this morning. kicking off the race if the white house. ted cruz announcing his candidacy for presidency on twitter. his message overnight. plus who else is expected to get in the ring soon. we're live with the latest. >> a threat by isis posting information of u.s. military members. the hit list forcing families to take precautions in america. >> dangerous waters. a family stuck on a remote lake filled with al gators. their sleepless night and quick thinking that helped save them. >> sweet 16. march madness bracket update after a wild weekend and the underdog who had state-wide bragging rights.

good monday morning. a big announcement from texas senator ted cruz. >> the presidential race is officially taking shape now. cruz announced his candidacy after midnight becoming the first person to make it official from any party. >> susan good morning. >> reporter: good morning. just three years ago cruz was an underdog in his campaign for the senate. now he's eyes for the white house. the official kickoff for the presidential race has begun with a tweet from ted cruz. his appeal came with a video message. >> it's going to take a new generation of conservatives to help make america great again. >> reporter: cruz is the first politician to declare a run for president in 2016. he spent some of yesterday preparing to officially announce his bid later today at liberty university. up until now, cruz has been best known as a divisive figure who

spear headed the fight against obamacare that led to a shutdown in 2013 following a filibuster on the senate floor. cruz may not be the only republican contender for long. senator rand paul is announcing in two weeks. >> maybe a different kind of republican might be the kind of republican that could win an election. >> reporter: former florida governor jeb bush is raising huge sums of care and is at or near the top of my polls. >> i got a great record to run on. i'm not going to change who i am. >> reporter: it looks like chris chris city rick an storm and rick perry are campaigning but not yet officially in. critics say he will have a harder time raising money. his supporters disagree. >> keep doing the same thing over and over again of getting a moderate republican you cannot win. >> reporter: cruz will aim the

race 40 to 50 million dollars and it will take that much or more to make him competitive. >> thank you so much. >> this morning's big story american troops whose names turned up on a hit list attributed to isis. >> posting the information calling on lone wolves to murder them. abc with the story. >> reporter: pictures home addresses, more than 100 american military personnel exposed online. the message, kill those listed. >> the home grown extremist who is can be inspired to attack our military in the united states and i think unfortunately it would be not so difficult to pull off. >> the group behind this list calls itself the islamic state hacking division and claims to represent isis. it says the information came from military records but pentagon officials say the

photos and most of the information are already available in public records and on social media. >> i worry that this increasing sophistication by this islamic terrorist organizations to manipulate social media to their own ends is a very worrying trend. >> the department of defense says it has contacted all the families listed mostly air force and navy. all military members and families to limit what they post on social media. concerns remain about how vulnerable they may be. >> specifically asking their followers and their supporters to carry out attacks. >> the fbi is also monitoring the situation. but the focus really now is trying to stop any sympathizers from answering that call. hamish macdonald abc news london. >> turning to yemen, an all-out civil war. the u.s. withdrawing its special

forces from the country over the weekend and it's the third and largest city fallen to rebels backed by iran. allowing isis to set up attacks. the u.n. security council gathered yesterday for a meeting. >> investigators in new orleans the motive for the bizarre attack at the airport isn't clear. but suspect's mental problems likely play add role. richard white went off tsa agents with a machete and bug spray friday night and being shot before he caused serious injuries. he later died. has renewed calls for tsa agents to be armed but the system worked in this case. >> the racially charge takedown of a university of virginia student at a local pub. the co-owner of the public that had carted johnson, turned him away had a different view of the

20-year-old's behavior. >> i didn't think he was intoxicated at all. he was order y'all. i asked him what high school he went to. he was acting like a normal college kid. >> the incident sparked protests on campus at a meeting between students and law enforcement last week. black students walked out in protest. martice johnson was among them. state police are investigate. >> a california woman was transferred to a los angeles hospital to be tested for ebola. a public health official had been monitoring her since her return from one of the african countries. yesterday she came down with a fooef fever she'll stay in the hospital and officials say they believe it's unlikely she has ebola. >> millionaire robert durst is due in court this morning. it's a bond hearing for the louisiana gun and charge charges but his attorney plans to argue that prosecutorers acted improperly when he was arrested on a murder warrant. he says there wasn't enough evidence to arrest durst.

