The sister of Hollywood Star sharon tate speaking out this morning, as a convicted killer from the manson murders could go free. The battle right now to keep her behind bars. Johnny depps huge apology. Pleading for forgiveness after being charged with dog smuggling. Im truly sorry. Protecting australia is important. How the stars are paying up this morning. Good morning, america. Happy monday. Look upstairs right now, were counting down to our coffee with the candidates town hall with senator ted cruz. Everyone getting ready right now. Theyre in our studio upstairs for lastminute preparations. Were not just live here in times square, were all across the country, senator cruz will be answering your questions this morning and his wife heidi will be joining us as well. Thats all coming up in our next hour. We begin with the severe storms putting millions at risk. Flash flood emergency in texas right now. New reports of funnel clouds right now and so far already today its the wettest day ever corded in april in houston. Abcs phillip mena is in texas with the latest. Good morning, phillip. Good morning. More than a foot of rain has pounded this region, take a look at this spillway that feeds into the trinity river. Normally its so calm you can actually walk across it. As you can see this morning, it is raging. Here in texas at least 16 inches of rain turning roads into obstacle courses. Rescuers trying to reach people stuck in their homes. This man in his car when our reporter spots him and assists him to safety. In texas water combined with wind to create waves on the street. Reporter this abandoned suv discovered upsidedown on the other side of the railing. Emergency crews rescuing the driver of this red car engulfed by floodwaters. Even airboats deployed to tackle urgent water rescue. This outdoor market washed out. This row of power lines struck down. These fences and the bottom half of this gazebo, buried under water. And with relentless rain, comes lightning strikes, believed to have kindled this Oil Tank Fire south of dallas. Reporter the rain is not expected to let up much today. George. Okay, phillip. Lets get more on that from rob marciano. A slowmoving system bumping into this omega block. Giving everybody in the eastern half this gorgeous weather. Unfortunately for the folks in dallas, very slowmoving rainfall. Flash flood warnings will continue. Through the houston area. They feed through the houston area. Theyre rising quickly. This is ahead of the front yet to push through. Another 4 to 6 inches. Several rounds of this going through the next couple of days. Robin. Rob, thank you. We turn now overseas, a major search for survivors after three deadly earthquakes hit ecuador and japan. The two countries along the socalled ring of fire. Now, questions about whether the u. S. Could be hit. Today marks 110 years since the 1960 San Francisco earthquake. Abcs matt gut man is live if japan for us this morning. Good morning, matt. Reporter good morning, robin. We have been feeling constant aftershocks here in japan. This town has suffered major damage, many of the houses here destroyed. Were actually in a street, knocking the houses right into it. On the other side of the ring of fire, ecuador, that quake so much more powerful. This morning, theyre clawing through the rubble in ecuador scrambling to save the living. That quake striking ecuador coast, buckling overpasses with at least 270 dead, thousands injured and many others missing. Rescues and canine units stretched to the limit. One team pulling a little girl from the rubble of a hotel. Shes bloodied but alive. On the other side of the ring of fire, in japan, twin quakes rattling the country over the weekend. Rescuers scouring the mud in a lastditch effort to find the ten people still missing here. The u. S. Marines flying in to assist in efforts. Landslides marooning the hardesthit areas and hampering rescues. The only way in by foot and then we saw it. There were cars on that highway when the earthquake hit. Imagine being in that car as the mountainside and highway vanished from the hillside. Cars dropping off the you mountainside. That blue one stuck hundred of feet down. As we hiked towards a bridge. Earthquake. Okay, just now we felt another tremor. More than 500 aftershocks registered in southern japan. The biggest moving mountains. This mudslide was over a halfmile wide. It came down roaring down this mountain, ripping it in half and obliterating that bridge and the roads on the other side. Its not just japan and ecuador, the u. S. Also on the ring of fire and size amongsts here are worried. Its not a matter if were going to have future earthquakes, were going to have them. Reporter you guys might remember, that 9monthold baby girl miraculously saved over the weekend. We found her grandfather who led us to her at a shelter. She was Chubby Cheeks and miraculously unscathed after six hours in the rubble. A bright spot in otherwise grim news day here. Okay, matt, thanks very much. Move on to the race for the white house. Battle ground, new york. Stakes high for tomorrows big vote. Frontrunners donald trump and Hillary Clinton both facing tests in their home states. Abcs cecilia vega. Bernie sanders has new york roots, too. He needs a upset. Reporter new york is a mustwin for sanders. He needs to win delegates starting right here. Hillary clinton heads into tomorrow with a doubledigit lead. But here in her adopted home state a loss would be an embarrassment she cannot afford. Bernie sanders surrounded by a sea of supporters in his final push. More than 28,000 people. His Campaign Calling the largest crowd of this entire race. New york state help lead this country into the Political Revolution reporter this morning, sanders is in need of a big blowout. And Hillary Clinton is using all her moves to stop him. My opponent in the primary talking about taking on the interest, where were you . I mean, really. We were fighting tooth and nail trying to get universal Health Care Coverage passed. Reporter clinton on the attack, overnight, while fending off the newest attack line from her rival across the aisle. Let me tell you, the only person that crooked Hillary Clinton does not want to run against is donald trump. Reporter clinton telling george on this week bring it on. I dont respond to donald trump and his string of insults about me. I can take care of myself. Reporter over the weekend, her campaign taking in some serious cash. George and amal clooney hosting a pair of starstudded fundraisers. Price for ticket, 33,000 each. Sanders supporters showering clintons motorcade with dollar bills. Were in the money clooney said, theyre right. Theyre right to protest. Theyre absolutely right. Its an obscene amount of money. Its ridiculous we should have this kind of money in politics, i agree. Reporter and sanders agrees. I have lot of respect for clooney on his honesty on this issue. Hes right. Reporter the battle making for a heated new york fight and once again, making its way on to snl. Probably not the last time its on snl. There are more delegates up for grabs here than any state so far. Thats whats on the line. To cut into clintons delegate lead, Bernie Sanders would need to win by huge margins. He needs to