good morning, america. right now, the brutal storm. that flattened a church van. >> oh, my god! >> the driver praying as a tree comes crashing down. >> entire block is completely gone. >> and giant cleanup. the devastation from those massive tornadoes in illinois and the potential for more severe weather today. >> historic handshake. president obama and cuba's raul castro sets the stage for their historic meeting. what they hope to accomplish today and what it means for us here at home. terrifying ride. look at this school bus crash swerving all over running off the road and flipping over. and yet another school bus slamming into a tree. "gma investigates." >> oh, my gosh. that was terrifying. >> should seat belts on school

buses be a federal law? >> caught on camera. dash 4 cash. drivers scramble to pick up fallen money when an armored truck dumps its dollars. >> that money is not theirs. it belongs to someone else. >> will people do the right thing and cough it back up? hey, good morning. we'll start with a severe weather report. the twister that ram pained through fairdale, illinois was an ef-1 one below the strongest possible. >> you can see how destructive it is with winds reaching 200 miles per hour. meantime, the deadly storm system is moving east. other parts of the country, bracing for thunderstorms, high wind and hail today. >> yeah, we'll get the forecast from rob in a moment. we'll start here with abc's alex

perez on the ground in fairdale, illinois, alex, good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, good morning dan. good morning, paul lachl the cleanup and recovery process here just beginning. overnight it was heavy hail and rain creating big problems across parts of the south. in ash land kentucky, it uprooted trees including this one striking josh howard's church van. >> oh, my god! . >> reporter: he records the terrifying moments as hail pours through the broken windows. look at how it crushed the entire roof of the van. in georgia thousands without power as crews scramble to clear downed trees and fix snapped power lines. the severe weather pattern continuing after striking in illinois. this morning new images of the devastation caused by tornadoes that killed two and injured at least 20 people. in rochelle, the powerful winds of a tornado leaving these

massive concentric marks across the field. in fairdale, not a single home was untouched and many leveled as winds up to 200 miles per hour tore through this small town. our chicago station wls took me up in their chopper for a bird's-eye view of the damage. from above you can get a better idea of just how damaging this storm was. entire blocks completely gone. people's lives, their belongings scattered all over the place. and now coming home to find that they've lost everything. this google earth image shows the town before the ef-4 tornado struck and after. the path of the tornado marked by the trail of destruction. and utility crews have been working through the night here as homeowners begin the difficult process of assessing the damage. paula. >> alex, those images were just so powerful thank you. the weather is on the move and rob tracking it for us. you were saying for illinois unusually strong for this time of year. >> yeah, this is severe weather

season paula but it's been 34 years since we saw an ef-4 strike the state of illinois so unusually strong for the state of illinois this time of year. an ef-4 anywhere is a rarity and this one certainly a destructive one. resetting. moisture in the air, strong jet stream energy that will pour into the plains high plains the oklahoma panhandle, northern parts of texas into western kansas will be the threat. mostly strong winds, maybe some damaging hail. slight chance of seeing tornadoes but this is the area that we're very concerned about. the front that calls on the rough weather the past several days is moving off on to the east coast. the tail end will cause heavy rain across the gulf coast and talk more about that in a little bit. dan, back over to you. >> wishing, rob, and everybody down south a slow weather day. we move on to the big story. that historic handshake between president obama and the president of cuba raul castro

the brother of fidel castro. the presidents of these two countries will meet face-to-face since the height of the cold war and abc's jim avila is in panama city covering it all. jim. >> reporter: good morning, dan. it was the handshake the world thought it might never see. a castro raoul, not fidel shaking hands with an american president. nothing substantive said but today the two will sit down and talk about the new era of relations between cuba and the u.s. not since dwight eisenhower was president and before the castros took over cuba have the two leaders of these two once enemies done that. it's happening at the summit of the americas in panama where cuba is being allowed to participate for the first time since the meetings began in the early '90s and expected to talk about the re-opening of embassies in both capitals the lifting of the embargo and taking cuba off the terror list. the state department is recommending they be taken off that list, the decision now in the president's hand and could

