have a great day. making news in america this morning, armed and making news in america this morning, armed and dangerous. the urgent search for a woman allegedly obsessed with the columbine school shooting accused of buying ammo just days before the anniversary of the attack. schools closing this morning. the threat police call credible and what her family is now saying. the new video from notre dame cathedral. crews falling off the statue. worried about the structural integrity of the walls. what we're learning now about the fire damage. trump takes on bernie. why the president says the bernie sanders town hall on fox news wasn't fair. rideshare nightmare. >> i got into the car. >> the man allegedly pretending

to be an uber driver, cornered the woman and robbed her. the important lesson for anyone using car services. and spasht patient zero. spreading measles. the reaction. and flag flap. and netflix, the new war on so-called chick flicks. good wednesday morning, everyone. we begin with the urgent search for an 18-year-old woman described as armed and dangerous. >> police say she's infatuated with the shooting at columbine high school. she's now accused of making several threats at several schools just as the anniversary of columbine massacre approaches. overnight, we learned denver public schools will be among those closing today as a precaution. overnight, the massive hunt for the woman said to be obsessed

with the columbine massacre. >> she has had an infatuation with columbine and the perpetrators of columbine. >> investigators say 18-year-old sol pais made threats towards schools which police are calling credible. 20 schools in the county including columbine were all placed on lockdown, meaning business as usual inside, but no visitors allowed in. >> she obtained a shotgun and ammunition. because of her procurement of a weapon immediately upon arriving here, we consider her to be a credible threat. >> the timing of the search comes just days before the 20th anniversary of the shooting at columbine, where two students opened fire on their classmates killing 13 people. >> i know this opens a wound especially for those families on an anniversary week

>> i know on an anniversary week for those families deeply impacted by this. >> authorities say the school has seen an increase of threats. a man tells our station in miami he's pais' father. >> when is the last time you heard from her? >> he hasn't seen her since sunday. he said he's in disbelief and urged his daughter to come home. >> fbi agents were also at the house. >> so, we're just in the middle of an interview. >> next door neighbors say they're shocked. >> they always listens to what's said. she never gets in trouble. >> law enforcement has been consulting with schools about security. public schools in denver and littleton, colorado, are closed today. turning now to the people of france, mourning notre dame, but vowing to rebuild as we learned about the devastating fire. overnight, parisians gathered and prayed, thankful that their cathedral escaped total destruction. in a show of solidarity, the empire state building here in new york lit up in the colors of the french flag. new details on the fire investigation.

>> reporter: this morning, the focus of french authorities, securing what's left of notre dame and identifying weaknesses in the structure, that according to the french junior interior minister telling reporters they have identified some vulnerabilities. so as a precaution, nearby residents were evacuated and the work of saving and removing what was spared in the fire continues, including this statue on the cathedral's facade. ♪ last night, parisians pausing to grieve the beloved landmark. cheering for firefighters. paris' mayor calling this man the paris fire brigade chaplin a hero for running in with firefighters to attempt to recover the crown of thorns in possession for nearly 800 years. this video now providing a dramatic look of what the firefighters are up against as a time line is also emerging.

the first alarm sounded at 6:21 monday. investigators searched the building and found nothing. then came another alarm at 6:43, this time, there were flames and it was too late. that 23-minute gap, now a part of an investigation authorities say will be long and complex, this as french president emmanuel macron is promising the cathedral will be rebuilt in just five years. as for a cause, it is still early, but officials belin cinte so, investigators, now, they plan on interviewing workers from the five companies hired to do the renovation. kenneth and janai. >> elizabeth hur, thank you. president trump has vetoed the resolution on the war in yemen. the bipartisan measure would have ended the support for the war in yemen. critics say saudi forces have been targeting civilians. members of congress are also angered by the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi.

president trump called the resolution dan sd it would weaken his constitutional authority. a new war of words between the president and bernie sanders. it followed the bernie sanders town hall on fox news. the fox anchor asked a question about government-run health care and it drew a large response from the audience. take a look. >> a show of hands of how many people get their insurance from work. private insurance right now. how many get it from private insurance. okay. now, of those, how many are willing to transition to what the senator says, a government-run system. >> wow. well, president trump claims his supporters were shut out of the event. he's also slamming bernie sanders' tax returns saying senator, quote, made a fortune from the new tax laws. sanders responded saying the president is scared of his campaign. another democrat pete buttigieg appeared to be gaining

