we get the latest now from abc's lana zak in washington. good morning, lana. >> reporter: good morning, kendis and reena. coming off this weekend's election results where bernie sanders won more states but hillary clinton won more delegates, each was eager to have their message stand out. in the birthplace of general motors, hillary clinton drew a clear distinction between the two democrats. >> i voted to save the auto industry. he voted against the money that ended up saving the auto industry. >> if you're talking about the wall street bailout, where some of your friends destroyed this economy -- >> you know. >> excuse me, i'm talking. >> reporter: clinton holds a 17-point lead in michigan. where once shining cities of steel have turned to rust. the water of flint has been poisoned with lead. for his role in that crisis, both sanders and clinton called for the resignation of the republican governor. >> his dereliction of duty was irresponsible. he should resigned.

lana zak reporting live for us this morning. >>> now the republicans and donald trump still soaring in the polls assault by the gop establishment. trump is ahead 41%. rubio trailing at 13%. trump and cruz each won two states over the weekend. >> look at this, marco rubio picked up a win in puerto rico along with two dozen delegates. he's vowing to beat donald trump in his home state of florida next week. but trump is calling on rubio to drop out. >>> the west coast is bracing for a round of powerful storms. widespread damage knocking down trees and power lines, turning roads into raging rivers and dumping up half a foot of rain in some places. the latest radar shows the new line of powerful storms slowly marching east ward. >>> still ahead -- creeping back up. gas prices rising yet again. >> and new overnight about a pastor being shot. >>> plus, anning ary cougar trapped. the risky rescue caught on camera. >>> this was a scene at the nuclear power plant in south carolina. black smoke could be seen above the nuclear station after a transformer fire, there were no evacuations and no nucl

abc's lana zak joins us live from washington, d.c. with a wednesday morning look at super tuesday. ana. >> reporter: hey, matt. good morning to you. the associated press just moments ago called the alaska race the final race for ted cruz. that brings his total of wins up to three states last night. but trump and clinton walked away with it, seven wins a piece. >> thank you all so much. what a super tuesday. >> reporter: with these super tuesday results it looks increasingly likely that the novemberly election will be a matchup of hillary clinton and donald trump. >> i'm going to go after one person. that's hillary clinton. >> reporter: clinton marching forward on a clear path to her party's nomination keeping one eye on her democratic competitor bernie sanders who won vermont oklahoma and minnesota but with a commanding lead in the delegate count clinton already taking on trump. >> america never stopped being great. >> reporter: on the republican side, ted cruz won his home state of texas and oklahoma. >> thank you. thank you. >> reporter: and marco rubio won his first state, minnes

lana zak standing by in washington, d.c. but we'll get started with stephanie ramos who is in virginia where polls open this morning at 6:00. good morning, stephanie. >> reporter: good morning to you, kendis and reena. you got it. itit is sup tuesday and voters can cast their ballots starting at 6:00 this morning in alexandria, virginia. as soon a as they close in 12 states we couldld effectively have a nominee for both parties. super tuesday is here. the biggest voting day of the election. voters in a dozen states and a u.s. territory will go to the polls today with 1,610 delegates at stake. hours before they open the candidates zig sagging across and holding rallies trying to grab last-minut votes. >> let me be very clear to the men and women of texas, i will not compromise the way -- >> reporter: ted cruz hoping to win big in his home state talking religigious liberty. >> you know what they say about men with small hands. >> repter: his barrage of insults against donald trump subsiding by the end of the day but at a trump

lana zak reporting live for us this morning. >>> now, to the republicans and donald trump still soaring in the polls despite a blistering assault by the gop establishment. trump is ahead 41%. heading into the michigan primary. far ahead of his rivals. ted cruz came in with 22%. rubio trailing at 13%. trump and cruz each won two states over the weekend. moving closer to a two-man race. >> look at this, marco rubio picked up a win in puerto rico along with nearly two dozen delegates. rubio's vowing to beat donald trump in his home state of florida next week. but trump is calling on rubio to drop out. >>> the west coast is bracing for a round of powerful storms. widespread damage knocking down trees and power lines, turning roads into raging rivers and foot of rain in some places. the latest radar shows that new line of powerful storms slowly marching eastward. as that first wave moves across the rockies. >>> still ahead -- creeping back up, gas prices rising yet again. >> and new details breaking overnight about a pastor being shot. >>> plus, an angry cougar trapped. the risky rescue caug

