12 was in that rv and her hometown is in shock. >> such a tragic story. coming back from vacation as well. also this morning, tomorrow is a big day for the mitt romney campaign as the republicans start rallying around the front-runner. a win in tuesday's wisconsin primary could put him another step closer to nomination. later this half hour, stores are cracking down on coupon clippers. are you a coupon clipper? bargain shoppers need them the most. could extreme couponers be spoiling it for all us ordinary folks just looking for a break? >> i'm not that organized. i just can't get it together. >> it does take a lot of organization. first, a family catastrophe on a highway in northeastern kansas. it's difficult to even tell what sort of vehicle was involved in the crash when you see the scene from above. >> that's right. at least five people were killed in the crash and others remain hospitalized. knbc's martin augustine brings us the latest from kansas. >> reporter: this is overland park regional medical center, the suburban kansas city hospital where some of the 13 survivors of that crash are being treated for their injuries. nearly everyone was riding in that rv is related in some way and they were on their way home to minnesota. from above you see what's left of a large truck and trailer. the wreckage strewn about below that bridge. the truck had been fitted at a recreational vehicle. the 18 people riding in it had just spent a weekend in texas. for some reason the driver of the truck drove off the shoulder of i-35, tried to steer it back on to the highway but crashed into a guard rail sending the truck and trailer flying into a creek bed that is proving difficult for rescue and recovery crews. >> the vehicle is literally destroyed. the trailer is destroyed. it's in one of the toughest areas in 23 1/2 areas of law enforcement that i've worked trying to remove a vehicle at a scene. >> reporter: on the trailer a logo for g-dog racing. the trailer was full of motorcycles and racing gear. a closer look at the truck shows what's left after the massive impact with the bridge. >> while some of the 13 survivors are being treated at this hospital, others are being treated at hospitals in ottawa and topeka. reporting from overland park, kansas, martin augustine. >> so sad. there are counselors ready to answer questions in jordan, mississippi, whereome of the children -- i'm sorry, min, where some of the children involved in the crash attend school. >> the reason we're even learning these names is not because of the police. because they're not releasing the information. and we're hearing it through friends and through these communities. and it really is heartbreaking. >> devastating. absolutely. we are following breaking news out of russia this morning. a passenger jet has crashed in siberia killing at least 32 people. rescue crews said up to 12 passengers may have survived the crash. russia has been plagued by a series of air crashes in recent years blamed mostly on poor safety standards and aging aircraft. two injured sailors have been rescued from a racing yacht hundreds of miles off the california coast. that is the nearly 80-foot-long boat down there as it limps toward san francisco bay. its steering was damaged by a giant wave on saturday during a round the world race. the coast guard dropped emergency supplies to it but was unable to send a rescue boat until last night because the weather was just too bad. two others on board suffered minor injuries and are still on board. now to politics. and the last full day of campaigning for the republican candidates ahead of wisconsin's presidential primary tomorrow. mitt romney is sounding more confident that he will be the party's nominee sooner rather than later. here's abc's david kerley. >> reporter: mitt romney has high hopes for a big day in wisconsin. >> now we're looking like we're going to win this thing on tuesday, but i've got to have you guys get out and vote. >> reporter: the latest polls put romney at the head of the pack in the badger state. and a win could put him closer to nabbing the nomination. getting that magic number of 1,144 delegates. romney hit a pancake brunch with one of the latest republicans to endorse him. wisconsin representative paul ryan. >> this president sacrificed medicare to pay for obama care which is another good reason why in 2012 we're going to get him out of office. >> i think they should coalesce around the romney campaign and move on to the general election. >> reporter: newt gingrich's ride could come to an end in wisconsin. he's acknowledging romney could be the nominee. >> i think he clearly has a chance to do it, and i finishing he does succeed in doing it, obviously, i'll support him. i'm sure rick santorum will support him. >> reporter: but santorum isn't conceding yet. >> this race isn't even at halftime. >> reporter: santorum would need to win 74% of the remaining delegates to win the nomination. even so, he sounds ready to take his fight to the floor of the republican convention in tampa. >> so many of the delegates ghog the convention are unbound delegates. >> reporter: santorum is counting on a victory in his home state of pennsylvania later this month to keep his campaign in contention. david kerley, abc news, washington. and former president bill clinton knows a thing or two about being involved in a long and bruising primary campaign. he went through something very similar back in 1992. mr. clinton spoke to abc's jake tapper about the challenges being faced by mitt romney. >> mr. romney has a different challenge than i did. even though he had a bruising primary and higher negatives than i did, too. mine was just one long character attack. the problem that governor romney has is his