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of the participants from yesterday's marathon have definitely emerged as winners. >> three years after the marathon bombing survivors are setting their own records. john at water of our boston station has that story . >> reporter: mark was the first survivor to come down boylston street crossing the finish line with his hand cycle. >> i'm dealing with a shoulder injury from the bombing. >> reporter: mark's one of a number of survivors who three years after the bombings having overcome extraordinary obstacles. >> it was amazing. just the support. i did this for people that ran for me. for my son to know it can be done. >> reporter: for patrick downs, crossing the finish line was a milestone in a journey as he recovers after losing a leg. he went directly to his wife who is also a survivor. >> we know we have a lot of spirt on our side in the city because we responded with love and peace and goodness and good will.

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>> millions of voters head to the polls today in one of the most pivotal elections of the primary seen. >> new york is the fourth most populace states and one of the most diverse. that could be why it's so hard for the candidates to put their finger on the pulse of what are new york values. >> abc has the latest. >> god bless the great state of new york. >> reporter: it rarely gets this much attention. but this election season, new york is front and center. >> there is no place like new york city! >> reporter: after a competitive primary on both sides of the aisle, new york could solidify the front-runner's status or give the underdogs reason to keep going. trump, clinton and sanders all have ties to the state. >> i grew up in this community and i remember it very well. >> reporter: cruz had a lot of

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this morning on "world news now," it's primary day in new york. >> as voters head to the polls, the candidates make their cases to the delegate-rich empire state. overnight, donald trump's latest faux pas. an awkward slip of the tongue in front of a huge crowd. >> the fight over immigration hits the supreme court. the justices now only eight appear split. what this could mean for 11 million undocumented immigrants and their families. >> a gunman attempts to rob a bar but not so fast. this woman holding a baby guess berserk on the would be robber. of course, only after putting baby in the corner. did you file your taxes? because time is up. so why would this band be coming to play in front of your place if you haven't paid up yet? it's musical mortification on this tuesday it, april 19th.

>> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> that tax drumming story is one of my favorites. i don't want to give it away yet. good morning. i'm diane macedo. >> i'm ryan smith in for kendis gibson. >> we'll get right to it, beginning with one of the can biggest contests in the battle for the white house and the front runners counseling on a huge bounce in their home state of new york. >> donald trump's field director resigned saying it was time for new leadership. hillary clinton made eight stops across the state on the eve of the primary. it's your voice your vote. the latest from abc's megan hughes. >> cheers. >> to victory tomorrow. >> reporter: hillary clinton toasted with bubble tea. >> it is so good. >> reporter: and stopped by for ice cream. but what she was really looking for were votes. >> i am helping to do really, really well tomorrow hoping to wrap up the democratic

nomination. >> reporter: clinton holds a double digit lead over bernie sanders who addressed striking verizon work in other words manhattan. he drew a massive crowd of 28,000 in brooklyn over the weekend and packed another big rally monday. but if he loses new york by ten points, he will need to win 80% of the remaining delegates to clinch the nomination. donald trump is ready to romp on tuesday, polls show he could win new york with more than 50% of the vote. he campaigned in upstate buffalo monday night. >> we're going to get to that big 1237. >> reporter: he says he's not worried about competing with rival ted cruz for delegates. >> nobody has better toys than i do. i can put them in the best planes and bring them to the best resores anywhere in the world but it's a corrupt system. you're basically buying these people. >> reporter: out of the running in new york, tez ez cruz said his strategy to grab delegates innored by trump will win him victory at a contested convention. >> i believe donald's highest

total will be on the first ballot and he will go steadily down. >> reporter: for now, new york promises to be a welcome reset for both front runners. megan hughes, abc news, washington. >> more than 11,000 people turned out at a hockey arena in buff loy for tt's final rally before the primary. he tried to invoke the 9/11 attacks while praising new york values but he miss spoke. >> because i was down there and i watched our police and our firemen down at at world trade center on 7-eleven. >> trump kept talking apparently not realizing he mistakenly said 7-eleven instead of 9/11 and supporters didn't seem to mind. 200 additional u.s. troops mostly special forces are ped hadding to iraq to join the battle against isis. secretary of defense ash carter made the announcement during a stop in baghdad and for the first time in the fight against isis, eight apachech helicopters are also being sent to iraq. the arrival of the troops marks the first major increase in u.s. forces in nearly a year.