start winning these delegates in the states coming up on the calender, too. All right, cecilia, thank you. Now to the republicans. Donald trump looking for a big win here in new york after losing ground to ted cruz in the delegate hunt this weekend and abcs tom llamas is at trump headquarters here in new york. Good morning, tom. Reporter trump hoping to finish strong here in new york and steal back some of those headlines from ted cruz. This morning, donald trump on the eve of what may be his biggest single victory yet and predicting the end of ted cruz. When he gets wiped out in new york, which he will, he gets wiped out. He no longer has a road to the nomination. Reporter but as trump was adding to the hype, cruz was adding to his delegate total. The cruz team sweeping in wyoming and picking up more delegate support in some states trump wants. We got a slate of delegates who are committed of supporting me in cleveland. Reporter trump campaigns said thats not the game theyre playing, describing wyoming and earlier colorado as sneakattack wins. Im sure i could met the head guy, wined him and dined him and sent him all over the place which is legal but thats not democracy. Reporter trumps delegate hunter telling george hes confident that they dont have to play those games because theyll win or during the first ballot. Theres not going be a second ballot. Reporter and Rosie Odonnells who has had a feud with donald trump, she came up in that first debate with megyn kelly, she now says that trump doesnt have the intelligence to run a game show. Thank you. The delegate count going into new york primary. Abcs jon karl is in philadelphia. Good morning, jon. Reporter good morning, robin. Over the weekend in the state of wyoming they held a convention, there were 14 delegates at stake. Donald trump was mia out there. Ted cruz won all 14 of those delegates. Where does that put the delegate count . Ted cruz is slowly narrowing the gap, but hes still almost 200 delegates behind donald trump and robin, what that means, going forward, trump is the only one realistically can clinch the nomination before the convention in cleveland. But he would need to get 63 of the remaining delegates. As you see, cruz would need 88 and john kasich is mathematically eliminated from clinching before cleveland. Talk about the road ahead for trump. Well, trump is about to go into very friendly territory. Of course, tom was talking about new york state, his home state, hes poised for a big win in new york. Hell need a big win there. But then the following week, a whole bunch of states in the northeast, including right here in pennsylvania, connecticut, maryland, territory that should be friendly to donald trump. All right, jon, youre there in philadelphia for one of our watch parties for our upcoming town hall with senator ted cruz. Well get questions from voters there in just a bit. Thank you, jon. Lets talk more now to abcs matthew dowd. We just heard jon talk about the road ahead for donald trump. Lot at stake tomorrow. Hes got to pick up just about every delegate. He needs a huge victory. He lost his mojo after wisconsin. He needs to get it back in new york. Its the only way that puts him on the path of the possibility of winning 1237 delegates. Before the convention. If hes not at 1237 at the convention he probably doesnt get the nomination. We have seen a different kind of donald trump. No major gaffes, a different tone. He brought in a professional Campaign Team and hes had the most message discipline from donald trump in the entire campaign. Really since that loss a couple of weeks ago in wisconsin. Hes been on message. Hes been harping on this question the fairness of this delegation selection. There have been no major mistakes or controversies. Really, a new donald trump. Well come back to you in the next hour. Matt dowd on the democratic side, mustwin for Bernie Sanders. A lot another stake for health care Hillary Clinton as well. And the process of this. This is the last real big moment for Bernie Sanders. He has to win this. He has to win not really because of delegates but because of a political earthquake. He needs a political earthquake to change the dynamics. Okay, matt dowd and jon karl, see you next hour. Our town hall with ted cruz coming up. On thursday, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton will be here answering your questions. Now to a major battle brewing at the Supreme Court. The justices are set to hear arguments on a controversial Immigration Law and abcs jim avila is live with more. Reporter this is the latest flash point deeply splitting red and blue states. Both sides are here in force on the steps of the nations highest court this morning. Lining up to hear oral arguments. Does president obama have to wait for Congress Even when congress doesnt act. Obama wants the Border Patrol to concentrate on arresting criminals on the countrys southern frontier and allow 4 million lawabiding to stay here without deportation. Opponents call that an abuse of president ial power. Today the Supreme Court will get an earful. The ruling is expected this summer. People will watching closely today. We move on now to a new kind of air scare. A British Airways colliding with a drone. As it came from in for a landing. Abcs lama hasan has the latest. Reporter a possible drone and airplane collision. A British Airways on its way to london making its final approach to heathrow airport, thats when the pilot said an object strikes the front of a plane, believed to be a drone. All 132 passengers were unharmed. Engineers inspecting the aircraft finding the damage superficial. Clearing the plane to fly again. Experts remain worried that if a drain get caught in a planes engine it could be catastrophic. We have had so many nearmisses with drones around the world. Reporter this simulation from virginia techs crash lab shows how a drone can destroy a jets engine in just seconds. The flying public is being put in unnecessary jeopardy with people who are irresponsibly flying their drones. Reporter in the u. S. Faa has laws in place of flying drones within five miles of airports. We almost got hit by a drone up here. Just about 20 feet. Yet in these nofly zones, there are still 25 incidents reported stateside every single month. Aviation Police Officers here at heathrow are questioning that British Airways pilot to find out who was responsible and if it was a drone that slammed into that plane. George. Lets go to amy with the top stories. More on the fight against isis. Defense secretary ash carter has arrived in baghdad to speak with leaders about ramping up the fight against isis. In hopes of retaking the city of mosul. Carter said the options include more air strikes and more u. S. Ground forces. Another Close Encounter between a russian war plane and u. S. Military aircraft. This time, a russian fighter jet in the baltic sea performed a barrel roll maneuver over a u. S. Reconnaissance plane. Coming within 30 feet. The pentagon calls the incident unsafe and unprofessional. A massive fire seen from miles near los angeles, flames spreading through this junk yard engulfing more than 100 vehicles, heavy winds fanning this fire. The cause is still under investigati investigation. A wild scene off monterey, california, look at this whale watcher spotted these dolphins, they were being chased by killer whales. Dolphins, a very rare sight in a area. Near san diego, a paddle border got the scare of a lifetime. A whale breached the water with what were calling a friendly splash. And some big news for french fry fanatics. Mcdonalds will soon offer all you can eat fries. The idea will be tested in the socalled mcdonalds of future, in st. Joseph, missouri, it will also offer table service, couches, armchairs, they tried the healthier options not working. Theyre going to go full throttle, fries for everyone. All you can eat. Im tempted. But it cant be a good idea. Im with you, george. Rob, its april. Thats whole lot of snow. Can you believe it . 