>> mit romne claims the nomination, winning five states, as the president takes his re-eleion message to college campuses and evelate-night tv. mad cow disease. that infection that spreads to humans reappears. the first new case in six years. the big question is, is the food supply still safe? the first family of reality tv signs a new megadeal, bringing big paydays for each kardashian. and it came down to two. a duel between a disney star and a motown legen with one getting booted from the ballroom. and good wneay morning, everybody. i'm b nelson. i'm tanya rivero. paula faris is on assignment. the latest results is forcing some changes in the replican race mitt romney won all races. delaware, connecticut, new york,

pennsylvan and rhode island. >> rk santorum stoppedt short of an outright romney endorsement. abc's tahman bradley has the latest on all this from washington. >>ter: reporhe general election is well under y. and mitt romney has claimed t mantle of republican presidential nomee. >> i can say with confidence and gratitude that you have given me a great honor and solemn and together, we are going to win on november 6th. >> reporter: sweeping five prim ies yesterday, the former massachusetts governor left behind the gop nomination battle and arpene his attacks on president obama. >> tonight is th beginning of the obama years.intment of and it's the start of new and write together.at we will >> reporter: for his part, the president is in ll campaign mode, taking his message to the younger viewers of"late night with jimmy fallon." >> now is not t time to make

school more expensive for our young people. >> oh, yeah. [ laughter ] >> reporter: the president is pushing congress to extend current interest rates on student loans which are set to double, cricrossi key battlegroundtates of north carolina, colorado and iowa this week. mr. obama is courting young voters andrying to dw ntrast with his republican rivals. without mentioning romney by name, he raised the fact that he and his wife, michelle, weren't rais in wealthy households. >> me and michelle, we know firsthand. this isn't something i read in a briefing book. >> reporter: after yesterday's losses, the candidate says he'll ta a realisticook at where things stand. rob and tanya? >> tahmabradley, thank you. another note from the president. his stop at a university of colorado watering hole turned messy when a student spilled yogurt on him. mr. obam laugh i off,

telling the young woman, getting yogurt on the president, you have a story to tell indeed. possible romney running te, marco rubio will have extra curityhen he gives a speech today. extra otection has been orderefor the florida rseto after a threat was made agast him. there will be extra security in washington and at his home. jet napolitano is expected to faceough questions today on capitol hill over the secret service prostitution scandal. threeore employees have been forced out, bringing the total to nine who have now lost their jobs after being linked to that scandal at a colombian hotel. president obama told jimmy fallon last night that theed apples.were just a few bad >> how mad were you? >> pretty mad. look, secret service, ese guys are incredible. detrt from what they do.ouldn't

but what tse guys were thinking, i don't know. that's why they're not there anymore. >> as you might imine, it was not all serious on the fallon show last night. we'll show you some of the funnr, lighter moments coming up later i "the puls" ther was more expsive testimonin the john edwar corruption tal. edwards' former aide testified that he and hiwife wer scared to death as they accepted checked as large as $150,000, asmarked payment for furniture. andrew youngd the money was meant to hide edwas' affair with videographer rielle hunter. andhe administration's challenge to ariza'scrackdown on illegalimmigrants. at issues whether the states can adopt their own immigration measures orther whe immigration is the feral government's domain. a decisions expected in june.

last year, the court upheld another arizona law that targeted employers that hired illegal workers. > the first new case of mad cow disease in the.s. since 2006 has been discovered in a dairy cow out in california. experts say human safety was that's because meat from the infected cow ner made i into the food supply. with more on is, here's abc's david wright. reporter: rarely does t health of a single c have billion-dollar implications. but in this case, it does because it's america's first co spongiform encephalitis in six . bse is mad cow disease. infection that can be transferred to humans. >> the cow was a dairy cow in california. >> rorter: the chi verinarian officer for the usda cauons this is a isolated case, n the start of an epidemic. >> our livestock popution,

some of the healthiest in the world. and the consumers should be coident in our food supply. >> reporter: everyon remembers the devastating outbreak of mad cow disease ibritduring the '90s. 150 people died. after the first mad cow case was confirmed in this country in 2003, dozens of countries banned u.s. beef. shipments dropped more than 80%. imports.ill bans u.s. beef the usda inshis case came at a rendering plant. but e usda only tests 40,000 cows a year of the millions that are slaughtered. >> usda has not cometed tir investigation of this case. we'll be watching carefully. >> reporter: david ight, abc news. just one cow. not the food supply. don't hit the panic button. time for a look at weath acro the country on this wednesday morning. we have showersrom portland, seattle and reno into the

northern rockies. al thuerstorms from san francisco to san diego. triple-digit heat, meanwhile, in west texas. hail and gusty winds from eastn iowa to madison, chicago and louisville. milder with a chance o showers here in the northeast. 63 in boston.n new york. 79 in a.atlant 80s from miami t dallas. and omaha. 68 in cho. phoenix gets up to 96. and coming upne , after thk, ae breatory all travelers can appreciate. the single-best seat on the s airplane. >> they probably already know. and helpful news for travelers there. but unease here. the second bird strik this week forces a plane to land. > and lat in "the pulse," the pizza with burgers baked righ

welcome back, everybody. a former bp engineer is now facing t first criminal charges stemming from tt gulf oil spill disaster. justice, for ged with allegedly deletining text mess es. itd more oil was spewing into the gulf than the company first ported. he's out on bail. but facing up to 20 years in prison. two, now reports show the lingering effects of the financial isis. home prices fell in february in most cities for a six-straight month. but at a slower rate. that sugsts prices may be

stabizing. and the special inspector for the t.a.r.p. says that 351 small banks faced rea trouble and paid back their loans. they owe taxpayers some $15 billion. very good news from apple. helped lift stock markets yesterday. the company beat even the most optimistic expectations, reporting quarterly profits of nearly $12 billion. that's nearly double what the company made in the same quarter last year. iphone sales contributed most to that very big bottom line. and the next time you go your own at, idthis.ve to choose most passengers think 6a is the best. a window seat that's close enough to the front that get out quickly, but not too close to the toilet. and the worst at, 31e, a middleeat way in the back, miles from the front door and close to thoseoilets in the back. >> close to the toilets. give me the ale seat. i'm an aisle guy. >> really?