character attack was you don't really know what he believes. he did this. he says that. and the poor man who got in trouble for the etch-a-sketch remark, it's like -- that's like saying there's nothing more damaging in politics than telling the truth. i mean, the truth is, that's what he's got to do. >> rocking the leather jacket there. we'll have much more of president clinton's comments coming up on "good morning america." and secretary of state hillary clinton is focussing on syria as the brutal government crackdown continues. on a trip to turkey, mrs. clinton reinstated the u.s. position against president bashar al assad and explained how the u.s. is helping to turn things around. abc's rina ninan is traveling with the secretary of state. >> reporter: the move is designed to try and get president assad's security forces to defect into the opposition. the u.s. has agreed to provide an additional $12 million in aid for a total of $25 million and to provide communications equipment to help the syrian free army organize. secretary of state hillary clinton sat down with abc news to discuss the future of assad's regime. >> we think assad must go. sooner the better for everyone concerned. but we also know that we require a multi-pronged approach to this problem. >> reporter: u.s. aid includes medical supplies for refugees but in syria this weekend, the violence claimed some three dozen lives. just last week, assad had agreed to a cease-fire as part of a new peace plan. but there's no sign that's about to happen. reena ninan, abc news, istanbul. former political prisoner and nobel laureate aung san suu kyi is about to enter political office. she won a seat sunday. she spent years under house arrest by the military. the elections were a major turning point for myanmar which was ruled by a repesive military government for years. the largest and most active volcano in europe is at it again. mt. etna roared to life for the first time this year spewing bright orange lava and ash high into the air on sunday. but air traffic was not distu disturbed like it was in february. and there were no reports of damage or injuries. and we're going to take a look at your weather now. snow may fall on that fire zone today as a storm moves in from the colorado rockies to new mexico. wet from the upper midwest to the gulf coast. but severe weather bearing down on dallas, oklahoma city and wichita. snow showers in northern new england. 50 in boston. mid-80s in omaha, atlanta and new orleans. 61 in chicago. mostly 50s from seattle, albuquerque. 72 in phoenix and sacramento. one of the big events of the year got under way over the weekend in mt. vernon, washington. it's the annual tulip festival. the only problem is, someone forgot to tell the tulips. >> show organizers say many of the 90 varieties of tulle ips that will eventually be on display haven't gotten around to blooming quite yet. an enormous field of yellow daffodils is already in full bloom. >> i'll take daffodils. >> sure. >> they say there's no way the weather this year can possibly be as bad as last year. if it warms up, they're expecting nearly 500,000 people. some areas of the country it got too warm and the flowers bloomed too early then died when the chill came in. who knows. >> what happens if you throw a party for a bunch of flowers and they don't show up. >> you get to eat all the cupcakes, all right? we'll be right back. >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by ariva medical. 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>> why so many coupons? this is ridiculous. >> reporter: jcpenney recently did away with coupons altogether. >> whoa, everybody. i'm just get something coupons. >> reporter: john muller, abc news, new york. >> do you clip coupons? is this something you do? >> not as much as i should. but -- >> well, it's like it's going the way of the do-do bird. how often do you clip coupons now that the policies have changed? please let us know at wnnfans.com. it all comes toandy tonight. >> that's right. expect some high-flying stuff in tonight's march madness national title game. that and the "world news now" picks competition, of course, straight ahead. welcome back, everybody. tonight is the night down in new orleans for march madness. the national championship game. by anyone's measure, a classic could be in the offing. >> that's right. we start out in this corner with the kentucky wildcats. living up to the overall number one seed they were given way back on selection sunday. kentucky took care of business on saturday night beating in-state rival louisville by eight points. but their offense struggled a bit. it was the first game of the tournament in which the wildcats failed to reach 80 points. stellar defense was enough to send them into tonight's title game. >> in this corner, the kansas jayhawks fresh off their thrill xhg from behind victory saturday night over ohio state. kansas struggled against the buckeyes but they took advantage some of ohio state mistakes down the stretch. and in the end, kansas came out with the 64-62 victory. coach bill self won the national coach of the year award yesterday. his team, of course, will be looking for its own hardware come tonight. >> that's right. now tnt do not have a dog in the fight. one other matter is the "world news now" march madness picks competition. it's going down to the wire. >> of course, we're not involved. here's where they all stand. jamie "the sports guy" mccarty up to 72 points. rob moved into second on saturday. up to 65. >> paula's children j.j. and caroline are up into third place, one point above, ooh, their mom. paula is now guaranteed to finish dead last. >> why do your kids always beat you in the end. >> back here with susthe competition