making news in america this morning, overnight, donald trump harshly criticizing the party he's hoping to lead into november elections. republican leaders firing back saying, give me a break. all that while hillary clinton picks up some new support ahead of next week's crucial contest. then north carolina's governor vows to pressure as the controversy over his state's new lgbt law rages but critics say the changes don't go far enough. look out below. too much rain takes down a school's roof. damage across the south this morning and more stormy weather on the way. and tonight marks the end of an era in the nba as kobe bryant's legendary career comes to an end. some special words and deeds ahead of tonight's finale in los angeles.

it'll be a big day in the nba, indeed. it it is a big day, of course, in politics. we're going to start with the race for the white house and donald trump who is doubling down on his rant over the nominating process. >> flanked by his family he said the rules are stacked against him by the republican establishment. trump and hillary clinton are still leading their rivals by far in the latest polls but ted cruz is firing back hard. abc's lana zak joins us with the latest. good morning, lana. >> reporter: good morning, diane. good morning, kendis. yesterday we were talking about how trump's children missed some important deadlines enabling them to register to vote for their father and now it seems that the trump campaign has missed some important deadlines as well. this could even cost him the nomination. donald trump's criticism of his own party is intensifying. >> this is a dirty trick and i'll tell you why. the rnc, the republican national committee, they should be ashamed of themselves for

allowing this kind of crap to happen. >> reporter: the trump campaign missing important deadlines in multiple states to lock up delegates beyond the first ballot. gop chairman reince priebus tweeting those rules were set more than a year ago and give us all a break. with all the talk of a contested convention one person not throwing his name in the ring, paul ryan. >> count me out. >> reporter: but cruz is hoping to take advantage of it. >> donald needs to stop threatening the voters and the delegates. he is not a mobster. >> reporter: on the democratic side hillary clinton won the endorsement of "the new york daily news" today and says she's ready to take on trump and sanders and she's ready to take on the gender wage gap too. >> the last time i checked, there's no discount for being a woman. groceries don't cost us less. rent doesn't cost us less. so why should we be paid less? >> reporter: but bernie sanders invoking roosevelt in new york said he would take on wages

across the board. >> the american people as a right were entitled to a decent job at decent pay. >> reporter: clinton holds a double-digit lead over bernie sanders and donald trump is expected to win big in the empire state, still, kendis and diane, he faces an uphill battle come cleveland. >> abc's lana zak in washington, thanks. as for trump he made a rare appearance on cnn with his entire family, almost his entire family seeming to show a softer side. his wife and four adult children praised him as a great father, husband as well as role model and daughter ivanka explained why she and her brother won't get to vote for their dad in the primary. >> new york has one of the most onerous roles in terms of registration and it required us to register a long time ago, almost close to a year ago. and we didn't do that. we found out about it sort of afterwards. >> reporter: when asked about her dad being more properly at

times she advises him to withhold some of his fire. the governor of this can income is trying to walk back from a law that's the most anti-lgbt rule in the country they call it. despite the governor's executive action the most controversial part of the law is still in effect. here's abc's elizabeth hur. >> reporter: the people of north carolina are entitled to privacy and equality on the bathroom bill. pat mccrory issuing an executive order rolling back portions of the controversial law. >> the private sector can make its own policy with regard to rest rooms, locker rooms and/or shower facilities. this is not a government decision. >> reporter: but people using facilities in government buildings and schools will still have to use the bathroom according to the gender on their birth certificate. >> i know these actions will not totally satisfy everyone. >> reporter: the change comes

after more than 80 businesses asked for the law to be repealed. paypal pulled 400 jobs and a $3.6 million project and bruce springsteen canceled a weekend concert in protest. singer bryan adams canceled a concert in mississippi over a similar situation there. >> somehow we seem focused on passing a bill that will kill our economy. >> reporter: that lou allows public and private businesses to refuse service on religious grounds s ts to gay and transg people. >> all we're trying to do is a that people of faith have some protection from an overbearing government. >> reporter: the governor defending the law but a group of lawmakers are now introducing a bill to have it repealed. for now, this new law in mississippi is set to go into effect july 1th. diane and kendis. >> our thanks to elizabeth there. now to the aftermath of severe storms in the south. large hail especially in

northern texas broke windows and windshields and damaged roofs. the storm struck an area that had just about recovered from severe weather last month. now residents have to make repairs once again. look at the radar. the southeast is in for another day of unsettled weather. there will be heavy rain and sometimes thunderstorms today. flooding is possible with some gulf coast states getting two to three inches of rain. nearly 40,000 verizon workers are set to go on strike today that could interrupt service for customers from massachusetts to virginia making it eventualally one of the largest strikes in their history. officials with the company say it's thousands of temporary workers have been trained. >> we're learning new details about how the fbi got into the san bernardino shooter's iphone. sources tell "the washington post" the bureau paid professional hackers. they found a flaw in the phone's software and created a device to find the four-digit password that unlocked the phone. now the fbi is considering

whether to share the technology with apple. britain's young royals are on safari. the latest top in their tour of india and bhutan. >> it shows them in the wilderness of northeast india. they're touring a national park to raise awareness about endangered animals especially rhinos. now, later the prince is expected to sample one of the world's hottest peppers and he does admit he's not a fan of spicy food. >> maybe one of the few times you don't envy the prince. >> yeah, there's no wonder why the princess or duchess is not sampling -- >> sitting this one out. >> understandable. coming up though, facebook's move to keep you from having to call a company and be put on hold. >> plus, caught on camera. a driver putting her training to work to save the life of a young boy on her bus. >> and a couple making out at the bar so into each other they had no idea about the life-threatening situation going on right in front of them.