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chicago. all right. heree go again with this story. a jetblue flight had to make an emergency landing in suburban new york city last night after at least one bird smashed into the plane's windshield. you can see the remnants there. after keoff, the pilot radioed he had pit two big geese. >> the plane returned safely to the westchester county airport. passengers boarded ather flight to west palm beach. no one onboard was hurt. a delta flight was forced to land after a bird strike last thursday. this wasn't technically a bird o into the engine. other news this morning. an amber alert has been issued for a 5-year-old heart patient a hospital in st. louis.from parter stone is awaiting a heart trsplant. he was released fromt. louis children's hospital yesterday. that's when his father who is separad from porter's mother drove off th the child.

police in tucson are wrapping up their search for a little girl who went missing last week. he parents say theyast saw isabel merdes cel last night. they will investigate the disappearance, rathethan sech for 6-year-o. dge now, to detroit, where a ju proud of his physique and not ashamed t show it off to women, even thoug married. judge wade mccree's shtless picture was found on the cell phone he husband of a court employee. that man says he is filing a complaint against mccree. mccree told the reporter, and i quote here, no shame to my game. that urt is out oforder. and therang est wife of former dallas cowboy deion nders, has been ordered out of their house for two months. lar standards is charged with disdemeanor assault. sanders himself has been cit for misdemeanorimple assault. you're not going to believe

this story this morning. teenagers have found a new use r hand sanitizer. they are drinking ito get drunk. in recent weeks the practice has nded eight teens in los angelesrea hospitals for alcohol poisoning. california health officials say liquid sand sanitizer is 65% ethol alcohol. that's the same as several shots hardliqu . the l.a. lakers will be without metta worldeace for he's been suspended for the wil. the player who usedo t be calle ron artest hit an oklahoma city player on sunday. now, he'll miss the team's last regular season game and six playoff games. >> no one crying over that. now, some of last night's sports highlights. we get those from our friends >> good morning.s. i'm don bell with this "sportscenter" update. the jazz looki to clinch the nal spot in the western

confce ayoffs. taking on steve nash d the suns. su down by six. milsapith the jam. nash, to ward for the jam. suns down by six. later on, down by three. and nash, so good. i've been doing this for years. floater the lane is good. had 14 points an 11 assists. fourth quarter we go. sebastian telfair. had thopen floor. he went t the line and made it out. so, the jazz up byone. devin harris, now, straightaway three. nobody ihis face. jazz up by four. later on, milsap, fouled on the play. jazz up by seven on the line. up by five. al jefferson spinning on gortat. jazz go on to win and clinch the final spot in the west. yankees and rangers. darvish, the rookie, getting the

start. darvish striking out alex rodriguez. p three, bases loaded. curtis granderson, he's just looking. next batter,a-rod. groundg into a double-play, with bases loaded. the 25-year-old rookie out of a ja bottom of the third now. 1-0, rangers. with a runner on second. it's josh hamilton he's thinking outside of the batter box. top of the seventh,ack b to darvish. ra ibanez,o good. derek jeter, how are you doing? ia rangers win, 2-0. the nfl draft, where teams don't mi a single selection. coverage begins thursday at 8:00 eastern on espn. picks are going to be.p two what about the third? watch and find out. all right. coming up next this morning, "the pulse.

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meet behind closed doors today. santorum stopped just short of making an offici endorsement last night. food safety officials are downplayingoncerns after mad cow disease was discered in a califoia cow. they say meat from the cow never made it into t han food supply. the supreme court hears arguments over arizona's strict immigration law today. justices must decide if states can adopt their own immigration measures or leave that to e feds. a look at weather onhis wednesday. heavy downpours, hail and high winds in louisville. shers in the norern rockies and the pacificnorthwest. and evening thunderstorms in cafornia. and finally, from us this half hour, so lon to the empress of ul. gladys knight have been booted from "dancing with the stars." >>t came down to a dance duel last night. that's when the midnight train kabc's george peacchio has more. ♪

>> reporter: gladys knight and her partner, performed in the dance duel. becoming the fifth celebrity of the season to be eled.iminat >> it's a miracle. and we experience those ever single day, if we know how to recoize them as such. you know? and it's definitely a miracle. and i got ahance to experience the dance world. you know? the competition of it and that kind of stuff. i don't have that much of that in my personal environment because i control that. >> reporter: gladys began h dancing journey with the cha-cha. >> the empress has the moves. you have cls, you have sass, and you are a star a real on >> reporter: she learned quickstep for week t. then, it was o to the fox trot, the tango, the samba and the rumba. while tristan taught gladys how to dance, gladys taught tristan

the steps of showbiz. be good to people. everybody, not just the people you're sharing the stage with. everybody. everyone's who's behind everything. the guy that brings yoyour shoes. everyone that says hello to you in the morning time. >> gladys, if i could judge purely with my heart. you would be top of my leaderboard. >> giving this up, there a lot i'm going to miss. but i'll miss tristan the most. >> reporter: with adys and tristan out of the competition, we move on to classical week. it beginagain on monday. george pennacchio for abc news. >> gladys will be live on "gma" today. the way she was outhere, nothing to be ashamed of. amera this mornin makingews in >> stay with us for "good morning america." thanks for w you're watching the station that works for you