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surprised the surfers on board that boat. one witness called it a complete yard sale. we have no idea what that means exactly. but we can tell you no one was hurt in this incident. >> everything was all over the place. >> i wonder if they would have been okay if they'd been on their surfboards rather than in the boat. >> they would have been fine. >> lesson learned. here at home there are some deepening concerns about the spread of the zika virus. here in the u.s., 426 cases of zika infections are now confirmed across 43 states and d.c. all of them traced back to travel to infected zones. >> but with summer coming there's a new worry. here's abc's steve osunsami. >> reporter: the cases keep piling up. americans returning home from overseas infected with the zika virus. the latest, a pregnant woman in connecticut. health officials are admitting that cities and families are not going to be able to spray away the bugs that carry the disease. unlike most mosquitos that are effectively controlled with insecticides, scientists say the bugs that can carry zika are harder to kill. they're not just outside.
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remember google glass? those glasses that also had a computer in them. >> yeah. >> they were supposed to revolutionize our world. >> it was supposed to be huge. it didn't quite work out that way. >> not exactly. >> no. but here's what else google didn't plan on. a hot new interest in google glass by doctors.
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jonathan bloom from our san francisco station with the story. >> reporter: doctors in white lab coats crowded around this ambulance where a patient some thought was dead is very much alive. that patient is google glass. >> the new version of google glass, 2.0, that is much improved across many different features. >> reporter: you can't buy the new version of glass except through a company like crowd optic. >> over there, google. >> reporter: two years ago they put glass on the indiana pacers players and cheerleaders. and last year they did this dramatization on this conference on stroke surgery. 000 -- >> i'm seeing the view that you are seeing on the screen. >> reporter: crowd optic has outfitted this ambulance to stream video back to the hospital from google glass and two other cameras all at the same time. >> kind of give you both sides of it. you have the shaky thing that you can really get in there and see what the person is seeing but you also can see the more wide angle view. >> take a look right at my nose here. >> reporter: it's built to diagnose a stroke. >> it puts a physician's eyes in the head of the paramedic. >> reporter: a neurologist can talk paramedics through the physical exam to diagnose patients on the way to the
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♪ slither. okay. so it is the hottest ticket in new york city, and it's made broadway history, scoring more than a dozen tony nominations. >> and it's pretty much impossible to get tickets to "hamilton." but now there's a new way to be in the show, not just at the show. here's abc's gio benitez. >> reporter: the casting call transformed broadway into "american idol." ♪ isn't she lovely this college student auditioning for hamilton in front of us. every night those theater seats are filled and just take a look at this line. that audition room is going to
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be filled too. we're talking about more than 1,000 people waiting in line, some since way before sunrise. and they're coming from all over. this woman moving from france in part because of "hamilton." ♪ learn to love again what do you think it is about "hamilton" that has so many people standing out here in the rain wanting to be a part of it? >> it's hip-hop being taken seriously as an art form. ♪ i am not throwing away my shot ♪ >> reporter: the show isn't just breaking records with those 16 tony nominations. it's raking in half a million bucks in profit every week. the show is sold out through january. it's the impossible ticket to score. ♪ not throwing away my shot so even long shots know they have a better chance at getting a part than a seat. gio benitez, abc news, new york. >> i have "school of rock" if that category for winning best musical. i think they have a shot. >> what are you -- why is that funny? "school of rock" was a great
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show. >> i'm sure. but against "hamilton"? how about the glaring omission? your besties. >> on your feet. nothing for "on your feet"? the gloria estefan show? something is wrong. because i have to tell you, that show was fun. there was talent. the music, duh, obviously fantastic. and anna villafan, i hope i'm saying her name right, the woman who plays gloria estefan-s a dead ringer. i've never seen a performance like that. >> and i should point out you're not biased at all but you're one of 759 people that gloria estefan follows on twitter. >> because i love her and she loves me back. >> she does. >> but that has nothing to do with why i love the show so much. it was great. and i protest. >> i understand. i can claim taye diggs as one of the people that's following. >> 500,000 people? you're special, though. you're the one. >> i can lift that hammer. i'm going to r th
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this morning on "world news now" a major turning point in the race for the white house. >> ted cruz is suspending his campaign after a crushing loss in indiana. hear the fallout from his departure and the huge victory for bernie sanders surprising hillary clinton. we're live in indiana. an american soldier killed in the fight against isis. new details about the navy s.e.a.l. and john kerry issuing a warning to syria's president. the latest on the war-torn region. a new study shows personal finance is becoming one of the toughest challenges for young adults. so how can students and parents prepare before the real world sets in? we talk to the experts. let's call it weeping rewards. the airline that surprised its passengers with major discounts for enduring some unruly infants on board. could it be a new trend? offering free flying for putting
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up with crying. we're going to investigate in "the mix" on this wednesday may the 4th. >> announcer: from abc news this is "world news now." good morning. i'm diane macedo. >> and i'm kendis gibson. may we be the first and hopefully the last to say may the 4th be with you. >> may the 4th be with you. >> every year we look forward to that. >> we do. >> yes. >> that as well as on april 30th saying it's going to be may. >> we missed that one this year. >> we did. because it was on a sunday. but man, it's been a bruising, literally bruising and physically bruising campaign. >> tough day for the cruz family today. >> did you see this video? so after ted cruz bounced out of the race, he then kind of accidentally hits his wife in the face twice. >> it was hard to watch, particularly for his wife, because she got hit twice. >> she got hit twice. but it really gives you a sense of how bruising this has been for many of them.