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Our interview is in just a moment but first, abcs david wright has the latest. Who cares love is love. Reporter she was called the next marilyn monroe. Sharon tate. Reporter a rising Hollywood Star in the 1960s, her potential unlimited. I cant see myself doing shakespeare or anything like that. I would love comedy. Reporter sharon tates life offscreen was just as glamorous, married to roman polanski. She was eight and a half months pregnant with their son in the late summer of 1969. On august 9th, 1969, the unthinkable happened. She and four others were brutally murdered by a follower of charlie manson. One of the killers now serving life in prison spoke with diane sawyer in 1994. Charlie came up and asked everybody how it went. But that was the first time i looked at him and i said, charlie, they were so young. Reporter the very next day, a wealthy grocer and his wife rosemary also murdered by members of the socalled manson family. Leslie van houten, seen here smiling with that x carved in her forehead, she was the youngest woman ever to be condemned to death in california. The sentence later commuted to life in prison. On thursday, 46 years after the murders, a california parole board finally approved her release. After denying parole 19 times. I can never be able to accept the fact that these people cant influence the actions of others. Reporter sharon tates sister, debra, the last in the family line that has consistently worked to keep manson followers in prison. Has called her impending release an injustice. Thank you very much, david. Were joined by sharon tates sister debra who has spent much of her life campaigning against the release of Charles Manson or any of his followers. Thank you very much for being with us. You were there in the room, what went through your mind that she was recommended for parole. Your heart sinks between your knees. Its mindboggling what goes through your mind. All of the atrocities from the past, the brutalities, all come flooding back. Debra, you have been very vocal, youre reaching to people across the country. You have set up a website. Can you tell us about that. Its noparoleformansonfamily. Com. What does that entail . This entails a nationwide petition to get signatures to go to Governor Brown, hes the next safety step, these people are domestic terrorists and theyre released, they can go anywhere in the United States. Parole isnt even the catchnet. We have to stop this before it happens. You speak about Governor Brown and he in january rejected the parole recommendation of Bruce Davis A Manson family associate, does that give you hope that hell do that in this case in. Im hoping. Thats our solace that he will stop this parole. Youre aware that part of her sentence that she was eligible for parole and shes described as a model prisoner, shes achieved her bachelors and masters degrees. Shes helped with groups within the prison system. What do you say to those people who believe perhaps she does deserve at this point to go free . I do believe in rehabilitation program. Its good that she got those. But this woman is a monster, i sit as far away as we are now. You can feel the vibe. Theyre still sociopathetic individuals. And capable of great brutality. We always say they need to remember the victims families and you say you think of your sister every single day. Every single day. Tell us more about her. Sharon was physically a perfect specimen, but her heart and soul were equally as beautiful. Had she lived and the rest of the people that died in her home that night they were all productive, young, happening people that would have been philanthropic. They would have been a Great Service to humanity. They would have been a plus to society. This monstrous group took the future of all of these individuals. Deborah, thank you very much. We wish you all the best going forward. Thank you. Thank you. Such an emotional issue. Well move on to a manhunt under way after the mysterious disappearance of a couple in washington state. Searching for two brothers suspected of murdering the couple. Abcs Kayna Whitworth has the story. Reporter this morning, desperate manhunt for two convicted felons turned murder suspect and the public should be worried. Reporter the Police Looking for these two brothers, john and tony reed. Police believed they killed married couple patrick and monique, possibly over a property dispute. Both men are considered to be armed and dangerous. We do not currently know where they are. Reporter the married couple last seen a week ago was supposed to go to a concert with friends but never showed up. Four days later, police finding their two vehicles in a remote forest, 15 miles away from their washington home. Authorities tell abc news Surveillance Video which has not been released ties the brothers to the disposal of the couples cars. While the bodies have not yet been found, Police Believe they were killed. Police say until earlier this year, one of the men lived next door to the couple and believe that recently he had been going back and forth to his former home. We believe that there was some property disputes between mr. Reed and patrick and monique. Friends and family devastated. We want them to come home. Reporter their families saying the couple only married for four years were a loving pair, wherever they are they are together. For Good Morning America, Kayna Whitworth, abc news, los angeles. Coming up danger at the ballpark, new concerns after a woman was hit by a ball that flew through the net. And another beyonce mystery. Whats behind that lemonade video . New clues this morning. And president ial hopeful ted cruz taking your questions live in times square this morning. The possibility of a flare was almost always on my mind. Thinking about what to avoid, where to go. And how to deal with my uc. 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Last year a woman left in a neck brace. After a foul ball hit her in the head. Theyll take her out of the ballpark now. Reporter at fenway park last june one woman was severely injured after a broken bat flew into the stands. One month later at that same stadium, another woman was struck square in the face by a foul ball. The fact that i got hit between the eyes kind of reflects that i couldnt have been looking more flushly at what was going on. Reporter Major League Baseball suggested that stadiums have protective netting within 70 feet of home plate. To increase fan safety. Something the rays did at the beginning of this season. But in these pictures you can see the gap friday nights ball shot through. But look at this, by saturday night, an extra piece of protective netting was installed to close the space. Even netting clearly the next good step that baseball has taken here, even netting is not a cureall in all cases. 