be announced at any moment. all in all, historic day for both countries. paula. >> historic handshake for sure. we do have major new developments this morning in that deadly police shooting in south carolina. a third dash cam video has now surfaced and the mystery eyewitness has come forward, as well. all of this as the victim's family prepares to lay him to rest today and abc's kendis gibson has the very latest from somerville. hi kendis. >> reporter: hi paula. good morning to you and the funeral services for walter scott scheduled for later this morning at this church right here in the suburb of charleston but as you mentioned one week after this shooting we're getting new insight into the circumstances surrounding it. this morning, the frantic moments following the shooting of walter scott captured in this newly released dash cam video. watch and listen as this police cruiser responds to the shooting scene. and look here as he approaches that figure on the left feidin

santana, the eyewitness capturing it all. this as newly released dispatched calls revealed by the time paramedics arrived it was too late. >> doa. >> reporter: they're interviewing this mystery man the passenger in his car as he made a traffic stop one week ago today. he was one of the last to speak with scott shortly before the 50-year-old bolted from this car and gunned down by officer slager moments later. now investigators telling abc news the mystery man who does not want his identity known was interviewed then let go. this as officer slager sits in isolation at a county jail his moments carefully watched to protect him from other inmates. >> nobody likes to see their child sitting in prison you don't think it's something that will ever happen to you. >> reporter: the raw emotions gered by the shooting on display at a candlelight vigil for scott last night. >> we need everybody, we need

you and you. >> reporter: the preview of what's expected as family and friends say their good-byes today. we're only one week into this but slager's attorney coming up with a strategy and say they've gotten very little help from the local police department. they say they have yet to see any sort of video or audio evidence given to them so far. but in the meantime, a sad morning ahead for the scott family right here. n. >> sad morning, indeed. kendis, thank you. we want to switch gears to hillary clinton who is about to make an announcement that is both politically consequential and blazingly obvious. she is running for president and the official launch will come tomorrow via social media and abc's cecilia vega is on the story this morning. cecilia, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. will she, won't she yes, it is true hillary clinton is running for president and might be the worst kept secret in politics but now it is official, well, sort of. this morning the hillary clinton campaign is clear for takeoff.

>> i'm back. >> reporter: abc news has learned clinton already filmed her presidential campaign announcement video, the big reveal expected to hit social media on sunday. >> all in good time. >> reporter: clinton playing coy for months about whether she would run, but behind the scenes her team ramping up for another race to the white house. even leasing these campaign headquarters in brooklyn. >> don't you someday want to see a woman president of the united states of america? >> reporter: from former first lady to senator to presidential contender losing to barack obama in 2008 later becoming secretary of state a resume not without controversy. from benghazi. >> what difference at this point does it make. >> reporter: to e-mail-gate. >> it would have been better to use two separate phones and two e-mail accounts. >> reporter: and the potential for an historic first, a woman

in the oval office. clinton overnight releasing a new epilogue to her book. in it she says of being a grandmother rather than make me want to slow down it has spurred me to speed up. this as daughter chelsea will grace the may cover of "elle" hag talking about the importance of electing a female president but first the campaign trail. first stop iowa. here we go. this image of hillary clinton as mom and grandmother, those are themes we will be hearing regularly over the course of this campaign, guys any idea how many days until election day. >> 495. >> 577. >> are you counting? >> i'll let you know every day until then. >> you will be on the trail with hillary for this whole ride. >> i will be. >> quite a ride. cecilia, thank you very much. >> thanks, cecilia. over to ron claiborne who is tracking all the stories. >> i am. we begin in southern california with the fbi is now investigating a shocking police