commissioner himself jack sheehan. good morning. great to see you. >> thanks for having me. should be noted, comish up to 82 points for those counting. >> not too shabby. >> not that i'm involved in this whole thing. but should be good tonight. a couple of good national semifinals on saturday night. like you say, a classic in the offing. the two winningest programs in college -- men's college basketball history facing off. so that's not bad. tips off at about 9:23 p.m. eastern time. down in the superdome. kentucky/kansas. kentucky, according to the experts in the desert, six-point favorites for those with a wager. >> jack, my cousin terry actually says the smart money is on kentucky tonight. >> the smart money, maybe even some dumb money. who knows. the experts were pretty close on the spreads the other night. so that's pretty good. a plea to those in lexington, kentucky, who might be celebrating or drowning their sorrows, please keep the flames away from the couches. let's not have any more violence like we had on saturday night. not the proudest moment in university of kentucky's history right there. some sort of stupid rite of passage that now means you have to marinade your couches in gasoline or something before the big day. who knows. >> love seats? >> who knows what they're doing down there. this is now how we celebrate national championships. we should give a shout-out. women do play basketball. >> they do. of course they do. >> tomorrow night in denver. notre dame and baylor. for the national championship. >> who do you like in that one? >> let's go irish, for a change. >> okay. >> thanks very much. >> that's where you're putting your money. thanks. "world news now" delivers your morning papers. >> welcome back, everybody. now it's time for your morning papers. we're going to do something a little different. we're going to give you a rundown of some of our favorite april fools' jokes. i'm going to start with one we really liked. mitt romney's aides played a little joke on him sunday at a pancake breakfast in milwaukee. he was set to deliver a stump speech. his aides said the turnout is low but if you can power through. he hears the applause through the black curtain and the empty room. this is known as a forgive but remember. i'll tell you. i'll remember this. of course, afterwards, they went into the other ballroom where everyone was waiting. >> for a guy that's accused of being a bit stiff, i think he pulled that off pretty well. >> a nice little smile on his face. another great april fools' joke was played by the hip new york eye wear company war be parker. on their website they actually advertised a line of eye wear for your pets. >> nice. >> called war b. barker. there's a nice poodle with a pair of frames on. >> don't give anyone my ideas. the pet business is like a multimillion dollar business. >> the owner of the pets, they start to look like one another. it's true in this case. and some of the colors are not like tortoise and leucite. they're gravy burst and dusty bacon. >> have you seen some of the things they do make for pets? it's not that far off. >> it's not that far-fetched. but pretty funny. >> and toshiba came up with tablets. different shapes. a heart shape tablet. an oblong tablet. there was -- my favorite was the heart. the armoire. they're kind of cool. i might believe that this really is on the market. wouldn't you? >> well it does sort of look like a real piece of conceivably, a piece of equipment there with sort of the plugs in the middle and -- >> the heart-shaped one is my favorite. look. there's one in action. >> wow. >> deejay using the tablet there. and then we have one more april fools' joke which we really liked. was here in new york once again. improv everywhere is sort of this, i guess you call them gorilla improv group. they do things on the street. they had a no-pants subway ride. yesterday they actually had a quadruplets filling a park here in manhattan. and it was quite a scene there. those guys -- they look like zz top. the women sitting down there. and people are just figuring out what the heck is going on. >> where did all these quadruplets come from. am i seeing in f this morning on "world news now" -- crowd control. police on the university of kentucky campus plan to crack down today as the school's basketball team goes for the national championship. out of control celebrations led to riots and arrests on campus over the weekend when wildcats fans got too wild. it's monday, april 2nd. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning, everyone. i'm tanya rivero in for paula faris. >> i'm t.j. winick in for rob nelson. >> t & t. >> the unrest on the kentucky campus led to dozens of arrest and they do not want the crowd to get out of hand again. they expect a different and much more orderly scene as the wildcat goes for the championship. >> crazy images out there. also this morning, the powell family strategy. susan powell's loved ones are expressing outrage and demanding to know why her husband josh was never arrested. he killed himself and their two young sons in an explosion two months ago. and later this half hour, it's obvious we did not win friday's record mega millions jackpot. >> because we're here. >> we're back at work. but the world is waiting to see who did win, including people in a small illinois town where one of three winning tickets was sold. >> we still don't know who all the lucky folks are. >> maybe they're keeping it quiet. >> i would, frankly. first, police near the university of kentucky are ready to control the crowds after tonight's title game. >> that's right. they were forced to make adjustments after saturday night's postgame violence. abc's john muller reports. >> reporter: flames and passions