Personnel mostly Army Green Berets to syria to help local forces there battle isis. A live report coming up. Three federal agents recovering after being shot outside a kansas motel over the weekend. Two Marshall Service deputies and an fbi agent had been trying to serve a warrant when the shooting started. Initials are expected to announce a grand jury indictment today of Quarterback Johnny Manziel. The former Cleveland Brown is accused of beating his exgirlfriend in january. The browns cut him last month. The two pilots of that solar airplane are taking a much needed rest in San Francisco after completing half of their around the world journey. They describe some grueling conditions on their threeday flight from hawaii. Well have more on that and the rest of our top stories on this monday, april 25th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. We begin this half hour with a major development. More u. S. Military personnel are president obama is expected to announce the increase later this morning in germany. Battling isis has been a main focus as the president wraps up a week long trip overseas. Abcs Arlette Saenz joins us from germany. Good morning, arlet. Reporter good morning, diane and ryan. President obama today is expected to announce hes expanding the u. S. Military presence in syria. All in an effort to accelerate the campaign against isis. President obama is ramping up pressure on isis in syria. Obama will announce hes sending up to 250 additional military personnel to syria to help local forces combat isis. The new deployment brings the total of u. S. Forces in the country to 300. The announcement comes as the u. S. Is also increasing its presences in neighboring iraq. Just last week, the pentagon said its sending 217 more troops to be as advisors. Raising the number of authorized military forces to over 4,000. In an interview with the bbc, may not be defeated before he leaves office. Prosecuting the campaign against isle is critical. And although i dont anticipate in the next nine months it will be finished, we can slowly shrink the environment in which they operate and take on strongholds like mosul and rocca that is the beating heart of their movement. The president s decision coincides with the security focused meeting with the leaders of france, germany, italy and the uk. Obama will encourage those leaders to increase intelligence sharing in the wake of the attacks in brussells and paris. The meeting will be hosted by german chancellor Angela Merkel who welcomed obama so hanover to promote a trade deal between the u. S. And the e 1992 the time to complete it is now. Im here to say that the United States is prepared to make every effort to reach an ambitious, comprehensive and High Standard agreement this year. Obama calls merkel one of his partners. That camaraderie was on display when he defended her controversial decision to take in hundreds of thousands of syrian refugees. She is on the right side of history on this. She is giving voice i think to the kinds of principles that bring people together rather tan divide them. Reporter the president s decision comes in syria as europe is dealing with an influx of syrian refrgs and refugees from other war torn countries. Another issue expected to come up in his security meeting with the european lieders this afternoon. Diane and ryan . Arlette saenz, thank you. And the world may soon get a glimpse of a secret chapter from the september 11th investigation. The white house could release at least part of 28 pages of documents from a congressional inquiry into the attacks. It may shed light on possible saudi connections and support of some of the hijackers. The documents have been kept in a secure room in the capitol. Morning about the execution style killings in rural ohio. Authority say that there were marijuana growing operations at three of the four locations where the victims were found. Eight members of the same family were shot in the head while they slept. One victim was found lying next to her 4 day old infant who was not harmed. Officials say the killings were carefully planned. Also under investigation, a deadly shooting outside a prom in wisconsin. One person died but police say it could have been much worse. Heres abcs marci gonzalez. Reporter a Wisconsin Community reeling, a gunman opened fire outside a High School Prom jagr students. The dance just about to end saturday night when bullets started flying. Police say 18yearold jakob wagner, armed with a high powered rifle and a large ammunition clip, took aim, shooting a couple as they left the dance. A young man was hit in the leg. Students still inside forced to take cover. Including thomas blink. We stayed there for about an hour. I was just in disbelief about the whole thing. Reporter Police Say Officers patrolling the dance heard the shots and rushed over. Shooting the suspect is, stopping him before anyone else was hurt. School officials praising those quickthinking officers who they say prevented a disaster of unimaginable proportions. Just kind of dealing with the situation weve got right now. Its i think a lot of shock. Wagner died in the hospital. Officials searching his family home looking for clues that could point to a motive. School officials tell us wagner graduated from Antigo High School last year. And still volunteered in art classes at the school. His grandfather telling abc news his grandson was bullied for years saying we feel for the other families as we mourn our own loss. Police havent said whether he targeted the couple. The student shot in the leg is his date is home from the hospital. Marci gonzalez, abc news, new york. Mental hels professionals are seeking the repeal of north carolinas socalled bathroom law. A group of psychiatrists, social workers and counselors signed a letter to the governor over the law that bans transgender from using the bathroom of the gender they identify with. They have lower selfesteem and higher levels of depression and suicide attempts. Turning to politics. Ted cruz and john kasich are teaming up to stop donald trump. Cruz announced plans to pour his time and resources into indiana, in turn clearing the way for kasich to focus on oregon and new mexico. As the a move trump has labeled as desperate earlier on campaign trail, cruz revivaled old chatter about trumps hands. Now will, donald seems obsessed with telling us what big hands he has. Well, maybe he can demonstrate showing up and having debates. Against . Trump says he doesnt think his rivals can stop him but told supporters in maryland if he