making news in america this morning, ted cruz is suspending his campaign after a crushing defeat in indiana. the rnc now says donald trump is going to be the presumptive nominee. plus, bernie sanders pulls off another win, but is it too late to stop hillary? raging wildfires. an entire city evacuated as flames creep closer to homes. the dramatic new video just in. and a man gets bitten by his own king cobra, and as the lethal venom takes hold, he drives himself to the hospital. >> hey, i just got bit by a king cobra. my vision is kind of blurry. >> we have the 911 call and an update on his condition. caught on camera, an alligator climbing a door to ring a doorbell?

cobras biting people. alligators ringing doorbells. what's going on out there? >> your average morning in america. >> a lot of surprises in store for you. good wednesday morning to you all. we begin with another one, this one in politics as indiana delivers a knockout blow to ted cruz. >> yeah, cruz abandoned his bid for the white house after suffering a crushing 53-37 defeat declaring donald trump's path to the republican nomination. cruz had vowed to battle it out until the convention in cleveland, but he said the delegate math just didn't work out. >> from the beginning, i've said that i would continue on as long as there was a viable path to victory. tonight, i'm sorry to say -- >> all: no. >> -- it appears that path has

been foreclosed. >> all: no. >> moments after that the republican establishment acknowledged what they've been fearing, rnc chairman reince priebus tweeting this, "donald trump will be the presumptive nominee. we all need to unite and focus on defeating hillary clinton." while trump celebrated in new york city, it was an emotional night in houston, texas, for cruz and his supporters. we get more now from abc's tom llamas. >> reporter: after a bruising loss, senator ted cruz giving up and dropping out of the race for president. >> with a heavy heart, but with boundless optimism for the long-term future of our nation, we are suspending our campaign. >> all: no. >> reporter: donald trump basking in a crucial victory. >> it really looks like a massive victory and looks like we win all 57 delegates. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: donald trump,

all but inevitable as the republican nominee. >> we're going after hillary clinton. she will not be a great president. she will not be a good president. she will be a poor president. >> reporter: senator ted cruz suspending his campaign incredibly emotional in this room. his supporters, his family and even the candidate himself with tears in his eyes. he says there is no longer a path for him to win the nomination. tom llamas, abc news, indianapolis. >> john kasich finished a distant third place last night with just 8% of the vote, but he's staying in the race. >> yeah, so far kasich has only won his home state of ohio, but it's mathematically impossible for him to win the nomination, but his campaign released a statement overnight saying they will offer voters a clear choice and fight for the higher path. let's turn now to the democrats and bernie sanders eking out a victory in indiana. >> sanders beat hillary clinton, 53% to -- or 52% to 48%, rather. that win will not slow her march to the democratic nomination, but sanders is now riding on a new wave of momentum and making

it clear that it's not over yet. more now from abc's cecilia vega. >> i feel good. i just feel generally good. >> reporter: hillary clinton sounding upbeat at the end of a tough fight. but bernie sanders still seeing a glimmer of hope. >> i understand that secretary clinton thinks that this campaign is over. i've got some bad news for her. >> reporter: even with a sanders win in indiana, it will still be virtually impossible for him to clinch the nomination. >> and i do not deny it for one second that we have an uphill battle in front of us, but i think we have a path to a victory. >> the facts are pretty clear. i'm 3 million votes ahead of him, 300 pledge delegates ahead of him. >> reporter: but sanders is vowing to fight on. >> so we feel great about tonight, not only in winning here, in indiana, in accumulating some more delegates but also gaining the momentum we need to take us to the finish line. >> reporter: bernie sanders'

victory party came in the form of a tweet he wrote, "the political revolution wins indiana." hillary clinton's campaign took to twitter too. no mention of indiana. they are now laser focused on donald trump calling him the presumptive gop nominee and asking supporters to donate money to stop him. cecilia vega, abc news, columbus, ohio. >> okay, so let's get to the delegate count now with the front-runners all about unstoppable. >> donald trump picked up at least 51, if not all, of the state's gop delegates. that brings his overall count to 1,049. inching closer to that magic number of 1,237. >> and despite sanders' victory, he'll have to split indiana's delegates evenly with hillary clinton. she has more than 2,200 delegates in all, and sanders is facing an uphill battle. he needs to win 95% of the remaining delegates to clinch the nomination. do stay with abc news for the very latest on the primary results. live team coverage and analysis