now to a bizarre incident at a u.s. base in turkey when two turkish nationalists tried to put a bag over a u.s. soldier's head. members of the turkish youth union posted the incident online claiming it was in retaliation for u.s. troops wrongly arresting members of the turkish military in 2003 and putting bags over their heads. that was viewed in turkey as a deliberate insult. >> israel vowing to quote settle the score with terrorists it says are responsible for a bus bombing in jerusalem. more than 20 people on board the bus were injured. two seriously. the incident has raised fears about a return to the deadly palestinian suicide bombings on buses a decade ago. hamas praised the bombing but didn't take responsibility for it. survivors still being pulled from the rubble of ecuador's massistic quake. the latest are three people rescued from a flattened shopping center trapped under the debris for nearly a day and a half. the death toll from saturday's

7.8 quake has climbed to more than 400. at least one killed was an american. now to a natural disaster in this country. the torrential rains in the south. at least fub people have drowned in the floods in and around houston and hundreds of homes are damaged. there have been nearly 900 rescueses from the floods watereds. roads are closed throughout south texas all but paralyzings the region which is under a flash flood watch through the night. we'll have much more from the region in our next half hour. the eight justices on the ream court appear evenly divided over president obama's plan to shield nearly 4 million people from deportation. if the court sflits with a 4-4 vote, that would leave the program in legal limbo. abc's jim avila has the latest from the court. >> reporter: immigration, the flashpoint dividing the nation. tonight, on the doorstep of the supreme court, in perhaps its biggest case of the term. texas leads 25 other states, claiming president obama has

gone too far with executive actions, granting millions of otherwise law-abiding undocumented immigrants the right to stay and work in the u.s. >> one person doesn't have the unilateral authority to change the law or make new law. >> reporter: texas admitted under tough questioning from supreme court justices that congress has not given the president enough money to deport all 11 million immigrants here illegally. so obama does have the legal right to make decisions about who gets to stay. with the death of justice scalia, the court now appears divided, 4-4, along conservative and liberal lines. because we don't have scalia, what does 4-4 mean? the government loses, if it's 4-4, right? >> if it's 4-4, the federal government loses. the lower court opinion, which found against the program stays in effect. >> reporter: that would be a big loss for president obama. his immigration policies and the court itself concerned about appearing partisan and ineffective. jim avila, abc news, at the

supreme court. also at the supreme court, google scored a victory. justices turned down an appeal to stop the company from scanning millions of books and making them searchable online. authors are said that the google books project was copyright infringement on an epic scale but google has said this gives readers a new way to find books and therefore, is good for authors. >> did you file your tax returns by last night's deadline? did you. >> i did. last minute but i got it in there. >> i got an extension in. >> procrastinater. >> if not, the irs will assess fines and penalties but notice indian city of bangalore, they have gone even further. >> this city literally drums up embarrassment for.cans that don't pay up. the bands stand outside of businesses that haven't paid their taxes to make sure everybody knows. the message seems to be working after getting a visit from one of these bands, businesses

usually take care of the tax bill immediately. >> it looks like kind of a celebration. i would maybe enjoy it. >> maybe for the other people in the neighborhood they might enjoy it. i'm not sure if you're the business about being called attention to. >> i know that bangalore is sort of the tech capital in the silicon valley of india. i would assume everybody would have gobs of money and pay up. >> they have a huge percentage of people suddenly paying up their taxes. so very effective. maybe we should try it. >> why not. >> maybe we just gave uncle sam an idea. >> there you go. everybody buy a drum. >> come up, the latest major music act to cancel their show in north carolina in protest. >> also ahead, the search for a murdered couple's alleged kill persons police unable to find the victims and pursuing the suspects in an all out manhunt. >> a woman showing no fear in the face of an armed robber. she puts a baby aside to let the gunman have it. the scene all caught on camera. >> and later.