beating of a suspect caught on camera. officers apparently pummeling and kicking a man after a wild chase with a suspect on horseback. abc's brandi hitt has the very latest. >> reporter: this morning the fbi is launching an investigation into this brutal beating captured by knbc los angeles. as many as ten san bernardino county deputies now on paid administrative leave seen punching and kicking 30-year-old francis pusock more than 50 times in two minutes. it appears to be excessive to me based on what i saw in the video. >> reporter: the wild pursuit began thursday with an identity theft search warrant unrelated to him who fled the scene and allegedly stealing this horse. >> suspect being tased. suspect being tased. >> reporter: the terrain so rugged deputies had to be helicoptered in. he's seen putting his hands behind his back before the beating began. >> this is as bad if not worse

than what they did to rodney king the. >> reporter: sheriff says they recognize him from his criminal past. once convicted of attempted robbery, animal cruelty for shooting a puppy and resisting arrest. the father of three hospitalized with minor injuries before being booked on several new charges including felony evading. >> what we have the facts and details that we have today without the video, probably not. >> reporter: now the deputies involved were wearing audio recorders. that will be used in the investigation to determine whether they'll face any charges. their names are not being released following death threats made against them and their families. ron. >> okay, thanks brandi. brandi hitt reporting from los angeles. now a new terror arrest in connection to what authorities was an inspired plot to attack american soldiers. alexander blair accused of failing to report a felony in connection to the alleged plan to place a bomb near the ft. riley military base in kansas. blair accused of knowing about a plan purportedly crafted by 20-year-old john booker who the

feds say planned on joining the u.s. army so he could kill american soldiers on behalf of isis. and millionaire real estate heir and murder suspect robert durst indicted by a federal grand jury in louisiana charged with illegal possession of a handgun. the indictment could make it more difficult to send durst to extradite him to california to face murder charges there for allegedly killing a longtime friend back in2000. durst was arrested on the eve of the final episode of the documentary "the jin on his life. now to newly released video of a deadly brawlout side of a walmart in arizona. watch as police officers and members of a large family engaged in a chaotic fistfight. at one point an officer is on the ground apparently in a struggle for his gun. he can be seen trying to crawl away after being shot. a second officer returned fire killing one man and wounding another. the officer shot in the leg. the march 21st incident is under investigation. finally, a 19-inning

baseball marathon in the bronx. new york yankees and boston red sox last night. stretched into this morning as they played a total of six hours, 49 minutes. i left after the 16th inning. >> i was wondering -- >> that's why i was so tired. >> at one point while i was still there even though the stadium lights must have been exhausted they went out causing the field to go dim. play was topped for 16 minutes while some fans used their smartphone flashlights to help out. didn't help. the lights were basically fixed. the game went on and after just after 2:00 in the morning, the red sox and the forces of evil that they represent offense, boston, it's just true. >> it's not true. >> the red sox won that 6-5. the longest game in red sox history. >> on behalf of the red sox nation, fans everywhere you are absolutely wrong counterfactual. >> let's take it outside, dan.

>> i'll do it. >> my money is ron. >> our money is on ron? my money is on ron too. >> while they take it outside to the golf course masters, 21-year-old texan is burning up the famed course at augusta. breaking records only while drawing comparisons to a young tiger woods and speaking of tiger look at that smile trying to get his game back while his girlfriend and adorable children cheer him on. espn's lindsay czarniak is here with more. love to see those smiles from tiger. >> you could see it in his demeanor. earlier tiger surprised golf enthusiasts because he looked so cheerful talking about how excited he was to be back in action. well, now that we've seen him through the first two rounds we know why. tiger has found his confidence. this morning, tiger finally out of the woods. after taking a leave of absence former world number one and 14 time major champion tiger woods swinging into action at this

year's masters. >> very proud of what i've done. >> clawing his way up the leaderboard into the weekend field after breaking 70 at the masters for the first time since 2011. even bringing back his trademark tiger fist pump. the fun for tiger kicking off wednesday during the par 3 contest as is tradition for all who take part his kids sam and charlie were his caddies. girlfriend lindsey vonn front and center. >> tiger is just getting healthier, physically mentally and technically. he's in a good place. >> i think he's clicked back into the tiger woods that was the best player in the world. >> reporter: this promising progress a stark contrast to his struggles on the greens early this season. but telling espn friday, he's glad to be back. >> i was at a pretty low moment in my career but to be able to basically change an entire pattern like that and then compete in a major championship like this, that's something i'm very proud of. >> reporter: his performance could be the beginnings of the