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the candidates and their wives. >> an honest mistake, clearly. he was trying to go in for the one hug and she was trying to go in for the triple hug. >> and then she got -- >> we've all been there, right? >> not quite. but it's been tough. >> we have to talk about more seriously this sudden turn in the race for the white house. as donald trump delivers this crushing blow to ted cruz. >> and it was a surprise from cruz because after vowing to fight all the way to the convention he abruptly dropped out of the race saying his bruising loss in indiana leaves him with no viable path to victory. trump decisively winning the indiana primary, getting 53% of the vote compared to 37% for cruz. and he picked up at least 51 of the state's republican delegates, bringing his overall count to 1,049. >> as for the democrats, bernie sanders edged out hillary clinton 52% to 48%. but they'll split the delegates almost evenly. clinton now has more than 2,200 delegates in all. and sanders needs to win 95% of the remaining delegates to
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clinch the nomination. it's your voice, your vote. abc's marci gonzalez is live in indianapolis with more. good morning, marci. >> reporter: good morning, diane and kendis. an absolutely defining day in this race. you could just hear how shocked people were in the crowd here in indianapolis as ted cruz made that announcement. the republican race for president narrowing after a crushing loss in indiana. ted cruz dropping out. >> we gave it everything we've got. but the voters chose another path. we are suspending our campaign. >> reporter: and with that the head of the rnc tweeting that donald trump will be the presumptive gop nominee. trump celebrating and changing his tone about ted cruz. >> he is one hell of a competitor. he is a tough, smart guy. and he has got an amazing future. >> reporter: now looking beyond the primaries and the convention
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in cleveland. >> we're going after hillary clinton. >> reporter: hillary clinton saying she too is now focused on the general election. despite abc news projecting bernie sanders will win the democratic primary in indiana. >> i feel good. i just feel generally good. >> reporter: and though abc estimates that it is mathematically impossible for sanders to clinch the nomination with only pledged delegates, sanders maintains his optimism. >> i sense some great victories coming. i understand that secretary clinton thinks this campaign is over. i've got some bad news for her. >> reporter: so he's staying in the race. and on the gop side so is john kasich. his chief strategist saying despite the odds against him he does plan to continue his campaign. >> that's at even with only 8% last night. and marci, we kind of saw a softer side of trump last night after cruz announced he's
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suspending his campaign. but man, that's a different change in tone from earlier in the day. >> oh, it is a huge change in tone. just a few hours earlier. donald trump was on television, backing these claims made by the "national enquirer" that ted cruz's father had been connected to, even photographed with john f. kennedy's assassin lee harvey oswald. cruz and his father absolutely denying that and then cruz went on the attack, letting loose a barrage of insults, calling him a pathological liar, a serial philanderer, a bully. so after one of the most heated days in the campaign it was definitely a turn to hear those very positive, flattering words from donald trump. kendis and diane. >> it's going to be a while before things are healed between the two. >> i'm guessing so. >> all right. marci, thank you. so the republican establishment has acknowledged what they've been fearing for a while. >> you saw it there in marci's
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report. the tweet by rnc chair reince priebus says donald trump will be the presumptive nominee, we all need to unite and focus on defeating hillary clinton. and for more on what it all means let's turn to abc news political director rick klein. good morning, rick. >> diane and kendis, donald trump taking ownership of the republican party, blowing away his rivals in indiana. now the all but inevitable republican nominee for president. ted cruz dropping out of the race after this embarrassing defeat. and trump doing it in his classic style. taking control of the party, its issues, its voters all bending to his will despite fact that awful his critics have massed in indiana. and now trump turning his sights on the general election. hillary clinton likely to be the democratic nominee but she suffers a big setback once again in indiana. no one has told the democratic party's primary voters this race is over. still massing for bernie sanders. bernie able to win in indiana. he may win some additional contests even if he can't catch up in delegates. some big surprises delivered by