loses, hes not going to stick around in the public eye. He said i dont think youre ever going to see me again. As for the democrats, Hillary Clinton is looking ahead to the general election already. The clinton camp is so confident that theyve quietly started searching for a running mate. Publicly, clinton says its too early to discuss that process. And Bernie Sanders apparently agrees with that last part. He continues to hammer clinton to release the transcripts of her wall street speeches showing no signs of backing down. And we intend to take the fight all the way to california so people throughout this country have a right to determine who they want as president and what kind of agenda they want for the democratic party. Clinton and trump are dominanting the polls in pennsylvania, the largest of five States Holding primaries tomorrow. And after grinding away from carl edwards did what he had to do to pass busch. He bumped him on the last lap of the nascar race in richmond, virginia, and won his second consecutive Sprint Cup Series race. Nascar says its at first last lap pass for a victory in the history of the series. And grid. Tap. Not so much love. Im not so sure busch appreciated that but he took it in stride. All right. Im sure there will be a rematch. There was a very different kind of races in florida and it was not on wheels but actually on heels. Thats right. Drag queens pulled out their wigs and spandex and the very best heels and pulled out all the stops for this drag race. Where else in, key west. And participants navigated an Obstacle Course of car tires, walked a balance beam, even maneuvered shopping carts. How do they do it . I do not know. Respect. Because it is very hard just walking in heels let alone any a few of them not surprisingly did take a tumble. It is part of the annual coverage independent celebration that commemorates the florida keys symbolic 1982 secession from the United States. By the way, the rules in these contests the heels have to be at least three inches tall. Can you do that in heels . Not in threeinch heels. I might have trouble doing that in sneakers or just barefoot. This couldnt be you . No. Right there pushing a cart . If im in the cart by the way, wearing a wig that heavy is also a challenge in and of itself. They are throwing a lot of obstacles in their way besides the obvious ones. The wig is that hev . It seems like you have a lot of questions about this process and how difficult it might be. I think the one way you can really find out is put on a pair of high heels, throw on a wig. I think we can create an Obstacle Course right here. Challenge not accepted. No, yes. It will be great. We can put the tires right there. Like a high jump. How about we do it in our imaginations and then talk about it. Im going to do it in my imagination. Thats not as fun. I think it will work for everyone involved i think. Fine. Coming up, the battle over an allegedly stolen picasso. The allout war over this painting worth nearly 1 million thats pitting a miami art dealer against a billionaire socialite. Which of the two has defied a judges order. An abc news exclusive with billionaire businessman charles koch. Why one of the richest men in the world says he will likely not back the republican president ial nominee whoever he may turn out to be. First heres a look at todays temperature. 76 in albuquerque. I like the 80s all along the east. But close. 69, almost to 70. Take that. Announcer world news now downey unstoppables. How can this have been washed 12 weeks ago and still smell like springtime. In paris. Unstopables inwash scent boosters. The more you pour the more scent youll savor. Toss into your wash before your clothes for luxurious scent for up to 12 weeks. And introducing unstopables fabric conditioner by downy giving your laundry a bold, captivating scent with luxury you can feel. For longlasting scent, just pair with your inwash scent booster. 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In an exclusive interview with abcs jon karl, koch says he likely will not back there years republican nominee. Well, ill tell you why. We said here are the issues. Youve got to be like Ronald Reagan and be compete on making the country better rather than tearing down your opponents. And right off the bat, they didnt do it. More of these personal attacks and pitting one person against the other. Thats the message youre sending the country. Youre role models and youre terrible role models. So i dont know how we could support them. So many people in the country now look at the American Economy and they say it is rigged. They say its rigged by those at the top. It is. And thats thats in the policy area, thats thats our number one policy objective to change that. What i call it is you agree that the system is rigged. Absolutely. Is rigged in favor of the wealthiest. In favor of Companies Like ours because we have this corporate welfare that benefits established companies and makes it very difficult for somebody to get started. When you look at the presidencies of george w. Bush and barack obama, which one in your view was worse . I know you dont like either one. Toward bill clinton. Just in the spending and regulation. The government grew much more under bushs administration whose i think is a fine person and tried to do the right thing, but but was misguided. Am i hearing you correctly, you think bill clinton was a better president than george w. Bush. In some ways. In other ways he wasnt an exemplar but as far as the growth of government, the increase in spending on restrictive regulations, it was two and a half times under bush that it was under clinton. Is it possible another clinton could be better than another republican . Its possible. Its possible. You couldnt see yourself supporting Hillary Clinton, could you . Well, her we would have to believe her actions would be let me put it that way. On some of the republican candidates we would before we could support them, wed have to believe their actions would be quite different than the rhetoric weve heard so far. Great job by Jonathan Karl bus because that is a striking admission for someone has supported the Republican Party for so many years. Hillary clinton saying shes not interested in kochs support. Be interested to see how this shapes up as the Campaign Goes on. Coming up, the high stakes fight over a picasso. The a socialite says the painting was stolen from her i dont want to be a lost picasso kudos to our behind the scenes guys for finding that song. I dont want to be a lost picasso. When are