lit the lexington sky as cars burned openly on state street. what started as a celebration of a win quickly descended into mayhem. thousands of alcohol-fueled wildcat fans whipping each other into a frenzy. armed with beer bottles and bravado, fans climbed on top of cars to the cheer of others. hearing officers scream to partiers, get down. get off the car. >> reporter: police were out in force giving a whole new meaning to march madness. watch as revelers torched this overturned car. and it wasn't just cars. some burned anything they could find. by the time it was over, up to two dozen arrests but no serious injuries. meanwhile, louisville mourned their loss gracefully and without incident. all this after a basketball game. a big one as kentucky won the battle of the bluegrass state on the hard court beating louisville, 69-61, to advance to the ncaa final. of course, for thousands, the only intention was to celebrate. police in riot gear carrying large sticks tried to close the streets, but they were vastly outnumbered and showed restrained. the mob prevailed. the crowd and the fires eventually burning themselves out. lexington police have met to make adjustments for the final game. several hundred police officers will be on the street to keep order. john muller, abc news, new york. >> what can you say other than as long as there are college students, there will be riots. and this is not the first time for kentucky. back in 1998 when the team won the championship, ten people were arrested and dozens were hurt when celebrations also got out of hand. >> and two years before that, when kentucky beat syracuse, officers were hit with beer bottles and a tv news van was flipped over. these fans have got a lot of energy. >> a lot of pent-up frustration. moving on to a horrible story from northeast kansas where police are looking into the fatal crash of a motor home. the packed rv was traveling from texas to win win when the driver lost control yesterday morning. it hit a guard rail before crashing into a ravine. at least five people were killed and 13 others were treated at hospitals. several of them remain in critical condition. thousands of demonstrators turned out in miami sunday calling for justice in the trayvon martin case. basketball stars alonso mourning and isiah thomas, chaka khan and betty white were among those. newly revealed evidence is opening new wounds for the family of missing utah mom susan powell. two months after her husband killed himself and the couple's two young sons, we're learning police had piles of evidence including blood found in the family home and a chilling note. more now from abc's mark greenblatt. >> all the signs were there, and the police didn't act on it. >> reporter: the sister of susan cox powell believes that police in utah have blood on their hands, not arresting josh powle in connection to his wife's disappearance, not protecting the powell kids after police collected what now appears to be a mountain of evidence linking josh to susan's possible murder. >> look what it did. it killed my nephews. by not putting him behind bars when he should have been. >> reporter: denise cox is reacting to newly unsealed documents revealing how investigators found susan's blood on the couple's floor near where two fans were set up and blowing on to a sofa that appeared to have just been cleaned. utah police also never told the family about a letter they found in susan's safety deposit box that susan asked not be shown to her husband joshua which said if she dies, it may not be an accident, even if it looks like one. yet police let powell move away from utah to washington state with the kids without warning the family. >> they were foolish in keeping it from us. >> reporter: law enforcement in washington agrees. >> josh powell should have been in jail. should have been arrested. >> reporter: then josh's father steven reportedly obsessed with susan himself. and recently arrested after being found with child pornography. police also found that he had pictures of susan in her underwear, potentially lending credibility to worries that she once expressed to her mom. >> she said just in case something happens to me, i want you to know where his dad lives. because he'll have something to do with it. >> reporter: clearly susan's sister still struggling here. when we asked police in utah what excuse they could have for not making an arrest, they tell us they hope people withhold judgment saying that there's still very actively investigating this case. mark greenblatt, abc news, new york. >> such an upsetting story. moving on to major medical headlines. a new study just released by the mayo clinic shows the number of melanoma cases in women has increased eightfold since 1970. in men, the number of cases jumped fourfold. young women were most at risk. researchers do point out in this small study of 250 patients that the chance of dying from this form of cancer has decreased dramatically. and new research shows post-traumatic stress disorder could be a genetic condition. ucla research just released links two genes to a higher risk of developing the disorder. scientists discovered this after studying 200 adults and their extended families. they linked two genes to a brain chemical that regulates mood, sleep and alertness, all factors in developing ptsd. we know genetic reasons for ours. now to politics and a major change on the republican campaign trail. for the first time, mitt romney is predicting he will probably be the nominee. >> that to right. this is a shift from all those canned answers like, i hope it will be me or i hope i'll get the delegates we need. abc's rick klein has more. >> reporter: the republican party establishment is starting to speak with one