carolina. at this hour, millions of americans in the southeast are facing another round, and rough night of severe weather. stretching from northern florida into virginia. >> to intense manhunt and the killer of a police officer in texas. the 30-year veteran gunned down as he arrived for work. >> a 65,000 dollar reward offered for information leading to arrest. abc's clayton sandel with the latest. >> reporter: investigators call it an ambush and are engaged in an all-out manhunt. outside this courthouse, harris chief constable, clinton greenwood just arriving for work. then some one opened fire. >> as officers arrived on scene, assistant chief deputy, clint greenwood found shot one time. a helicopter rushed greenwood to an emergency room. he did not survive. greenwood was a 30-year law enforcement veteran. >> grew up in west houston. i-10. got my bachelor's degree from

rice university. >> reporter: served as prosecutor, defense attorney. investigators are looking into whether any one from past cases may be a suspect. investigators are towing, greenwood's suv from the crime scene. there have been no arrests. there is a reward of $65,000. clayton sandel, abc news, baytown, texas. >> coming up in the next half-hour, the good samaritan, risked his own life to save a man who fell on to the subway tracks. >> first, it is election day in one key congressional district. we'll meet one candidate, a one-time undocumented immigrant. hoping though to make history today. ♪ ♪ you won't see these folks at the post office. they have businesses to run. they have passions to pursue. how do they avoid trips to the post office? stamps.com mail letters, ship packages, all the services of the post office right on your computer. get a 4 week trial, plus $100 in extras including postage and a digital scale.

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♪ ♪ so today is the first congressional primary of the trump era. for a currently vacant seat in southern california. >> yeah, first time candidate who would be the first formally undocumented woman in congress. abc's linda lopez joining us with the story. about to make some history possibly. >> this is a moving story, too. wendy carillo never shared her story before the race of being brought to the u.s. as an undocumented 5-year-old child. her story grabbed attention of the national media, but also of

the far right. >> just down the block from here is helmut park, which is where my parents used to take my sisters and i. >> reporter: wendy carillo has the fond memories of the neighborhood, which houses her headquarters in the race to represent california 34th. her home district. she spent day s knocking on doors, and with a campaign staff in full swing. though she has never done anything like this before. >> this is happening, you guys. really happening. >> reporter: really happening despite traumatic beginnings. this area of l.a. became her home when her mother fled the bloody, war in el salvador by herse herself. >> saved money to send for me, my grandmother and sister to join her in the u.s. between ages 5 and 13, i was undocumented. denied refugee status. it was horrible. at age of 13. i received residency. years later became a naturalized

citizen. >> reporter: if she wins, some might see it as a rebuke of the anti-immigrant policies of president trump. >> but she never dreamed her story would bring direct attacks from the far right. until her campaign grabbed the attention of david duke. >> getting trolled, or tweeted at by the former grand wizard of the kkk is something very unexpected. >> reporter: after she released her first campaign ad on line. >> bold, progressive. unapologetic. >> duke tweeted. look at those fists, unapoll jettingly rise at the end of this ad. to which carillo replied. yes, i am 100% unapologetic. more online attacks from duke and others on the right followed. she revealed she had to have conversations about safety with her staff. but she won't be distracted. >> thank you, wendy. >> we are going to be the first response to an administration that has cared very little about our communities. when people talk about the

resistance, this is what it looks like. it starts here. and in this race. and it is one of the major reasons why i am running. >> whoo! >> very cool story. lynda, what its expected -- any sense of what her chances are? >> this is an interesting race. heavily democratic district. we expect a democrat will win. it is 23 candidates in this race. a front-runner. assembly man, we call him the establishment candidate. other than him, it could be, wide open. this race is actually being watched nationally. they want to see if the bernie sanders wing will win or hillary clinton wing. wendy and another candidate, ar actually represent the bernie sanders wing. so, they want to see. >> litmus test. >> a little bit of a litmus test. quickly. a georgia race that has the a lot of people excited. a lot of people are curious whether or not all the movement with the women's march and all that, is that, transcending into the races? >> yeah, absolutely transcending

into the races. democrats of course want to see if they can get suits back in the house and senate. >> thank you. >> thanks. i did everything i could to make her party perfect.