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indiana voters in both directions. much different directions for the two leading candidates almost certain to face each other. diane and kendis? >> rick, thanks so much. and donald trump's hometown papers are having a little fun with these primary results. the front page of today's "new york post" is emblazoned with this clever headline. "hoosier daddy." and the "new york daily news" stuffed the gop elephant into a casket and declared the death of the republican party. reince priebus is not going to be happy to see that one. >> no. some mixed results on the papers, the front lines here in new york. we're going to turn our focus overseas now. and secretary of state john kerry is out with a warning to syria as well as its allies. kerry said the target date for starting to move syrian president bashar al assad out of office is august 1st. kerry added that if the syrian government and its backers in russia and iran do not comply they risk the consequences of a new u.s. approach to ending the ongoing civil war. it's unclear what that approach would be. flags in arizona will fly at
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half staff today in honor of a u.s. navy s.e.a.l. killed in iraq while fighting isis. 31-year-old charles keating iv was a high school track star in arizona and went on to attend the naval academy. he was the grandson of late financier involved in the savings and loan scandal of the 1980s. abc's martha raddatz has the details on the battle that took his life. >> reporter: firefights throughout northern iraq. the one that left the navy s.e.a.l. dead a coordinated isis attack on u.s.-backed peshmerga forces. isis fighters penetrating the front line with suicide truck bombs like these, then opening fire where the s.e.a.l. had just arrived. locals saying he had been in this vehicle. after he took a direct hit, a medevac helicopter was called in, taking heavy fire as well. the crew escaped injury. the peshmerga did manage to push back the isis forces with the help of american fighter jets
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and armed drones. >> it shows you it's a serious fight that we have to wage in iraq. >> reporter: and americans are getting closer to the fight every day. like the s.e.a.l., they now travel outside the larger bases to smaller outposts like the ones we visited recently as they prepared to take back the isis-held town of mosul. the return of ground troops to iraq has been called a non-combat mission by the white house, but this death was the third american combat death in the last two years, and with u.s. forces now closer to the fight it will probably not be the last. martha raddatz, abc news, washington. >> and here in new york state he was once one of the most powerful men in the empire state, but sheldon silver now faces a long prison term. the former speaker of the state assembly was given 12 years following his conviction on corruption charges. silver briefly addressed the court and apologized for letting down his family, colleagues, as
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well as constituents. his attorneys do plan an appeal. the cdc has a new recommendation for parents of preschoolers with adhd. try therapy first. government health officials say far too many young children are being given powerful drugs to treat attention problems. that's despite the serious side effects caused by some of those drugs including stomach aches and sleep problems. and there's little research on the long-term effects of those drugs as well. well, to the white house now where president obama hosted the nation's finest teachers, calling the event one of his favorites of the year. >> the president was introduced by the national teacher of the year, j johanna hayes, who taech teaches at a high school in waterbury, connecticut. it coincided with national teacher appreciation day and the president said it's a good day to thank your teachers. and he also threw in a joke as well. >> it's also a pretty good day for substitute teachers. because we have a lot of folks -- [ laughter ] we've got a lot of folks playing
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hooky today. this is a school day. >> yes. >> comedian in chief still. for being named national teacher of the year hayes was awarded the so-called crystal apple. >> she will spend a year on paid sabbatical traveling the nation to advocate on behalf of teachers. all right. moving on. coming up later in "the mix," a professor's lesson. how to fail. but first outrage after an olympian goes through a humiliating experience at the airport. hear what the tsa now says about this incident. and making personal finance a priority. why much of the nation's youth knows very little about the basics of managing money. we're going to get some tips and see why the issue is now coming to the forefront. and remember, you can find us on facebook. wnnfans.com. and twitter @abcwnn. you're watching "world news now." you may think you can put off checking out your medicare options until you're sixty-five,
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welcome back. the tsa is apologizing this morning for its treatment of an olympic gold medalist over the weekend. >> we're talking about olympic swimmer amy van dyken ruen who took her outrage to instagram over her humiliating experience at denver airport at the hands of agents. >> reporter: the tsa is now admitting to mistakes in its denver airport screening of six-time olympic gold medal swimmer amy van dyken ruen who was paralyzed from the waist down after a 2014 atv accident. >> when you're in a wheelchair what a lot of people don't know is they have to do a screening for you where they go around