come p comeback fans have been waiting for. so the truth is tiger woods has done very, very well coming off long layoffs before but tough to catch jordan spieth to spoke the masters record with a 13 under, 130. 21. reminding a lot of folks of tiger but certainly tiger has gotten his game back. >> i love that he was the same age when -- >> he's pretty mature. >> great to have you as always. >> great to be here. >> great to have you. thank you. all right, so here's a classic case of what would you do. this actually happened on a highway in texas. an armored truck accidentally dumped dollars all over the highway. you could see people between the cars here if you look closely grabbing up fist fulls of cash and sara is here. we know what she would do. she would take the cash and report i had dutifully to the irs. >> i probably would do the right thing but what would you do?

a good question. the snow globe of flying cash is something we've dreamt of but in this very real scenario cashing out is a crime. overnight a freeway free for all on a texas interstate. an armored brinks truck dropping a substantial amount of cash creating a standstill as commuters jump out of their cars for a quick cash grab. >> the first guy i saw had a big wad of cash with money sticking out then i saw people stopping on the highway running over. >> joel aldridge capturing this video of crowds cashing in on the roadside lotto. take a look at this man carrying an armful of cash this group in a frenzy to collect the dumped dough but according to authorities, taking the cash is highway robbery. and finders keepers does not apply. police potentially prosecuting anyone who fails to return their part of the freeway fortune. >> that money is not theirs. it belongs to someone else. >> reporter: this morning

numerous people have brought back their bounty but much more remains missing. >> it's still just a drop in the bucket considering the substantial amount that was lost. we are encouraging people to come forward and hoping that their integrity will outweigh their greed. >> i think that's the time when you realize what you would do. this is someone else's money and so when you take it it kind of takes away the thrill of that dream sequence where you grab it away. >> you feel so guilty. >> you do but they are asking people to come forward. it's hard to track these people down but do the right thing, take it back. >> listen to sara's plea and please do the right thing. i'm fully confident everyone at this table would do the right thing except maybe rob. >> speaking of doing the right thing george washington allegedly chopped down a cherry tree and eventually fessed up to it. that's the beginning of the cherry blossom festival in washington, d.c. >> nice transition. >> impressive. >> that's true? >> the own will one calling me out on that is ron claiborne.

>> i don't think that's true and kind of made it up. i know this, it is a beautiful time of year and today is the culmination of that festival and have the parade today, the run tomorrow and the weather really couldn't be more perfect. that video shot a couple of days ago. cobalt blue skies, fantastic. across the pacific northwest a stream of moisture coming in. they will take it. looks like especially seattle and vancouver, b.c. you'll really replenish some of the water supply over the next few days with decent rains and higher elevation snow above 2,000, 3,000 feet. maybe a couple feet across the hills of portland and seattle. east of there. meanwhile, this high pressure, that's what's going to be giving the cherry blossom festival perfect weather and a quiet scenario with the exception of a high plains threat. temperatures in texas in the 70s. some rain across parts of the gulf coast and 90 in orlando. ♪dave: and good morning washington. here is thehe lincoln me moral,

you can e notuch traffiout there. a bonanzan terms of the weatr. cooler down there by the bay. on our satellite picture, clouds are moving out. we're going to see wis pick up. high temp today about 66 degrees. better tomrow. liter winds about 70 degrees. a perfecect cherry blossom >> like george washington i cannot tell a lie with a straight face so -- ? thanks for coming forward. >> the asterisk with a straight face. coming up on "gma," the big new development in the search for a.j. handsel. any closer to getting a national seat belt law to protect our kids. up ahead in "pop news" the superhero family. "good morning america"

