this morning on "world news now," political power plays. >> the tone on the campaign trail taking a turn in an ugly direction. clinton and sanders go at it on familiar home turf while ted cruz hopes to up the a florida te on donald trump's hopes of a nomination. campus on edge. overnight, a community mourns at the university of texas as we learn the identity of a student found murdered. and the new video of a suspect police are searching for. proposal blunder. the dramatic cliffside rescue after a man asked his girlfriend to marry him and the huge bill that's adding insult to injury. and say it ain't so insomniacs. >> no way. >> it's reena's last show. we've been looking back on all the good times before sending her off in style. and we've got some spe

miss on this friday, ay favorite movies ever when we dressed up for halloween becaus didn't know if it was somebody from corporate offices or who i >> we'll be looking back at all of those wonderful moments. >> before you started when t.j. was on the show, do you see deb, are you going to wave right there? right there in the corner used to give us a quote every day so we could start the day off. as a parting gift, it's a box it says hope inspired dream and inside all of the quotes. >> all the inspirational messages. you're going to pick one out. set the night off. little inspiration for the

from deb, when you do more than you're paid now."ou do more tha paid for, eventually you'll be paid for more than you do. that's trippy at this hour. >> i like that. can you read that one more time because it didn't register. >> est right there. very est. >> it is very tolstoy. >> what the bottom line is get a pay raise? is that what you're telling me i'm getting a raise. >> absolutely. of course, we're going to remember all of her antics here throughout the morning but let's get to the race. >> all right. >> to the white house. >> we've got politics. >> absolutely. donald trump of course, bracing for a contested convention. >> a lot of people are, huh. trump now has a convention managering to completely focus specifically on the delegate process and a possible fight on the convention floor as he steps up attacks on ted cruz, the democrats still locked in a game of he says, she says. it's your voice, your vote. abc's megan hughes has the

latest. >> reporter: bernie sanders on the attack. >> i'm not going to up or lied about. >> reporter: at a news conference in philadelphia pointing to media ars claiming hillary clinton called him unqualified a statement she never actually made. now he's directing that critique at her. >> are you qualified to be president of the united states when you're raising millions of dollars from wall street? >> i don't know why he's saying that, but i will take bernie sanders over donald trump or ted cruz anytime. >> clinton trying to take the high jinks road and calling an the comment silly before getting on the new york sub ware at yankee stadium. on the gop side, donald trump had family on hand at a tuesday rally in long island, hoping to deliver him a victory at home. >> my father will make america great again. >> reporter: trump hammering ted cruz for statements about new york values he made back in january. >> i've got this guy standing over there looking at me talking about new york values with

york. the box. >> reporter: the a flork town hall he says he's speccing to do better empire state than most predict. >> an interesting thing has happened in the last couple of weeks. we have seen this race nationally turn. >> reporter: a recent poll shows donald trump up more than 30 points in new york. he's even taking time off the campaign trail and has no scheduled events until sunday. reena, kendis. >> our thanks to megan there. the current president is now turning up the heat on republicans as he fights to get his supreme court nominee a confirmation vote. speaking at the university of chicago law school, president obama took aim on republican attempts to block his nominee merrick garland until the 45th president is sworn in in january. now, at stake, he says, is the erosion of the integrity of the na

branch. >> it's not just a matter of who's occupy grah of the reversing course saying he will meet withourtes nomination >> vladimir putin is denying any links to th panama papers. millions of leaked documents tying word leaders and many others to offshore accounts. he dismissed the scandal as part of a u.s.-led plot to weaken russia and defended his friends. he was not named in the papers but some of his associates were accused of owning the offshore accounts to evade taxes. >> indiana is facing a legal challenge to its new abortion law. the bill bans abortion if sought for genetic abnormalities. the aclu filed aid federal lawsuit on behalf planned parenthood of indiana and kentucky.

the law unconstitutional and a violation to reeducate track maintenance workers about basic safety procedures. lt sun. those workers may not have been told the track was reopening to train track which is a direct violation of federal safety rules, as well. hundreds gathered at the university of terms to remember the student who was murdered. they held a moment of silence and several people spoke about the victim who police have now identified. the brutal murder was is stunned the campus. police released surveillance video of an alleged suspect. abc's kayna whitworth has more on what's being called every parent's worst nightmare. >> reporter: we learn

of texas campus in austin. haruka weiser, 18 years old, a first-year theater and dance major from portland, oregon. police a ot. >> reporter: at 9:30 p.m. sunday night, police say weiser was leaving the fine arts building. and walking with a bicycle on campus later that night. at 11:30 a.m. monday, weiser's roommates report her missing. and the following morning, her body was found in this creek on campus. police say weiser had been assaulted. the campus on high alert, as the suspect remains on the loose. the parents putting out a statement about their daughter saying the pain of their sudden and tragic loss is unfathomable. kayna whitworth, abc news, austin. >> the senate has benched legislation that would have helped airline passengers squeeze by shrinking seats. an amendment by new york senator