you a legal tug of war can happen like this one playing out over a valuable picasso portrait of one of the artists early mistresses. A miami judgearded a miami art dealer to return the painting to the fifth avenue to the home of an elderly billionaire widow from whom it was allegedly stole. Marci gonzalez has more because it doesnt there. Social yist and miami art dealer with are in a war over there painting by an picasso worth nearly 1 million. The gallery owner putting the portrait of one of can o picassos mistresses up for for sale even though wilma tisch claims the piece is hers. The piece allegedly stolen from her home sometime between 2009 and when she noticed it missing in 2013. When are you too rich to notice that youre missing a bik casso. Reporter tisch is demanding back the pricey painting which hen del claims he legally bought three years ago from a private seller who he believes rightfully owned. Hes trying to argue that hey, im the victim here myself. I paid fair value for this and didnt get it. The problem with that is that a thief cant pass good title. Reporter tisch filing a lawsuit tuesday claiming she is the Rightful Owner of the masterpiece and handel has wrongful possession after he from a Storage Facility where it was being held during the dispute over ownership. What an am i going to say, you can have it just because you think it was stolen. Show me, please. Reporter tischs lawyer says a judge ordered hen del to return the work to new york. We found that disputed masterpiece right here. Back on hen dels wall in miami. How am i supposed to believe a letter that says we think its stolen. So therefore, stop your life. Reporter marci gonzalez, abc news, new york. Huh. Very interesting. If that was in fact stolen, i dont know that hen del has a pretty good case there. Might have to return it. Can you imagine having so thats nice. Dont let dust and allergies get between you and lifes beautiful moments. With flonase allergy relief, they wont. Most allergy pills only control one inflammatory substance. Flonase controls six. 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A tale of two encounters the first one captured on a courtroom camera. The judge mindy glazer, before her argument your booth charged with burglary. Suddenly she has a glimmer of recognition. You see that smile . And then she asks. Middle school. Oh, my goodness. Yep, they were kids together here at miami beachs nautilus middle school. Two kids in School Photos who both show promise but then arthurs life went wrong. Im sorry to see you there. I always wondered what happened to you sir. This is the nicest kid in middle school. Oh, my goodness. Drug addiction, a life in and out of prison, it all seemed to hit him at once. The path his life taken, the video was watched millions of times since then back in june. Now well see if this video also catches on because the other day, booth was released from jail, his family was there. And so was judge glazer. At this, their second encounter, she had a message for him. Youre going to do something good for somebody else. Better believe it. Call it a pledge to do better for old times sake. John donvan, abc news, washington. I love that story. What an emotional reaction, too. His face when hes reminded what he was like as a child. I love how those moments can happen in your life that can just change you. It seems like the meeting between those two made him say hey, maybe i might do things differently. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. She wasnt scolding or yelling at him. You used to be the nicest guy. Thats the news for this half hour. This morning on world news now, shaking things up on the campaign trail. Donald trumps rivals take aim with the cruz and kasich campaigns joining forces and coordinating their strategies. Reaching a delegate majority. Overnight the power play angering trump even more. We have new details on the fight against isis. The president confirms hundreds of additional military personnel will head to syria. We have the latest on the effort to bolster the u. S. Presence in the war torn country. Just in time. The quick thinking flight crew that prevent this had car stuck on the tracks from getting slammed into by a train. The helicopters last minute maneuvering problems life saving. And sleep for success. Many of us try to get enough zs. Its worth it though so we have a special sleep study for all of you insomniacs with tips how to get the rest you need to succeed on this monday, april 25th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning. Im diane macedo. Im ryan smith in for kendis gibson. Oh, we can all use more sleep. But theres a lot going on. Dont sleep just yet. Viewers or give them too many tips on good sleep maybe. Sleep after this. We begin with the race for the white house. A new strategy to stop donald trump. Ted cruz and john kasich have agreed to join forces to deprive trump of the delegates needed to clij the republican nomination. Their campaigns announced cruz will focus on indiana and clear the path for kasich to compete in oregon and new mexico. Trump fired back on twitter calling his rivals mathematically dead and desperate. Its your voice, your vote. Abcs mary bruce is following the Trump Campaign as voters in five states prepare to head to the polls. Reporter Hillary Clinton and donned trump. They sound ready to rumble oneonone but they have unfinished business. Bernie sanders vows he wont leave the campaign trail to his democratic rival. Were going all the way to california. On trump and clinton. Do we really want to turn on the general Election Television and stwee rich new york liberals . Donald trump with double digit leads in three of the five states voting on tuesday taking aim at cruzs hunt for convention delegates. And hes wining and dining and dinners and hotels and all this stuff. Hes bribing people essentially to vote. Reporter as for becoming more president ial. Wouldnt it be interesting if i changed and everyone said, this is the most president ial candidate since Abraham Lincoln and then we started to lose . Meanwhile clinton has begun to consider potential running mates. Among the names on her short list, julian castro, new jersey store cory booker, ohio senator sher rad brown as well as one woman. Clinton got an odd knot nod from republican donor charles koch who is disillusioned with the gop field. Is it possible another another republican . Its possible. Its possible. Reporter both clinton and trump are expected to win big on tuesday. Mary bruce, abc news, washington. President