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chris matthews was at a town hall on wednesday. chris matthews: should the women be punished?or having an abortion? mr. trump: look -- chris matthews: this is not something you can dodge. should it be punished? donald trump: people in certain parts of the republican party would say yes. chris matthews: but would you? donald trump: i would say it is a very serious problem. it is a problem we have to decide on. mr. matthews: you are for banning it. mr. trump: are we going to say put them in jail? chris matthews: no, i am asking you. you say you want to banning, what does that mean? mr. trump: i am pro-life. mr. matthews: how do you actually do it? donald trump: you go back to a position, like they had where people would perhaps go to illegal places, and you have to ban it. mr. matthews: they go to somebody who flunked out of medical school. donald trump: how do you feel about that catholic church position on abortion? mr. matthews: i concur with their moral position, but not legally. donald trump: but what do you say about your church? chris matthews: churches make their morals.

kathleen: i'm kathleen matthews and i approve this message. he was flicking matches on me... for my life. my ex-husband's intentions were to murder me. glenn: i made sure yvette's abuser went away for good, and put in place tougher sentences, because domestic violence can never be tolerated. yvette: mr. ivey showed compassion. i felt like i could trust him. narrator: glenn ivey. as state's attorney, a proven leader. in congress, he'll combat domestic violence, and protect president obama's legacy. glenn: i'm glenn ivey and i approve this message, because i'm on your side. >>> welcome back to wusa9. they violated all the rules and now police in southern india looking for 10 people in connection with this deadly temple fire. more than 100 people were killed after illegal fireworks touched off a series of explosions inside the pack's temple. nearly 500 others were hurt by flames or stampeding worshipers trying to escape. they had gathered to celebrate the hindu new year. >>> the zika virus may now be linked to brain similar to multiple sclerosis.

kathleen: i'm kathleen matthews and i approve this message. announcer: you are watching abc 7 news at noon on your side. jummy: millions are bracing for severe storms today. this video is from mississippi showing one all four possible tornadoes that touchdown in the past money for hours. today, the watch shifts northeast. rci: today, more tornado watches in parts of the south after a night of this -- >> it is getting bigger right now. marci: at least four tornadoes touching down in four states. >> there were some tense flying off the top of the shop. the intense win in mississippi tossing this truck into a ditch. the 16-year-old driver rescued. hail pummeling parts of oklahoma and arkansas. the storms leaving messes like this. trees and power poles toppled. injuries were reported as parts of the soft brace for more severe weather today. jummy: all right -- so, here at some showers. doug: a cold front will come through this afternoon. there could be some thunderstorms, and isolated heavy thunderstorm, but clearly it will be further south of the

kathleen: i'm kathleen matthews and i approve this message. alison: welcome back. this is live at d.a.r. constitution hall. hear the music? you can't mistake the music. it's "jeopardy" return to d.c. the set is coming alive. taping starts this weekend and runs through the middle of next week. check out the live stream logging on to wjla.com. we have a link right there. you can't miss it. jonathan: the u.s. navy is getting ready to commission the uss gerald r. ford. this is the most expensive and advanced aircraft carrier ever built. also the most expensive. $12.9 billion carrier hit the open seas in december. this is in dry dock right now. construction started in 2009. the navy will spend more than $81 billion over the next five years to build 38 warships. alison: around the nation now, a woman charged in the murder of a popular dallas dentist hasb most wanted list. brenda delgado is accused of hiring a hitman to murder her ex-boyfriend's new girlfriend, dr. hatcher. hatcher was shot and killed in the luxury dallas high-rise last september. de

and health research kathleen matthews to move the ball forward."ws and i approve this message. >>> good morning. winter in april. the northeast getting pounded this morning by that big storm that rolled across the country. >> i started screaming and yelling, oh, my god. >> high winds, heavy rain, even snow in some places. temperatures plunging to 20 degrees below normal today from boston to the big apple. and this new bla of wintry weather isn't over yet. dylan's tracking it all. >>> trump's apology? a rare mea culpa from the republican front-runner about the picture of ted cruz's wife he retweeted and it comes after a very bad week for him and the potential of a big loss in wisconsin. we're live on the campaign trail. >>> philly flans flying. a frightening scene when an escalator went out of

