making news in america this morning, it's official hillary clinton's second presidential campaign begins with a road trip. where is she heading first? the van she's driving in and what republican is expected to announce his bid today? happening now, severe weather racing across the south and the heartland. ght. turbulent takeoff. a pilot's still on full display as high winds push it sideways shortly after leaving the runway. primate smackdown. a chimp uses ingenuity to take out an annoying drone.

good morning to you. good monday morning. i'm reena ninan. >> and i'm ryan smith in for t.j. holmes. the race for the white house entered a new face. >> hillary clinton on the trail driving in her own car, the launch focusing the battle and republicans are out with a flurry of ads attacking her. elizabeth hur is here with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. yes, hillary clinton is already on the road and according to her campaign manager, it was her idea to drive to iowa that she enjoys a good road trip and having the chance to meet people. hillary clinton wasting no time hitting the road to iowa and tweeting along the way. leaving her new york home sunday afternoon in her own van around the same time her bid for the white house became official with this. >> every day americans need a champion and i want to be that champion. >> reporter: a video on youtube. >> i'm running for president. >> reporter: the video that actually doesn't show her face

until about 90 seconds in but rather showcasing people she calls everyday americans. >> right now i'm applying for jobs. >> getting married this summer. to someone i really care about. >> i'm getting ready to retire soon. >> it splices together the aspiration aspirations, the hoblacks women. she's trying to resurrect that coalition. >> reporter: it's team clinton trying to show the focus is 0 not on her and she is not taking the nomination for granted and the goppen 0 the attack. senator rand paul and governor jeb bush rolling out attack ads kicking off their campaign against her. >> we must do better than the obama/clinton foreign policy that has damaged relationships with our all emboldened our enemies. >> reporter: as for clinton's journey to iowa we're told this is a truly genuine and

unscripted road trip so where she stops is anyone's guess and while we may not see her husband, bill clinton out with her on the campaign trail right away, don't rule him out as she calls him her most important political adviser. >> a lot would see him in the first lady's office whatever the equivalent would be. >> she's on the getting to know you tour. thank you very much elizabeth. clinton's announcement is the latest proof that new media will play a new role. >> her twain tweeted rocketed around the globe in the hours after it was posted and lit up twitter big time retweeted 3 million times. as of midnight it was viewed 12 million times but reaching new audience audiences gives you new challenges too. >> she will have to answer questions she didn't before as private citizen hillary clinton. things like her record and --

>> she received 18 million vote more than any other american has received in a contested primary so she understands that she has to reach out to expand even the democratic base because there are more independents out there. >> spanning that base social media would be a big part of the outreach especially young people. her twit account has gained more than 160,000 followers since saturday. our crack reporters have uncovered additional information about her road trip. >> that's right. this is the van she's traveling in. you see it there. the one she usually travels in for work naming it scooby after the van in the cartoon "scooby-doo." she hasn't driven in 20 years so the secret service is probably at the wheel. another presidential hopeful turning to twitter. republican marco rubio posted this imitationnvitation. >> we're excited about the announcement 6 p.m. eastern time live so you can watch it. >> the florida senator is expected to officially throw his

hat in the ring with that announcement. a fast rising star with a compelling success story as the son of cuban immigrants. george stephanopoulos visits him today for an exclusive interview. now to that historic weekend meeting between president obama and cuban president raul castro shaking hands at a summit in panama ending decades of tension between the countries. cuba waiting to be taken off the u.s. terror list and in an exclusive interview the foreign minister pressed mr. obama to bypass congress and use executive action. >> it wasn't fair. it wasn't justifiable and i'm confident that president obama will take the right and just decision. >> the president is expected to announce this week whether cuba will be taken off that list. well now to the growing crisis in yemen. some americans find themselves stranded there including a 4-year-old pregnant woman who's a native of new york. these been trying for weeks to get out and the u.s. is

reportedly becoming more deeply involved in the saudi-led campaign against the rebels. they're vetting military targets and searching for arms being shipped from iran to yemen. breaking news overnight from colorado. a train believed to be carrying ammonia has derailed in downtown colorado springs. ten railcars are on their sides. emergency crews standing by in case of a fire. streets in the areas were closed and residents told to stay inside with windows shut. if ft. lauder dell a small plane falling from the sky killing owl four on board. the twin engine plane slammed into a wooded area yesterday afternoon and burst into flames. the pilot was trying to land. he had just declared an emergency moments before crashing nose first, into the trees. millions in los angeles feeling a minor earthquake last night. it measured a magnitude of 3.5 and was the second small quake to hit the area. no one injured and there was no

reported damage. well another threatening weather system is moving across texas while flooding downpours are drenching the gulf. >> that's right. accuweather meteorologist paul williams is tracking it all for us. good morning, paul. >> thanks reena, ryan. we have the perfect recipe for the pot to kind of overflow. the deal is this surge of warm air coming from the south along with a stationary boundary slow to move. this low will ago like a big gigantic spoon and keep things stirred up in the atmosphere dumping thunderstorms firing up ahead of that. that low will slide its way up towards the northeast but until then it stays rich with rain in the deep south. back to you ryan reena. >> thank you, paul. still ahead, masters new star jordan spieth dominating at the masters. jewelry store employee shackled and stuffed in a van. the manhunt under way right now for suspects.

