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you're guaranteed to take 50 grand home. so this is a free look at $100,000 question, which means it's a free guess. >> i am gonna--i am gonna guess, and it was the first thing that jumped out at me for whatever reason, and i'm just gonna go with that. i'm just gonna say that... and now i'm gonna second guess myself and think about "the taming of the shrew" because it's a guy and a woman and they're, like-- and it's a--and it's a battle, kind of, and, um... boy, i am absolutely now gonna second guess myself, chris, and i am gonna say that it is c, "the taming of the shrew." and that is my final answer. >> ugh. can i ask you, what was your first guess? >> my first guess was b, "a midsummer night's dream." >> yeah. that would have been wrong. you're right! [cheers and applause]
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$100,000, joe! [cheers and applause] [horn blares] that sound means that time is up. joe, you are at $100,000. up next, $1/4 million. he's 3 away from $1 million. thank you for watching. i know you're gonna be back here next time. for everyone who's been a part of this one, i'm chris harrison. we'll see you. [cheers and applause] closed captioning sponsored by: ugh! heartburn! no one burns on my watch! try alka-seltzer heartburn reliefchews. they work fast and don't taste chalky.
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recapp recapping this morning's top story, decisive victories for ted cruz and bernie sanders in the wisconsin primaries. ted cruz picked up nearly all of the state's republican delegates, narrowing donald trump's path to the nomination and making a contested convention more likely. sanders' victory gives him a new wave of momentum ahead of the next key contest in new york in two weeks. but he's still trailing hillary clinton by far in the delegate count. well, there was another big contest in the midwest last night. uconn and syracuse in the national championship of women's college hoops. >> and probably to no one's surprise, the championship trophy is heading back to connecticut. abc's diane macedo is here with all of the details. good morning. fun game. >> good morning to you. it was. i mean, some people don't like the big spread. i found it really entertaining just because of the amount of things that are being set in history with all of this. it was a huge night for the team, a huge night especially
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for the seniors on the team. all three put up double digits last night in a very fitting end to a flawless season and an historical four-year run. >> the national championship goes to connecticut for the fourth year in a row! >> reporter: this morning the uconn huskies have a long list of things to celebrate. for starters, the team is now the first in division 1 women's basketball to secure four consecutive ncaa titles. >> went out with a bang. that's it. no more. >> reporter: the game also marks coach geno auriemma's 11th national championship, the most ever for any coach in the history of all college basketball. >> it's one thing to play against a great player because you can gang up on him but to try to beat a really good team that's playing well together, that's difficult to do. >> reporter: and, boy, did the huskies prove that last night. >> gets it up in time. it goes. she drills the three. >> reporter: the team powered to a 27-point halftime lead and hardly let up the rest of the way. final score, uconn, 82,
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syracuse, 51. a victory seniors is breanna stewart, moriah jefferson and morgan tuck celebrated with a special ceremony of their own. >> i knight breanna stewart and moriah jefferson as the great uconn basketball players. >> reporter: since the three joined the team, the huskies have never lost in the ncaa tournament, going 24-0. and overall, they have now won 75 straight games. it's the greatest four-season stretch of any team in american sports ever. syracuse head coach quentin hillsman said his team clearly had some trouble competing with that. >> the trouble came from uconn. it's a great basketball team. they really moved the ball. they did a pretty good job of pressure. >> keep in mind for syracuse, as the number four seed, they were already an unexpected guest at the final four in indianapolis, let alone at the championship game. so you have to hope they're walking away with their heads held very high today. >> it was a tough game.
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>> it was. this team is incredible. we were running through some of the stats. not only have they had that kind of winning streak, but all of those games have been won by double digits. the last game they lost was in 2014 by two points in overtime. it's unbelievable. >> even that was a close one. >> i'm eager to find out where breanna stewart goes next. >> we'll find. expected to be the number one pick, right? >> that's right, for the wnba. good deal. thank you. >> thank you. next, why kerry washington is fuming over her latest magazine cover. and should we be nervous? our first peek of the "independence day" sequel. "the skinny" is next. >> are you worried. >> i don't know. >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations. they don't help single moms.
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♪ skinny, so "skinny." ♪ skinny so skinny ♪ and it is time now for "the skinny." and topping our headlines, photoshop fail. >> kerry washington is appearing on this week's cover of "ad" magazine. but you might not recognize her. the 39-year-old "scandal" star herself even took to instagram saying it felt strange to look at a picture of myself that is so different from what i look like when i look in the mirror. it's an unfortunate feeling. she does not look like herself at all. >> halle berry looks great there. wait. >> so that's the real kerry washington on the right. and the photoshopped kerry washington on the left.
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you see the side-by-side comparison. >> it is dramatic. "ad week's" editor director james cooper insisting they made only minimal adjustments, tweeting they only added volume to her hair. >> i think the one on the right looks so much more beautiful. this isn't the first time she's been at the center of a photoshop controversy. last year when she was on the cover of "instyle" magazine fans were saying her skin was lightened and she looked unrecognizable. >> julia roberts looks great there on the left. >> oh, boy. and another magazine is under fire from another celebrity. >> amy schumer is slamming "glamour" magazine for including her in their plus size bonus issue sponsored by lane bryant. >> she said on social media that while there's nothing wrong with being plus sized, qualifying women with labels is pointless and even potentially harmful for young girls. schumer says she's plus sized in
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america is size 16 and she fluctuates between a 6 and an 8. >> "glamour's" editor-in-chief responded saying they didn't mean to offend schumer. the special edition focuses on women's size 12 and up and never used the phrase plus size, only used the phrase women who inspire us. that's the new term. >> could you name any of the hollywood men's waist size? ben affleck? matt damon? >> yeah, that's true. it's never an issue. >> never an issue. >> it was for marlon brando. he did tip the scales like over. >> but you don't know his waist size. we didn't talk about it. next, inspiring fear. we're getting our first peek of the much anticipated "independence day" sequel. >> hard to believe it's been 20 years since bill pullman, jeff goldblum and will smith took us on their out of this world epic adventure. now president whitmore and company are bracing for an even bigger epic. >> oh, my god. >> why are they screaming? >> they're not screaming. they're celebrating. >> stop!
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>> she has arrived. >> shouldn't we be nervous? >> um, yeah. >> oh. well, they asked will smith to be in it but he's like, i'm good, i'll sit this one out. "independence day: resurgence" hits theaters june 24th. >> hitting snapchat a how-to video on twerking by who else, serena williams. >> the how-to tutorial, which we can only hope is a joke, features a tennis star dressed in skin-tight athletic gear, teaching people how to twerk. >> i've never seen this before. she seems to be getting it all wrong. but it appears to have all been in good fun. williams was apparently taking a break while filming a tv commercial in florida. i've never twerked in my life. i couldn't tell you whether this is good twerking or bad twerking. >> i think she's getting it right. she's doing great.
