making news in america this morning -- deadly earthquakes in two countries. days after the disasters survivors are still being pulled from the rubble. u.s. troops landing overnight to help. severe storms and flash flooding overnight after torrential rains. those storms are slowly moving east right now. mid-air collision during a landing. could it be the first time that a drone hit a passenger plane? and a mcdonald's introducing the unbelievable all you can eat fries. we say good morning monday morning. we begin with

in two countries just days apart. u.s. troops are now on the ground in japan following those two earthquakes there. this video now coming arriving near tokyo. in recovery efforts. in ecuador, the death toll is rising after an earthquake in that country. collapsed highways as survivors are still being pulled from the rubble. bazi an earthquake parts of ravaged ecuador to reach survivors still trapped. here a hospital in ruins. the powerful 7.8 quake struck saturday night. 110 miles west of the countries capital. the biggest tragedy in the

67 years, says ecuador president, the death toll now above 260 and rising. but miracles still possible. crumbled concrete. this rescuer explains the woman trying to explain is stuck from the waist down and another rush to help 400 miles across japan where twin earthquakes killed at least 40. collapsed roads and bridges slowing the effort to reach victims desperate for food, water and medicine. this father is worried about not having cold medicine for his daughter who's been coughing. the u.s. government is now assisting japanese forces helping to air lift supplies. bazi kanani, abc news, washington. also happening now, a drencher for the southern plains. >> the storm system is bring

oklahoma. as well as damaging winds, hail and flash flooding there may be even be some tornadoes. >> some flash flooding happening in southeast texas right now with reports as many as ten inches of rain the same storm system hit texas with hail this weekend. abc meteorologist rob mar scian explains the area will be soggy all week. >> at 7:00 a.m., it passes toward louisiana. several rounds of rain as we go through the rest of the week, could see up eight inches of rainfall across southeast parts of texas. all this heat pumps up, 80 degrees in washington, d.c. >> our thanks to rob there. in the race for president, donald trump and hillary clinton have the leads in the latest polls ahead of tomorrow's primary showdowns here in new york. during their weekend campaign stops, the front-runners took

it's "your voice, your vote." mary bruce has the details. >> reporter: donald trump is riding a huge lead into his home state's primary on tuesday. >> and we're going to have a landslide victory. >> reporter: on the stump, he was looking way past new york, hammering his theme that the republican convention is rigged against him. >> you're going to have a very, very upset and angry group of people, i hope it doesn't involve violence. >> reporter: then, training his sights on hillary clinton. >> the crooked hillary. she's been crooked from the beginning and to think she has a shot at being our president. >> reporter: and trump is drawing some vintage scorn from old nemesis rosie o'donnell. >> he's not even qualified to run a game show. >> reporter: a trump sweep of all 95 new york delegates would officially block it's tx from winning the nomination with bound delegates before the july convention. hillary clinton was feeling good about her new yor

that she busted a move sunday at a campaign stop. with a ten-point lead over bernie sanders clinton took on trump. >> he said, enough, you stop with the hateful rhetoric. you're not going to divide this country. >> reporter: bernie sanders was on his hometown brooklyn turf, hoping the old neighborhood would help him pull off anup set. >> let's have a record-breaking turnout on tuesday! >> reporter: clinton hopes a win in new york will snap her streak of six losses to sanders. a major immigration case goes before the supreme court today. at issue president obama's plan to shield from dede poration more than 5 million people here illegally. texas still has to prove that it has the right to sue in the first place. developing overnight, the

leadership crisis in brazil deepening, now that the president is facing impeachment proceedings. the lower house of government decided to go with the process charging her with financial misdeeds. north korea could be preparing for another nuclear test the president of south korea warns there are signs the north may be preparing a fifth bomb test. this comes amid reports of increased activity at the test site. the nuke test could be a way to boost morale and tough international sanctions and missile launches. the pentagon calls it unsafe and unprofessional, a russian war plane doing a barrel roll over a u.s. reconnaissance plane. the incident comes a few days after a russian jet buzzed a ship. today is

massachusetts. it's time for the boston marathon. more than 30,000 runners will be taking part today in the 120th edition of the challenging race. many of them are grabbing a lot of carbohydrates last night a big pasta-eating event across the boston area. this is now three years since the attack on that race. >> boston strong. still ahead -- university's major mistake. why they sent thousands of acceptance letters to students who did get out. desperate manhunt, two brothers on the run accused of killing a couple. plus, a dolphin stampede. what caused the pod to react like this.

a smokey scene in the los angeles area. more than a hundred vehicles went up in flames when a fire broke out an auto wrecking yard. this is in the san fernando valley. the fire was flamed by winds. the cause under investigation this morning. so, welcome prospective students to the university of buffalo -- or maybe not. the school in western new york mistakenly sent an e-mail to more than 5,000 applicants they had been accepted. it was a mistake. the school sent a second e-mail a few hours later with the bad news. >> did they have steve harvey make the phone call? sorry about that, just kidding. on to amazon now, they're upping the pressure on netflix the giant online retailer is

offering video streaming as a stand-alone service for $9 a month. netflix is $10. until now you had to be an amazon prime customer. for most of us today is tax day, a deadline to file our income tax returns. residents of massachusetts and maine they get an extra day there because it's a holiday there. to make today less taxing there are some discounts, get half-off at the cheese burgers at sonic. and you can drown your sorrows with margaritas at chili's. >> then you go to the movies which a lot of people did this weekend. dominated by the jungle book. from our parent company. brought in more than $103

million, that makes the second biggest april opening ever. heads up, french fry fanatics. this is big. mcdonald's may soon offer endless fries. . the whole idea is being tried out at a new mcdonald's, the mcdonald's of the future in missouri, it also features table service and couches. >> i might have to go there just to try the mcdonald's. when we come back -- a possible collision between a drone and a plane. the airline and police now investigating. and caught on camera. fire tornado and firefighter running for safety, jumping into a lake.

