making news in america this morning -- midair emergency. an airport worker locked in a plane's cargo hold. new video just in as me bangs on the aircraft for help. what the passengers are saying this morning. growing field. marco rubio announcing his candidacy and already throwing jabs. plus hillary clinton's road trip. her surprise stop where he went undetected. curious cat. a home owner looks under his house and cease this. a massive mountain lion under his house. terrible toss. tom brady is showing why he doesn't play baseball.

good morning to you. i'm reena ninan. >> i'm ryan smith in for t.j. holmes. a worker trapped in the cargo hold of a jet. >> you can hear him banging underneath the seats in this new video. moments later, the pilot took swft action. here's abc's neal karlinsky. >> reporter: it was just after takeoff when the pilot of this alaska airlines 737 says he heard screaming and banging coming from underneath the plane. >> i think we have a -- hearing a noise from the baggage department. >> reporter: the flight headed from seattle to los angeles. flight 448 returned back to seattle after it was discovered that ramp agent was still inthe cargo hold. you can see him being taken to a waiting balance. an airport worker who told authorities amazingly, he fell asleep in the cargo hold

waking, to his horror inside as the plane was taking off. the car go hold is pressurized and temperature controlled. but that worker panicked and surprised, screamed and banged for help. >> we started yelling at the flight attendant. two air marshals got up and started taking control of the flight. >> reporter: the plane was in the air 14 minutes. >> at some point, a u.s. marshal emerged out of nowhere. he started yelling really loud into the ground, hey, we're turning around. we're getting ready to land. hold on to something. yeah. it was pretty crazy. >> reporter: authorities are investigating. they do not expect any charges to be filed. the airport worker in question is just lucky that the pilot and passengers on board actually heard him calling for help. he's expected to be just fine

though likely pretty embarrassed. neal karlinsky, abc news seattle. the gulf and southern states are bracing for rain this morning. >> three sinchs could fall from new orleans to atlanta. this could last a few days. >> the slow-moving front drenched texas on monday. roads turned into rifers. police were called out to rescue drivers. taed's weather is trouble for the commute. justin povick has the details. good morning, justin. >> reena and ryan, thanks and good morning. another wet finish to the day. low pressure moving very very slowly. there is potential for flash flooding around houston, new orleans, interstate 10 with ponding to deal with. major delays at local airports. atlanta, the carolinas, perhaps as far south as northern

florida. reena and ryan back to you. >> justin, thank you. to politics. the run for the white house. two more candidates declareing in the past few days. >> i elizabeth hur downs usjoins us with more. >> reporter: election day is 573 days away. the race is heating up. yes, the field just got more crowded. first, there was texas senator ted cruz. then came kentucky senator rand paul. and now, another republican says he is in. >> grounded by the lessons of our history. but inspired by the promise of our future i announce my candidacy for president of the united states. >> reporter: florida senator, marco rubio the son of cuban immigrants making his big announcement in miami, just moments after sitten down with abc's george stephanopoulos. >> i think this country needs to

decide what kind of country do we want to be. >> reporter: wasting no time blasting hillary clinton, referring to clinton as wed. on the democrats' side for now, hillary clinton is the only announced candidate. >> i'm hitting the road to earn your vote. >> reporter: she kicked off her campaign with this video. the focus? not on her. but on people she calls every day americans. she went unrecognized in dark sun glasses inside this chipotle in ohio. so far, four candidates are in. analysts say, expect more. the game plan is set. >> barack obama in one corner hillary clinton in the other. that's who the republicans are positioning against for the better part of the next year. >> reporter: as for clinton, she arrived in iowa late last night. today, she'll meet with small groups of voters. the everyday americans she says

her campaign is all about. another story we're following this morning, the charges fired against a volunteer reserve deputy after a confrontation with a black suspect. police in tulsa chasing a suspect who allegedly tried to sell an illegal gun to an undercover officer. a 73-year-old reserve sheriff's deputy mistakenly pulled out his handgun not his taser. 44-year-old eric harris died an hour later. prosecutors have charged robert bates of manslaughter. the victim's brother says he doesn't believe the shooting was racially motivated. new audio recordings have been released in the aftermath of the deadly police shooting in south carolina. just moments after michael slak

slager skilled walter scott, he says he just shot someone and is telling them everything is okay. >> probably when row get home probably be a good idea to kind of jot down your thoughts on what happened. >> okay. >> you know once your adrenaline quits pumping. >> it's pumping. >> oh, yeah, oh yeah. >> they're reviewing the steps of every officer that came to the scene. jodi arias has been sentenced to life in prison. the victim's family members has urged the judge to give her the death penalty. she said she was repulsed by what she did. after the sentencing her attorney said airrias was in good spirits and ready to begin the next part of her life. the president will visit watertown, south dakota next month. that means he'll have visited all 50 sates in his two terms.

nixon, george h.w. bush and clinton were the other presidents who did that. still ahead, pulled from a school district. take kids out of class for violating the vaccination law. and the overnight efforts to get a mountain lion out of the space under a house. and a car out of cont

welcome back. the annual list of top airlines is out. there's a familiar look to it.

