good monday morning. i'm kendis gibson. >> i'm diane usedo. donald trump says the gop does not have to be unified after failing to gain paul ryan's support. but trump is reserving some of his nastiest attacks for his rivals across the aisle and he says former president bill clinton is fair game. more than 250 passengers and crew on board a cruise ship sailing from england to north america have come down with the norovirus. cdc is monitoring the situation and says the ship has stepped up cleaning and disinfecting. the north carolina governor says he'll meet today's deadline and respond to the federal government over the state's controversial bathroom law. more than $1 billion in federal funds could be lost if the state enforces the law. it was a star-studded opening for this

games in orlando, florida. first lady michelle obama, president george w. bush, and prince harry were all on hand to kick off the five-day sporting event of some 500 war veterans representing 14 countries from around the world. those are some of our top stories on this monday, may 9th. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> an action-packed weekend. mother's day, the derby, the american cup, the invehicle tut games. >> we forget about the derby. >> seems like it happened a long time ago. >> we should point out our favorite sudden breaking news was suddenly not anywhere -- >> suddenly in the way back of the pack. >> it's actually still running, we believe. >> oh, well. let's get started with what is a deepening rift in the republican party. donald trump at odds with the highest-ranking republican official. >> trump and house speaker paul ryan wil

differences this week but trump is already playing down the need for party unity as he takes direct aim at hillary and bill clinton. abc's mary bruce has more. >> reporter: now in a fierce battle for the critical women's vote, donald trump says bill clinton is fair game. >> i think he gets involved when she plays the women's card. no, if he's involved in the campaign, he should absolutely -- he could be brought into it. >> reporter: his latest shot at hillary clinton, a tirade over her husband's infidelities. >> here's a guy, he was impeached because he lied. he lied. do you remember the famous "i did not have sex with that woman." then a couple of months later, "i'm guilty." and she's taking negative ads on me. >> reporter: back in 2008, trump downplayed president clinton's sex scandal. >> they tried to impeach him, which was nonsense. >> reporter: now that trump's the presumptive nominee, clinton says concerned republicans are turning to her. >> i've had a lot of outreach

days who say that they are interested in talking about that. >> reporter: fighting on two fronts, trump is also warring with republican leaders who want him to unify the party. but trump says, not so fast. >> does it have to be unified? i'm very different than everybody else perhaps that's ever run for office. i actually don't think so. >> reporter: trump's next big test, a meeting with house speaker paul ryan, who's still withholding his endorsement, a move that has sarah palin vowing to help kick ryan out of office. >> his political career is over but for a miracle because he has so disrespected the wonderful of the people. >> reporter: trump and ryan will try to smooth things over but already trump seems open to removing ryan as chair of the republican convention if he doesn't get on board. mary bruce, abc news, seattle. a vicious storm system is making life miserable for millions of americans this morning. instead of blue skies typical of springtime they're seeing these dark, ominous clouds swirling overhead. heavy rain, hail

lot of the heartland from wyoming and colorado eastward into kentucky. check out what happened in mt. caramel, illinois, over the weekend. winds gusting up to 66 miles per hour tore the roof off this middle school. volunteers and crews worked for hours to mop up more than 500 gallons of water from inside the gym. however, students thinking they'll get a day off today, think again. classrooms sustained zero damage and school is in session, so go to bed. unfortunately the threat of extreme weather isn't over yet either. >> accuweather meteorologist paul williams has a look at the forecast. good morning, paul. >> good morning to you. we're looking for a wet pattern throughout the center part of the country with a slow-moving system. starting monday scattered showers and thunderstorms with heavy downpours and damaging hail the big concern. heaviest of rain throughout iowa, portions of illinois, going into northern portions of missouri with possible traffic delays. then for the northeast we have a sluggish front now.

northeast will catch a break from all the crazy and gloomy depressing monday-like weather we've been having all week long last week. this is the key though. we have a warm front that's going to push scattered showers throughout the mid-atlantic as we go into monday. we're dry in new york, vermont. watch how this rain moves, it eases its way up toward central portions of pennsylvania. by the time we get into wednesday just shy of new york. speaking of the weather, conditions are improving slightly giving some reprieve for the fire crews that are battling that monster wildfire in alberta, canada. light rain and cooler temperatures slowing the flames that have already scorched nearly 400,000 acres. one positive note, fire officials say the evacuations are officially over though no word yet on when the 88,000 people driven from their homes will be able to go back to see what, if anything, is left behind. north korea's ruling party has adopted a resolution on the third day of its party in congress to strive toward a more

members also agreed to push for a peaceful reunification with south korea. this comes after north korea's leader kim jong-un vowed not to use the country's nuclear weapons unless there's a direct threat. despite a general strike and other protests, greece is overhauling its pension and tax systems. parliament hopes that will impress creditors and unlock some baleout funds but those creditors are calling for still more austerity measures. the finance ministers says more cuts in entitlement programs would topple this or any greek government. the suspect in that deadly shooting rampage in suburban washington is due in court later today for a hearing. three people were killed and three others injured in a 22-hour period that saw many schools and businesses on lockdown. abc's gloria riviera with more. >> reporter: gripping now details on the shooting rampage in maryland leading to this dramatic takedown. hours after police say suspended cop eulalio tordil shot and killed his ex

