breaking news on this monday morning. >> starting with images just coming in. a deadly plane crash in russia. near lly everyone killed. we're live with the latest. a rescue mission unfolding overnight. injured sailors. plucked from a crippled racing yacht. another frantic rescue caught on tape as an accomplished skier, a mother of three is trapped in snow upside down. and the waiting game. new clues this morning into just who won the giant mega millions jackpot. good monday morning, everyone. i'm tanya rivero. in for paula faris.

>> and i'm t.j. winick in for rob nelson. we're following breaking news from russia where a passenger plane has crashed in siberia. >> most were killed but there are survivors. kirit radia joins us from moscow with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. the plane was ripped in half when it hit the ground this morning. 43 people were on board. a handful of them survived. the plane was a french and italian made twin turbo prop. called the atr-72. the pilots tried to conduct an emergency landing. they were not able to make it. it went down a few miles away from the runway. investigators are looking at a technical problem or pilot error. survivorers are being taken to the hospital. one of them has since died. others are said to be suffering from severe burns and injuries. back to you. >> many thanks, kirit radia, in moscow. also, developing right now, a nearly 70-foot-long racing yacht is expected to sail into

san francisco bay today short two crew members. they were rescued by the coast guard yesterday after being injured on saturday when a massive wave hit the boat. we'll have more on that coming up. and police in kansas say all 18 people involved in a deadly motor home crash were related. at least five on board were killed yesterday when the rv's driver lost control and hit a guardrail before crashing into a ravine. some of the 13 people that were injured are hospitalized on critical condition. the accident happened while the family was on its way home to minnesota after vacationing in texas. thousands of demonstrators turned out in miami. alonzo mourning and isaiah thomas, and singer chaka khan were some of the people there.

it is the last full day of campaigning for the republican presidential candidates ahead of tomorrow's primary in wisconsin. mitt romney is making a major change in his speeches saying he'll probably be the nominee. in the past, he said only that he hoped to win the nomination. president clinton has unique insights into what romney is going through. he, too, faced a bruising battle back in 1992. he spoke to jake tapper. >> mr. romney has a different challenge than i did. mine was one long character attack. the problem that -- that governor romney has is his character attack was, you don't really know what he believes. he did this, he says that. >> you can see much more of jake's interview with president clinton coming up on "good morning america." as shelling kills more syrians, the u.s. and dozens of other countries have announced major funding for opposition groups.

arab nations will give rebel fighters $100 million. secretary of state hillary clinton pledged an additional $12 million in u.s. aid. she agreed to send communications equipment to help the rebels. new satellite images of a north korean rocket launch site appear to show preparations are being stepped up for a long-range missile launch. north korea said the launch would be sometime between april 12th and 16 tot study the country's crops and natural resources. the u.s. believes this launch could be a test launch for nuclear weapons. and anyone looking for another shot at mega millions jackpots only has to wait until tomorrow night. that's when another there are -- another $12 million prize is up for grabs. >> just $12 million? as for friday's payout, we're getting more clues as to who the winners might be. abc's tahman bradley joins us with more.

>> reporter: as the search for the winners continues, you can scratch the three of us off upk today. but 100 million americans played the mega millions. so we have a ways to go before we solve the mystery. americans who played mega millions and didn't win are returning to work today wondering who did. >> i want to know what they're going to do. >> i'm really curious. >> reporter: 100 million americans spent $1.5 billion playing mega millions. there were three winning tickets. each worth about $218 million. one from maryland, one from kansas. the winners in those states can remain anonymous. the other winner is from red bud, illinois, who will be identified. the tiny town of 3,500 is eager to learn who the lucky winner is. >> oh, my gosh. everybody is just guessing. rumors are flying. >> reporter: residents who are tired of being asked can buy this t-shirt. yes, i'm from red bud. no, i'm not the winner. in california, one of several second prize winners was

identified. mr. ramos identified five numbers. he's expected to collect about $250,000. for some americans, the talk is about how winning is not quite all it's cracked up to be. >> you'll have people crawling out of the woodwork wanting money, handouts. >> people say you'll have to worry about retiring and everything. >> reporter: "the new york post" is reporting that it's found the maryland lot tto winner. a mcdonald's worker, a single mother of seven. the post is reporting she bought the ticket as part of a pool with her colleagues. the woman is saying she bought that ticket on her own, tanya and t.j. >> oh, could get messy. tahman bradley, thank you very much. time for weather across the nation. a chance of tornadoes, hail, and powerful winds from kansas to texas. showers into the upper midwest and from new orleans to jackson, mississippi. snow showers in northern new england. morning rain from boston to d.c.

