they recanvassed kentucky. there was no change at all. sanders campaigns with hoping for one delegate for the statewide recanvas. they did not get their one delegate so the kentucky result is unchanged. like i said, there's some normal stuff, interesting stuff but normal stuff in today's police cal stuff. beyond normal stuff, there's whole other stuff that the political news is handling that honestly is epically weird. first of all, consider the fact that the republican presidential primary ended today. today was the day. surprise. in all of those election nights, all of those sunday mornings, political explainer big board moments, that we looked at the maps, counted the delegates to figure out when and where the republican nomination would be clinched. none of those maps, none of those see nair yores would ever suggest that he would hit 1,237 on thursday may 26 in north dakota, but that's what happened tore. he hit the magic number. he hit 1,237. he got the majority of numbers he needed and clinched the nomination today not by win anythin

you'll find a lot of updated stories, including the sanders campaign requesting a recanvassing of kentucky's presidential primary. >> a horrific crash this afternoon in the east bay, a train hit a car killing a mother and her 3-year-old child. elise kirshner joins us live. second deadly accident involving an amtrak train in just the last 24 hours. >> yesterday another pedestrian was hit and killed and this afternoon another amtrak train hit a car apparently stuck in traffic in the intersection here behind me. authorities say a mother and child were inside that vehicle and were killed instantly. >> i heard the brakes and the horn. >> reporter: they heard the amtrak train before they saw it. >> i hear the train horn, i hear the screeching and then bang. >> you see parts go everywhere, parts here and there but you knew they weren't going to survive that. >> reporter: police say the capital corridor train hit this now crushed toyota rav 4 with a another and 3-year-old inside. >> pushed that car what appeared to be an eighth and a quarter of a mile down the train tracks. >> reporter: it happened

he's now requesting a recanvassing of the kentucky primary where he trailed clinton by less than half a percent. that means a thorough check of voting machines and absentee ballots. >>> this morning, president obama is wrapping up his visit to vietnam. he was welcomed like a rock star in ho chi minh city where he hosted a town hall meeting. with about 800 young adults. he then will travel to japan where he attends a g7 summit and visits the city of hiroshima. >>> check out the streets of saigon. they're always jammed but especially when a u.s. president is in town. our own bob woodruff even got he said it was impossible to get around in a car so he took a motor bike. >>> a new york man is facing terrorism charges for allegedly supporting isis. sajmir alimehmeti was stopped twice from traveling to the mideast. he allegedly became so frustrated that he tried to help an undercover agent join the terror group. he is charged with providing material support to a terror organization as well as passport fraud. >>> an ordeal for passengers as twos planes face terror threats. an american eagle

the campaign requested a recanvassing in kentucky's presidential primary. they projected clinton to be the apparent winner last week, but it was a close race. sanders trails clinton by 2,000 votes. it's a review of the voting totals, it is not a full recount. sanders told nbc that his words were taken out of context and that he believes democracy's a messy process. sanders also balked when asked if he's hurting clinton's chances against trump by staying in the race. polls show her rather leading her lead against trump slipping. 46% to 43%. >> when you look at those numbers, how can you argue that this primary battle is not in some ways hurting her in a general election and hurting those numbers? >> first of all, taking your assumption and clinton suppo supporte supporters, we should go back to the monarchy. not have any election at all. >> sanders shows support for comedian larry sanders as well. larry david i have to say, excuse me. the senator told the associated press david shouldn't worry about role on "saturday night live," he's been impersonating sand

he's calling for a recanvassing in kentucky.hat's a state where you had a hillary clinton supporter who called the election before the a.p. there is sort of a pattern where at least the appearance that the game is rigged against bernie sanders, and going into a convention where it's going to be contentious, chaotic, messy, as bernie sanders said, if you wanted to quell that chaos, maybe having a different chairperson would be a good idea. >> but this ultimately is, if hillary clinton is the nominee, it is her decision, and debbie wasserman schultz has been a hillary clinton loyalist from the very beginning, and she is a great fund-raiser. she has a lot going for her. >> but not going anywhere? >> it's up to hillary clinton and her campaign and right now hillary clinton is saying it would be too messy. to use that word. >> she's not going to go down quietly. will not go into that, good night. she signaled before if anybody tries to oust her from her perch she will go on the -- >> it's happened before. she's a very controversial f

