making news in america this morning -- security breach. a small aircraft cruising over washington, d.c. and heading right toward the capital. >> this is not good people. >> this morning, in his own words. the pilot talking. why he did it. as the investigation begins into how something like this can happen. new details about the police officer seen running down the suspect. the entire dash cam video. showing what happened before that ramming. why the police chief is defending his officer. caught on camera. a tourist swept away. scary site. this ain't your typical backyard pet.

well good thursday morning to you. we begin with the bizarre security breach at the u.s. capital. a tiny one man helicopter violating the most restricted air space in the world. >> the gyro copter touched down on the lawn of the capitol. at the controls that guy. a florida mailman, hoping to make a political point in dramatic fashion. bazi kanani in washington for us. just when you think you've seen it all in d.c. >> reporter: that pilot called his mission project kitty hawk. flying his aircraft from pennsylvania right into the no-fly zone over washington. a gyrocopter buzzing over washington and alarmd tourists. >> this is not good people.

>> reporter: heading straight towards the u.s. capitol. >> we both looked at it and said oh where the heck is that going? >> reporter: the tiny aircraft landing on the west tront lawn immediately swarmed by mis. the area on lockdown. >> get out of here now. >> reporter: while the bomb squad checked for weapons and exploess. but there was no harm intended by the pilot. >> the guy giving us a thumbs up and just flew on by. >> reporter: he's 61-year-old doug hughes. he planned to deliver letters to lawmakers. >> i would rather die in the flight than live to be 80 years old and see this country fall. >> reporter: hughes knew he could be shot down in restricted air space. he did notify secret service about his plans. agents spoke with him and a friend a year ago.

>> he wanted to too something spectacular. i was against it from the beginning and to the end because i knew how dangerous it was. >> reporter: hughes' flight within 100 feet of the capitol build ill bilding, raising new concerns about security. >> how does a individual get that close? >> reporter: his tiny aircraft was undetected at it entered the air space. norad is working to see how their systems missed it. >> can we expect security changes? what about possible charges? >> reporter: he's facing potential civil and criminal charges. possibly steep fins possibly prison time. as far as security changes, we're not shoe what those will be yet. we do know since 9/11, hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent on air defenses. did the technology fail or is there a gap in technology?

>> thank you as always. >> and stay with abc news for the latest on the the security breach at the capitol. team coverage later on "good morning america." we turn to the stunning fall from grace. aaron hernandez, the former patriots' superstar tight end with a $40 million contract will spend the rest of his life in prison. a massachusetts jury found the 25-year-old guilty of first-degree murder in the killing of his friend odin lloyd. hernandez's mother and fiance sobbing openly in court. feet away the victim's mother also in tears. >> my baby's footprints is in my heart forever. he was my strength. i love him dearly. >> jurors spoke after the sentencing saying they found the evidence against hernandez compelling. listen to this. still facing a double murder

charge for a drive-by shooting in boston. he'll serve his sentence in a prison just a mile away from the patriots' stadium. police in arizona are defending the officer who slammed his squad car into a suspect. mario valencia survived the incident. the police chief defends the decision saying valencia was armed and dangerous, after going on a three-hour crime spree after robbing a 7-evenleven, stealing a gun and robbing a church. hillary clinton spent two days in iowa. she'll be flying back to new york, not driving in the now famous van of hers. that black van that's nicknamed scooby. new jersey governor chris christie says he's not ready to though his lat in the republican ring just yet. he looks like he's giving it

serious thought. yesterday in new hampshire, this was at a town hall meeting. he fielded questions about health care foreign policy and a whole lot more. he'll be back in new hampshire tomorrow after spending today in new jersey. concerns in iraq. militants captured three villages yesterday near ramadi. it's the most significant threat to the city from isis to date. iraq's prime minister was in washington at the time asking for u.s. support to battle isis. and today is holocaust memorial day. for two minutes, sirened eded eds blared, everything stopped. this year marked the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camps. the south in for another day of severe weather today. lots of hail winds, damaging rains yesterday, especially louisiana. flash flood watches remain in

