new orleans coach sean payton has sparked controversy about a bigger picture.in a phone interview, quote, i hate guns. 200 years from now they're going to look back and say what was that madness about? he goes on -- the idea that we need them to fend off intruders, people are more apt to draw them in other situations that's some silly stuff we are hanging on to. i'm not an extreme liberal, i find myself leaning to the right on some issues, but on this issue i can't wrap my brain around it. >>> turning now to the nba where in salt lake city, the mavericks clinched the number seven spot in the playoffs after a 101-92 win over the jazz. it will be the mavs' third straight trip to the playoffs and the team's 15th postseason appearance in the last 16 seasons. >>> meanwhile, in cleveland, the cavalier clinched the eastern conference's top seed after the win over the atlanta hawks. james scored 34 points wrapping up the best field goal percentage over a three-game stretch in his entire career. >>> oklahoma city, the thunder's russell westbrook with a big night against

meanwhile, will's coach sean payton is speaking out against gun violence. here's what he says, quote, i find myself leaning to the right on some issues, but on this issue i can't wrap my brain around it. i hate guns. police chief and new orleans mayor, by the way, visited raquel smith and her family in the hospital. they personally expressed their condolences to the family. they say the family is understandably going through a very tough time. heather and abby? >> three young children. thank you. kelly wright live for us. >>> listen to this. an alarming new warning about the threat of the zika virus to the united states. >> we absolutely need to be ready, you know, as they were saying, everything we look at with this virus seems to be scarier than we initially thought. >> the cdc is sounding the alarm after mosquitoes carrying the virus are found in 30 states. health officials say zika is now linked to a broader set of complications in pregnancy than first thought. the biggest concern is puerto rico. that is where there could be hundreds of thousands of cas

saints' coach sean payton taking to twitter, saying heavy hearts with a senseless passing of our team captain will smith. pray for his wife's recovery and their children. he leaves behind three kids. he was 34 years old. >> so sad. will, thank you very much. >>> the audacity. iran is telling the united states to back off. the iranian government says its missile program is not up for negotiation. no wonder president obama is saying he doesn't think they're following the spirit of that nuclear deal. a lot of critics said they never would. >>> and did you see it today? the perfect play at the masters. a hole in one. but this year for the first time ever, it happened three times. i can do that. of course, there are windmills involved. stay close for the video. >>> we have learned the name of an american naval officer charged with espionage. we're being told that lieutenant commander edward lynn was spying for china. the story first reported by u.s. in i news. lin was arrested last year on allegations of handing over sensitive information on national defense. the fbi and the navy are now i

saints coach sean payton tweeted, heavy hearts with the senseless passing of our team captain. will smith. pay for his wife's recovery and their children. cameron jordan tweeted woke up and can't make sense of this senseless killing of will smith. lord, please watch over this family and give them strength. hayes is being held on $1 million bond. abby and heather back to you. >> kelly wright live for us. thank you, kelly. >>> to ohio now where anhi o police officer is fighting for his life after being shot by an arson suspect. columbus police were serving a warrant on 44-year-old lincoln rutledge when he shot an officer. rutledge set fire to his apartment during the standoff. the huge flames captured by a drone. now charged with attempted murder. officer not identified. >>> two college@leads are dead caught in the cross fire of a gun fight near the lsu campus. police say two men started shooting during an argument outside a party in baton rouge. the two students killed attend southern university. annette january was a track and field athlete and ashantai was a student athlete di

shock and sadness across the sports world, the teams coach sean payton tweeting this reaction out.avy hearts with the senseless passing of our team captain will smith. pray for his wife's recovery and their children. smith as i said, his wife was also writing in that vehicle. she too was injured and is recovering at a local hospital. the two have three small children. so tragic, heather. heather: so many questions left. casey siegel live with us, thank you casey. jon: president obama defends hillary clinton's use of a private email server in a sitdown interview with chris wallace on fox news sunday. here's a sample. >> here's what i know. hillary clinton was an outstanding secretary of state. she would never intentionally put america in any kind of jeopardy. and what i also know because i handle a lot of classified information is there is classified and then there's classified. there's stuff that is really top-secret, top-secret and then there's stuff that is being presented to the president or secretary of state that you might not want on the transom or going out over the wire but