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houston, dallas and kansas city. aviation safety experts warn we're going to see more of this -- an object believed to be a drone hit a british airways jet in london. if the reports are true, it would be the first drone collision involving a major airline. there were no injuries. there were more than 130 people on the airbus. british authorities are investigating. laws in the country do ban drone flights within five miles of airports. washington state police fear a missing couple were dead. not the result of random violence. they're looking for the read brothers. investigators believe the couple may have been feuding with one of the brothers over property. the research suggest eating habits may become

at lot of us. university of michigan researchers report that toddler could be guilty of eating when not hungry. it leads to an increase of body mass index. the findings also show how children's eating habits are influenced by adults. johnny depp's wife has avoid jail time in australia after entering a guilty plea in court. she pleaded guilty for providing false information on a document in connection with allegedly is smuggling their dogs into australia. heard was sentenced to one month's probation. okay, here's a classic case of being at the right place at a right time. a whale watcher had his camera on as a large pod was chased by killer whales. he said there

cans in the water. a fright scene out of edmonton, alberta, canada, a fire spin as firefighters tried to fight a brushfire there. in order to escape one firefighter had to jump into the river just in front of the fire. one of the busiest times of the year in sports. >> yes, some of sunday's highlights now from our friends at espn. the nba playoffs got under way this weekend. >> yes, lebron james has never lost the first playoff game of the postseason with his team. 10-0, taking to make it 11-0. game one of their series. 1/8 matchup. didn't figure to be close it was. lebron to tip it back in. tied at 83. here's kyrie irving, no look to kevin love. cavs up three. up three, here's irving!

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♪ time now for the pulse. we'll start with beyonce's mystery project. it's blowing up the internet overnight. >> it's called lemonade and first it was a 20-second teaser. now there's an extended trailer. but the venture is still mysterious. >> what does it mean? >> why can't you see me? the love of my life. >> many fans have commented that it looks like something out of american horror story. >> it's billed as a premier event. her world

days later, starting in miami, i swear if it's just a commercial for a beverage i'm going to be so mad. at the end. oh, let's hope not. >> that's teaser right there. a night for giving back for comedian tracy morgan nearly two years after that devastating accident, of course, on the turnpike, morgan performed a special show for the first responders, doctors and nurses who helped save his life. >> he has an arm around a firefighter who pulled him from the wreckage. at the end of the show he asked the lights to be turned on so the staff can share in it. catch of lifetime made by a gymnastics coach. >> he sprung into action. catching the 11-year-old a moment before she slammed face-first into the mat. >> wow. >> yeah, they both turned over as you saw. coming to a stop. neither one injured. the

belong to giving an award to the coach for best catch ever. check out this kid, going viral. he's wearing a real madrid soccer jersey all while blaming batman. take a listen. >> i tonight know. >> was it you? >> no. >> who was it? batman. >> batman did it. >> that's a 2-year-old from scotland being busted by his mom after posting the video online, if anyone sees batman tell him i want to have a chat. >> i want to have a chat. at least he didn't blame any members of the real madrid team. >> straight to batman. he can take it. more news after this.

april 18th. and while you may be disappointed that the weekend is over, you will not be disappointed with our weather today. good morning washington. toss to eileen today: sunny and unseasonably warm. highs: 78-85 winds: n 5-10 mph tonight: clear and comfortably cool. lows: 51-58 winds: w 5 mph tuesday: partly cloudy and breezy. highs: 76-84 winds: nw 10-15 mph

overnight.. a fire in bethesda leaves one family without a home. it happened sunday night... causing mor

thousand dollars in damage to this home on sonoma road. fire officials say no one was home at the time, and no one was hurt. they still haven't figured out what sparked the fire. this morning.. the search will resume for a missing firefighter in virginia. 31-year old nicole mittendorff was reported missing friday. in a facebook posting... her father says he last heard from her wednesday morning. searchers found her car in a parking lot in a remote part of the madison county area of the shenandoah national park. her father described the fairfax county firefighter as an avid athlete and runner... and he believes she may gave gone out to train for a race. at this point-- police say there is no reason to suspect foul play. in the day ahead.. procrastinators only have a few hours left to file those 2015 tax returns. there was a three-day delay beyond the traditional april 15 deadline because friday was a holiday in the district. if you still haven't filed.. you are not alone. the irs expects more than 5

millions of other people are expected request 6-month extensions. meanwhile-- as many people prepare to pay uncle sam-- the treasury department is re-thinking a plan to change look of the money in our pocket. treasury secretary jack lew has reportedly backed off plans to replace the founding father on the ten. instead -- lew could announced this week which woman will replace andrew jackson on the twenty. any change won't happen soon. redesigning currency with the latest anti-counterfeiti ng technology typically takes 10-to-15 years. it's xx and we're just getting started. a deadly shooting leaves one firefighter dead, and another hospitalzied. now community members are mourning one life lost, as police release and update on the shooter. we'll tell you what's happening now.. breaking news overnight in philadelphi

chasing down a reported car thief. the latest on his condition.. and the search for the shooter. good morning washington. today: sunny and unseasonably warm. highs: 78-85 winds: n 5-10 mph tonight: clear and comfortably cool. lows: 51-58 winds: w 5 mph tuesday: partly cloudy and breezy. highs: 76-84 winds: nw 10-15 mph

developing this morning. a morningside volunteer firefighter is slowly improving after he is shot 4 times. the same gunfire killed a fellow firefighter as they forced entry into a home, to complete a welfare check. now we are hearing more about the