jonathan reagan his shift ends gets a call me from his mother that with we have a kid who wants to meet real-life police officer know what is your case you get down here? >> he goes down and says he made the kids' day and the reason is an officer inspired hip-hop:dash inspired him. >> the crisis continues to escalate into our investigation. 30 at a 75 schools tested elevated bubbles of lead. when they found out they immediately acted and turned off the water of the contaminated schools with thousands of gallons of bottled water. but lead in the drinking water is not a new saying. in the way to the newark public schools to help them with this problem so i, of with the governor today to know what he knew about this problem in the 2003 revolution. >> that epa offered to cut in and the school district -- will you be accepting their help now? >> i have no idea. i was a u.s. attorney at the time. we will not turn down help from anybody. >> what did cory booker no? here is a guy who put his way into the united states said it and i have to believe the municipal government knew this bill lecter

the country paused to remember former first lady nancy reagan -- who died from congestive heart failure over the weekend. 10 news reporter jonathan petramala spoke with a local reverand who met mrs. reagan on an iconic day of her husband's presidency. nancy davis was already an actress when ronald reagan entered the scene. ronald and nancy married, had two kids and became the most powerful couple in the world reverend james warren was invited the white house the day president reagan declared martin holiday in 1983 oversaw a major renovation of the her influence to anti-drug campaign, just say no. but when the great communicator couldn't communicate alzheimer's slowly took her husband away. even after his death in 2004, nancy remained an important figure in important figure in the republican party.even endorsing john mccain's run for president in 2008. rubio catching nancy prepared to give a library. rubio spoke with 10 most republican's consider reagan the greatest president, but all who knew the couple agreed they made up the greatest love affair in the history of the american presidency. in st petersburg, jonathan petramala 10

doctors patrick reagan and jonathan freberg say the treatment has proved effective before, but it is somewhat of a last resort. chemotherapy haven't worked. >> could this be potentially deadly if it goes wrong? >> yes. and that is an important thing that we discussed with doctor foster at length. that these are very serious side effects, and can result in death. >> being offered a therapy that is a cutting-edge therapy, that we are very optimistic is going to give me an opportunity i would not have otherwise had. >> that was rachel spotts reporting. >>> this is national kick butts day, the day that people across america speak up against smoking and offer criticism against big tobacco. organizers say they have made great strides against smoking. even so, every day, 3000 kids under 18 try smoking for the first time and 700 kids become >>> the cdc is giving doctors new guidelines for prescribing cain killing drugs. the agency says the whisks -- the agency says the risks from prescribing opioids outweigh the benefits. doctors are order to prescribe them for the shortest amount of time. t

jonathan carlton. president obama mrs. reagan are there in 2009. there is a story behind this image. >> reporter: their relationship to all to an awkward start when president obama in his very first press conference seem to do so by using the astrologer reference. he had to apologize to her. you see them linking arms right favor federal funding for stem cell research. it was a really big deal for nancy reagan because it was something that most conservatives at the time were to. >> she wanted it to help against the fight against alzheimer's. >> reporter: we had a tweet from the campaign trail from hillary clinton saying, nancy especially for alzheimer's research, was tireless. from the bushes, they put out a statement say nancy reagan was fiercely loyal to her beloved husband and that devotion was matched only by her devotion to our country. very warm words for those who came to the white house after the reagans left. >> thank you. >>> there is still much more ahead on world news tonight. donald trump any momentum for ted cruz. the winds this weeken

jonathan: goodbye to nancy reagan today at the reagan library where she lives in repose.ichelle: at tomorrow's private dignitaries such as michelle obama and george w. bush will pay their respects. in the reaganered library to pay their final respects to nancy reagan, here lying in repose. made itsan's casket solemn and ceremonious arrival wednesday. >> in your hands, oh lord, we commend our sister, nancy. >> busloads of people followed shortly after to remember the former first lady. >> peaceful, serene. couple.were a great they inspired the country. i want to pay to review to them. greg she was totally behind her husband, and i think that's a beautiful thing to see. than 50 years of marriage, and soon she will lie beside him in this tomb. after a funeral procession . reagan to the library, a private funeral will be held. >> security will be very tight. we have many important dignitaries coming to the service. ,> diane sawyer, tom brokaw james baker, and the former prime minister of canada will all be speaking. michelle: coming up, the father of a murder victim speaking

jonathan: former first lady nancy reagan will be laid to rest on friday. she will be in repose for public visitation at the reagan presidential library tomorrow and thursday. she will be buried next to her husband in simi valley california on friday following a private funeral service. first lady michelle obama will be the representative at the funeral. the public can sign a condolence book at the white house visitor center through the end of the month. michelle: federal judge says apple can't be forced to unlock an iphone in a drug dealing case. now the justice department wants a sec while apple fights another case where the f.b.i. is trying to get apple to unlock a phone used by one of the shooters in the san bernardino terror attacks. apple argue unlocking phones will make them less safe. today marks two years since malaysian airline flight 270 disappeared. it vanished on the way to beijing with 239 people on board. the plane is likely in the southern indian ocean but only one small piece of the plane washed up. the search is expected to be called off t

