cecilia: that is what we are trying to do.that will hopefully go into ratification with member states and european parliament, a very important deal for europe. it would mean a lot to consumers and entrepreneurs. we hope to achieve at least that would be americans. we still have some work to do. this is what we will be discussing. they have discussed it because the canadian prime mr. is in washington right now. -- prime minister is in washington right now. mark: is a trade deal more likely now in the near term than a trade deal with the united states? cecilia: we are advanced with japan, but it is true that it has been a bit stuck lately. we do not see enough movement from the japanese side. we meet regularly and have agreed on many things. it seems that the upcoming elections in japan has made it a little bit difficult to advance but we are preparing new negotiation rounds and hopefully we can conclude this this year. we also launched negotiations with the philippines and are preparing for australia and new zealand, possibly

cecilia? >> david wright leading us off tonight. thank you. >>> and this weekend is crucial in the race for the white house. just three days until major primaries. here's the map. voters head to the polls in five states. hundreds of delegates at stake, and tuesday is a make or break day for many of those candidates. bernie sanders hoping to win ohio after his upset victory in michigan. and hillary clinton fighting to keep her lead. tonight, both candidates leveling harsh attacks at donald trump. clinton calling his rhetoric political arson. here's abc's mary bruce in cleveland. >> reporter: after the eruption of violence in chicago, tonight, the democratic candidates in agreement. accusing donald trump of playing with fire. >> the ugly, divisive rhetoric we are hearing from donald trump is not only wrong, it's dangerous. if you play with matches, you can start a fire you can't control. that's not leadership. it is political arson. >> reporter: bernie sanders is defending his backers, seen in t

cecilia? >> so many questions still, jennifer, thank you. >>> we do have breaking news now from turkey, two americans killed in a suicide attack in the heart of istanbul. the lone bomber striking the city's popular shopping street, five people killed including the americans, 36 injured. no one yet claiming turkey has suffered several terror attacks in recent months. isis and kurdish separatists being blamed. tonight, the white house condemning the terror attack. >>> next, the hunt for most wanted man in europe, finally coming to an end. heavily armed police in brussels capturing the final suspect in the paris terror attacks. but tonight, a new twist. investigators now saying salah abdeslam planned to commit a deadly attack but backed out at the last minute. here's alex marquardt reporting >> reporter: europe's most wanted man, tonight, behind bars and under interrogation. salah abdeslam, the lone surviving terrorist from the paris attacks, has admitted to authorities that, after he to be among

cecilia, give us -- i can hear it already. you. >> reporter: david, it's really loud in here. tough for me to hear you. she's expected to take the stage at any minute. when the results from ohio came into this room here, this crowd is erupting in absolute cheers. this is the state that hillary clinton wanted and needed to win. one aide telling me right now that, look, this is the result, i had just asked for a response, they said sanders' harsh negativity could have backfired there. he campaigned hard there. he outspent there in ads in ohio and they expected him to do especially well with young voters. and white voters in that state. we also know that she won florida, this is a state that she wanted to win, because the delegate count is so high here and right now, david, it is really feeling like that victory party in this room. a very good night for hillary clinton. >> and we've all covered these presidential campaigns, cecilia. i gather that the clinton team knows with hillary clinton approaching the microphone at 9:00 p.m.

cecilia? >> aditi, thank you. >>> that part of the country is bracing for bad weather tonight. severe weather threatening several areas on sunday. powerful storms rolling in. that weather damaging a number of homes in florida. in colorado, more snow just days after that blizzard. abc's senior meteorologist rob marciano joins us. >> sunrise services may be jeopardy, the heaviest rain has been across the panhandle. this stalled front doesn't move that much tomorrow. tallahassee, looks pretty wet. as we go through the day tomorrow, the second system that's dropping snow across colorado, could see some severe storms across the mississippi and ohio river valleys. here's your easter sunday forecast. southwest looks nice. northeast looks to be nice as well. southeast to chicago could be on the wet side, cecilia. >> robbing, thank you. >>> we turn next to a sight you don't want to see outside the window of your plane. it happened in detroit, one of the pilots handcuffed, arrested and driven away by po

