morning america." making news in america this morning -- midair emergency. an airport worker locked in a plane's cargo hold. new video just in as he bangs on the aircraft for help. what the passengers are saying this morning. growing field of presidential hopefuls. marco rubio announcing his candidacy and already throwing jabs. plus, hillary clinton's road trip. her surprise stop at a restaurant where she went undetected. curious cat. a homeowner looks under his house and sees this. a masive mountain lion staring back. the efforts to get him out. terrible toss. tom brady is showing why he doesn't play baseball.

good morning to you. i'm reena ninan. >> i'm ryan smith in for t.j. holmes. we begin with the scare in seattle. a ground worker trapped in the cargo hole of a jet. >> you can hear him banging beneath passenger seats in this new video. [ banging noise ] moments later, the pilot took swift action. here's abc's neal karlinsky. >> reporter: it was just after takeoff when the pilot of this alaska airlines 737 says he heard screaming and banging coming from underneath the plane. >> i think we have a -- hearing a noise from the baggage compartment. >> reporter: the flight headed from seattle to los angeles. but the airline says flight 448 returned back to seattle shortly after departure after it was discovered that a ramp agent was still in the cargo hold. on the runway just after landing, you can see him being taken to a waiting ambulance. an airport worker who told

authorities amazingly, he fell asleep in the cargo hold, waking, to his horror, inside, as the plane was taking off. the cargo hold underneath the plane is pressurized and temperature controlled. but that worker, panicked and surprised, screamed and banged for help like his life depended on it. >> we started yelling at the flight attendant. the flight attendant called the pilot. two air marshals got up out of their seats right in front of me and started taking control of the flight. >> reporter: the plane was in the air 14 minutes. when it declared an emergency and turned around. >> at some point, a u.s. marshal emerged out of nowhere. he was sitting in first class. he started yelling really loud into the ground, hey, we're turning around. we're getting ready to land. hold on to something. yeah. it was pretty crazy. >> reporter: authorities are investigating. at this point, they do not expect any charges to be filed. the airport worker in question is just lucky that the pilot and passengers on board actually heard him calling for help.

he's expected to be just fine, though likely pretty embarrassed. neal karlinsky, abc news, seattle. the gulf and southern states are bracing for thunderstorms and rain this morning. >> a drenching three inches of rain could fall from new orleans to atlanta. it could be wet in the southern plains and up through the northeast, lasting a few days. >> the slow-moving front drenched texas on monday. roads in lubbock turned into rivers. police were called out to rescue several drivers. today's weather is trouble for the morning commute and for air travel, too. accuweather meteorologist justin povick has the details. good morning, justin. >> reena and ryan, thanks and good morning. another wet start to the day. another wet finish to the day over the south plains and the gulf coast states with low pressure only moving very, very slowly. there is potential for flash flooding around houston, new orleans, interstate 10 with ponding to deal with. major delays at local airports. which will stretch all the way into the southeast. atlanta, the carolinas, perhaps

as far south as northern florida. reena and ryan, back to you. >> justin, thank you. to politics now. the run for the white house. with two more candidates declaring in the past few days, the race is taking shape. >> elizabeth hur joins us with the positions each of them is staking out. good morning, elizabeth. >> reporter: election day is 573 days away. but this race is already heating up. yes, the field just got more crowded. first, there was texas senator ted cruz. then came kentucky senator rand paul. and now, another republican says he is in. >> grounded by the lessons of our history, but inspired by the promise of our future i announce my candidacy for president of the united states. >> reporter: florida senator marco rubio, the son of cuban immigrants, making his big announcement in miami, just moments after sitting down with abc's george stephanopoulos. >> i think this country is at a generational moment where it needs to decide, not what party

it wants in charge but what kind of country are we going to want to be? >> reporter: wasting no time blasting hillary clinton, referring to clinton as yesterday. on the democrats' side for now, hillary clinton is the only announced candidate. and a heavy favorite. but says she is not taking anything for granted. >> i'm hitting the road to earn your vote. >> reporter: clinton kicked off her campaign with this video. the focus? not on her. but on people she calls everyday americans. and with a road trip to iowa. along the way, keeping a low profile. she went unrecognized in dark sunglasses inside this chipotle in ohio. so far, four candidates are in. analysts say, expect more. but the game plan is set. >> barack obama in one corner, hillary clinton in the other. that's who the republicans are going to be positioning against for the better part of the next year. >> reporter: as for clinton, she arrived in iowa late last night. today, she'll meet with small groups of voters. the everyday americans she says

her campaign is all about. ryan and reena? >> elizabeth hur, thank you so much, elizabeth. another story we're following this morning, the charges filed against a volunteer reserve deputy after a confrontation with a black suspect. this happened on april 2nd. police in tulsa chasing a suspect who allegedly tried to sell an illegal gun to an undercover officer. during the struggle, police say a 73-year-old reserve sheriff's deputy mistakenly pulled out his handgun instead of his taser and shot the suspect. 44-year-old eric harris died an hour later. prosecutors have charged robert bates with second-degree manslaughter. if he's convicted, he could face up to four years in prison. at a news conference yesterday, the victim's brother says he doesn't believe the shooting was racially motivated. new audio recordings have been released from the immediate aftermath of the deadly police shooting in south carolina. just moments after officer michael slager shot and killed

