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to be a millionaire." i'm here with the firecracker that is simi lipsman, who is up to $5,000 now. [cheers and applause] got that threshold. you reached that $5,000 threshold. did you recently just go back to school? >> um, not recently. about ten years ago, i went back to school. that's how i handled my mid-life crisis. decided to go back to school-- >> back to college? >> yes, got another degree. i got one in pharmacy technology. and i held a 4.0 from day one of class till i graduated, yeah. >> good for you. did you go-- [applause] living in the dorms? >> no, no. >> sorority, the whole thing? >> no, i did that the first time. >> i could see you doing that again. >> i did that the first time. i didn't do that the last time. >> wouldn't you like to go back and do it again now? >> i love school. i could be a professional student, honestly. i love it. >> well, congratulations, you got your degree. >> thank you. >> now it's time to get $1 million. >> $1 million. >> let's do it. let's play "who wants to be a millionaire." >> yes. [dramatic musical flourish] >> here it is, your $7,000 question. >> okay.
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>> though it's actually paris' oldest of its kind, pont neuf is an iconic structure whose name means "new" what? >> okay. i studied french from seventh grade all the way through high school. i should know this. neuf pont--pont, pont, pont, pont. all right, um... i'm gonna use the "50/50." >> okay, final? >> final. >> all right, we're gonna use one of those lifelines here. take away two incorrect answers, please. bridge and fountain is what's left. >> oh, gosh! i just remembered the french song that i-- okay, "a," bridge. final answer. >> what just came to mind? >> there was a song that i learned in seventh grade called "sur le pont." it meant "on the bridge." so it just came to me. >> and it all came to you.
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that's right! >> okay, yes! yes, yes. >> it's a bridge over the seine. [applause] well done, $7,000. >> thank you. >> all of a sudden, that stuff just pops in your head. >> i know; i just got to pull it back out of the recesses back there, you know? >> all right, here's your $10,000 question. >> okay. [dramatic musical flourish] >> called "the old west's most famous newspaper," what still-operational gazette reported on the gunfight at the o.k. corral in 1881? >> god, none of them sound like they'd be real. um, okay. o.k. corral... gunfight was fought... deadwood--no, it was fought in tombstone.
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so i think i need my plus one for this. >> i thought it all just popped into your head again. >> i thought it did, but i want to be sure. >> okay, final? >> final, yes. >> all right, let's bring down your plus one, your friend paula. come on down here, paula. [applause] how are you? >> hello, fine, thank you. too soon, too soon. >> too soon. do you know this? >> i'm not sure. i was leaning toward "the tombstone epitaph." >> i think so too. i mean, deadwood is not where o.k. corral was fought. deadwood is where wild bill hickock was shot playing poker. um, and it wasn't dodge city-- i'm gonna do it. i'm just gonna do it. d, tombstone. final. >> well, i'm glad paula got to come down here anyway. that's right! [cheers and applause] [both talking indistinctly] thanks, paula, it was nice to
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meet you. >> nice to meet you too, chris. thank you. >> head on back up. we still have work to do. >> yes, yes, yes! >> simi, way to go! >> thank you! all right. >> $10,000 there. >> i know. >> and a chance to double that right now. >> i know. i know. okay. >> are you ready? >> yes. >> here it is. $20,000 question. [dramatic musical flourish] in a family of big nicknames and bigger voices, what singer's father was a famous preacher known as "the man with the million-dollar voice"? >> okay. in a family of big nicknames... it's not diana ross. i know that. um... oh, gosh. i really don't know this. um... >> you're at $10,000. you still have one lifeline, this audience. >> i know. all right.
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all right, guys. do your stuff. and if you really don't know, like, don't hit it. just press it only if you know. >> is that your final? >> that's my final. >> okay, audience, here we go. need your help. pick up those keypads, please. enter your vote now. [percussive music] ♪ all right, results are in. so let's go to the board. see what we got. well, a nice majority there. 67% say... >> yes, that is a nice majority. >> miss aretha franklin, d. >> okay. all right. audience, i hope you're gonna show me some respect with aretha. all right. >> see what you did there. >> i'm gonna--you see how i did that? yeah. okay. all right, i'm gonna do d, aretha. final. >> you're all right. that is correct! simi, $20,000! 20 grand! >> yes, i know. >> that's where you are right now. we're gonna take a quick break.
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[dramatic music] ♪ >> welcome back to "who wants to be a millionaire." simi lipsman up to $20,000 with that last correct answer.