reagan coalition anymore. gwen: what rubio is saying. jonathan: that's a profound darker,but what's even what struck me about romney's was talking about trump taking the country down a democracy.rom that's the speech you don't hear in america, somebody would move from --away dan: let me pick up the point about the effort to co-opt his message. it is, people -- his message is mostly stylistic. try tosaw marco rubio adopt that last weekend and in the debate prior to this week, and it turned out to be a failure. it took marco rubio down to the level of donald trump without having the strength that donald trump projects so it's very difficult for them to do that. gwen: and it doesn't seem like the debate stage is the place works anyhow. these debates have devolved to the point where nothing changes who's a winner or losers at these debates and no one can actually catch up. molly: well -- jonathan: so true. know, one constant in all the debates is that attacking donald trump has been recipe for disaster, right? all of the candidates who are their run

president obama and michelle obama reflecting on the death of nancy reagan, saying our former first lady redefined the role. and let's go to jonathan karl. let's go back to 2009, because there's a story behind this image? >> their relationship actually got off to an awkward start, when president obama seemed to dis her by mentioning her use of an astrologer, and had to apologize later. buthey later found common cause. you see them linking arms after joining together to favor federal fding for stem cell research. it was a really big deal, because it was something that were opposed to. >> in the meantime, the outpouring from other first families as well, the bushes and clintons. >> yes, we had a tweet from hillary clinton, saying ncy's legendary. and from the bushes, george w and his wife, her devotion to her husbandnd was only matched to that for our country. >> jon, thanks. >>> still ahead, donald trump and new momentum for ted cruz. the wins this weekend. >>> and wild storms slamming the country. the storm system on the move. it's not over t. >>> and breaking news. plant trying to get a fire under control. >>> and we continue reme

jonathan: did they even have snow? warm-up onave a huge the way next week. 39 degrees at reagan national. the high made it up to 42, 10 degrees below average this time of year. the next few days, much warmer air across the mid-atlantic. 37 leesburg, 36 frederick, 34 andrews, 38 degree southern maryland where they had quite a bit of snow. st. mary's county, 5, 6 inches from the storm. ast of you saw a coating to little over an inch. little overed a five, making it feel cooler, but not a lot of super cold air, nor a tremendous amount of mild air. that will change. the satellite and radar, the next weather maker across the great lakes will take a did to the south, moving overhead tomorrow night. snowf rain, may end as wet saturday night, but not worried about any accumulation. going out tonight come early tomorrow morning, it will be fine, mainly dry, skies beginning to clear. we fall into the middle 20's north and western suburbs, 32 to 35 inside the capital beltway. the wind begins to settle down. tomorrow morning, sunshine. farmers market, taking the dog out for a walk, grabbing coffee, j

reagan dead today at 94. let's bring in abc news chief white house correspondent jonathan karl. good morning to you. can you tell us more about the influence she had within the republican party especially in these later years and at this moment now where the republican party is in such turmoil. >> the timing is just incredible, dan. nancy reagan as you heard cecilia refer to in her story was often controversial as first lady and fought with some of reagan's top advisers and she was the guardian of ronald reagan, above all things, jealously protecting him from in any way cause him any trouble in the years since he died she became the protector of the ronald reagan legacy and when you think of the towering figure that reagan is and has been in this party. this is really over the last several decades become the party of lincoln and the party of ronald reagan. and it was nancy reagan who carried that flame, kept that flame lit every presidential election cycle, the republican candidates for president would come out to the reagan library. there would be, you know, there would be a debate there invited pe

and michelle obama reflecting on the death of nancy reagan, saying our former first lady redefined the role. in her time here. let's get right to jonathan karl. 2009, because there's a story got off to an awkward start, when president obama in his first press conference seemed to dis her by mentioning her use of an astrologer, and called to apologize later. but they later found common cause. you see them linking arms after joining together to favor federal funding for stem cell research. it was a really big deal, for nancy reagan, because it was something at the time that most conservatives were adamantly opposed to. >> and there's been a real outpouring from other first families, like the bushes and clintons? >> yes, we had a tweet from hillary clinton, saying nancy's strength of character was legendary. and his wife, her devotion to her husband was only matched to her devotion for our country. so, some very warm words. >> jon, thanks. >>> and tonight, the other major headline involves the race for the white house. nancy reagan was often quoted by candidates over the years. this year, the fractured party gearing up for tuesday's michig