only one candidate has been endorsed by the washington post: kathleen matthews. as a journalist and progressive leader at marriott, she has a broad and deep facility with policy. emily's list praises matthews as pro-choice and the post says on gun control, clean energy, education and health research kathleen matthews "has greater potential, following the van hollen model, to move the ball forward." kathleen: i'm kathleen matthews and i approve this message. >>> it is opening day for the washington nationals. and wouldn't you know it, we are under a yellow alert for rain. good afternoon. and thanks for joining us. i'm mike hydeck. so how is this weather going to affect the first home game of the season? meteorologist howard bernstein is tracking the weather and joins us live from the ballpark, with the first look at hey, howard. >> hey, mike. one thing i have been doing also on the wusa 9 weather app, i am following a little band of showers that is coming through right now. that's why we have rain on the field. and the grounds crew, they are out working on the tar

only one candidate has been endorsed by the washington post: kathleen matthews. as a journalist and progressive leader at marriott, she has a broad and deep facility with policy. emily's list praises matthews as pro-choice and the post says on gun control, clean energy, education and health research kathleen matthews "has greater potential, following the van hollen model, to move the ball forward." kathleen: i'm kathleen matthews and i approve this message. >>> she has been missing for more than two years but right now, authorities are conducting an extensive search of the u.s. national arboretum for relisha rudd good afternoon. and thanks for joining us. i'm andrea roane. earlier this morning, police chief th crews will search the grounds and the body of water at the arboretum. nikki burdine joins us live from the search in northeast washington with more do. we have reason to believe that there is something there? >> reporter: other than the fact that police got a tip, no other reason. we are at the arboretum at the new york avenue exit. this is as far as the ca

only one candidate has been endorsed by the washington post: kathleen matthews. as a journalist and progressive leader at marriott, she has a broad and deep facility with policy. emily's list praises matthews as pro-choice and the post says on gun control, clean energy, education and health research kathleen matthews "has greater potential, following the van hollen model, to move the ball forward." and i approve this message. leon: right now crews are wrapping up the work on the agenda stage at d.a.r. -- at "jeopardy" stage at the d.a.r. constitution hall. tapings staff this weekend. for the next week, c and d street will be closed down between 17 and 189 street from time to time. make sure you go to wjla.com and we will keep you posted on when the closings will be in effect. according to the almost 25% this year. that is driving the cost of hitting the road to the lowest level in six years. drivers are spending $8.45 a mile. it's offsetting the increase we have seen in the cost of insurance and may want for drivers. a local rapper is in trouble with the law for

onis matthews in a town hall wednesday. chris matthews: should the woman be punished?ot -- not something to dodge. it is either murder or law. should it be punished? trump: people in certain parts of the republican party would say yes. chris matthews: but would you? donald trump: i was say it is a very serious problem. it is a problem we have to decide on. we going to say put them in jail? chris matthews: no, i am asking you. how do you actually do it? donald trump: you go back to a position like they had where people were perhaps go to illegal places, and you have to do it. chris matthews: they flunked out of medical school. donald trump: how do you feel about that catholic church position? i accept that morality. and you concur with that? chris matthews: i concur with that moral position. but here is my problem -- donald trump: but what do you say about your church? chris matthews: churches make their morals. you are running for president, chief executive of the united states. do you believe in punishment for the abortion, yes or no? donald trump: the answer is there

kathleen: i'm kathleen matthews and i approve this message. >>> good afternoon. and thanks for joining us. i'm andrea roane. the front-runners for the republican and democratic presidential nominations could find themselves in trouble in wisconsin today. craig boswell is at the white house >> reporter: the lines at polls places suggests there could be a big turnout in today's wisconsin primary. >> the biggest supporters. >> reporter: donald trump met with voters in a suburban milwaukee diner where he hinted at a surprise. >> it is going to be interesting tonight. very interesting to see what happens. i think we are going to do great. >> reporter: but the polls show trump trailing ted cruz. the texas senator says he has the momentum. >> if we have a good night tomorrow, that will be four states in a row where donald trump has gotten wooped. >> getting wooped in wisconsin would hurt trump's chances of clinching the nomination before the convention. >> if donald trump loses tonight and loses decisively, walks away with no delegate, it will be almost impossible to ge