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♪dave: good morning, washington. after enduring a week of drizzle and dreary days, th weeeekend i it going to o be a cherry bloom bonaa fors. windy today and tomomorrow. temperatures around d the 70-degree mark. right now you can s not much activity here at t lincoln memorial and at the jefferson and tidal basin things will be

picking up. in the 50's. cooler by the bay. 48 in annapolis now. we have lingerin clouds. high pressure is building in. that bodes well fo us today. winds anywhere from 5-15 miles peper hour. we could have gust today up to 25 or 30. 66 drees today. tonight temperatures down into the 40's and then for tomorrow, 70 degrees with lighter windsds and i looks lik

she looks good. >> wait till you see what's under the hood. >> tickle me elmo. >> i spared no expense. >> i'm so it was. >> this is the pint-size parody getting a whole lot of laughs and this is what happens when kids take on the box office hit "furious 7." you got to love that. >> i love how you guys -- i have not seen the grown-up version but hear it's doing gangbusters in the theaters. >> doing really well. we'll switch gears. this is the real life and deadly serious question about the on the road safety for our kids. you're looking at video of a recent school bus accident and it's renewing the controversy about the seat belt laws in america. paula has the investigation coming up in just a few moments but we'll start with the latest developments in the search for a missing college freshman.

>> a.j. hadsell went missing and sadly her body was found and leading to more questions about what happened to her and abc's gloria riviera has more. >> reporter: overnight officials confirming human remains found thursday in a vacant home belong to missing virginia teen anjelica a.j. hadsell. investigators are not releasing a cause of death. but police tell abc news they are actively searching for suspects and cannot rule out foul play. >> it's a tough situation for everybody. there's a lot of miss mixed emotion, anger, a lot of questions. >> reporter: the discovery brings an end to weeks of searches across over 100 miles for the college freshman last seen on march 2nd while visiting her family for spring break. in a statement released overnight, hadsell's mother thanking police despite tensions between the family and investigators. >> to us it seems like they're doing nothing.

>> reporter: this morning hadsell's father remains behind bars. charged with interfereing in the investigation when he broke into a different home last month. his mother says he was simply following leads of his own. >> as any father would, if you hear that your daughter may be in a house or being held or some of her belongings or at a location, any father is going to try to find out. >> reporter: norfolk police tell abc news his arrest is not believed to be linked to aj's death at this time. her father is being held without bail and is due back in court later this month. for "good morning america," gloria riviera, abc news, washington. >> and we move on to the story of a police officer who is seriously lucky to be alive. officer pete sules got into a gunfight and how everything changed for him in an instant. >> i started to make the approach toward his vehicle.

i got no more than three feet from the front of my car when the hair on the back of my neck just stood up. just stood up. i mean it stopped me dead in my tracks. you know i've always listened to my instincts and my gut up assistant was just telling me, hey, man, something is wrong. i wanted to come up on the passenger side of this guy's vehicle at this point because i wanted to keep the vehicle between me and him. i just did not have a good feeling about this at this point. >> show me your hands. hands up where i can see them. where i can see them. i don't see your hands. show me your hands. show me your hands. when i got close enough to get a good look at him you know world kind of changed for me at that point. i realized that this guy is waiting to ambush me.

>> and you can see the whole story on "in an instant" tonight at 9:00 right here on abc and i agree with what you said wow. >> i want to know what happens next. we'll send it back to ron who is tracking all of the top stories including that historic handshake in cuba. >> exactly. president obama and the cuban president raul castro shaking hands. two leaders in panama for that meeting of north and south american country leaders. their first face-to-face between obama and raul castro since agreeing last december to restore diplomatic ties between the u.s. and cuba. the two will get together later to bilateral talks. before that president obama paid a brief visit to jamaica and while there striking the signature pose of sprinter usain bolt considered the fastest man in the world. you see it there. well we almost saw it. a new york woman indicted for

fraud for marrying ten men without divorcing most of them. prosecutors say that some of the husbands are from what homeland security calls red flag countries, egypt turkey and mali. one of them, one of the husbands was deported to pakistan accused of making threats against the u.s. finally the tallest newborn you will see in all likelihood this baby giraffe is the newest member of the dallas zoo. her mom katie giving birth live online with 8 cameras rolling. >> just what every mother wants. >> oh, my gosh. >> the first wobbly steps as spectators watch. not sure if it's a girl or boy. it's private. the zoo set up a live stream of the maternity stall that you can check up on the baby any time you want. >> thank you for not getting the telestrator out, ron. >> we're not able to determine gender for awhile. >> like a panda. >> okay. >> oh.