reagan dead today at 94. let's bring in abc news chief white house correspondent jonathan karl. good morning to you.the influence she had within the republican party especially in these later years and at this moment now where the republican party is in such turmoil. >> the timing is just incredible, dan. nancy reagan as you heard cecilia refer to in her story was often controversial as first lady and fought with some of reagan's top advisers and she was the guardian of ronald reagan, above all things, jealously protecting him from anybody who she saw that would in any way cause him any trouble at all. in the years since he died she became the protector of the ronald reagan legacy and when you think of the towering figure that reagan is and has been in this party. this is really over the last several decades become the party of lincoln and the party of ronald reagan. and it was nancy reagan who carried that flame, kept that flame lit every presidential election cycle, the republican candidates for president would come out to the reagan library. there would be, you know, there would be a debate there

reagan dead today at 94. let's bring in abc news chief white house correspondent jonathan karl. good morning to you. can you tell us more about the influence she had within the republican party especially in these later years and at this moment now where the republican party is in such turmoil. >> the timing is just incredible, dan. nancy reagan as you heard cecilia refer to in her story was often controversial as first lady and fought with some of reagan's top advisers and she was the guardian of ronald reagan, above all things, jealously protecting him from anybody who she saw that would at all. in the years since he died she became the protector of the ronald reagan legacy and when you think of the towering figure that reagan is and has been in this party. this is really over the last several decades become the party of lincoln and the party of ronald reagan. and it was nancy reagan who carried that flame, kept that flame lit every presidential election cycle, the republican candidates for president would come out to the reagan library. there would be, you know, there would be a debate there invi

jonathan: i'm looking forward to it too. it will be fun. >> it will kick off tonight at the ronald reagan building where washington's social scene, the key city officials and the festival stakeholders and the friends join together to have a celebration of springtime. people donning their beautiful finest pink beautiful outfits. it's a fundraiser for the festival. we do get a lot of support from the d.c. government and corporations and the individuals come out to help support the event. as a fundraiser for the festival jonathan: so many people come from out of town to see the cherry blossoms and walk around the mall and the potomac to see the trees come to full bloom. talk about the festival. what does it mean to city and what does it mean for the area with how much it raises? awareness and also money. >> the national cherry blossom festival is four weeks long. we coordinate sometime in that time period the blossoms are blooming. but the festival goes beyond bringing 1.5 million people and $160 million to the region economy. jonathan: it's a great show and it's all done by mother nature. can't thank you enough. i'll see you in a

jonathan, back to you. >> wow indeed. julia chatterley, thank you. >>> members of the public will be able to pay respects to former first lady nancy reagan before herrivate funeral. she will lie in repose at the ronald reagan presidential library tomorrow and thursday followed by the service on friday. mrs. reagan will then be buried next to her husband at the library in simi valley. flags around washington have been lowered to half-staff and yesterday, the president shared his thoughts on passing of the former first lady saying president reagan was lucky to have her and she will be missed. >> i had the opportunity to meet ms. reagan once. obviously she was already advanced in age, but could not have been more gracious and more charming to myself and michelle when we first came into office. you know, i think it's been well documented the extraordinary love that she had for her husband. and the extraordinary comfort and strength that she provided him during really hard times. >> president obama hosted the former first lady at the white house in 2009. first lady michelle obama will attend mrs. reagan's funeral. >>> still ahead on "way too early," she

reagan dead today at 94. let's bring in abc news chief white house correspondent jonathan karl. good morning to you.out the influence she had within the republican party especially in these later years and at this moment now where the republican party is in such turmoil. >> the timing is just incredible, dan. nancy reagan as you heard cecilia refer to in her story was often controversial as first lady and fought with some of reagan's top advisers and she was the guardian of ronald reagan, above all things, jealously protecting him from anybody who she saw that would in any way cause him any trouble at all. in the years since he died she became the protector of the ronald reagan legacy and when you think of the towering figure that reagan is and has been in this party. this is really over the last several decades become the party of lincoln and the party of ronald reagan. and it was nancy reagan who carried that flame, kept that flame lit every presidential election cycle, the republican candidates for president would come out to the reagan library. there would be, you know, there would be a debate t

our colleague jonathan elias you may have noticed was wearing a pink tie, extremely pink tie earlier, he has the tie on the way to the reagan building for the event and he will have a live report at 6:00. alison: not just pink. extremely pink. there will be a lot of that at the party tonight. leon: you know it. doug: keeping with the party. alison: very good. what do you think is going to happen here? doug: tonight will be okay. no problems. gorgeous right now. the weekend will be awful. alison: weird. today is so warm. i don't think impact. higher elevations north and west for metro washington before you worry about the temperatures. too warm here. look at this. beautiful look at the potomac river from national harbor. gorgeous sunshine. fair weather clouds. comfortable temperatures. the numbers are running 10 degrees above average for this day in march. 66 in reagan national. west/northwesterly winds at 22 miles per hour. look at the dew point, very low. it's very, very dry outside. that is a concern and wood and the forested area here. no red flag warning for us but we are close to that. we see a change as the colder air