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♪ look for the bare necessities, the simple bare necessities ♪ ♪ the bare necessities ♪ the simple bare necessities ♪ forget about your worries >> who is that? >> i missed it. >> you've never seen "jungle book." that's heartbreaking. i know what you're going to do this weekend. it was back in 1967, 49 years ago, disney first dlilt delighted audiences with what's considered an animated classic, "the jungle book." so how could they ever improve upon that classic? >> how about by turning it into a high-tech live action version. kabc's george pennacchio was at last night's premiere. >> reporter: the mood for this world premiere clearly set as stars of "the jungle book" hit the carpet. director jon favreau worked on
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this movie for three years. >> most of what you're seeing on screen has been created by artists through digital tools in a more ambitious way than i think has been attempted in the past. it's very hard even for me to tell where the dividing line is. >> reporter: the movie magic you see in this sprawling jungle wasn't even shot outside. it all happened in a building in downtown los angeles that has a view of the freeway. to put it in perspective -- >> there's more jungle here than there was on the set that we filmed. >> mowgli, they've given it a name. >> reporter: the film's human star is newcomer neel sethi, who is taking it all in. >> i'm feeling amazed right now. when i came in, everybody started screaming my name. and that was really cool. >> reporter: is it okay to be famous right now? >> yeah, more than okay. > have you lost your mind? >> you said you wouldn't get mad. >> isn't it wonderful the book remains in the title of every interpretation of it, "the jungle book." because it's a great piece of literature.
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and john has translated it sublimely well for the screen. >> you've got to figure the nostalgia for people like you and i who saw it when we were kids, to watch it again now in this version, it's like the movie grew up with us. >> reporter: a disney legend who worked on the original even returned to help with a few songs. >> it's a great telling of the story. it's a new telling of the story. it isn't the disney version that we did 50 years ago, but it's so real. it's so amazing. >> reporter: "the jungle book" swings into theaters in 3-d on april 15th. in hollywood, george pennacchio for abc news. >> oh, my goodness, how cute is mowgli, neel sethi? he is adorable. >> he's very cute. >> i can't wait to watch that. >> i think we're forgetting one thing. >> disney is the parent company of abc news. >> i love that. >> yes, we have to say that. >> but, yeah, he's a cute little kid. >> adorable. >> he loves being famous. >> don't miss our updates on
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good morning. i'm reena ninan. >> and i'm kendis gibson. here are some of the top headlines we're following this morning on "world news now." wisconsin blowout. a big night for ted cruz and bernie sanders, trouncing the front-runners. donald trump now facing a narrower path to the nomination. but will they pick up enough momentum to change the course of the race? full coverage coming up. a wildfire is burning out of control in oklahoma near the kansas border. stoked by strong wind gusts and low humidity. it's believed it was started by sparks from a downed power line. so far, it has burned about 40 square miles. republican senator susan collins of maine says she's more convinced than ever that the president's supreme court nominee should get a hearing. this comes after collins met with the nominee merrick garland for more than an hour. and the uconn huskies are the champions of women's college
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basketball for the fourth consecutive year. they blew out syracuse last night by 31 points. their star breanna stewart was voted the most outstanding player of the final four for the fourth season in a row. those are some of our top stories on this wednesday, april 6th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." good morning. we begin this half hour with a shake-up in the race for the white house. ted cruz and bernie sanders celebrating commanding victories in wisconsin. >> yeah, the win by cruz could breathe new life into the anti-trump effort and disrupt his march to the nomination. it's your voice, your vote. we get the latest now from abc's stephanie ramos in madison. good morning, steph. >> reporter: good morning, kendis and reena. the primary here in wisconsin could very well be a game-changer for both parties. the votes could be key in determining if a gop contested convention is likely to happen. voters lined up for hours to
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cast their vote in the crucial wisconsin primary. the front-runners in both parties fighting an uphill battle here. >> the people of wisconsin are amazing. >> reporter: donald trump in a last-ditch effort to catch ted cruz, pulling out all the stops and bringing wife melania on the trail. but it wasn't enough. >> breaking news in the race for the white house. abc news can project ted cruz has defeated donald trump in the gop primary. >> reporter: cruz claiming the win and making it much more difficult for trump to get enough delegates to avoid a contested convention. >> either before cleveland or at the convention in cleveland, together, we will win a majority of the delegates. >> reporter: the third man in the gop race, john kasich, trailing behind them. >> we won in wisconsin. >> reporter: democrat bernie sanders also claiming victory. abc news projects he will beat hillary clinton in the badger state. >> we have now won seven out of
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eight of the last caucuses and primaries. >> reporter: now, all eyes turn to new york. clinton not wasting time, she's already there appearing on "the view," then heading to brooklyn where she focused much of her attention on donald trump. >> peddling prejudice and paranoia is not the new york way. >> reporter: the delegate count goes way up for both parties in new york in two weeks. sanders and clinton campaign in pennsylvania. on the gop side, trump and cruz court voters in new york while kasich campaigns in ohio. kendis and reena, back to you. >> a very warm morning there in madison, wisconsin. >> she looks cold. ted cruz is calling his win a turning point in the race, proving that his appeal extends well beyond evangelicals. >> cruz won nearly all 42 of the gop delegates. his campaign now saying people are being turned off by trump. with more here's abc's josh haskill. josh, good morning. >> reporter: reena and kendis, ted cruz was the only candidate
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in the state of wisconsin because his campaign said they wanted to celebrate with supporters here, and that's what they did. country music blared. "trust ted" headgear was everywhere. there was little mention of donald trump. instead, hillary clinton was the target as cruz's campaign looks ahead. the feeling here at the primary night party is that ted cruz's support is expanding as these contests progress. ted cruz heads to new york for a rally later today and his campaign says they're not intimidated by donald trump's home state. in milwaukee is, i'm josh haskell. reena and kendis? >> john kasich came in a distant third, winning absolutely no delegates. >> kasich's dismal showing comes amid calls from trump and cruz for him to drop out of the race. but he's showing no signs that he plans to give up any time soon. abc's ines de la cuetara is covering him. good morning. >> reporter: that's right. not a great night for kasich but he never expected to win in wisconsin, saying in recent days he only hoped to win as many delegates as possible and push on.
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kasich didn't host any events and hasn't yet commented on the results in wisconsin, but moments before the polls closed, his campaign sent out this release saying the nomination contest was now wide open. meanwhile, other candidates are calling him a spoiler. >> if i didn't have kasich, i automatically win. all i have to do is if i get 50%, lots of good things happen. >> reporter: by don't expect kasich to cave. he says there's no question there will be an open convention. >> both cruz and trump are saying -- cruz is saying, he's taking my voters. trump is saying, he's taking my voters. yeah, they're both right. i'm taking both of their voters. >> reporter: kasich won't be wasting any time on his loss. for a while now he's been looking ahead to the northeastern states where he thinks he'll do better and he'll be back in ohio later today to give his state of the state address. reena, kendis. >> our thanks to ines there. the governor of alabama is facing increasing pressure to step down. robert bentley is accused of having an affair with a former aide and then trying to cover it up. abc's steve osunsami has the details. >> reporter: even some of the
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governor's long-time supporters are serious about throwing him out of office. >> it's time to put aside his selfishness and step down. >> reporter: the feeling is bipartisan. they're accusing alabama governor robert bentley of obstructing justice so he could hide his alleged affair with a political aide. >> this is the only thing we know for sure today, is that nothing that the governor has said is true. >> reporter: his critics accuse him of using disposable cell phones paid by campaign funds to hide the proof. the governor, who has always bragged about his traditional family values, is heard talking sexy with a woman who wasn't his wife. >> you know what, when i stand behind you, and i put my arms around you and pull you in real close, hey, i love that, too. >> reporter: bentley denies having an affair and has apologized for the improper phone call, but says he's not leaving, saying there's no grounds for impeachment. alabama lawmakers are now essentially giving their governor one week to step down or they'll vote to make him. steve osunsami, atlanta.
