was ongoing. he said the bureau had been updating the white house on porter for nearly a year. cecilia vega has more. >> reporter: president trump's own fbi director publicly contradicting the white house's shifting story about when they were first informed of former staff secretary rob porter. over and over again press secretary sarah sanders have said the fbi was still conducting porter's security background check when his two former wives went public with their claims of abuse. one releasing this photo of her black eye. >> his background investigation was ongoing. >> i can tell you that we were the process for the background was ongoing. and the white house had not received any specific papers regarding the completion of that background check. >> reporter: but the fbi says that's not true. in a stunning moment on capitol hill, fbi director, christopher wray told the senate intelligence committee his agents gave the white house reports on porter four times, as far back as last spring. >> the fbi submitted a partial report on the investigation in question in march. and then a completed background investigation in late july. >> reporter: the white house press secretary says they could have handled the scandal better. kelly tells "the wall street journal," he wouldn't have handled the situation any differently, saying, quote, it was all done right. the president wished porter well, saying he maintains his innocence, still no message to the women, despite our repeated attempts to ask. >> do you believe his ex-wives, do you believe rob porter's ex-wives, mr. president? does the president believe the women? >> again, the president takes all these accusations seriously. he believes in due process. above everything else, he supports the victims of any type of violence and condemns violence. >> we haven't heard him say that himself. >> again, the president dictated to me, specifically, that comment yesterday which i read to you guys. >> reporter: and this many days the white house is still refusing to say how many people close to president trump are working on a temporary security clearance but the director of national intelligence dropping a bombshell saying those people, on a temporary clearance should have limited access to highly sensitive information. cecilia vega, abc news, the white house. the nation's top intelligence officials are warning, as well, that the u.s. is under attack. claiming they've seen evidence of russian meddling in upcoming midterm election. the cia chief ahead of the nsa and director of national intelligence all telling congress that moscow is escalating its cyber assault on americans to undermine democracy and they said to see more fake online personas that stir up divisions in the u.s. >> we need to inform american public that this is real, this is going to happen and the resilience to stand up and say we're not going to allow some russian to tell us how to vote. >> have you seen russian activity in the lead up to the 2018 election cycle? >> yes, we have seen russian activity and intentions to have an impact on the next election cycle here. >> well, democrats are slamming president trump for not calling out the russians or issuing more sanctions for their interference in the 2016 election. israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, is refusing to resign despite corruption charges. the accusations include accepting nearly $300,000 in gifts from two billionaires. netanyahu went on tv last night to deny the allegations and say he will seek reelection. the attorney general will decide whether to press charges. >> if you're shopping for a home and you're not rich, your search is getting a whole lot harder. here is why. home prices jumped to all-time highs in almost 2/3 of the u.s. that's the scarcity of homes on the market and the improving job market. the most expensive market by the way, san jose, california with all those tech guys out there and the biggest jump, 26% just over the past year. and it is party time, everyone. the biggest party of the year in new orleans. still going strong. who wants beads? >> oh, do i have to -- can i get them the old way? >> beads for you guys. >> there you go. >> no, please don't try to get them the old way. >> oh, i nailed it. oh, that will cause some issues there. so yeah, so they're still going active on bourbon street. it might be wednesday already, but the fat tuesday partying continues as usual. the day was filled with parades, costumes and lots and lots of beads. >> i thought for sure things would be winding down but it doesn't look like there's a whole lot of winding down on bourbon street. >> there are a lot of oversized drinks that we can tell. >> yes. >> luckily everybody has their clothes on. >> and luckily, no one's sleeping on bourbon street. so that's a good sign. >> that will be a few hours from now. >> well, happy fat tuesday, everybody. it still counts. until everybody goes to bed, it's still fat tuesday in new orleans. >> yes, it is. well, coming up flying into the olympic record books. >> gold medal. shaun white grabbed gold 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ha, derek. downy and it's done. we are checkin we are checking in with the winter games in pyeongchang with an updated medal count and norway is barely holding on to the overall lead with