reagan. remembering her little known connection to a neighborhood when she was a chitted and how they are paying tribute ahead. jonathan: at 6:00, what a local man is doing to help the flint, michigan, residents affected by the water crisis going on and how you can help as well. people are taking charge of their type 2 diabetes with non-insulin victoza®. for a while, i took a pill to lower my blood sugar. but it didn't get me to my goal. so i asked my doctor about victoza®. he said victoza® works differently than pills. and comes in a pen. victoza® is proven to lower blood sugar and a1c. it's taken once a day, any time. victoza® is not for weight loss, but it may help you lose some weight. victoza® works with your body to lower blood sugar in 3 ways: in the stomach, the liver, and the pancreas. vo: victoza® is an injectable prescription medicine that may improve blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes when used with diet and exercise. mmended as the first medication to treat diabetes and should not be used in people with type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. victoza® has not been studied with mealtime insulin. v

jonathan: comes the snow. steve: it will get colder here. look at the national harbor. that is the place to be. looking at a few clouds out there. the temperature is 61 degrees at reagannal airport. the clouds will continue to increase moving through the overnight hours. look at the temperatures. would have! i love it. 68 degrees in culpeper. 70 in charlottesville. 66 in luray. 64 in winchester. the cold front will sweep across the mid-at lan tick tonight. you will feel it moving through the day tomorrow. the morning highs are in the 50's. it will drop through the day. 45 for a high on thursday. on friday looking at the temperatures that are around 42 degrees. we could be looking at snow mixing in with the rain come thursday night to friday. a look at the weekend outlook. better days ahead. chilly on saturday. middle 40's. we will rebound until 50 degrees on sunday. if you have plans set for the end of the weekend, it looks a whole lot better. let's get a check of the afternoon rush hour commute. how do things look? jamie: 270 is where i want to start in maryland. if you head northbound get ready for the volume. you can see near 124 through gaithersburg, germantown ye

jonathan makes a good point. at some point he will have to have some crossover appeal. neil: he says he already does. >> anti-trade people are reaganwhat he is talking about with crossover appeal. doesn't it need a coalition that will win in november, more or less primaries have to be broader than that? doesn't he have to keep traditional republicans and -- neil: the gist you get from him, i'm bringing for more in the party than leaving it. 20,000 left democratic party in massachusetts voting for me. 1000 in michigan did the same. win thousand in ohio considering doing the same. he goes on and on. what do you make of that? >> i think greater test, ones really starting to get republicans attention are some of these closed primaries where if he is winning, he is winning by the hair of his cheney chin chin. what i heard over past few days mainly is a lot of people saying we'll not get bullied necessarily being forced to vote for this man and if he does end up splintering the party, i think you could see the rise of this pub pick establishment that is really being tired of being called stupid and old-fashioned. neil: could that establi

jonathan law high school. he was upset when the 16-year-old turned down his invitation t prom. >>> remembrances are pouring in after one of the country's most memorable first ladies died at nancy reagan passed away from heart failure according to a family spokesperson, flags are flying at half staff at the nation's capitol. the white house is showing the love with the simple message, rest in peace nancy reagan. brandy hit joins us live from the presidential library. >> good morning, condolences and prayers continue to pour in for nancy reagan's family. here at the ronald reagan presidential library, people are playing respects for a woman they believe played a political role in her husband's career. >> theirs was a love story more than 50 years from hollywood to the white house. instancey reagan never -- nancy raegian never left -- reagan never left her husband's side. mother is always where she wanted to be. outside the ronald reagan presidential library, families are leaving flowers. as reaction pours in from across the nation. the president and michelle obama tweeting this photo saying our former first lady redefined her role in her time here. >> she was one of the greatest first

jonathan: tom keene is back alongside us. it is morning must read time. what have you got? tom: this is lawrence lindsey associated with president bush wanted to and reaganprogressive ruling class do not view of america as a cause, only a country. therefore, they feel little compulsion to protect the cause of liberty that america stands for. do not expect a robust defense of american interest from them unless they themselves are threatened. this came out with a first line that the public is angry. it look better presented for the political discourse right now. david: that is simply undeniable with what is going on the presidential election. it is so important what words you choose. progressives would not agree with that, but people like lawrence lindsey take liberties. progresses might take the quality and say they are not wiling to second is a quality. book,t's a libertarian but it has elements of criticism on both sides. jonathan: you mentioned the quality, but the quality -- equality and opportunity are not result. a lot of people are not satisfied where they are at and that is a problem political leaders in this country at least. a to: there's it fro