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north carolina's new law limiting bathroom choices for transgender people has cost the state a major business deal. paypal announced yesterday that it's canceled a planned expansion which would have created 400 jobs. the company says the decision reflects its deeply held belief that every person has a right to be treated equally. it's not as if there aren't enough starbucks locations in new york, but there will soon be more. the coffee chain is planning to open its largest store in the world, bigger than even its flagship store in seattle. it's being described as coffee as theater. it will have its own roasterie and it's set to open in 2018. >> interesting. two missing hikers in north carolina were found in one of the most unlikeliest of places, playing music in downtown asheville. almost 200 rescue workers had been searching for them in the pisgah national forest for the past three days. they began a hike there saturday with friends but became separated from the group and couldn't be found.
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officials are glad they're safe but annoyed about how much time, effort and money was spent. one of the hikers says calling his family just slipped his mind and also his fashion sense, clearly. let's give some props this morning to a young baseball player in arizona who saved his coach's life. you see him there? that's nathan boyer on the right with his coach isaac wenrich. during a recent practice, wenrich suffered a massive heart attack. the 13-year-old called 911 and then took matters into his own hands. >> i remembered it from boy scouts from like a couple years ago. it rang a bell. it's like, okay, you need to lock your hands and start pushing on his chest. yeah, it sort of -- it's sort of crazy to think about. >> isn't it amazing how many young kids have learned cpr and it's actually come to use? wenrich's family says his heart was completely blocked. he's recovering and has young nathan to thank.
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isn't that great? > that is great he learned it. more adults need to learn it. >> i don't think an adult would have the sense to stay with it. so kudos to him for that. >> luckily noel knows how to perform cpr. >> our floor director, he certainly does. anyone who watches john oliver's show on hbo probably saw this one coming. a couple of unusually dressed fans sitting in the expensive seats at yankee stadium. >> there they were, two guys dressed as teenage mutant ninja turtles. you see them in the back, right behind home plate? they won oliver's contest in which viewers tweeted pictures of what they would wear with the #ihaveneversatinapremium location. how clever. >> so the whole thing started with oliver's sunday night rant about a yankee official who said premium seat holders don't like sitting next to those who don't usually sit in high priced seats. >> i can see that. so they turned up the ante a little bit by wearing something
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ridiculous. >> so he bought tickets for premium seats. four tickets. >> four tickets. >> expect more of the same tonight and tomorrow. >> what would you wear if you won this competition? >> socks. >> socks? just socks? >> just socks. >> just socks. >> just socks. >> that would be frightening. >> my gosh. moving right along -- >> batter up. >> -- no tee time for tiger. >> no. the world's most famous golfer deciding to sit out one of the sport's first major tournaments of the season. why you won't see him on the green and what his personal life may have to do with it. but first, extreme road rage caught on camera. a motorcycle being chased by a car at almost 100 miles an hour. now, we're going to take a look at today's temperatures across the nation. >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by lysol wipes. human coronavirus... hepati- >>c virus. there are a lot of different kinds of yucky germs. but not all disinfecting wipes...
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>> this road rage battle between this road rage battle between a car and a motorcycle nearly ended in tragedy. it was captured on the motorcyclist's helmet camera. as the two battled at more than 90 miles an hour, the car's driver spit at him. the motorcyclist drove in the oncoming lane. they made obscene gestures and shouted at each other. both filed complaints with the police who are now investigating the incident. the motorcyclist admits it was pretty stupid and dangerous. a mystery at the university of texas. authorities are looking for clues after a body was found on campus. the woman was found in a creek. police are describing the case as a possible homicide.
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the name of the victim has not been released and no cause of death is being mentioned either. the school's president isn't saying whether the victim was a student. campus officials are working with authorities to identify possible suspects. new details in the legal saga of the prep school graduate convicted of sexually assaulting a classmate. he's appealing his conviction and requesting a new trial. his new defense lawyers say the former defense team failed to adequately represent him. his bail was revoked last month after he violated curfew. meantime this morning, some tough questions are being asked in kalamazoo, michigan. it's been more than a month after that uber driver went on a five-hour shooting spree. >> investigators are now looking into the 911 call trying to report the driver's erratic braifr before he went on his rampage. alex perez has the latest. >> reporter: in michigan, new scrutiny about how authorities handled the 911 call the night jason dalton allegedly went on a killing rampage, shooting six.
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>> i'd like to report a crazy driver. >> reporter: that voice of passenger matt mellon who rode in dalton's uber about an hour before the first shoot willing. >> driving through medians, driving through the lawn. >> reporter: he called 911 to report an erratic driver but then his call was transferred not once -- >> i need to transfer you one more time. >> reporter: -- but twice because kalamazoo city, township and county have all separate dispatch operators. >> i'm going to transfer you to the city because that's where the accident occurred. hang on one second. >> reporter: melon having to tell the whole story three times. >> i want you to be on the lookout. >> thank you. >> report to uber. i don't think he needs to be picking people up. >> you're going to have to do that, sir. >> reporter: the chief defends his department's response. >> we're not going on a manhunt for an erratic driver. >> reporter: and says they issued a be on the lookout for dalton's vehicle. long-awaited plans are already under way for a more efficient system that will funnel all 911
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calls to a single dispatch so that callers won't have to repeat their stories. alex perez, michigan. >> that 14-year-old who was shot in the parking lot was the only one who survived. it was the parking lot at the cracker barrel. >> pretty incredible story that survival there. dalton is facing some 16 charges, by the way, we should mention, including six murder charges and definitely could face life in prison as well. coming up, excitement is mounting for the masters. >> but one of golf's most celebrated players will not be there. why tiger woods is sitting out the masters again. you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our abc stations.