this is a dramatic scene unfolding on a school bus in oklahoma. the driver rushes to help a child who is choking after he swallowed a penny. you can see the 5-year-old gasping for air before the driver performed the heimlich dislodging it on the third try. she was trained to do the heimlich but the first time in 17 years she's had to perform it. governmenters may be available to get government incentives to help fight the zika virus. it's covered under a voucher program and it comes as congressional republicans and the administration spar over how much money to allocate to the fight against the virus.

a medical miracle in texas. doctors have successfully separated two sisters who were joined below the waist. the operation on the 10-month-old girls took about 15 hours. surgeons at the hospital in corpus christi say they're optimistic about their future and will require additional operations including one which may take place later today. a new feature on your facebook messenger. it's making easier to contact businesses and vice versa. instead of a different app for each company you can just use one to place an order or ask a question. >> we think that you should just be able to message a business in the same way you message a friend. you should get a quick response and it shouldn't take your full attention like a phone call would and you shouldn't have to install a new app. >> still you won't be chatting on facebook messenger with a real person but a chatbot, artificial intelligence. more than two dozen companies are on board including our parent company disney. in other news that involves

disney it's being called the return of the trilogy, the first three "star wars" films back in theater starting in august. >> it will be offered in more than 20 cities sometime in back-to-back showings but purists beware these are not the original theater versions, the 1997 editions. >> which had a few changes near the ending. when co-come back the new outrage over the affluenza teen. not affluent enough to cover some becames. some students are in need of a place to attend class because of too much rain. stick around. if you have moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis like me, and you're talking to your rheumatologist about a biologic... this is humira. this is humira helping to relieve my pain and protect my joints from further damage. this is humira giving me new perspective. doctors have been prescribing humira for ten years. humira works for many adults.

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look carefully at this too much heavy rain being blamed for that, the collapse of a roof of a prep school. this is in jackson, mississippi. you see here on surveillance cameras the deluge flooding the halls. no one injured but there is more rain in that area and a flood warning for tomorrow, as well. a look at morning road condition, another slippery commute ahead in the south and across georgia and northern florida and along much of the gulf coast and slick hilg highn the pacific northwest. >> airport delays likely in new orleans and houston. a new twist in the death of will smith. >> new orleans police say they found a fully loaded gun inside his vehicle however there is no evidence it had been fired.

smith and his wife were shot in a road rage incident over the weekend. surveillance video obtained by abc news appears to show smith's suv bumping the alleged shooter's hummer. louisiana law allows someone to claim self-defense if they feel threatened. the so-called affluenza teen is due to make his first appearance in adult court today. ethan couch turned 19 so his case moved out of the juvenile system in 2013 he killed four people in a drunk driving crash after the defense argued his affluent upbringing was to blame. he was given probation but violated that and new details about his court ordered rehab treatment in 2014. turns out taxpayers covered most of the $200,000 bill because his parents couldn't afford it. and in chicago a task force is recommending that the police department acknowledge a history of racism. it also calls for overhaul the handling of excessive force complaints. it was formed after video released showing a white police officer shooting a 17-year-old

laquan mcdonald who was black. to this interesting story out of the west, ann rogers was go to visit her grandchildren when she became lost in the arizona wilderness. it began on march 31st. she ran out of gas for nine long days. the 72-year-old rogers and her dog survived by drinking pond water and eating berries, as well as other plants. rescuers even located her car and but no rogers. then they spot a signal. >> there was no cell phone communication, no people coming by. i wrote help with sticks and rocks. i need food badly. when they landed i was sitting there sobbing and the officer came over and just held me while i sobbed and let me know that my dog was safe too. >> good news all around there. authorities say her family didn't realize rodgers was missing. she was suffering from exposure but treated and the hospital and reese leased. sometimes nothinga bar in m

drawn. yet the couple continues to make out. >> the pda goes on and on even as other patrons put their hands up. they only come up for air when the suspects take off and the bartender hits the alarm. police are still searching for the robbers. >> yeah, they're still kind of making out at the bar right now. time now for sports and the goldened state warriors attempt to make history trying to win a 73rd game of the season. >> some cold baseball players, details from espn. >> good morning. it's "sportscenter" from los angeles. neil everett. stan verrett talking baseball. >> noah syndergaard as better hair than me. look at that head of hair. it's the mets and the marlins and listen, the mets pitching hasn't been that bad. the mets have been back because they can't hit.

jose fernandez no slouch himself but this is martin prado scoring d. gordon. gordon reached on 16 pitch at bat and proved to be the winner. 2-1. orioles and red sox. david ortiz, they gave away chains commemorating his 500 career home runs. he's got 506 now after that one. third this season. >> new chains. >> but j.j. hardy was the man. he did ortiz one better. he put two over the wall in right field at fenway park and the orioles continue rolling. they roughed up clay buchholz and baltimore is now 7-0. the only unbeaten team left in the major leagues. >> yeah, just a reminder wednesday, "sportscenter," pretty much just lock in it all day. okay, because the whole team is bringing it.