obama is announcing some major new steps in the battle against isis. 250 additional military personnel mostly Army Green Berets are being sent to syria to help local forces there. The move marks a significant increase in the u. S. Presence in syria. President obama is expected to make his decision public during a speech later this morning in germany where hes wrapping up a week long overseas trip. The United States is reportedly launching cyberattacks against isis for the first time. The military cybercommand usually focuses on iran, russia, china and north korea where many cyberattacks against the u. S. Originate. According to the New York Times, the new campaign is aimed at disrupting the islamic states ability to attract recruits and carry out operations. Doesnt take north koreas latest offer of seriously after claiming its latest missile test was a grate success, north korea offered to stop such tests if the u. S. Stops its exercises with south korea. As the a news conferencings the president said north korea is going to have to do better than that. Authorities in australia say they have thwarted a terror attack on the countrys veterans day ceremony. A 16yearold boy was arrested at his home in western sydney. Police say they believe the teen was acting alone and that he had been on their radar for some time. School officials in wisconsins are praising the Police Officer who shot and killed an 1yearold gunman outside a High School Prom. They believe the gunman intended to enter the prom and start shooting randomly with a Higher Powered rifle. It started to unfold when two students were shot as they exited the prom. Officers patrolling parking lot heard the shots and one immediately shot the gunman. A new twist to the killing southern ohio. There were three marijuana growing operations where the murders took place 90 miles east of cincinnati. The victims ranged from 16 to 44 years of age all shot in the head while sleeping. Three very Young Children survived. The kill kers allegesly took great pains to cover up the carefully planned executions. The people who did this did not want to be detected. This is not a spur of the moment murder. This is a well planned out, well executed murders. So far there have not been any arrests. Officials are not saying much about the investigation because they dont want to tell the bad guys everything they go know. There was a surprise visitor to one of romes main parks during earth day events. Pope francis dropped by. He sat on an outdoor is taken along with a tallian priest who the denounced mobsters for farmland. The pope told the audience money has become a god at the center are moving onto the second round of the nba playoffs beating the pistons 1009 for a sweep of the fourgame series. Kyrie irving scored 20 of his 31 points in the second half with 10 in the first 79 seconds after halftime. Lebron james pouring in 22 points and 11 rebounds. The cabs next play either atlanta or boston. And the Golden State Warriors are one win away from advancing in the philosophies despite a scary injury to steph curry, the reigning nba mvp went down with a knee injury just before halftime. Klay thompson hitting four of his seven threepointers in the third quarter. Warriors beating the Houston Rockets 12194 and lead the series three games to one. Steph curry cant catch a break. Hes having a tough time in the playoffs but the team still going strong. British astronaut tim pique marathon despite being out of the country. Hes above the country in the International Space station. He ran the 26. 2 mile race while harnessed to a treadmill as assimilation of the route through london played on an ipad. He finished in just over 3 1 2 hours giving new meaning to the term a runners high. While he was running, he traveled more than twice around the world. I love that. Not running but flying. But you know what . Is it harder for him than anybody here on the ground . Its got to be so tough. It was challenging having to rig this thing. Hes sort of held down by elastic there because hes in zero gravity. They had to find a way to keep him pegged to the treadmill so he could run. You dont have the cheers. And im sure. Thats true. You dont have anybody to cheer you on. Maybe they had canned cheers like canned laughter. Whoohoo, you got this. Fake people on his ipad holding up signs. I dont know good for him though. Anything to get you going, coming up, well show what happens when panther superstar cam newton sees a young fan wearing his jersey. First Hitech Solutions for better home security. The latest tools to stop home intruders. Some of them are right at your fingertips. Also ahead, our la sleep extravaganza. Eye opening information to help you get the shut eye you need. Dont fall asleep just yet. Remember you can find us on facebook on facebook at wnnfans. Com and twitter abcwnp. 3s. But theres a difference between the omega3s in fish oil and those in megared krill oil. Unlike fish oil, megared is easily absorbed by your body. Which makes your heart, well, megahappy. Happier still, megared is proven to increase omega3 levels in 30 days. 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Trying to put the brakes on crime, a new hitech gadget taking strides in keeping your home safe while youre away. Giving homeowners a new piece of mind and helping to track criminals down. Heres abcs lauren liveder. Had the new weapon in home security. Hello. Hello. Can i help you . A doorbell camera ringing right to your phone fooling would be burglars into thinking were not interested. The tool catching potential theebs on camera from nevada to california. To tennessee. Where investigators say this man rang first before break ing in. Authorities reportedly using the tape to track him down and charge him with burglary. In los angeles, police revealing a sixmonth Pilot Program using an the tool helped redpus burglaries in one neighborhood by more than 350 . Robbie odonnell lives there. I can see without exposing myself to the person im speaking to whats going on on my front porch. If i hear a noise, i dont have to sit there and guess. Heres how it works. The canal ra is activated when i ring the bell but also by motion around the front door. It sends an alert to the users phone who can see their guest and talk. Hey, robbie. Hello. Reporter the device one of several on the market catching all sorts of unwanted visitors. Lauren lyster, abc news, los angeles. I like the bear. Exactly. But you know what, a great tool for people especially when theyre away a lot. Coming up in our next half hour, a