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♪ welcome back. well, shocking news. insulin prices have tripled in the past ten years. that means in the past six years, patients have spent more on insulin than all other diabetes drugs combined. one researcher warns that means some patients can't afford insulin and may die without it. more than 9% of americans have some form of diabetes. switching gears now. for the second time in three years, tiger woods will not take part in the masters golf tournament. >> he said he's sitting this one out because of an injury. this morning we're finding out more about his life,
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increasingly out of the spotlight. here's abc's linsey davis. >> reporter: it's the headline ricochetting throughout the world of golf and beyond. tiger woods will not be competing at this year's masters. the four-time winner saying, i've been hitting balls and training daily, but i'm not physically ready. the news even disappointed his opponents. >> i like tiger being out here. it's good for all of us. i'm ready for him to come back. >> reporter: woods has been recovering from a string of injuries and back surgeries, sounding uncertain when recently asked when he would be back in full swing. >> there is no timetable and so that's the hardest part. that's the hardest part for me. >> reporter: woods, now 40 years old s one of the game's most decorated players, but he hasn't won a major title in years. last year he played some of the worst golf in his career. >> just totally out of sorts now for tiger. >> reporter: while woods has said he's making progress, he's also said that he spends a lot of time playing video games in this $60 million mansion, and while that image may not be cause for alarm, in an article in "sports illustrated," some
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close to woods say they're concerned. >> they're worried about him. they feel like he's isolated. he's really in a lot of ways separated himself from anyone in golf. there's just this collective concern that without golf, he really doesn't have much else. >> reporter: he divorced elin nordgren in august of 2010 following allegations of numerous affairs. his relationship with skier lindsey vonn recently ended. while speculation is rampant, that woods' absence is a sign of his early retirement, his agent tells abc news, absolutely zero truth to this. >> talking about maybe the greatest athlete of all time. you can never count a guy out like that. you would like to end on a little happier note and he deserves a victory lap. >> reporter: linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> it's hard to refocus and get back in when you feel you've lost your game. >> yeah, but i'm sure that he -- any athlete will be able to come back from an injury like that. >> by the way, today at the augusta nationals, it's the par 3 where the kids of the golfers
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♪ well, nfl games are usually best seen on a 60-inch screen in the man cave. >> but starting this fall, you'll be able to watch them on a small screen on twitter. abc's brandi hitt explains how this will work. brandi, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, reena and kendis. twitter's ceo says this move to start streaming nfl games is about transforming the football fan experience. get ready for professional football on twitter. the social media giant is teaming up with the nfl, with commissioner roger goodell sending out his first tweet
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since 2014. this fall thursday night football will be streamed live @twitter so fans will see more of this. the ten games will be free to all 800 million twitter users worldwide through mobile devices, tablets, pcs and connected tvs. >> it allows people to have one screen where they can be on twitter, and should they choose, they could also watch the game and they just have to figure out how it's going to be easy for the user to see both at the same time. >> reporter: it's a chance for the nfl to reach younger football fans who rely on the internet more than television. twitter has also seen a recent slowing in new user growth. >> it's an extremely big deal, probably more so to twitter than the nfl. 50% of all conversations on twitter are about sports. >> it's intercepted. >> reporter: last october the nfl experimented with this live streaming game on yahoo! between the bills and jaguars in london.
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>> that's chris clemons into the end zone. >> reporter: fans in 185 countries watching. the question now, will those eyes tune into twitter thursday nights this fall? both companies have not revealed just how much twitter paid for the digital streaming rights. those same thursday night football games will also be airing on network television. reena and kendis. >> thank you so much. you know, it's big bucks. apparently bloomberg reporting twitter paid $10 million for ten games. a million a game. >> wow, that's pretty impressive. jack, are you in? >> no, i want to watch football on tv. >> a big screen tv. i can't imagine just sitting there just watching it on -- >> it's the future. >> -- on something this size. >> it's the future, folks. you got to -- >> it is? this internet thing. >> the internet thing isn't going away. >> these apps? >> no, newspapers are coming back. you old folks got get used to it. no, newspapers are coming back.
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this morning on "world news now," underdog upsets. >> overnight ted cruz and bernie sanders winning big in the battleground state of wisconsin. soundly beating the front-runners with donald trump and hillary clinton already looking ahead. we're going to have full election analysis just ahead. speaking out, u.s. soccer star abby wambach talks to reporters after pleading not guilty to that drunk driving charge. how she's now making it part of her message of empowering youth. happening now, a raging wildfire in oklahoma and the heart-stopping video of a man narrowly escaping the massive flames, jumping from an out-of-control tractor just in time. and dynastic domination. the uconn huskies reclaim their crown, crushing syracuse in the women's college championship. the game never got close.
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some are asking if it's even fair that a program can be this good. it's wednesday, april 6th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." good morning, everyone. i'm kendis gibson. >> and i'm reena ninan. >> are you excited about the ladies? >> i thought it was a great game. >> it was a good game. >> you know, i know it wasn't close. i know it wasn't close. it's not about the numbers. >> congratulations to syracuse for getting there. >> all right. >> yeah. >> it's good. you're right. >> and a lot of people are saying congratulations as well to the underdogs who came out on top. >> it was a night of the underdogs. that's why i thought syracuse might come out ahead, too. >> exactly. talking about the activity in the badger state. the game-changer in wisconsin. voters on both sides delivering a damaging blow to the front-runners. >> ted cruz and bernie sanders are celebrating commanding victories over donald trump and hillary clinton. muddling the road to the white house. clinton congratulated sanders on his win, but the trump campaign, they fired off a biting statement, calling cruz a trojan
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horse. saying he's being used by party bosses to try to steal the nomination. >> your voice, your vote. abc's stephanie ramos is in madison, wisconsin, for us. good morning, stephanie. >> reporter: good morning. the primary here in wisconsin could very well be a game-changer for both parties. the votes could be key in determining if a gop contested convention is likely to happen. voters lined up for hours to cast their vote in the crucial wisconsin primary. the front-runners in both parties fighting an uphill battle here. >> the people of wisconsin are amazing. >> reporter: donald trump in a last-ditch effort to catch ted cruz, pulling out all the stops and bringing wife melania on the trail. but it wasn't enough. >> breaking news in the race for the white house. abc news can project that ted cruz has defeated donald trump in the gop primary. >> reporter: cruz claiming the win and making it much more difficult for trump to get enough delegates to avoid a contested convention. >> either before cleveland or at
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the convention in cleveland, together we will win a majority of the delegates. >> reporter: the third man in the gop race, john kasich, trailing behind them. >> we won in wisconsin. >> reporter: democrat bernie sanders also claiming victory. abc news projects he will beat hillary clinton in the badger state. >> we have now won seven out of eight of the lost caucuses and primaries. >> reporter: now all eyes turn to new york. clinton not wasting time. she's already there. appearing on "the view." then heading to brooklyn where she focused much of her attention on donald trump. >> peddling prejudice and paranoia is not the new york way. >> reporter: the delegate count goes way up for both parties in two weeks. sanders and clinton campaign in pennsylvania. on the gop side, trump and cruz court voters in new york while kasich campaigns in ohio. back to you. >> thank you very much. sanders continues to receive
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overwhelming support from young people. preliminary exit polls show him winning big among men and whites under the age of 45. >> nearly nine out of ten democrats identified bernie sanders as honest and trustworthy while 57% said the same about clinton. abc's rick klein takes a look at what it all means going forward. so we say good morning, rick. >> reporter: reena and kendis, a sweeping victory for ted cruz in wisconsin makes a contested convention on the republican side more likely than ever. by far the biggest loss donald trump has suffered in a big battleground state, a state he had an opportunity to win, it throws the republican nomination into some sort of chaos. donald trump now with a narrower path than ever, and ted cruz mostly benefiting from being what he was not, namely donald trump. beginning to coalesce the republican party giving him big momentum heading into the voting calendar. meanwhile, on the democratic side, bernie sanders' win in wisconsin gives him his biggest winning streak so far of the
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cycle. six out of the seven of the last states have gone for bernie sanders despite the overwhelming delegate lead hillary clinton has. nothing changes much in the math on the democratic side. hillary clinton remains the strong front-runner but a message being delivered by democratic voters that they are simply not happy with the choices they're being offered in hillary clinton. bernie sanders now getting himself some momentum going into a critical two-week stretch. the new york primary, a home game for both donald trump and for hillary clinton coming up in two weeks' time. that could determine the course of the rest of the nomination, but for now, at least for last night, to have the two front-runners suffer this kind of defeat, this kind of humbling at the hands of their main opponents, is quite surprising. reena and kendis. >> new yorkers can get ready for all those commercials over the next couple weeks. >> i like how he put it, a home game. that's so true, isn't it? >> will they have home field advantage? >> i like that. well, the democrats, though, they had 86 delegates at stake in wisconsin and on the republican side, i believe there were 42 up for grabs.
