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"world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. you're watching "world news ? ? oh, that messager app. >> what's instagram? >> never heard of it. trying to download the seven minute workout app. it's an interval workout. >> seven minutes? >> 12 exercises for 30 seconds, and you're done. >> i'm in for that. >> a growing number of apps workout, but to control kids' cell phone use. >> it's a debate on whether and how much parents should supervise kids' cell phone events. here's t.j. holmes. >> reporter: what are teens doing on their phones? many adults will never know, but there's one who does. >> you can't hide from me. >> reporter: khristine, mom of 13-year-old and 11-year-old was so anxious to know what her kids di secretly installed spyware to watch them, can see anything. >> it's legal to monitor your kids, but a controversy lurks. do teens deserve privacy or secretly monitoring for safety's sake more important? >> at 11 and 13, we have to know what's beginning on in their life. >> what's the problem with letting your parents see your phones when they ask? >> i just want privacy. >> reporter: last summer, she became more secretive. something's going on. >> reporter: she downloads spy software on both kids' phones. were you torn? >> nope. >> you were not? >> not one bit. my kids, i needed to protect them. >> reporter: experts say it may hurt your children and relationship with them in the long run. the author of "how to raise an adult." >> 24/7 surveillance of your kids, everywhere about, every decision, every moment is effectively saying, i do not trust you in the slite them you trust them when you spy on them? >> wow. i hope they just know that i do trust them, and that i'm doing this just to protect them. >> reporter: using the app, she discovers she's texting someone she thinks is a teenager, but when she calls the number, she gets a surprise, it's an adult. >> she thought she was talking to a friend, and turned out that it was not. >> reporter: 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walk with his 18-year-old dog. he underestimated strangers. thousands joined mark and walnut pouring on to the beach in cornwall, u.k. this weekend to honor walnut's last walk hours before the elderly dog was put down. they tweeted messages of support, #walkwithwalnut, and he thanks everyone for coming out, reminding us how lucky we are to be alive to share in the wonderful world that our pets fitting tribute there for walnut. next up, remember those word problems in your college math classes? well, for one college professor, those exercises of probability just became a lot more autobigraphical. this is a statistics professor at fairfield university in connecticut who just happened to win the lottery taking home a $100,000 jackpot. he said he ignored the advice of his teacher who said the odds were too small to win the lot toe, and he's an example and probability lextures saying someone has to win, so why not you? timely, why is this suddenly the most popular bird in all of china? because his combover resembles the new president-elect here in folks are flocking to the enclosure in china to look at the donald trump look-alike. the bird's name is little red and the species is indigenous to central china. what came first the chicken or the egg, but one user wants to know, so does the bird look like trump or does trump look like the bird? what do you think? >> oh, we're still trying to get over walnut. >> kendis, you okay? >> i don't know. poor walnut. >> you're going through it now. >> it's sad. that's beautiful. the neighbors came out. that was awesome. thanks, will. >> this morning on >> this morning on "world news now" civics and ethics for the future first family. >> as the trump transition team moves ahead, there's new criticism over his children, the trump brand and the white house. plus the growing concern over the president-elect's relationship with the press. >> the ambush shooting that halted air traffic, and travel everies facing delays and cancellation told to huddle in place, and others escorted by the police in swat gear. new details. >> what megyn kelly is saying about the feud with then candidate donald trump and what she thinks about the choices of the white house team opinion. grub on the go, the biggest exports, talking about fast food, of course, on this national fast food day. come celebrate with us or at the very least, diane. wednesday, november 16th. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> so over there off to the left of the set, we have the fast food just, like, hanging out. >> oh, yeah, a little bit distracted. i'm distracted this morning, we know why. >> except diane keeps -- >> kendis distracted by it. >> i'm not i'm hoping there's some vodka in those drinks, those big sippy drinks. >> i think you're out of luck, my friend. >> no, i don't think so. make that happen. >> in the world news now mug. >> absolutely. >> we start this morning with a shakeup in donald trump's transition team feeling the strain of setting up a new administration. >> an official handling national security stepped down amid word of an internal power struggle, and trump broke protocol last night ditching the press again as he left trump tower to have manhattan restaurant. >> this all comes as the role trump's children may play and angry high school march in protest of donald trump's election. abc's tom llamas has more. >> reporter: in trump tower, the first cracks in the trump transition now starting to show. one of the first president-elect's top advisers on national security abruptly resigning from the transition team. former congressman mike rogers reportedly pushed out. vice president-elect mike pence enters trump tower, just recently put in charge of the men in transition operation. and word a low level trump staffer is out after requesting national security clearance for trump's children. ivanka, don jr., and eric all on the transition team. the