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nail-biting moments aboard a jet in the uk. take a look at this plane as it struggled to take off from an airport in birmingham england, in the middle of a storm. keep looking. the aircraft actually turns sideways in high winds with a skillful pilots still managing to get it off the ground safely. a look at morning road conditions. slick highways and snowy mountain passes in the pacific northwest. roads will be wet at times around the great lakes and in the south. drivers can expect flooding and hail as thunderstorms sweep through texas and much of the gulf coast. if you're flying airport delays possible in houston, new orleans, dallas and chicago. well back to the news now. a manhunt for two suspects in the philadelphia area. >> they're wanted for kidnapping attack and robbery of a jewelry store employee. much of it caught on camera. a red van enters near the victim's store and walks off screen. to her car at the end of her shift. minutes later that same red van reappears leaving the garage with the victim.

police say inside. >> they put a hood over her face they tie wrapped her, they were tasering her and what they wanted from her were the codes and alarm. >> one suspect was arrested. a fatal accident is under investigation this morning. a lamborghini lost control and crashed into a guardrail killing the passenger and injuring the driver. the exotic driving experience allows racing fans to drive or ride in luxury sports cars like porsches lamborghinis and the man killed was reportedly a track employee. the driver was a customer. in phoenix a driver crashed her van through the front window of a thrift shop on sunday. surveillance video shows it turning into a parking spot & and then speeding up. 20 people were inside at the time but fortunately no one was

hurt. however, the store did suffer $20,000 in damage. well scary moments at the cleveland zoo as a toddler falls into the cheetah exhibit. now his mother is facing child endangerment charges. witnesses say the woman was actually dangling her 2-year-old son over the cheetah when he fell about ten feet into the pit. fortunately the cheetahs did not go after the boy. his parents quickly jumped in and pulled him to safety. the daredevil known as french spider-man is at it again. this is why they call him that. he scaled one of dubai's tallest skyscrapers relying on wait for it chalk and sticky tape on his fingertips and took him over an hour to climb it without a safety harness. >> that is impressive? no? >> only reena could do that. >> you know me too well. now some sports. the nhl's 16 playoff teams are resting up ahead of the playoffs which start wednesday. >> sunday's highlights golf's

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blazer award. "the fault in our stars" also won the top honors as best movie of the year. >> other winners, bradley cooper dedicating his award for "american sniper" to chris kyle. >> nice. well next up one of the most anticipated season premieres of the year "game of thrones." are you into one. >> very much so. >> i thought so. >> returning last night and trending all night long. >> i can't wait but some fans really can't wait and got the jump on season five the first four episodes of the series were linked on line 24 hours earlier and illegal downloaded more than 24 million times. >> the leak actually may have come from a member of the press saying that's the exact number of review copies that were sent out. neither you or i had any review copies. >> not us. by the way, speaking of movies griswolds are back. >> 32 years can you believe it since clark, ellen and the kids went to wally world now getting our look at the next generation.

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>> good morning, i'm tamala edwards. it is monday, april 13. next on "action news," a local mother accused of the unthinkable. police say she abandoned her quadriplegic son in the woods. hillary clinton is heading to the iowa as a key republican senator decides to jump into the race as well. death at disney. something went wrong at an exotic car racing attraction when a lamborghini slammed into a guardrail. accuweather says we can say hello to the 70s again today "action news" is up next. a little inspiration. >> she's not letting a major

setback hold her back and she spoke to abc's tom llamas. ♪ i started my goal ♪ >> this is the new music video from gentry and their song "dare". ♪ i'll fight till i win proud of my battle scars ♪ >> reporter: but the real buzz is not about the tenor trio but about this little ballerina alyssa sizemore. she's 8 and only has one leg. she says the lyrics moved her. >> it's about someone who dares to dream. >> reporter: and daring to dream is how little alyssa has gone through life since her accident. last may she was hit by a truck. her leg had to be amputated below the knee but didn't let the operation keep her off the stage. >> we've been getting feedback saying how inspiring she's been to other kids and other people.

>> reporter: and less than a year into her new life alissa delivered a showstopper at her dance studio's recital and performed an original piece and if you think the dancing is brave, watch this. alissa removes her prosthetic and doesn't miss a beat. i asked why she did it. >> show i was still me without it and to be myself. >> reporter: a ballerina whose moves show grit and grace. what's your dream? >> to become an awesome dancer. >> reporter: tom llamas abc news new york. >> already there. incredible. her moves and can you believe, it was only in september when she had a prossthesis put on so look at how far she's come. >> she will be able to do whatever she wants in life. she was dancing not long after she got out of the hospital. now look at her. amazing story. >> well that's what's making news in america this morning. >> stay with us for "good morning america."

good morning we're working on several developing stories on on this monday april 13. gunfire erupts after a car hits and kills a toddler in the midwest. we have the details. >> a mother accused of abandoning her disabled son remains in the hospital. we'll have a live report. >> hillary clinton is on the road to iowa entering officially the presidential 2016 race. >> good morning everybody, it is