>> reporter: it's an important week ahead for the white house's supreme court nominee merrick garland. his nomination hrms stalled in. the senate. but this week, he is continuing with meetings on capital little and adding more republican senators to the list. beginning his day later this morning, sitting down with senate judiciary chairman chuck grassley for breakfast, grassley saying earlier this week the sky won't fall with one last justice. but taking a meeting with garland to explain why the senate won't take up his nomination. white house press secretary josh earnest saying the meeting with grassley is proof threw are making progress but still have a long way to go. >> he certainly has the capacity to answer these questions. he's prepared to do it on camera under oath. he's prepared to take whatever questions democrats and republicans on the senate judiciary committee may have to put forward. he can handle it. i guess the question is, why can't the people asking the questions handle it. >> reporter: at the end oth

14 different senators. six of them republican. add that to the three republicans he met with last week and the white house remains confident pressure will be put on the republicans to move his nomination forward. kendis, diane? >> all right. thank you. prince william and duchess kate paid their respects to mahatma gandhi. they walked through the site where he was assassinated in 1948. the couple is on a trip to india and buton. things will get a little warm tomorrow when prince william samples one of the world's hottest chilies. >> and dutch yes, sir kate is not. >> i certainly wouldn't want to. >> all right. should be interesting afterwards. see what impact that has. >> we'll find out. most weekday mornings it's a pretty cool driving in reno, neb nev when a guy puts together hobo artwork. >> a series of rock

meant to look like animals and people. hobo cyrus says he does it because he likes to see people smile. >> every day the formations are taken apart, then put back together in a different way. the next day. hobo sighious says he goes through the same cycle every day because it's like nature. nothing stays the same. >> i wonder if people get freaked out because they don't expect to see this rock formation creature. >> it's kind of creepy. >> it's cute in a way. i guess it depends what the formation is really. reminds me of on the cruise ships when they give you animal towels, that kind of thing >> he said he wanted to do something that he loved about. so he decided to do this. >> he's making people happy. not bothering anybody. >> coming up, a new study about the effects of lsd on the brain. >> also ahead, a ride service just for women including the drivers. the new app that puts passenger safety above anything else. but is it fair or even legal to exclude men. >> and the rude health alert for one starbucks

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lsd affects the brain. researchers at imperial college in london injected the drug into the brains of volunteers. the results indicate with lsd, the brain may integrate information from different parts of the brain at once just like a baby that may account for trips experienced by lsd users. >> may want some lsd if you're stuck doing your taxes. we are hitting the deadline. if you tried to do your own income taxes, it's days away from the deadline. >> it is coming up on the 18th. many last minute filers are getting a rude awakening with a myriad of changes in this year's tax code. here's abc's rebecca jarvis. >> reporter: the most confusing thing about taxes. >> the new rules every year something you? >> reporter: the good news for procrastinators, tax day is monday, april 18th. under federal law, tax day gets pushed back if there's a conflict with a federal holiday. and this year, emancipation day gives did americans an

if you live in a state that celebrates patriots' day, that moves the date back to april 19th. the bad news, the penalty for not having qualifying health care coverage goes up big. >> for people who didn't have coverage this year, they're going to see penalties roughly doubled last year. >> reporter: and due to the affordable care act, taxpayers will see a couple of new forms. unan employer issued document, a 1095 b or 1095 c, that reports medical coverage. check on your tax return that you had health care. you don't need to send the forms in. for those who received an advance premium tax credit, this was government help to pay for coverage through a health exchange. it's a little more complicated. you have to reconcile that credit when you file and you must file. >> they need to file or they jeopardize the credit in the future. >> reporter: also new this year, tax bracks have risen slightly and the personal exemption that all taxpayers are entitled to take goes up 50

york. coming up, the new ride sharing mobile app. >> it's aimed at women who might not feel safe taking upper or lyft but could it hit some legal road bumps? you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now"

