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everybody. i'm betty nguyen. so, we are one week away from the new york primary and candidates on both sides seem to need to battel for new york. and the new mpoll shows donald trump and hillary clinton ahead in their home states. donald trump 33 points ahead of john kasich. and if trump wins more than 50% of the votes, he will take all 95 delegates up for grabs. and hillary clinton up 14 points on bernie sanders. this as vice president joe biden has interesting insight on the candidates. and we begin with the republicans. >> reporter: donald trump wants the win in his home state, where our new poll shows him over 50% now. ted cruz far behind in third. his campaign tell s nbc news, they're hoping to

because he'll only need 55% of what's open. it's easier for him to avoid a contested convention. that's where cruz may have the delegate advantage after cleaning up in colorado. >> now they're trying to pick off those delegates one by one. the system is rigged, it's crooked. >> reporter: and while he won't get the votes of two of his own children who missed the registration deadline, his rivals argue trumps complaints are simply sour groups. >> latest thing he seized upon is when people vote against him, they're stealing the election. it's a really odd notion. >> reporter: and while trump's taking aim at cruz's tactics, if he doesn't like the system, he shouldn't be a part of it.

people to represent their views on the floor in cleveland. >> i will never be a republican again. >> reporter: trump retweeting this video of a colorado man burning his voter registration. and the candidate who ignited a political revolution now seeing supporters starting a fire storm. hally jackson, nbc news, new york. >> reporter: covering the democrats. with hillary clinton commanding a double digit lead in new york, both candidates sharpened their attacks. >> i have noticed that under the bright spot light and scrutiny here in new york, senator sanders has had trouble answering questions. >> most of you know secretary clinton voted for that disastrous war. >> reporter: her delegate lead would become nearly

insurmountable. and independents who typically favor sanders aren't allowed to vote in the new york primary. his strategy now, driving up turnout. >> when there is a large voter turnout, we win. >> reporter: meanwhile the top democrat that didn't get into the race was asked if he would like to see a female president. >> i would like to see a woman elected. we both when we ran said let the party decide. the nation's top health experts are warning that the zika virus appears to be spreading much faster than they first thought and the u.s. will be the cross hairs with the mosquitos carrying the virus in the next months. >> reporter: abnormally small heads and brains are becoming a very real concern in the u.s.

this virus seems scarier than we initially thought. >> reporter: the zika virus is carried by a mosquito. believed found in just 10 states, now 30. already 346 zika cases are reported all over the country, mostly from travellers who brought the virus home and now pregnant women living along the gulf coast are potentially at risk. dr. peter hotez is warning zika could ravage the region like hurricane katrina. >>m i rr worried that in areas of extreme poverty such as houst houston, new orleans, that we're highly vulnerable to seeing zika virus transmissions. >> reporter: and especially vulnerable, the poor, without screens or standing

and on born babies they be at risk throughout the pregnancy, not just the first trimester and n -- >> the more you learn, the more you get concerned. >> and doctors from the cdc and national institutes of health are asking for nearly $2 billion in emergency funding to fight the virus. april 12th represents the number of extra days since the part of last year a woman has to work more than a man in a year. and the historic site houses an extensive collection with the accomplishments of the women's movement in the u.s. pm and carly lloyd continues to speak up about the pay gap in soccer. she says the team i

being treated like second-class citizens. check out this amazing video from california. it shows a large sink hole in the middle of a roadway as the street falls into a sewage line below. so far the low is about 15 feet wide and 20 feet deep. they say the exact cause is unknown but could be due to recent rains. speaking of the weather, let's get a check of that from meteorologist bill karins. >> sink holes are one thing. you've seen hail, you're from texas. >> hail, tornados, you name it. >> yesterday was a day we had classic hail from texas, especially denton, wylie. when you see it hitting the pavement and almost smashing like a snow ball, that is a quarter to golf-ball size hail and there was bigger near denton. and one or two pictures of soft-ball sized hail. and a lot of

you get hail that big. thunderstorms are still rolling through southern mississippi and there's still rain to be had and lightning. a little wider view shows light rain in areas of south carolina and raleigh and fayette vill are going to have a wet morning too. further to the north, the light rain will continue to pennsylvania and new york. it'sinate going to be a horrible day. and the front will push through. by noon we're already about done with the rain in new york, fi philadelphia and albany. all evening activities look dry tonight. thalts are e that's your national weather, now a close at your day ahead. and areas of the big cities on i 95, have your

morning commute and along the northern gulf coast, heavy rain later today. so, we didn't have any tornados yesterday but a lot of the hail is pretty incredible stuff. >> insurance claims out of that one. >> lot of them. just ahead, hundreds of people arrested in the u.s. capital. plus, how prince william and kate are using their tour to retrace princess dianna's steps. i think we should've taken a left at the river. tarzan know where tarzan go! tarzan does not know where tarzan go. hey, excuse me, do you know where the waterfall is? waterfall? no, me tarzan, king of jungle. why don't you want to just ask somebody? if you're a couple, you fight over directions. it's what you do. if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. oh ohhhhh it's what you do. ohhhhhh! do you have to do that right in my ear?