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[applause] >> no offense, chris, but this is much better than a rose. [laughter] >> how dare you? >> i'm sorry. >> you're right, though. i completely agree. $20,000--you can buy a lot of roses. >> yes, i can buy a lot of roses, yes. >> a lot of hot tubs and group dates in your future. >> [laughs] god, i hope not. i wouldn't want to watch me in a hot tub with a bunch of 60-plus-year-old men. >> let's shake--shake that visual out and let's keep going. >> really, i can't unthink that. okay. >> let's play "who wants to be a millionaire." [dramatic musical flourish] all right, simi. >> all right. >> back to work. >> okay. >> $30,000 question, here it is. often likened to the width of a pinky finger, what is both the thickest and longest nerve in the human body? >> okay. >> okay, now, when i got--went
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back to school and i got my degree in pharmacy, i also taught afterwards, and i taught anatomy. and that would be the femoral. what--what are we talking about? the thickest and longest nerve. okay. um, yeah, 'cause the femoral goes all the way down your thigh. sciatic goes from... ulnar is just here. radial is just here. that's not-- okay. >> no more lifelines. >> no more lifelines. i got to do it. c, femoral. final. did i blow it? >> unfortunately... yeah. >> i did. >> it was b. >> it was sciatic. >> yeah, sciatic. runs from the lower back down to the foot. aw, simi, that's okay. you're still leaving with $5,000. and you know what? it was so nice meeting you. such a great time. >> ah, thank you, thank you. >> thanks for being here. don't go anywhere. we have more players coming up right here on "millionaire."
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>> the answer to that question was nintendo wii. [cheers and applause] welcome back to "who wants to be a millionaire." all right, our next contestant often gets mistaken for jack nicholson. we'll see. but after today, he may be a celebrity in his own right. from baltimore, maryland, please welcome joe macleod. [cheers and applause] joe, how you doing? >> nice to meet you. >> did i interrupt your workout? [laughter] >> my mom told me, "always wear a suit." tracksuit, still a suit. you've got a suit on. i got a suit on. i'm good.
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>> no, i got a suit on. you have a tracksuit on. and a "millionaire" tracksuit. >> yeah, man. why don't you have one of these? >> i didn't know we had them in the gift shop. i didn't know we had a gift shop. well, welcome to the show. and the jack nicholson thing? >> uh, yeah. i got to kind of do that a little bit. >> that's a little "shining" thing going on there. >> yeah, a lot "shining." it's a lot "shining," yeah. >> not the fore--i meant the movie, "the shining." >> yeah, yeah, yeah. no, i thought they put pancake on--okay. >> let me tell you what you're up against. 14 questions, from $500 all the way up to that $1 million prize. and of course, you have your three lifelines. you know what those are all about. >> yes. >> are you ready, joe? >> i'm ready. >> slash jack? let's play "who wants to be a millionaire." [dramatic musical flourish] all right, here it is. $500 question. with a name that refers to when it's open, which of the following is a fast-growing chain of 24-hour gyms?
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>> anytime fitness. "a," that's my final answer. >> a man that obviously knows his way around the gym. that's right. [cheers and applause] $500. here's your $1,000 question. one way to calm aerophobia is to check what website before flying to see if you can expect a smooth ride? >> it's an airplane. it's a smooth ride. it's got to be turbulence. b, that's my final answer. >> that is correct. that's right. [applause] infantpassengeralert would be genius, right?
