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This is "world news now." good morning, im reena ninan. >> and im ryan smith. a very tough week in aviation. a lot of people worried about whats going on in the skies. >> theres some buzz on capitol hill about possibly arming commercial airlines in the u.s. with anti-missile defense systems. cant imagine how much that would cost. but a lot of talk about this. >> a very difficult time. by the way, we begin with the crash of a passenger plane on a tiny island between taiwan and china. >> the air...

Kirk hawkins for abc news, los angeles. reena, ryan, back to you. >> thank you. now a wild scene from the denver area. a news helicopter was overheard keeping an eye on a carjacking suspect who was armed with a rifle. hes seen at a highway maintenance facility to see if a couple trucks could be used to get away. when that didnt work, the guy enters a house and makes quite an exit. there you see him walking into the house. watch right there. driving a mini van straight through a garage door. he...

Guessed it, leonardo back in 1988. and to another little cutie back in 1981, sara sarah michelle gellar, telling us how steamed she was after getting short-changed at mcdonalds. >> do i look 20% smaller to you? i must go to mcdonalds. i order a regular burger at mcdonalds, they make it with 20% less meat than burger king. unbelievable. >> oh, shes so cute but that commercial, believe it or not, triggered a lawsuit. mcdonalds sued burger king and actually named gellar in the suit. for a time she ...

With lees child and that lee was worried that if his wife discovered erin was pregnant, lees wife would divorce him and keep him from his child. in the court document police say its highly likely erin could have been harmed by an unknown firearm. on july 4th lee was arrested on what police say is an unrelated weapons charge for operating a device. he is reportedly out on bail. corwins whereabouts remain a mystery. investigators are looking into the possibility she may have chosen to go missing. ...

Good morning. im ryan smith. >> im reena ninan. here are some of the top headlines were following this morning on "world news now." the faa is again allowing u.s. airlines to fly to israel. the agency says it is satisfied with the security situation at the tel aviv airport after receiving new information from israel and other u.s. agencies. a taiwanese plane trying to land in bad weather crashed on a small island between china and taiwan, killing 48 people. there were ten survivors. the gove...

Add to scrutiny surrounding lethal injection after two botched executions in ohio last january and oklahoma last april. woods defense attorney filed several appeals that were denied by the u.s. supreme court. >> everybody here, from what i heard, said it was excruciating. you dont know what excruciating is. >> reporter: wood was convicted in the 1989 shooting deaths of 29-year-old debbie dietz and 55-year-old gene dietz. jeane and her husband richard say they have no problem with the way woods e...

Understand the true ramifications? >> they dont understand the ramifications. they believe because its a legal product, its safe. >> reporter: parents need to be aware and diligent. if you see a sudden acceleration in your childs progress or they seem out of sorts, this could be a warning sign. but take it as an opportunity to have a conversation with your child. reena and ryan? >> thanks, paula. you know whats fascinating, they say the seventh hour of your sleep that helps with cell rebuilding ...