cecilia? >> and that memorial growing there behind you. alex, thank you. >>> those attacks sending shock waves around the world. and tonight, on this easter eve, as billions prepare to mark this holy day, authorities are on high alert, especially at places of worship. abc's matt gutman reporting in now from rome. >> reporter: security threats tonight testing religious sites across the world. hundreds of extra nypd officers fully armed, being deployed for easter services around new york city. in the wake of brussels, those fears infecting europe. tonight, the state department warning u.s. citizens in turkey of an isis easter threat. germany on its highest alert. in its soccer match against england, an army of security guards frisking fans and digging into every bag. in france, sniper and scout teams now perched over the arrivals hall at the toulouse airport. and in the heart of catholicism, italy declaring a maximum alert. 3,000 extra officers deployed across rome. earlier, we toured the italia

good morning, cecilia. good morning, everyone. >>> north carolina, a speeding train racing down the track at a group of people walking along a rail road bridge. the bridge. two adults and a child able to them. one woman struck and killed. a man injured the train's crew emergency brake. the train could not stop in time. >>> to texas, a refinery explosion outside of houston. one of them severely. the blaze caused when a generator exploded. >>> and, new details about the florida man who landed his gyrocopter outside the u.s. capital this spring. douglas hughes was seconds away from colliding with a delta airplane that took off from reagan national airport. he agreed to a plea deal in november. he's facing ten months in jail. >>> and a health scare for lena dunham, the star of the hit tv show "girls." she's undergo surgery for a ruptured cyst. she's been outspoken about suffering with >>> that girl in the video a man in an suv tried to call her over. she ignored him. the driver got out of the car and grabbed he

cecilia? >> matt, thank you. we want to stay on the west coast. >>> dangerous weather is pounding the west. bracing for a series of storms. the rain already falling from washington down to central california. and take a look at this, in the bay area, high surf and flash flood watches. car spinning out on the rain-slick roads. homeowners now laying down sandbags. the worst is yet to come. abc meteorologist indra petersons is here. you were telling me it's going to be a rough next few hours. what are you watching? >> especially in the san francisco area, powerful storm making its way in this evening. we're looking at potentially four to six inches of rain thanks to an atmospheric river, like a fire hose pointing at the west coast. mud slides or even an isolated tornado not out of the question. it will make a pattern shift. cooling in the west, warming if the east. places like d.c., a few days away could be seeing 70s. this opens the flood gates for places like mississippi. right along that river, could see heavy am

cecilia is tracking those cecilia? >> hey, dan, good morning. grabs. 1237. the number of delegates a candidate needs to clinch. donald trump with 378. that's about 30% of the delegates. vote he needs. ted cruz, 295. trailing. let's go to the big map. the road ahead, lots of gel gats at stake. ohio, 66 delegates. florida, ted cruz, marco rubio both looking for big wins there. on the democratic side, hillary clinton with a commanding lead in the delegate counts. >> let's get more from chief anchor george stp. ephanopoulos. do you think we're look agent a two-man race? >> here's what we know. right now, neither marco rubio or john kasich can get the 1237 delegates they need. their only hope is to be spoilers in their home states and take to it a brokered convention. ted cruz has a slight chance to get to the 1237. as long as kasich and rubio stay in, it will be awhile before we get to the two-man race. >> what do you think the results last night tell us about what success, if any, the mitt romney and stop trump mumt is ha ovement is having? >> if you look at th

tonight, american airlines is cecilia? >> marci, thank you. >>> we turn now to a firestorm over the film festival and a hollywood star. a controversial documentary on vaccines has robert denero at the center of a firestorm. here's abc's eva pilgrim. >> reporter: tomorrow, the film festival robert de niro started under fire. >> grievance harm to innocent children. >> reporter: the actor saying, grace and i have a child with autism and this is very personal to me and my family. i want there to be a discussion. "vaxxed" premieres at the tribeca film festival. the film is directed by andrew wakefield. the study now retracted and wakefield stripped of his medical license. wakefield's work. >> this is one of those scientific questions where science has provided an answer. study after study has shown that vaccines don't cause autism. >> reporter: tonight, his statement generating backlash on twitter. people writing, disappointing and really irresponsible. de niro insisting he's not anti-vaccine. only providing an opportunity for