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your breasts, they basically go under your butt. they touch things that are not appropriate. and it's really embarrassing. >> reporter: the former olympian says she has tsa precheck, which involves passing a background check to avoid having to endure that type of public humiliation. she explained to agents in denver that normally tsa checks her wheelchair, hands, and feet for explosives as she can't fit through the metal detector. a supervisor forcing her to undergo a full body pat-down. >> she said literally every other airport is wrong and any other time you've flown through denver and they didn't do that it's wrong, i'm right. >> reporter: van dyken-rouen calling out the tsa over this treatment on instagram sunday. in a statement the agency responding saying "in this case our officers did not follow correct screening protocols." later admitting they went beyond standard procedures. van dyken-rouen telling abc news she accepts the tsa's apology as long as all disabled flyers get more respect. >> i just want to be able to help other people who don't have
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a voice. >> reporter: the tsa says it works closely with the disability community on its screening procedures and that denver tsa officers will all get a refresher training course. kendis and diane? >> lauren, thank you so much. this woman was one of the first people to get four gold medals in an olympics. to go from being a hero status to then have to deal with that. >> it's got to be quite humiliating. and clearly she's a fighter and a competitor. all right. well, coming up in our next half hour, new developments in the death of prince. investigators are looking into dozens of calls to the police made from prince's home as the late superstar's family comes to an agreement over how his estimated $300 million estate will be handled. but first we look at what's causing so many college students to lose sleep at night. and it's not just their mid-terms or finals. you're watching "world news now." p?p?o?gv
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♪ teacher teacher ♪ can you teach me ♪ can you tell me all i need know ♪ ♪ teacher teacher can you reach me ♪ ♪ when i fall will you let me go ♪ the hall of famers .38 special there. so it's not -- i don't know if they are. it's not taught by teachers in school but it's a vital skill that every college student really needs to know about. money management. >> now, many new students are finding themselves in financial trouble. some are even dropping classes or dropping out because of it. so how do you prepare for financial independence? abc's rebecca jarvis has some tips. >> reporter: it's a growing trend among high school grads, that even the president's older daughter is trying out. malia obama will take a gap year, trading in her books for a year's worth of life experience before heading off to college. but for those not taking a year off it's not just their studies they'll have to worry about. many managing their money for the very first time.
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according to a national survey, 7 out of 10 college students feel stressed about personal finances. >> my job's only like three days a week. so i'm not making that much. and i know it's going to be a lot harder in college to make it. >> reporter: high school senior and future freshman at the university of richmond logan boning wanbon i bonning wants to make sure she's ready for financial independence. >> i want to make sure she's happy but i want her to understand we don't have a money tree in the back yard. >> reporter: enter lynette cox. financial expert and author of "college secrets: how to save money, cut college costs and graduate debt-free." she says students should beware of what sound like enticing credit card offers. instead do apply for a debit card and consider making the student an authorized user on a parent's card. >> parents should establish limits. and i don't mean dollar limits but limits around how you use the card. >> reporter: college textbooks and supplies can also be costly.
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averaging about $1,200 a year for freshmen. but our expert has saving secrets. first use open source textbooks. they're free. second, get the international version of the books. they're 80% less. and third, avoid the campus bookstore. it's typically the priciest option. and finally, know the difference between needs and wants. >> if they're not careful, they can be veer off into that overspending category and wind up in not just a lot of credit card debt but perhaps even a lot of student loan debt as well, and we just don't want that for the next generation. >> reporter: rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. >> i didn't know you could find international versions of your textbooks at a lower price. >> i didn't know that either. is that something you can possibly get just by buying them from amazon? >> i don't know. i could have used that tip in college. >> that would have been great. so one tip from rebecca, she says to keep in mind in your budget prepaid credit cards. that's a good way to not go over your limit.