sanders has been granted his request for a recanvass of the kentucky primary vote that clinton won byrgin. >>> and tonight we're following the egyptair search and investigation. investigators analyze the victims' remain and it's too early to say if there was an explosion on the plane. officials are denying reports that the plane swerved before it fell. >>> we'll talk to a prominent bernie sanders supporter. and guests are standing by as we cover today's top stories. let's begin with our chief political correspondent dana bash. ya you've been looking at trump's attacks on the clintons. >> these are from the 1990s, allegations you're familiar with, but in the '90s there was barely an internet much less social media which trump is aggressively using right now to revive kocontroversies from the clintons' past. it's warfare. >> hillary clinton's husband abused women. >> reporter: a source familiar with donald trump's campaign strategy tells cnn that trump digging up allegations about clinton's past is not based on groups. >> she's married to a man who hurt many women. >> reporter: this is

kentucky, a few days ago be and now today sanders wants to double-check the votes. what's that about? >> reporter: that's right, jake. the sanders campaign officially requesting today a recanvassf the kentucky state they lost by only 1900 votes. sanders campaign officials says it's not because they believe anything was specifically miscounted but because of the closeness of the vote they want to make sure everything adds up. all of this underscores how the sanders campaign is pursuing every avenue to gain traction. >> reporter: bernie sanders firing off a fresh warning -- >> it's going to be messy. >> reporter: telling the associated press he thinks the democratic convention could get messy if par leaders do not adopt a more progressive agenda. democracy is messy. every day of my life is messy. if you want everything to be quiet and orderly and allow things to proceed without vigorous debate, that is not what the democracy is about. >> reporter: sanders making it clear he condemns any and all forms of violence. >> the media often takes words out of context. the context of that was that democracy is messy. that people will have vigorous debate on the issues. >> reporter: as hil

million add -- ad buy in california ahead of the next set of primaries and filed for recanvassing of vote from the kentucky primary where hillary clinton beat him by a mere 1,900 votes. both candidates are in california now. sanders challenged c to leon: the c.d.c. advises there is no amount of alcohol safe for fetuses. is it legal to refuse to serve a pregnant woman alcohol in a bar? "7 on your side" decided to conduct a special experiment after there is a human rights report that women with baby bumps were turned away from bar and concerts. we did it sending 24-year-old actress pretending to the pregnant to bars. cams ra were there and roll -- cameras were there and rolling. >> thank you! >> that is unacceptable. it wouldn't cross my mind to be okay. >> virginia by the way was the 18 state that equates substance abuse with child abuse. expecting to come to expect tant mother defense in this case. the special report comes your way tonight at 11:00. maureen: up next on "abc7 news at 6:00" -- >> a fun tradition and united states naval academy. i'm brad bell. when we come back, a midshipman's tribute to his

kentucky again. your campaign has asked for a recanvass of the votes in kentucky. g you did in missouri in march even though the margin was closer there. >> we thought given the closeness of the race that it was important to have a recanvass. this is not a full recount but a recanvass but to make sure there weren't any transposed numbers or other kinds of administrative err errors. so it's not a long process and we hope it will be over soon but we wanted to make sure given the closeness of the race and the ability to have a recanvass to make sure the numbers are right. >> california, big, big prize. also potentially a big embarrassment for hillary clinton if she losses. the polls i've seen have her ahead right now but if she were to lose and still clench the nomination that day including super delegates how much of a problem would that be. >> i think that would be a big embarrassment. i think it's unlikely. the polls have shown her ahead by a steady margin. this is a state that looks like states she has won in the past but that doesn't mean this isn't a significant

. >>> over on the democratic side, they recanvassed the results in kentucky and confirmed that hillarylinton won that primary. bernie sanders camp requested the recanvas after finishing 12,000 votes behind clinton in that primary. the review happened today and confirmed the original count. both candidates continue to make their pitches to voters out west. clinton held rallies in las vegas and northern california today. sanders had a rally in california's central coast. begin may 30th. congress still needs to address zika funding, opioids, the flint water crisis, and judge merrick garland's nomination to the supreme court. democratic leaders say those issues should be addressed before anyone leaves washington. >>> a father is chasing charges in connection to an embezzlement investigation at a school in loudoun county. he was the president of the pta at creighton's corner elementary school. he was indicted last week following an investigation into unauthorized charges in the pta's bank account. he is accused of embezzling $13,000. officials say the money was taken sometime between septem

