america this morning. >> stay with us for "good morning america." making news in america this morning, breaking overnight. the search area for flight 370 shrinks after two, big clues surface. the new details just in from australia. tearful testimony. oscar pistorius, breaking down in court. >> she wasn't breathing. >> for the first time, describing the moment he killed his girlfriend. stripper suit. a nursing home under fire after hiring male dancers for its residents. was it forced? or a case of golden girl gone wild? curious george. the world-famous royal spent a playful morning with some other babies. new pictures of the prince, surfacing overnight.

good wednesday morning, everyone. there's renewed hope this morning that crews are closing in on the location of flight 370. >> search equipment picked up more pings that could be coming from the plane that's been missing for more than a month now. >> abc's clayton sandell, just filing this report from perth, australia. >> reporter: officials leading the search for that missing airliner and the 239 people onboard, say their ship, "the ocean shield," using an underwater device, called a pinger locater, has detected two new underwater signals they say are consistent with a locater beacon from an airplane's voice and data recorder, the so-called black boxes. the ship picked up the signals tuesday afternoon and evening australia time. the first lasted a little over five minutes. the second, about seven minutes. >> caution again, what we're picking up is a great lead. i'm now optimistic that we will find the aircraft or what is left of the aircraft, in the

not-too-distant future. >> reporter: now, this marks the fourth time these signals have been detected. the first two, over the weekend. and the u.s. navy captain in charge of the pinger locater on that australian ship, agrees that a lot more methodical, painstaking searching still needs to be done. but now, they are narrowing in. >> i'd say we're getting more confident that we found the haystack. >> reporter: the next step will be to soon deploy this underwater vehicle called the bluefin-21, to map the sea floor for possible wreckage. but captain matthews says, the search area is still to big, if you drew a circle around it, it might take a month or more to search completely. now, of course, there's still reason to be cautious. these signals are not confirmed yet to be coming from malaysia 370. but officials leading the search team here are the most optimistic we've seen them so far. clayton sandell, abc news, perth, australia. >> clayton, thank you. as these newest developments unfold, stay with abc news.

the latest coming up on "good morning america." breaking news, now, from alaska, where officials say a small commercial plane has crashed and burned. the accident happened near the town of bethel, about 425 miles west of anchorage. officials say the cessna caravan was on a training flight with two pilots onboard when it went down. there is no word on survivors. prosecutors have begun cross-examining oscar pistorius. yesterday, he broke down in sobs when he described the night his girlfriend was killed. abc's matt gutman is there. >> reporter: oscar pistorius, describing for the first time publicly, the chilling moment he realized he killed his girlfriend, the reality star reeva steenkamp. >> i sat over reeva and i cried. i don't know how long i stood there for. >> reporter: when the words stopped, the sobbing began. >> she wasn't breathing. >> reporter: the judge abruptly leaving the courtroom. but his howls only intensified. in earlier testimony, he said,

he headed to bed harmoniously with steenkamp that night, waking up to what he says he thought were intruders. >> the first thing that that ran through my mind was that i needed to arm myself. that i needed to protect reeva and i. that i needed to get my gun. >> reporter: he testified he called for her but says he heard nothing. at this point, reeva's mother normally sitting stone faced on the front bench, covering her eyes. >> before i knew it, i had fired four shots at the door. my ears were ringing. i couldn't hear anything. so, i shouted -- i kept on shouting for reeva to phone the police. >> reporter: matt gutman, abc news, pretoria, south africa. ukraine is on edge this morning. tempers boiled over and a brawl broke out in parliament while pro-russian partisans seized and torched government buildings in the eastern part of the country. russia claims ukraine has hired american mercenaries to destabilize the country. the u.s. is accusing russia of fueling the violence to justify an invasion. here at home, there's been another shooting on a military

base. authorities say a marine guarding the main gate at camp lejeune, shot and killed another guard while on duty. no one else was injured. the shooter is in custody. there's no word on why he opened fire. officials say it's an isolated incident. and the base was never locked down. meanwhile, president obama is making a condolence call at ft. hood today. he and the first lady will attend a memorial service. it's the second time the president has visited the army base after a mass shooting. last week, an argument on that base ended with the deaths of four people. 16 people were injured. the obamas had already been scheduled to visit texas today. and the president plans to visit the site of the deadly mudslide in washington state. he will meet with families, recovery workers and first responders during his visit on april 22nd, exactly one month after that tragedy. the official death toll is now 35, with 11 people still listed as missing. those still unaccounted for range in age from 2 years old to 91 years old. about three dozen passengers aboard a princess cruise have

gotten sick. apparently from the norovirus. the ship is currently off the california coast after a stop in san francisco on monday. a spokeswoman for the cruise line said none of the sick passengers had left the ship. crews are stepping up sanitation measures. taking a look at today's weather. it should be mild and dry in most of the country. it will be warmer than usual on the west. gusty winds in the upper midwest and northeast. temperatures in the southwest could set records today. warm 70s west of the great lakes. in the 40s and 50s east of them. the south will see highs in the 60s. following a developing story from iowa, where a large-scale disturbance has broken out near the state campus in ames. police say thousands of students converged on that area, pulling down light poles, tipping at least one car. at least one person was hurt in that. the university's in the middle of a week-long celebration known for its alcohol-fueled vandalism. for the second-straight year, uconn's women's basketball team is on top of their sport. the huskies beat notre dame last