virgin america is rate ttd top u.s. carrier for the third straight year. hawaii airlines was second. delta third. overall, the airline industry's performance slipped last year compared to 2013. americans are trending more on prescription drugs than ever before. spending on prescription drugs soared by 13% to $374 billion. the increase is being driven by three main factors. expensive breakthrough treatments. price hikes from drug companies. and more people are insurance under obamacare. the apple watch is turning out the be a big hit. the company already received nearly 1 million preorders since the smart watch wept on sale friday. delivery are set to begin next friday. thanks to high demand many models won't ship until june or july. and from here in new york a

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ask your doctor about it by name. there you have it. seven inches of rain fell in alabama in just 24 hours. and more is on the way. flooded roads in mobile when rivers went over the banks. heavy thunderstorms expected there again today. >> rough going all along the gulf and up through the eastern seaboard. slick roads in the northwest. icy ones in the northern rockies. if you're flying airport delays possible in new orleans, atlanta, washington philadelphia new york city and boston. the major hubs could cause delays everywhere else too. an overnight rescue mission for a celebrity mountain lion trapped in a house in los angeles. >> he's known as p-22. he's stuck in a crawl space

underneath the house. he's well known in the griffith park area. the home owner didn't seem too terribly worried. >> he's going the come out eventually. it's one of those things. you go to the zoo, they have the den, you put the glass in you stand outside, go look at that. there's the cat in there. >> that's a confident man. >> the cat was discovered when home security technicians came to install the equipment and were met with pair of eyes. a young couple and their baby boy were killed when a concrete slab fell from an overpass crushing their pup truck below. emergency krous couldn't get anywhere near the truck for some time because the road was so unstable. a recent crane accident sent workers running for their

museum. the operating seen flying from the cab. amazingly, he was the only person injured, suffering a cut to his head. school officials in spokane are getting tough on vaccinations. nearly 150 students were removed from class when they couldn't prove they had the necessary shots. nour district four districts have reviewed their policies. this guy will be fine. the car slides on the wet track. sending the guy flying. thank goodness he was wearing a helmet. incredibly todd phillips posted on facebook he was able to walk a away with just six stitches. in the nba, just two nights left of games in the regular season. playoff implications abound. tonight and tomorrow night. then it's all over. >> there's still plenty to play

for. here are our guys from espn. good morning. he's neil everett. i'm stan verrett. first, klay thompson. >> memphis won't get the eighth spot. they had no answer for klay thompson who had -- 10 of 13 shooting in the second quarter. 26 points. remember he had 37 in the third quarter against the dmings thekings in the middle of january. the only ere person with a big quarter like that is old steph curry. he finished with 4. warriors won. score not indicative of how big of a blowout the game was. >> thunder and pelicans tied for the eighth spot in the west. russell westbrook. he'll keep it. and finish. look at the degree of difficulty on that shot.

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all-time worst. >> you can't help but notice the guy in the suit. he jumps out of the way when tom tosses that's how you know it's a bad pitch. >> oh he won't live this one down quite soon. >> there he is wait. oh get out of the way, suit guy. and by the way, another failure of sorts. let's give tom a break. this one from a college track meet. >> check out the runner from the university of oregon thinking he's got this race wrapped up. the guy from kraug sprinting, sprinting, and beating him to the line. >> oh boy, the lesson never give up. never start celebrating before you cross the finish line man. we doubt oregon guy will ever make that mistake again. he'll never live that down. an unexpected ending to last night's "jeopardy."

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>> ♪♪ >> good morning, it's tuesday april 14. i'm tamala edwards. we've got two developing stories. first up two separate hit and runs left one child dead and any other critical condition. we'll have new information on both of these investigations. rain is moving in on storm tracker six double scan radar. the accuweather team has details on when it's going get here want you can expect for your commute. also a lot more news that you didn't see last night. brand new video showing a curious cat, we're not talking about a house cat hold up under a house out west. >> ♪♪

a major block buster when it hits theaters in a couple of weeks. george pennacchio spoke with the stars. >> reporter: "avengers, age of ultron" is the latest adventure. when it opens, it is expected to have a $200 million weekend at the box office. >> when you talk with people who are enthusiastic about it because they love it you don't have to sell it. i'm looking forward to the next one. is that the best you can do? >> it's great moment. a proud moment for me to be a part of it. to say, i didn't grow up thinking i would ever be nick fury or a part of anything like this. >> marvel has yet to let me down 37 every marvel movie i've made i walk out satisfied and proud of what they've put together. >> it's the closest you'll come to being a rock star. it's me.

i'm hardly in these films. >> reporter: one staple of the premier, comic book icons stan lee, who helped create the marvel universe. >> i almost feel guilty. i take so much credit for movies that i'm not doing anything in except a cameo. >> reporter: you can see stan and all the stars of "avengers, age of ultron" when it hits theaters nationwide on may 1st. in hollywood, george pennacchio abc news. some big doings in the "dancing with the stars" ballroom. a special disney-themed night. disney the parent company of abc. >> all the characters dressed as disney characters. in the end, suzanne somers and her partner, tony eliminated. boy, do they look good doing it. >> they sure do. bringing back memories of her childhood, lady and the tramp.

>> ♪♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪♪ >> hey everyone, we're following several developing stories on this tuesday april 14. two drivers strike two young children in two separate areas of philadelphia. both drivers flee the scene and one child did not survive. the details in a live report. >> an undercover police sting in the midwest spiral out of control leaving one man dead. now a volunteer deputy is facing manslaughter charges. we've got the latest. >> sunny days coming to an end. accuweather is track something rain for the morning commute. >> that's too bad. good morning, it's 4:30