senior adviser kenleyan conway forced to respond. >> i'm not intimately away to that familiar line of questioning, matt, but i know the that is that the inquiries were made very informally, and that's all i know. >> reporter: campaigning sources say it was never a formal request from the president-elect or his children, but it comes with ivanka trump facing scrutiny over this image, her own company using the new first family's interview on "60 minutes" to promote the jewelry line, sending an alert to fashion reporters, saying, quote, she was wearing her favorite bengal from the collection on "60 minutes," and the bracelet retails at $10,800, highlighting blurred lines from the white house and the white house the children are helping assemble. >> people they you're part of the administration, ivanka. >> i'm going to be a daughter, but i said throughout the campaign i'm passionate on certain issues. >> ivanka trump's company blaming the bracelet incident on a well-intentioned employee, adding they are discussing new policies. the trump children not the only ones on the transition team facing questions. democrats sounding the alarm over the president-elect's stephen bannon, the former chairman of breitbart news published headlines like this, hoist it high and proud: the confederate flag proclaims a glorious heritage. >> people didn't vote for donald trump so that he could bring a white supreme cyst into the white house. >> reporter: but house speaker paul ryan refusing to criticize him. >> this is a person who helped him win an incredible victory. the president is judged on the results of the administration. >> reporter: as for the president-elect himself, he's tweeting about the election he won, firing off a message if the election were based on total popper lar vote, i would have campaigned in new york, florida, and california and won even bigger and more easily. as it stands, hillary clinton is now winning the popular vote by more than 770,000 votes. as someone who may no longer be on any short list of a cabinet position, dr. ben carson, one of trump's biggest supporters, but carson's life has not prepared him to be a cabinet secretary. carson himself saying if he were to be a federal bureau accurate, he would be like a fish out of water. tom llamas, abc news, new york. >> and trump is also responded to reports of in-fighting and speculation over possible appointees looking to make it clear that he's in charge and everything's under control. overnight trump tweeted, a very organized process taking place as i decide on cabinet and many other positions. i am the only one who knows who the finalists are. >> president obama acknowledged that trump's victory took him by surprise. a day after asking americans to give trump a chance, the president tried to explain the unexpected rise at a news conference in greece. he said it seeded from deep seeded anxieties in the working class, and he tapped into a troubling string of rhetoric. >> i still don't feel responsible for what the president-elect says or does, but i do feel a responsibility as president of the united facilitate a good transition, and i prese to him, as well as the american eem, my best thinking, my best ideas about how you move the country forward. >> violence broke out in athens as thousands rallied against president obama's visit. riot police used gas and gun grenades to disperse the crowds. the president's visit comes days before greek leftists hold an annual anti-american demonstration. george w. bush defends nafta the u.s. trade partnership with canada and mexico that trump has vowed to renegotiate or get rid of altogether. in his first public comments since the election, bush didn't mention trump by name, but referred to the anger that led to his victory. >> look, i understand anger. some people might have been angry when i was president. but anger shouldn't drive >> president bush refrained from criticizing trump saying it would not be helpful. >> we're learning more about the deadly shooting in oklahoma city's main airport. police say the killer ambushed michael winchester, a southwest airline employee and father of the kansas city chiefs' football player, james winchester, however, they don't know the motive. the killing set off a panic at the facility. here's more now from lauren lyster. >> reporter: at oklahoma city's airport, a suspected gunman confirmed dead after an all out manhunt tuesday. >> they justro airport. they've got some situation going on here. >> reporter: just before 1:00 p.m. tuesday, shots were fired in the parking lot. >> a suspect was located. deceased. with an apparent gunshot wound to the head. >> reporter: the shooter fatally wounding a southwest airlines employee, 52-year-old michael winchester. >> we're just getting told on to halt all operations, travelers down the airport, travelers sheltering in placing then evacuated, some unaware of the emergency going on. >> didn't see a thing, just kept walking. nobody acted like there was commotion. >> reporter: after the shooting, officers intactical gear going car to car searching for the suspect. >> obviously, when you have a potential suspect inside a building as big as the airport and several levels of parking area to search, it's just going to be time consuming. >> reporter: all airlines at will rogers airport confirming they will waive change fees for travelers rebooking. kendis and >> lauren, thank you. officials in utah trying to figure out why a 16-year-old student stabbed five classmates and himself at school. they said the teenager was a straight-a student with no prior discipline problems and had not been bullied. investigators said the stabbings had nothing to do with race, religion, or ethnicity. all of the victims are expected to survive. the ntsb has determined that a fatal duck boat crash in seattle was caused by mechanical failure and poor maintenance. axle on the amphibious vehicle axed broke and the driver lost control and crashed into a bus. all of this happening last year, and