documents allege he botched two carjackings looking for a get-away car. his first target, a woman leaving the mall. she told police tordil flashed a gun and asked, is that your car? yes, she said. then, i'm not kidding, i will shoot you. she yells for help. two men, good samaritans, respond. tordil shoots all three, according to police. >> these two men acted selflessly and heroically. not only coming to her aid but likely saving her life. these men are heroes. >> reporter: one of those men fighting for his life. the other, malcolm winfield, honored at a vigil. >> he was a gentle giant. >> reporter: tordil allegedly killing his third victim outside this grocery 64, fleeing before police swarmed his vehicle and captured him. a protective order by his estranged wife required him to surrender his badge, duty weapon, and five guns. police say he was able to purchase another weapon. gloria riviera, a

officials on both sides of the border are questioning the surprise decision to move mexican drug lord el chapo to a less secure prison. el chapo is being held in the mexican city of juarez, a territory firmly controlled by underlings in his drug cartel. some have speculated that the move means el chapo will soon be extradited to the united states but officials deny that. a tragic loss for a retired supreme court justice sandra day o'connor. her sister ann day was killed in a car crash in tucson over the weekend. the drive history slammed into her vehicle head-on has been charged with manslaughter as well as dui. ann day, 77, was a former arizona state senator and county supervisor. senator john mccain said the state has lost a tireless advocate who dedicated her life to public service. a little girl from nebraska is in the hospital this morning following a freak accident at a carnival this weekend. the 11-year-old fell out of her seat during a ride and her hair became caught in a mechanism, tearing her scalp.

>> reporter: this 11-year-old girl in intensive care with severe head injuries after a horrifying accident on this carnival ride in omaha. >> torture. >> reporter: elizabeth seen saturday on the spinning attraction called the king's crown. moments later witnesses say her hair got stuck in the ride. the other children sitting with her desperately yelling for help. >> there's absolute terror in their eyes. some were screaming and crying. it's still spinning. i stopped it with both my hands. >> reporter: though experts say traveling carnival rides are generally safe, this comes just one week after another festival nightmare. two teenagers thrown from a ride in el paso, one of them killed. back in omaha, this ride now closed. the investigation under way. >> we're trying to determine if there's a malfunction or if it was just an accident. >> reporter: elizabeth's mother by her bedside saying she has a long road ahead. >> we're praying for her

better. >> reporter: she is expected to survive. we reach out to the company that operated the ride and they declined to comment. marcie gonzalez, abc news, new york. drivers for ride hailing companies in the texas capital will have to be fingerprinted. voters defeated a measure that would have stopped the stringent background checks for uber and lift drivers. both companies threatened to leave austin. they say name-based checks are sufficient but voters disagreed by a wide margin. if you're a fan of slurpees and doughnuts and who isn't. you may want to stop by your local 7-eleven. this is their latest combination of the two. it's a blue raspberry slurpee-flavored doughnut topped with sugar crystals to add crunch. >> the 270-calorie super-sweet treat will cost you 99 cents and is part of a promotion for the discovery channel's "shark week" which starts on june 26th. all the enjoyment of a slurpee without t

>> with "shark week"? sharks would also like to eat slurpee-flavored doughnuts. >> blue like water! >> blue like water, ah. >> thanks, jack. >> i thought it was a smurf marathon on tv or something. >> "shark week," blue doughnuts, come on. >> i guess it worked, good job. putting a fresh physical on the zika virus outbreak. the worries that this infected expectant mother is sharing about her concerns for the future. why cheryl samberg used mother's day to admit she may have missed the mark with parts of her defining lean-in philosophy, at least for single mothers. you're watching "world news now."

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magnetic storm. the northern lights are seen more off then further north, but there they were right above the city skyline, including the space needle. at least one observer noted the lights were green, just like the seattle seahawks. >> okay. good move. >> team spirit. thanks, aurora. >> it's late in the season to be able to see that. what a spectacular sight in the pacific northwest. also a rare celestial event begins this morning. mercury will cross in front of the sun, an event which only takes place about 13 times a century. the transit starts at just after 7:00 a.m. eastern time and nasa will be providing live coverage until it's over sometime this afternoon. if you're going to watch in person, you'll need a solar filter to protect your eyes from the sun. if you miss out on it and sleep in for the next seven hours, the next one will be november of 2019. >> so we can see it again. >> exactly. there's n

>> like e.t. riding past the moon. >> just going through. here on earth there's growing worries about the expanding outbreak of zika virus in the u.s. with at least 472 cases now confirmed in 43 states. >> now for the first time we're hearing from a pregnant american infected with zika. here's abc's dr. jennifer ashton. >> reporter: for the first time a pregnant american woman is coming forward, speaking on camera after testing positive for the zika virus. >> it's really heartbreaking, you know. >> reporter: sarah mujica believes she was infected in february while visiting her fiance in honduras. she started showing symptoms of the virus days after learning she was pregnant. >> i had a fever. and the rashes were just growing throughout my body. >> reporter: fever and rashes are two of zika's most common signs and symptoms. the 17-year-old traveled back to connecticut and rushed to get tested. but with results weeks away she went back to honduras to be with he

hysterically. she was like, your blood work got back and you were positive for zika. >> reporter: in a statement to abc news, the connecticut department of health saying, we have been preparing for months both to address positive cases and put measures in place to help prevent mosquito-related transmission. >> there thus far have been no local transmitted cases in the continental united states. >> reporter: mujica is now one of 44 pregnant women in the u.s. who have tested positive for zika after traveling outside the country. scientists continuing to study the link between the virus, severe birth defects, and other pregnancy complications. >> you don't know if you have it, if you're going to have a baby that is going to have zika. >> reporter: dr. jennifer ashton, abc news, new york. coming up, a mother's day reality check. >> she's one of the most powerful women in the world. but now herself as a

mother, a message from sheryl sandberg for all single mothers. you're watching "world news now."

