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for "good morning america," matt gutman, abc news, miami. >> quite distasteful, to say the least.nks to matt gutman. >>> we're going to turn to ron claiborne for the top stories. >> hopes to reviving the middle east peace talks have suffered a big setback. palestinian prime minister resigned on saturday. he's one of the palestinians' most moderate leaders. >>> and pope francis has taken a major step forward as reforming the catholic church. he has appointed eight cardinals for reforming the church. >>> and some families of 9/11 victims are upset for a $2 fee. the memorial's president says the fee is necessary to support its operations. entrance to the museum is free. >>> and the book believed to be the first ever printed in the united states is going on the auction block later this year. it's 1 of 11 copies and dates back to the 1640s. it's expected to fetch 40 million bucks. >>> time for the weather and ginger zee. >> severe weather and heavy rain along the south and the gulf coast. a low pressure system moving through. a warm front that will become stationary. that means a lot o

matt gutman how that officer is explaining it and what he's saying now to trayvon martin's family. >> reporter: a police officer has been fired for bringing these shooting targets to a weapons exercise in central florida. >> he had a target in the back of his car. and offered it to two other officers with the force. >> reporter: according to the mortified ceo of the port authority, john walsh, those fellow cops, disgusted with the choice of targets, reported sergeant ron king. king admits to having the targets with the faceless figure and hoodie. and offered this apology. >> i would like to start my statement by apologizing to the family of trayvon martin for being used as a pawn in somebody's political agenda. >> reporter: in the six-minute address, king claims he was going to use the targets, as an example of what not to shoot at. >> and the target is something i viewed as an example of a no-shoot situation. >> reporter: the video seemed reminiscent to this video. shot by george zimmerman in the months after he shot martin. this re-enactment, he claims self-defense. saying martin wa

but somebody's got to figure this out. >> reporter: matt gutman, abc news, back in line, in orlando. >>> now, a note about another story we've been following in texas today. some residents of the town called "west" got a first look at the damage to their homes after the massive blast killed 14 people there and injured more than 200. still no word on the cause. but investigators will use 3d images of the crater to help their search for clues at the fertilizer plant. and we learned president obama will attend a memorial in texas on thursday. we also saw those happier images you're seeing now, students returning to school as the town slowly tries to return to normal. >>> and still ahead on this fast-moving news night, inside america's raging flood zone, kayaking down the road, even fish crossing the street, and more rain on the way, next. we went out and asked people a simple question: how old is the oldest person you've known? we gave people a sticker and had them show us. we learned a lot of us have known someone who's lived well into their 90s. and that's a great thing. but even thou

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abc's matt gutman has the portrait of this man coming into focus tonight. ♪ >> reporter: this is paulurtis, the man in custody for allegedly terrorizing the federal government for two days. ♪ a flamboyant celebrity impersonator with his own youtube channel and an unusual ring letters to the government from this sleepy mississippi town. and accordg investigators, on april 8th, three of his letters were laced with the toxic chemical ricin. "there are still missing pieces. maybe i have your attention now, even if that means someone has to die." the form letters were sent to president obama, senator roger wicker of mississippi, and mississippi judge sadie holland, who opened hers. >> a white kind of like grainy-type substance loose in the envelope. >> reporter: prosecutors say the missing pieces in the letters could refer to curtis' obsession with the sale of black market body parts. he's even written a book and tweeted about it. >> reporter: in a statement, his brother said, "we have no reason to believe kevin would be involved. we love him, and look forward to getting answers to make se

for "good morning america," matt gutman, abc news, miami. >> quite distasteful, to say the least.nks to matt gutman. >>> we're going to turn to ron claiborne with the other stories developing right now. >> hi again, bianna and dan. good morning, everyone. hopes to reviving the middle east peace talks have suffered a big setback. palestinian prime minister salam fayyad resigned on saturday. he's one of the most moderate leaders and had been expected to play a key role in peace talks. >>> and pope francis has taken a major step forward as reforming the catholic church. the pope has named a group of eight cardinals from around the world to advise him on running the kath limb church and reforming the vatican bur rocksy. >>> and some families of 9/11 victims are upset for a $2 fee for reserving tickets at the national september 11th memorial and museum in new york city. the memorial's president says the fee is necessary to support its operations. entrance to the museum is free. >>> and finally, the book believed to be the first ever printed in the united states is going on the auction