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law. is the group called the law a despicable piece of legislation that encourages discrimination. meantime, efforts to pass a law in tennessee that would require students to use the restroom with the gender of their birth have put on hold. >> the governor of michigan has vowed to drink water from the city of flint for the next 30 days hoping to show residents the measures put in place following to the crisis have made the water safer. snyder has come under heavy fire tore not doing more to head off the crisis which started when the city began drawing water off the flint river in 2014. it switched back to using detroit water late october. >> a state run manhunt is intensifying for two brothers who police believe murdered a couple. >> both are suspected felons considered armed and dangerous. abc's kayna whitworth has the latest. >> reporter: authorities on a

desperate search for two brothers you be suspected of murdering a missing couple. the fugitives considered armed and dangerous. >> the public should absolutely be worried. >> reporter: the married couple patrick shunn and monique patenaude disappeared last monday. four days later, police finding their two vehicles dumped in the woods 15 miles from their home. authorities telling abc news unreleased surveillance video ties the suspects, john and tony reed, to the disposing of the victims' vehicles. >> based on evidence collected from the missing couple's vehicles, as well as evidence collected from the former john reed residence, detectives believe patrick and monique were murdered. >> reporter: the four had property disputes, according to police. family members saying in a statement, the couple had been married only four years. "wherever they are, they are together." this manhunt now entering its eighth day. police telling us they have no idea where the suspects are but they do believe they fled in their parents' vehicle. kayna whitworth, abc news, los angeles. so let's end this block with what is to become unone of the

more bizarre robbery attempts we have seen in a long time. just watch the picture. this happened in france, a guy walks in brandishing a pistol. you see what she did. >> he was carrying a bag. the woman in red is carrying a baby. she puts the baby down, brushes the guy off initially and boom. hits him with that bag. taking on that gunman directly. >> she will handed the child off to his mother so the baby is safe. but then other patrons start getting involved. you see one get in the act with a bar stool. someone throws a claire. the gunman does take off but arrested soon after. >> that guy in the background getting ready for action. >> i just love she's holding a baby. hey, man, let's calm down. just give me a second. let me hand the baby off to mom. now let's get down to business. i think i could watch this video over and over again. she swats him with a backpack it looks like. >> it's unbelievable. she thought it was a hoax.

this guy is throwing a chair randomly. she thought it was a hoax. going after the guy. unstoppable. >> i want her in my corner. that's all i know. >> i heard her name is mrs. rocky balboa. what's going on. >> coming up in the next half hour, switchup night on dancing with the stars. our own ginger zee sizzled to a sexy salsa on the dance floor. >> first, cool ideas for your summer vacation. the giz wiz dick debartolo will show us some of this year's hottest gadgets. yo

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this morning on "world news now," biblical flooding. the deadly flash floods trapping drivers and forcing residents to flee any way they can as the storm system threatens to dump even more rain on hard hit regions. the forecast just ahead. >> it's the moment of truth after what seems like a lifetime. lifetime of stumping in new york. the time has arrived for the voters to decide. how the candidates spent their last hours before the polls open on this crucial primary day. >> and new this half hour, one simple question. what was she thinking. >> it's hard to imagine there ever being a good reason to do this. jumping into a tiger exhibit at a zoo. find out the all-important region why doing this somehow made sense. >> and dance shuflting the deck on switchup night on "dancing with the stars." which dancers lost a bit of

their disney magic last week and which ones are enjoying a new resurgence. it's tuesday is, april 19th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now". >> good morning, i'm ryan smith. >> i'm diane macedo. thanks for watching "world news now." we'll start with our top story this morning. >> that's right. >> let's get right to it. the deadly flooding in houston and the surrounding counties are under a flood watch through the night. >> at least five people drowned. more than 900 have been rescued and the governor has declared a disaster in nine counties. abc's brandi hitt has more. >> the water is rushing by them right now. >> reporter: raging floodwaters in houston leading to one dramatic rescue after the next. >> oh. you all right? >> reporter: neighbors in this apartment complex carrying babies to safety. six small children pulled in a raft. others using an empty refrigerator. >> thank god we made it. >> they had water up to their chest. the rescue never came. >> reporter: the deadly flooding is the result of heavy rain.

downpours of nearly 20 inches in some parts. this live news report turning into yet another rescue. >> what should i do? >> swim. >> come here. >> thank you. >> reporter: a ktrk reporter diving in to help. >> i thought it was just a puddle. had i -- i had no idea i would go so deep. >> i'm asking all houstonians stay off the roads, stay at home. >> reporter: the devastation can be seen for miles. more than 1,000 homes flooded. cars swept off the roads. this horse also struggling but successfully making the long treacherous swim to higher ground. >> water rescues, there have been well over a thousand. >> reporter: that includes these two once stranded on that capsized boat now seen hugging when pulled from the water. brandi hitt, abc news, los angeles. who says monster trucks aren't useful. take a look at this water rescue west of dallas. helping a woman stranded by the swollen brazos river, the cab is eight feet off the ground.