now the safety board made ten recommendations including the use of seat belts when the vehicle is on the road. dramatic helmet cam video from philadelphia showing moments leading up to a crash involving a dirt bike and police cruiser. officers tried to stop several bikers from illegally riding around city streets. an 18-year-old dirt biker was badly injured with two broken legs, a fractured he underwent a second surgery yesterday. all right. cute video alert here. >> yes. >> the turtle population in peru is flourishing thanks to the work of a conservation group. >> hundreds of thousands of -- >> oh, come on, they're cute. >> oh, look at them. the rijd-backed reptiles have been released into the amazon jungle. more than 600,000 babies have been set free in protected rivers and lakes. >> look at that. it's part of a 30-year them from extinction. this particular brand is turtle is on extinction lists due to poaching and other activities. >> you like turtles. >> i like turtles. >> they are cute. >> how can you not love turtles? >> and struggling along. get to the water. >> i -- i -- ducks. >> sure. >> why not. >> random. okay. and in china, they were why did the ducks cross the road? >> oh! >> thank you, jack. lots of ducks. like, 20,000. >> wow. >> they all stayed in the crosswalk, law-abiding ducks. >> yes, they did. witnesses said it took the ducks two minutes to get through the entire crossing. they also stopped traffic. we're going to watch all two minutes of the crossing. >> that's a lot of ducks. >> that's a lot of ducks. >> looks like they got all their ducks in a row. >> yeah! >> someone fed you that line. >> we have to end the block quickly. coming up, megyn kelly opens up about her feud with president-elect donald trump. their campaign showdown captured now saying about trump and about her claims of sexual harassment against roger ailes. and the surprising statement of a mother of a toddler who died in the family's hot car. her words of support for her ex-husband 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shock, he says he didn't feel he was in much danger at all. he says the hump back whale knew what he was doing and moved to avoid him. he called it, perhaps, the most thrilling millisecond of his life. >> yes. i will echo that. 28 people protesting against the controversial oil pipeline in north dakota have been arrested. the sheriff says the arrests came after protesters put a pickup truck and tree branchs on railroad tracks near a work staging area that caused a three hour train delay. protests against the pipeline were held in 80 cities across the country. in columbus, ohio, an activist blocked traffic by hand cuffing himself under a vehicle at a downtown intersection. and vermont senator and former washington, d.c. some surprising words of support this morning from the mother of that little boy who died in the family's hot car. >> leeann testified in defense of her ex-husband said blaming the parent will not help. here's more. >> reporter: it's clear that jurors didn't believe her, who, in court, defended her ex-husband saying, she, too, feels he accidently left their 22 month old son to die in the silver suv outside his atlanta officer in june of 2014. >> cooper was the sweetest boy. >> reporter: harris convicted on all charges, taylor is taking her frustrations to facebook. so now you may be saying justice has been served. but guess what? you can conviction every parent that this has happened to and i promise you two things. one, it will never bring our children back and, two, it will not prevent it from happening in the future. the problem is as a society that refuses to believe this can happen to them, and i pray you never have to walk this path. child safety experts made that point. the number of children dying this way accidently climbed in parents were told it was best to move child seats to the back. car makers are working on solutions, including an alarm that can sense the weight of the child in a car seat. steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. coming up in the next half hour, why your luggage may now prefer flying delta. why new system the airline now has in place they hope cuts down on the number of lost or misplaced suitcases. but first, what fox news anchor megyn kelly is now saying in her words about her rocky the feud eclipsed the presidential campaign, of course, talking about the feud eclipsed the presidential campaign, of course, talking about megyn kelly against donald trump. >> after the presidential victory, kelly is revealing relationship in her new book titled "settle for more." here's abc's dan harris. >> reporter: it was one of the most talked about moments of the presidential campaign. megyn kelly versus then candidate donald trump. >> you've called women you don't like fat business, dogs, slobs, and disgusting animals. >> reporter: a tore end of insults followed trump calling kelly a bimbo, unprofessional and crazy. kelly and trump eventually buried the hatchet during a meeting at trump tower. >> what did you say? what did you do? >> so the actual meeting was off the record. i don't want to get into the specific content. but i went over there, i walked in, and he gave me a nice greeting. he hugged me. >> you hugged you? >> yes. >> reporter: kelly weighing in on one of trump's controversial moves since winning the election. the appointment of steve bannon as senior strategist and counsel to the president. bannon, formally head of criticized for the racist, misogynist and white nationalist views espoused on the website with headlines like birth control makes women unattractive and crazy and hoist it high and proud: the confederate flag proclaims a glorious heritage. >> what do you say wh to the critics? >> i don't know there's evidence of that. you know -- >> breitbart headlines? >> i mean, there's absolutely controversial, but what his defenders say is he's not responsible for every single headlines that went up on breitbart while he was the executive