new worry about counterfeit hoverboards. Police seizing thousands of knockoffs that could be more dangerous than the real things. First if youre watching us right now, could you be among the tens of millions of americans who suffer from chronic sleep deprivation. Well show you how you can start getting a restful nights sleep. After this. I didnt get to sleep, no, i didnt get to sleep at all for many of us, getting the recommended eight hours of sleep a night is something we can only dream of, and its no secret that chronic sleep deprivation can be detrimental to your health. What can you do to ensure you have a restful night . We turn to the experts to find out. Ah, a good nights sleep, according to the cdc it, 50 to 70 million americans suffer from chronic sleep and wake fullness disorders. Neil pa rick ca is the founder of an online Mattress Company creating products and discovering methods to try to help people sleep through the night. Tip one, keep it cool. Try to keep your bedroom chill. Somewhere between 60 to 67 degrees. We combine memoryfoam which is supportive but tends to sleep on its own kind of hot with latex. Latex is bouncy and super breathable. If that doesnt do the trick, items like your smartphone or tablet could be to blame. They emit blue light. That brings us to tip two, as you an app. Theres apps called flux or apple has a feature on the iphone whereby you can draw down the amount of blue light youre seeing over the course of the day. And while it may be snooze. When the first alarm goes off, youve now broken the cycle of sleep. Youre not going to get did the restorative rem sleep in the extra 15 cycles. Reporter for many of us, the issue is simply fall agsfleep if youre having trouble falling asleep, try thinking in images instead of words. Its hard for our brains to clear our thoughts when it comes to actually sentences and words. But converting those into images makes it easier tore them to fadeaway. So some interesting tips there. But is there medical evidence to back them up . Joining us now is dr. Rebecca robbins from the nyu school of medicine, the author of sleep for success, everything you must know about sleep but are too tired to ask. I love the title. Going through all the tips that you heard, its almost like the story is about me specifically. I feel like i break every rule key discuss and all the issues to deal with. Kind of walk us through from the medical perspective things like cooling down the room, for example, is that really necessary . Is there an idea counsel temperature youre supposed to sleep at. Neil made really great points backed by science. When it comes to the bedroom, first and foremost, you want to walk in and feel instantly relaxed. You want to design your bedroom with neutral tones and i say to really invest in the best quality mattress and best pillows you can afford because we spend or should spend a third of our lives sleep about with not make it the best money can buy and in your budget. The other good design features of a good bedroom are quiet which is hard for us here in new york city. I encourage people to download an app maybe like the noise machine app or put in ear plugs if you find noise is disrupting. Theres a lot of noise outside. If ear plugs are not your thing, you can try to counter it with ambient noise. Is that the idea . Noise machine or an air purifier does the same thing and your bedrooms air. Those are a couple quick tips to design a good bedroom. The Snooze Button is so tempting. Kick that habit to the curb if you can. Unfortunately, snooze bar ideally we wouldnt need it. We would wake up when our body had enough sleep. With the invention of the light bulb, were able to extend our sleep into the wee hours of the morning. If we could focus more on what time we fall asleep at night, that would be the best possible scenario. And try to allow or pick a bedtime that will allow to you get about seven to eight hours which is what most adults need when it comes to Optimal Health and lertness. What about the devices and tricks to fall asleep, essentially for People Like Us and our viewers who are working or up in the middle of the night. When youre sidelining on off hours. So unfortunately, what iphones, cell phones, what Tablet Computers do and what some of russ guilty of using before bed is they be as a neil mention add application which is fak called flux. F. Lux. Its a free application. That will change the its the color temperature of the screen. As we find in the research. So whether he youre looking at your phone in bed, its not telling you its daytime and youre supposed to be awake. Exactly. You about 8 million americans work on shift schedules. Theyre the worst off. They face tons of issues in terms of ability to fall asleep and get healthy sleep. Again, because in part because of the light. If youre starting shift at 2 00 in the morning and then you get home and its 12 00 in the afternoon and you try to get your sleep then. So the tips for shift workers are to try to find the block of time that will allow for the most sleep. Ideally seven to eight hours design of your bedroom is key. Get blackout curtains. Blackout shades, right. That will keep that light thats, of course, the suns up if youre trying to sleep at an off hour. Try to make time for sleep. Get curtains and try to take caffeine at the beginning of your shift and not towards the end. Dr. Robins thank you so much. Helpful tips for me and many others. We want to know what questions have you about sleep. Tweet us or ask us on facebook at wnn fans. Com. Dr. Robins will be back in a few weeks to answer your questions. Thanks so much for being here. Now. Our bacteria familys been on this cushion for generations. I like to watch them clean, but theyll never get me on the mattress new lysol max cover with 2x wider coverage kills bacteria on big, soft surfaces. Discover a new way to lysol that. 