captioning funded by cbs it's friday, april 1st, 2016. this is the "cbs morning news." tornadoes touch down across the southeast and the path of destruction could extend even farther with more severe weather forecast for today. trailing in the polls, ahead of a crucial wisconsin primary, donald trump focuses on foreign policy in an attempt to move away from his controversial remarks on abortion. top players on the women's national soccer team fight for a level playing field and equal pay. a look at the legal attack decade in the making. and dockside destruction. seven people are h

whale watching ship slams into a san diego pier. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. this morning, the threat of another round of potentially dangerous storms hangs over the mississippi valley. the worst threat of tornadoes, large hail, and damaging winds is in northern mississippi, alabama, parts of tennessee, and kentucky. more than 8 million people are at an enhanced risk of severe weather. last night, a string of twisters touched down in mississippi, alabama, and louisiana. one hit in eastern mississippi between columbus and the alabama state line. damaging at least a dozen homes. one young resident took shelter in his truck. >> there was a lot of wind. a big boom. then hail was hitting the truck. and all of a sudden i'm driving and not driving nil more and then i'm in a ditch and the

>> so far, there are no reports of serious injuries. now to politics. donald trump is trying to mend fences with the republican party while explaining his controversial comments on abortion. all this comes ahead of next week's wisconsin primary, a crucial contest for trump and for those trying to stop him. a just released poll of likely republican voters finds trump trailing ted cruz by ten points. a trump loss in wisconsin would dramatically increase the chances of a contested convention. don champion is here in new york. >> reporter: no doubt a trump loss next week would offer new hope to rival ted cruz, still dealing with controversy surrounding his campaign manager and comments about abortion. this could be one of the trump campaign's most vulnerable moments yet this election. donald trump is still trying to clarify his controversial remarks on abortion. appearing on fox news last night, the republican front-runner

msnbc edited the town hall in which he inserted women should be punished for having abortions if the procedure were to become illegal. >> you really have to hear the whole long. this was a long convoluted question and a long discussion he and they just cut it out. >> reporter: in a statement, msnbc maintained no part of the exchange between trump's chris matthews was editeded out. trump met with gop leader yesterday to discuss allocation. rival ted cruz is leading trump in wisconsin where is he counting on a win next friday. >> no doubt that if donald trump is a kim kardashian kind of candidate. he sits on twitter and makes a lot of noise but no solution to fix the problem. >> reporter: trump follows bernie sanders and hillary clinton among women registered voters. clinton bashed trump yesterday and set herself apart from sanders on wen

supports the right for a woman's choice to choose, but i think they will endorse me because i have led on this issue. >> reporter: sanders is ahead of clinton in wisconsin, but still trails her by a wide with margin in the dealt count. delegate count. while a loss in wisconsin would be a big blow to trump, the next contest will happen on april 19th in new york. of course, it's trump's home state and offers up one of the biggest pries when it comes to delegates. a lot to watch. >> indeed. don champion in new york, thanks a lot, don. coming up on "cbs this morning," bernie sanders joins us to discuss his battle with hillary clinton for the democratic nomination and other campaign issues. this morning, north korea reportedly fired a short range ballistic missile into the sea. south korean military official sayed missile was fired from north korea's east coast. if confirmed it is a later

and military exercises between south korea and the united states. a string of shootings left two people dead and seven others wounded in chicago in a fatal attack. four people got out of a van and opened fire across the street from an elementary school. a man and a woman were killed. in another attack, a man was left in critical condition when he was shot. he was streaming himself online when with the attack occurs. the motive is unknown. the gunman hopped into a car and got away. virginia officials are trying to figure out why a gunman fatally shot a state trooper at a richmond bus station. chad der myer approached the suspect who pulled

opened fire in a crowded station. >> i just heard pops and i've never actually heard a real gunshot before, so i didn't really know what was going on. then i saw everyone just ducking, so i followed. >> other troops shot the gunman dead. two women sustained nonlife-threatening injuries. president obama hosted a two-day summit in washington. more than 50 governments attended. today's session focus on preventing isis and other extremists from obtaining nuclear weapon materials. "wall street journal" says it may take months for the agency to determine the capabilities of the technique. a third-party helped the fbi decode the phone used by san bernardino attacker syed farook. the agency isn't saying how it was done or what it found. the key suspect in the paris attacks that killed 130 people will be returne

belgian authorities yesterday approved the extradition of salah abdeslam but no date has been set. he was arrested two weeks ago in brussels. two young mormon missionaries who were hurt in the brussels bombings are expected to make a full recovery. doctors in utah say mason wells and joseph empey are in good spirits. the homecoming overwhelmed empey's father. >> just seeing his eyes and seeing that he was okay was probably the most peace i had had in my whole life. >> a third missionary who was wounded in the attacks is hospitalized in brussels. with the backing of their team, five of the most prominent players on the national women's soccer team have filed a wage discrimination complaint against the u.s. soccer federation launching a legal attack. goalkeeper hope solo and