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>> so let's take a look at the count so far. on the republican side, donald trump holds the lead but he would need to win 60% of the remaining delegates to clinch the nomination. >> and for the democrats, hillary clinton has a large lead when superdelegates are factored in, despite sanders winning 15 states so far to clinton's 18 states. well, this morning, there are also political fireworks in alabama. there are new efforts to remove the governor from office over a sex scandal. a state lawmakers filed articles of impeachment against governor robert bentley yesterday. bentley admits he made sexually suggestive comments to a former aide but denies an affair. he vows to defend himself. the prime minister of iceland appears to be the first political victim of the so-called panama papers scandal he's stepping aside for an unspecified amount of time. that move comes amid protests over his use of an offshore company to shelter large sums of money while iceland's economy was in crisis.
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word of that deal was part of a massive document leak from a law firm in panama. iceland's leader says he's done nothing wrong. back in the states, mississippi is the latest one to face backlash due to a new law seen as anti-gay. the state's religious freedom law allows businesses and government workers to deny services based on their religious beliefs. it has the support of most residents but has come under heavy fire from lgbt advocates and major corporations, including chevron and nissan. georgia's governor vetoed a similar law under pressure from corporations. and san francisco will become the first city in the nation to offer a full six-week paid parental leave. the board of supervisors unanimously approved the law which goes into effect next year. some of the costs will be picked up by the state. the rest will be paid for by businesses. and an attorney for retired soccer star abby wambach entered a not guilty plea on her behalf in response to her dui charge. on twitter she calls her plea standard procedure.
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she was not required to appear in the oregon court where the plea was entered last night. wambach participated in a previously scheduled event at the university of kentucky, where she told reporters that she could not address the case. >> no matter what color you are, no matter what gender you are, no matter what orientation you are, to start a conversation and i think that it's important no matter what the conversation is. sometimes it's going to be a hard one. that's going to be okay. >> wambach also said she's embarrassed for herself, along with her family, fans and friends. and in a document filed in connection with the case, wambach admitting trying cocaine and marijuana. she did that about a decade ago. some incredible video to show you right now a raging wildfire in oklahoma nearly claimed the life as a horrified tv crew watched. take a look at this. the road grader become stuck in a burning field.
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the fire moving closer and closer. the operator fled just before it was consumed and the news crew drove him to a safer location. the wildfire is out of control right now and some residents are being ordered to evacuate. it started when the a power line brought down by strong winds began to spark. besides homes, there's also a chemical plant in the path of that blaze. so, as we mentioned at the top, the uconn huskies are once again the queens of women's college basketball. >> they took on syracuse orange last night in indianapolis. and they did what they do best. the huskies powered to a 27-point halftime lead and they hardly let up the rest of the way. when it was all done, uconn could celebrate an overwhelming 82-51 championship. it was their 151st win in the last four seasons. 151. crazy. >> pretty impressive. yeah. exactly. those 151 wins in four years is an ncaa record. and this uconn team has plenty
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of others. >> so for some details we're joined by abc's diane macedo. good morning. >> good morning to you. i generally like to root for the underdog, but i could not help but root for the huskies. this win is historic in so many ways. for starters it marks uconn's fourth ncaa title in a row, something never done before in division 1 women's basketball. it's also the coach geno auriemma's 11th national championship which puts him one title ahead of bruins' coach john wooden for the most ever in the history of college basketball. >> it's one thing to play against a great player. because you can gang up on him. and figure out a way to get the ball out of their hands if you want to, but to try to beat a really good team that's playing well together, that's difficult to do. >> so difficult in fact, that the seniors on this team have never lost in the ncaa tournament, going 24-0. and overall, they've now won 75 straight games. it's the greatest four-season
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stretch of any team in american sports ever. for syracuse, as a number four seed, they were a very unexpected guest at the final four in indianapolis. so, let alone at the championship game. so, they were definitely the underdog in this game. but you know what, if you're going to lose, it might as well be to what some are calling the best team in sports history. reena and kendis? >> definitely the epitome of a dynasty. >> yeah, very interesting. breanna stewart, she started four years ago and said she really wanted to win four titles and she did it. >> they made it happen. and her accomplishment in all of this is incredible as well. four-time mvp, first time ever done here in the sport, as well. and there's so much to get to with the team's accomplishments, you can't get around to giving her her proper credit. >> mike tyson was watching it and tweeted out congratulations. the tweet says, congrats to the university of cincinnati's women's basketball team for a national championship win four years in a row. >> no, he didn't.
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>> yeah, he really did tweet that out. he corrected. >> it was well intended. >> exactly. >> thank you so much, diane. coming up in "the mix," another dynasty. the touching family wedding tradition. >> absolutely. but first, the body image debate and how ads that were meant as a joke aren't getting the laughs the company hoped for. plus, honoring a hero. the marine corps canine back from the war zone. how she saved countless lives, never letting down her fellow human soldiers. remember, find us on facebook. wnnfans.com and twitter @abcwnn. you're watching "world news now." @abcwnn. you're watching "world news now." rise! oh my goodness! happy birthday! oh, you. (laughing) this was a wonderful surprise. you know, at our age, not all surprises can be this good. you're not kidding. (female #1) remember peggy's surprise last month when frank died? so sudden; all the funeral expenses. they were not prepared.