snow in the cocolorado rockies and new mexico. rain in the pacific northwest. 56 in seattle. 73 in phoenix. 57 in detroit. 84 in kansas city. 80s from dallas to atlanta. business news is up next including big menu changes starting today at burger king. and new details from the massive breach of visa cards. more than 1 million numbers stolen. and that developing story. the coast guard sent to find a crippled racing yacht off the coast of california. stay with us. h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@h@@

there's been another breach of credit card security. payment processer global payments says it believes fewer than 1.5 million credit card numbers were stolen. visa has dropped that company from the list of companies approved to process transactions. the processer says it expects to be reinstated soon. mastercard hasn't made a decision yet. well, the federal government is looking into reports of car engine fires. only two models are involved. the chevrolet cruze and the jeep wrangler. the fires completely destroyed the autos. most began when the vehicles were moving. gm and chrysler say they're cooperating with the probe. the skies are getting a little friendlier. analysts say airline service was slightly better last year than the year before in four important areas -- delay,

service, bumping, and lost baggage. low-cost carriers did the best. regional airlines did the worst. overseas, markets were mixed on uncertainty about china. tokyo's nikkei average added 27 points today. hong kong's hang seng lost 83. in london, the ftse opened higher. on wall street, the dow gained 131 points last week. the nasdaq index was up 24. burger king wants to beef up its sales. so it's rolling out ten new menu items today, including smoothies and snack wraps. the chain slid to number three in sales last year behind wendy's. the new items are similar to what mcdonald's already has. and moviegoers are apparently still hungry. "hunger games" was tops at the box office this weekend. even though it's no longer playing in i-max theaters. the blockbuster picked up another $61 million. "wrath of the titans" picked up the i-max screens. they opened with $34.2 million. "mirror, mirror" opened in

only the third fairest of them all with $19 million. coming up next on this monday morning, the frantic race against time to rescue a mother of three trapped upside down in snow. and what could be the first bench-clearing brawl of the season. ♪

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i-90 from fargo minneapolis. also wet on i-40 from oklahoma city to little rock and i-10 and 20 from texas east ward. if you're taking to the skirks airport delays possible in dallas, denver, and los angeles. there's been a dramatic rescue of two injured sailors 400 miles off the coast of california. >> the pair had been participating in an around-the-world race before being hit by a monster wave.clal clayton sandell has the details. >> reporter: when the crew left china last month, it was smooth sailing. but just 400 miles from the california coast, the 68-foot racing yacht ran into trouble. just before dawn saturday the boat was hit a a monstrous swell. steering was knocked out. >> the crew took the full force of that wave. knocked them over. >> reporter: four people were hurt, including the chip's

medic, jean kitchens. she may have several broken ribs. bad weather kept rescuers from reaching the boat. the coast guard reached the yacht and rescued two injured sailors. since august, the team's been sailing one of ten yachts competing in a 40,000-mile race around the world. a competing team shot this video, featuring waving angry enough to make the most stalwart sailor seasick. this is not the the end of race. the team has two weeks to fix the boat, fix themselves and set sail once again, on hopefully smoother seas. clayton sandell, abc news. and now to the harrowing ordeal for a skier at lake tahoe. it took place on a black diamond trail. a husband and wife were skiing and a woman plunged into a deep divot in the snow. they needed about 20 minutes to

dig her out of the snow. she was unconscious with bruised lungs and a face blue from the cold. another few minutes, and she likely would have died. police near the university of kentucky say they are ready to control the crowds after tonight's marvin madness title game. they were forced to make adjustments after fans got out of control on saturday night. more than two dozen people were arrested after some people tornled couches and set a car on fire. if there is going to be celebrating in lexington, the wildcats have to beat the kansas jayhawks first. the two teams are the winningest in college history. i'm chris cotter with your" spor sportscenter" update. the women take the floor. baylor up three early. then her teammate, odyssey

simms. second half, baylor extends the lead, up eight. brittney griner only scored 13 points. her teammates picked her up.s.b. 59-47. the second game, notre dame and uconn. 20 seconds left. tied at 65-65. kelly with the steal. she's going to take it the other way. can't make a bucket. she gets found. she would make two free throws. schooler d skylar diggens. uconn trying to end it. hayes, can't get the shot off in time, we go to overtime.