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12 months free at mybreo.com. ♪ time now for "the mix." we've all been in that situation when you're on a flight, a baby starts crying and as patient as you want to be it can be kind of grating on your nerves. >> absolutely. >> but what if you got a discount on your flight because of it? so jetblue tested out this idea. they gave passengers on a flight 25% off a future plane ticket every time they heard a baby cry. >> oh, my god. >> this is an idea to honor mother's day and sort of alleviate the fear of some mothers who don't want to be that lady with the screaming baby. >> 25% -- it's a great concept. >> yes. the flight was from jfk to long beach in california. >> that's a good five hours. >> what a contrast -- they say that other passengers suddenly became more empathetic. >> oh, did they? >> i don't know if empathy had a
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lot to do with it. more like whoo-hoo, i'm getting a discount. >> i'm sure there were other passengers, like you will scream on this flight. you will not sleep. i need a free flight. >> discounts for everybody. >> exactly. there's this professor at princeton university who's saying instead of talking about all the accomplishments sometimes we have to acknowledge some of our failures. >> oh, yeah. >> and it's a good lesson that he wanted to teach his students. so president johanns hoshoffer has posted his cv, his resume of failures for his students including "i did not get into certain schools" and awards and scholarships that he did not get. and also scholarship papers, research papers that were never published. he just wanted to show his students that even the most successful people, which i think he believes he is, can experience disappointment. >> well, he's right. and i love this because people are always trying so hard to put on this air of perfection. and then you look back at some of the biggest, most wealthy people in our world.
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bill gates, steve jobs. >> mark zuckerberg. >> mark zuckerberg. dyson. what's his name in james dyson. all of them have had these serious failures in their lives, either bankruptcy or completesly failed company after company before hitting that cuss. and people often forget about that. >> but there are some who are completely perfect and never had failures. >> moving on. so no one ever wants to be in a car crash, especially if you're a motorcycle involved in this car crash, but if you are you probably want it to be with a mattress. check this out. the mattress actually causes the crash, knocking the rider off the motorcycle, except it also cushions the blow. he lands very comfortably on what looks like a full size mattress. pretty convenient for a crash. >> that is cool. something cool else happening in alexandria, virginia today, ford
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o. he you it morning this morning on "world news now" -- shocker in indiana. ted cruz pulls out of the primary after losing indiana. we're going to get fresh reaction overnight from his campaign, including bernie sanders' next move after pulling off a big upset. we have some alarming new details this morning as the threat of the zika virus looms over the u.s. the latest case is triggering some new fears and why some major events are now in jeopardy. and new this half hour, poisoning at the grocery store. >> a suspect is in custody after authorities saw this. chemicals being sprayed on food. what was it in that mixture that could have caused some serious harm? and why 50 cent is apologizing to the family of a 19-year-old airport janitor. what he did in a video that unleashed a torrent of social media outrage. that story ahead in "the skinny."
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it's wednesday may 4th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." kudos on your pronunciation of fitty cent. put the accent in the right place. >> i was cringing but i was able to pronounce it properly. did you see the headlines this morning in new york? >> oh. clever. >> yeah. >> "hoosier daddy?" >> "hoosier daddy" from the "post." and the "daily news" puts the republican party in a coffin. >> in case you didn't know that ted cruz dropped out of the race. here it is. >> i like the play on "hoosier dad daddy." >> very clever. and let's talk about that a little bit. ted cruz has quit the race for the white house, clearing the path for donald trump. >> yeah. cruz was counting on voters across indiana to keep him afloat, but instead they delivered a knockout punch. it was a commanding victory for trump. look at the numbers. 53% of the vote, compared to 37% for cruz. trump also picked up most if not
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all of indiana's republican delegates, leaving him about 200 shy of formally securing the nomination, and cruz could no longer deny the delegate math. >> together we left it all on the field in indiana. we gave it everything we've got. but the voters chose another path. and so with a heavy heart but with boundless optimism for the long-term future of our nation, we are suspending our campaign. >> donald trump actually heaped praise on cruz last night, calling him tough and a smart competitor with an amazing future. cruz's decision to give up the presidential bid came after weeks of promising to take down trump in a contested convention. let's go now to abc's tom llamas for more on that.