>> but believe it or not, local officials were not pleased by this rescue. they say those hose are stuck should call 911 instead of a neighbor with a monster truck. if you have a neighbor with a monster truck -- >> go for it. >> for millions across the south, more rain is on the way. >> kreth's paul williams joins us with the forecast. >> unfortunately we have to add more insult to injury because this storm system is not moving away. it's pretty much staying put with waves of soaking rain. moisture is feeding off the gulf that's going to feed another frenzied day of scattered showers throughout oklahoma, arkansas, missouri and down towards the coastal rinl of texas. six more inches of rain will fall in some areas. when will this finally get out of here? as we go into thursday, the front will stretch through creating more scattered showers throughout jackson, up towards atlanta and nashville.

by the time friday rolls around, that's when it will leave us dry here but create more scattered showers along and up the east coast. >> ray: diane? >> thank you, paul. turning now to politics and today's much anticipated new york primary. bernie sanders made his final push for votes at a rally in queens last night. a new national poll has sanders and hillary clinton neck and neck. in the delegate rich new york, he's trailing her by double digits. if sanders loses the state by ten points, he will need to win 80% of the remaining delegates to clinch the nomination. while sanders went for the big crowds, clinton kept it more low key, drinking bubble tea and eating ice cream. she made eight stops in all wrapping up the day with bill clinton. secretary clinton said she was hoping to win new york and wrap up the democratic nomination. >> to the republicans, ted cruz is already focusing on pennsylvania with donald trump far ahead in the new york polls. as trump spoke to thousands of

supporters in buffalo last night, protesters tried to disrupt his speech but were carried out by police after locking arms on the floor. six people were arrested. abc's tom llamas has more from the campaign trail. >> reporter: donald trump with a simple message for new york. what do you want to tell new yorkers today? >> go out and vote. more importantly than anything else, tom. >> reporter: the gop front-runner hoping for a landslide win, playing up his local roots at every turn. >> i love being with you people. the same accent. i have that same beautiful little twang as you do. >> reporter: but as trump crisscrosses new york, senator ted cruz crisscrossing the country, sweeping up more delegates saturday in wyoming. on "gma," cruz insisting his hard work will pay off at the convention. >> you can't get the nomination without earning a majority of the delegates elected by the people. and i believe donald's highest total will be on that first ballot and he will go steadily down. >> reporter: trump dismissing cruz's victories, tweeting "lyin' ted cruz can't win with

the voters, so he has to sell himself to the bosses." the billionaire even envisioning how he would woo delegates. >> nobody has better toys than i do. i can put them in the best planes and bring them to the best resorts anywhere in the world. but it's a corrupt system. you're basically buying these people. >> reporter: but i asked trump if he's only complaining because cruz is outfoxing him. is he the real deal-maker right now behind the scenes? >> no, i'm leading by millions of votes and by 200 delegates. no, we're doing really well. >> reporter: now, donald trump has said he does not want violence at the convention in july, but he also says the rnc has to "straighten out the system" because people want their votes to count insinuating things could get ugly at the convention in cleveland. tom llamas, abc news, new york. >> the nfl's billion dollar concussion settlement with thousands of former players has been upheld by a court in philadelphia. the settlement in which the league admits no fault covers more than 20,000 players for the next 65 years. if there are no further appeals, former players already diagnosed with brain injuries linked to

repeated concussions could begin receiving benefits within the next few months. >> among the thousands of finishers in the boston you marathon, two survivors of the bombing at the race were there. patrick downs completed the race yesterday in just under six hours met at the finish line by his wife who lost both legs in the bombing. adrian haslett who also lost her left leg paused briefly before stepping across the finish line. she spent nearly ten hours on the course. president obama tweeted his congratulations saying thank you, adrian, for being boston strong. >> incredible courage. the golden state warriors had to get by last night without superstar steph curry who sat out their playoff game against houston. curry tried to warm up but the pain in his right ankle was apparently too much. the defending champs had to work a little harder than usual but in the end, they had enough to beat the rockets in the ends. 115-106. they hope to have curry back for

game three on thursday night. we all know sporting events don't happen without lots of help from people selling beer, ground crew keepers and, of course, the ball boys. let's hear it for the ball boys. >> let's give special recognition to a kid who made a grab on sunday's oakland a's game. boom. he leapt up, made the catch. he looked cool doing it, as well. >> he did indeed. >> that is good stuff. >> now, i hate to do this one but we have one to show you now. by contrast, here's a ball boy who didn't look too cool. he's at a tennis tournament in spain. he runs back to his place. ouch, he runs face first right into the wall. he then turns around, the player checks to see if everything's okay. the ball boy maintains his composure as if to say nothing to see here. nobody saw it. >> why are we laughing at a kid. i feel terrible. why am i still laughing? >> i do admire how he just bounces right off the wall and just stands there like i'm totally fine. nobody saw that.

