making news in america this morning, presidential bid. senator ted cruz talking to abc news overnight after making it official in a front of a large crowd. plus the one word he used dozens of times in his speech. security hike. a possible threat forcing extra police to attend an ncaa basketball game. a relative of the first family at the center of it all. drastic decision. angelina jolie breaking her silence overnight about a serious medical procedure she had just last week. and the diva on the dance floor. patti labelle thrilling the crowd and social media with her performance on "dancing with the stars." the ballroom breakdown and the first couple voted off. ♪

good tuesday monk. i'm alex perez in for t.j. holmes. >> i'm reena ninan. we begin with the underdog hoping to make early news in the 2016 presidential election. >> ted cruz swept on stage along with his wife and two young daughters waving american flags. he made his intentions clear while using one word "imagine" nearly 40 times. here's abc's susan saulny. >> reporter: ted cruz of texas announcing his bid with the enthusiasm of a televangelist aiming his message top christians. >> god's blessing has been on america from the very beginning of this nation. and i believe god isn't done with america yet. >> reporter: his formal announcement at liberty university sounded like a conservative twist on the great john lennon song "imagine." >> imagine it's 1775. imagine it's 1933. imagine, imagine, imagine. >> reporter: what cruz wanted them to imagine was an america

without gay marriage irs, abortion gun control and obamacare. those hard line conservative views have many pundits to believe he's a long shot to win citing his combative tone as a problem. the republican primary field is expected to be crowded all but officially campaigning are former governor jeb bush governor chris christie form senatorer rick santorum governor rick perry and rand paul who told fox news they need to do more than throw red meat at the base. >> he is a conservative but it goes to winnability. >> reporter: but cruz thinks he has what it takes to win. >> what i am so encouraged by is the enthusiasm that we're seeing particularly in the early primary states. >> reporter: cruz says he's not worried about being at the bottom of the polls because he approaches every race as an underdog. >> susan saulny thanks so much. hillary clinton appears to be taking the flack over her private e-mail accounts in stride. joking about it last night in a room full of reporters, clinton

was a keynote speaker at an awards ceremony honoring political reporting and said her relationship with the media has always been complicated but signaled she was ready for a change. >> but i am all about new beginnings. [ laughter ] a new grandchild another new hair p stiel hairstyle, a new e-mail account. [ laughter and applause ] why not a new relationship with the press? >> hours earlier clinton was at the white house for a visit with president obama and met privately to discuss a range of topics. security was heightened at the ncaa women's tournament game while officials investigate a possible threat to the president's niece. leslie robinson plays for princeton which faced off against maryland. someone claimed they saw an armed man on campus. extra security was already planned for the game because supreme court justices elena

kagan and sonia sotomayor both princeton graduates were going. fortunately the threat not sub stapts yachted. the fbi is taking the online isis hit list against specific members of the military seriously and the bureau is working with federal, state and local law enforcement in response to the posting that identified certain american troops and called eded out muslims to find them and kill them and they acknowledged most came from the department's public website or social media. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is now apologizing for inflammatory remarks he made on the eve of last week's election trailing in the polls then he told supporters they had to get out the vote because israeli arab citizens were voting. the white house, however, is still upset with netanyahu who also said on election eve that he would never agree to a palestinian state. utah is the only state to afire a firing squad as a method of execution used as a backup

choice if no lethal drugs avariable. they say it's faster and more decent than long drawn-out deaths when the execution is botched. millionaire murder suspect robert durst may be linked to another cold case under investigation for the 1971 disappearance of a college student in vermont. police say he owned a health food store in the area the same time the 18-year-old woman went missing. meanwhile, a judge in new orleans denied durst's bail on gun and drug charges after prosecutors say he was a flight risk. durst has been investigated in three deaths so far. police have found nothing to prove the exclusive claim of gang rape at the university of virginia. "rolling stone" first reported the claim a student named jackie was assaulted at a fraternity party. the article was later discredited. jackie refused to cooperate with the police investigation. all uva fraternities were shut down for a time after the article was published. the frat named in it may sue the

magazine. george zimmermann says his conscience is clear after the shooting death of trayvon martin. he says he doesn't blame himself because there was nothing else he could do that would have saved both their lives but he does blame president obama for stirring up divisiveness with the personal remarks he made after the shooting. >> president obama held his rose garden speech stating if i had a son he would look like trayvon. to me that was clearly an dereliction of duty pinning americans against each other solely based on race. >> zimmermann is speaking out because the u.s. justice department ended its investigation and has decided not to prosecute him for a hate crime. new numbers on obamacare. the cdc says 11 million fewer americans are without health insurance since the program started five years ago. although that would till leave 37 million people uninsured. it's the lowest level measured in more than 15 years.

well time now for the weather from across the nation. rain in my hometown of chicago, that rain could turn to snow for minneapolis to green bay by tonight. severe weather is possible in the midsouth with hail and damaging winds and heavy rain. oh another chilly one in the northeast with the highs in boston in the upper 30s. pleasant, 80s in miami, phoenix and honolulu. >> still ahead, the nfl making a major decision about televises games. from decades on death row to exoneration, a woman cleared of murder charges. why a judge dismissed the case after all these years. plus scary school of sharks. the american coastline where hundreds of predators gathered and now are on the move.

well the official death toll from the fault? gm ignition switches stands at 74. the compensation fund just certified seven more fatales linked to the automaker's delay ed decisions. 11 were serious injureies. those who take payouts from the fund give up the right to sue them. no games will be blacked out and kept off local tv next season. there were none last season because enough tickets were sold for every game but the nfl is suspending the rule entirely for 2015 in advance. blackouts started in the 1950s because owners were afraid television would hurt ticket sales. and two of the biggest names in baseball are now on the same team. wilson sporting goods is buying the rights to iconic batmaker