straight ahead on "good morning america." and later in this half hour, donald trump accusing ted cruz's dad of being involved in jfk's assassination. that photo that trump says is proof and reaction from ted cruz's father. >> president obama heads to michigan today to get a firsthand look at the flint water crisis and maybe a taste. the trip comes after 8-year-old mari copeny wrote her a letter and plans to meet with her and other residents, but the governor of michigan who is under fire for the handling of the crisis says he hopes the president will also drink flint water to show that it's safe. turning to the weather now and more powerful storms have plagued the southeast. take a look. winston-salem, north carolina, as a powerful rainstorm enveloped the city making it briefly disappear and that same system made things miserable for beyonce fans at an outdoor concert in raleigh-durham. first they were asked to wait in their cars until the worst

weather had passed, and once inside the stadium, the show was stopped temporarily because of lightning. by the time she took the stage once again, some fans had already left the venue. now, take a look at the radar, those storms pushing off into the atlantic, but the dry conditions not going to last very long. both coasts are in for a rainy weather pattern. that's expected to last through the rest of the week. still ahead, new concerns about zika and the type of mosquito that carries the virus as a pregnant american woman tests positive. and under arrest, a man accused of contaminating grocery store food. he's making an admission to investigators and the potentially dangerous liquid that he was spraying. plus, terrified tourists stuck on an air balloon in high winds. n air balloon in high winds.

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fast-moving flames have forced the evacuation of more than 80,000 people in the city of ft. mcmurray north of edmonton, alberta, canada. witnesses say the city's downtown area and many homes are burning or already destroyed. strong, unpredictable winds have been fanning those flames. back here at home and the investigation into prince's death. according to 911 call logs released yesterday, a woman in germany claimed prince told her he had a coke habit he couldn't shake. it appears that authorities didn't respond to that call and several people who worked closely with prince say they never saw him use drug but this morning "the star tribune" reports he died one day before he was set to meet with an addiction specialist from california. the fbi says a man in michigan admitted to contaminating food in several supermarkets. he was taken into custody yesterday.

he reportedly sprayed a mixture of water, hand cleaner and mouse poison in at least three stores including a whole foods. those stores say they have taken every precaution to make sure no one eats the contaminated food. a 30-year-old is in custody in washington, d.c. charged with second degree murder after hijacking a commuter bus. the suspect attacked the bus driver, stole the bus and then struck and killed a pedestrian. the entire incident took place within five blocks of where the suspect first boarded that vehicle. the bus driver was injured and remains hospitalized this morning. an announcement could come today about an enormous expansion of the recall involving takata's exploding air bags. sources say u.s. regulators are in talks with takata about agreeing to more than double the nearly 29 million air bag inflaters that have been already recalled. the problem with the takata air bags is they can explode with too much force. at least 11 people have died because of air bag incidents. when we come back, a dramatic scene from overseas. dropped several stories from a burning building, u.s. soldiers coming to the aid of a family. and anybody home? well, if they were, they'd get a

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cables but can still be lifted about 500 feet into the air. no one was seriously hurt. now for a look at morning road conditions, back in this country, heavy rain is a possibility in south florida. showers from seattle to portland and showers in the northeast. and if you're flying, airport delays are possible in miami, new york and boston. it's the morning's big story, ted cruz has dropped out of the race for the white house. >> it was a big surprise, cruz called it quits last night after a bruising defeat in indiana losing to donald trump, 52% to 37%. cruz had vowed to fight all the way to the convention, but he now says last night's loss leaves him with no viable path to victory. and bernie sanders beat hillary clinton, but it's not putting a dent in her delegate lead. just hours before cruz dropped out, he found himself in a fierce war of words with trump. without citing any proof, trump hyst mentioned a bizarre "national enquirer" story that

linked cruz's father to the jfk assassination. our tom llamas caught up with rafael cruz to get his reaction. >> reporter: tom llamas with abc news. how are you? >> hi. how are you? >> reporter: real quick, what did you think of donald trump when he was making those illusions? what did you think of that? >> i haven't even seen it but it's ludicrous. it's ludicrous. i was never in new orleans at that time. that's typical of donald trump. >> donald trump alleges that my dad was involved in assassinating jfk. now, let's be clear. this is nuts. >> reporter: after cruz's tirade donald trump questioned whether he had the temperament to be president, but after cruz dropped out, trump then praised him as a tough and smart competitor with an amazing future. flags in arizona will fly at half-staff today in honor of a u.s. navy s.e.a.l. killed in iraq while fighting isis. 31-year-old charlie keating iv was a high school track star in arizona and went on to attend the naval academy before becoming a s.e.a.l. keating's grandfather of the same name was a late financier

who was involved in the savings and loan scandal of the 1980s. and the ntsb is investigating the cause of this deadly small plane crash on new york's long island. the plane was flying from south carolina to connecticut. the pilot radioed a distress call saying he was having trouble with the instrument panel just before the accident. he was killed along with two passengers. the plane crashed near two public schools in a residential neighborhood, but no one on the ground was hurt. schools in detroit re-opened this morning after the teachers there agreed to end their sick-out. classes had been canceled monday and tuesday because of the teachers' action. they were protesting the possibility of not being paid for work they'd already done. that issue has been resolved. a connecticut woman who got pregnant while traveling to central america has been diagnosed with the zika virus. the woman has since returned to central america. the virus is mostly spread by mosquito bites and is especially dangerous for pregnant women because it can lead to birth defects. in the meantime, a baseball series between the marlins and the pirates in puerto rico is in jeopardy this morning because of growing concerns over the virus' spread there.