>> you would know that because you're a zooologist and scientist. >> all those things. >> and meteorologist. >> and much more. there's a great zoo by the way in atlanta so we take you there live. not to the zoo but just a beautiful shot there. the buildings of midtown, yeah used to be high hood. a couple of clouds there and they'll mainly tay to the south i think today. 55, should be a nice day but just down the road in augusta, it is raining right now and the rains will taper off i think as we get towards the lunch hour certainly by the time the leaders tee off this afternoon and dry tomorrow. nice for the azaleas. this front that's the front kind of bringing those showers at least right now to southeast georgia. they will hang around the gulf coast for the next several days 1 to 2 inches generally speaking mainly in texas rolling across louisiana today and stretching a little farther to the east as we go through tomorrow and on monday. meanwhile, a little surge of energy coming out of the plain, the high plains under the threat for seeing strong storms today.

a couple already across parts of north texas, maybe large hail across the oklahoma panhandle and through parts of western kansas. a slight chance of seeing a tornado but nothing like the risk we saw just a few days ago. 68 degrees and beautiful in san diego. rains welcome across sale and portland. 53 for the high there. 71 degrees, maybe some mountain snow across the colorado rockies. ♪dave: and good morning, washington. this is arguably the most important weather weekend of the year. the cherry blossoms are in full bloom. 66 today. winds ou >> this weather report brought to you by centrum silver. you guys talking about periscope again. >> yes. >> while we're doing the weather report. >> i was paying attention. >> i was not. >> sara does the best periscope. >> can you explain what it is? this is a new -- we tell people -- we show people what's happening during the commercial

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okay imagine being one of the children on this bus as it swerves across the road and then flips over. >> extremely unnerving and it seemis scenes like in that have some questioning whether seat belt rules should be tightened. firsthand look at those frightening crash 'tises. watch the terrifying moment this school bus topples over the edge of the road released on thursday. you can hear the children on board screaming. and friday another frightening scene near birmingham. this school bus slamming into a tree injuring 16 with two children and an adult airlifted

to nearby hospitals. these horrific crash scenes showing the potential devastation bus riders face made worse when there are no seat belts on board. in the u.s. only six states require all school buses to be equipped with seat belts. in the other 44 they're only mandatory for small buses under 10,000 pounds. to learn what happens inside these crashes, "gma" went to the scene of crash tests run by one of the nation's leading seat belt providers in the school bus industry. the first test capturing what happens when it collides with a wall at 30 miles an hour. >> oh, my gosh. that was terrifying. and next they create a rollover crash like the one in tulsa on wednesday. >> you can see that the two children that are belted that are in their compartments and they're safe. the children that are unrestrained they're flown throughout the vehicle and hit hard surfaces. >> reporter: the national

highway traffic safety administration which regulates the vehicles told abc news in january they are now looking at the issue but still haven't required a mandate for seat belts on school buses. their large structure makes them safer than cars they say. if seat belts save lives why isn't there a federal mandate. >> this will be looked at. seat belts save lives. >> again as you just heard nhtsa is looking into this but if there is a federal mandate that means that a lot of different school districts out there will be faced with making some really tough financial decisions. all about setting up habits. how do you tell a kid to buckle up in the car but not on a school bus. >> you asked the exact right question. we'll switch gears coming up next on "gma." forget fido. the most popular pet names depending on where you lives. who names their dog fido. how did that start? we have the map coming up next in "pop news."