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school of sharks stopping for a bite to eat on their way to spring break. this was shot by a worker as the sharks swarmed around his oil platform off the louisiana coast following other fish. their next meal as they migrate north after the winter. now for a look at morning road conditions. snow up near the canadian border. rain further south. drivers also encountering snow in the northern and central rockies and you'll find wet roads in the northwest. well, we learned of another startling decision overnight from superstar angelina jolie. the actress revealing she's had another major surgery because of high risk of cancer. >> jolie explained she's had other ovaries and fallopian tubes removed. at 39 she's now in menopause. jolie had a prevent tiff double mastectomy to reduce her rick of getting cancer. >> she carries a green that greatly increases her chances for cancer. her mother grandmother and aunt

all died of the disease and discussed it two years ago. >> i've been very happy just to see the discussion about women's health expanded and that means the world to me and after losing my mom to these issues i'm very grateful for it and i've been very moved by the kind support from people. grateful for it. >> because of the most recent surgery jolie can't have more biological children but she says she still feels feminine and grounded in her choices. we'll have much more later on "good morning america." a former nfl superstar appears in a las vegas courtroom this morning as part of a plea deal. darren sharper has already pleaded guilty to sexual assault in arizona, no contest in california. to raping two women he knocked out with a potent sedative in exchange for the guilty pleas including one more in louisiana. he'll receive a nine-year sentence in federal prison. sharper won a super bowl while playing with the new orleans saints. well prosecutors continue building their case at the boston marathon bombing suspect

planned the aing that. a note scribbled by dzhokhar tsarnaev echoes the radical muslim material found on his computer and wrote the message while hiding from police in a boat several days after the bombing. prosecutors say tsarnaev deserves the death penalty but a new poll shows the majority of bostonians don't agree. charges have been dropped against an arizona woman who spent more than two decades on death row for the murder of her 4-year-old son. debra milke had insisted she was innocent all along and denied confessing to the killing. prosecutors say she hired two men to kill her son in 1989 because she no longer wanted him but her conviction was overturned two years ago because it relied almost entirely on a detective with a long record of misconduct. >> right now i feel a little overwhelmed. i feel crowded right now. excuse us. >> the judge who dismissed it said it cannot be tried again. this morning investigators will be on the scene of a deadly

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>> do fruity pebbles qualify? >> i'm not sure. you might have to check. little league superstar mo'ne davis is taking the high road. she's asked bloomsburg university to reinstate the player it kicked off the team after his tweet. davis telling espn everyone makes mistakes everyone deserves a second chance. the school says it appreciates davis' level of maturity and empathy but the decision stands for now. well time now for sports and a look at the nba from our friends at espn. >> good morning. i'm chris hassel. he's stan verrett. he's got a warriors highlight so i'm guessing is steph curry going to show up in there somewhere. >> yes, he will. the wizards didn't show up for the third quarter. first let's check out curry. the steal, then he'll stop and pop. put the warriors up three. curry behind the back of draymond green. warriors up 42-49 at the half. they shot 1 for 18.

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>> ♪♪ >> hey, i'm matt o'donnell,. 4:27 on this tuesday march 24th. we're following several developing stories. a terrible crash left two people injured in south jersey this morning. the car slammed into a tree. new details from the scene just ahead. breaking. hollywood superstar angelina jolie reveals how she respond to do a recent cancer scare. she underwent serious surgery again and has advice for women around the world this morning. we're days into spring but we're still tracking some morning flurries. you see them out there in the west on storm track life double scan radar. weather and traffic updates all coming up next. laughing in the ballroom for redfoo. >> he earned one of the highest scores but for the lmfao singer

he was the first to get the boot. george pennacchio has more. >> reporter: he was the week's most improved player up nine points from a week ago but he and emma slater were voted off anyway. >> next week i was going to get better. that is just how i do it and i guess it was just a little -- the start was a little too slow. >> reporter: number one, gymnast nastia liukin and her partner derek hough who scored 34 out of 40 for their rumba. >> i'm so about the scores and derek is like what about the performance? >> we got 9. >> reporter: rumer willis willow shields and riker lynch tied for second. >> everybody looks awesome. everybody is having a good time and, you know it's going to be a tough season. that's for sure. >> reporter: we also saw four-way tie with robert herjavec michael sam, patti labelle and suzanne somers. >> threw a 68-year-old woman

under his legs and lived her up again. >> reporter: the tenth place finish noah galloway felt like the winner when his girlfriend surprised him with an early visit from basic training. >> hi, baby. [ cheers and applause ] >> i think it was just the most amazing moment so i'm going to let them do their thing tonight and then we'll get back to it tomorrow. >> reporter: 11th place finisher charlotte mckinney will be back at it too along with bachelor chris soules who had the night's lowest score. >> the 11 remaining cups return next monday night for latin week. in los angeles, george pennacchio abc news. >> suzanne somers is 68? whoa. >> who knew? >> not me. >> patti labelle i got to tell you, i thought she was amazing last night. >> she had everybody moving. >> look at you. >> they might recruit you for next season. >> i don't know. we'll try. that's what's making news in america this morning. >> have a great tuesday, everyone.

>> ♪♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪♪ >> good morning. we're working on several breaking stories here on this tuesday march 24th. >> angelina jolie is talking about yet another step she has taken to reduce her risks of getting cancer. >> an attack underground has police looking for the young people involved. hear what police say started all of this. >> now that one hat has been thrown into the ring for the white house we hear from new jersey governor chris christie on whether this changes his plans. >> good morning out there. it is 4:30 here on this tuesday. let's go right on over to dave murphy to see what it's looking like. i heard in the office when we came in here, sounds like a good day. >> you got a preview.