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Reporter depps demeanor notably more serious when he was discussing the socalled war on terriers with jimmy kimmel. Did you smuggle the dogs into the country . We were under the impression that we had all of the paperwork done with the dogs. We were there with the dogs in front of everybody. There might have been other things smuggled. Reporter the case made International Headlines when heard brought the couples two york shire terriers to queensland last april. To visit depp while he filmed the pirates of the caribbean. What has become of my beloved. Reporter when heard entered the country and was asked if she was carrying any pets, she checked no on her immigration card. The government reacted angrily. If we allow them to come into our nation, why dont we break the laws for everybody. The judge gave heard a onemonth bond. If she breaks the bond she will have to pay another fine. Such a random response. Still has to follow the laws. 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[snoring. ] take the roar out of snore. Yet another innovation only at a sleep number store. Good morning, america. Its 8 00 a. M. Your voice, your vote. Ted cruz live in times square, just one day before the battle for new york. God bless the great state of new york. Taking your questions right here and across the nation. How he answers charges from his toughest opponent. Lyin ted. Ive met a lot tougher people than him over the years. But ive never met anybody that could lie like him. His wife heidi here live by his side. Every issue on the table this morning. Parenting alert about your kids and oversnacking. New research revealing bad habits can start when theyre toddlers. This is my fight song tracy morgan back on stage. An emotional performance for the doctors and nurses who cared for him after his terrible accident. New details from the special show hes calling one of the most special nights of his life. So possessive and beyonces back and teasing a mysterious project, so what is lemonade . The clues from queen b this morning. All that and its coffee with candidates. A special town hall edition of gma starts now. All good morning, america. Good morning, america. Indeed. And we have a fantastic crowd joining us here in times square. And welcome to a special edition of Good Morning America. So many people joining us for our coffee with the candidates town hall with ted cruz. And theres senator cruz in our green room right now, getting ready to take your toughest questions one day before the crucial new york primary. Every issue on the table. Were live with more than a hundred voters before they decide how to cast their ballots. Our studio is packed as you can see with registered republicans from across the empire state right now. Getting ready to make their voices heard. Lets take a look at philly. Jon karl live in philly right now. Pennsylvania has a huge primary coming up next week. Lot of voters gathered there as well. At just one of our locations across the country. George, we have our Good Morning America viewing parties watching up and down east coast. Including a diner near my hometown of garden city out on long island. Theyre waiting to see if senator cruz can sway their votes. Our live town hall is just moments away. So, lets get the morning rundown from amy. And we begin with breaking news from texas, a flood emergency right now with 16 inches of rain falling overnight near houston prompting dozens of highwater rescues. People trapped in their homes and cars. The rain is not over. Another 6 inches is in the forecast for some areas. Well have more in robs forecast coming up. Well, the other big story this morning, a state of emergency in ecuador following that powerful earthquake this weekend. More than 10,000 troops have joined the rescue effort. Aid has not yet reached the remote areas cut off by landslides. More than 350 people are confirmed dead but that figure could rise because of people missing in the rubble. Well, across the pacific this morning, u. S. Military aid has arrived in southern japan, the scene of backtoback earthquakes that left 42 people dead, nearly 250,000 others have been told to evacuate because of concerns that another major quake could hit the area. And as we prepare for our town hall meeting with ted cruz, all of the candidates are gearing up for the final day of campaigning before the new york primary. Senator ted cruz racked up all wyomings delegates. But the Tramp Campaign is again claiming the nomination system is rigged. They did not contest wyoming because they didnt want to spend, quote, time buying delegates. On the democratic side, Hillary Clinton is hitting Bernie Sanders on health care. Saying he was absent. Polls show Bernie Sanders trailing in new york but he attracted 28,000 people at his rally in brooklyn. Thats his biggest crowd yet. Former olympian Oscar Pistorius appeared in court in south africa, a judge delayed his sentencing until june. Pistorius spoke only when he was asked to confirm if he understood the judges decision. In health news, your children might be picking up eating habits lot longer than thought. Toddlers who snack between meals even when theyre not hungry inevitably gain weight. Doctors are warning that those practices once learned are very hard to break. They say the study just how closely adults influence their childrens eating habits. Comedian tracy morgan is giving back to the First Responders who helped him following that highway crash two years ago. Morgan took the stage in new jersey for a special performance for the medical staff who treated him. He posed for pictures with the firefighter who pulled him from that wreckage. And his nurse from the intensive care unit. Overnight, beyonce dropped more hints about her mysterious new project for hbo. It is an extended trailer for a World Premiere event called lemonade. The trailer is in addition to the 16second snippet she released earlier this weekend. It debuts saturday just days before beyonce kicks off her world tour. And finally, we have an update on a boatnaming contest we have been watching closely here at Good Morning America. This morning, we have a winner to announce. British government officials asked the public to choose a name for its new 280 million Polar Research vessel. The winner is boaty mcboatyface. Not exactly a name worthy of her majestys government. Officials are protesting saying scratch the contest. They asked for names that were inspirational. A former bbc presenter kind of joked about boaty mcboatface. It got more than 120,000 votes. Three times the nearest runnerup. Well, sorry. People have spoken. All right, and people are about to speak again. Thank you, amy. Voters are getting ready for our coffee with the candidates live event. 