thank you for your time. see you back here at 6:00 welcome to "world news tonight." donald trump calling in reinforcements on the campaign trail. trump with sarah palin back at his side. tonight, his newest stand on abortion. >> what i said was so good. it was so perfect. >> but can he overcome the controversy? the crucial vote in wisconsin just days away. the arctic blasts sweeping across america. plunging temperatures. even snow. millions bracing for more to come. spring fever this is not. the shooting caught on camera. a victim wounded while posting live video on facebook. police searching for clues frame by frame. the manhunt under way right now. the deadly crash. landing on a busy freeway. the pilot slamming into a car. the driver who never saw it coming. and a case of bad judgment.

the judge who ordered a deputy to shock a defendant. >> mr. sheriff, do it! use it. >> the courtroom video that landed him on the other side of the bench. good evening. and thank you for joining us on this busy saturday. i'm cecilia sv vega. we begin with the race for the white house. voters days away from heading to the polls in the crucial state of wisconsin. donald trump taking the badger state by storm today, with a packed schedule. three stops in just eight hours. and now, the gop front-runner under fire once again for more abortion comments. trump saying america's abortion laws are set and should not change. that remark angering conservatives. and trump's campaign quickly reversing course. and for the democrats, a new war of words erupting between hillary clinton and bernie sanders. abc's devin dwyer leads us off in wisconsin tonight. >> so wisconsin, you ready to

make america great again? >> reporter: sarah palin and donald trump reuniting tonight in wisconsin, after one of the roughest weeks of his campaign. >> on monday, my wife is coming up. she's going to campaign. she's never done this before. she's coming to wisconsin. >> reporter: trump calling in reinforcements and for the second time in a week coming under fire for new comments on abortion. in an interview with "fashion the nation", he seemed to struggle with the question many republicans say is an easy answer. >> do you think it's murder, abortion? >> ah -- i have my opinions on it, but i would rather not comment. >> you don't disagree with that proposition, that it's murder? >> what proposition? >> abortion is murder. >> no, i don't disagree. >> reporter: he also stunned some social conservatives with the suggestion that abortion will remain the law of the land. >> the laws are set. and i think we have to leave it that way. >> reporter: his campaign quickly back pedaled, saying trump wants new laws to protect the unborn, but that current policy must remain that way now until he's president.

today, the front-runner says he couldn't have been happier with his answer. >> what i said was so good, so perfect. >> reporter: trump is expressing some regret about retweeting the unflatt unflattering photo of heidi cruz that escalated a firestorm. telling "the new york times," if i had to do it again, i wouldn't do it. ted cruz enjoys a double digit lead in wisconsin. so confident about the state. he spent today in north dakota courting delegates. >> nominating donald trump would be a train wreck. nominating donald elects hillary clinton. >> reporter: for the democrats, wisconsin is a dead heat. hillary clinton and bernie sanders locked in a personal battle for momentum. clinton's campaign agreeing to do one more debate but accusing sanders of playing games with scheduling a day. >> and devin joins us now from the campaign trail. devin, those poll numbers showing trump right there, well, he was right there on stage behind he. he was trailing in wisconsin. could this be a turning point in

this race? >> reporter: cecilia, if trump can pull off a win here in wisconsin, he will deal a major setback to all those forces aligned against him. but if he loses, he'd have to win 58% of the remaining delegates to clinch the nomination outright and avoid a contested convention. a high bar. cecilia? >> devin dwyer leading us off tonight. thank you. we want to turn now to that arctic blast moving across the country, putting spring on hold. snow and wind bringing whiteout conditions to the midwest. drivers navigating these slippery highways in kalamazoo, michigan, and the wild weather now moving east. wind chills will be in the 20s from chicago to new york. here's abc's senior meteorologist rob marciano tracking it all. >> reporter: developing tonight, whiteout conditions across the great lakes. slick roads making for a dangerous drive. all part of an arctic blast pushing east tonight, bringing old man winter back. in the south, it's heavy rain