voice. and that voice is saying this is over. the senate minority leader mitch mcconnell is the tleeft say it's time to fall into line behind mitt romney. he realizes while romney is a long way from formally clinching the nomination, there's no real doubt who the nominee will be. winning wisconsin on tuesday would provide an exclamation point for romney. in terms of when it formally ends, rick santorum labeled his home state as pennsylvania a must-win for him and he's almost certainly right. that's just three short weeks away. and if santorum doesn't win that contest he has no argument left for maintaining an active candidacy. for romny, there's finally a light at the end a very long primary tunnel. >> thanks to rick klein for that. visa customers encounted an aggravating problem last night due to a nationwide system outage. no visa credit or debit cards could be used for a 45-minute period on sunday. a visa spokesperson blamed the problem on system enhancements unrelated to a security breach reported on friday. visa card transactions are now back to normal. burger king is beefing up its menu. get it? beefing up its menu, in hopes of catching up with the competition. starting today, bk customers have their choice of smoothies, frapps, coffee, chicken strips and snack wraps. they admit the new items are similar to those already on the mcdonald's menu, but they say it was based on their own extensive research. last year, wendy's edged out burger king as the number two burger chain. the stories making me hungry. sometimes we get snacks. >> we do get snacks. you think maybe some of your producers -- >> doughnuts or something. >> it was rainy coming into work today. >> good point. so let's check out the weather and the rest of the country. morning rain from boston to d.c. snow showers in northern new england. hail and gusty winds around dallas, oklahoma city and wichita. showers and thunderstorms from omaha to minneapolis. mountain snow in colorado and new mexico. >> 55 in albuquerque. 72 in sacramento. 60 in portland. 60s in chicago and the twin cities. 80s from omaha to dallas and down to miami. new york, 58. and boston 50. now more than a little bit of longevity is the reason why this is our -- ready? favorite story of the day. that was really good. and it comes to us from rock island, illinois. >> that's where we find and send a belated happy birthday to shelby harris. he is celebrating his -- get this -- 111th birthday over the weekend. yes, that makes him the oldest man in the u.s. >> that is so impressive. with all that age comes some wisdom. harris says he just tries to live the right kind of life from day-to-day and he loves everyone and he wants everyone to love him. so i guess all you need is a little love. >> lennon and mccartney. >> he's on to something. >> good for him. happy birthday. >> happy birthday. >> and we'll be right back with more "world news now." >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by just for men hair color. 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>> oh, my gosh. everybody is just guessing and rumors are flying. >> reporter: rumors and names popg up at the country kitchen. not they say, which is nat nadine told her kids when they called. >> i said, well, no, sorry. you're on your own for a while yet. >> reporter: anyone tired of being asked if they are the newest millionaire can now buy a t-shirt. yes, i am from red bud. no, i am not the winner. the winner used a quick pick. their name will be made public. they have a year to claim their prize unless they want that lump sum cash payment. they have to ask for that within 60 days. david kerley, abc news, washington. >> 60 days. the clock is ticking. if you want that lump sum. >> i used a quick pick. why couldn't i have won? >> they say that's a tip that you should not use quick pick. look how many won with a quick pick. >> what's the logic there? >> you know what? we'll be right back. i give up. caution now for parents of young athletes. the rate of concussions in children is on the rise. >> but a student in minnesota is taking action inventing something to prevent those injuries. kal's brianna long reports. >> reporter: 14-year-old robert, an eighth grader at friedell elementary is well aware of the increased number of concussions in teenagers. >> i was trying to reduce the impact acceleration of a baseball to the head. >> reporter: he went to work building a device where he could test baseball helmets. >> to test the helmets i fired baseballs at the helmet. >> he tried different kinds of balls and finally found a solution that worked. >> i found out that one of the designs was a -- two metal bumpers on the outside of a helmet and that reduced the impact the post. >> reporter: which ultimately could reduce concussions to something local baseball coaches are praising. >> anything you can do to help protect the kids, i'm all for it. in reality, people are seriously damaged with not taking care of themselves and have an even worse health effects down the road. i don't want that for anyone. >> reporter: his helmet project has already won this year's state science fair. >> state science fair thought it was really innovative idea. and wanted to, obviously, they rewarded him with the seagate rising star award. it's the highest science honor a middle school student can get. for him, it's about more than an award. >> it's real-life application. so it can be used to actually help people. >> reporter: brianna long, abc news. >> t.j., i took it upon myself to develop a little helmet for you as well. i designed this for you. what do you think? 