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mom when you have help, but it's a whole different game if you're a single mom. >> one of america's most prominent business women, now a single mother herself, is speaking out in a touching tribute to all mothers who find themselves going it alone. here's abc's aditi roy. >> reporter: on mother's day a new perspective from one of the world's most powerful women. facebook's sheryl sandberg, a mother of two who lost her husband dave last year, says she didn't know how tough it was to be a single mother until now. sandberg just writing this poignant facebook post. "i will never experience and understand all of the challenges most single moms face, but i understand a lot more than i did a year ago." sandberg, who sits on the board of abc's parent company disney, wrote the best-selling book "lean in." in it she encouraged women not to abandon their ambitions after starting families. >> it's time for women to stop paying a penalty they pay for success. >> reporter: in the new post

sandberg acknowledges criticism of her book was fair. some people felt that i did not spend enough time writing about the difficulties women face when they have an unsupportive partner or no partner at all. they were right." the response going viral with overwhelming support. one woman writing, it's nice to hear acknowledgement towards our sacrifices and struggles. as sandberg now recognizes, single moms have always leaned in. aditi roy, abc news, los angeles. >> she didn't really get how hard it is to succeed at work when you're facing all these challenges at home. now that she's in it, she says she sees how many they really are. for working moms who live in poverty, working two jobs, don't get sick leave to take care of themselves and their kids, so on -- >> the odds are definitely stacked against them. it's great to see her perspective has changed or evolved. >> maybe she can encourage some change in cor

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in the meantime, feeling like a million bucks was one very special couple from oregon who headed to their prom this weekend. >> and their mothers were all there cheering them on. and it's all because they thought this day might never come. here's abc's john donvan. >> reporter: two teenagers get set for their senior prom. >> how do you think she is looks? >> she's awesome. >> reporter: best friends since they were babies, eli and megan were two kids born in a world where different people often get left out. something their moms worry about in early days. >> 21 weeks we found out eli would be having down syndrome. >> when i held her in my arms i thought, who would take her to the prom? >> reporter: as the years passed, megan and eli were embraced by the other kids in lake oswego. and also for his prom-posal the other day where the school choir which eli belongs to helped him ask megan to the prom. ♪ talking about my girl

>> can i take you to the prom? >> yes. >> reporter: as they headed off for the dance, there was a gift in this moment for a mother. >> it feels like that moment where you cross a finish line. >> reporter: and for a dad. >> he's a stud. i love it. he's what i want to be. popular, excited. >> reporter: but in the end it was a moment for eli and megan with their friends and each other. a moment good for mother's day and all year round. john donvan, abc news. >> they look so happy. >> some great dance moves as well. >> they're rocking it up. >> that's the news for this half hour.

this morning on "world news now," hundreds sickened while on vacation. >> we're learning more about how more than one-quarter of the passengers on a cruise ship were hit with the norovirus. growing inferno. the massive wildfire that continues to spread after forcing thousands to run for their lives. people now returning to the charred remnants of their homes. we'll have the latest from fire lines. and we have new warning on how to manage emergencies. hear why 911 calls aren't as simple as they used to be and why knowing what to do when calling from a cell phone can mean the difference between life and death. check out these real-life wizards free falling through the clouds just to be able to play harry potter's favorite sport quidditch. it's not just for kids at hogwarts anymore. even muggles can play if you have the stomach for it. we'll find out how later in "the

>> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning, everyone, i'm diane may satisfied dough. it's all fun and games till somebody drops a broom from 15,000 feet. >> then boom. >> what else could possibly go wrong. >> we'll get to that a little bit later on. first to this. more than 250 passengers and crew aboard a cruise ship have come down with the norovirus. the "balmoral" arriving in portland, maine, over the weekend where the docked for a few hours. >> the cdc's on the case trying to help the crew contain what's become a very major outbreak. >> reporter: the "balmoral" left this dock in portland, maine, sunday for the next leg of a cruise that began in england on april 16th. the passenger ship may have a nasty stowaway on board, the norovirus. >> we have been in frequent communication with cdc all the time. they have been fully informed. >> reporter: the centers for disease control inspected

passengers have fallen ill since the cruise started. that comes to 252 the more than 900 passengers and eight of the 502 crew members. symptoms include nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. half a dozen passengers were quarantined -- >> they are being in their cabin for 48 hours. after the last symptoms. to make sure they are healthy. >> reporter: the cdc also took steps to sanitize the ship. >> they did a lot of santaization with collar wean, also steam cleaning, high pressure cleaning. >> reporter: still even for passengers who stayed healthy the cruise has been a rocky one. >> the unfortunate part is they wouldn't let us dock in bermuda. so we've been at sea. which is not good. >> reporter: according to cdc the voyage is scheduled to end may 20th back in england. >> cruise lines said the majority of the passengers were from the uk. about 7 million americans are facing the threat of extreme weather stretching from texas to nebraska.