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good morning, tom. >> reporter: kendis and diane, a huge moment in this campaign in the gop race for president. senator ted cruz dropping out of the race after a stinging loss in indiana. with tears in his eyes cruz said there was no longer a path for him to the nomination. his own supporters with tears in their eyes screaming out "no, no, no." but cruz said there was no longer a path for him but he will continue to fight for liberty. now the chairman of the rnc saying it's a time rally around donald trump, that he will be the presumptive nominee, it's time to unite against hillary clinton. >> we're going after hillary clinton. she will not -- she will not be a great president. she will not be a good president. she will be a poor president. >> reporter: tom llamas, abc news. now back to you. >> speaking of hillary clinton and bernie sanders, sanders pulled off what was a
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much-needed victory in indiana. boosted by an influx of young white liberals. >> sanders ran competitively as well with hillary clinton among non-whites under the age of 45. polls show clinton's main weakness continues to be concerns about her honesty. sanders managed to defeat clinton 52% to 48%. but they will split indiana's delegates, leaving clinton with more than 2,200 overall. that means she only needs to pick up 17% of the remaining delegates to win the nomination. and the clinton camp is already turning its attention to the general election, saying that trump was too big of a risk to be president. >> they'll first need to win over sanders supporters, but sanders is saying not so fast. we get the latest right now from the democrats, from abc's mary alice parks. >> reporter: bernie sanders overnight combative and unwavering, saying his win in indiana will provide the momentum needed to keep his campaign alive. >> i understand that secretary clinton thinks that this campaign is over. i've got some bad news for her. >> reporter: but mathematically it is now impossible for sanders
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to clinch the nomination with pledged delegates alone. but he says he still thinks he has a path to victory. sanders laughed at the idea that a prolonged primary could hurt democrats in november. instead he said he had zero doubt it was a good thing he was staying in and that he was invigorating voters. sanders will campaign in kentucky today and then is off to west virginia. mary alice parks, abc news, elizabeth, indiana. >> mary alice, thank you. a connecticut woman who got pregnant while traveling to central america has been diagnosed with the zika virus. the woman has since returned to central america. but the state department says it's working to ensure she receives proper medical care. the virus is mostly spread by mosquito bites and is especially dangerous for pregnant women because it can lead to birth defects. meanwhile, a baseball series between the marlins and the pirates in puerto rico is in jeopardy because of growing concern over the virus's spread there. a 30-year-old man is in custody in washington, d.c. charged with second-degree murder after hijacking a commuter bus.
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the suspect attacked the bus driver, then stole the bus, and then struck and killed a pedestrian. the entire incident took place within five blocks of where the suspect first boarded that vehicle. the bus driver was injured and remains hospitalized this morning. and a man in michigan has admitted to contaminating food at several supermarkets. the fbi says the man was taken into custody yesterday. he's said to have sprayed a mixture of water, hand cleaner and mouse poison on produce in at least three stores, including a whole foods. the stores say they have taken every precaution possible to make sure no one eats that contaminated food. now to the severe weather that's bringing damaging winds to the mid-atlantic region. one person was slightly hurt when that tree there came crashing down on a school bus. this is in the winston-salem area of north carolina. the bus was taking students home from an elementary school. and then there's this. the same storm system made things miserable for beyonce fans at an outdoor concert in raleigh.