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>> yeah, that would be great. >> okay, $1,000. here's your $2,000 question. associated with kanye west, what hip-hop term refers to using classic samples that have been altered by making them sound sped up? >> uh, i'm old enough to remember the--alvin and theodore, the chipmunks. and, um... a python ain't a fast thing. a tiger, a frog, a chipmunk... we all know the chipmunk voice. b, chipmunk soul. final answer. >> soul for $2,000! [applause] i feel like you're getting your squats in while we're doing this. they're not deep, but they're effective. >> no, no, no. >> $2,000--here's your $3,000 question. the name of which housewares
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brand was inspired by the dessert meant to be prepared in its first product, a 9-inch round glass baking dish? >> i am gonna say that... as weird as it might sound, i am gonna say that it is d, pyrex. and that is my final answer. >> pie doesn't sound that weird for dessert at all. pyrex, that's right! pie-rex. $3,000. [horn blares] that sound means that time is up. but you're not jogging off anywhere. you're gonna come back and play "millionaire" again next time. thanks for watching. for everyone who's been a part of this one, i'm chris harrison. we'll see you next time. [cheers and applause] closed captioning sponsored by:
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senator ted cruz. already sounding like the victor. >> donald trump's angry screaming cursing yelling attacks, people are tuning it out. >> reporter: trump floundering in recent days after his campaign manager was charged with battery of a female reporter and after trump's incoherent answers on abortion. >> melania, come. >> reporter: on election eve trump called on his wife melania hoping to close his gaping gender gap with women. >> no matter who you are, a man or a woman, he treats everyone equal. >> reporter: a cruz win in wisconsin will make a contested gop convention far more likely. >> i don't want to get hillary clinton more nervous than she already is. >> reporter: even though hillary clinton has what she now calls a nearly insurmountable lead nationally, bernie sanders is pressing her hard in wisconsin and in her home state of new york. >> i'm absolutely confident i will be the nominee. >> reporter: even with a wisconsin win to beat clinton, sanders would need to take
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nearly 3/4 of the remaining delegates. the latest wisconsin polls so bernie sanders with a slight edge. it's within the margin of error so it's a virtual tie. reena, kendis. >> thanks to megan there. the other major story we're following this morning is the crash of a sight seeing helicopter in tennessee, all five people on board were killed when the chopper went down near the great smoky mountains park. abc's diane macedo is joining us now from the newsroom. >> good morning to you. the faa is launching an investigation into what made this helicopter go down. time lapse videos shows the moment of impact. you can see clear blue skies, then suddenly thick black smoke emerging from the trees. he investigators found no sign of life. >> there's not much life. the helicopter's pretty well consumed in the fire. >> reporter: the victims were on a sight seeing tour, an activity tuft popular are tourists. this isn't the first time it's ended badly. in 1996, a copter crashed in a
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field. six years before that, another into a nearby mountain leaving the pilot with critical injuries. a aviation expert is warning people to be careful as their safrt record isn't great. a number of things can go wrong. we'll have to wait to see what the faa say about what it go wrong in this case. >> thank you. we're going to get another update in our next half hour. >> new details this morning from the investigation into sunday's deadly train accident south of philadelphia. officials say the train was going 106 miles per hour when it you can have a backhoe that was on the same track. the speed limit in the area is 110 miles an hour. the train's engineer applied the emergency brake five seconds before the backhoe was struck killing two workers. today, investigators will be interviewing work crew members who witnessed the accident. from the great lakes to the northeast, it looks and feels as if winter is back. not only are the temperatures lower lower than normal there's
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know and siice. more now from abc's rob marciano. >> reporter: spring storms giving millions another taste of winter. heavy snow wreaking havoc in upstate new york. a bus carrying three dozen college students flipping upside down north of albany -- luckily, no life-threatening injuries. but south of rochester, one person killed and 13 taken to the hospital in this wreck. -- in this accident. >> my heart is broken. i don't know who they are. i'm -- it's just sad. >> reporter: investigators trying to determine if the van driver was distracted. this blast, the second in two days. a massive pileup on i-88 sunday amid whiteout conditions. no fatalities here, but south of boston, two people inside this bmw killed after a rotted tree cracked in the wind. brian easton watched it all happen. >> i ran out to the car and i screamed a couple times, "are you okay? are you okay? "