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You just literally he hops the fence and says let me start throwing the ball around. A kid wearing a jersey. You know hes a fan. Yeah. This guy caught a lot of criticism during the super bowl. People calling him me first. Hes all about the kids. That shows you something, that he really cares. You know what, even there very well dressed. Cam newton. Always looking great. I want to introduce to you there adorable 3yearold girl. Lets listen to her for a second. Tell me what time it is. Whole lotta love. Uses of the holy. She just said houses of holy because matthew cantons daughter knows every single rock music song that led zeppelin ever played. Dad has not revealed his daughters name. He has coached her where all he has to do is play just a few bars of the song and she can immediately guess it. How much zepp are you playing for this child. I love shes dressed for the occasion in her frozen he will sae costume. Very appropriate. I think led zeppelin would approve. She correctly names six songs in a row. Whole lot of love, black dog, houses of the holy, dancing days and immigrant song. Dad says shes just getting started. Wow. Before requesting rock n and roll and busting out into a dance break. She decides shes going to end it there because she needs to let it go and well be back for more tomorrow. Let me tell you about this one. Remember when teachers got an apple . You remember that. The kid brings in an apple. Check out this kid. He comes in and gives her this card. Right . The teacher, this card. Thats nice. Its her birthday. You are one of 19 Million People born on this day. Look at the flip side. You are not special. You know what . Lets flunk that kid. F. Next test. He does not want to get an a, does . P . P . O . Gv this morning on world news now, the hunt is on for the person or people responsible for the coldblooded killing of hear what police found at their residence that may have completely shifted the investigation. The death of a legend. Fans celebrating the life and music of prince this weekend. But new questions surround his mysterious death and who might be inheriting his estate. And new this half hour, more severe spring weather. Tornadoes touching down across the plains as thunderstorms bring hail, heavy rain and strong winds to the heartland. The latest reports just ahead. And winter is coming. Or has it is already arrived . Game of thrones is back with a new season. Weve got all the fresh reaction in the skinny but no spoilers, we promise on then monday, april 25th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. You cant spoil game of thrones. Please dont. We havent seen it yet because we were here. Yes, exactly. No spoilers coming. But a lot of good stuff on game of thrones. Im ryan smith. Im diane macedo. We start with our top story. Officials are playing their cards close to the vest as they investigate the murders of eight family members in ohio. Details of the investigation but they are hoping the public will provide important information. We get details now from abcs alex perez. Reporter with the clock ticking, authorities are making a plea to the public for tips to track down a coldblooded killer. Investigators working round the clock, but so far no arrests. Police revealing that three of the four crime scenes had marijuana grow operations. But no word on whether theyre linked to the murders. The people who did this did not want to be detected. This is not a spur of the moment murder. Reporter at sunday services, family and friends paying tribute to loved ones lost in the slayings. No one would have ever thought this would ever happen to them. I need you to tell me the address. Just give me a second. We walked in about i think my brotherinlaw is dead. Reporter the massacre unfolding friday near the rural town of peebles, ohio. The chilling 911 calls capturing the horror. Eight members of the same family its all this stuff thats on the news, i just found my cousin with a gunshot wound. Okay, sir, was he alive . No, no. Reporter the sheriff says more than 100 tips have poured in after the execution style murders. All right, weve got deputies on the way, okay . Thank you. Youre welcome. [ crying ] reporter theres now a 25,000 reward to capture a killer considered armed and dangerous. Theres someone thats got a piece of this puzzle we dont have. Somebody knows something. Reporter and until investigators can find out whos responsible for the murders, the sheriff going as far as telling the victims family members they should arm themselves to ensure their safety. Alex perez, piketon, ohio. An unusual case. Meanwhile, sunday services at a philadelphia area church were interrupted by a gun fight. Police in Montgomery County say one man was killed during the altercation. Gunshots. Then everyone hit the floor in fear. The other man involved was also injured and hes now being questioned by police. Three federal agents are recovering after being shot outside a topeka, kansas, motel. Two fbi Marshall Service deputies had been trying to be a warrant when the shooting started. The suspect believed to be inside the motel room was wanted for robbery and placed on the states most wanted list. Police also later discovered a body in the room. In the race for the white house, Donald Trumps rivals are joining forces in a last ditch effort to stop him from clinching the gop nomination. Ted cruz and john kasich have announced plans to collaborate in some of the upcoming races. Cruz will focus on winning indiana while clearing the way for kasich in oregon and new mexico. Trump immediately slammed the agreement as desperate. On the democratic side, Bernie Sanders still going after Hillary Clinton on this week with george stephanopoulos. He was asked if sanders would rally his supporters to get behind clinton. Tell people what to do. But what i will do is do everything that i can to make sure that somebody like a donald trump or some other right wing republican does not become president of the United States. Clinton is holding a commanding lead in the polls over sanders in pennsylvania, the largest of five States Holding primaries tomorrow. On the republican side, the latest poll out of pennsylvania has donald trump nearly 20 points ahead of kasich and cruz. There are new worries in ecuador following that powerful earthquake. Volunteers say an epidemic outbreak is likely at a camp where hundreds of displaced residents have been staying. They say relief items which poor poured in after the quake were poorly managed. Now there are no working sanitary facilities at the camp. The death toll has risen past 600 with dozens still missing. Here in the u. S. , a good chance of extreme weather in the Northern Plains starting overnight. Meteorologists say all types of storms are likely including tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds. Some of the heaviest rain will fall on areas that have already the storm system will continue to be a threat into wednesday. One tornado has already touched down near the kansas, nebraska border. Reports say it was on the ground for a few minutes last night and traveled about four miles causing only minor damage to trees. There are no reports of