this one touching down in oklahoma. now others tearing through kansas and nebraska. the risk of severe storms is now shifting east into arkansas which will bring large hail, damaging winds, and more tornados. and this one. at least seven twisters. that's one of at least seven twisters that ripped through eastern colorado over the weekend, spewing debris and injuring five people. the storm damaged or destroyed several motor homes and outbuildings in rural areas although the full extent of that is still being assessed. pounding rain and hail swamped the streets of more urban areas, causing flooding. the monster wildfire burning through northeast alberta, can dark is moving into its second week. but we do have a bit of good news. the massive evacuation of that area is finally officially over. abc's neal karlinsky has the new details and some images from inside the fire zone. >> reporter: in rugged northern alberta, the massive wildfire just won't stop. but for the

slowing down. thanks to much cooler temperatures and even a small amount of rain blowing in. more than 500 firefighters, 15 helicopters, and 14 air tankers taking on a blaze that's grown to more than 620 square miles. the thousands who had been cut off to the north of the fire zone are now safely out of harm's way. >> all i thought is, dear lord, if you can get my children safe, then i don't care. >> reporter: pictures from inside what's left of ft. mcmurray show a city transformed. some homes virtually untouched near others that were incinerated. in all there are now nearly 90,000 nomads who have no idea when they will be able to return to their normal lives. >> just if we'll have a home to go to. jobs, where we're going to live. >> reporter: weather conditions here are expected to improve in the coming days and firefighters are hopeful that will help. neal karlinsky, abc

ft. mcmurray, canada. turning our focus back here in this country to the race for the white house and the infighting that is rocking the republican party. donald trump is making it clear that he's moving forward with or without the blessings of house speaker paul ryan. ryan said that he wasn't ready to support trump. now former vice presidential nominee sarah palin is weighing in saying the house speaker should lose his seat. on abc's "this week" trump told george stephanopoulos party unity is not a necessity. >> does the party have to be together? does it have to be unified? i'm very different than everybody else perhaps that's ever run for office. i actually don't think so. i think that -- >> it doesn't have to be unified? >> no, i don't think so. i think it would be better if it were unified. i think there would be something good about it. but i don't think it actually has to be unified in the traditional sense. >> trump is already walking back his tax plan. he says by the time it gets negotiated, it's going to be different. he now predicts taxes on the wealthy will be higher than initially

as trump pivots to the general election he's also firing a barrage of attacks at both hillary and bill clinton. his latest attack was aimed at the former president calling him the worst abuser of women in the history of politics. but hillary says she'll stick to the issues and hopes to pick up voters driven away by trump. >> and so i think that for a lot of people, again, who take their vote seriously and who really see this as a crossroads kind of election, i am asking people to come join this campaign and i've had a lot of outreach from republicans in the last days who say that they are interested in talking about that. >> meanwhile, clinton is looking to wrap up the controversy over her private e-mail serve letter are she insists she's ready to talk to anybody any time. a judge ruled last week that clinton may have to testify under oath but she says no one from the fbi has reached out to her to discuss the investigation. this morning officials on both sides of the border are questioning the surprise move of me

less-secure prison. el chapo is being held in the mexican city of juarez, a territory firmly controlled by underlings in his drug cartel. some have speculated that move means el chapo will soon be extradited to the u.s. but officials denied that. the leader of north korea is sounding somewhat of a friendlier tone. during a three-hour speech kim jong-un vowed not to use his country's nuclear weapons unless under direct threat. with more on that let's go to abc's terry moran. >> reporter: north korean officials described this to us as a major declaration from kim jong-un, one calling ate watershed for this country. in a speech to the ruling party congress, kim jong-un promised that north korea won't use nuclear weapons first unless it sovereignty is invaded by another nuclear power. will abide by nonproliferation rules. will work time prove ties with "hostile nations." north korea's made similar promises before

its nuclear and missile programs have dramatically accelerated. alarming the u.s. and allies and triggering tough sanctions. but traveling around pyongyang, it doesn't look like a city crippled by those sanctions. under kim there's a building boom. this is pyongyang's highest revolving restaurant. and one of the surprising things about this city is how built up it's getting. there are new towers going up everywhere. the old ones have a fresh coat of paint. this is a changing skyline. so the question now is kim jong-un really chart ac new course for north korea or is this just the same nuclear gamesmanship this country's been playing for years? terry moran, abc news, pyongyang, north korea. we're learning that child sexual abuse by a former penn state assistant football coach goes back decades. the university now says its legal settlement with jerry sandusky's accusers cover alleged abuse dating back to 1971.

surfaced claiming a boy told former head coach joe paterno in 1976 that he was abused by sandusky. in 2012, sandusky was convicted of 45 counts of child sex abuse. north korea's facing a federal deadline over its controversial bathroom law. the justice department says the law violates the civil rights act and gave the state until today to "remedy it." the governor says the state will respond by the deadline. the law requires transgender people to use public bathrooms corresponding to their biological sex. the state's university system could lose more than $1 billion in federal funds if that law is enforced. somebody's life changed over the weekend. we now know where the winning powerball ticket was sold. but not who bought it. the ticket is the only one that matched all six numbers in saturday night's drawing. the jackpot was nearly $430 million, the sixth-largest in powerball history. and the ticket was sold at a 7-eleven in trenton, new jersey. >> we see a lot of the