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[ cheers and applause ] we do welcome you back to gma. Can you feel the energy here in times square . We have a lot of voters as you can see. A lot of viewers joining us here and across the country as we kick off our coffee with the candidates town hall. Lets not wait another moment. Lets welcome our special guest, senator ted cruz and his wife heidi, for our live town hall event this morning. [ cheers and applause ] a lot of voters to say hello to you this morning. How are you doing . Great to see you. Great to see you. Thanks for coming. Nice to see you. Important, you cant let one go by. Senator cruz. Good morning. Great to see you again. Very good to see you. As you said, george, well get to heidi cruz in just a moment. Its like working a line coming up here. Its a good problem here. Congratulations, another weekend, picking all 14 available delegates in wyoming. Trump is still saying, donald trump continues to say that the system is rigged and heres what he said again just on sunday. Its a rigged system. Its a crooked system. Its a 100 crooked. Its a corrupt and crooked system. Senator cruz, how do you respond to what hes saying . Well, listen, donald is not a complicated man to understand. He doesnt handle losing well. There have been a total of five states voted in the last five weeks. From utah, north dakota, wisconsin, colorado and wyoming, 1. 3 Million People voted in that those five states. He has lost all five. We have won five in a row. Hes upset and hes throwing a fit. Hes set up for a pretty big win here in new york. Even if you do well in may and june, hes most likely to go into the convention with the most states won and delegates and most people think that person should be the nominee . If donald trump is the nominee Hillary Clinton wins and she wins by double digits. I dont believe donald trump is going to be nominee. Five states in a row we have won landslides over and over and over again. The stakes are too high to hand the election to Hillary Clinton. You cant overtake him before june. In all likelihood, were going to go into a contested convention which means nobody has a majority. Ill have a ton of delegates and hell have a ton of delegates. Its going to be a battle in cleveland to see who can get to a majority. You cant get the nomination without earning a majority of the delegates elected by the people and i believe donalds highest total will be on that first ballot and hell steadily go down. Because donald cannot win. We dont want to nominate someone whos a loser in november. Youre talking about this allimportant delegates. We have actually one. We talked down in louisiana, luke letlow, an unbound delegate from louisiana. Heres his question. Senator cruz, some suggest that you had established a reputation of being an obstructionist. And are unable to work with your colleagues on both sides of the aisle. Our future president of the United States will need to build coalitions of spot in order to succeed, what are your plans to mend fences, work with congress and give the people like those of us here in louisiana, the open, honest, effective government we deserve . Well, listen, i think its a terrific question. Everyone understands right now that washington is broken. People are frustrated with career politicians in both parties. Because theyre not listening to us. Theyre not doing what they said they would do. Both democrats and republicans. They make promises and they lie and they go to washington and they dont do it. And ill plead guilty to having stood up to the career politicians in washington, both democrats and leaders of my own party, because whats happening in washington is broken. Now fastforward after we win, once we win, i believe im going to have a positive relationship with congress, why, because when we have a strong conservative president congress will work hand in hand. Just like reagan. Ragen in 76 believed republics werent standing for anything and what changed when reagan came and won in 1980 was, he won the support of the people, the reagan revolution was a grassroots movement. The reason were winning state after state after state is an army of the grassroots rising up. Its unifying the party. And its up to the voters. You want to hear from the voters that we have here. Lets get to amy. Im here with james thomson, hes from staten island. Still undecided at this moment. What is your question . Senator, on january, you famously criticized new york values. Many of us are frustrated with the policies you specified. Having spent the past few days here if you could rephrase your statement would you do that . Thank you, james, for being here. It is wonderful to be back in new york. The phrase new york values actually didnt come from me, it came from donald trump. An interview he gave a number of years ago where he was explaining his longtime support for partial birth abortion. His explanation was im from new york. Those are new york values, not iowa values. So i was repeating donalds own phrasing. Now, let me be clear as i have said many times the people of new york, the folks here, you all have suffered under the leftwing democratic policies year after year after year that forced on you by politicians who arent listening to you. And heidi and i, were fighting for you. Were fighting for people for new york, who wont allow fracking to develop the natural resources. Pennsylvania gets jobs. But cuomo thinks that you dont want jobs. Youre frustrated when mayor bill de blasio in his first weeks in office, goes to harlem and tries to shut down chattered schools. Because he says young africanamericans dont get to school because hes so in hot to the teachers unions. There was a moment that illustrated the leftwing Democratic Values perhaps better than any other and it was when the brave men and women of the nypd stood up and turned their back on bill de blasio. [ applause ] senator. Millions of us here along with those heroes who risked their lives every day because were tired of politicians, whether its de blasio or obama or Hillary Clinton, who, over and over and over again, side with the criminals and the looters rather than the people risking their lives to keep you safe. You know that phrase has hurt you in new york . I do know that it hurt me with the media. The media lit their hair on fire. [ applause ] but i will say if there ever comes a day when im winning the poll among the media i will have done something profoundly wrong. Okay, lets get another question. We have todd calongne. He owns a pizza shop in new york city. Hes undecided but leaning toward donald trump. What is your question for the senator . Hi, im a lifelong republican. I have been married to my husband for two years now. My question is, ive noticed a lot of religious freedom laws and somewhat institutionalized Discrimination Laws happening around the country, what would you as president do to protect me and my husband from that institutionalized discrimination. When it comes to religious liberties its something that protects every one of us. Its the very First Amendment. Its protected in the First Amendment of the bill of rights. It applies to christians, jews, muslims and atheists, and all of us, we want to live in a world where we dont have the government dictating our beliefs, dictating