hospital mistakes are now one of the leading killers in the united states. new research from johns hopkins shows medical errors are now the third leading cause of death after heart disease and cancer. an estimated 250,000 people died of medical errors in 2013. those errors include anything from prescribing the wrong medication to mistakes in the operating room. and there's some new concerns about unnecessary prescriptions. a cdc study says nearly one-third of antibiotics are not needed by patients. that's about 47 million prescriptions. the concern is that unneeded antibiotics could contribute to the development of drug-resistant bacteria. the nfl has been in touch with its players with a very specific warning about performance-enhancing drugs. the warning says any player who plans to visit china or mexico should avoid eating meat there. that's because the league says it may contain a banned

anabolic agent which could lead to a failed drug test. players ignoring the warning are told they do so at their own risk. a fire near a u.s. air base in south korea had americans swinging into action. a group of airmen rallied bystanders to help hold up a blanket as three children were dropped from the fourth story. three adults also made that leap. everyone survived. the airmen later returned to the scene for a very well-deserved thank you. a north carolina man is fighting for his life this morning after being bitten by his pet king cobra. his facebook page shows ali iyoob handling the snake considered to be one of the most dangerous in the world. after being bitten at home, iyoob tried to drive himself to the hospital, but he didn't make it very far. here's part of the 911 call. >> hey, i just got bit by a king cobra, and i'm on my way to the hospital. my vision is kinda blurry. i'm sweating like crazy. i'm like panicking. i feel nauseous. >> wow. he pulled over and waited for an ambulance. at the hospital he waited hours for an anti-venom to be delivered from another state.

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but heidi seemed just fine and they hugged it all out. take a look at donald trump's hometown newspapers. the headline for "the new york post" cleverly reads hoosier daddy. >> hoosier daddy, a tip to indiana there, and "the new york daily news," not so nice, announcing the death of the republican party. boy, in a coffin there. only the way "the new york daily news" can. >> very subtle. jetblue has apparently found a way to make passengers love crying babies. on a recent flight, the airline promised for every cry heard, passengers would get 25% off a future trip, and since four babies cried, they got a round trip for free. >> go, babies. >> jetblue said this all happened for mother's day and the company wanted to acknowledge how stressed moms and other care givers are when they're traveling with their children. that's a change. people cheering for crying babies. >> yes. >> wake up, baby. wake up. >> i'm sure they're probably like -- some of those babies were product prodded.

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good morning, 4:30 club. i am natasha zouves. >> i am regular. >> is it okay to say may the 4th be with you. and we are okay with you. "star wars" fans, we will get to that in a second but, first, meteorologist mike nicco. >> she will more vocal, especially the phone. live doppler hd is showing radar returns like yesterday afternoon. they are getting undercut by dry air. do not expect this to reach the ground until the afternoon. clouds to start and mild. 50 to 58 and tapering to 56 at the coast and 70 inland from noon to 4:00 and mid-50s to

upper 60s, mild this evening. sue? >> good morning. at 680 southbound, we have no delays here. you are look at seven minutes from highway 4, to highway 24. that is from. if you continue on 24 to the tunnel everything is looking great for another continue meant drive to the oakland side of things. 15 minutes across the san mateo bridge and the tail lights are headed to foster city and the high-rise to san mateo area and you are looking at a smooth sailing this morning. we have road work and we will update that in a couple of minutes. >> union bank customers are livid imagine going to an a.t.m. and seeing zero dollars in the bank account. union bank said a software update resulted if a glitch. we are in men with that story. janet, is it back to normal? >> good morning, natasha. customers relieved they can

access their money in they are headed it young bank they can go inside or use the a.t.m. without any problem. or glitches. the problem was resolved last night at 6:00 p.m. after many frustrate customers could not withdraw or deposit money. others complained the debit cards were declined when they used to use it. customers found out yesterday morning. all the machine said this machine is not taking cash deposts so i came around the corner and saw the other a.t.m. on the end there. i tried it. it took half of my money. >> young bank's response was "we experienced an unanticipated delay with the overnight processing that affects various. it is," the issue has been resolved and customers can return to bank activities. customers are speak out. one customer complains they still had a miss deposit from