so the winner -- the winner i think is going to be big for them. really big. >> yeah, i'm excited. >> i'm excited for them. >> the 20-year-old clerk who sold the ticket says he only sold about 100 of them. >> he was surprised the store wasn't busier before this drawing. >> i bet the person who bought the ticket is happy about that. >> i was freaking out. >> narrowing down the odds. >> for a little while we didn't know it was a 7-eleven in trenton. >> you thought it was you? >> yeah, i bought tickets on the turnpike on friday. >> planned your vacation? >> i lost the tickets over the weekend. i wake up sunday morning saying, the tickets were bought in new jersey, searching everything. >> unpacking. >> unpacking, exactly. >> no deal. >> whoo, thankfully it was in trenton. >> the odds of winning, 1 in 292.2 million. >> so there's a chance. >> you did have a chance in there. it just wasn't very good. >> i was confident. >> there were seven other tickets from the drawing that matched five numbers for $1

with that. >> maybe i won that but lost the ticket. >> did you still be here for $1 million? >> no. absolutely not. >> not even for $1 million? >> out of here. >> thanks a lot, i feel loved. coming up, an athlete raising eyebrows by selling ad space on his own body. first, some news you can use as the summer travel season heats up. more and more lines will be expected at the airport. we'll tell you how to avoid them. also the surprising info regarding 911 calls and your cell phone. why reaching the right operator isn't as simple as dialing those three buttons. find us on facebook, wnnfans.com, and twitter, wnn. you're watching "world news n " now."

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you're looking at video of a dust storm in missouri that caused complete blackout conditions over the weekend. this was a video shot by a motorcyclist. you can see he kind of uses his bike to shield himself from all that dust blowing around. there's a 50% chance of thunderstorms in that region today. >> unusual sight for the midwest. first we've seen those in arizona. dialing 911 in an emergency has become second nature for generations of americans. >> sure. unfortunately, technology is outpacing america's aging emergency response system, particularly for those americans reaching out for help from their cell phones. abc's laurenis

>> i need an ambulance, my husband has fallen, is really hurt -- >> reporter: one woman's urgent warnings about dialing 911 from your cell phone. >> we're like one mile from my house, why aren't they here? >> reporter: alison broom desperately call for help after her husband collapsed -- >> i have a rescue squad on the street -- >> reporter: the dispatcher unable to pinpoint her location because her phone was picked up by a cell tower in a anybodying county. >> i spent too much time focusing on what my address was. not enough time being beside my husband. >> reporter: he did not survive. 70% of 911 calls are made from cell phones. 911 experts say roughly 1 million calls are running into trouble because the dispatcher can't locate the caller's exact location. mapping apps can track your every move but 911 operators don't have access to the maps on your device. the government is working to change that but it could take five years.

cell phone, give your address and your county to get to the right dispatcher. >> 911 failed me. not ems or fire. there has to be a better way for citizens to expect that their call goes to the correct location. >> reporter: lauren lister, abc news, bordenton, new jersey. >> scary, i didn't know about that. i'm one of probably many people that doesn't have a land line at home. >> i haven't had a land line since the '90s. that's a good reason to have a land line. this sort of came up during the whole incident with prince. they called 911 and the person who was calling hot just arrived at the home, he didn't know the address, and the 911 operator couldn't necessarily pinpoint 0ere they were. not sure if it would have made a difference at that point. but just shows you that it's tough to kind of zero in on locations with your cell phones. >> you assume that, we think big brother is always watching and knows exactly where we are, but maybe just a general

hour, police in one city in ohio are tempting fate. >> they're using unlocked cars as bait to tempt potential thieves, using technology to nab them. is it crime fighting or is it entrapment? first ahead of the summer travel season there's a new warning from america's airports. brace yourself for some long lines and long waits. so what can you do to avoid that? we'll tell you. keep it here on "world news now."

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airlines are already warning travelers brace yourselves for long lines. >> more passengers, fewer tsa agents, new security procedures are triggering a perfect storm at america's airports. here's abc's marcie gonzales. >> reporter: a warning for travelers, experts saying long airport security lines like this -- >> people on line for an hour and a half, some of them. >> reporter: are only going to get worse. people heading out on summer vacation told to brace for serious stress. >> i would think of the coming travel season as being like holiday travel. people know what to expect if you're traveling over thanksgiving. we're seeing those kind of peak travel times. >> reporter: already over spring break some security lines three hours long. this video recorded in seattle showing passengers waiting for precheck, the line before the line. airports and airlines complaining to the tsa with thousands of passengers stuck in line missing flights. >> it's insane, i don't understand. >> reporter: the head of the tsa

explaining it's because more people are flying and citing increased time-consuming procedures put in place after security gaps were exposed. >> we had to get better at what we did. so we've done that. >> reporter: tsa trying to keep up, churning out 200 new officers every week. now urging congress to fund overtime for agents to keep the lines moving. airline travel experts offering these tips to help avoid missing your flight. fly on tuesdays and wednesdays, the least-busy travel days. sign up for passes that will get you ahead of the line. opt for tsa precheck or global entry. more than anything, arrive early. really early. >> i think the long lines are going to get even longer. because more people will be flying this summer. it's not even peak travel season and the lines are humongous. >> reporter: marcie gonzales, abc news, new york. >> and there are other things you can do. the commonsense aspect. don't be that person that goes through security and forgets they have a water bottle in their bag. take your