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"bully." and a little shutout to jenny gold whoen was the editor on the film. abc news' molly hunter has our review. good morning. >> good morning, tanya and t.j. "bully" was absolutely fantastic. it ran about 90 minutes. i think i cried for 89 of them. there wasn't a dry eye in the house. it was compelling. it was thoughtful and it was incredibly upsetting to see how cruel kids are to other kids. for me, i think even more upsetting was to see bus drivers and teachers n administrators do nothing about it. the clip that you are watching right now shows two parents kind of pleading with the school administration official to do something, to do anything to protect her child. and it's a heartwrenching moment. they don't do enough. and the filmmakers kind of showed a lot of the footage they shot. the parents went to school administration officials which is pretty out of character for documentary filmmakers to turn off the camera. and they did and it caused a huge stir in some of these small towns. you guys should absolutely see it. let's see what my other fellow moviegoers had to say. >> i felt the movie was very, very important. i was a teacher for 37 years, and i sometimes wonder what is happening to some of the children that i helped so much from bullying. >> i thought the movie was very good. i think all parents should see it and talk to their kids because it's very, very important for them. >> definitely. everyone should see it. >> -- >> you see all those puffy eyes. people were -- handing out kleenex. i needed a lot of kleenex. i'm glad i didn't just come from the theater. but you know, that has been a lot of controversy. a lot of celebs have weighed in. the rating issue has been huge. >> what is the latest with that? it keeps going back and forth. >> there's a lot of movement online. weinstein company did in fact, release it without a rating which i think is really smart. i am giving it a full five stars. >> wow. >> you guys should see it. it's the best movie i've seen this year. and you know what? fellow insomniacs, go see it. this morning on "world news now" -- a developing story. the coast guard rescues two sailors injured when a huge wave hit their yacht. >> that yacht is in the middle of a round the world race hundreds of miles off the coast of san francisco. it is monday, april 2nd. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning. i'm t.j. winick in for rob nelson. >> i'm tanya rivero. paula faris is on assignment. this rescue on the high seas was not easy because of the windy, stormy conditions. just hours ago, coast guard crews managed to reach the troubled yacht. a helicopter flew the injured sailors to a san francisco hospital. also this morning, more demands from trayvon martin's family to arrest that florida neighborhood watch captain who killed the unarmed teenager. his parents and some big-name athletes added their name to the growing outrage. >> this is a story that certainly will not go away. later this half hour, would you let your 3-year-old take a death-defying plunge out of a moving aircraft? the controversy over parents who allow their small children to skydive. t.j., will you take your son -- >> well, he's not yet 1, but i would probably say no when he's 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 -- until he can make his own decision. >> maybe 25? >> exactly. but first, a developing story taking place right now off the coast of california. it involves a crippled racing yacht called the "geraldton western australia" as it limps toward san francisco bay. >> the boat's crew is lucky to still be involved in an ongoing round the world race after being hit by a huge wave over the weekend. its skipper said, the sea was alive with rage. abc's clayton sandell has the latest details. >> reporter: when the crew of the "geraldton western australia" left china last month for the u.s., it was smooth sailing. but just 400 miles from the california coast, the 68-foot racing yacht ran into trouble. just before dawn saturday, the boat was hit by a monstrous swell. steering was knocked out. >> and the crew took the full force of that wave on them. so it knocked them over. >> reporter: four people were hurt, including jane hitchens, the ship's medic. she may have several broken ribs. a coast guard plane dropped medical supplies on saturday but bad weather kept rescuers from reaching the boat. the coast guard finally reached the yacht and rescued two injured sailors. they'll be taken to san francisco for emergency medical attention. since august, the team has been sailing 1 of 10 yachts competing in a race around the world. on this latest leg, a competing team shot this video. featuring waves angry enough to make even the most stalwart sailor sea sick. this is not the end of the race. the team has two weeks to fix the boat, fix themselves and set sail once again on hopefully smoother seas. clayton sandell, abc news. >> they are certainly resilient. i can't believe they are continuing the race. >> a lot of people don't realize just how brutal a sport competitive racing can be. with the elements and equipment and it's just -- >> do you have experience with this? >> you know, in my bathtub. in my bathtub. >> rubber ducky? >> i'm a follower of the america's cup race and have been for a long time. it's incredible what they endure. >> it really is. certainly an exciting race. moving on to dozens of volunteers who spent part of their weekend searching for a missing california teenager. sierra lamar disappeared more than two weeks ago after the cheerleader left home for the bus stop. san francisco 49ers quarterback alex smith was among the people donating food, supplies and time to the effort. there have been two days of rallies in florida in support of the trayvon martin case. thousands marched through sanford on saturday. and yesterday, the crowds were in