this morning on "world news now," political strategies. who is trying to stop donald trump's potential nomination. and how hillary clinton is responding to questions about a trump presidency. the new turn in the road to the white house. speaking out, new claims from the american accused of joining isis. was he following a girl before his capture in iraq? >> new this half hour, the unusual scene at a pennsylvania store. >> witnesses say they saw someone loading up a shopping cart and leaving the store without paying. police say a nun was shoplifting. >> and what's going on with madonna, from a concert starting two hours late to an embarrassed fan on stage. the negative attention she's getting in "the skinny" on this friday, march 18th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now."

>> good friday morning, everyone. >> i'm kendis gibson. >> i'm reena ninan. let's begin with the race for president and a seemingly concerted effort to stand in the way of donald trump. >> stopping the republican front-runner's progress was the subject of a three-hour long behind closed doors meeting of conservatives yesterday in washington, d.c. also on the agenda, the possibility of a third party presidential challenge. decisions will be made by anti-trump forces over the next few days about how to best use resources. >> trump also under fire for some of his comments earlier this week. abc's jonathan karl has more. >> reporter: donald trump was denounced by republican leaders in washington and ohio for predicting riots if he loses the nomination this summer at the convention in cleveland. >> nobody should say such things in my opinion because to even address or hint to violence is unacceptable. >> and ohio governor john kasich who is both running against trump and hosting this summer's

you convention told abc news, trump's talk is downright dangerous. >> to even imply that there could be violence if he doesn't get his way, you know, he's not running for the presidency of the wwe. he's running for president of the united states. and this kind of language is an outrage. >> reporter: and trump is under fire from an entirely different source. vladimir putin, the kremlin denouncing trump's latest attack on hillary clinton. this video splices together footage of clinton and the russian president. putin's spokesman accused trump of "demonizing russia." it comes one day after trump said this when asked who he consult about foreign policy. >> i'm speaking with myself number one because i have a very good brain. and i've said a lot of things. >> reporter: hillary clinton claims she's already getting worried calls from foreign leaders. >> i'm having foreign leaders ask if they can endorse me to stop donald trump. -say no, i mean

thank you very much. >> reporter: and another attack on trump, the hacker group anonymous claims they have hacked into his private information including his social security number, cell phone information, and address. the trump campaign has issued a statement responding to the alleged hack by anonymous saying, "the government and law enforcement authorities are seeking the arrest of the people responsible for attempting to illegally hack mr. trump's accounts and his telephone information." jonathan karl, abc news, washington. >> more politics now. we've heard from senator marco rubio for the first time since he suspended his campaign on tuesday night. rubio went home to miami after taking care of some business in d.c. before leaving the capital, he ma talked about his plans, which he said do not include most government positions. >> i'm not interested in being vice president. i don't mean that in a disrespectful way. i'm going to be vice president. i'm not running for governor of florida. i'm going to finish my term in the senate over the next ten

it remains unclear exactly what rubio will do. he says he also did not make an endorsement among the republican contenders although he did say he believes ted cruz is a conservative and that he liked john kasich. >> the u.s. is now accusing isis of committing genocide. secretary of state john kerry said the terror group is responsible for genocide against christians and other muslim groups flps iraq and syria. many are forced to convert to islam or be killed. the announcement is not expected to change america's bombing campaign against isis. >> the young man from virginia accused of fighting for isis is speaking out in a new video. the man says he made a bad decision and is anxious to return home to america. here's abc's terry moran. >> reporter: accused by kurdish authorities of fighting for isis, the young american, born in virginia, tells a very different story. it was all about a girl, he told kurdish tv in iraq. >> i made a bad decision to go

because i wasn't thinking straight. >> where are you from? >> united states. >> reporter: mohamad jamal khweis, 26 years old, captured monday by kurdish peshmerga fighters near sinjar, iraq. he says he left the u.s. last december and made his way through europe to syria, and then mosul in iraq, his girlfriend's hometown. but he hated it there. >> it's not like the western countries. i found it hard for everyone there. >> reporter: and khweis has a message. >> the life in mosul, it's really, really bad. the people who are controlling mosul don't represent the religion -- isis is, isil. they don't represent the religion. >> reporter: u.s. officials say roughly 250 americans have traveled to the middle east to join extremist groups. khweis says that's not him, but he will surely face hard qu

investigators about what exactly he was doing in isis territory. terry moran, abc news, washington. and the fbi says the student who went on a stabbing rampage of a central california college last november was in fact inspired by isis. investigators found isis propaganda on a laptop belonging to faisal mohammad and say he had visited several terrorist web sites before launching his attack at uc merced. but they say he acted alone when he stabbed and wounded four people before police shot and killed him. >> a baltimore ramps player is in critical condition this morning following a dirtbike crash. cornerback trey walker was airlifted to a miami hospital suffering from head trauma. sources tell our abc station in miami that an unnamed new england patriots player was with walker at the time, but has since disappeared. now some extreme weather starting with a lightning strike at an american airlines jet.