saints' coach sean payton taking to twitter, saying heavy hearts with a senseless passing of our team smith. pray for his wife's recovery and their children. he leaves behind three kids. he was 34 years old. >> so sad. will, thank you very much. >>> the audacity. iran is telling the united states to back off. the iranian government says its missile program is not up for negotiation. no wonder president obama is saying he doesn't think they're following the spirit of that nuclear deal. a lot of critics said they never would. >>> and did you see it today? the perfect play at the masters. a hole in one. but this year for the first time ever, it happened three times. i can do that. of course, there are windmills involved. stay close for the video. here's the plan. you want a family and a career, but most of the time you feel like you're trying to wrangle a hurricane. the rest of the time, they're asleep. then one day, hr schedules a meeting with you out of the blue. and it's the worst 19 minutes of your career. but you don't sweat it because you and your advisor have prepared for this. an

>> saints head coach sean payton says new orleans is broken.. and in a "usa today" interview he said, i find myself leaning to the right on some issues but on this issue i can't wrap my brain around it. he goes on to say, i hate guns. we'll keep you posted on this story throughout the day. >>> an alarming new warning. the threat of the zika virus to the united states. >> we absolutely need to be ready, you know, as dr. fauci was saying, everything we look at with this virus seems to be scarier than we initially thought. >> scarier than initially thought. the cdc sounded the alarm after mosquitos found carrying the states were in 30 states. it's linked to a broader set of complications in pregnancy. the place with the biggest concern is puerto rico where there could be hundreds of thousands of cases. dr. david samadi says the u.s. needs to act fast. >> the idea is that before we hit summer and before this -- about 40 million people that are going to travel globally to those areas and bring this to us, we want to stop this immediately, a lot of -

saints coach sean payton taking to twitter tweeting heavy hearts with a senseless passing of our teamsmith. pray for his wife's recovery and third children. smith leaves three kids behind. he was 34 years old. >> wow so young. will carr reporting live. thank you so much. >>> coming up, as one of america's bravest is on the road to recovery after what was a horrific attack and injury in combat one group making sure her family is never too far away. that soldier, her mom and more how you can help coming up after the break. the nissan rogue with intuitive all-wheel drive. take on the unexpected. and i quit smoking with i'm chantix. i had a lot of doubts going in. i was a smoker. hands down, it was, that's who i was. . . reduce my urge to smoke. some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. some had seizures while taking chantix. if you have any of these, stop chantix and call your doctor right away. tell your doctor about any history of mental health problems, which coul

his former coach for the saints, sean payton speaking out and new surveillance video that appears to show the moment that led to the shoot-out as officials try to determine what really happened and abc's ryan smith is on the scene in new orleans. good morning, ryan. >> reporter: good morning, robin. mourners have been paying their respects stopping by this memorial, even shedding tears as they pay their respects to will smith who was gunned down just feet away. as they grieve, new surveillance video set shed ago a new light on this, an alleged hit-and-run happening moments before the shooting. overnight abc news obtaining new surveillance video seemingly shedding light on the deadly road rage shooting death of watch closely. on this surveillance footage provided to abc news by a restaurant two blocks from the scene of the shooting this hummer resembling the police's description of the shooter's vehicle appears to stop suddenly, seemingly bumped by a car matching smith's mercedes suv. then as the hummer appears to pull over the suv speeding off, seconds later, the hummer apparently fo

we've heard from the saints head coach sean payton, he talked to "usa today," railed against guns. is what coach said. 200 years from now, they're going to look back and say, what was that madness about? the idea we need them to fend off intruders. that's some silly stuff we're hanging on to. i hate guns. my question to you, as you work with young men in new orleans and we talk about, you know, in some pockets of violent culture, you know, what are the young men telling you in terms of what's happened with this former player and just in terms of settling an argument with a gun? >> well, my boys have actually been called in and asked if kids were going to be in the program along with the accused killer's sons, because in our program, that's what we have, boys who have lost their fathers to violence or long-term incarceration. majority of our boys. so we're dealing with a bigger issue and this is the symptom of it that's been going on for a long time in a lot of urban cities. we're dealing with poverty and we're dealing with lack of education, lack of opportunity, broken homes. so th