chairman. i don't know that you could tar the entire team with that brush. i'm megyn kelly. >> reporter: during her 12 years at fox news, megyn kelly has become one of the network's most prominent and is >> i'll ask the questions you're not answering. popular anchors. just tell me, how is it fair? >> reporter: she was groomed by chairman, roger ailes. this year, when her former colleague, gretchen, filed a sexual assault claim against him, she too, was a victim. in a statement released by his attorney, ailes said i categorically deny the allegations kelly made about me. i work tirelessly to promote and advance her career as megyn admitted to charlie rose. watch the interview and decide for yourself. my attorneys restrict me from commenting further, so suffice it to say no good deed goes unpunished. megyn kelly's contract at fox news is up next year. her next move has everyone guess >> can you stay at fox after all of this? ing. >> oh, sure, i can easily stay at fox. i can go hopefully anywhere i want. i don't think anything 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actually joe biden. yes. >> wow. >> it is joe biden. sorry. moving on. sesame street nails the mannequin challenge. did you see it? they got in on the mannequin challenge, as well. look at that. look at the reveal. guess what challenge their are doing right now? the mannequin challenge. >> oh. >> diane. >> nice. >> which, by the way, i don't know if you caught this, but we happened to do our own mannequin challenge yesterday. >> yeah. >> and some of you probably saw it, actually air on the show, we're not sure if you saw how it actually came together. so we decided to show you how this beautiful sausage was made. >> this is behind the scenes. talking about donald trump, everybody starts swooping into we had literally about 40 seconds to get everything ready while we're reading. >> that's the thing. everyone else has these.mannequin challenges has time to put them together. we had a few seconds. >> exactly. >> the wnn team falling into place. >> nailed it. what better way to celebrate than with fast food? it's national fast food day, so we brought selections here to celebrate with. >> yes. >> kendis is not going to eat at all. >> a big gulp here. >> eat something. >> on that -- >> what is that? >> i did drink. >> mcdonald's is causing controversy experimenting with the sauce. >> i'm -- >> do you know how long this stuff has been here? >> it's a little cold, but it's still good. >> it's -- >> they don't go bad. >> i think it's been here a little while. >> how is that working out for this morning on "worlds news now," the mad scramble to staff the white house. the crunch is on to fill hundreds of government positions with some shakeups among the transition team. we're going to have the latest on who is definitely out and the surprising former foe considered for a top job. and as the trump team moves ahead, so do the thousands still ot students all over the country walked out of their classes to march through the streets. see the alarming new numbers showing up in the uptick in harassment some americans are facing, as well. new this half hour, pizza takes to the sky. >> a high flying favorite food reached a historic milestone. will the world ever be the same? >> no, of course not. and winter may be coming, but it's never too early to get we've got the right stuff, the big news on "the skinny," the newly announced blockbuster summer tour. don't worry, we'll straight up tell you on this wednesday, november 16th. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> i don't know the moves for "straight up." >> i don't know. just make them up. flip your hair a lot. that's >> flip the hair back and forth. >> flip your hair a lot. >> i was never good at paula abdul dancing. either is jack. is that it? >> a little bit of that. oh, you got it. oh. the video still playing on the side of the street, and there's a move we can't replicate on network television. all right. >> not in the chairs. >> we will get more come up on the big tour announcement coming up. of discord in the trump camp as the president-elect prepares to fill the cabinet. >> after spending days holding meetings in trump power, donald trump tried to put rumors to rest tweeting last night, very organized process taking place as i decide on cabinet and many other positions. i'm the only one who knows who the finalists are. earlier, two top advisers on the transition team resigned or were forced out. former congressman mike rogers and a lobbyist who consults with corporations and foreign governments. >> vice president-elect mike pence is and he's booted all lobbyists from that team. >> ben carson is bowing out. he felt he couldn't run an entire federal agency with his lack of experience. >> another former rival met with trump yesterday, fed cruz, not saying what, if anything, position he's call for, but called it a mandate for change. >> donald trump left reporters scrambling dipping out of the building in trump tower without >> the president-elect apparently had dinner with his family at a steakhouse in manhattan after the staff told the press he was in after dinner, the staff said they'll operate a traditional for the night. press pool in the future. meanwhile, protesters out for the seventh straight day. abc's mary bruce has more. >> reporter: in the nation's capital, hundreds of students put down pens and picked up a protest sign. >> we want to let donald trump know he can't divide us with racism, sexism, and bigotry. >> reporter: taking over pennsylvania avenue, shut down the lincoln memorial. hundreds of d.c. students walking out of class to walk to capitol hill and make sure their voices are heard, even though most of them are too young to vote. many of them frustrated that those now protesting elsewhere and could have voted did not. >> you should have voted. if you didn't, you voted for trump. >> reporter: trump supporters. accept the election. don't like it in four years, vote him out. >> a dramatic