effect through the end of the week. today's severe storm watch covers most of texas, oklahoma and kansas. the rest of the south will see heavy rain. rain changes to snow in denver. >> new york and boston not quite 60. about ten degrees warmer in washington. high temperatures the same in minneapolis. a moment of silence in boston as victims of the marathon bombing were remembered on the second anniversary. the family of 8-year-old martin richard visited the finish line. his sister jane who lost a leg was also there in cowboy boots and a new prosthetic leg. still ahead, we'll tell you why a used ipad sold for over 30 grand. and oh so close. but it needed to be perfect. new video of a rocket's failed landing at sea. plussings frightening fall. a giant wave sweeps a woman off her feet and off a cliff. how an off-duty paramedic came

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well the passengers could see land. they just couldn't get to it. after their puget sound ferry lost power. the boat drifted for awhile then was brought into port by a tug boat. the ferry was just put into service last summer. this thing's new. we're told it will be back in service this morning. now for a look at today's road conditions. there could be flooding and road closures in the center of the country. roads will be wet in the south and up into the ohio valley. watch for wet snow in the rockies. if you're plying, airport delays most likely in houston, new orleans denver atlanta, dallas. a wealthy new york cardiologist is accused of putting a hit on another doctor so he could steal his business. >> he first hired someone to torch the other mans a office. then he paid to have the man beaten up and then murdered.

turned out the hitman was an undercover cop. we're getting a look at the fiery end of the latest spacex rocket mission. looks like things are going well. appears to touch down safely. then it tips over and explodes. the company says it was going too fast to land safely. this is the third time spacex has tried its rocket recycling test which it believes will significantly cut the cost of space travel. we seem to have an epidemic of helicopters landing where they're not supposed to be. this is the surprise everybody gone of this beach outside san diego. the pilot brought the 100-foot chopper down after a low oil pressure light came on during a routine training mission. landing was so smooth it doesn't look like anything was wrong. people thought it was a movie shoot. they i got to it patched up quickly. it flew away a few hours later. a new york man suffered

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good morning i'm tamala edwards, it is thursday, april 16. we just learned new information about a hit-and-run in philadelphia. al fleeing driver hit her mother and child. we just got a terrible update the little boy is dead. a guy rowter got into the most restricted aerospace in the world. accuweather says enjoy spring today weather changes tomorrow.

girl quinn up thelets -- quintuplets. >> we're hearing from their mom and dad. >> reporter: to the dads of daughters out there. thing about having five. >> it's awesome. i mean what a legacy we're going to have. to grow up with five little girls everywhere we go. >> reporter: we can make it an even six because they're always the parents of 4-year-old blake. they just waumd quintuplets. all girls. >> all my beautiful babies are here. i mean this is crazy. >> olivia ava, hazel, parker and riley. they're the first all female quintuplets born in the united states ever according to the women's hospital of texas. >> i have two girl names maybe. how do i come up with five? >> reporter: doctors praise danielle. for her efforts to deliver the healthiest children possible. >> i've been blown away by her. how well she's been able to

carry these five babies. >> reporter: she carried them for 28 weeks. they were born april 8th. >> it's been -- losing track. >> thursday friday saturday sunday. day four. >> today's day four. we had the babies on wednesday. >> the proud parents used fertility treatments. ava and olivia are identical twins. they're prepared to go through a box of diapers and 40 bottles a day. reena and t.j., back to you. >> 40 bottles a day? goodness gracious. >> how do you do sleep schedules? >> we admire this from afar. can you imagine what they're really going through? >> in the house now. thank you for being here with us. stay with us for "good morning america." have a great thursday.

>> we are following breaking news on this thursday, april 16. tragic developments overnight in the hit-and-run crash in west kensington from earlier this week the child who was struck was pronounced dead. >> police are investigating a fiery crash in delaware, haz/mat crews are on the scene right now. >> a surreal scene in the u.s. capitol, how did the guy land this aircraft there even though he told everyone he was going to do it. good morning