pounding the beaches in florida. three straight days of severe weather. >> i was not coming this way. >> reporter: 19 tornadoes reported this week. >> it was scary. i thought we were going to get blown away. >> reporter: winds gusting up to 80 miles an hour at warner robins air force base in georgia. tornado sirens blaring. >> i heard the sirens and the windows started shaking and we ran to the closet. >> reporter: floods swallowing cars in new orleans and stranding some in their homes. >> they've actually now blocked the streets where people can't even pass. it's all the way up to the door. >> reporter: and tonight, cold, dangerous winds gusting over 60 miles an hour in the midwest. knocking over this truck in illinois. looks like spring might have to wait just a little bit longer. >> yeah, spring on hold for now, anyway. let's get right to rob with the forecast. rob joins us from a chilly pittsburgh. hey, rob. >> reporter: hi there, cecilia. we are looking at winds that are gusting here over 30 miles an hour. only going to get worse tonight. look at the dynamic system

now moving across lake michigan, with snow on the back side of it. snow in chicago, winds gusting there 50 miles an hour and it will drive off to the east. these wind gusts could bring down trees and power lines tonight. intd nap lis, 55. and moving off towards the east. by tomorrow morning, 55-mile-an-hour wind gusts possible in new york city. that's going to be dangerous winds. and wind chills that will feel like the teens and 20s. there is a snow component with this, when the cold air comes through and we'll get it in two pulses. by the time we get to monday night, we could see one two as much as six inches of snow in some spots. opening day, pnc park, cecilia, maybe a little snow on the tarp tomorrow morning. >> all right, rob, we won't hold you personally responsible for this one. thank you. we want to turn now to the manhunt under way in chicago. you are about to see graphic video of a shooting victim gunned down on the street. as he was posting live video on facebook, the phone's camera capturing a glimpse of the shooter in the background. abc's eva pilgrim has the latest

tonight. [ gunshots ] >> reporter: tonight, chicago police are searching for this shooter captured on camera gunning down a man in broad daylight on a street corner. >> i need somewhere to duck and hide for cover. >> reporter: brian fields, better known as sugar ray, was on facebook, live-streaming a trip back to his old neighborhood. and then, he notices something out of the corner of his eye. his cell phone falls to the ground but keeps rolling. you hear shot after shot. at one point, the gunman can be standing above the camera, firing off multiple rounds. >> somebody snuck off from behind. >> see, he looked that way. look. >> heard the shots and as i heard the shots, first instinct is to just run. >> oh, my god. >> it's crazy. i mean, a person can't stand on the street corner, enskroi the sunny day. it's simply outrageous. >> reporter: field was bleeding in the street, hit multiple

times. taking at least one bullet to the face. >> amount of shots that were shot on his camera let's me know anybody could have got hit. >> reporter: the shooting comes at a time when chicago's violent crime rate is surging. chicago police reporting more than 675 shootings so far this year. that's up 88% from this time last year. cecilia, field remains in critical condition. police think he was targeted. tonight, they're trying to figure out why. cecilia? >> okay, eva, thank you. we want to turn to that breaking news in the west. a deadly crash-landing on a california freeway. a small plane crashing into a car outside san diego. one person inside was killed. and abc's diane macedo tells us that this plane has landed there once before. >> report of a plane down, an airplane down on the freeway. >> reporter: it seemed to come out of nowhere. >> it was pretty nerve wracking seeing the plane over top and hit the road and hit that car. >> reporter: the driver had just pulled over to sync up his bluetooth.

>> they did everything right, they pulled over and stopped. >> reporter: right at that moment, the plane struck the back of that nissan. >> it looks like it did hit at least one vehicle. that is still occupied. >> reporter: a 38-year-old woman sitting in the backseat of the car was pronounced dead at the scene. emergency personnel rushed to remove the driver and two other passengers who were all taken to the hospital. >> we had to extricate the person in the front seat passenger. >> reporter: the 60-year-old pilot suffered life-threatening injuries. he and his female passenger remain hospitalized. the plane was originally owned by a former new york yankee, who landed it on this same highway 16 years ago. tonight, no word on what caused the crash. diane macedo, abc news, new york. overseas tonight, new protests erupting in brussels. more than 100 people arrested today, staging a demonstration against islamophobia. authorities had banned all rallies over concerns of violent classes but some people showed