momentum. his campaign was expecting about 50 people at a rally in des moines last night but 1650 showed up. it was the first showing in iowa since declaring his candidacy. police in philadelphia say six people were injured when a man intentionally drove into them on the street after getting into an argument. two victims were transported in critical condition. the driver was attacked after the crash and is now under arrest. drivers near washington, d.c. got quite a surprise overnight, what appears to be a meteor streaking across the sky there. a man captured that moment on his dashboard camera. this is in fairfax, virginia. no official word yet on any meteors in the area. but quite a sight. well, turning to the weather. severe storms are expected in texas, oklahoma and parts of the midwest today. so, let's take a look at your wednesday forecast. good morning. we're looking at severe storms wednesday afternoon going into the evening. large hail, damaging winds, flooding downpo tornadoes. highest risk, dallas in the

afternoon and evening going into oklahoma. problems along i-70, i-40, i-20. then the risks shift over towards arkansas, missouri, going into portions of louisiana during the evening hours, closing in on memphis. look for wet weather causing more flooding in central parts of the country. going into the rest of mid-april. i'm accuweather meteorologist paul williams. attention, cookie lovers. coming up, why chips ahoy cookies are being recalled. plus, new details on the prison sentence felicity huffman may face. in the college admissions scandal. and a new rideshare nightmare.

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stranded in the wild. they got stuck for 26 hours in a national park crawling with crocodiles in australia. but look closely there. you can see they wrote the word "help dwt "and "help" and an arrow in the mud. rescue planes saw that message and rescued them. we're now hearing from a victim. police are searching for a man in the surveillance video. they say they lured woman in her car. the victim said she got suspicious when he had to ask for her address. he then followed her inside. she knew something was dangerously wrong. the woman spoke to us on the phone about the ordeal. >> so, my gut instinct told me to just run out of the elevator and try to open the door to my unit. i was almost able to close the door shut. but he managed to push himself through the door and proceeded to rob my apartment. >> police say the suspect stole

two watches and some credit cards. the incident happened one day after a south carolina student was killed after she got into a car she thought was an uber. police are reminding customers to confirm names with your driver and confirm their license plate. new details on the college admissions bribery scandal. prosecutors are requesting a judge sentence actress felicity huffman between four to ten months. they're expecting the low end of that range. huffman said she's pleading guilty. meanwhile, actress lori loughlin has pleaded not guilty. "entertainment tonight" reports loughlin feels she was manipulated by the officials who ran the scheme. loughlin felt she might be breaking the rules but not the law. and chips ahoy cookies are being recalled because of what the company calls an unexpectedt

solidified ingredient found in 13 packages. the affected cookies have best buy dates in the first half of september. coming up, the new highest paid player in the nfl. but first the nationwide development in the so-called measles outbreak. the so-called patient zero. and one city addresses controversy over american flag logos on its police cars. the city's decision, next. not buzzword fresh. but, actually fresh-fresh. fresh. at panera, we hand-pick berries at peak-season. use creamy avocado. cage-free eggs. and a dressing fit for a goddess. oh and every ingredient is 100% clean. and for your next event big or small, try panera catering. panera. food as it should be. rheumatoid arthritis or psoriatic arthritis.

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returning to the nationwide measles outbreak. >> he travelled from new york to michigan while contagious and why he's blamed. >> reporter: this morning, health officials in michigan say they found the man responsible for spreading the life-threatening measles virus genotythat h dernee. fthng and that the cases that we have all related to the new york outbreak. >> reporter: according to "the washington post," the unidentified patient zero was reportedly misdiagnosed by doctors twice during a road trip from new york to michigan. his cold-like symptoms initially thought to be bronchitis, and by the time it was recognized, 39 people in detroit had already caught the highly contagious disease. when health officials tracked the man down and told him what happened he was clearly upset. the head of oakland services telling "the post" he put

his head down and was very emotional. i could tell from the look on his face that he was devastated. he was doing the math in his head counting all of the people he'd been in contact with. but those sickened in detroit were just a fraction of the nationwide outbreak that has affected 555 people across 20 states with more than two-thirds of those cases from new york alone. >> despite our best efforts, this outbreak is not going away. if anything, it's accelerating much as we feared. need we wait for someone to die? >> reporter: health experts in rockland county, new york, are struggling to debunk vaccine myths and tacking drastic measures to curb the spread, including a 2,000 per day fine for anyone who knowingly goes out in public infected with measles. >> we've seen multiple hospital cases and even a premature birth caused by measles, an infant. >> and health officials say the vaccine is 97% effective. prosecutors in chicago have released a trove of documents offering new insight into the jussie smollett controversy. 16 counts against the actor for