walter scott, he is heard taking a cell phone call believed to be from his wife he says he just shot someone and is telling her everything is okay. >> probably when you get home, probably be a good idea to kind of jot down your thoughts on what happened. >> okay. >> you know, once your adrenaline quits pumping. >> it's pumping. >> oh, yeah, oh, yeah. oh, yeah. >> investigators say they're reviewing the actions of every officer who responded to the scene. they're also trying to determine if and when cpr was performed on scott. jodi arias has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of her lover. the victim's family members had urged the judge to give her the death penalty. arias apologized for the pain she caused them and said she was repulsed by what she did. after the sentencing, her attorney said arias was in good spirits and ready to begin the next part of her life. and president obama lil soon check out south dakota from the list of states he's visited. he'll delivers a commencement address in watertown next month.

the historic trip means that he'll have visited all 50 states in his two terms. the only other three presidents to do that? nixon, george h.w. bush, and clinton. george w. bush made it to 49. he skipped vermont. still ahead, pulled from a school district. taking kids out of class for violating the state's vaccination law. unwanted guest. a mountain lion discovered in a crawl space. and the overnight effects to get him out. plus, collision course. an indy car spins out of control and heads right towards a crew member.

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>> celebrity. check out that cat. he's known adds ps p-22. he's stuck in a crawl space underneath the house. he's well known in the griffith park area. the home owner didn't seem too terribly worried. >> he's going to come out eventually. it's one of those things. you go to the zoo, they have the den, you put the glass in, you stand outside, go look at that. there's the cat in there. >> that's a confident man. the cat was discovered when home security technicians came to install the equipment and were met by that little pair of eyes. a tragic accident in seattle. a young couple and their baby boy were killed when a concrete slab fell from an overpass crushing their pickup truck below. the road was so unstable emergency crews couldn't get anywhere near the truck for some time. a recent crane accident sent workers running for their lives. take a look. you can see the huge crane, there, trying to erect that

metal framework outside the dallas museum of art. and it just topples the load. that crane crashes down on the museum. the operator seen flying from the cab. amazingly, he was the only person injured, suffering a cut to his head. school officials in spokane are getting tough on vaccinations. nearly 150 students were removed from class when they couldn't prove they had the necessary shots. that number could rise. four districts have reviewed their policies. a frightening incident to show you. you should know, the guy involved is fine. the car slides on the wet track. sending the guy flying. thank goodness he was wearing a helmet. despite how bad it looks, incredibly, todd phillips posted on facebook that he was able to walk away with just six stitches. flipped over on his head. >> remarkable video. in the nba, just two nights left of games in the regular season. playoff implications abound. tonight and tomorrow night. then it's all over. >> there's still plenty to play

for. here are our guys from espn. good morning. welcome to our "sportscenter" set here in los angeles. he's neil everett. i'm stan verrett. we'll get to the race for eighth. first, klay thompson. >> yeah, whoever gets that eighth spot has to try to guard klay thompson. memphis won't get the eighth spot. they had no answer for klay thompson who had -- 10 of 13 shooting in the second quarter. 26 points. remember, he had 37 in the third quarter against the kings in the middle of january. so he's had two quarters like no other. and the only other person who has had a big quarter like that is old steph curry. he finished with 42. warriors won. score not indicative of how big of a blowout the game was. >> thunder and pelicans tied for the eighth spot in the west. thunder taking on the trail blazers. russell westbrook. he'll keep it. and finish.

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good tuesday morning. 4:28. thanks for waking up early and joining us. >> you are kristen sze? >> so nice to see you. >> welcome back. >> we missed you. >> i am eric thomas. with leyla gulen. with traffic. meteorologist mike nicco is checking a different weather forecast. >> it was chilly. >> chilly. in the 50s. good morning everyone. live doppler hd shows the winds are double digits everywhere and concord at 18 miles per hour. from the cameras you can see the flags on the pier nine unfurled in the breeze. temperatures are in the 40s with clearing conditions by

7:00. we have total sunshine. we have dry air. we have temperatures in the 12 hour day planner topping in the upper 50s at the coast and mid-to-upper 60s for the rest of us. >> two hands on the steering wheel. from emeryville you can see to the eastern span of the bay bridge the traffic is moving but so is the camera. if you drive a high-sided vehicle, be came. on the golden gate bridge, traffic is light. we do have a high wind advisory issued. c.h.p. wants you, keep both hands on the wheel. >> now breaking news. police in marin county are investigating a bizarre series of events that plays out like a movie including car crashes, a good samaritan who is a victim and a police chase. amy hollyfield is where it all ended this morning. amy? >> this is where it finally ended up a car crashed at center

and here is the video of the crashed cars. they are totaled. one black toyota was stolen and being chased by police. police made an arrest in the case. the man ran away with the help of a police dog they found him. it started at cheesecake factory where another car accident happened. a good samaritan stopped to help those involved. someone noticed the good samaritan's unattended car hopped in it and drove away much in the efforts to chase the vehicle, the car reached speeds up to suffer miles per hour. it ended up crabbing right here and they were able to get the suspect. he was taken to the hospital to be treated for injuries from the car crash and from dog bites. today, a san pablo police