uconn down one, diggens, the all-american. the other way. look at the vision here. finding brittany mallory open on the wing. what a big-time shot. putting the irish up four. later, lewis, trying to keep uconn in it. notre dame wins it, 83-75. setting up the women's national championship game, number one seed, notre dame, against number one seed and undefited baylor, trying to become the first women's team ever to go 40-0 in the season. it starts tuesday night. >> our thanks to espn. well, their seasons don't officially start until late in the week, no one can say that the cleveland indians and colorado rockies are not already in fighting form. >> in the first ing yesterday,

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time now to check out "the pulse," the stories you'll be talking about today. comic actor adam sandler scored a record win at last night's awards ceremonies. but he may not be too happy about it. for his "jack and jill" movie he swept all ten categories in the annual razzy awards. for the worst movie. he got worst actor and actress. since he plied dual roles. they had been handed out the night before the oscars. they were moved to april 1st this year. at least adam sandler got to stay clean and dry over the weekend, unlike some of hollywood's other hot stars. >> halle berry was the first to be slimed at nickelodeon's kids' choice awards.

will smith and justin bieber were also covered from head to toe. taylor lautner couldn't dodge the green slime. >> one noticeable guest did not escape the mess. rather, she did. not a speck of green slime landed on first lady michelle obama. >> thank goodness. one group of folks that didn't forget yesterday was april fool's day was mitt romney. >> they set up pancake breakfast for him to attend. full of supporters. but not really. check it out. >> the next president of the united states. [ cheers and applause ] >> oh, you guys. >> april fool! >> romney said he's forgiving his staff, but he's going remember, too. and there was this from hip eyewear retailer warby parker. a new line of eyeglasses for dogs. reportedly called warby barker. they were named things like dusty bacon. for some of you, your local

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next, in a few hours the coast guard will bring to dry land two of the around the world sailors injured by huge waves. the remaining two are expected as well. >> new plan for the california high speed rail. the costs will go down and route extended. >> mike has the forecast. high surf advisory until 11:00. small chance of rain this week. monday morning back updating our breaking news, at least 32 people have died after a passenger plane went down in siberia. a handful of survivors are

hospitalized with severe injuries. mitt romney appears headed to victory in wisconsin tomorrow. more and more party faithful get in line to support his run for the nomination. still no official word on the three winning tickets from last friday's mega millions jackpot. "the new york post" says the one purchased in maryland was bought by a mcdonald's worker who is a single mother of seven. looking at today's weather. morning showers in the northeast. severe storms from wichita to dallas. rain from seattle to portland. and finally this morning, global harmony. a world of sounds uniting thousands of voices from every corner of the planet. >> it really is a musical masterpiece. a virtual choir arranged by a grammy award-winning composer. it's been unveiled today. abc's nick watt takes a listen. ♪

>> reporter: right here, right now, the world's first taste of an extraordinary collaboration. 2,950 singers from 73 countries, from south africa to australia to kazakhstan. ♪ a virtual choir, created by eric whitaker. >> from the earliest history of many, people have been doing this in one form or another. coming together and making music. >> reporter: the virtual choir coming together online. singing in bathtubs and closets. ♪ this woman is a librarian in norway. >> you just have this general feeling of being connected to people. everywhere. it's a lovely thought. >> reporter: harmonizing with jan 4,000 miles away on vancouver island. she hasn't sung in years. you recently turned 60? >> yes, i did.

and i wanted to -- to do it as a challenge. because i would like to be able to hold my head up and say, you know, i did it. ♪ >> we haven't ever turned away a single singer. they've all made the cut. ♪ >> reporter: global voices united as one. ♪ nick watt, abc news, london. >> great story. >> yes, it is. coming up later on "good morning america," a young upstart named katie couric returns to morning television. >> she'll be joining george all week while robin is on vacation. katie will take us behind the scenes of this season's "dancing with the stars." that's what's making news in america this morning. >> have great monday, everyone. d closed captioning by closed captioning services,inc