uptick in harassment and intimidation. according to the southern poverty law center, 400 incidents in seven days, four times more than an average week. this church vandalized. at the university of michigan, a community rallying around its muslim students after incidents of ethnic intimidation. >> it's just absurd and it's horrible. >> reporter: in west virginia, two officials under fire including a mayor who resigned after agreeing with racially disparaging comments posted about the appearance of first lady michelle obama. the report says cases of intimidation and harassment doubled since last friday saying many, but not all of those cases, made reference to donald trump. california has the highest record the rates with over 50 acts followed by texas, washington state, new york, and florida. mary bruce, abc news, washington. in the wake of hillary clinton's surprising defeat, electoral college wanting the winners of the presidential elections to be determined by the pop mu lar vote instead. clinton is currently leading the popular vote by nearly a million votes. clinton is expected to make the first public appearance since the election honored in washington tonight by the children's defense fund. clinton worked for the organization in the '70s after graduating from law school. it was cited as proof to commit syria's president hopes to find an ally in donald trump. bashar al assad said a relationship would be natural if trump follows through on the pledge to fight terrorism. however, assad told portuguese television he's skeptical an alliance will be reached. this came as air strikes followed a conversation between trump and putin on the need to fight international terrorism. so and a united nations condemning the situation in aleppo and calling for a cease-fire. it's expected to be adopted when the general assembly votes next month and calls on syria the to immediately end all indiscriminate attacks and condemns human rights violations by the government. oklahoma's main airport is open again after what police called a deadly ambush. the 52-year-old employee, michael winchester was shot to death tuesday at will rogers international airport. winchester member of the kansas city football team. right now, there is no motive for the shooting. it caused chaos as hundreds of people held inside the terminal and on aircraft. police say the killer eventually took his own life. in utah, counselors on hand this morning as students return to a high school where five classmates were stabbed. officials in oram are trying to figure out what triggered the attack by a 16-year-old student. he was a straight-a student who had never been in trouble. the student helped one of the >> and then i realized he was bleeding, like, oh, he's bleeding, he said, there's a psycho in there, he stabbed me. >> actually had boxed the suspect into a little bathroom area. staff members did place themselves in harm's way to keep -- >> the victims are in critical to fair condition, but all expected to survive with stab wounds to their necks. the teenage suspect is now in custody. his parents issuing a statement saying they are sorry for the pain and injury he caused. to the southeast now where some traditional outdoor ac because of the fire threat. starting campfires, lighting fireworks, smoking cigarettes, even parking a car off the road is prohibited fearing the hot tail pipe could ignite leaves below. >> reporter: as firefighters on the ground and in the air battle the blazes that have scorched 100,000 acres, authorities in tennessee announcing two new arrests of arson suspects and warning those thinking about setting fires. >> we're coming for you. up across the region. at least 00 in tennessee hospitalized, the smoke briefly stopping some flights into ka charlotte's airport. in north carolina, janet nervously watching the hills above her home. >> oh, i'm concerned. it was at the top of the ridge and now down to here. >> reporter: firefighters from around the country digging in. >> we're going to manage it until we get some help from mother nature. >> reporter: this fire growing, moving, prompting officials to call for more veekdzs in this area. eva pilgrim, abc news, chimney rock, north carolina. to southern california now where a santa monica police officer was attacked by a man inside a convenience store. the entire confrontation was caught on camera. the officer walking into the the back, as you can see there. police say that's when the 28-year-old darrell mcintosh confronted him and bumping him, escalating from there. the motive up clear, but police say in may mcintosh was arrested for an altercation with that same officer. >> all right. switching gears now. look up in the sky. it's not a bird or a plane, but your pizza. dominos made the first commercial food delivery by drone. the company received a chicken pizza and chicken and cranberry pizza. the advantages include avoiding traffic and reducing delivery times. >> hopefully it did arrive in less than 30 minutes. >> they used to sayhe than 30 minutes or less thing, then they couldn't because drivers were getting into accidents to get there in 30 minutes. now maybe they'll bring it back. so chicago cubs fans have been in heaven since the team won its first world series in nearly 80 years. well, the cubs now have a little extra spiritual support. pope francis is the proud owner of a cubs hat. the chicago's archbishop sent the lid and encased baseball to the vatican and tweeted the picture with the message, news of the cubs win reached all the ponti if tf x can now celebrate with us and ask for our prayers. >> so this was not one of thai city-like betts where, you know -- >> i don't think so. >> chicago says to the vatican, they were a fan, called each other out. holy water of cleveland won, no. it was not a swap. >> but the cleveland arch dioceses and the chicago arch dieo cease did bet each that they'd feed a certain number of hungry families in the respective cities of the other won. they were talking smack to each other. it was fun. >> good eats in chicago now thanks to cleveland. 