a los angeles prosecutor spoke to durst without an attorney present. >> funeral services have been held in mexico for a wrestler who died in the ring. he fell unconscious on the ropes after receiving a flying kick. took two minutes bfrs others realized how seriously he was injured. wrestling association has said it was a tragic accident but the state prosecutor opened an man slaughter investigation. one hiker is dead and one in critical condition after they were caught in a collapse of this clip in northern california. they plunged 70 feet to the water below. officials said they had put up warning signs at the trail. >>sky resorts in california are closing early because of lack of snow. leaving little room for snow boarders boarders. the resort cancelled a world cup ski and snow event. it's a result of warmer than

usual weather. >> there is snow further east michigan northern illinois ohio, indiana and a dusting today. rain in the eastern carolinas and florida. more rain in if northwest and snow in the rockies. >> warming up in the southwest. the hot spot miami, 89. still ahead, special delivery must-see video of the pontiff getting a pizza delivered right to his pope mobile. >> stranded overnight. surround bid water and al gators. a group is saved by a 10-year-old. >> a ski lift moving backwards at a fast pace. new details on exactly what wept wrong.

gas prices are holding steady. aa says the national average is $2.42. the same as yesterday and a week ago. but that's 12 cents more than a month ago. crude oils prices down and plenty of gasoline on the market now. prices could edge up as we get into the spring and summer driving season. >> starbucks is decaf nating it's divorceersity campaign. it's be rooes that's are no longer writing race together on cups. making fun on social media. starbucks said it had planned to end that part of the campaign after a week and the rest of its diversity campaign will continue. >> insurgents to the top of the box office. a sequel to diverge subsequent. based on a science fiction trilogy. three more are in the works and in their second weekend at the

movies "cinderella" fell to second place and action thriller "run all night" to third. >> well bring the pizza to the pope. that's exactly what happened. you see you're going to see this owner of a miss sa reeia. that's a pizza owner. going up to the pope mobile and he hopped a security fence and hands him a custom made pie marked with the words long live the pope. the pope accepted it. on an interview days again pope francis said he wanted to go out to a pizzeria one day and not get recognized. >> i don't think he tipped him. did he? >> he blessed him. how about that? >> i'll take that any day over a tip. when we come back the criminals were smart by the guards not so much. >> also wild weekend of march madness complete with major upsets. we got the highlights for you. stay with us.

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take a look at that. yeah that's a teen drive behind the wheel able to walk away and left the rear half of his car dangling off a bridge in new hampshire. hit a snow bank and went air-born and managed to get out even before police showed up. doing all right. >> incredible scene. there could be ice on the roads in new hampshire. but the slippery roads are to the west and south of the great lakes. they'll be wet along the coast for the carolinas and florida and wet in the northwest. if you're driveing in the northern rockies watch out for snow. >> flying delays in chicago. a deadly helicopter accident in florida. >> the chopper crashed into the guest house of a multi-million dollar home. neighbors rushed to the scene

hoping to save some of the passengers. >> i ran in the back of the house. another guy we yelled inside hoping somebody might be alive. you could see part of the fuselage in there and the flames got intense. >> at least one person kill and crews fear they may be other victims in the debris. >> a woman injured in a road rage shooting has been released from the hospital. kate half ford was shot in the head after she honked at an suv who cut off her. doctors removed the fragments from her brain and expected to recover. the man said to have been driving a white cheffy tahoe. bad breaks for this accident at a ski resort. are you seeing this? seven people hurt when they jumped from their chair lift which started going in the wrong direction. backwards. see them falling off there? others took their chances dangling 40 feet off the ground. the lift came to a halt after the attendant pulled thor

emergency break. >> this camping trip turned into a nightmare after a boat accident. four people including two young boys were cruising around on an air boat when they hit a huge stump leaving them stuck in the tall grass surrounded by water. they were stranded in the lake all night before rescuers arrived. >> yeah we didn't go to sleep. and there was lots of bugs. >> it was nerve-wracking you know having to be in the water with all the gators. especially that late at night. >> the boys were smart enough to make a make-shift flag. no major injuries. college basketball, sweet 16 starts this thursday. did you know about that? >> this has been my whole world since last week. do you know which team has made it? we're down to 16 and we'll get the highlight from espn. >> good morning, america. i'm steve leavy.