night in asheville to claim the program's ninth title. >> the team's won 46-straight games, stretching back to last year's tournament. and they completed uconn's sweep of basketball championships, following monday's men's victory over kentucky. that is an awesome squad. >> oh, yeah. thousands of fans gathered for the second-straight night on uconn's campus to watch the game. >> afterwards, there were only two arrests and none of the craziness that led to dozens of people going to jail after the men's victory. coming up, the brains behind a billion-dollar idea. a group of interns say they're getting no recognition for coming up with a fast food chain's best-seller. a father and son missing after hiking in the frigid rocky mountains. the clue found in their car that's giving the family hope. plus, randy recreation. a nursing home's raunchy entertainment, now the center of a serious lawsuit.

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welcome back. breaking business news. toyota recalling more than 6 million vehicles worldwide. more than one-third of them are in the u.s. there are problems with the steering and seats in some yaris, rav 4 and carolla models. it's one of the largest recalls ever in the auto industry. but toyota says it's not aware of any accidents because of the problems. summertime barbecues are going to cost more. beef prices are at all-time high because of extreme weather in the west. and experts say prices are not expected to come down anytime soon. snowstorms, extreme cold and drought have thinned the nation's cattle herds to levels not seen since 1951.

a worldwide warning overnight. there's a flaw in a website software that's supposed to keep your data secure. the bug could allow hackers to get your passwords. tumblr is the largest website to be hit by the bug. and if you use your tumblr password on other sites, experts say to change it. 29% of mothers stayed at home full-time to raise their children in 2012. the spike is due in part to the tough job market. a comic book character loved by kids since 1941 is about to be killed off. archie andrews will die like a hero, while saving a friend. his death means the end of the "life with archie" series, which shows him as an adult. but present-day archie will live on as a teenager. interesting. and four interns say they invented taco bell's most successful product ever. they say this photo proves they pitched the dorito's taco to the

restaurant in 1995 but was told it wasn't marketable. the doritos loco taco came out in 2005. >> ask for a penny for every taco they sold. >> i think taco bell can afford to do that. >> i want one of those. >> dorito burrito. taco. burrito. never mind. when we come back, caught on camera. a son's quick action saves his dad's life after a snowmobiling accident. and a teen loses his wallet at a baseball game. it was returned. and something inside proves that good people do exist. i'll just press this, and you'll save on both. ding! ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, llllet's get ready to bundlllllle... [ holding final syllable ] oh, yeah, sorry! let's get ready to bundle and save.

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snowy colorado wilderness for a minnesota father and his 18-year-old son. >> damian and evan mcmahnus wen hiking a week ago. their car was found near a trail. they had breakfast at denny's wednesday morning. now, searchers are looking in an area where they picked up cell phone signals. >> worst case scenarios, one would be an avalanche. one would be hypothermic. if they hunkered down, they would be under three feet of snow, easily. >> the trip was supposed to be a father/son getaway for spring break. the search was hindered by bad weather. it's now starting to improve. this is video shot by a 9-year-old who saved his father's life after a snowmobiling accident near lake tahoe. the dad was buried in snow with a broken leg. so, the boy dug him out. then, he went out to get help. he found a tour group that radioed for help. >> i jumped off the snowmobile

and went to go dig him out. i tried to dig him out as fast as i could. my fingers kind of got numb. >> helicopters airlifted his father to the hospital, where emergency surgery on his broken leg was performed. the boy's mother credited his sense of calm for helping them get through that crisis. the fbi has joined local officials in kansas city, trying to figure out if a series of highway shootings is connected. there's been 13 attacks since early march. three people were hurt. investigators say there's similarities. there's no physical evidence linking the shootings yet. surveillance video that showed vance mcallister kissing a staffer was apparently leaked by the manager of his district office. the manager reportedly told her pastor she leaked a video to push mcallister out of office. but the louisiana republican is vowing to run for re-election. he apologized to his wife, five children and constituents. but he's facing intense pressure from fellow lawmakers. >> the american people deserve

all of their representatives here in washington to hold to a very high standard of behavior and conduct. >> this is the congress of the united states of america. this is not a frat house. >> mcallister is expected to ask for an fbi investigation into the leak. the staffer in the video has resigned. the family of a new york nursing home resident is suing after the home brought in a male stripper. 86-year-old bernice youngblood said she was forced to get a lap dance from the stripper here. the family said she was embarrassed and humiliated. the nursing home claims the strip show was approved and paid for by the residents. and now, a sad note to pass along. the death of one of the biggest pro wrestling stars of the 1990s. we learned overnight that the ultimate warrior has died. >> he was born james hebwig. there's reports he collapsed outside a hotel in arizona.

