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america this morning. making news in america this morning, frightening weather across the middle of the country overnight. lightning and hail while across the southeast too much rain in too short of a time having deadly consequences. on the campaign trail, the front-runners are looking for big wins in the hoosier state. but their rivals are pledging to fight on no matter what. we're live in washington. a surprise visitor in an apartment. firefighters realizing there's no training for this type of emergency. and we'll bet anheuser-busch didn't have this six-pack in mind when talking about beechwood aging. it's the catch of the day just reeled in by a couple of guys in wisconsin.
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good monday morning, everyone. it is a rough monday morning so far for many people in south central states. >> two possible tornadoes touched down near indianapolis, indiana. sirens blared throughout the city throughout the night warning residents of the potential for twisters. there was also heavy rain, strong winds and lots of hail but so far no reports of major damage. but it's a different story along the western gulf coast with some areas receiving up to 10 inches of rain within 24 hours. the flooding has already turned deadly, and the storms are continuing overnight. >> at least five people have drowned in the floods so far. those victims, a woman and her four great grandchildren, were swept away over the weekend in texas, and with the ground there saturated and waterways overflowing, more rain could mean flash flooding. let's get the forecast now from accuweather's paul williams. good morning, paul. >> good morning to you, kendis, diane. flash flood threat still very active along the gulf coast for houston, shreveport, jackson, mississippi, down to new orleans, louisiana. humid air feeding in from the
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south causing travel delays along i-10 and i-20, possibly 5 more inches of rain where we really don't need it. but not just there, it spreads for the entire southeast with heavy rain across mississippi, alabama into the tennessee valley region and even into the carolinas with a few storms down into florida. and on top of that, they're going to have a heat index near 100 there. but that's not all. it's going to be muggy all over the place. even in the northeast, we're expecting another low pressure system to make its way slowly towards the northeast and creating scattered showers from maine to new york and heavier there, and spotty showers from new york down towards the mason-dixon line. denver, diane. >> paul, thank you. turning to the race for the white house, we will see a crucial contest tomorrow in indiana that may be make or break for ted cruz. >> yeah, the front-runners are poised to rack up more delegates but their rivals are digging in for the long haul. we get the latest right now from abc's lana zak joining us live from washington. lana, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, kendis and diane. wondering when this primary competition may end? not any time soon according to ted cruz and bernie sanders.
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sanders now saying that clinton's supporting superdelegates should switch over to him instead. both republicans and democrats pledging to take this one all the way. ted cruz says there's no way he's giving in to donald trump, no matter how big trump's lead. >> donald right now is on the 30 yard line, and he wants everyone to say, hey, the game is over. >> reporter: trump currently holds a double-digit lead according to the latest polls. the front-runner telling indiana voters they could help him knock out the competition by bringing trump's delegate count over 1,000. >> then we could focus on crooked hillary. please, let's focus on hillary. >> reporter: hillary clinton seems ready to focus on trump too. >> we cannot let barack obama's legacy fall into donald trump's hands. >> reporter: but while clinton supporters are asking bernie sanders to get out -- >> i would like to see sanders try to bring some of his supporters over, as well. >> reporter: -- he says there will be no concession before the convention. >> the convention will be a contested contest.
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>> reporter: crediting his supporters for ushering in a political revolution with their millions of donations. >> we have received over 7.4 million individual campaign contributions. >> reporter: over the weekend the president teasing sanders during the white house correspondents' dinner. >> bernie, you look like a million bucks, or to put it in terms you'll understand, you look like 37,000 donations of $27 each. >> reporter: the president actually made fun of all the different candidates including hillary clinton. he said her attempts to reach out to youth voters was sort of like a relative signing up for facebook. clinton took it all in stride though tweeting, "nice job. aunt hillary approves." kendis, diane. >> lana zak reporting for us in washington this morning. thank you, lana. overnight, may day demonstrations in seattle turned violent. anti-capitalist demonstrators threw rocks, bricks, even molotov cocktails at police. five officers were injured. at least nine people were arrested.
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there were other may day demonstrations on the west coast in portland, san francisco and l.a., but only the ones in seattle turned violent. new this morning, two u.s. missionaries have been found dead, the victims of violence in jamaica. the bodies of randy hentzel and harold nichols were found in a rural area on the caribbean island. the two men worked for a pennsylvania-based religion group called teams for medical missions and were apparently on their way to check on a house that was being built for a poor family. the green zone in baghdad has returned to normal. this morning thousands broke into the fortified area storming the parliament. it marked the worst security breach the green zone has seen forcing the government to declare a state of emergency. the demonstrators, mostly supporters of a shiite cleric, are demanding political reform. commuters in the washington, d.c. area could face some major delays this morning after a train derailment. 15 cars of a csx freight train went off the tracks in northeast d.c.