injuries. Severe storms in south texas also produced at least one funnel cloud, as well. The strong winds peeled back the roof of a motel and damaged roofs of other buildings. Large objects were tossed around, some landing and damaging vehicles. However, there are no reports of injuries there either. Former nfl Quarterback Johnny Manziel reported hey has been indicted for assault is his exgirlfriend. The indictment is expected to be announced today in dallas. The alleged beating occurred in january. Since then, the 23yearold Heisman Trophy winner has also been accused of trashing a Los Angeles Home during a party and has been cut by the Cleveland Browns. As the world mourns the untimely death of prince, fans everywhere are soaking up his the very best of prince and purple rain now hold the top two slots on the billboard chart. A private Memorial Service was held at princes paisley park compound over the weekend. Abcs eva pilgrim has more. Reporter as the world awaits answers into princes mysterious death, questions now also rising about who will inherit one of the most valuable music estates in the world. No word this hour if he had a will. Prince leaves behind no wife or children. Thank you for loving him, yall. He loved each and every one of you. Reporter the woman with the purple hair is princes sister who could be first in line to the singers fortune. His estate, estimated at 300 million, growing by the day. His music once again at the top of the charts. The shock from the singers death being felt around the world. To the pop icon opening his show at the Barclays Center in brooklyn with a cover of purple rain. Purple rain purple rain reporter saturday night live honoring prince sharing never before seen footage of his performance at the snl 40th anniversary party. Pouring as the bells atop city hall played the superstars songs. Fans, many neighbors lining up to remember the purple one pouring into target field stadium as the celebration of princes life and music continues. You can tell, hes touched a lot of hearts. Reporter weve spoken to lawyers here in indianapolis who tell us theres no deadline on when to file a will. No word when we will learn what will happen to princes fortune. Eva pilgrim, abc news, chanhassen, minnesota. Thank you. Well, a kentucky dad who happens to be a wizard when it comes to balloons created quite a dress for his daughters prom. It was made out of 250 silver it took dad about five hours to complete. Looks lovely. Dad and daughter danced the traditional waltz before parents were escorted out of the prom. So the kids could have some fun. No word on whether there were any popped balloons. Dad, you dont want that. Thats a risky dress to make for your daughter. That is a risky dress. I like the fact that the balloons small. So thats good. Somebody would really have to work on those balloons. Five hours. Yeah. I mean, you know, it saves money which you like. Thats true. Very lightweight. I bet its really easy to dance in, as well. You know what . I think it looks nice. Look at that. Its incredible. Good thing they didnt have helium in them. Otherwise. She smite fly away. Shes floating on air right there. Looking happy dancing with dad. Coming up, beyonce letting it all out. The superstar sharing her lemonade with the world. But some are saying her lyrics could mean trouble for queen b cracking down on hoverboards. How the government is putting a stop to influx of foreign fakes. Foreign fakes. Thats hard to say that have been known to cause fires. Lets take a look at the forecast first. Brought to you by vista print. Seems like every time the toilet gets cleaned, someones there to undo it. After a superior clean, apply the lysol click gel. To keep it fresh, for a toilet that gets clean, then actually stays that way. Lysol that. Look at that. Investigators are trying to figure out what started this raging fire at an apartment construction site near phoenix. Crews were still on the scene yesterday monitoring the hot spots. Residents who lived across the street returned to their homes many of which have smoke, water or electrical damage. Despite the risk of fire dangers, hover boards are still flying off shelves into american now theres a new danger. Fake hover boards. Its a big deal. Thousands of counterfeits have been seized in one recent crackdown alone. They can be even more dangerous than the real thing. Heres abcs jim avila. Reporter guns drawn, handcuffs out. The l. A. Sheriffs department counterfeit unit raids a suburban warehouse. Search warrant. Step out. Reporter its filled with nearly 4,000 of the hottest and perhaps most dangerous toys on the market, the hoverboard. This place is packed with counterfeit hoverboards. Reporter so far, the feds have confiscated nearly 100,000 of these hazardous toys at the border, many imported from china. The u. S. Government says hoverboards cannot be considered safe. They pack not just a thrill, but too often a fiery surprise, because the batteries can overheat, even catch on fire. Thats what happened to the fox family in chicago. Their house badly damaged in a fire when their sons Christmas Present hoverboard went up in all i could think to myself was, theres a good likelihood that were going to lose both of our children today. Reporter in this raid, the Sheriffs Department has brought along an inspector from the Underwriters Laboratory, the trusted testing group, to look for one telltale sign of counterfeits. This mark means that this product has been safety certified. Has been tested. Reporter and has it been . No, it has not. U. L. Has not certified any hoverboards. Reporter so this u. L. Is bogus . Its counterfeit. Its unauthorized. Reporter Underwriters Lab is developing Safety Standards for hoverboards, but nothing currently on the market is approved. And if you see a u. L. Stamp on the box, it doesnt mean the hoverboard is certified. Stay away from it and call authorities. Jim avila, abc news, los angeles. You know, you talk about the ways to watch out for these things. One of the suggestions is if the price is cheap, if its too low, its too good to be true. Scary. People are looking out for certified. Now you cant rely on that. Its a tough call. Interesting theyre flying off the shelf, right . Theyre really fun to ride. Have you ridden one. I have. My nephews have one. Every day i go over and steal it for a little bit. Good time. When we come back, well show you the much anticipated season six premiere of game of thrones and what fans are tweeting about it. Dont spoil it for us. The former senator who just came