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>> ready? ready? >> open my mouth next time. >> found a new fritz. >> one more. >> ha-ha. >> you try. let's see. >> on the first shot. first shot. you get the next read. >> delicious, crunchy. just like a cheetoh, brings us me to the next story. this woman, snacking on cheetohs, when she find the world's most gigantic cheetoh. like mary poppins. pulled the cheetoh out. she has regrets now. while some people find things like this, they put them up for auction, they sell them. lots of money. didn't think about it. she ate it. >> come on. >> you might think well at least it was delicious, she gets to remember that. no, she scarfed it down so quickly. she doesn't remember how delicious it was.

>> when i saw jesus in my cheetoh, i kept it forever. it is still worth nothing. >> okay, great. that's why you are still here. >> exactly. so the internet debate is continuing. about the pizza wars, you know, you had, pineapple peelt zbla. you had peas, mayo, milk, peelt zbl pizza. now, something else. kind of timely. peeps on a pizza. the guy snapped the peepza. and it has stoked the flames of many in this ongoing war. >> throwing shade at pineapple lovers. putting peeps on pizza. >> some going far as sending him death threats. >> that's gross. >> on to pizza etiquette, pizza, you eat or carry it. this photo is going viral. >> nobody does that. >> exactly. the caption only a serial killer

this morning on "world news now" -- get some tar on your heels. [ laughter ] north carolina best in the country. enjoying the sweet taste of victory after coming oh, so close last year. the biggest moments as well as some scores that need to be settled here in the studio. >> uh-oh. does it involve putting tar on my heels? >> possibly. >> oh, no. the president's son-in-law, senior adviser, jared kushner meeting with the iraqi prime minister in baghdad. hear how the white house is defending questions about the trip. >> new this half-hour, the miraculous mattress. >> check this out. the bedding flies off the back of a truck on the highway. wait until you see how a motorcyclist was able to get out of this one unscathed. >> it's vegas, baby. all bets were off as dancers started tonight with a sin city

inspired number. who is the odds-on favorite. who rolled snake eyes? in "the skinny" on this tuesday, april 4th. ♪ ♪ >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> yep. >> bracket is a bust. >> oh, oh, a bust a long time ago. didn't get a single team in the final four. not one. >> a bust at tip-off. at the start of the tournament. three weeks ago. start with the historic night in the desert. a new title for the tar heels. >> tar heel nation feels good this nation. now that their team is back on top. it had been eight years since they won their last title. >> now, the fans had nervous moments as their team faced

gonzaga for the championship. >> and this year, the confetti is going to fall to north carolina! >> reporter: one of the most decorated men's college franchises of all time -- >> not going to be denied this time. >> reporter: adding an exclamation, the tarheels and gonzaga bulldogs in the national championship match up in glendale, arizona, the game at night, the stadium closed. what was it with the sun tans in the stands? back to the game. it was epic. back and forth more than 39 minutes. then the tarheels proving why they're legends. pulling away in the final 30 second of the game. north carolina on top. in then, 71-65, cutting down the net for a sixth time. avenging last year's shocking loss. >> championship. >> fans in chapel hill, soaking up the victory, as gonzaga star player, nigel williams ross, played through a busted ankle showed the emotional toll this game took. tears seemingly a running theme in the tournament. remember the crying kid following northwestern's loss. we did cheer along with julia

louis -dreyfus. how hot was the sun in arizona? >> ha-ha. >> what was the deal, michael phelps with that? >> wearing his goggles. >> clearly he had been out in the sun. >> what? >> there is one more thing that has to be settled. >> no, no, i think we are running out of time. >> yes, yes, there is. we had a bet depending whose bracket went further along. that person would get dressed up in the other person's alma mater's mascot. >> but -- kendis' school doesn't have a mascot. i'm in the clear. >> no, no, no, no, no. that means i get to be a little more creative in what it is. we will do that at the end of the newscast. diane has no idea. oswega state can't afford a mascot. >> i don't like where this is going. >> figure it out. can't wait. move on to the other big stories shall we? >> yes, we shall. >> democrats have enough votes to filibuster nominee neil gorsuch, setting the stage.