♪ >> wait for it. >> hey, must be the money. we're having fun about that one. so you may never really know who you're riding with when you hail a car using a ride sharing app like uber or lyft. >> it's become a growing personal safety issue for many women in particular. now a new app could change all of that. here's abc's gio benitez. >> incidents like these, a passengers' worst nightmare. >> i'm ra afraid i'm about to get raped. >> jen says her driver dropped her off and refused to leave. >> nothing out of my mouth was anything other than no. >> reporter: a neighbor finally scaring the driver away. uber severing ties with him. also in january, in jacksonville lyft driver charged with battery after a woman says he attacked her in the back seat of his car. the driver pleading not guilty. lyft permanently removing him and calling his behavior absolutely

just last week, uber agreeing to pay up to $25 million to settle a lawsuit alleging it misled consumers on background collection of its drivers. lyft agreeing to pay half a million to settle similar allegations in 2014. both companies settling with no admission of wrongdoing. now michael pellets, a former uber driver and his wife kelly offering an alternative service. chariot for women. a soon to be launched car service exclusively for women passengers. the drivers all female aiming to give passengers peace of mind. >> from having thousands of passengers in my back seat, i heard stories that were about unsafe travel. and uber drivers hitting on women and just a lot of unsafe issues. >> reporter: he says the service will also cater to mothers with young children offering lifts for moms with girls and boys under 13. but he admits it's not a guarantee of safety. we asked folks at the annual women's

all women drivers would make them feel safer. >> we're more comfortable with women but also that doesn't exempt women from being kind of like. >> malicious. >> gwen pratt is a future chariot for women driver. she says having just women and children in her back seat will likely protect the company's female drivers, too. >> if i was picking up a man, i know he's going to be a lot stronger than me and i would not feel comfortable. >> reporter: the concept not new. she taxis introduced in new york city in 2014 says they received a overwhelmingly positive response from its customers. but had to temporarily shutdown partly because they couldn't meet the demand. but also because of accusations of discrimination from men looking for a ride. >> you can't limit hiring to just one gender from a public accommodation aspect. you can't limit how offer your services to to just one gender. >> reporter: chariot for women maintains its business is well within the law. its lawyer telling us

believe that giving women and their loved ones peace of mind is not only a public policy imperative but serves an essential social interest. gio benitez, abc news, new york. our thanks to gio for that story. we should mention that uber tells abc news its technology makes it possible for safer rides in ways that have never been possible before. >> lyft also tells us the safety of their community is their top priority and cariot for women claims it can do better saying both passenger and driver will have to say a unique password before the ride begins. the service is launching in boston and select cities next week. >> coming up, the lav large of comments streaming into our newsroom about -- >> oh, no. >> this lady. >> even i was surprised at some of these reactions. wait till you see what some of you have been saying about me. >> a lot of people got on twitter and decided i'm going to watch tv and comment about diane macedo. >> a lot o t

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at accuweather. he came up with something they paul williamsesque. >> a little diddy for kendis and diane, two american kids doing the best they can. kendis is going to be a football star ♪ ♪ dine is in the back of kendis car ♪ ♪ diane is sitting on kendis lap with a hand on her knee ♪ >> so you didn't know he was on camera doing there. >> he didn't know we were recording. >> he had the air guitar. >> oh, paul williams didn't know that they were romming on his camera when he was singing that song. >> yeah, but he came up with those lyrics off the top of his head. >> it was very creative. he was right on pitch. >> back of my car into thanks for the tribute, anyway, paul, even if you didn't know. >> some viewer love on the

lisa wilford says welcome, diane so glad you're taking over for reena. love the connection you already have with kendis. >> apparently it's a lot closer than i thought according to paul williams. >> there was also wayne yee who says beautiful. she seems to talk with her mouth closed a lot. any idea what that's about? >> i don't know what they're talking about. i work very hard to enunciate every word i say. kendis. >> that is freaky how do you do that. >> do what? >> that whole -- how did you do that? >> i don't know what you mean. what? >> chris from our powerhouse kstp affiliate in minneapolis says that she seems fun. her singing though. >> oh. >> of the white snake song was taking you to task on that. >> are you sure that was a good -- that might have been a good singing though, right? her singing though. >> her singing though.

this morning on "world news now," republicans battling it out from coast to coast. >> donald trump taking issue with the delegate system lashed out at a massive new york rally, and while ted cruz pokes fun at him from california, a racially i think itted joke involving hillary clinton is serving up controversy. >> the debate over the law in north carolina getting louder as supporterses of it say they're just defending their families while others say it's simply discrimination. flyer fury >> [ bleeped ]. >> an irate passenger goes latis i don't think on an airline worker screaming as her flight gets delayed. hear the real reason for her rage and why she was so desperate to board that plane. >> that hectic routine of your daily life, it's about time