allegedly staging a hate crime against himself were dropped. that decision sparked a backlash from police. one message from prosecutor kim foxx through her top deputy indicates thought smollett was charges excessively, even comparing to the case of r. kelly, saying, quote, pedophile with four victim ten counts, washed up celeb who lied to cops, 16. the american flag logo will be staying on police cars in laguna beach, california. some claim it was antagonistic, other criticized the use of the flag as a branding device. but the majority of the standing room only crowd at the meeting wanted to keep the patriotic design and the council agreed. in sports, stunning in the nhl. tampa bay lightning best team in the regular season got eliminated from the playoffs dropping four straight games to

columbus in the first round. the islanders, jets and golden knights also won last night. in the nba, the nuggets rallied from a 19-point deficit in the second half to beat the spurs. the series is now tied. the raptors and blazers also won. and in football, seattle seahawks quarterback russell wilson is now the nfl's highest paid player. he just agreed to a $140 million contract extension. wilson announced the agreement in this video along with his wife singer ciara from their bed. >> she's got that hit song "level up," he just leveled up, big time, right? >> look at her smiling. >> oh, my goodness, that's good. a new tribute to the '90s sitcom "friends." and the netflix war on so-called chick flicks.

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♪ it is te cck "the swimsuit models, not us, and their big scare. >> yeah, they were taking part in a photo shoot at a mansion in australia. the mansion's owner posted this hilarious video showing the bikini-clad women running for their lives. it almost looks like a horror movie. >> it really does, but what are they running from? eventually, a very energetic kangaroo comes into the picture. that's what they're running from. one woman jumps in the pool to escape. people calling her the smartest one, absolutely. >> that joey just bouncing around there. netflix says no more chick flicks.

>> the streaming service wants to get rid of the phrase and use a twitter thread to plead its case. the company argues the term is reserved for romantic comedies and that women are only ones interested in romance and which is not true, right, kenneth? >> i definitely know that's not true. it wants the term reserved for films that are literally about baby chickens, chick flicks, baby chickens. >> that making sense. yeah, right, man movies. so, your friends aren't just there for you. new research finds they may be a lot like you on the inside. >> yeah. a new study reveals friends are more similar to each other genetically than strangers. there's a theory behind it saying you may bond with people in a similar environment like work. >> so, the other theory is, people tend become friends based

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making news right now at 4:27, so long dixie. cheers erupt as a north based school district votes to change a controversial name. plus, work is already under way to rebuild the notre dame cathedral. the ambitious goal, get it done in five years. san francisco led the fight against single use plastic bags. now it wants to up the ante and you'll pay. good morning. it is wednesday, april 17th. thanks for joining us. >> all right. somebody didn't get the pink and red memo. >> even alexis and she was gone for two days. >> flowers, come on, mike. >> i don't have that instincts. tomorrow i will be dressed differently than today. maybe more appropriately. tomorrow will be the warmest day of the week for a lot of us. >> shorts. >> can i wear shorts? can i?

we'll see. a look at what's going on otherwise. i like you being on the show saying i can wear shorts. thanks, dion. it's a little bit cooler this morning. let's look at our high temperatures, mid-60s. those are the cool spots. low to mid-70s around the bay and mid-70s inland. we'll break it down for you in the accuweather planner and talk about the warmer weather. here is alexis. good morning. good morning, mike. overall we're off to a quiet start as you would hope at 4:28 in the morning. c collisions al today. taking you to the south bay, san jose, southbound 280 connector/101 is closed. they're working on towing away one of those vehicles. i am not seeing any delays through that stretch. word of a three vehicle collision westbound 80 just before you get to the bay bridge toll plaza. sounds like that's fully off to the right shoulder. another update in a couple minutes.

in the north bay the chp continues investigating a wrongway crash that left one driver dead. it happened just before 9:30 last night in novato on the transition from highway 101 to eastbound h .p motorcycle office responding to a different crash when suddenly they saw a car coming directly at them. >> despite the fact they were full lights and sirens in all lanes, the vehicle continued traveling at them causing both of them to have to actually swerve at the last minute to avoid being hit. >> the vehicle crashed into the car directly behind the officers. the woman who was driving the wrongway died at the scene. the other driver traveling in the correct direction suffered minor injuries. the highway 37 transition reopened about 12:30 this morning. major developments in the c first, aninternational architect competition to rebuild

the spire of the cathedral. new totals show nearly $1 billion raised to rebuild church. a live look at the cathedral today. two days after the massive fire french authorities are securing what is left and identifying weaknesses in the structure. french president macron has pledged to rebuild the cathedral within five years. today bells will ring across france in commemoration of the fire. there was a vigil last night. ♪ the cause of the fire is still under investigation, but officials say they believe it was an accident. you, too, can share your thoughts and send love and prayer by sharing this badge on our social media pages available on twitter and facebook. it's 4:30 right now on the

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