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>> reporter: wind gusts over 60 miles an hour in spots. more than 100,000 losing power. even hardy new englanders have had enough. >> i don't want any more of this. that's where i'm at right now, honestly. >> reporter: and mother nature messing up baseball's opening day. home openers in cleveland and new york, postponed. >> behind this cold air even out of the snow zone, brutal windchills and here in the snow zone, some of these slushy roads will be slick. rob marciano, abc news, framingham, massachusetts. >> californians are you the canning back on water use coming close to meeting goals set by the state. residents used nearly 24% less water between last you know and past february compared to the same months. 2013. governor jerry brown ordered a 25% reduction. this was met in part by watering yards less and taking shorter showers. the state is now in the fifth year of drought despite heavy rain and snow from el nino. in southern california, two homes destroyed by a fire that quickly spread from a recycling home. one additional home and dee dee attached garages were partially
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damages. smoke filled the air as crews battled the blaze. >> a rescue from a burning apartment in chattanooga caught on a police officer's body cam. now, police were at the apartment complex on another call when a resident reported smoke inside an apartment. they found a burning pot on stove and a man lying unconscious on a couch who had fallen asleep while cooking. one of the officers pulled that man to safety. >> another milestone stemming from the worst oil disaster in u.s. history six years after the bp oil spill. a judge granted final approval for $20 billion settlement. the money will be paid to the u.s. five states and local governments. but environmental groups are angry that much of it will be tax deductible for bp. the company had already reached a similar settlement with businesses and residents. the offshore explosion killed 11 workers and caused 134 in illon gallons of oil to spill into the gulf of mexico. parts are of the keystone
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oil pipeline shut down. there may be a leak in south dakota. a farmer reported finding oil on the ground. crews are digging down to the pipeline to find the source that have oil. residents wonder why the hi-tech detection systems didn't report the problem. that part of the pipeline will remain shutdown for the rest of the week. all right. as we mentioned at the start of the show, villanova is the new champion of men's college basketball. the wildcats were facing north carolina last night in houston and fell behind trailing by five at halftime. >> but in the second half, villanova got hot. building a lead over their own. the tar heels clawed back into down into the stretch. marcus tied the game at 74. on an incredible three-point shot less than five seconds to play. on the final possession of the play, chris jenkins nailed the championship winning three-pointer as time expired. >> that was a big shot. that's one i'll remember forever, especially to do it
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with this group of guys, this team, i'll remember it forever. >> we should remind you it's villanova's second national title. the first in 1985. thousands of studentsed inned flooded into the quads on the campus near philadelphia. some lighting small fires. at one line a line of mounted police came through in an attempt to disperse the crowd. what's up with the bonfires after big wins. >> they were excited. everything was calm for the most part. >> they need to burn the place down? why can't you hold your iphone up? >> the funny thing is in philadelphia, they expected the students to climb the pole. so yesterday crews spent the day greasing the light poles. >> you're kidding. is that true. >> true story. >> that's a good detail. >> our powerhouse station was reporting that. still some students made it up to the poles there. >> the villanova fans do have plenty to sbras as does anyone who picked the wildcats in their bracket poll.
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one girl in indiana picked nova. >> 17-year-old rebecca gentry picked all but three tournament games correctly. she had middle tennessee over michigan state. >> wow. >> and she hispaniced steven f. austin over west virginia. >> who picked them for anything. a woman. >> i just would like to remind all the men watching it was a woman. >> gentry says she's not a sports fan and only filled out her brackets as part of a class project. she also says she's unlikely to fill out a bracket for next year's tournament. >> miss gentry, come on down. you're the next host of sports with reena. >> there she is dancing all the way to the bank. jack, who won? >> congratulations to george in the back. >> george. >> he had villanova. >> we should have had a live cam on george. >> how much did he win? he didn't win because he can't bet. but george, congratulations. you win our accolades. >> i'm going to make sure george
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gets his money. i hope all of you foreclosed up into the pool. >> there's no pool. i don't know what you're talking about. >> coming up later in the mix, a look at how the most famous tar heel is reacting to the game's outcome. >> are you really not allowed to do a pool. >> i'm going back to being a fan. >> police on a high speed chase, the dangerous highway maneuvers and how it finally ended. >> and drug prices on rise. the new numbers this morning and why the most popular prescriptions keep going up. i'm rooting for sunni oswego next year. follow us on instagram, abcwnn for our behind the scenes pics. you're watching "world news now." hey there, heard the good news?