how we live. We have a right to live according to our conscience and that freedom protects each and every one of us. We shouldnt have the right to force others to knuckle under and give up their faith and give up their belief. For me, i mean, i have spent my entire adult life fighting to defend religious liberty. Fighting to defend the freedom of every one of us to seek out and worship god. Keeping government out of your way of your lives. Protects the freedom of every one of us. When you talk about freedom, with his husband, a lot of people would say, doesnt everyone have the freedom to be treated equally, the freedom to be equal . Of course we do. And the First Amendment protects everyone equally. It protects our faith, it protects the faith of an orthodox jew to follow his or her faith without the government getting in the way and regulating kosher delis and restricting what can be served. Protects the freedom of all of us. You know, you supported a constitutional amendment that could overturn the Supreme Court decision on gay marriage. What would mean for couples like todd and his husband who are already married . Listen, im a constitutionalist and under constitution marriage is a question for the states. That has been the case from the very beginning of this country. That its been up to the states. If someone wants to change the marriage laws, i dont think it should be five unelected lawyers down in washington dictating that. If you happen to agree with that particular decision, why would you want to hand over important policy issue to people who dont work for you. Instead if you want that change marriage laws, convince your fellow citizens to change the laws and by the way, demand, we got 50 states. We would expect the people of new york to adopt different laws perhaps than the people of california or texas or florida, and thats the great thing about a big, diverse country, we can have different laws that respect different values. This is a very important issue and another one is about gun violence. Amy has a question. Thats right. Dimas salaberrios. An undecided voter. You are tall but i will try and reach up here and you can ask the senator your question. How you doing . Im an exdrug boss in new york city. A pastor now. Fabulous. In the housing projects in the bronx and wrote a book. And heres my question, in my community here in new york city, guns are coming in from the south. Into our africanamerican, latino communities. And if you became president what would you do to stop the gun pipeline from coming into my neighborhoods from the south . Let me say first of all, thank you for the ministry that you have and your example standing up and touching the lives of young men and young women in your community. Thank you for what youre doing. [ applause ] you know the plague of gun violence were seeing is horrific and i believe we need to use every tool possible to go after the criminals. In the way of the newtown shooting, at that Elementary School that horrified all of us, i joined with senator Chuck Grassley in drafting legislation known as Law Enforcement alternative, it targeted bad guys, felons and fugitives, who try to illegally buy firearms and there are tens of thousands of them every year that are caught illegally buying firearms. Right now the Justice Department is not prosecuting them. Im talking about gun dealers in the south that are not drug dealers but are buying these guns and shipping them into my community, can you deal with that . The urban community, not that area you just mentioned. Well, but the way to solve gun violence i believe is targeting the criminals not targeting lawabiding citizens if you look at the jurisdictions with the worst murder rates most of them are with the strictest gun control laws. When you put gun control laws in place, the criminals dont hand over their guns, but the lawabiding citizens do and it ends up leaving them more vulnerable. You look at washington, d. C. And chicago, for years they have effectively banned firearms and have been right at the top of the murder rates. I dont think the answer is stripping people of their rights to defend themselves. If youre a single mom living in a tough neighborhood, the Second Amendment protects your right to protect your kids. The right to be armed and protect your family. And i believe the way to stop the gun violence not by disarming the lawabiding citizens but rather targeting the criminals and coming down on them like a ton of bricks. The point i was making, i drafted legislation that would go after the criminals that would prosecute any felon or fugitive that tried to illegally buy a gun. The democrats filibustered it. Harry reed led the filibuster. It doesnt work when you strip the Second Amendment rights of lawabiding citizens. I want to target the bad guys and not the good guys. Senator, we got a lot more questions coming up. Quick break for the weather outside. Gorgeous gorgeous day in times square. Bucket list gma. Was your bucket list to be on Good Morning America or just visit Good Morning America . No, be on Good Morning America. Check it off. All right, our top weather story, check it out in houston, flood emergencies still happening there. Were getting extraordinary pictures that well share with you throughout the day. Numerous cars just buried in water. All part of this ridge bringing rain across texas. More temperatures getting over 80 degrees, summerlike stuff. Heres your local foreca i am meteorologist mike nicco with the bay area profit. Record highs last chan today 20 degrees cooler by friday and unsettled weather and chance of showers on wednesday and thursday and friday. 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Were in the near 80s by noon and then its 70 by k37. 70 for baseball down to the first pitch. Light showers over the weekend. Another update in 30 minutes. Please join us every weekday from 4 30 to 7 00. The news continues with Good Morning America. [ applause ] welcome back to Good Morning America and our town hall with ted cruz live here in times square and all across the country. We have one of our viewing parties there in maryland. Heidi cruz is going to join us up here on the stage in just a moment. But first, senator cruz is answering your questions just one day before the big primary here in new york. Next week, pennsylvania votes. Jon karl is in philadelphia, pennsylvania, hes with voters, got a lot of questions for the senator. Lets go, jon. George, robin, senator cruz, im joined here with hannah oh, 22yearold Pennsylvania Republican voter, who senator cruz is likely the vote for you. What is your question . Hi, senator cruz. With a congress that can barely pass a simple budget how do you plan to pass something as contentious as the flat tax and abolish the irs . Well, hannah, thank you for that question and thank you for coming out today. Today, as everyone sends in their taxes, it really underscores the burden that taxes put on our economy. My number one priority as president is jobs and economics. The biggest barrier to job creation is federal taxes and federal regulations. And we need to pull them back. Now, listen, passing a flat tax, im running on a simple flat tax, every american we can fill out our taxes on