captioning funded by cbs it's friday, april 1st, 2016. this is the "cbs morning news." tornadoes touch down across the southeast and the path of destruction could extend even farther with more severe weather forecast for today. trailing in the polls, ahead of a crucial wisconsin primary, donald trump focuses on foreign policy in an attempt to move away from his controversial remarks on abortion. top players on the women's national soccer team fight for a level playing field and equal pay. a look at the legal attack decade in the making.

and dockside destruction. seven people are hurt when a whale watching ship slams into a san diego pier. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. this morning, the threat of another round of potentially dangerous storms hangs over the mississippi valley. the worst threat of tornadoes, large hail, and damaging winds is in northern mississippi, alabama, parts of tennessee, and kentucky. more than 8 million people are at an enhanced risk of severe weather. last night, a string of twisters touched down in mississippi, alabama, and louisiana. one hit in eastern mississippi between columbus and the alabama state line. damaging at least a dozen homes. one young resident took shelter in his truck. >> there was a lot of wind. a big boom. then hail was hitting the truck. and all of a sudden i'm driving and not driving nil more and

then i'm in a ditch and the power line fell! >> so far, there are no reports of serious injuries. now to politics. donald trump is trying to mend fences with the republican party while explaining his controversial comments on abortion. all this comes ahead of next week's wisconsin primary, a crucial contest for trump and for those trying to stop him. a just released poll of likely republican voters finds trump trailing ted cruz by ten points. a trump loss in wisconsin women registered

voters. clinton bashed trump yesterday

and set herself apart from sanders on women's right. >> i know senator sanders supports the right for a woman's choice to choose, but i think they will endorse me because i have led on this issue. >> reporter: sanders is ahead of clinton in wisconsin, but still trails her by a wide with margin in the dealt count. delegate count. while a loss in wisconsin would be a big blow to trump, the next contest will happen on april 19th in new york. of course, it's trump's home state and offers up one of the biggest pries when it comes to delegates. a lot to watch. >> indeed. don champion in new york, thanks a lot, don. coming up on "cbs this morning," bernie sanders joins us to discuss his battle with hillary clinton for the democratic nomination and other campaign issues. this morning, north korea reportedly fired a short range ballistic missile into the sea. south korean military official sayed missile was fired from north korea's east coast.

if confirmed it is a later of series of launch by the north and military exercises between south korea and the united states. a string of shootings left two people dead and seven others wounded in chicago in a fatal attack. four people got out of a van and opened fire across the street from an elementary school. a man and a woman were killed. in another attack, a man was left in critical condition when he was shot. he was streaming himself online when with the attack occurs. the motive is unknown. the gunman hopped into a car and got away. virginia officials are trying to figure out why a stat trooper at a richmond bus station. chad der myer approached the

suspect who pulled a gun and opened fire in a crowded station. >> i just heard pops and i've never actually heard a real gunshot before, so i didn't really know what was going on. then i saw everyone just ducking, so i followed. >> other troops shot the gunman dead. two women sustained nonlife-threatening injuries. president obama hosted a two-day summit in washington. more than 50 governments attended. today's session focus on preventing isis and other extremists from obtaining nuclear weapon materials. "wall street journal" says it may take months for the agency to determine the capabilities of the technique. a third-party helped the fbi decode the phone used by san bernardino attacker syed farook. the agency isn't saying how it was done or what it found. the key suspect in the paris

attacks that killed 130 people will be returned to france. belgian authorities yesterday approved the extradition of salah abdeslam but no date has been set. he was arrested two weeks ago in brussels. two young mormon missionaries who were hurt in the brussels bombings are expected to make a full recovery. doctors in utah say mason wells and joseph empey are in good spirits. the homecoming overwhelmed empey's father. >> just seeing his eyes and seeing that he was okay was probably the most peace i had had in my whole life. >> a third missionary who was wounded in the attacks is hospitalized in brussels. with the backing of their team, five of the most prominent players on the national women's soccer team have filed a wage discrimination complaint against the u.s. soccer federation launching a legal attack. goalkeeper hope solo and

midfielder megan rapino and carly lloyd. as jim axelrod reports making much less than a successful men's team isn't their only issue. >> reporter: when the u.s. women's soccer team won the world cup last year, they had the highest tv ratings for any soccer game in american history, men or women! they also got a nice parade and a bonus from the u.s. soccer federation of $75,000 for each player, according to the filing. compare that to the men's team. if they won a world cup, they would get more than $390,. hope solo one of the five players to sign the complaint told "cbs this morning" that has to change. >> this is a time we need to push for equality and push for what is right and people are paying attention. >> reporter: the women's team says it generates as much as or

more revenue than the men and get paid four times less. it's not just money. the women want equality in the accommodations and much more. >> for a long time, the women's team has been fighting for change and for progress and this group is feeling like, okay, we are still carrying that torch! and we want to be done carrying it! >> reporter: jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. with the heading reading one nation, one team, u.s. soccer responded to the suit saying we are committed to negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement that addresses compensation. coming up on the "morning news." new hijacker photo. a flight attendant takes a picture with a man who took over an egypt air flight, but it was no laughing matter. and, let's, several passengers are