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impact video, a teenager faces serious charges after leading police in oregon on a high speed chase. the end of that chase captured on this video as the stolen ford skids across the interstate before heading into the opposite direction. the 15-year-old behind the wheel was finally arrested when he put his hand in the air and got out of the truck. well, questions of financial propriety are being raised here at home over the soaring costs of america's most popular prescription drugs that treat art right, cholesterol and asthma. >> new analysis finds major drug companies have more than doubled the price of four of the
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nation's top ten drugs. >> reporter: new data suggests martin cell little the bad boy of pharmaceuticals who boosted the cost of a drug by 5,000% isn't the only pharmaceutical executive now accuses after hiking prices. what do you say to your critics to people who say you're just being greedy. >> i think they have a fundamental misunderstanding of the way pharmaceutical companies operate. >> reporter: four of the nation's top ten drugs have increased more than 100% since 2011 based on a new reuters analysis. the price hikes show up across a variety of commonly used medicines, even nexium is up 54%. why? >> in. the united states, there is nothing to stop a drug company from picking any price they want. >> reporter: when reuters shared its findings with the eight companies that sell the top ten drugs, some of the companies explained they set prices to recoup investments in failed drugs, support new research and pay for clinical trials. many of those companies further defended their costs saying
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their medications help prevent much costlier hospitaldations. linsey davis, abc news, new york. that's interesting. >> coming up in our next half hour, an the hot button issue of cyberbull ying. what some kids are telling us they haven't been telling their parents what happens on their cell phones. >> coming up, a reality check for the grandparents. why choosing where you spend your golden years can make or break your plans for retirement. you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world
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climate and beautiful scenery to consider when it comes to choosing where you spend your golden years. abc's rebecca jarvis explains. >> reporter: debbie and john moore of arlington, texas, soon to be empty nesters hope to sell their home and move to greener pastures for retirement. >> our daughter is starting college in the fall. so always thought about going someplace close to the mountains. >> reporter: many couples, deciding when and where to move can be a challenge. >> we think it's really important people focus on their own priorities. is this new community going to offer me the things i want. >> reporter: experts say you need to consider many factors when choosing where to spend your golden years. most important, cost of living. since your income will decrease, you want a city that's affordable. look for places where the economy is growing and the unemployment rate is low. in case you want to pick up a part-time job on the side. access to quality health care facilities, and finally, a place that offers recreational
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we're going to start this mix" with the ncaa tournament. you remember years ago when michael jordan was put into the basketball hall of fame. there was a photo of him crying. > i remember this one. >> it has taken on a life of its own. of course, he went to the university of north carolina who got beaten last night by villanova. the internet took on that meme of that photo of michael jordan there sitting in the stands there be all weeping. here's another one. take a look. do you remember the young girl with the flute from last year crying over the loss? >> yeah. >> now it all came together. now michael jordan during the game, he was on his phone. this is what he was looking at, at himself weeping. >> oh, that is pretty funny into
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it was a thriller. >> no. >> but in all the wrong way. >> oh. >> look at that jheri curl. >> look at that. coming to america jerry curl curl right there. >> a guy can't cry without being turned into a meme? >> no, it's not socially acceptable. >> it's okay, jordan. you want to cry, you can cry anytime. we want to get next to a canadian couple who have an interesting way of presenting the sex of their new baby they're expecting. take a look at this. >> three, two, one. >> they're pink! >> it's a girl. nope, they didn't have balloons or put a photo on facebook. they did it through fire works. >> if it was blue, it would have been, if the they were blue, it would have been a boy. pink is for the girl. >> yes, exactly. >> kind of cool. that's a good way to announce it
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this morning on "world news now," chopper down. breaking details of a deadly helicopter crash in tennessee. five people on a sightseeing tour are dead. we'll have a full report just ahead. front-runners fret just ahead. in wisconsin, hillary clinton and donald trump hoping that the latest polls in wisconsin are wrong. the critical contest looking to be a major turning point for ted cruz and bernie sanders. >> new this half hour, inflight meltdown. >> a flight attendant pulls an emergency chute making a surprise exit. the strange moments startling passengers once the plane landed. and the memorable years playing out on the dance floor. who walked away last night with the highest score and who got the boot on "dancing with the stars." that's ahead in "the skinny." it's friday -- actually, it's tuesday, april 5th.
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>> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> somebody's looking forward to friday. >> friday. >> you are. >> i'm looking forward to cake by the news desk. >> we'll see. it will be -- >> is there going to be cake? >> we'll have some cake for you. reena is saying good-bye to us on friday. >> yeah. >> but lots to get to today. it's been a really, really busy day. of course, you have the ncaa. we have the elections. of course, we're going to start on a tragic end with that sight seeing tour over the great smoky mountains. >> the crash killed all five people on board. witnesses described the horrifying moments as the helicopter caught fire after impact. abc's diane macedo has the latest. good morning. >> reena and kendis, good morning. the faa will begin its investigation to what caused in deadly helicopter crash in tennessee's smoky mountains. the local police chief called it the worst helicopter crash he's seen but it's hardly the first to happen in this area. >> this morning investigators are searching for clues after what looked like a perfect day
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for flying ended in tragedy. time lapse video shows the crash of the tour helicopter. you can see clear blue skies, then suddenly a thick plume of black smoke emerging frees. first responders found no sign of life and barely any sign of the helicopter. >> there's not much left. the helicopter's pretty well consumed in the fire. >> reporter: hours later, crews were still at the screen battling the fire. >> the fire had gone all the way across the top of the mountain up there. the fire departments from around the county have been fighting that fire trying to get it under control. so it's right now it's a pretty smoky place. >> reporter: the owner of smoky mountain helicopters says the victims were on one of the company's sight seeing tours an activity popular with tourists but not always safe. in 1996, another company's helicopter crash landed in a pigeon forge field. six years before, a helicopter crashed into a nearby mountain leaving the pilot with critical injuries.