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okay, time now for "the mix." an interesting way of branding yourself. >> you could say that, yes. >> yes. >> literally. >> yes. two-time olympic runner nick simmons has decided yes, again, he's going to sell some space on his body to anybody who wants to win the bid for tattoos. so he did it back in 2012 before the previous olympics. and now the next olympics coming up he's hoping to qualify. and he's sold for $21,800 his right shoulder. the winning bid, the ceo of t-mobile. he hasn't decided yet what logo he'll place on nick's shoulder. >> $21,000? >> yeah. >> aren't there events where they'll have to cover it up? >> they are, they're called the

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>> yeah, they -- this is the best i think, the closest we're going to get until someone figures out how to play with a jetpack. >> pretty neat. >> this footage was posted on youtube, on april 26th, already going viral. >> quite a sight above columbia. okay, we've all seen the quintessential scene in "the lion king" when the new -- ♪ the circle of life that one? >> yeah, this beautiful scene here. okay, so some parents have re-enacted this moment moments after their -- >> do they have monkeys too? >> no, here goes dad, he just grabbed the baby from mom. this is last subpoena. even with the music. and then you saw the monkeys going wild? >> that's hilarious. >> the whole medical staff is playing the part of the animals. >> exactly. with the sound effects. >> when we heard about this i didn't know if it was goi

this morning on "world news now," severe storms are hitting the heartland. a shifting system with threats of tornados is bringing heavy winds and damaging hail. accuweather has the forecast just ahead. taking aim. donald trump and hillary clinton setting their sights on one another but still trying to be careful regarding their tone. how clinton responded to trump's harsh words for her husband. and new this half hour an airplane crash lands on top of a building. >> investigators trying to find out what caused this strange accident, including how the pilot barely escaped with his life. why sharon osbourne says she's pulling the plug on her 33-year marriage to the man who made a name for himself as the prince of darkness. we have the full story ahead in "the skinny" on this monday, april 9th. >> from abc news, this is "world news now."

>> what do you think it was? irreconcilable differences after 33 years. >> the plane crash or the divorce? >> the divorce. >> good morning, happy mother's day to the moms, hope you had a good one. >> absolutely, and happy monday to everybody else. it seems like "groundhog day" many days the last couple of weeks where we've been talking about extreme weather. >> it doesn't stop in certain parts of the country, seems like they can't get a break. this time we're talking about extreme weather threatening 7 million american with rain, snow, and tornados from wyoming and colorado to north texas and arkansas. >> did you see this? perhaps the weekend's most iconic, dramatic twister here provided a unique backdrop for these colorado teens posing for what is likely a one-of-a-kind picture before heading to their high school prom. >> that's a tornado in the background. they did say they waited for it to die down a little bit before they went out there. okay, then. >> just a normal backdrop for the prom. >> looks fake. >> check out the radar.

that is showing that the storm threat is far from over. heavy rain, large hail and more tornados are moving eastward likely lasting through much of today. >> abc's senior meteorologist rob marciano has the latest on the damage already left behind. >> reporter: blackened skies as severe weather sweeps across the plains. seven reported tornados ripping through eastern colorado. >> the big black wall coming this way. and you said, things don't look good, let's park the cars in the shed to keep them out of the hail. >> reporter: his shed and four cars crushed. the roof ripped off his home. >> we have windows broken out. it's not pretty. >> reporter: the mammoth twister captured in the town of ray -- >> oh my god! >> reporter: -- spewing debris and injuring five people. near denver, hail the size of golf balls r s ricochetting off windshields and covering roadways. this one of more than 100 reports of severe weather stretchi f

just east of louisville, powerful winds and rain barreling down on cars. in mt. caramel, illinois, winds gusting to 66 miles per hour tearing the roof off this middle school. rob marciano, abc news, new york. unfortunately those areas have another nasty day ahead. the threat is even greater as millions head out for work. >> we turn to accuweather meteorologist paul williams with a look at today's forecast. good morning, paul. >> good morning to you too, kendis and diane. we're expecting strong to severe thunderstorms to rumble throughout missouri, iowa, going into kansas, oklahoma, texas, a corner of louisiana, and just about all of arkansas. here's what we're watching out for. heavy downpours causing localized flooding and damaging hail. still a lot of lightning as well. and at least a slight chance of tornadic activity as this low will track its way towards the great lakes region and create even more scattered showers everywhere. kendis, diane? >> paul, thank you.

a bit of light rain and cooler temperatures are offering much-needed help to firefighters battling that monster wildfire in alberta, canada. flames have already scorched more than 400,000 acres, driving as many as 88,000 people from their homes. on a positive note fire officials say the evacuations are officially over but they warn fire will likely burn for months to come. it may not be much of a vacation for passengers on a cruise ship from england to the u.s. hundreds of them have become sick with the norovirus. the ship stopped yesterday for a few hours in portland, maine. cdc said the ship has increased its cleaning and disinfection procedures. two cdc health officials and an epidemiologist boarded the ship during its stop in baltimore. turning to politics and a deeply divided republican party, tensions are escalating between donald trump and house speaker paul ryan. trump says the party does not have to be unified. he's not ruling out

ryan as the gop convention chair and he's changing his tune on taxes. more now from abc's gloria riviera. >> in my opinion the taxes for the rich will go up somewhat. >> reporter: the likely republican nominee already walking back his tax plan. >> my plan they're going down but by the time it's negotiated they'll go up. >> reporter: during a one-on-one interview with abc's george stephanopoulos donald trump says he doesn't need a unified republican party to become president. >> i actually don't think so. i think that -- >> it doesn't have to be unified? >> no, i don't think so. >> party's split, how do you win? >> i think i'm going to go out and get millions of people from the democrats, i'm going to get bernie people to vote -- >> reporter: trump's comments come as the rift inside the gop appears to be deepening. big names refusing to endorse the candidate like house speaker paul ryan. the two will meet on capitol hill. but already trump supporter sarah palin says she will work to oust the most powerful republican in congress. >> his political career is over but for a miracle.