germany taking the lead in the gold medal count. >> and team usa now has seven medals so far adding on its fourth gold with a historic run by the flying tomato, shaun white. >> yeah, white is gold again. the relatively ancient 31-year-old beat out a field of children in the snowboard half pike. youngsters, kids. he was in second place going into the third and final run, then he nailed the routine winning his third gold medal with a triple sow cow and a double axel. >> no, that's skating. >> he looked pretty good there. >> he looked very, very good. he celebrated the win with his family who were there to cheer him on for his fourth american games. the americans winning all four gold medals awarded so far and white's medal, by the way, is the 100th gold medal for team usa in winter olympics history. we are now second to norway in all-time gold medals. for the winter olympics. >> again the vikings. >> yes. so you see these ice skaters. the married american figure skating couple, competed as the only pair for team usa. they ended up in 14th place which was just enough to get them a spot in the next round, sealing it with a valentine's day kiss for the crowd. get a room. >> very appropriate for valentine's day and the wind continues to be a major issue for the games. huge gusts are making it difficult for the skiers. the women's alpine skiing program scheduled for today has been pushed to friday. >> all right. speaking of primed athletes, stay tuned for this coming up. >> what are you doing? >> what are you laughing at? >> this reminder it's ratings month. next. >> he's a math teacher. we're going to learn all about algebra next. math teacher, turned model, takes us to school. >> very good. addition. and subtraction. multiplication in there. on in there. ♪ come on baby say you love me ♪ five, six, seven times eight, nine, ten, 11. new york fashion week is underway right now and one of the hottest models got known for his brains. not his brawn. >> we are talking math. he is known as the world's sexiest math teacher. of course we hit up the gym at the mareiate marquee hotel to discuss algebra, really. >> reporter: for millions around the world, 29-year-old needs no introduction. >> i am a model with an academia background. i have a ph.d. in engineering, very passionate about fitness. >> where do you live? >> london. what is your sign? sagittarius. >> do you like long walks on the beach? >> is this an interview or a dating show? >> the italian model has been capturing the hearts of men and women ever since he became a viral sensation three years ago as the so-called sexiest math teacher in the world. >> i didn't realize, oh, my god, they're taking pictures of the notes. i'm such a good lecturer. >> a child model at six years old and walking the fashion runways at 17. but 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out two to three time as day every day of the week. i decided to give his workout a shot. i'm going to die. oh, please. >> see? >> see what? i'm dying. >> big muscle growing. >> it's like looking in a mirror. >> swings. >> i am struggling. what are you talking about? good effort i think. >> thank you. wait, where are you going with that? without swinging? >> without swinging. >> you sure? i don't want to embarrass you too much. ♪ >> show off. do you ever skip ab day? >> sometimes. when i'm sleeping, i skip. >> two more. >> what are you doing? >> i have two more pancakes for you. these days, he is trying to expand his empire, launching his own leisure wear line, which begs the question, where does he find time for relationships? >> i wouldn't be able to date someone who does my job. >> really? >> i don't know. >> have you ever heard of the bachelor or bachelorette, the tv show? >> things kicked up a notch. if you did not receive a rose, you'll be going home immediately. >> this was a 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a lot of candy. >> that's a lot. or a lot of people sorry. and flowers. 88 million flowers this valentine's day. that's 8 million pounds. that's a lot. >> so when you think valentine's day, romance, the waffle house may not be the first thing that comes to mind but the waffle house is taking valentine's day very seriously this year. 170 locations across 17 states will be serving up the perfect valentine's day dinner. they say they will have candlelight, table cloths, the perfect atmosphere and, of course, waffles. >> did that say valentine's with bay at the waffle house? and something special, perhaps on this valentine's day. you know the problem when you go out, it's rainy and you can't figure out navigating. >> because you want to hold hands, but you have to hold an umbrella and don't want to get wet. >> so according to insider this is the umbrella for couples. take a look. there's room enough for both of you. >> and you can hold hands. >> it's big enough for both of you or if you're -- >> i like it. >> perfect. they don't have any right now in stock. but amazon's been selling them. good idea. >> over to creative man from tallahassee, florida. he decided to diy his valentine's. he created a love missile. as he calls it. >> a love missile? >> not that kind of love missile. it's actually a missile. it's called the cupid one. he created the sort of fake missile decorated apart and the big red button. he says, his