a postcard and then as you noted were going abolish the irs. Your question is, how we will get it done . Ill readily confess thats not easy. If you look back to 1981, Ronald Reagan had just been elected president in a landslide election. When he got in, tip oneill, the democratic speaker of house, told reagan dont bother to send your tax plan to the congress, its dead on arrival, those are words that tip used. Reagan didnt pour a scotch and use his irish wit. He knew that wouldnt work. Instead, reagan over his head, went straight to the american people, made the case to the american people, tip had 20 democratic votes in a Democratic House but suddenly millions of americans began lighting up the phones calling congress and tips 20 votes began 19, 18, 17 and it disappeared, we passed one of the biggest tax reforms, one of the biggest tax cuts in the history of this country and it unleashed unbelievable economic growth. I intend to do the same thing with a simple flat tax, abolishing the irs. Were going to make 2016 general election on abolishing the irs and repealing obamacare and the way to get it done is to come out of the election with a mandate from the people. Let me explain it, theres an old joke that politics is hollywood for ugly people. Thats how you get it done. You change the incentives where elected politicians want to stay in office. In other words, i cant get it done it takes all of us. The only way to get it done is the way reagan did it. With the reagan revolution. I believe thats what were seeing across the country. Related national issue, National Debt. Senator cruz, you heard donald trump say, he could eliminate the National Debt in just eight years, you dont think thats possible . Well, listen, donald [ laughter and applause ] Donald Trumps calculators is missing a few keys. Hes always interesting to watch. Hes a fun entertainer. But donald has no Real Solutions. If you look at the problems facing you know, its been a couple of months since we had a debate. Because donald is terrified of debating. The democrats are debating. The people of new york need a debate yet donald trump is so scared of a debate he wont give the people of new york a debate. The reason is, he doesnt have an answer. How do you bring jobs back to america . Donald has no idea. He has no proposals, no substance. So, when it comes to the debt, he doesnt understand the problem, he hasnt spent any time studying. Im running on three key issues jobs, freedom and security. You want to bring jobs back to america, you lift the burdens on Small Businesses, tax reform and regulatory reform. You repeal obamacare. You stop amnesty. You pull back the regulators. When was the last time you heard donald trump talk about regulators . The epa and federal regulators are hammering Small Business. The gentleman with a pizza shop earlier today how many Small Business owners are getting hammered by regulators . Were going to pull back the regulators. Youll be able to expand your pizza shop, hire more employees, and thats what people want. Donald doesnt have the answers. Thats why hes hiding from debates and tweeting, we need Real Solutions to the problems facing this country mp. What do we say, if we bring up your wife heidi cruz. If youll join us here with your husband, heidi cruz. [ cheers and applause ] no one knows this man better than you, mrs. Cruz, first of all, i read somewhere that at the age of 8 you fell in love with politics, what was it . Well, i think what i might have said i fell in business when i was a young child. My parents had my brother and i start a business. I learned very quickly that its good to have less regulation rather than more. In fact, we had a thriving a little bread business and we thought about expanding it, but it caused us to do a lot of regulatory things so we stayed small. But i did become interested in politics to answer your question and i think the beginning of it was sitting, selling bread, behind my bread stand reading time magazine. I used to read that magazine as a kid. My parents took us to see a lot of things, we visited washington, d. C. , and i saw what an incredible potential that the houses of congress, the executive branch, our Judicial Branch have to lead this country. If your husband is elected, and living there on pennsylvania avenue, what would be your focus as first lady . Well, as i said before, were in the middle of an intense primary. And we are working hard to earn the support of primary voters. Its been exciting process. We have had incredible success. Its easy to campaign for ted. So, we havent spent a lot of time on my agenda, i have had a very simplified Job Description which is to help ted win. But i do have interests. I think one of greatest honors of being teds partner in this is being able to do things that have the greatest needs in this country and ted and i have always agreed School Choice is at top of the agenda. The opportunity for a terrific education is what gave so many of us our start. You have been on the campaign trail and you have heard the negativity throughout on both sides and people often commented on that and we have something that we want to show you, things some have said over this process. Ted cruz has been telling lie and ted cruz is a sneer artist. Hes a nasty guy, nobody likes him. You know, its been such a harsh campaign. Harsh campaign again on both sides of the aisle. How has that impacted your family . Well, you know when it doesnt upset the candidate its a lot easier on the family. One of the qualities that i always admired about ted is how hes incredibly unflappable. Things dont bother ted that bother most people. A reason for that over the last 16 years because ted is in politics for the issues, to focus on the issues, to get things done and he does depersonalize a lot of these attacks. I want to add one thing. The kids, they are always say the things that are the truest. The other day, carol yin who just turned 8. You would want all of you to know that she just turned 8. She said, mom, as we go through these states, more and more people are going to vote for daddy once they know my dad theyll vote for me. I want to ask you real quickly what kind of bread was it . We did Little Things around christmas. We made cinnamon bread during christmas. We raise and lowered our prices. We made bigger and smaller loafs. I mentioned that experience because teaching kids that they can do something that adds value that they can get paid for and they can adjust when they make mistakes and failure is okay, you can start again and take risks. All of those things are great skills. Another thing i would focus on is some aspect of entrepreneurship. These are just great foundational skillbuilding things that happen in the private sector. We got to get weather now. George, great crowd out here. We want to show you some dramatic video coming in from houston. Our affiliate there. This man, his car swamped, swimming to get out of there. That car quickly sinking after he was pulled out of the water by our abc 13 reporter there. Numerous scenes like this happening now across houston. 