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it is the morning's top story, decisive victories for ted cruz and bernie sanders in the wisconsin primaries. ted cruz picked up nearly all of the state's republican delegates, narrowing donald trump's path to the nomination, then making a contested convention very much likely. sanders' victory gives him a new wave of momentum ahead of the next key contest in new york in two weeks. he's still trailing hillary clinton by far in the delegate count. a u.s. army vet ron from houston, texas, says she was kicked off a spirit airlines flight out of denver because of her support dog. janae fowler says she believes her pitbull/lab mix, ziggy marley was profiled. all the more frustrating was the fact she and ziggy and her boyfriend had no problem flying
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out to denver on the same airline, but when they tried to return to houston, she says flight attendants gave her a hard time. >> she was on the phone saying well, an emotional support animal isn't a service animal. a service animal is for someone with real disabilities. i felt insulted because there are veterans in the world that they have disabilities you can't see. >> fowler says spirit airlines put them on a united airlines flight back to houston later that night. across the pond, another dog has been awarded britain's top military honor. >> the u.s. marine corps german shepherd has sniffed out countless bombs protecting the lives of thousands of allied troops during six years of active service in the middle east. abc's david muir has her story. >> reporter: you're watching luca, a german shepherd on active patrol in iraq. she's at the lead of her team, sniffing out deadly explosives. 400 separate missions, six years of service, protecting u.s. troops.
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no human lives ever lost during her patrols. >> good girl. >> reporter: her final mission came on march 23, 2012. she sniffed out an ied, discovering it with her handler, corporal juan rodriguez. he called for backup. that's when a second ied exploded. >> i picked her up and put a tourniquet on her, telling her, everything's going to be okay, lucca. you're going to make it. >> reporter: they had to amputate her front leg. corporal rodriguez with her the whole time, during surgery, recovery, sleeping by her side. when it was time to come home, waiting for her on the other side, gunnery sergeant chris willingham, her first handler, adopteding her in retirement. and word of a new honor. the dicken medal, the highest british military honor of valor, awarded to service animals. this time, that medal for lucca. david muir, abc news, new york. >> well, deserved. we'll be right back. >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our
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well, american eagle is under fire for a series of body-positive ads for men. at least it seemed like a great idea to boost their self-esteem. >> but the company now says it was all a joke. many people aren't laughing. here's our friend, t.j. holmes. >> reporter: this aerie man video released at the end of march, showcases men of all shapes and sizes in nothing but their underwear and highlights the slogan, the real you is sexy. >> it feels kind of empowering to know my flaws will be embraced. >> reporter: excitement around the idea american eagle was launching a male version of its popular female version of underwear. men were finally getting the same treatment women have gotten in recent years in advertising. > do you think you're more beautiful than you say? >> yeah. >> reporter: however, in a statement released on april 1st, american eagle says the ads were
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meant as a parody. we know our male customers respond to humor. it turns out there will not be an aerie brand for men at all. >> the reason the joke got lost in translation was because about a week after the campaign was put out, american eagle said this was part of an april fools' hoax, and people took this as american eagle was making fun of the guys in the ad. >> reporter: some people didn't find it funny. people took to social media, one person tweeting, male body acceptance is no laughing matter, especially because the issue already has little visibility. your joke eluded further. another writing, so apparently the aerie man campaign was a parody. sorry, aerie, i'm missing the part where it was funny. one of the models in that ad says he wasn't trying to fool anyone and tells "nylon" magazine, i was 100% real in that campaign. t.j. holmes, abc news, new york. >> we should point out american eagle tells abc news in a statement that even though the aerie man line isn't real, body
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it removing the sleeves, and once again harold walked her down the aisle. julia's father actually passed away in the '90s. it was sweet her grandpa could walk her down the aisle. >> that's very nice. everybody all dressed up and looking great. >> it goes to show you how you can change one dress. clearly, they must have the same waistlines, very small waistlines, right? >> to get into that dress. so, you know, there's a trend when you go to some hipster restaurant of plating food in different sort of containers, i should say. not necessarily a plate. so now there's a backlash. this one twitter handle called we want plates, they've gone to town at this. take a look. >> is that a shoe? >> yeah, this is part of the trend. a heel. >> they're serving chicken nuggets in somebody's stiletto. >> fried foods. we know how fattening that is. that's awful. or you have this one where you have food on a clipboard. so, this we want plates thing is sort of, like, plate-shaming all these different outlets that are -- >> grilled cheese on a dust pan? >> yeah.
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actually that's not a plate, somebody just dropped that on the floor. they left that out. these are things people are doing nowadays. >> really? >> would you eat any of those? >> no. they say it's about presentation. this presentation doesn't make me want to reach for the food. >> it's not appealing. > the food looks pretty. i don't know if i want my food in a dust pan or someone's shoe. >> it would work great for the leftover segment we did the other day. >> that's true. dale earnhardt jr. ends up tweeting a type of sandwich. it's got bacon and mayo. you may remember dale earnhardt, you see him right there, famously from nascar. he has a combo of ham and cheese, blt, and, of course, the famous and arguably one of the best of all times, pb&j. isn't that crazy? he posted it to twitter but according to espn's darren rovell, it's a marketing tool because he has a deal with hellman's for mayonnaise. >> ugh. >> would you eat it? would you try it? >> it sounds disgusting.
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this morning on "world news now," front-runners flop. wisconsin election results are in, and there are some big upsets in the race for the white house. we have full team coverage from the campaigns straight ahead. husky four-peat. the women of uconn extending their championship streak. so, where do they rank among sports' greatest dynasties? and new this landfall hour, two prominent magazines are sparking fresh controversy. >> kerry washington photoshopped is almost unrecognizable on the cover of "adweek" magazine and why amy schumer is blasting "glamour" magazine for including her in a special feature. that's ahead in "the skinny." and see you later, gator. why farmers went after this massive 800-pound alligator. what it was eating and we're not talking vegan here. it's wednesday, april 6th.
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>> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." top of the morning. i'm kendis gibson. >> i'm reena ninan. you know, i was reading in -- "politico" magazine had a great take. we're heading towards a brokered convention. they looked back to the last brokered convention which was an incumbent, gerald ford and ronald reagan. these are some of the vignettes. it says that somebody was there at the time, when it went on for hours with a melee in the hallways and at one point, one of the ford children reportedly threw trash at the texas delegates. >> wow. >> reality television at its finest. >> we can only hope for something like that. we're going to begin with the winners and losers in wisconsin. donald trump and hillary clinton each suffering a bruising defeat. >> bernie sanders had a sweeping victory in virtually every county across the state. as sanders thanked supporters last night, he called the big win a sign of mounting momentum. >> and ted cruz characterized his victory as a turning point
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and a rallying cry, barnstorming the state paid off for cruz, soundly beating trump. he picked up nearly all of the state's 42 republican delegates. the trump campaign is not taking the loss gracefully. in a statement overnight, they called cruz a trojan horse, saying he's being used by party bosses to steal the nomination from trump. >> and continued to call him lying ted. and the trump campaign also accused cruz of illegally coordinating with super pacs. it's your voice, your vote. abc's tom llamas has more from milwaukee. >> reporter: excitement and jubilation here at the senator ted cruz watch party in milwaukee, wisconsin, a huge night for the texas senator and a huge loss for donald trump. with this victory, cruz makes the argument that he can take this race possibly all the way to the convention floor. >> either before cleveland or at the convention in cleveland, together we will win a majority of the delegates and together we will beat hillary clinton in november.