the will of the people. >> reporter: even democratic front-runner hillary clinton weighing in on the bitter feud. >> the republicans themselves are raising questions about their presumptive nominee. >> reporter: clinton vowing to stay out of any name-calling with trump even as he blasts the former secretary of state and her husband. >> she's married to a man who was the worst abuser of women in the history of politics. >> reporter: clinton says she'll stick to the issues and pick up any voters disillusioned by the likely gop nominee. >> i am asking people to come join this campaign and i've had a lot of outreach from republicans in the last days. >> reporter: but first she must beat fellow democrat bernie sanders to the nomination. >> -- that donald trump must not become president of the united states. >> reporter: gloria riviera, abc news, washington. we're getting some new details emerging about this weekend's shooting rampage in suburban washington. a vigil was held last night for three people who were killed and the

the suspect, a federal police officer, is due in court this morning for a hearing. the violence began when the suspect allegedly gunned down his wife outside a maryland high school. police say the other shootings were probably botched car jackings. a trial begins in colorado regarding security at the aurora movie theater where 12 people were killed. 27 families are suing cinemark, the company that owns the theater. among other things the suit claims there was no extra security that night, that a door was left propped open so the gunman could re-enter, and there was no surveillance in the back of the theater. a little girl from nebraska is in the hospital following a freak accident at a carnival this weekend. the 11-year-old fell out of her seat during a ride and her hair got caught in a mechanism, actually tearing her scalp. she has undergone surgeries but is expected to recover without any brain damage. investigators are looking into the cause of the accident. experts agree gas prices are accelerating upward.

self serve regular is $2.21 this morning. aaa says that's 9 cents more than a week ago. the lundberg survey finds prices a little higher and rising half a dollar in the past 12 weeks. you can blame the increase on crude oil prices. >> a lot of pain at the pump. how far would you go to keep up a wedding anniversary tradition? how about almost 900 miles in a single day? >> all eyes on mike and angela johnson who had kentucky fried chicken at their wedding 15 years ago. and they've had it for every anniversary. but the only kfc in yellow knife, the capital of canada's northwest territories, has flown the coop. >> tiny little detail. mike drove 435 miles to the nearest kfc to pick up 15 buckets of chicken and then he drove all the way back. now that, my friends, that is love. nothing says love like some good fried chicken.

what if she wasn't craving it anymore? >> 15 buckets, you better be craving it. >> you will eat this and you will like it. >> do they freeze it and eat it throughout the course of the year? or have a massive binge session and eat 15 buckets of fried chicken in one shot? >> i'm assuming he bought those 15 buckets for the next 15 years of marriage. the next 15 years of anniversaries. >> he doesn't want to make that trip ever again. >> yeah. wow. >> he gets lots of brownie points for making it once. coming up, using cars as bait and whether or not the tactic is even fair. we'll look at the latest video showing the would-be thieves in action. later the osbournes on the outs. the marriage of rock royalty that has weathered some of the toughest storms appears to be at an end. if only ozzy had driven hundreds of miles to get her kfc. >> probably would still be married. >> details in "the skinny."

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that is a small plane after it made an emergency landing on top of a government building in southern california. the pilot, the only person on board, was taken to the hospital but he's expected to be okay. no word yet on what led to the strange landing. the first cruise to cuba from the u.s. in more than half a century, it's now history. the "fathom adonia" returned to miami yesterday after the week-long cruise. passengers say they received a warm welcome at three stops. the ship included 16 people who were born in cuba. the country recently dropped a ban on cuban-born people returning to their homeland by sea. on land some police departments are trying a new strategy to catch criminals who may have an eye on your ride. >> so they're using unlocked cars as bait, trying to tempt would-be thieves.

legal and ethical questions at the same time. here's abc's ron claiborne. >> reporter: you're watching newly released video of a car theft in toledo, ohio, as it happens. the teenaged suspect finding an unlocked car with the keys in the ignition. what he doesn't know yet is that it's a bait car set up by police to catch a thief. the bait cars are outfitted with tiny hidden cameras that record everything the car thief does. police officers nearby monitor that video on their cell phones. the police stop the car by remote and lock the doors. the teenager immediately panics. he punches the side window. finally he kicks his way out but cops nab him a short distance away. he pleaded guilty to auto theft in the 2014 incident. this toledo man busted as he munched on snacks inside a bait car stolen last year. he also pleaded guilty. but is this police tactic entrapment? >> leaving the key in the car,

bait, is not a form of entrapment. >> reporter: ohio is not alone. in new mexico, this group of buddies allegedly went joyriding in a stolen bait car in 2012. >> i don't know, i saw this car with the keys inside, i opened the door, it's unlocked, grabbed the keys and it's like, this is the car. >> reporter: it's one way police are rolling back the tide of half a million car thiefs every year, setting the bait and letting the car thief take it. ron claiborne, abc news, new york. when we come back, the celebrity couple that's calling it quits after 33 years of marriage. and the gordon ramsay epic spoiler. what might just go down as the celebrity chef's meanest moment yet. "the skinny" is next.