matthew posted this photo of himself eating his first hamburger in 40 years. now some say they feel betrayed. according to the hollywood reporter, the couple has even received death threats! wrap your head around that! there are vegans so upset that they are killing animals here that they have threatened to kill the two humans who live here. there are now negative yelp reviews. a facebook boycott group. and a live protest is planned at one of the restaurants in l.a. later this week. matthew went on to tell the hollywood reporter the mob mentality has gotten crazy and that he should be able to change his mind. quote, and i never even told them what my mind was. all i told them was it was a vegan restaurant and it still is and it always will be. in vacaville, joe vazquez, kpix 5. >>> time now is 4:41. water from an oilfield used to grow crops in your backyard. what our reporter uncovered only on "5" next. the forensics experts believe >>> experts have come up with a cause and fix for this massive sinkhole in moraga. the forensics experts believe that the ground

only one candidate has been endorsed by the washington post: kathleen matthews. as a journalist and progressive leader at marriott, she has a broad and deep facility with policy. emily's list praises matthews as pro-choice and the post says on gun control, clean energy, education and health research kathleen matthews "has greater potential, following the van hollen model, to move the ball forward." kathleen: i'm kathleen matthews and i approve this message. >>> and now your storm team4 forecast. >> well, we had blue skies out there today, and now we're seeing the rain as that front system is making its way through our area. so we're dry right now here in washington, but you can see a little cell just south of winchester, frederick county, virginia, and also coming up around 270 and 15 anywhere from frederick going up to gaithersburg. and look at this. this cell moving about 55 miles an hour to the north and east. now, some lightning with it, some pretty strong conditions out there and, you know, it was warm today. temperatures right around 80. we will be in the 5

joining me now, chris matthews, host of hardball, and matt dowd. here in new york, matt flegenheimer and kellyanne conway. cruzeads a pro-ted superpac. i begin with chris matthews pretty take me back to how you solve this. he moment you asked these questions. do you think you thought about this at all before? chris: it was a question from the audience. a young woman asked about abortion rights. i asked him the question on my mind. what do we do in terms of enforcement. woman beim, should the abortion?ho has an he took a while to answer and he said yes there ought to be some punishment for the woman. what about the guy involved? he said no, not him. later they retracted it.

kathleen: i'm kathleen matthews and i approve this message.lye: senator bernie sanders and hillary clinton each took home seven delegates in the wyoming caucus, while ted cruz won big in colorado. wo insurgents taking the fight to the front runners, ted cruz and bernie sanders vowing to fight all the way to the convention floor. saturdaynders late declared the winner of the iowa caucus. now claiming victory every other clinton in seven of the last eight states. sanders is closing the gap with clinton's pledge delegates, though clinton is still ahead. >> if we can win here, it opens victory for the white house. reporter: clinton is not sounding worried. >> i will keep going until i have all the delegates i need to be nominated. cruz is trying to outflank donald trump by sweeping up delegates wherever he finds them, the latest in colorado. >> i believe the first ballot will be the highest vote total truck receives and we will earn the majority. reporter: cruz poised to win most if not all of colorado's 37 delegates. off the campaign trail for th

kathleen: i'm kathleen matthews and i approve this message. jonathan: can you imagine how much work has gone on down there. here is the production team making progress, but do have more work ahead. like carter spent the day behind carter spent the day behind the scenes. these guys and gals have made a lot of progress. they have assembled the stage floor, put together the game board monitors, and that are now working on the contestant modules. they are on a deadline, but are on schedule. they will take four weeks of shows over four days. executive tells me this is the first time the producers have taped so many shows during a traveling production like this. the crew will do some technical rehearsals all day on friday with a full camera rehearsal that afternoon, meaning all this construction must be done by tomorrow, thursday. never reallyvenue designed for television, an , and so the fact our technicians and directors and designers have been able to fit it to become a wonderful tv studio. this is our fourth time here. 5:00, findg up at out what