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a company spokeswoman says one of the derailed trains leaked sodium hydroxide, which is used to produce various household products including soap and detergent. and a historic new york city church has been heavily damaged by smoke and flames. the fire destroyed the roof of the serbian orthodox cathedral but the church was empty at the time, and there were no serious injuries. the cathedral was built in the early 1850s and was designated a city landmark in 1968. it was the end of an era in providence, rhode island, for the greatest show on earth. over the weekend, the last performing elephants with the ringling brothers and barnum & bailey circus walked the ring for the final time. after decades of protests from animal rights groups, the circus is retiring them to ringling's 200-acre preserve in florida. >> elephants have been part of the circus for a long time, 145 years. other animals will remain as part of that show. well, coming up, a lawsuit that starbucks is calling absolutely absurd. it's all about how much ice is in your iced beverage.
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from boulevards to ball fields and ponds to playgrounds, together we have saved over 3 million acres of land. a park is a gift that is worth protecting. help support the trust for public land and the gift of parks today. check this out, this postal service truck ended up in a south carolina river about 35 miles northeast of columbia. it happened in a heavy downpour on interstate 20. police say the truck driver attempted to pass another vehicle and lost control. he was rescued from the river and charged with driving too fast for the conditions. more than 40 public schools in detroit will be closed today and the move comes after the
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teachers union called for a sick-out. the school system's emergency managers warning the district won't be able to pay its employees after june 30th. he also says today's sick-out will make it more difficult to try to convince lawmakers to approve a rescue plan. the system has more than 90 schools. puerto rico has a huge bill due today that it can't pay. the territory will default on a $422 million bond payment. weekend negotiations on deferring the payment were unsuccessful. in a speech yesterday, the governor said providing essential services to residents was more important. congress has so far been unable to pass a debt restructuring bill for puerto rico. and the latest coffee chain lawsuit isn't over how hot the drinks are but over the cold ones. an illinois woman claims starbucks put too much ice in its beverages. the class action lawsuit seeks $5 million to compensate everyone who purchased a cold drink from starbucks in the past 10 years. starbucks calls the lawsuit,
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quote, absurd saying in a statement, again, quote, our customers understand and expect that ice is an essential component of an iced beverage. >> iced beverage. expect ice. "the jungle book" is still roaring through theaters. the live action film is from disney, which is also our parent company. it's in its third week. "the jungle book" took in almost as much as the next six films combined. >> wow. >> that's $42 million. "the huntsman: winter's war" surrendered at 9 million as did the comedy "keanu." when we come back, not the usual guest in the hallway. how did a bear get inside? and a six-pack of bud, that's not quite the way that we're used to seeing when it says past its expiration date maybe. it was found decades after. we have that story coming up.
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east. there could be some light snow in the western mountains. and if you're flying, airport delays are most likely in new orleans, houston, atlanta, charlotte, washington, new york and boston. next a potential battle that is brewing over what prince left behind. some of his family members head to court in minnesota today to start the lengthy process of dividing his $300 million estate. >> that's because prince died with no known will. meanwhile, there are some new questions about his health as abc's eva pilgrim reports. ♪ >> reporter: authorities turning their attention to prince's medication and whether the star died of a drug overdose. sources telling abc news the superstar was getting prescriptions from multiple doctors. authorities have executed a search warrant at his local walgreens but no official word yet on why he died. toxicology results still weeks away. meanwhile, the superstar's family heads to court as they move forward to settle his estate. prince's older brother alfred remembering his little brother. his attorney putting to rest
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rumors of family disputes. >> with any estate matter, with any family matter, weddings, funerals, emotions, you know, soar. >> reporter: and with an estimated $300 million estate on the line, people claiming to be heirs are coming out of the woodwork. heir hunters international, a company that searches for possible heirs to estates, have been overwhelmed with people claiming to be prince's love child. so far one man's story has piqued their interest. >> he was born in the '80s and his mother crossed paths with prince a couple times as i'm sure many, many other people did. ♪ >> reporter: heir hunters international is still verifying key details of his story. if prince had any children, those children would inherit his entire estate. eva pilgrim, abc news, chanhassen, minnesota. it's going to be an active wildfire season for some parts of the country. the national interagency fire center says at
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particular risk the sierra, the southwest, california, alaska and hawaii, however, the wildfire threat is normal or below normal for much of texas, the south and southern midwest. now, last year wildfires burned a record number of square miles. and this was the scene outside an apartment near denver. this is in the predawn hours over the weekend. yeah, no, thank you. fire crews responding to a frantic call about this bear making himself at home in the resident's living room. they coaxed him out, and he headed down the hallway, luckily away from the firefighters. no humans or bears injured in that one. >> did he find a different room maybe? >> we can only hope. he's looking for goldilocks. >> porridge. the kentucky derby is this saturday, and fans attending have a new attraction to see. there's a whole exhibit about last year's triple crown winner, american pharoah. >> the exhibit features mementos from pharoah's