♪ skinny so skinny we're going to start "the skinny" this monday with love on the rocks. >> the first couple of heavy metal is calling it quits. the talk cohost sharon osbourne reportedly is pulling the plug on her 33-year marriage to the prince of darkness, ozzy osbourne. a source close to the couple says sharon went ballistic accusing him of having an affair with celebrity stylist michelle pugh.

been teetering on the brink of divorce for years. three years ago sharon opened up about her husband's substance abuse. >> ozzy is now said to be living in a southern california hotel and a source tells "people" magazine it's sort of true that they've broken up. whatever that means. the source also says he'll be back. neither reps for sharon nor ozzy have made any public statements. next, to a notoriously mean celebrity chef and what could be his meanest moment yet. >> i'm not sure if it was intentional but gordon ramsay who's known for dishing out insults as well as the cuisine on his reality show "hell's kitchen" may have accidentally stooped to a new low. >> he had a patron at his las vegas restaurant who decided to pop the question to his girlfriend. so ramsay decided it would be really nice to send them some champagne and his congratulations. nice thing to do. >> yep. >> except -- he did it before the guy actually popped the question. >> doh! >> they're sitting there, they get champagne, congratulations.

him yet. >> ramsay being the good guy he is reportedly blamed the confusion on his maitre d'. whose first language he says is not english. he says he messed up the tenses, leading ramsay to believe the man had already popped the question. >> maybe he can make it up by offering them some free catering for the wedding reception. >> that's a brilliant idea. >> see that? >> exactly. so next up, johnny depp may not have been all that contrite after all in that australian apology video we saw. >> you might remember depp and his wife amber, they taped a video last month where they apologized to the australian government for smuggling their pet dogs into the country and avoiding a quarantine. now, he was let off for good behavior with bond or amber was after she pleaded guilty to falsifying their travel documents, because she checked they didn't have pets with them. but over the weekend at a news conference in london to promote "alice through the looking glass," depp appeared to mock that apology. >> i wou

apologize for not smuggling my dogs into england. because it would have been a bad thing to do. because the australians, a little chipper -- >> "alice through the looking glass" is produced by our parent company, disney. >> it's good to see that johnny has a sense of humor. >> clearly, as long as it's at somebody else's expense. >> we're laughing at his apology. >> laughs all around. just when you thought they couldn't get any more over the top, kimye has done it again. >> kim kardashian snapchated out this surprise greeting yesterday morning for mother's day. oh, wow, it's a private concert by a group of ten violin and cello players right there in her

if that wasn't enough there was this bench blanketed with pink flowers. >> is that all? that's it? meanwhile, sharing a little more of a regular mother's day celebration, supermodel crissy teigen spent a quiet day at home with hubby john legend and baby luna with a breakfast of scrambled eggs, chicken and waffles, roasted bacon, and judging from her nonexistent belly barely three weeks after giving birth, she can definitely afford to chow down. >> i don't think she's had those chicken and waffles, she's just making them. >> did he have to drive 900 miles to get it? >> no, probably not. jessica alba, mother of two, couldn't resist showing off some of her fabulous mother's day gifts including yellow roses and hand-drawn family pictures. you look at that kimye mother's day video. it really is proof that stars, they're just like us. >> i do have to say i'd rather have the fried chicken than the

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and his mother angela. angelo was shot in afghanistan in 2010, seriously wounded. what's your wound? >> i was shot multiple times. gunshot wound to the upper arm, gunshot wound to the right leg. broke my femur. broke my humerus. so now i have a titanium nail through my femur, into my hip, have a metal plate over my humerus. >> that's it? >> that's it, yeah. >> reporter: he's in orlando at the invictus games to run the 400. it's a mother's day gift for the woman who was there for him as he recovered. >> i told her, i was going to get you a card but i figured, making finals would be the equivalent. and she was like, couldn't ask for anything better. >> reporter: invictus means "unconquered." and that's the spirit of these games. more than 500 wounded warriors competing at events like wheelchair basketball, sitting volleyball, indoor rowing and track.

former president george w. bush is there to support the troops. that includes angelo and his mom. for angelo, watching her son compete is a dream come true. >> it's just so great to see him back a full person and competing. it's just wonderful. >> it's just one of those moments you never expected. >> no, i didn't. it's beautiful. >> reporter: and on a beautiful spring day under the florida sun, a mother's day to remember. bob woodruff, abc news, orlando. >> happy mother's day indeed. >> this is a great mission of prince harry. by forming this so many years ago he said all he wanted to do was make his mom proud and certainly has with this. >> and the only international competition of its kind that involves veterans like that on an international level. >> there was a cute clip with queen elizabeth and prince harry in the buildup to this where she dropped the mike.

making news in america this morning -- vicious storms rolling across the middle of the country. millions of people are in their path and the damage left behind. some areas will be getting a direct hit today. the apparent deepening rift inside the republican party. donald trump said he doesn't need to bring the gop together as he moves toward the general election. important meetings about the party's future coming up this week. a small plane ended on the roof of a building. what went wrong that forced this pilot into this desperate, emergency landing. those severe storms in the midwest and one couple not letting the tornado ruin the big occasion.