3500 feet in the air from the 50 yard line. the story behind the bird's eye view over steel city as the air force parachute team dropped in the steelers' game. jack watched it. and princess leia apparently really did have a thing for hans solo. admitting about her real life romance with hairs wroner ford. the full story ahead in "the skinny." first, a look at today's forecast. 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just like the ultimate work/life balance. >> this is our counter space. when it's a store, it's a display case. >> reporter: home and store all in one. >> i wanted to cut costs and see america. >> reporter: the benefits? no rent for apartment or store, as squander travels the country and builds his business. what's the thing you miss the most? >> a hot shower. >> reporter: it's not just xander and the school bus, but a growing movement of people turning vehicles into thei there's even a hashtag for it, #vanlife. on instagram, more than 900,000 posts from around the country and world. in nevada city, california, 53-year-old nonprofit fund-raiser, jennifer langton and her father fixing up this camper so she can take it on the road full time. >> it wasn't that i needed to find a new job or move to a new ci city. i could take my home with me. >> one 24-year-old bay area software engineer blogging about it's allowed him to pay off his student loans and save six figures for retirement. >> in part, this is driven by the economics of it as well as the cultural appeal of it. >> reporter: down sides including overnight parking restrictions and the neighbors. >> when people see people living in their vehicles, they will often report them. >> reporter: that headache is worth it for people like xander. >> it's, like, where's my office today? it's going to be in the mountains, is it going to be be the beach? >> reporter: lauren lyster, abc news, los angeles. >> considering it? >> that's one of the benefits, that you can get a different view -- >> oh, that's true. >> you can park down there by malibu and -- >> today mountain view, tomorrow river view. >> yeah. >> the anchor man down by the river. >> yes, exactly. >> don't miss our updates on facebook, wnnfans.com. this is abc's "world news now" informing insomniacs for good morning, i'm diane macedo. >> i'm kendis gibson. here's some of the top headlines on this wednesday morning on "world news now." officials trying to figure out what led to a deadly shooting in oklahoma city's main airport as a southwest airlines employee was killed in what's called an ambush. shooter took his own life. details in a moment. air strikes in syria pound rebel held areas of aleppo. state television says the government operation focused on terrorism strongholds is the first offensive since russia and syria stopped air strikes last month to allow civilians to leave. >> breaking protocol, donald trump ditches the press covering his move and headed out of the penthouse and had dinner with his family, failing to let reporters in on his whereabouts. traditionally, at least one reporter travels with the president-elect in case something newsworthy happens. and vice president-elect pence today meet in washington. those are some of the top stories on this wednesday, november 16th. from abc news, this is "world news now." good morning, everybody, on this wednesday. a lot of to get to this morning. >> that's right. we begin this half hour with sad news. the killing of an airline worker at oklahoma city's main airport. >> authorities say 52-year-old michael winchester, father of a professional football player, shot to death in an apparent ambush at will rogers airport. investigators say the shooter was later found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. >> the shooting led to a day filled with chaos at the airport. here's more. >> reporter: police in oklahoma city announcing the man hunt at the city's airport is over. the man suspected of a deadly shooting found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. here. >> reporter: just before 1:00 p.m., shots fire in the parking lot. the gunman fatally shooting a southwest airlines employee, 52-year-old michael winchester, the father of james winchester. officials shutting down the airport telling everyone to shelter in place. some passengers stuck on planes for hours. officers in tactical gear giving the all-clear going car-to-car searching for the suspect for three hours. >> he was found in his vehicle, which is described as a red pickup truck. >> reporter: police have not yet given a possible motive, but now that he's been accounted for, the airport is resuming operations. phillip menna, abc news. >> all right. our thanks to phillip there. to politics now and the right now in donald trump can's transition team and apparent shake-up following reporters of in-fighting ming top advisers. this is the second week of anti-trump protests across the country. here is more now from abc's maggie rulli. >> reporter: vice president-elect mike pence smiling as he leaves trump tower, but just hours earlier, one of trump's top national security advisers abruptly resigned from the transition team. former congressman mike rogers reportedly pushed out, and he's not alone. a low-level trump staffer is also gone after requesting national security clearance for the president-elect's oldest children. sources say it was not a formal request from trump or his kids, but it comes under new scrutiny over the blurred lines of family businesses and the white house that trump's children are helping assemble. meanwhile, trump also dealing with criticism over his pick for chief strategist, stephen bannon, former chairman of breitbart news. trump to bring a white supremist into the white house. >> reporter: of course there's ongoing protests. in washington, d.c., hundreds of students took over pennsylvania avenue and shut down the lincoln memorial. >> we want to let donald trump know