more now from abc's lana zak. >> reporter: donald trump on defense showing support for his campaign manager corey lewandowski who has now been charged with battery. >> i stick up for people when people are unjustly accused. and in my opinion, unjustly accused. >> reporter: new footage from trump's own hotel he appears to support michele field's account she was grabbed by lewandowski. >> she's grabbing me. he >> reporter: trump's challenger ted cruz and john kasich took aim at the billionaire and his campaign culture. >> i think there is no place in politics for insults for personal attacks for going to the gutter and there should be no place for physical violence either. >> we want to give people the benefit of the doubt but when you see things that are pretty clear from what i understand the video is clear, of course i would fire him. >> reporter: even the democrats weighed in, hillary clinton also blaming the gop front run thor. >> i think every candidate has to be responsible for what happens in their campaign you know, utley the responsibility is mr. trump's. >> reporter: and in an inte

with more, here's abc news contributor lana zak. smoking? unhealthy diet? and a sedentary lifestyle. all things we know are linked to your heart risk.but what about? your job?in a new c-d-c led study, presented at the lifestyle and cardiometabolic health sessions today, researchers surveyed more than five thousand black and white men and women? comparing things like blood pressure, cholesterol levels and diet? to their profession.what they found - different jobs appeared to be linked with different risk factors for heart disease. management and finance professionals, for example, tended to have a healthy weight? but nearly three in four reported an unhealthy diet.police it came to high blood pressure. and nearly seven in ten people working in sales had unhealthy cholesterol levels. fortunately, even if we can't change our jobs, there are easy steps that all of us can take to guard our hearts. and while our job schedules might occasionally get in the way of exercise or eating right? paying attention to these hurdles can go a long way in helping us live a hea

abc's lana zak has the latest. good morning, lana. >> good morning, reena and kendis. you know, listening to the rhetoric on the campaign trail, it's hard to tell if republicans are more concerned about hillary clinton or donald trump. with donald trump's high poll numbers materializing into votes and now a commanding lead in the delegate count republicans are working to stop the man on track to lead the gop. make his case against the front-runner. trump already on the attack tweeting looks like two-time failed candidate mitt romney is going to be telling republicans how to get elected. just four years ago the two men stood side by side. >> it's my honor, real honor and privilege to endorse mitt romney. >> reporter: and with ben carson, the only republican hinting at leaving the race ted cruz is encouraging the supporters of others to abandon their number one choice. >> if you've been supporting another candidate, we welcome you. >> reporter: cruz arguing he alone can stop a presidential clinton or a president trump. >> reporter: on the democratic side hillary clinton

abc's lana zak has the results. 20:52:18 with these super tuesday results, it looks increasingly likely that the november election will be a match-up of hillary clinton and donald trump-- trump: "i'm gonna go after one person - that's hillary clinton" clear path to her party's nomination-- keeping one eye on her democratic competitor--be rnie sanders--who won vermont, oklahoma, and minnesota. in the delegate trump-- clinton america never stopped being great on the republican side, ted cruz won his home state of texas and oklahoma, and marco rubio won his first state, the on... but the night belonged to trump, who commanded the leader-board...and was a bit more gracious to his competitors than in recent days. trump 21:39:17 cruz, feeling victorious with his texas win, urging voters to think of this now as a 2-man race-- 22:48:02 tag: none of the republican candidates have indicated that they will be dropping out, which could potentially lead to a brokered convention, failing that, the republican establishment will have to decide how they handle a trump nominee, who has shown no interest

here's abc's lana zak with more. both sides say they are looking after the security of millions of americans... the fbi says the data on the iphone of one of the san bernadino shooters could help them root out terrorists here in but apple maintains that writing a code to unlock that one iphone would compromise the security of millions of users ... cook: "the only way to get information-- at least currently, the only way we know-- would be to write a piece of software that we view as sort of the software equivalent of cancer. // apple shareholders are standing by their ceo--saying it is unconstitutional to compel the company to create software that doesn't exist -- cohn "we think that the fbi's attempt to force apple to attack its own security is bad. it's bad for all of us to rely on the safety and trust of our devices "> today on capitol hill, apple's top lawyer will be answering tough questions from the house judiciary committee... apple's stand has been criticzed by some lawmakers-- rep. jolly "i think apple leade

lana zak standing by in washington, d.c. but we'll get started with stephanie ramos who is in virginia where polls open this morning at 6:00. good morning, stephanie. >> reporter: good morning to you, kendis and reena. you got it. it is super tuesday and voters can cast their ballots starting at 6:00 this morning in alexandria, virginia. states we could effectively have a nominee for both parties. super tuesday is here. the biggest voting day of the year leading up to the general election. voters i i a dozen states and a u.s. territory will go to the polls today with 1,610 delegates at stake. hours before they open the candidates zig sagging across and holding rallies trying to grab last-minute votes. >> let me be very clear to the men and women of texas, i will not compromise the way -- >> reporter: ted cruz hoping to win big in his home state talking religious liberty. >> you know what they say about men with small hands. >> reporter: his barrage of insults against donald trump subsiding by the end of the day but at a trum