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to authorities on what is that, so they could identify the man and analyze the device he was wearing. the man said it was a bomb, but it proved to be fake. al.com reports that alabama governor robert bentley bought several disposable cell phones last year. the former state official who says bentley had an affair with a political aide says the governor changed phones frequently. bentley sent only a few messages to the aide on his state-issued phone. >> i can assure the people of alabama, there is nothing there. >> the aide resigned. one lawmaker plans to start impeachment proceedings next week. the st. louis post dispatch reports the hiring of a black officer as police chief in ferguson, missouri. major moss was a homicide detective in miami, florida. they found racism in ferguson's police department after a white officer killed an unarmed black teen in 2014. "the new york times" reports a budget deal that gradually raises the state's minute wage to $15 an hour. new york is the second state to make the change, following

california. the pay level will be reached by 2018 in new york city, but rises later in wealthy suburbs. yahoo! sports says philadelphia will apologize to jackie robinson. robinson broke big league baseball's color barrier 69 years ago. some members of the phillies had threatened to boycott games against the dodgers. the city will honor robinson and apologize to his widow on april 15th. "variety" reports that cirque de solei is suing justin timberlake. ♪ >> the performance company says timberlake's "don't hold the wall sample" from an original cirque song. "steel dream." the suit is looking for 800,000 in damages. up next, amazon has an idea for delivery drones that will

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delivery of orders of $30 or more. they have more than 300 partners and stores in the united states. amazon has filed a patent for talking drone propellors. amazon wants to use drones to deliver packages to homes and offices. the propellors make warning noises and shout out phrases to alert people on the ground. for instance, the drone can say, "watch out." at first, i thought this was an april's fool joke, but looks like not the case. >> yeah. it gets weirder and weird. jill wagner at the new york stock exchange, thanks a lot, jill. still ahead, rat trick, panther fans take part in a tradition involving toy rats! did you know that meeting your daily protein needs

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he makes a move and he scores! what a goal by jonathan! on rat night, the rats come raining down on the ice! >> florida panthers fans rekindle the tradition by tossing rubber rats on the ice after a goal. 10,000 of the toys were given away last night as a nod to the 1996 panthers team which made it to the stanley cup finals. the tradition was born after a player on that team killed a rat in the locker room before the game! the final four is a family affair for players on two of the teams involved. kris jenkins is a junior forward for villanova. when he was 2 years old, he was taken in by the family of nate britt, a guard for north carolina. britt's dad talked about who he is pulling for if o n the final >> voting for the best guy. whoever wins and then i'll support the guy that has his

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♪ run, donkey. a police car dash cam captures a donkey dashing for freedom in arkansas. fayetteville officers chased and lassoed the donkey last week. a rancher helped to return the donkey to its owner. a long running battle against sea lions rages on in a story in oregon. yesterday, students came up with yet another new idea to scare them off. core harlem of our portland affiliate koin reports. >> reporter: students from napa high school students brought in what they had made for

the railing they fabricated themselves. sea lions warmed up to those inflatable air dancers and scared off a few initially a couple of weeks but now they are back. but the railings from the kids from napa high could be a game-changer. >> we recognize the effectiveness of the steel bars at other docks, at other boat docks and we also recognize the effectiveness of the car lot flags, so we are combining the two. lings are a physical he >> i think we excelled in welding compared to where we were before we started this. >> since we started this project literally full-scale last week, there isn't one student that doesn't have a hand in it, you know, throughout the day as we are making them. >> reporter: tim campe teaches

metal shop at napa high school. tim says the kids are learning a lot and they are exciting about contributing to something outside of the classroom. the ship pier has their fingers shop hoping metal shop kids has what it takes to help scare the sea lions off the dock, back into the ocean. >> wish them luck. that was core harlem reporting. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," campaign analysis from cbs news political director and "face the nation" moderator john dickerson. plus, we talk with country music star thomas rhett, ahead of this weekend's acm awards. >> reporter: he had four number one hits on the country chart and then released "die a happy man." it climbed straight to the top and became the most played song on the radio for six straight weeks. ♪ and i can't ever tell you enough ♪ >> reporter: the music video has 43 million views. ♪ >> reporter: and hip-hop star

nelly even covered the song. the eagle cam that turned four eaglets into internet stars. that is all ahead on "cbs this morning." that is the "cbs morning news" for this friday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. great day. ,,,,

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april with a beautiful shot of the bay bridge in all its glory. good morning, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm maria medina in for michelle griego. it's april fool's and friday and we have a guest. george doing traffic. >> pleasure to be here, actually. cbs and i are old friends. i got my start with cbs in broadcasting was at kcbs for many years so it's good to be home. >> the last time i saw you was up on 17. >> that's right, rita. we were flying one of the vintage flying museums with the b17 that was taking veterans up in -- >> in hayward, we had a lot of fun. i still can't imagine that that thing actually got up in the air. it got up in the air and we are going to have smooth sailing today across the bay area except for the big-time rain in the forecast -- april fo!