he cannot divide us with his racism, sexism, all that bigotry. >> reporter: since the election, uptick in sbimation. more than 400 incidents, four times more than an average week. it appears trump himself is not immune to the complaints. the president-elect tweeng quote, if the election was based on popular vote, i would have campaigned in new york, florida, and won easily. as of now, hillary clinton is winning the popular vote by 800,000 ballots. abc news, washington. >> donald trump reported top security clearance for his son-in-law. if arofd, ivanka trump's presidential briefings, but it could take weeks before being cleared. this is just the latest in a series of untraditional moves by trump. the trump name is being removed from several luxury apartment buildings in manhattan. the decision to take down the gold lettering follows complaints from tenants who do not want to be associated with trump. and three nba teams reportedly stopped staying at trump hotels to avoid any connections with the president-elect. that includes the milwaukee bucks, the memphis the dallas mavericks which are owned by mark cuban, an opponent of trump. and president obama is spending a second day in greece after trying to explain trump's unexpected rise. violence broke out in athens as thousands of protesters rallied against the president's visit, and riot police used tear gas and grenades to disperse the crowds. the president's trip comes days before greek leftists hold annual anti-american demonstrations. new images of an isis bomb factory in iraq. it surfaced after they motor. look at the picture. every single room in the large warehouse was a different step of an assembly line geared to mass produce weapons. impressive images there. three minnesota men sentenced to prison for plotting to join isis, among nine men in minnesota's community who say they were part of a group of friends who inspired and recruited each other to join isis. three men going to trial and convicted of a serious charge of conspiracy to commit murder outside the u.s. will be sentenced later today. isis singled out the thanksgiving day parade here in new york as a lone wolf style attack. officials say there's been no specific threat. abc's brian ross has more. >> reporter: with its giant balloons, huge crowds and national tv audience, security officials have long considered the thanksgiving day parade a possible terror target. features a picture of the new york parade, is calling on its followers to use speeding vehicles to attack outdoor events. >> it is very difficult to detect large gathers like parades from these types of attacks using vehicle, and we saw that, for example, last summer in nice. >> reporter: authorities say 86 people were killed in the nice attack as a man claiming allegiance to isis drove a truck through the horrified crowds celebrating bastille days. it's a situation authorities are well aware of. >> we've seen incidents where isil has put out the call and people have risen to the call. >> reporter: not the least because the parade route on thanksgiving day goes right past the big trump international hotel in new york city. preparations for the parade are well underway. they're setting up the bleachers here in central park, and new york police have already visited to set up a kind of early warning system for anyone who might be planning attack like the one in nice. brian ross, abc news, new york. two more suspected arsonists arrested in connection of the wildfires in the southeast. at least 80,000 acres have been scorched and the resulting smoke is now causing some breathing problems. outdoor activities like fireworks and campfires have been banned in the danger zone. >> and if you'd like to legally use pot without having a meal, well, head to denver. colorado's capital is the first u.s. city to let restaurants and bars the law allows customers to use the drug inside the establishment as long as it isn't smoked. patrons must also bring their own marijuana. and baggage charges are now extendling to overhead bins. united is the first major u.s. airline to limit customers to one carry-on bag that fits under their seat. if you need to use the overhead bin, you have to upgrade your seat class or pay to check that bag. the new rules kick in for travel beginning in april. >> so basically, you're allowed >> right. that personal bag, they say, that's all you get. >> no carry ones if you're flying in united economy there. speaking of travel, irish officials have a transatlantic mystery on their hands. the unusual looking solar power houseboat washed up on a beach with no one inside. it was apparently built in canada by adventurer rick small. last year, he rode a solar powered bicycle across canada. >> the houseboat seen last summer in newfoundland inside was a note scribbled on the wall in which small reportedly gives the house boat to a homeless youth. no word on rick small's whereabouts right now, either. >> a lot of mystery there. interesting. >> very cool. a rescue caught on camera, a deadly head-on collision, erupting into flames, what a man did to save one of the drivers trapped inside. kids and cell phones, how much should parents know about who their children call and text? there's a growing debate now over parents monitoring their kids' cell phone use. first, a look at today's high temperatures. 