the pilot was forced to make an emergency landing at new york's jfk airport. it was supposed to land at laguardia. passengers say they saw a flash of light. passengers heard what sounded like a big explosion. no one was injured. the faa is looking into the incident. in texas, the problem was hail, some of it the size of golf balls. hail blasted holes in car windshields. several flamingos and other birds at the fort worth zoo were also affected. thousands in the dallas area lost power. and that storm system col strengthen in the south and turn into a snowstorm for northeast. here's justin povick at accuweather. good morning, justin. >> kendis, reena, good morning to you, as well. we're following a system that's going to drive down cold enough air to produce more snow. i know it's march but it's been warm lately. this is going to be a shock to the system. accumulations very light over the high terrain. mostly showers from pittsburgh to new york. but there be some flight delays. later on this weekend, i'm concerned about

snows and gusty winds and march travel delays. at least the possibility from d.c. to bangor. reena, back to you. >> thank you so much. a pennsylvania nun is charged with shoplifting that police say was caught on video. workers at a surplus store say that the woman put $23 worth of items in her cart and then rushed out of the store. state police tracked her car to a nearby convent. they found out the alleged shoplifter was a 78-year-old nun. >> i was shocked to say the least. i was shocked. i couldn't believe that a nun would actually do something like that. >> police say that the items included coffee, snacks and toiletries. if convicted, the nun will likely have to pay a fine. proof we need to donate more to churches. >> yeah. a pair of recalls this morning involving two popular tuna fish brands. bumblebee foods is recalling nearly 32,000 cases of tuna due to underprocessed products that could cause serious illnesses. in the

seafoods is recalling more than 2700 brands of dhiken of the sea tuna. the concern there possible undercooked products. so far no one has gotten sick. full details at our website, abcnews.com. and another st. paddy's day has come and gone, but don't worry, there's another one next year. >> oh, good. well, earlier about 200,000 people marched up fifth avenue in the nation's oldest and largest st. patrick's day parade. among those marching under their own banners gay and lesbian groups. >> the new york parade was also broadcast live in ireland and britain for the very first time. by the way, next year st. paddy's day falls on a friday. >> so party on. >> new york be warned. kendis might still be in town on a friday. >> we shall see. might be fun. coming up in "the skinny," the sexy rap star getting much more exposure than usual. >> also ahead, counting up the money made off marijuana sales. one state's huge monthly take away and why revenue is not going up in smokes.

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bag, on counter tops. even in cabinets. >> kids will find medicine in all kinds of places. we found that 23% or one out of four kids were finding and getting into medicine in a pill box. >> reporter: pill boxes and organizers are not built to keep kids out. i recently sat down with some toddlers, and it took this 3-year-old nine seconds to pop it open. >> reporter: okay, you got that one open. that one open up, gabriella? >> yeah. >> i guess i'm surprised he could open this one. i didn't really think about it. >> reporter: as we found, even child resistant packaging doesn't always work. >> get one open? this 4-year-old, he opened up properly closed child resistant bottle with just a little tinkering. dr. richard besser, abc news, new york. >> it's hard because they're so good at it. it's hard to take your medicine when they're not around. >> how do you keep them out of reach for your kids as a key? >> you've got to be very careful.

they're pretty crafty. that's the problem. they're pretty crafty kids. you got to watch out. >> coming up, madonna strips down under. strips down one of her fans. we'll tell you about it. >> emma watson shows off her hip-hop skills. "the skinny" coming up. >> announcer: "world news now"

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that i be president in 2016 or maybe ever, the fact that i've even come this far is evidence of how special america truly is. >> this is the greatest honor of my life other than lynn agreeing to marry me 28 years ago. >> at a time when our politics are so polarized, this is precisely the time when we should play it straight. >> it's the senate's constitutional right to act as a check on a president and withhold its consent. >> our house was surrounded. by the time we got out, the front and the back met and we knew it was over. we knew that it was coming in the house. >> next thing i know is i feel the train just completely lift up off the ground. slams me into the door. >> we are aware of the inconvenience that was caused by closing down the system but we still believe today that we made the correct decision because of safety. >> while o.j. thinks the knife thing is a complete joke. now he has a saying that he says all over the yard. he jokingly says if the knife is

rusted, i can't be busted. >> will you marry me? >> yes. >> potus is holding up the signs i'm not done, oh, my gosh, i can't believe i'm there. i'm here with the president and yr o, the mike drops. >> how good is that? that's -- you think that's going viral? that's going viral. >> that was a great moment. admit it. >> more beats by reena? >> today is friday and it's going to say, help me out, kendis, can you rap? >> please. >> please just stop. >> all right, guys. >> thank you. busy week ahead. >> i'm going to work on that over the weekend. >> bake sale in great falls. halloween attraction show in st. louis. >> oh, boy. >> and the president goes to cuba. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades.

making news in america this morning, extreme weather. a passenger plane diverted after getting hit by lightning and damaging hail in the south putting holes in cars. plus, a powerful snowstorm set to target the northeast. the secret meeting republicans getting together trying to stop donald trump. plus, overnight a scare for the billionaire's son. we're live in washington. caught on camera. a car going full speed crashing into a restaurant, customers inside freezing in disbelief. march madness, round one of the games not disappointing with thrilling finishes. see the excitement plus the coach who couldn't take the heat. his sweaty shirt the talk of the tournament.