>> back to you. >> thank you. >> so we don't deal with high school lacrosse but had to show you this. it happened at a guy in ohio monday. >> the goalie from the team in white has a ball. he gets in some trouble and launches it downfield 75 yards later, it flies into the other team's goal. the goalie's reaction there is absolutely priceless. his team losing by eight goals. >> i used to play lacrosse goalie. tried to score once, didn't work out. >> how did it go. >> did not work out. up next in "the pulse," kobe bryant, a special night for him. the work of an italian master found more than a century but where was it? "the pulse" is next. ♪ (toilet flush) if you need an opioid to manage your chronic pain, you may be sooo constipated it feels like everyone can go ...except you. opioid-induced constipation,

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♪ time for "the pulse" and we start with the end of an nba era tonight for the final game for kobe bryant. he leaves the game with five championship rings. >> not bad. now mike's new tribute to the black mumbo features some very familiar faces. look. >> he's always trying to take your heart out and got to be ready for it. >> you relish being vilified by fans of the other team. >> and the lakers tweeted this picture and numbers 8 and 24 will be part of the floor for tonight's game. he wore both during his career. >> interesting. so we've all witnessed rapid-fire twitter rants thanks to the likes of course of donald trump and who can forget kanye but we found one guy who's not quite as active when it comes to updating his feed. >> just a little off after posting his first tweet informing the world he was going to sleep marcus lepage took seven years to fire off tweet number two. apparently stunned that he had slept in. and we have no idea why marcus

had been hibernating since 2009. >> but now he's moving to lightning fast posting his third tweet overnight. wow, going back to sleep. >> i got to friend that guy. when it rains it pours for a family in southern france. they went up to the attic to fix a leak in the roof and behind a locked door they found a painting covered in dust. now, the house dates back to the 17th century. turns out so does the painting. >> pretty cool believed to be a work by the italian master cavaggio and was probably forgotten in that attic for 150 years. if genuine this one is worth $135 million, enough to pay for a new roof and then some. >> i got to clean up the attic, i think. >> maybe find a carvaggio inside. >> crossing fingers. more news coming up after this.

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>> ♪ >> hello. good morning. it is 4:27. it is wednesday. i'm matt o'donnell. verizon workers are expected to strike at 6:00 a.m. they have worked eight months without a contract. they're focusing on the issues preventing a deal and the potential impact on verizon service in a live report. new details just in on the carjack of a 77-year-old woman from mercer county. and it's the end of a basketball era for lower merion star kobe bryant. today is his last game in the nba. plus a cold start to the day. it gets better. we'll have the accuweather first look at traffic next. blan

in you next post-anesthesia haze when all of a sudden an alert comes across the radio. >> state and local officials have propertied case of high fever, nausea, death and even can nallism. >> a call from mom confirms the news. >> get home right now. >> don't move. >> what? cannibals. zombies? >> reporter: no, it's not a scene out of "the walking dead." it is a prank pulled off by her brothers, they say, who posted the hoax online. >> the video quickly going viral with more than 4 million youtube views and counting. you can see here millicent's brothers begin mock preparing for the worst throwing garden

equipment and other weapons into the backseat. >> kevin, a garden hoe isn't what we want. we have guns. why are you putting garden equipment in the car. what is this supposed to do for me. give me a knife. >> reporter: watch as she's forced to make tough digs. >> we can only take one pet. which pet, the cat or the dog. >> the cat, you idiot. >> reporter: this he talked about going to mexico, when asked about her spanish. >> i can say pants. >> after thoroughly freaking her out they gently bring the hoax to the and. >> there's no zombie apocalypse. >> oh. >> dan harris, abc news, new york. >> that poor dog. >> i can't believe mom was in on it too. >> that's cruel. >> i don't want to hang out with that family. that's what's making news in that family. >> stick around for "good morning america." have a great wednesday.

>> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning it's 4:30 right now on this wednesday april 13. >> we're following a developing story. thousands of local verizon workers are set to strike this morning. >> philadelphia police are looking for the carjacker who shot a man who was just waiting for his son. >> a woman claims a neighbor wrote a hateful note about her son leading her to raise awareness about autism. >> dave murphy is off. let's head over to meteorologist karen rogers. she's got a look at weather. >> i want to show you some of