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"world news now" continues ? oh, that messenger app. we really should download that one. >> what's instagram? >> never heard of it. i'm trying to download the seven minute workout app. >> oh, yeah? >> yeah. it's a science-based high intensity interval workout. >> seven minutes? >> 12 exercises for 30 seconds, >> i'm in for that. >> there are a growing number of apps these days for parents to monitor and even control the kids' cell phone use. >> it's a debate on whether and how much parents should supervise kids' cell phone activity. here is abc's t.j. holmes. >> reporter: preteens and teens, what are they doing on their phones? many adults will never know, but there's one who does. >> you can't hide from me. mom of 13-year-old and 11-year-old michael was so anxious to know what her kids do on their phones, she secretly installed spyware to watch them. she can see anything. >> it's legal to monitor your kids, but a controversy lurks. do teens deserve privacy or secretly monitoring for safety's sake more important? >> at 11 and 13, we should know what's going on in your life. >> what's the problem with letting your parents see your phones when they ask? >> i just want privacy. christine says isabella secretly became more secretive. >> i immediately think something's going on. >> reporter: so christine downloads spy software on both kids' phones. were you torn? >> nope. >> you were not? >> not one bit. my kids, i needed to protect them. >> reporter: experts say secret monitoring may hurt your children and your relationship with them in the long run. julie haims is the author of "how to raise an adult." >> 24/7 surveillance of your kids, everywhere about every decision, every moment is effectively saying, i do not trust you in the slightest. >> reporter: how do you tell them you trust them when you spy on them? >> wow. i hope they just know that i do trust them, and that i'm doing this just to protect them. >> reporter: using the app, she discovers isabella is texting someone she thinks is a teenager. but when christine calls the number, she gets a surprise. it's an adult. >> she thought she was talking to a friend, and it turned out >> reporter: christine blocked the caller. still, it was a scary moment. >> went through every scenario, meeting somebody. >> reporter: christine knew she had to confront her daughter, which meant confessing about the spyware. but isabella came clean first. >> she came down the stairs, like, i need to talk to you. >> reporter: beat you to it? >> she did. >> reporter: isabella told her mom about the stranger she was texting. and while shocked her mom was spying, she saw the other side. >> i had a lot of different emotions, like, why is she doing this, but i was happy because i knew she was protecting me. >> yeah, see, you can spy on the kids, and eventually they come around. >> absolutely. >> even if they hate you in the moment. they'll get over it. they'll hate you later in life when you're in the home. so i'm reading the instructions for the seven-minute workout. >> you're into this seven-minute workout thing. >> it's really, like, deep here. jumping jacks, description. start with your feet together and arms at your sides. slightly bend your knees and jumping jacks, kick your legs out to shoulder wip width and bring your hands overhead to my cold medicines' wearing off. that stuff only lasts a few hours. or, take mucinex. one pill fights congestion for 12 hours. guess i won't be seeing you for a while. why take medicines that only last 4 hours, when just one mucinex lasts 12 hours? let's end this. happy anniversary dinner, darlin' can this much love be cleaned by a little bit of dawn ultra? oh yeah one bottle has the grease cleaning power of a drop of dawn and grease is gone. it's judgment day. back seat chefs peer inside your oven. but you've cleaned all baked-on business from meals past with easy-off, so the only thing they see is that beautiful bird. go ahead. might need this for the next segment. >> we've been warned. it's never easy to say good-bye to a four-legged family member, but one man across the pon >> a surprise outpouring of kindness tops this morning's two truths and a why. >> grab a tissue for the first truth. he asked people to join him at the baemp for the last walk with his 18-year-old dog. he underestimated strangers. hundreds of dog lovers and their furry friends joined mark and walnut pouring on to the beach in cornwall, uk, this weekend to before the elderly dog had to be put down. they tweeted messages of support, #walkwithwalnut, and he thanks everyone for coming out, reminding us how lucky we are to be alive to share in the wonderful world that our pets give us. fitting tribute there for walnut. next up, remember those word problems in your college math classes? well, for one college professor, those exercises of probability just became a lot more autobigraphical. nicholas professor at fairfield university in connecticut, with who just so happened to win the lottery, taking home a $100,000 jackpot. kapur said he iger in order the advice of his teacher who said the odds were too small to win the lotto. and he's an example and probably lectures saying someone has to win, so why not you? timely, why is this suddenly the most popular bird in all of because his combover resembles the new president-elect here in the u.s. yep. folks are flocking to the enclosure in china to look at the donald trump look-alike. the bird's name is little red and the species is indigenous to central china. what came first the chicken or the egg, but one user wants to know, so does the bird look like trump or does trump look like a chinese pheasant? what do you think? over walnut. >> kendis, you okay? >> i don't know. poor walnut. >> you're going through it now. >> it's sad. >> it's okay. walnut had a good life. >> yeah. the neighbors came out. that was awesome. great wednesday. making news in america this morning, new moves by president-elect donald trump and his transition team. trump skirting the press overnight in new york city. his team showing signs of discord before the new administration takes shape. plus, his new tweet saying only he knows who is going to fill important jobs. and the search is on for a motive after a deadly shooting shut down a major airport for hours. we have details now on the victim whose son plays in the nfl and the alleged gunman found after an exhaustive search. caught on camera, a fiery roadside rescue. the heroes ignoring intense flames and risking their own lives to save someone inside that vehicle. and an actor on "star wars" revealing a little behind-the-scenes secret many