making news in america this morning -- breaking overnight. an amtrak train on its side, derailing while packed with passengers. new details and pictures just coming in. political turmoil, growing concerns about the outbreak of protests and violence at donald trump's rallies. the chaos overshadowing one of the biggest days of the election season happening tomorrow. we're live with the latest. severe flooding in the heartland. water rushing down streets. plus, on the west coast, a growing mudslide forcing people from their homes. and march madness. it's that time of year.

get your brackets ready. who are the favorites and number one seeds. good monday morning. we begin with that breaking news, another major train derailment the second in the less than a week. >> new images coming in from kansas. five amtrak cars on their side. this happened 20 miles west of the dodge city. there are injuries. none of them we're told are life-threatening. >> it was bound from los angeles to chicago, carrying 128 passengers and 14 crew members. >> obviously, the cash investigation is in its early stages right now. witnesses onboard said that the train started shaking. last week, a commuter train in california derailed when it struck a tree, we're working to get some new details on this amtrak derailment later in this half-hour

other major story, the race to the white house. republican front-runner donald trump rejecting blame for the violence. >> it's casting a shadow over tomorrow's crucial primaries. >> both parties are holding contests in florida, illinois. for republicans, the winner in ohio and florida get all of the delegates. coverage begins with kenneth moten. kenneth, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, donald trump's rivals pointed out those images of violence at his rallies are being seen around the world. some of the toughest criticism came from the two men who have a lot to lose if they don't win their home states. this morning, donald trump under fire as violence and protests continue to break out at his rally and it was totally organized. troublemakers. troublemakers.

>> reporter: rising tempers sparked incredible scenes at trump's events in illinois, missouri and ohio. more secret service agents are now surrounding the gop front-runner after one man even tried to rush the stage as trump spoke. but as trump rivals on both side on the attack. >> he's trafficking in hate and fear. >> no matter what it takes i will not take the low road to the highest office in america. >> reporter: the violence has been a distraction from the race for the white house. a path that leads to the delegate-rich states of florida and ohio tomorrow. >> after tuesday, we're going to see this race narrow clearly to a two-person race. >> reporter: a recent poll has ohio governor john kasich leading donald trump in the buckeye state but rubio is still trailing in his home state democratic bernie sanders is

the five states voting tomorrow have him far behind hillary clinton. >> we think we have a chance to win here in ohio. >> reporter: today, the trail here in ohio will get another familiar face, one of donald trump's biggest critic, mitt romney will campaign for governor john kasich. reena and kendis. >>. the violence in chicago over the weekend reminding people of the 1968 election. >> abc's jonathan karl takes a closer look at the political >> caller: turmoil and what he's witnessing on the campaign trail. >> it's hard to look at what's happening now and hard to think of those images from chicago in street. i have been to trump rallies all over the country and it's important to say that the overwhelming majority of trump supporters are entirely

overwhelming majority of the protesters are entirely peaceful. i haven't seen the situation you have a candidate from the podium encouraging even condoning violence as these protests grow bigger, go more fervent. i fear this could actually get worse. >> jonathan karl reporting for us. another story that we're following overnight. a young maryland police officer is dead in what officials say is an unprovoked ambush attack. the suspected shooter was then wounded in a shootout with cops. his brother was later arrested. . unknown. this week. >> the community needs to know been lost. >> he was important to his family. he's important to this entire community. we have another mother tonight who's without her son. >> police say they had no

contact with the suspect before he opened fire. he's currently in the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. overseas now, where the death toll is rising following a terror attack in the capital of turkey. police suspect that kurdish militants carried out the attack which the main boulevard of ankara. the turkish prime minister promising to bring terrorism to its knees. now, al qaeda's north africa affiliate is claiming responsibility in an attack on a popular beach resort. the gunmen stormed the beach. one witness described the panic as the terrorists opened fire. back here at home, restless night because of severe weather in springfield, missouri, a storm dumped as much as 5 inches