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racing immortality and videos of all three race wins. now, jockey victor espinoza was there for the opening, and he'll be riding another horse this saturday. now, to some sports highlights, and that, of course, means the playoffs. >> we get those now from our friends at espn. good morning, america. the sc stands for "sportscenter." i'm john buccigross, john anderson getting your monday off to a good start with some sports news. >> and a particular good morning to the city of pound, wisconsin. so the warriors and trail blazers open their semifinal series there in the western conference. klay thompson, he played. draymond green, he played. steph curry, bad knee, did not play. look at klay. 18 points in the first quarter, which is more than portland had. 37 for the game. draymond, saginaw, michigan, played for sweet lew dawkins in high school. triple-double. 23 point, 13 rebounds, 11 assists, as you said, he orchestrated this whole thing and the warriors win without steph, 118-106. >> i'll give a shoutout to
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oneonta, new york. they're big "good morning america" fans. blues and stars, chris russell, it's 3-2, st. louis, but jamie bend, one of the finest hockey players in the world right now, number 14. maybe the best all-around winger. he's got it all. he hits, he scores, he does it all. great hair, as well. this game went to overtime and the captain of the blues, david backes wins it. first he jumped out of the way of a slapshot, watch him up in the air. wee! he just happened to turn around. the puck off his blade and just brushes it in, and the blues have evened the series at one. game three tuesday night in st. louis. >> and nevada, missouri, as well. good morning there. >> we covered the entire country. it's up to you to do the best. >> we'll do our best. looked like a nascar demolition derby at tallahassee on sunday. 35 race cars were involved in accidents of some kind. >> okay, so there were some minor wrecks in the early going, but the big ones came in the final laps. one involved 21 cars. another with a dozen of them. and as brad keselowski won the
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race, there was another in the back of the pack. up next in "the pulse," what's next for malia obama? she's been doing some life planning, and we've got the details. plus, a new look at the youngest british royal. happy birthday, princess charlotte. the photos released overnight. released overnight. to escape their unrelenting nasal allergy symptoms... houston: news alert... new from the makers of claritin, clarispray. ♪ welcome back. clarispray is a nasal allergy spray that contains the #1 prescribed, clinically proven ingredient. nothing is more effective at relieving your sneezing, runny nose and nasal congestion. return to the world with new clarispray.
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those pizza boxes that end up in the trash, of course, how about an edible pizza box. >> a pizzeria in brooklyn is calling this the pizza box pizza. it's inside a folding box that you can actually eat. >> okay. it costs about 40 bucks and vinny's pizzeria is still working on a way to deliver the whole thing without using a box, of course, so that means it's really -- >> it's a work in progress. is it really a box? fishing and beer often go hand in hand but not like this. >> a couple of fishing buddies in wisconsin had a rare catch. it turns out to be 60 years old but after all that time under water, the cans were corroded and filled with sand. >> we thought it was a rock or a log or something like that. happens all the time. and truth be told pulled it up
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and it ended up being beer. >> they were empty, unfortunately, but i don't know how good they would have tasted anyway from -- they would have been cold still, i'm guessing. >> that is the upside. would have been cold. >> what a waste of beer. >> it is. it's still a mystery how the beer ended up at the bottom of the river. the men haven't decided whether to keep the cans or donate them to a beer museum. >> a little contribution to the arts. finally, it's a happy birthday to britain's princess charlotte. her parents william and kate are allowing a new look at her. >> they've just released these photos overnight, snapshots of charlotte, the cool thing about this, these were actually taken by her mother last month at their home. now, charlotte's privacy, of course, is usually very carefully guarded. this is the first time we've seen these new pictures of her in several months. >> when your daughter is that cute you have to let us get a glimpse once in a while. the duchess is quite a photographer. >> yeah, beautiful. nice symmetry there.
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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> monday is here. >> i am reggie aqui. >> we will get you through it. it will be okay. >> i am natasha zouves. welcome, 4:30 club. now, a check of weather and traffic. >> hello, everyone. live doppler 7 hd is showing a few clouds rolling in, the winds have switched. we have the sea breeze so weather is coming in today. here is how it looks from sutro tower the low clouds are making it fuzzy. we wake up and we are in the 40s and 50s and staying in the 60s at the coast and low-to-mid 60s around bay and inland by noon. and stay in the low-to-mid 70s this afternoon. sue? >> a look at the san rafael southbound we we with tail
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lights headed to central san rafael and to 580. traffic is lit. if you travel from novato to san francisco it is 22 minutes. the san mateo bridge is hazy. traffic is good at 14 minutes from hayward to foster city. we have an incident in the fremont area. it is near dixon landing road southbound or northbound 680, no, 880, on the right shoulder. watch through that area. we will look at the bay bridge in a few minutes. >> police chase a woman through san francisco neighborhoods and it ends in the mission. she was driving without a wheel so it had to end. amy hollyfield is in san francisco this morning. amy? >> yes, a tense few minutes for san francisco pet. they chased the woman through three districts. look the at car.
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she was having tire issues during the incident. it started at 1:00 a.m. police spended to a call in the bayview of an accident. the driver had crashed into parked vehicles. they chased the saturday car and said the driver refused to stop. it lasted 15 minutes. it ended in the mission. police arrested a woman who was driving the car. they have not released any information on her but they are still investigateing. >> happening right now the plane powered by the sun will take off in half an hour continuing the journey around the world. matt keller is at moffett field with the solar impulse two. matt? >> we checked at moffett field half an hour ago and the plane is on the
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