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cecilia? >> david, thank you. >>> today's votes still coming in. let's take a look at some of the maps showing the state of the race right now. hillary clinton taking ten states. bernie sanders with five. the republican side, donald trump the winner in ten states, ted cruz with five, including today's victory in kansas, marco rubio right there with one. i want to bring in abc news political analyst matthew dowd. let's talk about today, the gop establishment came down hard on donald trump this week. mitt romney called him a phony. >> he had a good day. the interesting thing, they aimed the attack at donald trump. even marco rubio got involved in that. the beneficiary is an anti-establishment person, ted cruz. donald trump is still the dominant. so far tonight, he's having a bad day, rubio >>> on the democratic side, big votes tonight, also. both sides are looking ahead to florida and to michigan, does the math add up for bernie sanders k he at all win this in. >> his window at the beginning of the month was big. now it's little right now. i think he

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cecilia? >> mary bruce leading us off, tonight, thank you. >>> we turn next to our other top story. all 62 people onboard killed in that plane crash, the final moments caught on video. a surveillance camera recording the impact in skies above russia, hours after midnight, during rain and fierce winds. the aftermath a somber scene. pieces of that shattered plane scattered, landing on the runway. tonight, teams from the ntsb and the faa are joining the investigation. and abc's jennifer eccleston has the details of this fateful flight and the big question tonight -- what went wrong? >> reporter: security cameras capturing that flash of light against the night sky. the boeing 737 plunging to the ground. seconds later, the fireball. the plane erupting into flames. daybreak giving investigators their first look at the crash site. 55 passengers and seven crew lost. the flydubai facing near hurricane-force winds before landing. for two hours, the pilot circled the area in a holding pattern, then tried

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cecilia? dan? >> we'll pick it up pr here. serious concerns in the weather department this week. >>> also serious concerns this morning about the zika virus. an alarming new study shows that it can cause a variety of problemsor developing babies at any stage of pregnancy. not just the beginning. >> that's right. there are at least 192 reported cases in 32 states and washington. and abc news chief women's health correspondent dr. jen ashton joins us now. the study changes the way we'r'r thinking about this. worried? that's what a lot of people want to know. >> i think e eryone is concerned. pregnant women and obstetricians and health officials. at this time, absolutely still more questions than answers. i want to be clear. this was a study appearing in "the new england journal of medicine." followed 88 pregnant women in brazil. most of them had symptoms and went on to test positive. the findings were concerning. two suffered first trimester miscarriages. two suffered third trimester fetal death. and 29% of those women who had u

abc's cecilia vega one-on-one with mrs. clinton. what happens when cecilia presses her, is hillary clinton confident going into tonight? >> i hope you all vote before the polls close. >> reporter: hillary clinton fighting to avoid another stinging loss to bernie sanders. >> i need your prayers. tonight and hoping to once and for all lock in the nomination. her sights set on the crucial battleground of ohio. clinton telling me, she's optimistic about the night ahead. but not confident? that's a word a lot of your supporters might want to hear you say. >> okay, i'm confident. i think optimistic is basically the same thing. i'm confident. i feel very good about the campaign. >> reporter: is tonight the night you could close this deal? >> i feel good about where we are and i think at the end of the night, we'll end up, again, significantly ahead in delegates. >> reporter: but when i pressed her -- you lose the midwest tonight, do you still declare victory? >> you know, you keep asking me these questions, which i've answered repeatedly.

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>> cecilia vega with us again tonight. thank you, cecilia. >>> next, from maryland tonight, new details about a chaotic gun battle right outside a police station. we reported earlier this week that officer jacai colson, undercover and out of uniform at the time, was reportedly killed by friendly fire. well, tonight, the police chief now saying the preliminary investigation reveals what they feared. that it was a fellow officer who shot him. here's abc's senior justice correspondent pierre thomas now. >> reporter: the tragic death of detective jacai colson has shaken the prince george's county police department to its core. today, the fears that a fellow officer was responsible were confirmed. police say one of colson's colleagues shot him, because he perceived a threat. apparently thinking colson was one of the suspects. >> the shot that struck and killed detective colson was deliberately aimed at him by another police officer. there's no intention, as i have seen the facts, to indicate any malice. >> reporter: colson, in