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mr. incredible, elsatigirl and their super kids. for many running a marathon is an amazele achievement. how about 100 in a row. darren windough the real life forrest gump who crossed the finish line in times square. he began on january 1st and ran through 14 states and ten pairs of sneakers covering 2900 miles. >> oh, my goodness. >> unbelievable. it really truly is honored by the people who came out and supported our mission. from the beginning. >> he doesn't look like forest gump. >> he's adorable but his journey raised $10,000 to provide safe drinking water to communities in ethiopia. it's really great because this guy does these challenges over and over but said you're given gifts in life and you should put them towards making a difference for others. beautiful story all the way around. his dad got terry. it was just amazing. congratulations, darren. for all your hard work.

>> you put your gifts towards "pop news." >> clearly i haven't found my gift left. i'm looking hard. this is a fun one, three sisters from mexico are going viral for their killer cover of metallica's "enter sand man," 15 13 and 10 and call themselves the warning and these girls know how to work. ♪ ♪ never never land ♪ >> that was ron on backup. >> yeah, ladies. >> killing it. >> wow! ♪ >> this is really impressive. >> all great. the great thing, none were alive when it was released but racked up 1.8 million views on youtube. they are currently trying to raise money to attend a summer program at the berkley college of music in boston so how cool. >> fans donating right now. >> speaking of boston i'm glad you brought that up. we got a tweet here ron, your colleague ron is obviously delirious, the yankees are an evil team.

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"good morning america" is brought to you by know face allergy relief. you are greater than your allergies. >> it's national pet day so the people the nextdoor.com have run the numbers on their users' data to come up with a fun look at america's fun pet names. bailey is the most popular. and i'm surprised that peter and trixie are not on this list. >> buddy. that was my dog's name. >> favorite names for each time. >> ferdinand for a frog? >> einstein pore a rat. do you know how many -- einstein for a rat. >> i think that's a mouse. >> that's a rat. >> there's a long tail on that. >> gerbil or something.

>> no. >> hamster. >> it was a rat. >> a pet rat? >> yeah. >> i think it was a gerbil. i think you're probably right about. >> riveting animal discussion from us once again. >> we go to break. thanks for watching. see you tomorrow morning. >> it was definitely a rat, dude. >> now and abc 7 news update. >> i am jeanette reyes. we check out top stories. police have made in arrest in the shooting of one of their officers. colvin white was taken into custody. he faces numerous charges including attempted first and second degree murder and is being held without bond. at last check, the officer was in critical condition.

at the national mall the cherry blossoms have reached peak bloom right in time for the cherry blossom festival at 10:00 this morning. that is followed by the japanese street festival. a crowds are expected at the tidal basin and the national mall to see the famous blooms. dave zahren says there will be great weather. dave: mother nature has mighty fine timing. some golfers out temperatures almost 60 degrees already. you could see a cherry tree in bloom as they are all across the washington area. temperatures in the mid to upper 50's. 47 in annapolis. there is drizzle and rain. high pressure is moving in so those are moving out. it will be easy today. winds up to 15 to 20 miles per hour with higher gusts. here is the perfect forecast for

the weekend. 66 today. winds subside overnight. tomorrow about 70. winds out of the south. that continues into next week. monday a good day to get down while the tourists are gone. showers on tuesday and maybe thursday and friday. temperatures at or where they should be. jeannette: good to hear.

announcer: "jack hanna's wild countdown" is sponsored by nationwide. jack: hi, everybody, i'm jack hanna, coming to you from my base camp here at the columbus zoo, and welcome to "wild countdown." the fastest animals usually grab the spotlight. b what about the mellow mammals and relaxed reptiles? wes: if you actually pet her long enough she starts to fall asleep. jack: and today we're chilling out with creatures that know how to take their time. jim: she's not sleeping, she's just slow-ving. jack: up in the trees... sue: is he looking at you? oh, he is. jack: underwater... sue: it looks like a starfish! johnny: it is a starfish, but different kind altogether. jack: and later, my blooper of the week. [laughter]