miami. abc's alex perez was there. >> reporter: there are new developments in this case. trayvon martin's parents are calling on the justice department to launch a new investigation. they both attended a special rally here in miami. this is the area trayvon called home. >> feels good. lets us know that our neighbors really truly love us. >> what do you want the public to know about your son and who he was? >> we just want the public to know he was a regular teenager. he was respectable and loved by his family and his friends. >> reporter: trayvon's parents are asking the justice department to investigate possible interference by the state attorney's office. trayvon's parents showing a much smaller than expected crowd in miami for a rally that included speeches from reverends al sharpton, jesse jackson and a special performance from chaka khan. >> no justice! >> no peace. >> no justice! >> no peace. >> similar rallies were held in new jersey, chicago and indianapolis. those in attendance are united in their message. >> to the mother and father, i promised them that we would be here until zimmerman is arrested. >> reporter: they want george zimmerman behind bars. >> it's just baffling how people -- they just take his word for it as if that's exactly what happened. and no question about it. >> reporter: although it could be weeks before investigators decide on charges, protesters vowed to continue marching until their voices are heard. alex perez, abc news, miami. the wife of that jetblue pilot who had a midair meltdown is speaking out. connie osbon says the family believes her husband was not intentionally violent toward anyone, and she praises the flight crew for the way it handled the situation. osbon says the family is focused on her husband's recovery and won't be giving any interviews. jetblue ranks at the bottom of the list of major airlines when it comes to on-time performance. just 73% of jetblue's flights were on time last year according to a study on airline service which was just released. hawaiian airlines ranked best with its flights arriving on time more than 92% of the time. most airlines improved their quality rankings over the past year when it comes to bumping, baggage handling and consumer complaints. the deadly colorado wildfire that's been burning now for a week is almost fully contained. the remaining evacuees will be allowed to return to their homes this morning. the fire which flared after a controlled burn scorched six square miles and damaged more than two dozen homes. an elderly couple was killed, and officials believe they found the remains of a missing woman. a big section of the country is still recovering from an especially early and violent outbreak of twisters. with a peak tornado season still ahead, a new enhanced warning system goes online today to warn you like never before. here's abc's ginger zee. >> reporter: devastation in tuscaloosa. joplin, missouri, a wasteland. and in henryville, indiana, this. >> didn't have a whole lot. now i got nothing. >> reporter: all killer tornadoes. all had tornado warnings. but hundreds of tornado warnings go out and don't end like this, which is why the national weather service is testing a heightened warning system in parts of missouri and kansas which would go beyond the traditional warning. >> doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado. >> our hope is with better description will come better action. >> reporter: and these warnings don't mince words. here's what you might hear. you could be killed if not underground. mass devastation is highly likely. mobile homes will offer no shelter. the words aren't meant to frighten people but to get people to take action. a lesson i've seen folks learn too late, like in devine, texas. >> we get tornado warnings and watches all the time. just becomes routine that you hear it when there's a thunderstorm. >> reporter: let me emphasize again all tornado warnings should be taken seriously. and a warning is only the beginning. you have to have a way to get that warning, and sirens are not enough. get a noaa weather radio and have a place to go when the warning comes through. ginger zee, abc news, new york. >> these noaa radios are easy to get. not very expensive. very useful. >> it seems like an idea long overdo. >> absolutely. here's your monday forecast. a chance of tornadoes, hail and powerful winds from kansas to texas. showers into the upper midwest and from new orleans to jackson, mississippi. morning rain in the northeast. snow in the colorado rockies and new mexico. rain and mountain snow in the northwest. >> 56 in seattle. 48 in colorado springs. and 73 in phoenix. 57 in detroit. 84 in kansas city. 80s from dallas to atlanta. 61 in baltimore. well, it's killing us, but we still don't know who won friday's $640 million mega millions jackpot. who all of the winners are. we do know lots of lucky partial winners, including one man in southern california. >> that's right. a tv crew just happened to be there when guatemalan immigrant rosara ramos checked his ticket and found out he had won about $250,000. he matched five of the winning numbers but not the mega ball. >> i love this. he did what so many people dream about. he didn't waste any time. he immediately quit his job. and said he's going to use the money to start a business with his four brothers back in guatemala. isn't that wonderful? >> it's a great story. i love that. he's like take this job and you know what to do. >> that he's using it to help out his family. >> of course. >> wouldn't you? >> oh, yeah, the family. of course. we'll be right back. ♪ all the money in the world >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by american advisors group. 