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matt gutman, abc news, miami. >>> deadline day for filing income taxes. in most cases you need to have them post marked or electronically sent by midnight tonight. as many as 100 million taxpayers have filed early. 90% electronically. this year's average refund is $2,755. if you are not ready to file today. make sure you send in a form. 4868, an extension. in massachusetts you have until tomorrow. because today is a state holiday. patriots day. >>> former president george w. bush is beaming over his new title for the first time he can be called grandpa. mr. bush's daughter jenna bush hager and husband henry welcomed their first child over the weekend. baby girl margaret laura mila hager born in new york city named after her grandmothers. the former president said he met his new granddaughter and the family is elated. congratulations to them. >> big time congratulations. >> happy news. >> i am showing my age. i remember when jenna and her sister were the wild child partying girls, photos in college campus. >> twin sister barbara. >> now a mom. that's why y

abc's matt gutman has details. >> reporter: for the second time in as many months, all aboard the carnival "triumph" were left adrift. this time a storm walloped the ship with 70-mile-per-hour winds. 800 crew and contractors were on the colossus as it was bouncing off of the ships and boats in mobile bay, undergoing months of repair. >> due to the high winds, the carnival "triumph" broke its moorings, drifted over across the mobile ship channel, had a collision with the army corps of engineer boat and deck barge. during the collision it took a few scrapes and scratches. >> two of them broke real fast. the rest of them it was snap, snap, one after another. kind of slow. it was ki-- once the last one broke, it looked like somebody was driving the boat. >> reporter: an eyewitness described the slow-motion chaos as the ship drifted helplessly in the bay. >> the wind just came out of nowhere, i seen a couple of portalettes go flying by. and someone said, "oh, my god, look at the carnival." we turned and look, and you can see the carnival come in side ways and a tugboat trying to keep it in the

matt gutman. what a strange story. >> it sure is. >>> let's get, now, to josh elliott and the rest of the morning headlines. >> we're going to begin with a developing story that is once again raising serious questions about the safety of the factories where so many of the clothes that we buy in this country are made. this morning, a massive clothing factory in bangladesh came crashing down. its roof and walls buckling in seconds. the concrete and glass then trapping hundreds of people. killed at least 76 of them. and that number could rise dramatically. police say the factory owners ignored warnings about a huge crack in the building side. this comes six months after a fire at a similar clothing factory claimed more than 100 lives. >>> here at home, millions are on alert across the midwest, with mountains of sandbags straining to hold back record floodwaters this morning. from the air, take a look. you can see whole swaths of peoria, illinois, now under water. tuesday's rains made for more misery.

for "good morning america," matt gutman, abc news, miami. >> nice finish there. he just did. >>> to the weather from sam. >> we begin with the snowy side of the spring storms we showed you. the tough side. now it might be as tough for 30 inches of snow in rapid city, south dakota. 30 inches. remember, their one day with 20 inches slammed their all-time april snow record so this is just a little bit more on top of that. here's where the snow continues on top of that storm. another line from minneapolis in toward marquette. duluth, a part of that, green bay and milwaukee coming in with snow there. how about getting rid of the heat and bringing in more april-like weather? two days of clouds and one day of probably soaking rain tomorrow before we get into the milder temperatures or not milder, really, the more regular april temperatures. boston, 49 on saturday, new york, 57 on saturday. washington, d.c., 67 on saturday but it's today and tomorrow the clouds and showers are in. that's the hot zone today and, again, anyone headed out toward the golf course needs to kee

for "good morning america," matt gutman, abc news, miami. >> thank you, matt. >> it is getting harder to find a job. private companies created but 158,000 jobs last month, a sharp drop from the 237,000 they created in february. it was, in fact, the slowest month for hiring since last fall. even mcdonald's getting pickier about who it hires. one requiring a college degree and one year's experience for new cashiers. >>> and president obama taking a pay cut. he's giving back some $20,000 of his $400,000 salary because he wants to show solidarity with government workers who face a furlough because of budget cuts. >>> meanwhile, overnight lawmakers in connecticut approved what are being called the toughest gun laws in the country. they passed easily despite protesters packing the statehouse there. they include a ban on large capacity ammunition clips and mandatory background checks for all gun sales. >>> and a somber anniversary this morning. today marks 45 years since the assassination of dr. martin luther king on the balcony of a memphis hotel. remembrances and services honoring the civi

for "good morning america," matt gutman, abc news, tupelo, mississippi. >>> now, for the latest hasslehen it comes to air travel. this one is not cheap. two major airlines are charging more to change your flight plans. taking the same route at a different day or time will now cost you 200 bucks. we want to welcome abc's new business and economic correspondent, rebecca jarvis. great to have you here. >> great to be here. i'm smiling. you guys are sweet. i'm smiling. i wish i had better news for you on my first day. this is sort of par for the course. the airlines, they are at it again. between higher fees, more cancellations and delays, passengers are in for a bumpy ride. if you think flying the skies is supposed to be friendly, think again. a better word for today's air travel, delayed or canceled. >> now, if congress wants to address specifically the problems caused by the sequester with the faa, we would be open to looking at that. >> reporter: thousands of flights across the country have been affected in the last three days alone. and experts are saying it will only get worse. >> th