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[ applause ] >> reporter: donald trump said he had felt good about wisconsin. he had campaigned very hard in the last few days here in this midwest battleground state. >> the people of wisconsin are amazing. they want to see strong borders. they want their jobs to stay here. they don't want other countries to take all their jobs and manufacturing. >> reporter: he also said there would be a surprise but there was no surprise. cruz won just like the pre-election polled showed he would. now cruz just told me that the message he has for donald trump is really not his message. it's the message of the wisconsin voters that this race is far from over. kendis and reena, back to you. >> our thanks to tom in wisconsin. bernie sanders must still get 67% of the remaining delegates and uncommitted superdelegates to win the nomination, but he's hoping to ride the wave of momentum all the way to the convention. >> sanders celebrated his win at a raucous rally in wyoming ahead of saturday's democratic caucus. abc's maryalice parks covers the sanders campaign for us and she's there in wyoming.
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>> reporter: it was a celebration tonight for bernie sanders and his campaign at the university here in laramie, wyoming. the senator started announcing his win in wisconsin, thanking fans for the victory there, but then he pivoted back here to wyoming and said the state here could give him a boost going into new york in a few weeks. >> and we have won almost all of them with overwhelming landslide numbers. >> reporter: sanders' win in wisconsin obviously giving him the momentum. here's what he said about that. >> what momentum is about is that at a time in contemporary politics when every major candidate has a super pac, we have said no to super pacs, said no to the billionaires who fund those super pacs. >> reporter: sanders talked about his record-breaking number of small donations and pointed to polls that have him defeating donald trump by large margins.
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>> when you look at national polls or you look at statewide polls, we are defeating donald trump by very significant numbers. >> reporter: sanders said he thought clinton was getting nervous because he believes he has an excellent chance to win here in wyoming and, he said, in new york. reena, kendis. >> our thanks there. and hillary clinton spent last night in her home state of new york looking ahead to the next big primary. >> but clinton tweeted her congratulations to sanders and thanked her supporters in wisconsin. abc's liz kreutz covers the clinton campaign for us. good morning, liz. >> reporter: good morning. hillary clinton's campaign expected this loss in wisconsin but it doesn't make it any better. she has now lost six out of the last seven contests. that's something her campaign aides are quickly trying to move on from. in fact, last night, clinton didn't even have a campaign event and said she attended a private fund-raiser here in new york. earlier in the day, though,
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clinton held a town hall in brooklyn where she made no mention of wisconsin, but did go after her potential future opponent, donald trump. >> the fellow who's from new york, i wish he would get out of one of his towers and actually walk the streets and spend time with the people of this city! because peddling prejudice and paranoia is not the new york way. >> reporter: and she now has her sights on the upcoming primary in morning. she and sanders have finally agreed to debate in brooklyn next week. that's a place with close ties to both of them. it's where clinton's campaign headquarters are based and where sanders was born. reena and kendis? >> our thanks to liz. exit polls show that the economy is weighing heavily on the voters from both parties. >> nearly three-quarters of democrats said they were worried about the economy, that's compared to nine in ten republicans. and 30% of wisconsin voters
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across the board named the economy and jobs as the nation's top problem. moving on now, investigators searching for the cause of that helicopter crash in tennessee say the aircraft may have come into contact with the top of a ridge on the side of a mountain. four passengers and the pilot died when the chopper crashed and burned. the fact there's not much left of the helicopter complicates the investigation. the ntsb expects a preliminary report by the end of next week. breaking news from oklahoma. a massive wildfire is raging out of control. more than a dozen homes on the prairie have been evacuated. but more are in the path of the blaze along with a chemical plant. heavy machinery operator apparently barely escaped with his life. it's believed that the fire started when a downed power line began to spark. there are other smaller fires on the kansas side of the border. a new dash cam video this morning shows a frightening rollover crash in missouri. the police officer tried to pull over the driver who refused to stop and then, you see it there,
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lost control, flipping over. the driver was thrown clear but the officer didn't know that until he rushed to the wreck. the driver remains in the hospital. we move on now and to reena's home state of, let it be said, florida where wildlife officials with tape measures have a lot of work to do. they're expected to let us know today just how massive -- wow -- that alligator is. >> it's a frontloader, if you're wondering. they use aid frontloader to lift it. >> that is not real. >> after it was killed. after it killed a couple days ago. the gator was found in a pond. then hunters took it down. and say that they blame some of the cattle that recently disappeared on this guy. >> the largest alligator ever found in the wild in florida measured 14'3 1/2" long. >> so if you're wondering at home how you measure a gator, apparently the official way is to have an alligator on its stomach and have someone pulling
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on its nose a little bit and pulling on its tail. good luck with that, folks, anybody who wants to measure an alligator. >> no thank you. >> for you, your next assignment. just you watch. >> no, i'm good. coming up, the women of uconn entering into history. >> beating syracuse last night for the women's national championship. so can anybody top this college program ever? and hollywood's hottest celebrities taking on magazines, crying foul over what they say are unrealistic images. but first a look at today's forecast. >> on this national caramel popcorn day. >> is that right? >> yes. >> did you bring us any? >> we'll celebrate later. >> announcer: "world news now" weather, brought to you by colonial penn life insurance. sic) (group) surprise! oh my goodness! happy birthday! oh, you. (laughing) this was a wonderful surprise. you know, at our age, not all surprises can be this good. you're not kidding. (female #1) remember peggy's surprise
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recapp recapping this morning's top recapping this morning's top story, decisive victories for ted cruz and bernie sanders in the wisconsin primaries. ted cruz picked up nearly all of the state's republican delegates, narrowing donald trump's path to the nomination and making a contested convention more likely. sanders' victory gives him a new wave of momentum ahead of the next key contest in new york in two weeks. but he's still trailing hillary clinton by far in the delegate count. well, there was another big contest in the midwest last night. uconn and syracuse in the national championship of women's college hoops. >> and probably to no one's surprise, the championship trophy is heading back to connecticut. abc's diane macedo is here with all of the details. good morning. fun game. >> good morning to you. it was. i mean, some people don't like the big spread. i found it really entertaining just because of the amount of things that are being set in history with all of this. it was a huge night for the team, a huge night especially for the seniors on the team.