the opening weekend in the books and what a book it was. 16 schools remain. it was awesome, baby. wichita state kansas first matchup since 1993. usually kansas doesn't want part of wichita state and that's understandable. cotton had a game high of 19. here's zack brown. from the corner three, got it. shot goes up top. 61-48. under 6:00 to play. here's carter. lay in. and the foul. wichita state, a winner. will play the three seed. two seed virginia second, travis trice leading the break. dawson running past the can defense. trice finds him and then some. trice at 23. michigan state a winner. they're advancing on.

and the heat 93-75. russell westbrook, 12 points 3 rebounds 17 assists. his 10th triple double of the season. for more news and highlights. check out live "sportscenter" on espn. have a great day everybody. >> thank you, sir. we would love to show you stupid criminals caught on camera. how about stupid jailers. escorting two inmates to a waiting van. >> one makes a break for it. naturally he goes after him. a little problem. he left the gate open so the other criminal takes advantage and gets on out of there. the officials say one of the prisoners was recaptured. one out of two ain't bad. >> all right. i don't know if i would feel that way if i was a romaine yan person living in the village. >> up next tom cruise is flying high. the latest installment of mix

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>> we could see a flood of lawsuits. following a leak at the penthouse pool of magician david copperfield. >> a leak sent water cascading down 30 floors in his apartment building. copperfield wasn't there. 8,000 square foot penthouse. he was doing his magic act in las vegas. most of his art and antiques were spare and he plans to fix the pool. >> looking forward to that. >> pool party. for the whole building. in kentucky a snapshot of community policing at its best. these photos went viral as asia ford wrapped up a 10-k run getting a helping hand from lieutenant gregory. >> gregory didn't know ford but stepped in when he saw her struggling. ford once weighed nearly 500 pounds but made a vow to start working out and losing weight for the sake of her kids. >> gregory said he was determined not to let her quit.

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>> good morning, everyone we're following breaking news, three people were attacked in south jersey overnight and the suspects may be stalking their victims at random. theives smash into cars and rip out air bags. we're gathering new information and video. isis hit list it is a call on isis supporters to attack u.s. service men and women.

without a human driver. just an engineer behind the wheel, hands-free but ready to take control in case anything goes wrong. from san francisco to new york the 3,500 mile 10 day trip a critical road test of the self driving car. once the sci-fi thrillers like the minority report it could be here sooner than you think. >> it's not going to get distracted or texting and driving. it's always ready. >> we went on a test drive with the company behind this experiment. our audi outfitted with cameras, lasers and 22 sensors. >> if someone comes into your lane fast can they pick it up? >> much faster than a human. >> really? >> absolutely. >> the technology allowing the vehicle to see 3-d.

360 degree view at all times including pedestrians, traffic lights and even road signs. >> it's making this turn perfect. >> yeah. so -- >> pretty amazing. >> yeah. the car is set up to drive very conservatively. >> now bmw, ford and mercedes-benz all have self-driving cars in the works. and tesla announcing its model s sedans will be able to drive on auto pilot this summer. but experts caution there are plenty of road blocks. >> we're about five plus years away and even then only certain circumstances like freeways. >> abc news san francisco. >> little nervous about that one. >> yeah. >> that's what's making news in america this morning. >> stay with us for "good morning america." everybody, have yourself a great monday. reena and i will see you back here soon.

>> morning we're working on several breakerring -- breaking stories mondays march 23. >> breaking south jersey police are on the look out for two men on a crime spree in camden, we'll tell you what police say this pair is doing. 2016 presidential race is on a tea party favorite uses twitter to