airlines from any further width and length reductions.54-42. schumer complained that as a six-footer he feels cramped when flying and he adds it shouldn't cost you an ample and leg just to have room for your arms and your legs. here's something that you probably never thought you'd hear. postal stamps are going to be cheaper starting sunday. a stamp for a standard letter will drop from 49 cents to 47 cents, a temporary price hike granted to the postal service in 20141 now expiring. it's the first time the postage rate has been lowered in nearly 100 years. incredible. >> if you have a stamp that's more, do you get money back? can you get 12 cents back? >> that's a good question. >> i would be the person at the post office. >> you would be. i want a refund. >> defending champ george spieth picked up where he left off at the masters in first place going into today's second round.

get off to a good start. ouch. short putts are hard. they're undervalued i think. th and tied for 81st place. >> he'll no doubt make the cut. we'll see. coming up, an epic and i do mean epic conclusion to reena's tenure here at "world news now." >> all right. it ain't over till it's over. >> wise words. >> i don't want people to think i came up with that. at least it was supposed to be a cliffside proposal gone wrong. the girlfriend wasn't even there. >> and remember you can always weigh in on facebook wnnfans.com and

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girlfriend live on facetime. worse, the city of is billing banks for the cost of the rescue but wait it gets better. police arrested banks after they found he was under the influence and in possession of meth amphetamine. there is good news though. his girlfriend said yes. >> oh, boy. >> we're not going to comment on it. he went through enough. right? >> exactly. >> check out this adorable little guy nicknamed sj for smoky junior. firings north of orlando, florida rescued him from a brush fire. he's so adorable. the brush fire damaged several homes. his hair was singed just a touch. florida fish and wildlife are checking him out to make sure he'll be okay. even better, they likely will not bill him for the rescue. >> new york city is moving to crack down on those cos tunled characters roam is times square who hustle for tips. new rules will severely restrict where those characters can do business. limiting them to a few

areas. they do argue that's a violation of their right extraordinary measure that be two pen a taking in an to reconnect with their children. those parents that they areyear. abc's matt gutman with the story. >> reporter: it's a desperate plea. three stories high jinks and 50 feet across. >> why the billboard? >> well, we tried everything. we tried phoning. we didn't know what else to do. we figured we'd better make some statement. >> reporter: but phil and willy jones say they don't expect their two adult children emily and michael to actually call. >> it has been hard. i can't tell you how many times we've cried about it. >> reporter: they say they're out of the church of scientology after four decades but their children are still in

last year and we weren't centei a phone call from michael, he didn't want to have anything to do with never want to talk to you again. >> reporter: the couple says they tried to track him down at the center. >> the security people come up and say you're not welcome here. >> reporter: they claim the church disconnected them. disconnection is say scientology determine for ending communication with those who are antagonistic to the church which says that the choice to disconnect is entirely voluntary. >> your daughter's 38 and your son is 42. >> right. >> they're adults and have free will and could reach out to their parents if they chose. >> you would think that. that's not necessarily the case in scientology. >> reporter: in a statement, the church says it is despicable that these individuals would use a private family matter to promote anti-religious ha

bigotry. >> reporter: they say you're promoting anti- bout reconnectsing >> and sending the disconnection which is an of sliay they have to and fear retribution from the church but add what they fear more is losing their children forever. >> i don't know if the billboard is going to do anything. but it's another step. these are our kids. we want them in our lives. >> reporter: matt gutman, abc news, los angeles. >> the church of scientology also said in their statement that the joness are teaming up with a reality show producer to shamelessly exploit their children. >> the joness say they are working on a documentary following their journey. abc news spoke with the producer but he actually wouldn't disclose the exact nature of the project right now. >> coming up in our next half hour, doughnuts on the freeway. even hugs from

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this morning on "world news now," subway series. presidential hopefuls invade the big apple. their tough talk and even tougher time getting around the city. as the big push for delegates is on. >> desperate manhunt. the search for a second mentally ill man who escaped from a psychiatric hospital. police calling him dangerous and asking for the public's help. the latest just ahead. and new this half hour, fast and furious, eat your heart out. >> a wild car chase through the streets of l.a. the suspects doing doughnuts and taking selfies with newly found fans. the dangerously crazy scene straight out of a movie. >> wow. and "idol" out. the end of an era for a tv institution. "american idol's" star studded finale seeing the return of so many success stories. j. lo as well as those other