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all three put up double digits last night in a very fitting end to a flawless season and an historical four-year run. >> the national championship goes to connecticut for the fourth year in a row! >> reporter: this morning the uconn huskies have a long list of things to celebrate. for starters, the team is now the first in division 1 women's basketball to secure four consecutive ncaa titles. >> went out with a bang. that's it. no more. >> reporter: the game also marks coach geno auriemma's 11th national championship, the most ever for any coach in the history of all college basketball. >> it's one thing to play against a great player because you can gang up on him but to try to beat a really good team that's playing well together, that's difficult to do. >> reporter: and, boy, did the huskies prove that last night. >> gets it up in time. it goes. she drills the three. >> reporter: the team powered to a 27-point halftime lead and hardly let up the rest of the way. final score, uconn, 82,
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syracuse, 51. a victory seniors is breanna stewart, moriah jefferson and morgan tuck celebrated with a special ceremony of their own. >> i knight breanna stewart and moriah jefferson as the great uconn basketball players. >> reporter: since the three joined the team, the huskies have never lost in the ncaa tournament, going 24-0. and overall, they have now won 75 straight games. it's the greatest four-season stretch of any team in american sports ever. syracuse head coach quintin hillsman said his team clearly had some trouble competing with that. >> the trouble came from uconn. it's a great basketball team. they really moved the ball. they did a pretty good job of pressure. >> keep in mind for syracuse, as the number four seed, they were already an unexpected guest at the final four in indianapolis, let alone at the championship game. so you have to hope they're walking away with their heads held very high today. >> it was a tough game. >> it was. this team is incredible. we were running through some of
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the stats. not only have they had that kind of winning streak, but all of those games have been won by double digits. the last game they lost was in 2014 by two points in overtime. it's unbelievable. >> even that was a close one. >> i'm eager to find out where breanna stewart goes next. >> we'll find. expected to be the number one pick, right? >> that's right, for the wnba. good deal. thank you. >> thank you. next, why kerry washington is fuming over her latest magazine cover. and should we be nervous? our first peek of the "independence day" sequel. "the skinny" is next. >> announcer: "world news now"
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♪ skinny so skinny ♪ and it is time now for "the skinny." and topping our headlines, a photoshop fail. >> kerry washington is appearing on this week's cover of magazine. but you might not recognize her. the 39-year-old "scandal" star herself even took to instagram saying it felt strange to look at a picture of myself that is so different from what i look like when i look in the mirror. it's an unfortunate feeling. she does not look like herself at all. >> halle berry looks great there. wait. >> so that's the real kerry washington on the right. and the photoshopped kerry washington on the left. you see the side-by-side comparison.
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>> you see the difference. it is dramatic. "adweek's" editorial director james cooper insisting they made only minimal adjustments, tweeting they only added volume to her hair. looks so much more beautiful. this isn't the first time she's been at the center of a photoshop controversy. last year when she was on the cover of "instyle" magazine fans were saying her skin was lightened and she looked unrecognizable. >> julia roberts looks great there on the left. >> oh, boy. and another magazine is under fire from another celebrity. >> amy schumer is slamming her in their plus-size bonus issue sponsored by lane bryant. >> she said on social media that while there's nothing wrong with being plus-sized, qualifying women with labels is pointless and even potentially harmful for young girls. schumer says she's plus-sized in america is size 16 and she fluctuates between a 6 and an 8. >> "glamour's" editor-in-chief responded saying they didn't
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mean to offend schumer. the special edition focuses on women's size 12 and up and never used the term plus-size, only used the phrase, women who inspire us. that's the new term. >> could you name any of the hollywood men's waist size? ben affleck? matt damon? >> yeah, that's true. it's never an issue. >> never an issue. >> it was for marlon brando. he did tip the scales like over. >> but you don't know his waist size. we didn't talk about it. next, inspiring fear. we're getting our first peek of the much anticipated "independence day" sequel. >> hard to believe it's been 20 years since bill pullman, jeff goldblum and will smith took us on their out of this world epic adventure. now president whitmore and company are bracing for an even bigger epic. >> oh, my god. >> why are they screaming? >> they're not screaming. they're celebrating. >> stop! >> she has arrived.
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>> shouldn't we be nervous? >> um, yeah. >> oh. well, they asked will smith to be in it but he's like, i'm good, i'll sit this one out. "independence day: resurgence" hits theaters june 24th. hitting snapchat a how-to video on twerking by who else, serena williams. >> the how-to tutorial, which we can only hope is a joke, features a tennis superstar dressed in skin-tight athletic gear, teaching people how to twerk. >> i've never seen this before. worst of all, she really seems to be getting it wrong. but it appears to have all been in good fun. williams was apparently taking a break while filming a tv commercial in florida. i've never twerked in my life. i couldn't tell you whether this is good twerking or bad twerking. >> i think she's getting it right. she's doing great. >> noel, the floor director, doesn't think this is the right twerking style. >> we need to slow it down and
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♪ the bare necessities ♪ the simple bare necessities ♪ forget about your worries ♪ and your strife >> who is that? >> i missed it. >> you've never seen "jungle book." that's heartbreaking. i know what you're going to do this weekend. it was back in 1967, 49 years ago, disney first delighted audiences with what's considered an animated classic, "the jungle book." so how could they ever improve upon that classic? >> how about by turning it into a high-tech live action version. kabc's george pennacchio was at last night's premiere. >> reporter: hollywood boulevard turned into a jungle for the premiere of "the jungle book." the mood for this world premiere clearly set as stars of "the
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jungle book" hit the red carpet. director jon favreau worked on this movie for three years. >> most of what you're seeing on screen has been created by artists through digital tools in a more ambitious way than i think has been attempted in the past. it's very hard even for me to tell where the dividing line is. >> reporter: the movie magic you see in this sprawling jungle wasn't even shot outside. it all happened in a building in downtown los angeles that has a view of the freeway. to put it in perspective -- >> there's more jungle here than there was on the set that we filmed. >> mowgli, they've given it a name. >> reporter: the film's human star is newcomer neel sethi, who is taking it all in. >> i'm feeling amazed right now. when i came in, everybody started screaming my name. and that was really cool. >> reporter: is it okay to be famous right now? >> yeah, more than okay. > have you lost your mind? >> you said you wouldn't get mad. >> isn't it wonderful the book remains in the title of every interpretation of it, "the jungle book."
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because it's a great piece of literature. and jon has translated it sublimely well for the screen. >> you've got to figure the nostalgia for people like you and i who saw it when we were kids, to watch it again now in this version, it's like the movie grew up with us. >> reporter: a disney legend who worked on the original even returned to help with a few songs. >> it's a great telling of the story. it's a new telling of the story. it isn't the disney version that we did 50 years ago, but it's so real. it's so amazing. >> reporter: "the jungle book" swings into theaters in 3-d on april 15th. in hollywood, george pennacchio for abc news. >> oh, my goodness, how cute is mowgli, neel sethi? he is adorable. >> he's very cute. >> i can't wait to watch that. >> i think we're forgetting one thing. >> disney is the parent company of abc news. >> i love that. >> yes, we have to say that. >> but, yeah, he's a cute little kid. >> adorable. >> he loves being famous. >> don't miss our updates on facebook at wnnfans.com. >> coming up more news from abc. i might go see it. updates on
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making news in america this morning, winning in wisconsin. ted cruz complicating donald trump's path to the nomination, and bernie sanders extending his streak with another victory as hillary clinton setting her sights on trump. >> i wish he'd get out of one of his towers and actually walk the streets. >> the primary proving to be a game changer, team coverage with the winners, losers, highlights and analysis. wild weather, strong winds fueling fast-moving wildfires. the dramatic rescue caught on camera. plus, more spring snow on the move and record-breaking cold settling in. caught on camera, a driver refusing to stop for police when he suddenly loses control. and four-peat, the connecticut huskies capping a perfect season with another dominating performance.
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