of rain in less than five hours. at least 60 water rescues took place. roads are closed. in the meantime, in eastern arkansas, also being hit with severe storms and heavy rain as you can see. some roads are closed because of flooding. there's no report of damage from the storms. forecasters expect the weather to clear out by daybreak. take a look at that radar the storm system has moved a little to the east, now drenching parts of kentucky, tennessee and mississippi. another storm is causing problems in northern california, two families have had to evacuate their homes because of a mudslide. other homes may be in danger. the problems started several months ago. formal announcement from the white house on president obama's

justice antonin scalia. he has reportedly narrowed it to three choices. senate republicans are still refusing to hold hearings or schedule a vote before the presidential election. still ahead -- new details on an automaker recall. a passenger plane bound for the u.s. with two missiles onboard. how did they get there. plus, caught on camera.

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>> they even called in another boat for help and then once the shark was caught, they tossed it back after tagging the great white. >> too close for comfort for me there. >> yeah, quite a story, though. how about some sports. >> yes, busy sunday. highlights from our guys at the espn. or guy. >> good morning, i'm john buccigross. talking basketball. we start with lebron james and the cavaliers, taking on the clippers. this was on abc on sunday afternoon. great performance for lebron and the cavaliers. one of their better games of the year. kyrie irving, he had lebron james behind him. the cavs shot the ball well. irving, boom. the whole team was shooting threes well. that is a nice 24-point win.

nascar sprint cup series in phoenix, where kevin harvick also seems to win. nice seats. he raced on sunday, battling carl edwards down the stretch, look how close this one finished up. oh, who won? kevin harvick won. by a whisker. as he edges carl edwards. that's it. good morning, america. have great monday. >> plenty of time will be wasted at work places today, talking about march madness, brackets, number one seeds in the tournament. kansas, north carolina, virginia and oregon. >> the tournament's first play-in games take place tomorrow night. the whole thing starts about noon on thursday. least productive dayton calendar and then the big day, april 14th. >> i got started. we'll see.

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good morning tri-state i'm kathrine nero. nero.and i'm chris riva... breaking overnight... several people have been injured after an amtrak train derailed in kansas.this picture shows at least three cars of the "southwest chief"... laying on their sides.it happened just about two hours ago... about 20 miles west of dodge city. the injuries are described as non-life threatening. g-o-p presidential candidate donald trump is staying in ohio... cancelling a rally in florida to focus on the buckeye state.his campaign is hosting what they're calling a "massive" rally tonight in youngstown.trump trails governor john kasich... just one day before ohio's primary.

campaign trail...breitbart reporter michelle fields has resigned... over the conservative website's handling of her assault claims. she claims trump campaign manager corey lewandowski grabbed her and shoved her... leaving her bruised.a breitbart editor has also stepped down. expect mostly cloudy skies with showers developing later this morning and afternoon. highs will reach the mid-60s. isolated t-storms are possible as well. tonight, showers end late with lows falling into

traffic breaking news weather and a whole lot more when good morning tri-state at 4:30 starts right now. right now on good morning tri-state ... questioning trump!the republican front runner is called out on his 'war hero' remarks ... by the father of a soldier killed in iraq ...what the candidate had to say for himself. then ... holding police accountable ...the sister of sam dubose takes the national stage to question the democratic candidates ... what they're saying about deadly police shootings. and ... the musketeers and the bearcats are going dancing! march madness is about to

begin and we're getting ready to go crazy with our tri-state teams. tuesday looks great for those heading to the polls. highs will reach the low 70s with a mix of clouds and sun. tuesday night into wednesday morning, we'll see another front bring a chance for showers and storms. isolated severe weather is possible, with damaging winds being the greater threat. lows will fall into the low 50s. much cooler weather moves in for the remainder of the week, with wednesday highs in the low 60s, to the 40s by the weekend.