>> he's in pain. everything's okay. >> the wall's cushioned. i'd like to think he's just fine. >> i don't know. maybe he broke his nose. i don't know. >> i think he was just fine. we wouldn't be laughing at him if he broke his nose. >> we're laughing with you, not at you. >> coming up in "the skinny," a stunning admission from chris brown. years, oh, by the way, years after he assaulted his then girlfriend rihanna what he's now saying in his upcoming documentary. >> it was one of the countries's most sensational murder sprees. nearly 47 years later, it's now back in the headlines. you're watching "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" weather, brought to you by perillo tours. weather, brought to you by perillo tours. your heart loves omega-3s.

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look at this. the toronto zoo says it's investigating after a woman climbed into its tiger enclosure to get a hat. the video shows the woman lower herself into the enclosure and pick something up off the ground. the tiger then lunges at her but is still behind a second fence. meanwhile, you hear the crowd in complete disbelief. one man you can see there even yells at her calling her a moron. the zoo is urging anyone who drops something in an enclosure to tell the staff. they can get it for you safely. and it was nearly 47 years ago that the charles manson murder spree stunned the world. now one of the women convicted in that rampage is being recommended for parole. >> it's sparking sharp reaction from family members of the victims including the sister of hollywood actress sharon tate. here's abc's david wright. ♪ who cares if love >> reporter: she was called the next marilyn monroe. >> sharon tate as jennifer. >> sharon had tate, a rising hollywood star in the $1960s,

her potential unlimited. >> i can't see myself doing shakespeare or anything like that. i would love light comedy. >> reporter: sharon tate's life off screen was just as glamorous. married to oscar winning director roman polanski. she was 8 1/2 months pregnant with their son in the late summer of 1969. but on august 9th, the unthinkable happened. inside this house, the 26-year-old actress and four others were brutally murdered by four followers of charles manson. one of the killers patricia krenwinkel serving life in prison, spoke with diane sawyer in 1994. >> charlie came up and asked everybody how it went. like that was the first time i looked at him and i said, charlie, they were so young. >> reporter: the very next day wealthy grocer lean row la bianca and his wife rosemary also murdered by members of the so-called manson family.

leslie van houten seen here smiling with the x carved in her forehead, the youngest woman ever to be condemned to death in california. the sentence later commuted to life in prison. on thursday, 46 years after the murders, a california parole board finally approved her release after denying parole 19 times. >> i can never say we'll never be willing to accept the fact that these people cannot influence the actions of others. >> reporter: sharon tate's sister deborah, the last in the family line that has consistently worked to keep manson's followers in prison, calls van houten's pending release an injustice. david wright, abc news, new york. well, you know, deborah has been to every single parole board hearing for all the manson folks who have been up on parole. and of that young woman van houten, she's not getting out immediately.

that decision gets put to administrative review and governor jerry brown has the final say. >> he does have the final say. i can't imagine what it's like for the families of these victims to have to go through this. almost like reliving it all over again. >> and she is really fighting to shake sure they are held accountable and i mean, how difficult is that to think all these years later someone involved in this is getting out. we'll see what happens. >> when we come back, remembering one of the hardest working actresses in hollywood. >> and switchup night shuffles the deck on "dancing with the stars." "the skinny" next. >> announcer:

