with a revived nationwide trugs. also, the u.s. announced a $50 million aid program for the gaza strip. the money will be used over five years to provide basic humanitarian assistance and create jobs. a security officer charged with killing three people in washington, d.c. as been ordered held without bond. eulalio tordil faces charges including first degree murder. >> in the race for the white house, donald trump put chris christie in charge of his transition team as he faces opposition from within his own party. sever several republican lawmakers followed the lead of paul ryan by refraining from supporting trump. marco rubio said he's not interested in being trump's running mate. trump and ryan will hold a face to face meeting on thursday. and hillary clinton is dismissing it the latest wave of attacks from trump aimed directly at her

husband. clinton is refusing to engage trump saying she would respond to him on the issues that voters care about but not on this. and she repeated her claim that trump is a loose cannon when it comes to foreign policy. clinton is facing bernie sanders in the west virginia primary today and sanders is looking ahead to the big delegate prize at staking in california next month. an estimated 15,000 support sers came out to see him in sacramento last night. sanders says his tax and spending plans would boost health and education benefit buds a new assessment of his proposals found it would add $18 trillion to the federal debt. some 200,000 secret offshore accounts aren't secret anymore. the names and other details have been published online as part of the data known as the panama papers. the shell companies often heidi legal activities like dodging taxes. an international group of journalists put the ior

database. >> we know america's national bird is a bald eagle. it is now sharing some of that rarified federal air with the bison. >> president obama signed new legislation designating the bison as the country's first national mammal. the idea is to prevent the nearly half a million north american bison everyone going extinct. >> that almost happened in the 1800s when the number dropped to under 1,000 from the millions that once roamed the plains. do you know where they roam a lot? montana. >> i just remember the song. give me a home where the buffalo roam and the dear and at antelope play. that's my answer. >> don't go to the ted's montana grill. or go if you want. >> not good. >> a lot of bison. >> bison probably not so happy about the menu there i'm guessing. coming up, overcoming enormous odds at the invictus games.

why one wounded warrior is competing not just to the win but to provide something far more valuable for his young son. >> why this photograph of a group of graduating female ca t cadets at west point is sparking controversy. is it a public statement? you decide. >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by my pillow.

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so just north of new york city, it's not a sculpture but a ra photograph spark controversy at the nation's premiere military academy. >> he backlash brewing over a photo showing 16 female cadets with their fists in it the air. ryan smith has that story. >> reporter: this photo is at the center of a growing controversy at west point. the elite military academy now investigating whether these 16 african-american cadets raising their clenched fists violated a policy against political activity while in uniform. >> there's a tradition at west point for seniors where they pose and they have a very stoic look on their face intended to be a throwback to the old days. what makes this photo different is everyone's kind of doing the pose but then there's the clenched fists in the air. >> reporter: to critics of the picture, the cadets pose looks like an expression of support for the black lives matter movement. a movement some believe is anti-police. >> ifhe

uniform and they're making a political statement, they could run afoul of the defense department regulation and they could be in serious trouble for that. >> reporter: coming to the cadets defense chairwoman of the board of visitors and former army capital brendan sue fulton tweeting a different photo of the same women posing without fists raised writing fearless, flawless, fierce, ready. fulton telling it it the army times "i knew it was their expression of pride and unity. unfortunately in their youth and exuberance it appears that they didn't stop to think it might have any political context." the firestorm coming only a few months after beyonce'sormation halftime show, the fists raised there also causing controversy. west point telling abc news academy officials are conducting an ininquiry into the matter. ryan smith, abc news, new york. still

might take. they're set to graduate on may 21st. >> for a lot of people the clenched fist means solidarity. it also means strength. mandela used it several times and getting out of jail. it would be interesting to see where this goes. coming up, overcoming enormous odds on the road to victory. >> why one wounded warrior isn't it in just to win it but for his young son. you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now"