powerful weapon is love. >> oh, really. that's his pick-up line? >> yeah. >> i would have expected it to be bigger. i guess not. >> that's awkward. happy valentine's this morning on "world news now," a deadly day on one of the country's tallest mountains. several climbers had to be rescued and one is dead after falling a thousand feet. we have new information just in from authorities. >> trump's cabinet member under fire for racking up exorbitant travel bills. taxpayers paying for first class tickets, even a $25,000 secure phone booth. new this half hour, the newest top dog. >> we're headed to the westminster dog show with one of those four-legged friends who took home the best in show. >> and while the olympians go for gold, these folks are looking for love. the bachelor winter games are now underway and we're trying to figure out which is more awkward, the pick up lines or the international bachelor anthem. it's the land of the free and the home of "the skinny" on this wednesday, february 14th. announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> we say good morning to everybody on this wednesday. we are going to get to the latest on what happened and love on this valentine's day, but we're going to start with tragedy that's taking place on the west coast. some tense rescues in the extreme conditions of oregon's highest mountain. >> a total of seven hikers ended up stranded on mt. hood 10,000 feet above sea level. one plunged hundreds of feet down the mountain. he later died at a hospital. we have more. >> reporter: a daring rescue attempt playing out on the top of oregon's highest peak, mt. hood. two climbers waving blankets and jackets and another performing chest compressions on a hiker who had fallen 700 feet. the situation turning more desperate as they shield the injured climber from falling rocks and snow. >> that was the report from one of the persons climbing. the quote was, it's like a bowing alley. >> reporter: the medic, repelling down to the climbers, air lifting him to the hospital. he later died. at the same time another rescue of a second group stranded on the other side. one of them injured as well. >> the ice was really bad. i saw a lot of people up ahead struggling. it started early on. yeah, just decided to turn back. >> reporter: this peak known for its loose rock and ice when it warms up. and they say it's been above freezing all week, which can make climbing very dangerous. abc news, los angeles. and united airlines is trying to figure out why a jet engine fell apart over the pacific. this is what it looked like before the plane landed in honolulu. the right engine is not looking so great. passengers say they heard a boom just hours after leaving san francisco and felt the plane rattling. flight attendants told them to brace for landing. all passengers are okay. some said they really did think they were going to die. and a delta flight from nigeria to atlanta made an emergency landing after an engine failed. they returned to the airport just after take off. passengers had to use emergency slides to leave the plane once it touched down. five people were hurt in that incident. and president trump's personal lawyer reportedly said he paid $135,000 out of his own pocket to a porn star who said she had an affair with trump. michael tells "the new york times," the payment to stormy daniels was lawful and he was not reimbursed by the president's campaign or the trump organization. he would not say why he made the payment or whether the president had been aware of it. the fbi has repeated lay contradicted claims by the white house. senior officials first learned about the allegations last week when porter's ex-wives went public and they repeatedly claimed his background check was ongoing. but, fbi director, christopher wray tells congress the investigation officially closed last month. the white house was briefed multiple times about porter overthe last year. >> the fbi submitted a partial report on the investigation in question in march. and then a completed background investigation in late july. >> press secretary sarah sanders blames the discrepancy on the little known white house personnel security office, which was still looking into porter's security clearance but the day before, he said it was handled by the law enforcement, not the white house. afghan born u.s. citizen was sentenced to multiple life terms for the pressure cooker bomb attack in september 2016. it injured some 30 people in manhattan. take a look there. now, prosecutors say he has not shown remorse and has been trying to radicalize others in prison. all this they say in support of isis. a police commander in chicago was shot and killed during a shootout. the 53-year-old commander was a 31-year veteran was shot and killed and the highest ranking officer killed in decades. they apprehended a suspect as a four-time felon and former prison inmate with a record dating back decades. the head of e.p.a. is under scrutiny. scott pruitt has spent thousands of dollars on first class flights. e.p.a. says he's given more leeway when flying because of security concerns. mary bruce has more. >> reporter: with his high flying lifestyle under scrutiny, scott pruitt was at it again. reportedly spotted on a 90-minute flight from d.c. to boston in first class. over just a few