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matthew: it is getting competitive and even more competitive.tle had to throw a lot more money at marketing which is why they had the boost in coffee sales. made it a lot of acquisitions, trying to roll out the coffee sector in a challenge. let's see how nestle response. mark: are the anywhere close to their long-term organic growth target? it is the elephant in the room. matthew: they are not going to achieve the 6% growth rate and nor should they. we are in a slow growth environment. we are using negligible growth, negative growth -- you are not going to hit 6% in this environment. mark: great to see you, thank you for joining us. we are about 3.5 minutes away from the equity close today. it looks like stocks have risen for the fifth consecutive day. it has been a day of gains and declines. a choppy sort of day. a decline for the ftse because of the predominance of the basic resource companies. food and beverage, led up by nestle. ♪ mark: live from london and new york, you are watching the european close. stocks are finishing the day higher. l

kathleen: i'm kathleen matthews and i approve this message. wall street. the nra. they're powerful. they usually get their way. but not with democrat donna edwards. she won't take cash from wall street banks. and when washington insiders wrote a loophole to let the nra donna edwards said 'no' she's fighting to ban assault weapons and putting the safety of our communities first. because to democrat donna edwards, the special interests aren't special. we are. women vote! is responsible for the content of this advertising. . >> on this saturday night, fighting heart disease the major new study that could affect you. >>> wisconsin battleground, the presidential candidates converge on the states ahead of tuesday's primary. the fro runners heel feeling the heat. they shed new light to over throw sir yam battle relief. we have an nbc news exclusive. >>> what lies beneath, the beth taking new exhibit at the bottom of the sea. where going to the museum becomes a whole new experience. nbc "nightly

only one candidate has been endorsed by the washington post: kathleen matthews. as a journalist and progressive leader at marriott, she has a broad and deep facility with policy. emily's list praises matthews as pro-choice and the post says on gun control, clean energy, education and health research kathleen matthews "has greater potential, following the van hollen model, to move the ball forward." kathleen: i'm kathleen matthews and i approve this message. great time for a shiny floor wax, no? not if you just put the finishing touches on your latest masterpiece. timing's important. comcast business knows that. that's why you can schedule an installation at a time that works for you. at night, or on the weekend, if that's what you need. because you have enough to worry about. i did not see that coming. don't deal with disruptions. get better internet installed on your schedule. comcast business. built for business. linthicumneers in a sinkhole from getting bigger, but someone has to claim ownership. anne arundel county and the owner of an apartment complex each s

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only one candidate has been endorsed by the washington post: kathleen matthews.mily's list praises matthews as pro-choice and the post says on gun control, clean energy, education and health research kathleen matthews "has greater potential, following the van hollen model, to move the ball forward." kathleen: i'm kathleen matthews and i approve this message. >> mr. sheriff, use it. >> all right. we have to explain what you just saw right there. that was a look inside a charles county courtroom. the defendant was wearing a stun cuff. you heard the judge say do it when the defendant ignored orders to stop talking. it delivers an electric shock for five seconds. we do know that john rocket maley pleaded guilty to civil rights violation. he had to pay a $5,000 fine. >> mosquito season is here. experts got together for a zika virus summit in atlanta. it is already in the u.s. now. there is growing evidence that the is virus can affect an unborn child. the breed is showing up in the southern half of the u.s. in parts of the northeast and the midwest as well. health exp

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kathleen: i'm kathleen matthews and i approve this message. late last year, maryland governor larry hogan threw his support behind chris christie. now supportse donald trump, don't expect hogan to do the same. brad bell hogan one-on-one. brad: after just more than a year in office with his second legislative session dying down, governor larry hogan is enjoying record high popularity. very pleasedn: i'm people are happy with the direction the state is in. the second balanced-budget clear the legislature, and he is crisscrossing the state, announcing road repairs and construction. put $2r hogan: we billion into road and bridge improvements in the state. brad: with a republican governor and democratic-controlled state comee, he has challenges including transportation projects having to pass a scoring system, and he has been stymied on the resistor writing process. we want to take it out of the hands of the politicians. free and fair most basic principles of the elections. we don't have that in maryland. brad: we asked about the republican front r