♪ skinny, so skinny >> the drum. i like it. you got the style right there. >> it's time for "the skinny." topping our headlines this morning, remembering a television legend. >> emmy winning actress doris roberts who played the meddling mother-in-law marie barone on "everybody loves raymond" has died at the age of 90. her career spanned six decades, most recently in that famous show. but her television career really started taking off in the '70s. >> what's wrong? >> nothing. what do you mean? >> i sense tension and anger. >> maybe you're picking up your own scent. >> oh. >> she was so great on that show. a spokeswoman says roberts died

sunday night in her sleep. she's being very fondly remembered by her co-stars. ray oman know said she had a spirit that amazed me and patricia heaton called her passing the end of an era. >> next to switchup night on "dancing with the stars." what a night it was. >> maks chmerkovskiy returned to the ballroom as a guest judge. as nyle dimarco and sharna burgess spun a viennese waltz into first place last night with a final score of 37 out of 40. >> coming in a close second, our own ginger zee who i'm predicting to win, by the way. she kicked up her high heels and energy and serious sexy salsa with mark ballas. despite her nearly flawless performance at times upside down, they scored only an eight. eight for the final tally 32 out of 40? come on, guys. >> >> voted as most improved kim fields and the facts of life star glided across the dance

floor with a newfound grace earning a score of 28 out of 40. most improved. >> and ranked the worst of the night antonio brown and karina smirnoff. not only did their mediocre cha-cha, it looked good to me. they say the cha-cha lacked chemistry and the judges were less impressed with his blase attitude. >> there were no eliminations last night. i saw that performance and i thought, granted, i don't know what the technical moves are supposed to be. that was the biggest criticism. but he put on a good show. the judges did say he has a certain quality about him. he's a good performer and needs to work on the technicalities. >> he looks like he's got a pretty good attitude. >> i don't know. >> that's blase, i mean -- oh, wait. we just heard he was showing up late to rehearsals. >> he opened the number with a front flip off the trampoline. >> that's blase. >> one of his teammates said his punctuality is not a strong suit. but when he shows up, he's ready to work. >> boom.

>> you talk about practice? what? turning now to a stunning admission from chris brown. >> it's been seven years since he assaulted his then girlfriend rihanna. but he's now speaking out about it. the rapper tweeted out a trailer to his forthcoming documentary "welcome to my life." in it, is he admits he felt so badded about hurting rihanna he went on a drug binge and even thought about committing suicide saying he felt like a monster. >> since then he's turned things around. he's got a release date for his documentary but it has not been announced yet. >> the big news for broadway about the hit "hamilton." the musical. >> it's amazing about the founding father alexander hamilton has won then year's pulitzer prize for drama. lin-manuel miranda said in a statement the win is beyond his wildest dreams. miranda's debut music cal in the heights was recognized as a finalist for the prize in 2009. "hamilton" is now the ninth. musical in the pulitzer's history to win the award after

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♪ skinny, so skinny >> we did try. we tried to go through that as fast as we could. but it was too much skinny for just one segment. so we have a bonus round for you. starting with a health scare for actor joe manganiello. >> the 39-year-old "magic mike" star was forced to pull out of a charity event with his wife sophia vergara, according to tmz because he had a case of severe appendicitis. tmz called the surgery extremely serious. manganiello's appendix actually burst. >> a source tells us weekly he is expected to make a full recovery. that can be very, very dangerous. >> my goodness. okay. how much would you pay to kiss ricky martin? how much? >> apparently, the going rate, want to know? $90,000. that's how much this fan paid

for a smooch and a half with the 44-year-old singer. she placed the highest bid at an auction to raise money for an aids charity in sao paulo, brazil. >> four seconds. that's about $22,500 a second she should have taken a little longer. she's a dog breeder who owns a pet resort and martin who is dating a male artist recently told a mexican magazine he knows he's attractive to both men and women and every living creature on earth but he doesn't believe in sexual labels. >> ricky doesn't discriminate. he's got enough love to go around. >> many people and things around the world are attracted to him. >> attracted to ricky martin. what are you going to do? the man's a magnet. finally, watch out angelina jolie. you have a doppelganger out there. she might be giving you a run for your money. >> the 21-year-old mara teigen, no relation to super model chrissy teigen, by the way, is causing a sensation after

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making news in america this morning, historic flooding. neighborhoods underwater. more than a thousand rescues including one by a reporter covering the floods. the water so high, one neighbor called in a monster truck, even horses needed saving and the rain is still falling. we're tracking it all. primary day, polls opening in just hours in new york. a state and the two front-runners call home. delegates sweep, possibly giving donald trump a clear path to the nomination. we're live on this pivotal day for the presidential election. a woman climbs into a tiger enclosure, the big cat paces back and forth. hear why the woman says she did it. a ball boy's stumble into a wall going viral this morning.