weeks in june, travel costs totalled more than $90,000 including a 1600 first class ticket from d.c. to new york, six times the price of coach and more than $36,000 for a military jet from cincinnati to new york so pruitt could catch a $7,00 flight to rome where he and his team took in the sights, visiting the vatican and sampling the local delicacies. just a few weeks ago another first class international trip, this time to morocco, this time on the taxpayer's dime. pruitt is now under investigation. just the latest in a string of administration officials under fire for their expensive travel taste. health secretary, tom price was fired after more than two dozen work trips on luxury private planes. are you concerned there's a trend or pattern that we are seeing? >> well, without personalizing, i think everybody ought to fly coach, and i've always felt that way. you get there roughly the same time. maybe a few seconds slower. >> reporter: now the epa says one of the reasons pruitt has been flying first class is because of security concerns but unclear how a first class seat is somehow better protected. no direct response from the e.p.a. about that question, but one former e.p.a. law enforcement officer says the whole idea is patently absurd. mary bruce, abc news, capitol hill. >> mary, thank you. it's day eight of the olympics competition. shaun white put himself on the medal stand. >> the american snowboarder getting the slow clap here in the studio. picked up his third career gold. white took the top spot in the men's half pipe. he beat out a japanese snowboarder and white's win won u.s. the 100th gold. only the u.s. and norway have reached the century mark in the winter games. >> cool. now, to a different competition. america has a new top dog. >> so, going into the competition, you had ty, a giant schnauzer, a top ranked dog. he was a runner up though. >> that's right. the winner of top in show. this was a surprise to everybody. >> well, it feels a little unreal. i came in expecting nothing except hoping for a good performance and i think i got it. it's magical. you know? >> absolutely magical. >> it's only the second time a bichon frise has won best in show. the 11th time for a dog in the non-sporting group. the terrier group has the most wins overall. ty was the heavy favorite. >> wasn't there one like biggie, biggie, biggie. >> biggie the pug. it crowd favorite. but there was a german shepherd earlier in the competition. the last winner last year was rumored so a lot of people were rooting for fanucci who had had made a big comeback. but flynn, first bichon since 2011 or 2001. 2001. >> are you going to filibuster on the dog show? >> i know way too much. >> our senior westminster dog correspondent. >> at your service. >> the new face of the iconic sports illustrated swimsuit addition, including the emotional moment she learned she landed the cover. and mariah carey is looking for a date but not for herself. somebody very close to the star is apparently looking for love. we'll have the big reveal on the skinny. you are watching "world news now." you are watching "world news now." 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(laughing) (colonial penn jingle) okay - let's try this. it says you apply the blue one to me. here? no... make every day valentine's day with k-y yours and mine. two sensations. one great way to discover new feelings together. this bazaar scene played out for nearly a dozen children on monday afternoon after their bus driver hit a tree, then threw the bus in reverse and hit another tree, without stopping. luckily no injuries reported. the bus driver apparently told authorities she was running late on her route. she was given a citation by police and later fired by the school district. the applebee's restaurant chain is doing some damage control after an alleged incident of racial profiling. two african-american women who were recording the incident. >> they were accused of eating there the previous day and leaving without paying for their food. the restaurant staff called police after a server made that accusation. the woman said they had never eaten at that applebee's before. this was part of the discussion they had with the officer. >> can we just pay for our food and leave? we haven't done anything. >> let's do a role reversal here. put yourself in my shoes. what would you do? >> you're doing your job, but this restaurant is not doing its job. if she's positive she's seen us -- this is my first time being here. i'm from st. lewis, missouri. >> just relax, they are going to make a decision. relax. what they're telling me is that they want you to pay your bill and leave and not come back. >> that's perfectly fine. >> not come back to applebee's ever again. >> applebee's has fired a manager, a server and another employee because of that incident. the chain is apologizing and saying sorry, directly, to those women. >> a statement says they don't tolerate racism, bigotry or harassment of any nature. when we come back the highs and lows of the bachelor winter games. and the kate upton photo shoot that went wrong. 