midfielder megan rapino and carly lloyd. as jim axelrod reports making much less than a successful men'ams te isn't their only issue. >> reporter: when the u.s. women's soccer team won the world cup last year, they had the highest tv ratings for any soccer game in american history, men or women! they also got a nice parade and a bonus from the u.s. soccer federation of $75,000 for each player, according to the filing. compare that to the men's team. if they won a world cup, they would get more than $390,. hope solo one of the five players to sign the complaint told "cbs this morning" that has to change. >> this is a time we need to push for equality and push for what is right and people are paying attention. >> reporter: the women's team says it generates as much as or more revenue than thme

get paid four times less. it's not just money. the women want equality in the accommodations and much more. >> for a long time, the women's team has been fighting for change and for progress and this group is feeling like, okay, we are still carrying that torch! and we want to be done carrying it! >> reporter: jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. with the heading reading one nation, one team, u.s. soccer responded to the suit saying we are committed to negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement that addresses compensation. coming up on the "morning news." new hijacker photo. a flight attendant takes a picture with a man who took over an egypt air flight, but it was no laughing matter. and, let's, several passengers are injured after a boat crashes into a dock. this is the "cbs morning news." people say i'm getting better. no one's ever said that.

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it proved to be fake. al.com reports that alabama governor robert bentley bought several disposable cell phones last year. the former state official who says bentley had an affair with a political aide says the governor changed phones frequently. bentley sent only a few messages to the aide on his state-issued phone. >> i can assure the people of alabama, there is nothing there. >> the aide resigned. one lawmaker plans to start impeachment proceedings next week. the st. louis post dispatch hires a black officer as a police chief in ferguson, missouri. he was a homicide detective in miami, florida. they found racism in ferguson's police department after a white officer killed an unarmed black teen in 2014. "the new york times" reports a budget deal that gradually raises the state's minute wage to $15 an hour. new york is the second state to make the change, following california. pa

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this broadcast is real time captioned by carrie o'brien. 24:25 this friday morning. we are learning more about a trooper who was

killed. >> plus, smoke down. the group who plans to smoke pot outside of the white house. >> and it is a yellow alert day. showers and storms. allyson. good morning. pretty dry for the most part. astray shower north of 66. we're going to expect two waves here. one midmorning and one later on this afternoon and into the evening. the first round between 8:00 and 10:00 and linger through your lunch hour. putting this hat washington, d.c. at 10:00 in the morning. so 8:00 for cull peter -- culpeper. and then the front comes on through, tonight, another round of showers and thunderstorms. in the meantime it is warm. into the 60s and headed near 80 degrees. we will see sunshine, too, that will help to fuel the showers this afternoon. larry? good morning. you will see road construction and

so watch out for that. meantime, a live look shows you at 29. all clear there. we'll be back with traffic and weather on the 9s. over to you. >> thank you, larry. washington, d.c. police officer is recovering this morning after being hit by a car. >> the office was hit after 8:00 last night on southern avenue. he suffered non life- threatening. and the driver who hit him remained on-the-scene. the accident is under investigation. new information this morning about the man charged in a boy's death all over a piece of birthday cake. robert wilson took a plea deal in hagerstown yesterday and then the judge sentenced him to 30 years behind bars. the 31-year-old killed his girlfriend's boy. he put the blame on jack's mother and brother. they are also

virginia governor will decide soon whether or not the time a bill on the use of the electric chair. right now in virginia, inmates can choose to die by the electric chair or injection. and the general assembly passed a bill to make the electric chair the primary cause of death. equal play should get equal pay. women soccer filed a bill. they are asking the eeoc to investigate if they the u.s. soccer federation pays the athletes. they are paid 40% less than their male counterparts. a ride to save lives from breast cancer, the keel skincare brand was so moved by the mission

that provides breast screening services, they took of on a life ride to rise awareness. fellow news women were in town to sell bray the -- celebrate the $100,000 celebration. we will have more. we are having a bash of on own. it is friday. >> happy friday. we're glad you're joining us. good morning. right now, 4:30 a yellow weather alert. we are tracking storm that could sweep across part of the region today. and what about the weekend. living for the weekend. good morning. i'm andrea roane. >> good morning. i'm mike

and larry miller with time- saver traffic. first, allyson. it is warm, and first on the humid side. today is a yellow alert day. not a washout. two chances are showers and thunderstorms. look at first alert live doppler. we have showers areas to the south and southwest. light showers are moving out of the delmarva region. midmorning today, 8:00 and 11:00 showers will come on through. you can track them from roanoke. and then during the afternoon we will see sunshine, it will be gusty, near 80 degrees. and then the front comes on through and brings a chance for showers and thunderstorms for your drive home. so both commutes could be impacted. the details of the weekend is coming up. larry. good morning to you. good morning, allyson and good morning to you at home. watch out for greenway drive,