for an historic showdown on the senate floor. >> judge gorsuch won committee approval. democrats are angry that president obama's nominee never got a hearing. and they say gorsuch dodged questions and revealed very little about his position on key issues. >> republicans are expect to invoke the so-called nuclear option. would lower confirmation threshold to simple majority and guarantee gorsuch a seat on the high court. >> justice department ordered a sweeping review that could affect agreements to overhaul troubled police departments across the country. the department specifically asked the federal judge for 90 days to assess an obama administration deal with baltimore police force. they say more time is needed to determine if the decrease conflict with the crime fighting agenda of attorney general jeff sessions. a federal report had identified patterns of racial profiling and excessive force within the baltimore police force after the death of freddie gray sparked rioting. baltimore officials are opposed to any delay, saying it would threaten public trust. >> overseas now and we are learning more details about

jared kushner's trip to iraq. president's son-in-law met with the iraqi prime minister to discuss the fight against isis and get a firsthand look at the situation on the ground. kushner has a long list of foreign policy duties in the administration. also charged with planning this week's visit of the chinese president. also dealing with mexico, brokering mideast peace, and visiting iraq, even before the secretary of state. >> why is he there and not the secretary of state today? what's the message the president is sending by having jared kushner be the one to take the trip? >> i don't think there is a binary choice. jared is going to express the commitment of the u.s., of the united states to the government of iraq. meet with u.s. personnel engaged in the campaign. >> so kushner has a lot on his plate. he has been tapped to run the, new office of innovation, tackle

the opioid epidemic, revamp criminal justice system and the federal government. quite a bit. >> russian officials are calling the explosion in saint petersberg subway a terror attack. at least 11 people were killed. dozens wounded in the blast beneath the downtown of st. petersburg. police later found a second device in a nearby station diffused that one. the explosion may have been triggered by a suicide bomber possibly from central asia. not confirmed. no group has claimed responsibility. the city declared three days of mourning. >> the death toll in colombia surpassed 270 as rescue workers frantically search for survivors of this weekend's deadly mudslide. amid a growing scene of horror, entire neighborhood swept away, and piles of decomposing bodies. abc's tom llamas is there. >> reporter: high above the disaster zone you can see all the damage. but down on the ground, you can feel the pain.

this is where the dead, more than 260, are waiting to be identified. as you enter the city one of the grim signs you first see. outside the cemetery. you can see them bringing in one of the body. and then these are people who lived in the city. they're trying to identify some of the body that are here. these catastrophic images, still fresh in the mind of those who survived. a wall of water, mud, and debris crashed into the town in the middle of the night. so powerful it pushed cars on top of trees. and more than 60 children dying when this avalanche of death came rolling in. we met octavio cardone in the hospital. every inch of his body, scratched, bruised, broken. his story is even mr. painful. >> translator: he tells me how he lost his grip on his 9-year-old daughter when the wall of water hit. she and his wife among the hundreds still missing. his 6-year-old son dying in the disaster. that father we met in the hospital who likely lost his entire family is now begging that the city set up some type of warning system, so this never happens again. awe all here at home, an urgent manhunt under way in texas for the killer of a police officer outside of houston.