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first they were asked to wait in their cars until the worst weather had passed. and once inside the stadium the show was stopped temporarily because of lightning. by the time it resumed some fans had already left. >> and there's more extreme weather in store today. >> accuweather's paul williams is here with us with the latest. paul? >> good morning to you two, kendis, diane. well, if you thought yesterday's weather was ugly, wait till you get a load of today. that's pretty much how it's going to play out for us. strong to severe thunderstorms for us on wednesday. a dip in the jet stream and a low pressure system that's going to position itself perfectly in the ohio valley region. we're still expecting somewhat raw conditions as that dip in the jet stream gets a little bit deeper and just involves more people. and the ugliness of this particular pattern. so bear in mind we're not expecting necessarily widespread severe weather but we'll have small hail and some gusty winds. kendis, diane? >> paul, thank you. tens of thousands of people in one canadian city are fleeing a raging wildfire. unpredictable winds in the city of fort mcmurray pushed the
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flames in every direction, forcing authorities to order more than 80,000 people from their homes. witnesses say a lot of the city's downtown area is in flames. there's only one road out of the city, and officials are considering airlifting residents with medical conditions. an announcement could come today about an enormous expansion of the recall involving takata's exploding air bags. sources say u.s. regulators are in talks with takata about agreeing to more than double the nearly 29 million air bag inflators that have already been recalled. the problem with the takata air bags is they can explode with too much force. at least 11 people have died because of air bag incidents. more than 100 have been injured. president obama heads to michigan today to get a firsthand look at the flint water crisis and maybe a taste. the trip comes after 8-year-old mari copeny wrote the president a letter. he plans to meet with her and other flint residents but the governor of michigan, who's under fire for the handling of the crisis, says he hopes the
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president will also drink flint water to show that it's safe. also in michigan detroit teachers returned to the classroom today after getting reassurances they will be paid. the educators had staged a sickout for the first two days of the week. okay. so while we're talking about schools, here's something from houston. it seems a youngster apparently didn't want to stick around for an after-school program. >> oh, boy. she's a second grader named rosabella. here's how she got herself on a bus home. someone complained to rosabella's school because that is her handwritten note saying "i want rosabella to go to bus 131 today." >> so shockingly, a school official accepted the note and rosabella was able to take that bus home. neighbors did take her in when they saw her standing outside her home and they called her dad. >> now, she wanted to take the bus home but she actually wrote she wanted to take the "dus" home. >> 131 home. >> looks legit to me. >> jack is on the case. he thinks it's legit. >> yeah.
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rosabella's now working on her report card. >> and writing on the line as well. but a lot of as in her future i think. >> but her cursive was beautiful. >> when you turn the f into the a. >> it's easy. not that i've done that. >> yeah. maybe straight as for rosabella from now on. >> good job. coming up in "the skinny," the apology from the rapper known as 50 cent. what he did in this video that insulted and angered the family of an airport worker in kentucky. and see why investigators are scrutinizing dozens of calls made to the police from prince's home. plus new reporting on what he had planned for the day after he died. you're watching "world news now."
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♪ ♪ dear mama ♪ ♪ dear mama the woman at the center of tupac shakur's 1995 hit "dear mama" has passed away. afeni shakur davis has died at the age of 69 in marin county, california. apparently of natural causes. she's best known as tupac's mother. in her younger days she was a black panther and in her later years a philanthropist. in a 2005 interview davis recalled how her life was almost derailed by drugs but how her son got her back on track. there are new developments now in the investigation into prince's death. the "minneapolis star tribune" is reporting prince was found dead just one day before he was scheduled to meet with a doctor to try to help him kick his addiction to painkillers. >> it comes as investigators pore over logs of more than two dozen police calls from the music legend's home. abc's eva pilgrim is there.
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>> reporter: authorities releasing this log of more than 45 police calls on a variety of subjects regarding prince's paisley park complex including one call from a woman in germany in 2011 concerned about prince's cocaine habit, saying that he advised her that he cannot control his habit. since the woman waited a year after the comments to contact authorities, police didn't find it to be credible and didn't investigate. authorities are investigating whether the star died of a drug overdose. sources say prescription medication was found on prince and in his home after he died and that the singer was getting prescriptions from multiple doctors. but prince's friend standing up for the superstar. his former bassist and close friend saying these allegations of drug use just don't ring true. >> he was really careful of what he would put into his body. i've never seen him take anything. >> reporter: one of the calls police took was from a woman saying she has a son with prince and she wanted that son to attend the funeral.
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time now for "the skinny." and topping our headlines this morning, an apology from 50 cent. >> you did the whole "fifty." >> from fitty cent. >> thank you. the rapper posted a video of himself on twitter teasing a 19-year-old airport janitor, andrew farrell. >> listen, the new generation is crazy. they're crazy. what's your name? look at him. look at -- what kind of [ bleep ] you think he took before he got to work today? he high as a [ bleep ] right here in the airport. pupils dilated and everything -- >> as it turns out, farrell is not only autistic, he's also hearing impaired, and he suffers from social anxiety. >> oh, my god. why would you do that? 50 cent has since deleted the video and says he's personally apologized to farrell's family saying in a statement to the "new york post," quoting here, "while the incident at the airport resulted from an
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unfortunate misunderstanding, i am truly sorry for offending the young man." >> who walks up to a stranger and just starts asking him their name? would you wouldn't you walk away and nod your head? >> why even do that? >> okay. a mystery. >> all right. next, good news for radiohead fans. just like jon snow, they're back. brian wrote that. >> after erasing their digital presence online, the british band has released a stop-motion video for their new song "burn the witch." ♪ i like it. "burn the witch" is the band's first piece of new music since "specter" released last christmas and first single from the band's as yet untitled ninth studio album. >> the band's management says look for that sometime next month. >> and next, we have an update on who will be the first guy to fill michael strahan's shoes on "live with kelly ripa."