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people away if their religious beliefs differ from their own opponents say it would legalize discrimination. princess william and prince kate are on a tour bringing back memories of william's late mother, princess dianna. >> reporter: this trip to india was kate's idea, according to prince william. she's been learning the language, or trying. visiting poor children in mumbai. and encouraging her reluctant husband to challenge a local dancer. even managing to get through a breezy ward robe malfunn,

william. before paying homage at the shrine. they're here to pay their respects. you can see them being given their ceremonial scarf and then william attending to another woman in his life, the queen, to celebrate her upcoming 95th birthday. but its his mother who looms large. she was pictured at the taj mahal with prince charles in 1992. william will visit that same spot this week with his wife. the future king influenced at every stage by strong women. nbc news deli. time to get down to business. the justice department has reached a $5 billion settlement with goldman sacks leading to the 2008 financial crash. it's

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that breaking news, a reported arrest in the stabbing death of a 15-year-old at a metro station. it is 4:26 right now. good morning. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. let's get right to angie goff at the live desk. >> we do have an update to a story that we broke here at the live desk yesterday. sources telling our shomari stone that police have arrested a suspect in that fatal stabbing it at the deanwood metro station. shomari telling us that police will release more information today. the victim is 15-year-old john rufus evans iii. he is from

appearance and he was stabbed while trying to get to the escalator there at the metro station. keep in mind this is the second teen death at this station in less than a month. more to follow. now some of us are waking up to some raindrops once again, but it's much warmer. >> meteorologist chuck bell has your look at the weather headlines. you're right on the money, eun. temperatures are nearly 20 years warmer this morning than we were yesterday. that means when you walk out the door, how about 65 already in washington. 63 gaithersburg, 64 in leesburg and just like yesterday, our rain chances are stacked up here in the front part of the day. so have your umbrella ready to go. it's not raining everywhere, but everywhere has a chance to get wet between now and about lunchtime today. so your weather headlines, mild, mild, mild and rainy this morni morning. . turning cooler, but not much of a freeze threat. anw

sunshine. i think you will like the "7-day forecast." construction continues in an early tuesday morning. here is melissa with where the slowdowns are. right now the vowdowns inner loop after gw parkway, we have two left lanes getting by the work zone. rest of the beltway looking pretty good. bay bridge, wind warnings in effect. no vehicle restrictions. 270 northbound/southbound at 121, rolling along just fine here. 66 and 95 looks good. breaking out of brussels, two more suspects charged with terrorism related offenses, this according to police in brussels, in connection to the brussels bombing. the men are believed to have provided the hideout apartment for the bomber who attacked the subway. now, between that attack

on that day. police saying no more information on these men is expected to be released later today. 4:29 now. and drunk drivers in maryland will soon face some of the toughest penalties in the country. at the final how lawmakers passed noah's law. it requires anyone convicted of drunk driving with a 0.08 or higher to have an ignition interlock device in their car. all the bill needs now is governor larry hogan's signature. >> a terrible tragedy to help get enough attention and enough focus on this issue and it took people passion that the about to do the hard work and it moved people.that the about to do the hard work and it moved people. >> noah leotta was hit and killed by a drunk driver. the bill that passed is the stronger version. leotta's family has been fighting since his death to get that stronger version passed. >> he's a hero

i just had to do this for noah. i said that, you heard me say that a long time ago. and i would fight for him. >> now, part of noah's law, as part of it, if someone refuses a breath test, they will either have to install an interlock for nine months are or have their license suspended for that time. you can find out more about the law and new requirements right now in the nbc washington app. now, now noah's law came at the of a marathon final day. they also passed the new criminal justice reform bill, that measure aims to reduce sentences for nonviolent drug offenders and focus on treatment. a plan to change how officers are hired, trained and disciplined also passed. a tax relief plan and bill to require companies that have at least 15 employees to provide paid sick days failed to move forward. two people will receive