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>> what people need to understand when they sign up to go fly in these helicopters it's not the same thing as getting on an airliner to fly across the country. the safety record is not the same. >> reporter: that was aviation consultant steve ganyard. he advises people if you are going to take these tours be sure to get on a helicopter that's well maintained and flown by good pilots. as for today's crash, he says these were ideal weather conditions to fly which often points to mechanical failure. but of course, we'll have to wait to hear from the faa to know for sure what caused this crash. kendis? >> thank you. we're going to turn our focus to politics and voters heading to the polls in wisconsin poised to deliver a verdict that could reset the race for the white house. >> after a week of setbacks, donald trump is trailing ted cruz in the polls. a big loss today would greatly reduce his chances of clinching the nomination before the gop convention. so he brought out his wife to plead his case. >> no matter who you are, a man
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or a woman, he treats everyone equal. he's a fighter. and if you elect him to be your president, he will fight for you and for our country. >> well, ted cruz says voters are tuning trump out. meanwhile the one thing they do agree on is trying to pressure john kasich to drop out of the race. but kasich mocked trump and said polls show that he is the strongest candidate to beat hillary clinton in the general election. >> and speaking of hillary clinton, well, she's hoping to stop bernie sanders' winning streak as he mounts a tough fight in wisconsin. the clinton camp released a memo highlighting her overall lead in delegates. but a sanders advisor fired back making it clear he plans to stay in the race till the end. the democrats did however agree to a time and place for their next debate. they'll face off in brooklyn april 14th, just days ahead of the new york primary.
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now the cold temperatures gripping more than a dozen states. police say that the snowy weather was probably a factor in this head-on crash near rochester, new york. a passenger van crossed the center line and hit a car setting off a chain reaction. the driver of the first car was killed. sunday's 6.5 inches of snow shattered the record for that date. little league in michigan's upper peninsula is being delayed more than a foot of snow there. snow is not unknown in early april but this much is unusual. but no snow days for the kids. can you believe that? >> yeah. interesting. >> it's actually because school is actually off all week. >> that's why. good to know. so here's the deal. the national forecast, there's a mix of rain and snow in the upper midwest today. unseasonably cold there. in the northeast, there may be thunderstorms this evening from kansas to illinois. >> temperatures will only reach into the 40s near the great lakes, only the 30s and 40s in the ohio valley. highs in the 80s across the gulf coast and pushing for 90s in the southwest. and speaking of weather, we're getting our first look at a killer tornado that ripped through northern illinois a year
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ago. forecasters had said any tornados would miss this house. the homeowner wasn't that confident. but the house didn't have much of a basement. nowhere to hide. the man taking video survived. his wife did not. look at the power of mother nature there as you see that tornado barreling towards the house. insane. >> incredible. >> it was a textbook emergency procedure but there was no emergency. officials say a united airlines flight attendant deployed the evacuation chute after the jet reached the gate in houston and slid down it. it's not known why. all thee in the vid -- although in the video she appears quite calm as she collects her bag and walks away. plane had to be taken out of service so another could be installed. united says the attendant has been "removed from her flying duties." >> that's a relief. a milestone for workers in california and new york. the minimum wage in those states will eventually be $15 an hour.
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the governors of each state signed bills yesterday. hillary clinton joined new york's governor andrew cuomo during the bill signing. the increase will come gradually in both states. each in a slightly different way. the federal minimum wage by contrast is still at $7.25. well, in walmart's defense, both states do begin with m-a. >> okay. >> somehow a store in the baltimore area was selling t-shirts with the university of maryland logo but an outline of massachusetts. >> well, when this was first pointed out to walmart on twitter, a rep said the state maps look similar. >> that's true. they do. >> they do. >> don't even say that about maryland. and yeah. artistic license was used to accommodate the sports name nicknamed there the terps, of course. the twitterverse didn't buy it and walmart has now decided to take the shirts off sale. >> so apparently one of the walmart reps said that the states look kind of similar and
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then someone replied only when you're drunk. >> that's true. >> yeah, i agree, jack. first the terps lose miserably and then this. >> you guys are terps fans, huh? >> not really. coming up, speaking of terps and then some, march madness spills into april excitement. thousands of villanova students flooded their campus and the neighborhood after the wildcats snag add the men's college basketball championship. the buzzer beating shot straight ahead. >> and what teenagers aren't telling their parents, they're telling us about cyberbullying and what's really happening during those chats and texts on their cell phones. you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" weather, brought to you by lysol wipes. o you by lysol wipes. human coronavirus... hepati- >>c virus.