up anyway. there is also news tonight about the brussels airport. 32 people were killed in terror attacks there and at the metro nearly two weeks ago. tomorrow, the airport will partially reopen but under tight security. full service may be restored by june. delta airlines saying service from atlanta to brussels will not resume until march 2017. and back here at home, new fallout over the fbi hacking into that iphone belonging to one of the san bernardino killers. local law enforcement agencies across the country are flooding the fbi with the same request. can they show them how to do it, too? it was apple's big concern about privacy. here's abc's ron claiborne with the fbi's response. >> reporter: tonight, the fbi is being flooded with requests from around the country to hack into iphones. >> we have reason to believe that there's relevant, very important evidence on the device that we can use at trial. >> reporter: prosecutors in arkansas say the fbi has already agreed to penetrate the iphone

and ipod belonging to 17-year-old hunter wechsler, charged with murdering roger and patricia caldwell. >> every law enforcement agency have locked up cell phones and they're in the middle of criminal investigations. >> reporter: the fbi sending a letter to local law enforcement throughout the country, saying, the fbi will, of course, consider any tool that might be helpful to our partners. >> potentially, they can assist other law enforcement agencies. my guess is that the technique to do it is going to remain classified. >> reporter: in an interview with david muir, apple chief tim cook warning of the threat to privacy. >> our smartphones are loaded with our intimate conversations, our financial data, our health records. >> reporter: and a key question here is whether the fbi now has the ability to unlock any iphone, or just the same model used by one of the san bernardino shooters, an iphone 5. and even if it is limited to just that model, experts say that it could open up a trove of

information, sececilia, to low callinvestigators. >> ron, thank you. we turn now to a bizarre scene in phoenix. a massive swarm of bees causing suddenly invading a mosque causing a chaotic scene leaving people hurt, stung and running for cover. here's abc's marci gonzalez. >> reporter: tonight, more than a dozen people recovering after this. 20,000 bees swarming this phoenix mosque and flying inside and sending people desperately swatting and covering up and running for cover. >> start to attack us and then i run away. >> fall on the grass over there and then they get up and start running. >> reporter: at least 15 people stung. paramedics rushing one to the hospital. firefighters blocking off streets, calling for backup. >> we're going to stay onscene and wait for the beekeeper. >> reporter: and coating the area with a special foam to get the swarm under control. minutes later, more bees spotted just miles away. fire crews to the rescue again.

officials in phoenix confirming in all, swarms hit three spots in just two hours. marci gonzalez, abc news, new york. now, to the cruise ship industry predicting that a record 24 million people will take a cruise this year, but tonight, one of the largest crew lines is at the center of a lawsuit and facing some tough questions about the safety of its youngest passengers. here's abc's aditi roy. >> reporter: a family is taking on royal caribbean tonight after they say their son nearly drowned while on a cruise ship off florida. >> the most shacking part was when. >> reporter: this woman, of italy, says her 4-year-old son, was found at the bottom of a pool last year after she lost sight of him. >> we were looking for him everywhere. you're frightened. you're scared. but honestly, we didn't think he was going to be found dead or nearly dead. >> reporter: the lawsuit calling on royal caribbean to staff its children's pools with life guards. >> i think, the primary goal here is to raise public

awareness of the remarkable danger that there are not lifeguards at these pools, where they are advertised and held out and marketed as being kid-friendly. >> reporter: in a statement, ro royal caribbean tells abc news, signs are always posted that warn passengers to swim at their own risk. the company now adding children's life jackets to pool decks, but still strongly recommending children not be unsupervised. the cruise industry adding, this is in line with what most hotels do. an exception, disney, abc's parent company, which added lifeguards to all family pools on its ships in 2013. she hopes her suit will save lives. >> his recovery is like a miracle. no one could believe this in the hospital. >> reporter: she says her son is recovering, and does not appear to have any permanent brain damage. cecilia? >> aditi, thank you. still ahead tonight, the courtroom video that is tough to watch. >> ahh!

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