police in baytown, texas, released surveillance video of a suspect in what investigators say was the ambush of harris county assistant chief constable clinton greenwood. the law enforcement veteran just arriving for work at the courthouse when someone opened fire. investigators are reviewing greenwood's past cases as prosecutor and defense attorney for suspects. >> near disaster in australia averted on this road when a mattress went flying off a truck. it got caught in the wheels of a motorcycle. brought it to a stop. the guy on the bike, was able to just, step off. thankfully. no one was following too close behind him. did suffer cuts on his hands. other than that, he was fine. if you are going to land on anything. >> perfect landing. >> he stuck the landing. >> two feet, and everything. >> both. two feet. i give him a 10.

the french judge gave him a five. >> he forgot to salute. >> that's why. >> an all-point bulletin out now near pittsburgh for a real-life ham-burglar. mcdonald's has nothing to do with the story. >> this ham-burglar, seen on surveillance video getting away with hundreds of dollars worth of ham. on the loose now for more than a week. >> wow. now police say he made off with about $450 worth of ham to be exact. they're seeking the public's help in bringing him to justice. >> what do we think getting an early start on thanksgiving. >> could be. how expensive is ham, $450? of ham? >> maybe he wants to open a deli. >> could be that as well. >> coming up, utility worker turned handsome hero jumping to save a man from the tracks as a train approached. >> it was abs night at dancing with the stars. >> whoo-hoo. >> or something like that. >> check out the moves. >> we're going to take you to the candy shop coming up in "the skinny." but first, a look at today's forecast. ♪

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check out the surveillance video out of lafayette, louisiana. the moment a small tornado swept across a parking lot and flipped that white car in the back. but get this -- the whole thing happened in the parking lot of an auto repair shop. >> oh, convenient. >> no reports of any injuries. your car is going to get damaged some where. >> perfect spot. >> there you go. outside of atlanta watch what believed to be a tornado rips the roof off a fire station in carlton. fire officials say in addition, the back wall of the station was damaged. but all their equipment and engines spared. >> homeowner outside of seattle is facing second degree murder charges for killing an intruder taking a shower in his home. bruce fanning told detectives, 31-year-old nathaniel rosa, made

threats. so fanning came back with a gun and shot rosa through the shower curtain. prosecutors say this is not a case of self defense. detectives think rosa may have been at fanning's home by accident. >> new development in the deadly home invasion outside of tulsa, oklahoma. the homeowner's 23-year-old son will not face charges for shooting and killing three masked, armed teenage intruders. the district attorney says the son's actions were justified under the state's stand your ground law. good samaritan's effort in new york city caught on camera on the subway tracks. >> utility worker saw a man fall on to the tracks moments before a train arrived. so, jonathan kulig did not hesitate. instead jumped down. lifted the man up. got him on to the platform. second later see the train roar by. kulig says he would do it again in a heartbeat. >> couldn't have done anything

differently. anything better in my mind. did what i had to do. i am proud of it. >> kulig took the subway system track safety training program just last month. so he was the right man in the right place at the right time. >> yeah. >> probably wishes his boots were a little bit taller. >> because it's gross down there in the middle of the tracks. >> now we know what brody jenner has been up to. >> he is being called the handsome hero. wonder how many people are going to jump on the tracks hoping he comes to save them. >> do not try that at home. >> do not. do not try that at home. glad everybody is safe. and glad he was there of all people. >> absolutely. when we come back -- man, is it hot in here? or was it vegas night? actually just kind of hot. can we turn the temperature down? >> also vegas night on "dancing with the stars." see which celebrities hit the jackpot who went home empty-handed. "the skinny" is coming up next. empty-handed. "the skinny" is coming up next. u get better dental check-ups. go pro with crest mouthwash.