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>> length of the court. but archie. three seconds at midcourt. >> gives it to jenkins. for the championship! villanova. phenomenal. >> and just like that, march madness is over. and the villanova wildcats are the new champions of men's college basketball. they fought back last night from a five-point halftime deficit against north carolina. and with that buzzer-beating shot they claimed their school's second national championship. thousands of villanova students flooded their campus after the game. some small bonfires were lit. there were several injuries and at least three arrests. >> i want to show you some of the morning headlines here. this is a back page for the new york daily news. "holly shot." a reaction that many people had. and this paper, the philadelphia daily news in the meantime with
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the thrillanova reaction to it. absolutely amazing last eight seconds of basketball. >> they're calling it the best moment in basketball history. >> in college basketball history no doubt. it was absolutely unbelievable. >> all right. setting the stage. they're just the pre-show to the big show tonight, folks. women's basketball. going to be good. it's going to be good. carry on. >> thank you. >> while we're on this basketball tip, we should say that a new group of the game's best are heading to the hall of fame. shaquille o'neal, allen iverson, among those who will be enshrined in september. also in the class of 2016, yao ming who won championships in china before being an eight-time nba all-star. from the women's game, cheryl swoopes goes to the hall after winning multiple wnba titles and olympic gold medals, as well. the only reason i say that about
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tonight's game zillions because syracuse is not going to win. >> you never know. we love our cinderella stories in basketball. it ain't over till it's over. >> you should trademark that. >> thieves in the pittsburgh area managed to get away with about $1 million in jewels after an attack on two diamond merchants. surveillance video outside a convenience store shows four people, two of whom appear to be women running toward the victims' van, then running back in the opposite direction carrying suitcases. two thieves targeted the make a wish offices in san francisco over the weekend. surveillance video showing the robbers taking several items down a flight of stairs. the most valuable item stolen was a motorized scooter donated by hunter pence. it recently sold for $40,000 at an auction. >> switching gears now to a growing problem faced by million of teenagers, cyberbullying. >> many parents would be shocked to find out what their kids have not been telling them. t.j. holmes hears from one group
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of girls what really happens on their cell phones. >> reporter: school bullies don't have to corner their victims in the locker room anymore. >> do kids not give each other wedgies in the hall and behind the school? >> we never have one bully. it's everyone talking behind everyone else's back. >> reporter: like most kids their age, these 14 and 15-year-olds from san francisco love their smartphones. >> reporter: who is the worst out of the group? >> this group of teens agreed to tell us how some apps and social media can expose them to an online world of insults. >> reporter: how bad does it get? >> at my school, there was a lot of issues to the point where we had to talk to our entire graded. >> what kind of stuff do they say online and via social media that they wouldn't say to your face. >> physical appearance. >> she says she even quit one messaging app because of harassment. >> i got bullied on it within the first half an hour. and i deleted it the day after because i was crying. >> reporter: a negative comment or two is one thing.
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experts define cyberbullying when someone is hurtful repeatedly and deliberately. in recent years, several teen suicides have been linked to cyberbullying. experts caution it's almost never the sole factor in teen suicide. >> parents don't need to ride in like the cavalry and fix this problem. they do not want parents to solve the problem. they need the tools to solve the problem themselves. >> reporter: one tool is the new google chrome extension called reword. it acts as kind of a spell check for negative language letting the writer think twice about what they're about to send and gives them an opportunity to change it. teenagers are starting to take it upon themselves to police bullies. >> there's almost sympathy now for the bully. so you say what is causing you to do this that's not just you attacking the bully. you want to make it better in the long one run. >> t.j. holmes, abc news, new york. when we come back, who got top billing and who got the boot on last night's "dancing with the stars."