. >> abc's lana zak is in washington with a look at where things stand now, lana. >>reporter: good morning, lori and ken. momentum is back on the side of hillary clinton. according to abc's exit polls, chance to beat donald trump in the general election. >> if you've been waiting for the right moment, now's the time to come join us. >>reporter: big wins for hillary clinton, florida, ohio, north carolina and her childhood state of illinois. >>reporter: further widening her lead against bernie sanders. >> the reason that we have defied all expectations is that we are doing something very radical in american politics. we are telling the truth. >>reporter: on the republican side donald trump building on his momentum with several wins, but was denied a victory in ohio by home state governor john kasich. a win hoped for by those seeking a contested republican convention. >> we are going to go all the way to cleveland and secure the republican nomination. >>reporter: the other home state win wasn't there. marco rubio dropping out after being trounced by donald trump in fl

reporting live from washington, lana zak, channel6 "action news." >> thank you lana.d weekend. >>> the can candidates are looking towards next tuesday as their opportunity to pick up more delegates. arizona republicans go to the polls. that is a win are take all contest and the top candidate will take 58 of them. and republicans in utah will caucus and dole out 40 delegates. democrats have three contests as well next tuesday. 85 delegates in arizona, 27 in idaho, 37 in utah. and world news tonight with david muir will have more on the 2016 presidential race. you can watch that following "action news" at 6:00. >> ♪ >> and now to a dramatic video you will only see on "action news." authorities have released surveillance video showing the moment when a suspected drunk driver slammed into a delaware toll plaza. take a look at this surveillance video that was shot wednesday night at the i-95 plaza in newark. you can see cars were stopped to pay the toll. then all of a sudden a car reportedly driven by 31-year-old matt rude right there speeds into the area and slams into tw

with more, here's abc's lana zak. < smoking? unhealthy diet? and new c-d-c led study, presented at the lifestyle and cardiometabolic health sessions today, researchers surveyed more than five thousand black and white men and women? comparing things like blood pressure, cholesterol levels and diet? to their profession. what they found - different different risk factors for heart disease. management and finance professionals, for example, tended to have a healthy weight? but nearly three in four reported an unhealthy diet. police officers? among the worst when it came to high blood pressure. and nearly seven in ten people working in sales had unhealthy cholesterol levels. fortunately, even if we can't change our jobs, there are easy steps that all of us can take to guard our hearts. and while our job schedules might occasionally get in the way of exercise or eating right? paying attention to these hurdles can go a long way in helping us live a healthier life. with this medical minute, i'm dr. timothy johnson. > henderson wants you to get more act

we get the latest now from abc's lana zak in washington. >> reporter: good morning, coming off this weekend's election results where bernie sanders won more states but hillary clinton won more delegates. each was eager to have their megs saj stand out. hillary clinton drew a clear distinction between the two democrats. >> i voted to save the auto industry. he voted against the money that ended up saving the auto industry. >> if you're talking about the wall street bailout, where some of your friends destroyed this economy -- >> you know. >> excuse me, i'm talking. >> reporter: clinton holds a 17-point lead in michigan. the water of flint has been poisoned with led. for his role in that crisis, both sanders and clinton called for the resignation of the republican governor. he should resigned. >> the two united in reproaching the ramires. >> compare the substance of this debate with what you saw on the republican stage -- >> we are if elected president going to invest a lot of money into mental health. >> reporter: they disagreed on the effectses of the first clinton presidency. >> i was on a p

lana zak joining us with the details. >> reporter: good morning. this is the third bombing this month alone in pakistan and this one counted among its targeted victims -- children on easter. bloody sunday. terrorist striking again this time in pakistan, the target >> we're feeling so upset because it's day of our worship. >> reporter: the suicide bomber believed to target easter revelers at the children's ride at a park in lahore. while pope preached a message of hope the taliban faction claimed responsibility for the late nest a grim, global death toll. even as belgians continue to mourn the dead and injured from last tuesday's terror attacks. violence erupted at the memorial site. police in brussels breaking up a protest. angry at muslim and if you don't want to live like us, go. >> reporter: they're still trying to root out the people involved in those deadly attacks. arresting one man in italy and another arrest in holland and nine more people detained in belgium belgium. attacker in the hat at the airport and the man at the train station who f