he had been inducted into the wwe hall of fame last weekend. the ultimate warrior was 54 years old. some sports now. >> highlights from last night, from our friends at espn. >> good morning. welcome to our "sportscenter" studios. i'm stan verrett. along with neil everett. the connecticut men won the national title in college basketball monday night. the women's turn on tuesday night. >> you thought that was a peace sign i was giving you. it was actually two. as in two champions from stores, connecticut. briana stewart there. stephanie dolson here. it was close at half. and in the second half, geno auriemma's halftime speech was better than mccraw's. he's got it going. >> i'd say so. >> yeah. i just said it. lebron james and the heat taking on the nets. nets down one. marcus thornton. he had 16 points.

nets up by two. less than ten seconds to go. heat down one. joe johnson missed. lebron james to rashard lewis, back to james. the give and go. oh. mason plumlee with the rejection at the rim. take another look at it. got some ball. got some hand, too. james took another look at it. he thought it was the foul. officials disagree. nets win it 88-87. that's four-straight for brooklyn over miami this season. stan and neil in the house. without a doubt. >> thanks, guys. a high school student in miami has a good deed to do, now that someone else has done one for him. christian reyes lost his wallet. >> someone brought the wallet to the school. tucked inside was $20 more than reyes actually had. and a note to do something nice for someone else. he's promising to do just that. up next in "the pulse," the cute pictures and video of prince george keep coming in

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all right. it's time to check "the pulse." we start down under, with the young royals. there they were this morning. william, kate, and little george, meeting other parents in new zealand. >> all the other parents are going through what the royals are. newborn kids around the same time george was born. we understand the little prince made another kid cry when he stole her toy. >> not fun. >> he's a great-looking baby.

>> yeah. >> new zealand government officials tweeted these pictures. little george giving mom a big hug. >> i love these pictures. another adorable one shows george taking a bite out of mum's hair. >> they play with the king someday. to this julia louis-dreyfus is bearing everything for everyone to see. >> on the cover of "rolling stone" magazine with nothing but the u.s. constitution on her back. that looks great. she's 53, by the way. >> revelations, the fact that dreyfuss doesn't relish cursing as much as she does on the show. and she has a good rapport with real-life veeps, al gore and joe biden. >> thanks for the help there. and monday morning trips to the office aren't bad enough. some commuters here in new york had to deal with this. >> disgusting. one guy was recording the chaos caused by a rat, running around inside a subway car.

it had commuters on the "a" train shrieking. oh, my god. >> i think i recognize your shoes on one of the seats there. the rat apparently jumped onboard. he got trapped before he could run back out. the doors finally closed. and it's the birth of a viral video. >> i said it before. i'm going to say it again. i think i can deal with this over a cockroach. >> i don't get it. i would much rather take my chances with a cockroach than a rat. >> you see the rat coming. >> they have diseases and r rabies. >> but cockroaches climb up your leg. >> step on them. here's more pictures of prince george and all of his adorableness. there's video of him playing with other 9-month-olds in all of his cuteness and glory. >> one tough guy said to him, i don't care if you're king. >> he's pretty good for a 9-month-old. he's about to start walking, looks like. what a cutie pie. love that outfit. that outfit is going to sell

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. good wednesday morning at 4:28. i am kristen sze. eric thomas is off. meteorologist mike nicco has a look at the changes. >> fog we talk about, the marine layer is here. we have high clouds over it and no need to worry for the morning with wet weather. you can see how lowed clouds are hanging, barely seeing the top of the western span of the bay bridge. we will be cooler along the coast at low-to-mid 60's and the bay goes from 67 in san francisco to 80 in the south bay. inland from the mid-70's in the north pay valley to low-to-mid 80's in the east bay valley. microclimates are back and it

looks like summer outside. leyla gulen has the commute. >> good morning, everyone. hope your week is off to a where start. it is hump day. we have a fog advisory at half moon bay with limited visibility. if you are traveling on highway one proceed with caution. >> drive time traffic 580 from tracy to dublin is 23 minutes. and westbound antioch to concord is 15 minutes. san rafael to san francisco is 17 minutes. no delays on mass transit. i will keep you updated all morning. >> richmond police are investigating a deadly shooting involving a teen. amy hollyfield is on scene with more. police say they do have a strong lead in te case identifying a woman they want to talk to. richmond's shotspotter system detected gunfire at 10:30. police found a 1 16-year-old boy

was shot and killed lying in the street. there was a crowd of people that turned angry. they had to call in extra officers to help with crowd control. some witnesses gave police information and helped figure out there is a woman they need to talk to. they believe she knew the victim and are calling her a "person of interest" at this point. no arrests have been made and no motive has been given but they are asking anyone with information to call police. >> antioch police are investigating a fatal shooting outside a liquor store, the man was found on the ground near joe's liquor store on d street at 4:30 your afternoon. he was transported to the hospital and pronounced dead. anyone with information should contact the antioch police department. >> new developments this morning and new o