kathleen: i'm kathleen matthews and i approve this message. jonathan: washington monument county council mark elridge wants to raise the minimum wage to $15. they plan a minimum wage of $11 pant 50 next year -- 11.50 next year. mayor bowser seeking $15 wage for district. alison: so the raise for this area will be a reality in two most populist state. governors in california and new york sign off on a minimum wage race. first california and now new york. both state legislators are going to raise minimum wage to $15. >> ayes tv -- ayes 26 and noes 12. >> minimum wage would increase to $15 by 2022. >> the struggle is i have to choose between my child and paying rent. >> burger king worker holly diaz brought to tears. >> we can do right by the workers and advance the economy. >> new york increase regional. the new york city workers would get $15 in three to four years with the other -- other hikes elsewhere in the state. >> i don't see how it will help the economy get off. >> experts say it highlights a larger concern. >> this does not fix the ame

kathleen: i'm kathleen matthews and i approve this message. >>> check it out.an incredible show of nature's strength has thousands in mexico worried about ash falling onto their homes. rocks and ash went flying everywhere as this volcano exploded on sunday. the volcano is about 50 miles southeast of mexico city and is one of the country's most active volcanos. >>> right now storm team 4 tracking rain moovving into your neighborhood. meteorologist tom kieran is also watching when we can expect a major temperature drop. hey, tom. >> this is all associated with that storm providing snow in new england. as it goes by, some much colder air tonight. ahead of that, we have mild temperatures in the 60s, but storm team radar showing these showers coming into western maryland, west virginia. they're on track to come in in the afternoon hours. as of 2:00 p.m., it will be in our northern suburbs and frederick county and haberstown. then they track into southern maryland and the eastern shore after that. 8:00 to 9:00 tonight, maybe a few lingering sprinkles in the eastern a

kathleen: i'm kathleen matthews and i approve this message. jonathan: today there is a new portrait of gregory peck. his daughter was on hand to introduce the picture. part of 32 portraits focusing on hollywood and time. jummy: did you know that one out of every five adults in the u.s. is living with the disability? in today's "spotlight on education" kellye lynn shows us how a george mason university senior encouraging people with differences to embrace what makes them unique. >> look. now you are playing. kellye: when he is not in class, you can catch trace wilson playing video game in the dorm room with friends. >> he is one of those people that can look at somebody to say i know who i am. you could never tell me anything different. ke university marketing major knolls a lot about differences. he was born with only one hand. something he became acutely aware of around the age of 2. >> my mom said i was in the grocery store. and walking down an aisle. all of a sudden i looked down, realized it and asked her why do i have one hand. kellye: as

only one candidate has been endorsed by the washington post: kathleen matthews.urnalist and progressive leader at marriott, she has a broad and deep facility with policy. emily's list praises matthews as pro-choice and the post says on gun control, clean energy, education and health research kathleen matthews "has greater potential, following the van hollen model, to move the ball forward." kathleen: i'm kathleen matthews ryan: good morning. we have rain showers areawide this morning. the rain pushes southwest northeast with an area of low pressure. movesf the activity across the region. look for the rain showers to come to an end. southern maryland may see more rain through the early afternoon. breezy conditions this afternoon. advisory through tomorrow morning. gusty wind out of the west. of 50 miles per hour. a freeze warning for areas northwest of d.c. through the overnight. plants.t for sensitive temperatures could be at 32 degrees or colder tomorrow morning. days going to be a cold tomorrow, temperatures in the 50's. today, around 63 degrees. days, a dry da

kathleen: i'm kathleen matthews and i approve this message. obamae: the administration has announced new effort in the fight against the zika virus. the administration says it will transfer leftover ebola funding to combat the cup. a millione six in dollars will go to the centers for disease control. the money will be used to ,evelop anti-zika vaccines treat the infected, and kill mosquitoes that spread the virus. doug is back with a final look wall street. the nra. they're powerful. they usually get their way. but not with democrat donna edwards. she won't take cash from wall street banks. and when washington insiders wrote a loophole to let the nra spend dark money to kill gun safety laws, donna edwards said 'no' she's fighting to ban assault weapons and putting the safety of our communities first. because to democrat donna edwards, the special interests aren't special. we are. working for us pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. but jamie raskin is the only abdemocrat for congress who led the fight