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>> can you guess which classic cartoon character is finally finally getting his own feature film? >> "the skinny" is up next. nally getting his own feature >> announcer: "world news now" continues after this from our
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♪ skinny, so skinny >> time now for "the skinny." and topping our headlines this morning, "dancing with the
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stars." >> lafferty night, and the dancers created routines inspired by the most memorable year of their lives. we start with our own ginger zee, picked 2013 the year she got engaged to her hubby ben aaron who shared her with her son newborn adrian. >> what an emotional moment. and doug flutie choked back tears picking last year when he lost both of his parents just within an hour of each other. waltzing in joy with partner karina smirnoff to "the rainbow connection." >> ufc fighter paige vanzant and mark ballas stepped inside a makeshift octagon for a paso doble complete with fake elbows and kicks and knees. >> and kim fields threw back to the late '70s fox trotting back into the "facts of life." >> interesting. >> she was on roller skates at one point. isn't it great? >> topping the leaderboard, nyle
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dimarco who, of course is deaf and his partner peta murgatroyd with 25 out of 30. >> and booted off the stage was actress mischa barton for not earning enough viewer votes. >> oh, well. >> it's hard. i would not be able to be up there. it takes a little bit of spunk because these aren't dancers. right? that's the whole point. we have to give them a little credit on that. >> it was a beautiful night there, as well. next to the classic cartoon character who is finally speeding his way onto the big screen. >> looney tunes speedy gonzales made his first appearance in 1955 and was voiced by legendary mel blanc. he's been off the air since 1999 over concerns about negative ethnic stereotypes. >> now plans are reportedly in the works at warner bros. to bring speedy to the big screen in his first feature film to be voiced by mexican filmmaker and actor eugenio derbez. >> i look forward to that. >> stay tuned. >> and also making their comeback, the 1990s boy band back street boys.
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back street's back. >> they're over and up. and now they're reportedly heading to las vegas for a trial run residency, joining the likes of britney spears and j.lo. >> also said to be in the works, new music and a new world tour. no date have been set for the vegas residency. but they're reportedly hoping to release a single toward the end of the year with the album and tour to follow. >> i'd actually go see them in vegas. >> i know you would. >> i know you would. such judgment. >> no judgment. just a statement of fact. >> thank you. speaking of britney spears, the pop star has reportedly put her thousand oaks california home on the market. >> she bought it the house just four years ago. it's now on the market for $8.9 million. it boasts five bedrooms, two offices, a game room, theater, outdoor entertaining spaces and of course, you've got to have a pool and a hot tub. >> the house is drop dead gorgeous and tastefully finished. if she sells it for the asking
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>> who is going to pay for the wall? >> reporter: at thing the "new york post" that as far as back as the 1980s, donald trump was considering a run. reagan or somebody brought him a letter and said you should run for president. >> there is no cease fire in the battle of trump versus trump. >> reporter: but she now says the couple's messy divorce made that impossible. as ivana told barbara walt areas, the woman who would eventually became the second mrs. trump approached her out of the blue. >> she said i'm marla and i love your husband. do you? >> yes, what did you say? >> get lost. i love my husband very much. >> she told walters she sued for half the company but settled for $14 million after discovering trump's balance sheet wasn't as big as she thought. >> is donald broke? >> you know, i don't think nobody really knows. >> ivana tells the post she and her ex have long since mended fences. we speak before and after the appearances and he asks me what i thought. >> it's not a surprise to me that he would rely on her.
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no one's known donald as well as ivana has and for as long as she's known him. she's perhaps his oldest dearest friend. >> she also says he's not a misogynist. i don't think he's a feminist. he loves women but not a feminist. >> i hate what's happening to our country. i am angry. >> she claims he's not anti-immigrant either. "as long as you come here legally, we need immigrants. who is going to vacuum our living rooms and clean up after us?" >> reporter: she had good things to say about the potential first lady. she told the post melania is going to adapt just fine. david wright, abc news, new york. >> very interesting. the wives are speaking especially when he's down significantly with women. >> the third mrs. trump was speaking out, as well. don't miss our updates on facebook at wnnfans.com. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades.
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making news in america this morning, presidential primary. voters in another key state head to the polls in just hours. how ted cruz could possibly win and derail trump's nomination. and melania trump now coming to her husband's defense. we're live with details. deadly accident. a group of tourists on a sightseeing chopper when it suddenly goes down in a fiery crash. the new safety concerns with these types of helicopters. high-speed drama racing down the highway. police in hot pursuit. the dramatic finish and the young driver under arrest. and super 'nova. a wild finish for the ncaa championship. >> cats win it all. cats win it all. >> yes, they do. the amazing buzzer beater and fans partying late into the early mornin

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