16plus inches of rainfall falling overnight. Good morning. I am meteorologist mike nicco with record high temperatures today from 80 if San Francisco to inland east bay at 90. My sevenday forecast shows at least 20 degrees cooler by friday. A slight chance of showers on wednesday and thursday and friday. This Weather Report brought to you by american express. Congratulations to moe and pete 45 years of being married. Coming up, the ted cruz you havent seen before. Well get into some of his most famous impressions. Release the hounds. Excellent and wait until you see his performance on stage in law school. I have sought these three long years to bend these stiffnecked people to me. The hidden talents of ted [ applause ] back now with our coffee with the candidates, ted cruz and heidi. Amy, you got a question from instagram. Thats right, i do. This one comes from bonnie pointer, undecided voter from california. Take a look. Hi, senator cruz, my name is bonnie and im a grandmother of three from california. My question to you is, would you accept being Donald TrumpsVice President . Well, bonnie, thank you for that question. Let me just answer very simply, i have zero interest whatsoever in doing that. [ applause ] and there are a lot of reasons, but perhaps the simplest is, if donald is the nominee, hillary wins, hillary wins by double digits. I dont think theres anything we can do to change that. And the stakes are so high. Thats why nationwide, 65 to 70 of republicans recognize donald trump loses to hillary, thats why were seeing republicans uniting behind our campaign, its why out of the 17 republican candidates who started this race, five of them are supporting our campaign. We have been supported now by rick perry, by lindsey graham, by jeb bush, by scott walker, by carly fiorina. Now, all of us started out as opponents. We have come together and united we have to win and if donald trump is the nominee he loses. If im the nominee, i beat Hillary Clinton. Were beating her in key swing states, were beating her with young people and we got to win. We cant do four, eight years on the road were on right now. Of course were here to talk about serious issues. But voters also like to get to know all the candidates. Look, your wife is lighting up, we heard about the lighter side of ted cruz, heidi, he does impressions really well. Well, you know, there are people who do impressions and then the rest of us who do not. Ted is one of those who does impressions. Hes really funny. He has a great sense of humor. He loves to tell jokes. He and carol yin go back and forth on jokes. They are from the 8yearold joke book. So, ted has another thing i love about ted cruz is he has a great sense of humor. Lets take a look. Right here. Release the hounds. Excellent hiddilyho, neighbor. But dad, im a vegetarian. I dont eat animals. But, lisa, animals are so delicious. Theres the animal we get bacon from, the animal we get ham from, the animal we get sausage from. Dad, thats all the same animal. Oh sure, lisa. Forward, not backwards. Upwards, not downwards and always twirling, twirling for freedom. [ applause ] something we saw on buzzfeed. What is your favorite impression that he does . I think the simpson. Being a vegetarian from california, having my meateating texan husband explaining the god sources of food going. Our 5yearold is mixed. Shes vegetarian and meateating. I got to ask you, youve been on the stage with donald trump. Can you do a donald impression . I dont have a donald impression. You know, hes one of a kind and im glad to leave it at that. Well take a quick break. Well be right back. Thats not fair, he should give you your rollerblades back. Anddddd, shes back. Storm coming . A very dangerous cheese storm. So you have 20 more bags. Mhm. My Yoga Instructor calls it the death spiral. I call it living the dream. American express presents the blue cash everyday card with no annual fee. Cash back on purchases. See you tomorrow. Backed by the service and security of american express. [ applause ] were back now with ted and heidi cruz. Time now for a quick speed round with our voters here in times square. Hi, senator cruz, what is your favorite place to take your wife on date night . Oh, thats a great question, you know, we usually do date night sunday nights we either do on friday nights, we take the girls out to california pizza kitchen. Sunday night its late and we tend to do sushi or mexican depending on the given night. Thats really on both ends. Well grace, what is your question . Where are you from in new york . Im from suffolk county. My question is for heidi, as first lady what kind of dog would you like to own while in the white house . These things may be a little nostalgic back to childhood we had a cocker spaniel named oscar. Maybe we could bring him back. You have a promise out to the girls on the dog . We do. They have one dog snowflake. A rescue puppy and we promised the girls, at the beginning, if we win, they can get a second dog. They wanted a pony. So, the second dog is negotiated down. Im from harlem, new york. Pressing question for new yorkers thin crust or chicago deep dish . Actually im a thin crust guy. Thank you. And i will note in the critical pizza primary im the only one of the republican candidates who doesnt eat pizza with a knife and fork. Thats in your hands. The only way to eat it. [ applause ] is it helpful to have these light moments . Does it help to have moments like this . You got to laugh and have fun. Yesterday we flew back home to houston because we did carolyns 8th birthday and we did build a bear and there 15, 17 8yearold girls. I was instructed to charge into the middle of the girls and yell banana because they were all minions and they all yelled bananas. You have had the kids on the road with you as well . Theyre here in new york. How many times are we going to mention shes 8 years old . Shes going to love this. Well be right back. To love this. Well be right back. music plays from one way or another im gonna find y im gonna Getcha GetchaGetcha Getcha one way or another im gonna win ya im gonna Getcha GetchaGetcha Getcha one way or another im gonna see ya inhales cigarette Good Morning America is brought to you by blackberry priv. With priv, your business is secured. Shop now at blackberry. Com. [ applause ] the week is off to a great start. We thank our group of Republican Voters for asking Great Questions this morning and those joining us from gateway diner in albany, new york, on long island, and rockville, maryland. Our thanks to all. Also, senator ted cruz is going answer more of your questions in a live facebook chat. Thats coming up. Join it now on Good Morning Americas facebook. Well have another live town hall on thursday. Hillary clinton is going to be here. Thank you so much for joining us today. We had a great time. Thank you for having us. Have a great day, everyone. Now from abc7 news. Good morning its 7 59. Mike has the warm forecast. Good morning. You see the sunshine and light winds. Look how they look. Were in the 70s to 80s by noon and back in the 70s by k37. We have a bust and couple of cars blocking the slow lane, so be prepared for slow traffic there. We have a motorcycle down at north shoreline and the lane is blocked here and a 30 minute drive from the the north express way up. Thank you sue. 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