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>> and abc, well, they didn't look too far for it. it's that guy. jimmy kimmel. the host of abc's "jimmy kimmel live." >> you probably heard of him. >> uh-huh. >> he will be the first strahan replacement to join the morning team at "live." the show plans to rotate the second chair until a permanent replacement is named. >> but don't hold your breath. back when regis philbin retired as ripa's co-host in 2011 it took ten months until strahan got the gig. so while kimmel is taking the seat for now, there are probably a long list of suitors waiting in line. >> there are. and there have been so many rumors about so many different suitors. i saw one report yesterday that abc reportedly spoke to regis about coming back. >> what's another rumor? anderson cooper. >> andy cohen. jack in the back. >> kendis gibson? >> i thought the sound of kelly and kendis sounds -- >> what? i'm sitting right here. >> you just got here. >> right here. >> you just got here. that's true. >> at least i can't be upset you didn't tell me. here you are sitting right next to me. no love.
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none. >> we'll tell you after the fact. >> i feel like that's better than right here. geez. >> sorry for that. all right. well, finally we have some glad tidings for a pair of superstars from the '80s. >> first eddie murphy. he is a dad again for the ninth time. he and partner australian model paige butcher welcomed their first child. a baby girl named izzy oona murphy. the 55-year-old murphy has eight other children by four other ex-wives and girlfriends. >> that's a whole lot of baby mamas. and the third time might be the charm for david hasselhoff. the 63-year-old actor got down on one knee during a beachside picnic in malibu to pop the question to his girlfriend of five years, 36-year-old welsh model hailey roberts. congratulations all around. >> three's the charm. >> yeah. so she's 27 years younger than he is. >> uh-huh. >> is that like may-december or may-january? >> good for the hoff. >> or december-january -- >> are you trying to do the math? it's 27 years. 26 years. whatever it is. it's a big gap. but good for them. >> congratulations.
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>> see it here first. >> yes. and last. >> jordan. bunny. >> special delivery! >> together they just might save the world. >> reporter: it was the intergalactic game of the century. the legendary michael jordan teaming up with the looney tunes to take on a bunch of alien bad guy ballers. >> how about we go kick some alien butt? >> "space jam," the 1996 live action animated film, was a slam dunk, taking in more than $230 million worldwide. nearly 20 years later the long-awaited sequel is one step closer to reality. a new script now reportedly in development and a director just signing on. >> deal. >> reporter: and the number one draft pick to star in "space jam 2," lebron james. >> alley-oop to james! and he throws it down! >> reporter: the cleveland cavaliers forward, the favorite to lean a new tunes squad ever since his production company
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signed a deal with warner brothers later. >> you watching downton abbey later? >> lebron, i'm being interviews. >> i'm watching it tonight because i'm going to go to practice and all the guys are talking about it and i'm left out. >> reporter: fans ready to see more of king james on the big screen after his "trainwreck" acting debut. for now lebron isn't commenting on whether or when he'll join the animated all-stars. >> we need your help! >> okay. so deadspin is saying all of this is a result of '90s nostalgia for a movie and childhood novelty for something that we forget was actually really, really bad. >> i didn't see the original "space jam." are you telling me i should or i shouldn't? >> i never saw the original. but they're saying the best part about it was the "space jam" song. >> okay. >> so clearly. >> maybe this will be better. >> the quad city djs? >> maybe this one will be better. you know what i did watch, though. "pro stars." remember that? that was a cartoon with michael jordan, bo jackson, and wayne gretzky. >>
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making news in america this morning, ted cruz is suspending his campaign after a crushing defeat in indiana. the rnc now says donald trump is the presumptive nominee. plus, bernie sanders pulls off another win but is it too late to stop hillary. raging wildfires. an entire city evacuated as flames creep closer to homes. the dramatic new video just in. and a man gets bitten by his own king cobra and as the lethal venom takes hold he drives himself to the hospital. >> hey, i just got bit by a king cobra. my vision is kind of blurry. >> we have the 911 call and an update on his condition. caught on camera, an a alligator climbing a door to ring a doorbell?
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