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♪ skinny so skinny ♪ ♪ skinny so skinny >> skinny time. we are heading into the ballroom for our first theme night of the season on "dancing with the stars." vegas, baby. >> guess what happens in vegas on "dancing with the stars" doesn't always stay there. one celebrity was sent packing. first, kicked off the night with the cast dancing in the opening number. it was full of show girls, elvis, tourists, drunk, bachelorettes. >> vegas. >> magic act. of course, regrets. >> ha-ha. some people left their dignity on the dance floor. >> uh-huh. >> but we are going to start with the people who gambled and won last night. fifth harmony singer, normandy cordecht t probably performed in las vegas before. received highest scores of the night with 33, after dancing the

fox trot. she pretty much danced circles around the craps table and competition. >> i just don't think it is fair. as a member of a former girl group. >> she had to do some dancing in her day. >> she had to do some dancing. >> yeah, anyway. former "glee" star, heather morris, channelled inner britney with a toxic number the judges loved. maks said he may be back next week. he was injured. nancy kerrigan did a little samba. >> she -- should we -- should we show her how it is done? >> if you want to shake it. >> i guess you could do it that way too. but the number everyone is talking about was the magic mike inspired number from former cubby david ross. he went all in for this number. bruno said it was nearly full monte. with thunder in the underpants. >> not even friday. >> only bruno.

>> he really did go all in, didn't he? >> so. his former teammates were watching as well. as you can imagine. oh, my god. immediately started tweeting. whoa. is that for real? >> no. >> so the chicago cubs they said it was magic. anthony rizzo, speechless and a bit horrified. >> then. those abs were painted on. however, rashad jenning did not. he doesn't need fake abs. for this. because, we enjoy. >> the second week in a row now that he has shown the abs. >> that's okay. this can be a running theme. that is fine. >> i guess if you can't get votes. just, take the shirt off. >> uh-huh. uh-huh. >> the judges didn't like the song selection here. but it looks like they did a -- >> not his fault.

>> not everyone got lucky last night. it was results time, bottom two were nick and charo. >> charo got the boot. not gone completely. she and partner kio will appear on "good morning america" later this morning. >> i feel bad for kio, he gets the short straw. he had chakachan. >> he gets the real projects. >> those some times are the people who win show the most improvement. >> guess so, not enough in charo's case. >> what would you do if you found out you were 2 years older than you think you are? the birthday surprise for doris day. who celebrated her birthday thinking she was turning 93. turns out she was wrong. >> ap found a copy of her ohio birth certificate. turns out, doris mae capala was born april 3, 1922, making her 95.

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portrait yesterday. surprise she was not dressed as ted. >> it is believed to be the first picture of her inside the white house. hands crossed. hard to see much else other than the two giant rings there on her fingers. there is also a new picture, former first lady, michelle obama that came out. showing a relaxed mrs. obama. clearly enjoying the post white house life. >> her natural hair was apparently something that people had been waiting for. in case you are wondering, the internet approved. >> like it. nice natural hair. no more chemicals. no dye. no weave, no nothing. just let it be. >> i'm -- sporting some natural hair right now? >> so once again. here it is. you have the bracket. this was diane's bracket. this is why. all the black spots, not good. my bracket. >> no. >> also not good. >> not much better. >> put the head on.

>> i did have north carolina. >> look at the hands. i'm doing it all. >> so. >> as a result. >> yep. do you have a fight song? ♪ this is my fight song >> we don't have a fight song. >> the hair giving me a real sense of the diane under that. >> think this thing sheds. >> how many people wore this before? >> no idea. the producer who owns it, hasn't been back since the weird rash she got a few weeks ago. >> i was feeling a little bit. >> how do you feel, ted? is that all right? >> ha-ha-ha. >> never betting on the ncaa again. >> no. it will be the last sporting bet i place. i think. sporte 50 to 85:

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making news in america this morning, breaking overnight, authorities just identified the suspect in the deadly subway bombing in russia. hear what they're saying about him as vladimir putin visits a memorial after speaking to president trump about the attack. over the nomination of neal gorsuch, the stage is set for a bitter battle now that democrats have enough votes to block the judge's confirmation. we're live in washington. then to a deadly explosion caught on camera. a boiler rocketed out of the building shooting through the roof and landing on another building. so, how did it happen? overnight, a late run lifts north carolina to another ncaa men's title. the big plays, the celebrations into the morning.