i know in the last hours, sanders campaign came out saying they want a recanvassing of results in kentucky coming about as we're hearing bernie sanders saying he is in this for the long haul, wants to win this in california rally with 200,000 voters within the next two weeks. what is the plan to make that happen? where do things go from here? >> reporter: senator sanders just stepping offstage, really preaching his grand strategy. the plan here is coverage. he really wants to cover the golden state in bernie sanders rallies. he's been saying that emphat emphatically and with much more heat. as you heard from kristen welker, since clinton stepped down from coming to the state and challenging him in a one-on-one discussion or debate, sanders has really been heated. we were in a press briefing shortly before that announcement was made. he was really excited about the opportunity to take on clinton. since then, at rallies, he's really been taking it to her, calling her scared, saying it's an insult to the state of california and to the people here. that's really done nothing but fuel the fire

. >> meanwhile, sanders campaign has requested a recanvass of last week's primary results from kentucky. now, clinton leads there with less than 2,000 votes and for now has only received three more delegates than sanders and he's turning out thousands in california under pressure to bow out of this race from some party brass. sanders was defiant and found a surprising defender in the form of harry reid. >> i think we should lay off bernie sanders a little bit, okay? the party is -- has changed during his tenure re we'll see what happens. i think bernie is a good man, he tries to do the right thing. i think everything will work out well. >> if i'm running for office, what democracy means to me i have to convince you to vote for me. if some of you don't vote for me, i can live with that. you have to hear what i have to say and that's what a democracy is about. what i will not accept is if somebody runs against me and buys the election by putting billions of dollars into a campaign. >> all right. >>> let's get you caught up to speed on one more political story. it's four months since donal

he is now requesting a recanvassing of the kentucky primary where he trails clinton by less than half >>> this morning, president obama is wrapping up his visit of vietnam. he was welcomed like a rock star in ho chi minh city where he hosted a town hall style meeting with 8,000 adults. his next stop is japan where he will visit the city of hero she ma. check out the streets of saigon. they're always jammed but especially when a u.s. president is in town. our own bob woodruff got caught up in the crowd. he took a motorbike. >>> a new york man this morning is facing terrorism charges for allegedly supporting isis. he was stopped twice from traveling to the middle east, the 22-year-old allegedly became so frustrated that he tried to help an undercover agent join the terror group. he is charged with providing material support to a terror organization as well as passport fraud. >>> a traumatic ordeal for passengers as stwo planes faced terror threats. american eagle flight from houston was surrounded by s.w.a.t. teams in los angeles. on the tarmac. the plane was searched and each passenger

reporter: to prove every vote count, sanders requested a county by county recanvass or review of all the votes in the kentucky democratic primary. clinton declared victory but the race was too close to call since she leads sanders by less than 2,000 votes. >> kenneth, thank you. sticking with politics, breaking overnight, donald trump is getting the endorsement he's been waiting for. sources tell abc news house speaker paul ryan will officially back trump. earlier this month, trump and ryanai to support the presumptive republican nominee. and he even held off on endorsing trump after their face to face meeting two weeks ago. ryan had expressed concerns over some of trump's ideas including proposal to bab muslims from entering the country. >>> and there's more breaking news. a powerful storms hitting the central plains right now. at least one home in kansas is destroyed and some buildings damages. winds knocked down utility poles and blew over a truck on u.s. 50. there were reports of some injuries but some of those critical but the details are still sketchy. >>> a severe thunderstorm west of dodge city, kansa

secretary clinton and what they'll be happy for, we'll see how the recanvassing goes, but secretary clinton is hoping to end with kentuckyinton blue which will give her again an even split of the delegates. senator sanders needed to win 67% of the remaining delegates to catch her in pledged delegates, and he's not getting 67% out of kentucky tonight. he's going to get a little shy of 50% tonight. >> win is a win, and i'm sure the hillary clinton campaign if in fact it holds up and she is the winner, she'll be breathing a sigh of relief as far as kentucky is concerned. and we're standing by for oregon. oregon getting ready to close there. dana and david, you heard the secretary of state, she's a democrat, she's a hillary clinton supporter, campaigned with hillary clinton, but she says for all practical purposes, she is the unofficial winner. she is the unofficial winner. hillary clinton according to allison grimes, she fought back it looks, if you can believe that, it's a significant development for hillary clinton. >> no question. i'm suspecting that there's going to be a lot of criticism coming from bernie sanders suppo