here's matt gutman. >> reporter: there is a moment when, in a crowd, split-second decisions have to be made. it happened dozens of times in boston last week. >> people kind of freeze and a we just started to react. >> wait, where is everyone? there's got to be people hurt up there! >> that instant is really amazing, some of us are hardwired to run. and other people are hardwired to fight. i need to go help, people are in distress and i go. and then there's people that go, "oh my god, it's too much for me. i need to leave." >> reporter: in an instant humans can cease being individuals, turning instead into a herd, blindly moving in a single direction. a swarm of screaming tweens tear through the gates just to catch a glimpse of the jonas brothers. a river of soccer fans streaming through the stadium gates at the world cup. and amidst the solemnity of a presidential funeral. everybody wants to get close to the body of the man they so revere and so idolized but this is getting dangerous. just this week in denver, 20,000 people gathered for a marijuana rally. but soon, the pot smoke turned

we're going to do our very best to do so, but somebody's got to figure this out. >> reporter: matt gutmanne in orlando. >> that face said it all. >> poor matt. absolutely. >>> now we to want take a look at a pageant where beauty is in the eye of the beholder. >> actually a few extra wrinkles, saggy cheeks and extra slobber may work in your favor. annual most beautiful bulldog competition at drake university in des moines. more than 45 pooches scrapping for the title of top dog. >> that's right. >> that top prize went to 4-year-old huckleberry. he dressed up as forrest gump. run, forrest, run! couldn't wait to dig into his dog-friendly cake. >> got to love the bulldog. he is too handsome. is that huckleberry? >> i want to see huckleberry dig into his cake. >> you have to have a really good underbite if you are a bull dog. >> underbite. sag, slobber. droopy eyes. >> drool. >> pretty good, diana. i'm convinced. now let me see you bark. >> woof-woof. >> that's a bulldog bark. there we go. >>> coming up -- a little boy caught in the jaws of an alligator but this ends up being -- >> how his fat

abc's matt gutman has more from miami. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, josh. the delays are already piling up. new york area airports reporting delays of over an hour. l.a.x. over three hours overnight. this is just the start. the faa now warning that as many as 6,700 flights could be delayed every day.the sequestrac across-the-board budgets cuts across-the-board budgets cuts are forcing furloughs. fewer planes in the air translates into delays. about 5,000 planes in the air at a given time and fewer eyes in the tower, the faa is slowing air traffic for safety. planes could both be prevented from landing and taking off. those inevitable delays could cost travelers more than just their time. >> airlines may have to cut flights. that will drive up ticket prices. demand will be high. >> reporter: the only antidote? said senator chuck schumer. >> we need democrats and republicans to meet in the middle and end the sequestration that causes the problems. >> reporter: analysts said there's not much to protect yourself. but try to carry one of these. check your flight

abc's matt gutman is in miami, florida, with the latest. od morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, robin. in just a couple of of hours, we might learn whether or not that big ricin scare was started by a small-town intrigue. this mystery plot pits a bipolar elvis impersonator against a karate instructor. later this morning, james everett dutschke is expected to appear before a judge. the president, a u.s., senator, and a local judge got envelopes with ricin. >> i wouldn't recognize ricin if i saw it. >> reporter: on wednesday, the 41-year-old former tae kwan do instructor denied involvement, even as investigators searched his home. his arrest comes day after the arrest of this man. 45-year-old elvis impersonator kevin curtis was charged, but the charges were dropped. >> overwhelming, to say the least. >> dutschke and curtis worked together in the past. the attorney believes dutschke used her client as a patsy. signing them with curtis' initials. >> it took a lot of planning. very diabolical. >> reporter: dutschke, meantime, is also facing

abc's matt gutman has the very latest on this story. orning. >> reporter: hey, good morning, amy. this was a national murder mystery with no leads. investigators thought the brutal murders of two top texas officials in this town were killed by white supremacists. we're learning that the three murders were not about a political agenda but a personal vendet vendetta. 46-year-old kim williams gave them information only the killers would have known. she's in jail this morning accused of helping her husband, the former justice of the peace exact murderous revenge against the prosecutors who helped convict him for stealing computers from the courthouse. >> i don't think anybody could have played a novel that could play out this story. shocked, neighbors offered a completely different picture of the couple. saying that kim williams was a pleasant neighbor but often in poor health. >> she had an adult size tricycle and would ride that around the neighborhood. >> reporter: police say looks could be deceiving and she told them her husband was the

abc's matt gutman did some traveling himself to investigate. and he joins us, now, from miami. how did it go for you there, matt? >> reporter: good morning, robin. it didn't go that well. we spent 11 hours in airports. and didn't really find an airline apocalypse. but all those little delays caused by a shortage of air traffic controllers or by the weather, even, started to snowball into delays of four and five hours. this morning, the sequester is walloping airports again. from los angeles, with more than three-hour delays overnight, to denver, to the big apple. new york's three airports at one point averaging three-hour delays. >> a little frustrating, especially at 3:00, 4:00 in the morning. >> reporter: some of the delays were weather-related. among the three-hour delays, the new york to washington, d.c. shuttle. not to rub salt in anyone's wounds. but the train would have gotten them there faster. >> because of sequestration, the line to take off was over an hour long. >> reporter: the faa is blaming the delays on across-the-board budget cuts which, it says, forced it on to