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why does it always happen? i don't get it. >> see you guys. >> bye. >> bye, everyone. >> bye. >> it sucks that like the one guy i had had interest in of course went on a date tonight. why don't i ever get picked? >> oh, she ugly cried. >> she ugly cried. >> you got to be really sad. >> and i just realized ben's single again. that didn't last long. and then it was time to send home the least popular contestant. they're heading back to their respective home countries. >> but we have to get the answer from global chief. jack, what do you think they could have done differently? >> i think they could have all stayed home to preserve some dignity. >> there is that. >> that would have been a start. >> that would have helped all of us, don't you think? >> if you thought you were confused by the first night of any bachelor season, running around, doing anything they want, this was worse. we didn't know any of the international people. >> kind of makes you wish bachelor in paradise was back. >> i'm thinking bachelor in paradise is microscopically better if only because it was at the beach. >> it's funny when he is wishing for bachelor in paradise. >> thank you very much. and on this valentine's day if you're still looking for love look no further than maria carey or rather, look no further than mariah carey's dog. >> mimi put out a call saying her dog is looking for a valentine. so who could be in the running. well, the jack russell is used to being pampered so she probably needs someone from the celebrity world. how about bo. >> oh, there's bo obama. looking strapping. flynn, big best in show. >> brand new. >> might be a top contender. >> the scooby-doo. lassie. >> many, many, many others. oprah's dogs are rich. >> you know their names? >> no, i don't. sadie was -- well, it could work. >> this is great. tell me more. well, it has happened again. someone attempted to make a replica of the queen, beyonce. a wax one. >> here it is. the canadian version of wax bay. >> wow, this is luis tussoud's wax works in niagara falls, ontario, not new york. >> yeah. so, the main complaint is that her skin is too light. reactions online were swift and mersyless. >> that is not beyonce. >> of course, the skin color is just one of a few problems. people are recognizing. comments includes, are they manager? she looks like a white housewife. >> beyonce is a housewife, isn't she. another theory beyonce's wax figure makers have never actually seen beyonce. this isn't the first time a queen has been misrepresented in wax. here she is at madam tussauds. no relation, of course, in new york. they eventually adjusted the original. it's better, but still, wow, it's not right. >> sometimes they really get it. sometimes they really don't. >> just try not to replicate them in wax. >> modeling can be hard work and kate upton has learned that the hard way, yet again. >> check her out posing on a rock in aruba for "sports illustrated" edition. waves are crashing behind her and the wave goes from crashing behind her to into her. making things more complicated. she was topless at the time. >> it did make things more complicated. the 25 year old tumbled into the waters. you can see by the skirt she was wearing, she looked down and this, this is going to end badly. >> luckily, she wasn't hurt. she joked, they probably should have photo shopped her on the rock but always a good sport. probably should have photo shopped her on the rock but always a good sport. sport. >> do you have trouble falling asleep. do you wake up with a sore neck or edache dinner date...meeting his parents dinner date. why did i want a crest 3d white smile? 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>> everything. from being a little kid watching her, from being a little girl watching her on a television and to seeing her just go on and be super successful in everything she did. and, you know, it just -- >> reporter: it gets you? >> it gets me every time. >> reporter: what makes you so emotional? >> i guess like just growing up in compton and having a dream to be something bigger and to be, you know, something bigger than myself. and i feel like that's what tyra was for me and she was such a huge influence on my life and my career because i always wanted to be like her. >> reporter: what did she say to you? >> she's like, do you have a good accountant? she told me to go to the parties but not the after after party. >> so she's not just the fairy god mother, she's being your mom, a little bit. >> yeah, i love it and to hear that from her, i'm like okay. i want to follow in your foot steps and do everything correctly. >> tyra said we were counting on you, we were all counting on you. that's my tyra impersonation. >> from america's next top model? dig congratulations to her. beautiful girl. everybody. making news in america this morning, the fbi contradicts the white house time line in the rob porter domestic abuse scandal. the new questions as the administration struggles to explain who knew what and when. breaking overnight, president trump's personal lawyer comes forward to acknowledge paying $130,000 to adult film star stormy daniels. hear why he insists he did nothing illegal. high altitude drama. the new video of rescuers trying to reach climbers stranded on oregon's mt. hood after a man plummets at least 700 feet to his death. one climber describing the treacherous condition. >> brace, brace, brace. plus, we take you inside the plane as the engine comes apart midflight.