♪ >> in orlando this week, everyone is a champion at this year's invictus games. >> but they are games and there is some fierce competition. and this be morning, one of those wounded warriors is overcoming some massive odds not just to the compete but to provide something invaluable for his young son. we are up "up all nightline" with bob woodruff. >> the stories you're about to hear embody the true meaning of invictus. >> reporter: the invictus games, a competition for wounded service members shown on espn attract the likes of presidents, royals. >> we are invictus. >> reporter: but it all comes

and women like d.t. air force master sergeant israel del toro was a young father on deployment in afghanistan when an ied explosion severely burned more than 80% of his body. >> when i got out of the truck i was on fire from head to toe and i thought i'm going to die here. i must have said it out loud. that's when lieutenant says d.t., you're not going to die here. you said you will never let your son grow up without his dad. >> when he woke up from a coma in 2006 is, he was told he might not walk again that his military career was probably over. but he beat the odds. >> when you learn to walk you never think it will hurt so much. it was some of the most unbearable pain i can imagine that i went through. i had to do it. i wanted to show my son, you know, dad, went through a lot of crap, buddy. but you know, he can

out. when i did see myself for the first time, i was scared. and if i think i'm a monster, what's my 3-year-old son going to think. >> when i saw the car pulling up to our driveway, i ran out. my mom said slow down, you're going to hurt him. i ran out the door. and my dad was all burned. i didn't really recognize him. >> all of a sudden, he stops. and like oh, crap. i was like is he scared of me. >> he was standing there. and i was like papi, or just dad? and he was like son, and i just gave him the greatest hug. >> reporter: d.t. continued to make his comeback. he was awarded the purple heart and in 2010, is he became the first 100 fers disabled veteran to reenlist in the

in the inaugural invictus games in london. >> you're competitive. you've actually taken a couple records. >> the games here, yeah, i'm competitive but they're not my big thing here. i'm more to educate and inspire. >> reporter: and now he is competing in his second invictus games. >> go. >> i beat the odds. and like so many others and it was only possible because i had hundreds of people who rallied around me and supported me. >> what is the definition to you to win? >> it doesn't have to be a shiny little medal. i can win at anything i do as long as i'm still here. you beat the odds, you're winning life. >> reporter: for "nightline," i'm bob woodruff in orlando. >> it was -- >> that story. >> was tough. >> can you imagine getting out of the carnd

recognizing and he runs and hugs you? what an inspiration. >> those games doing fantastic things for those guys. great work.

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every century. leo spaul worth has it the story. >> reporter: it looks like an ink spot moving across the sun and has scientists excite. >> this is called a mercury transit because the planet mercury is passing between the earth and sun. so it looks like a little black dot moving across the sun. >> a rare occurrence. we are atop the griffith observatory. this is a multimillion dollar telescope that is streaming that event live. i'm here where dr. laura danley. are you excited. >> it's a rare event and it's thauls always exciting to see something you don't see every day. >> reporter: it's been roughly nine years since the telescopes were able to capture such an event showing the solar system at work. most of the morning, cloud cover has been an issue. >> even if you had your own clear sky, you couldn't look straight at the sun and see it. >> reporter: although it ticks nearly half a dozen hours for mercur

between the earth and sun, it's a sprint. the rare sight that happens nearly a dozen times a century. >> mercury is traveling around the sun a little more than twice as fast as we are so it's overtaking us over these few hours and happens to do it right in line with the sun. >> reporter: it's science, space, an the final frontier. >> we see planets in the nighttime sky because they reflect sun light. to see it in silhouette as it passes between us is a cool sight. >> reporter: we talked people who think the whole experience is, well, pretty cool. >> we're weight actually for the sun to col out so we can get a little glimpse of it, as well. >> that's pretty special. i think he'll remember it. >> i saw the sun and i saw the black dot on the bottom right. >> was it cool? >> yes, it was. >> reporter: >> i missed it. did you see it. >> i didn't get to see it. >> it happened for seven hours and we still missed it. >> i'm still reading is the mir

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