out of the closet at age 90. The skinny is coming up. Tt2wmrstd o j [4 tt2wmrstd n 4 tt2wmrstd 4 j ]4 tt2wmrstd x ` z, tt2wmrstd t j` n, tt2wmrstd t j ` el tt2wmrstd p j ` rw\ tt2wmrstd p j,` 3< tt2wmrstd l. ` 0 tt2wmrstd l 0` 2x skinny, so skinny okay. Its time now for the skinny and topping our headlines this morning, the much anticipated return of game of thrones. How am i going to do this . I want to do this but i know were not spoiling it. We have to have faith. Ryan and i have not seen it yet. Were going to read this one carefully. Were going to read it and im going to disembody myself from it as i tell you about it. After last years finale last night kicked off with a reset of all the pieces on the chess board for what Deadline Hollywood calls the looming Event Horizon in the battle for the iron throne. Carman branson tweets i think ghost deserves an emmy nomination for tonight. His howling left a hole in my soul. Wait, what does that mean . Now you want to know, right . Vanity fair tweeted game of thrones really, really wants you to know its all about women this year. Again, i feel were coming across as spoiling. Onemike tweeted after watching several people get brutally slaughtered, i feel like were knowing too much, the nation is shocked by naked old lady. It could be anybody. Lots of naked old ladies. You know whats worse than getting a spoiler . Getting all these clues. Now you want to then you go out and have to look it up. Problem with game of thrones, its just too long. Im so excited to see the new season. And yet, i realize, i dont remember what happened in the last one anymore. I need some kind of refresher. The times has a great writeup what you missed. Check it out. I was caught up in five minutes. I end up more confused than before i started. I dont remember whos who. Ill read the refresher. Youll be good. A bit of a political shocker. Former pennsylvania senator Harris Wofford has announced hes getting married to a man. Wofford a top democrat who was a top advisor to president kennedy and dr. Martin luther king jr. Revealed his relationship to Matthew Charlton who is nearly 50 years his junior. Wofford as a woffords wife claire died in 1996 after battling acute leukemia after nearly 50 years of marriage. It was shortly after her death wofford writes he met the seconds love of his life. He writes in a New York Times oped at age 90, i am lucky to be in an era where the Supreme Court strengthens what president obama calls the dignity of marriage by recognizing matrimony is not based on anyones sexual nature, choices or dreams, but based on love. Wofford and charlton have now been together for 15 years and they get married this had saturday. Next to a celebrity nearly a century younger stirring up a sensation across the pond. Britains Prince George who turns 3 years old in less than three months is setting his own fashion trend. The monogrammed cream colored bathrobe that he wore to meet president obama set off an online frenzy. One word, smooth. George has already got it. The british retailer who made it said its called my first years says the 40 robe sold out after the picture was released but they are still taking orders. Thats jolly good. This guy, george already. I wonder what kind of sizes it comes in. I have to confess, it looks very comfy and i kind of want one. The way he wears it. Its effortless with this guy. Hes 2 and hes the smoothest kid in the world. Hes very charismatic. You see the people waiting on him. Ooze like yes, ill have my tea now. Ill just wear my robe like a boss. Finally, our first look at one of the worlds newest more than a week after Kelly Clarkson and Brandon Blackstock welcomed their second child into the world, the grammy winning singer songwriter i should say is sharing her first photos of their newborn son. His name is Remington Alexander black stoke. The candid photos show mom giving him a sweet kiss on the forehead. The other shows him in the protective arms of daddy. The caption says meet remy, our newest addition to the family. Just adorable. I love the name too, remington and remy. Coming up the sweet and sour of beyonces lemonade. Queen b hits the internet with lemonade. What did you think about it . Well talk about it when we come back. Think about it . Back. But theyll never get me on the mattress new lysol max cover with 2x wider coverage kills bacteria on big, soft surfaces. Discover a new way to lysol that. Get ready. To show your roots. With root touch up from nicen easy it blends with leading shades, even salon shades. 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Lemonade is billed as every womans journey of selfknowledge and healing. You can taste the dishonesty, its all over your breath reporter but some believe its beyonces own story, of marital problems with husband jayz. Today i regret the night i put that ring on reporter the albums release was an overnight sensation. Hbo streamed the onehour film for free. More than 1. 7 million tweets followed with lemonade. Im just too much for you like this rampage by a woman scorned. To talk of race and gender with a nod to malcom xs famous speech about black women. Call me malcolm x. The most disrespected person in america is the black woman. Reporter the song forward, features the mothers of young black men killed by police and others. Ladies, now lets get in formation reporter building on the message of defiance from her super bowl halftime performance. I see it, i want it reporter and while lemonade has lots of sour, what triumphs is a message of empowerment, redemption and love of family. Linsey davis, abc news, new york. So if the end is about family and redemption, maybe all those harsh words are not dedicated at jayz. I dont know. Its interesting with her. Somebody in her past. I saw this right before i this musically is fantastic. I mean this song was amazing. But its creative, a little bit all over the place. But i got to say, theres a lot for people to read into on this because she talks a lot about being angry and scorned and have you cheated on me. But who knows who shes talking about. Maybe thats part of the allure here. Apparently shes trying a lot of new sounds, even a little country. Kendrick lamar on it, the weekend, jack white. I mean, musically phenomenal. Announcer this is abcs world news now, informing making news in america this morning developing overnight ted cruz and John Kasich Join forces with one goal to stop donald trump. The billionaires response just in. Were live in washington with
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