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[ female announcer ] olay regenerist. ♪ i'm free free-falling ♪ another excellent musical selection by the talented folks here. some parents push their kids to soar above the rest, but there is one dad who may have them soaring a little too high. >> i can't believe i'm reading this. he jumped out of a plane with his 3-year-old and now he wants to take his 2-year-old skydiving as well. abc's mark greenblatt is on that story. >> reporter: some call it an extreme sport. others just crazy. but whatever you think about jumping out of a plane, would you ever strap a 3-year-old to yourself before doing it? >> well, meet aaron marriott. seen here in a promotional video for his new zealand skydiving business. and look here. that's coby, his 3-year-old son, strapped to his chest falling fast and furiously out of a new zealand plane as documented later on facebook. when he announced his 2-year-old was next, a public outcry from down under finally grounded his plans. he told abc news in a statement that this is something special i can do with my boys that not many can do. also saying, i'm 100% confident in my equipment and safety with tandem skydiving. >> this is about a father doing something that could severely hurt, if not kill, if something goes wrong, his young child. and there's a reason they are known and called death-defying sports. sometimes things can go terribly wrong. >> reporter: but all over youtube, parents don't seem to mind. they let this 9-year-old in romania take the plunge. and this 7-year-old girl in taiwan jumped, too. and can be seen here in a long free-fall over cold, icy terrain down below. and the video camera rolled while a 6-year-old jumped also in new zealand. but when it comes to the very youngest of children -- >> the question always remains, whose dream is this? is it the child's, or is it the parents'? >> reporter: it seems some dreams are better off deferred. at least for a few more years. mark greenblatt, abc news, new york. >> if the child can't speak, how is it their dream? >> i'm sorry. we are very nonjudgmental people here at "world news now," but, you know, i mean, you let your kids decide whether they're going to play some sports or do whatever -- play with certain friends but they don't have a say in going up. >> i have a 3-year-old and i would not -- whoa! how did you get that footage? i didn't know there was a camera up there when i went skydiving. >> is your son on your lap there? i can't tell. >> he's in my backpack. >> both of them or -- >> yeah. a 5-year-old and a 3-year-old in that little backpack, t.j. no, i've never gone skydiving, but my husband has. have you ever? >> i never have. >> i don't want to do it. i have no interest. it was on his bucket list. the kind thing you'd do once and won't ever do it again. i don't need to ever do it. >> space mountain at disney world is enough. coming up, the big winners at last night's country music awards. >> who would you cast to play steve jobs. we get hollywood's answer next in "the skinny." >> announcer: abc's "world news when we resolve to stop snacking and slacking, resoe to start readiding and running. this year, r resolve to help someone e else, too. resolve to suprt the american red cross. because the red crs provides hope, help, , and compassion, not only during disasters, buevery day. resolve to do something that means something. support the red cross before the new year. visit redcross.org today. ♪ skinny so skinny ♪ all right. it's that time again. time for "the skinny." lots of excitement at the country music awards on sunday. fun times. miranda lambert took album of the year. lady antebellum, vocal group of the year. eli young band, song of the year. jason aldean and kelly clarkson best record of the year. hosted by blake shelton and reba mcentire this time around. and there you see the beautiful miranda lambert who is, of course, blake's wife. zac brown band also performed. there's carrie underwood belting it out. her new song "good girl" she sang. there she is looking very good indeed, i must say. and the zac brown band also performed. very exciting night. country music awards are always fun. >> that's right. there was another awards show over the weekend. the 25th annual kids' choice awards which is funny because most of these kids probably haven't been around for half that time. but a lot of sliming going on as is always the case at the kids' choice awards. amongst those stars that got slimed, halle berry, taylor lautner who won the favorite butt kicker award. "glee" star and, of course, the biebs, justin bieber. so a lot of sliming going on there. will smith you can see. he actually hosted the awards show. >> that green stuff, i always wonder how long it takes to get it off. >> michelle obama was one who did not get slimed, but she did present an award for a charity award that's given out every year. and so nice of the first lady to show up. >> do you think they asked her and she declined or -- >> i don't thing secret service would let the slimers get anywhere near her. who would you cast to play steve jobs in a movie about steve jobs? >> what do you think of jim caviezel? >> i don't even know who that is. >> he's the guy -- he's got this quiet intensity about him. >> hollywood thought ashton kutcher is the right way to go. i don't know. maybe it will be good. apparently he is about to play steve jobs in an indy biopic. everyone wants to know whether or not he's going to sign a deal for another season of "two and a half men." sources tell e! he most likely will return to "two and a half men." kutcher would film jobs while on hiatus from the cbs comedy. do you think they look alike? 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>> yes, i did, and i wanted to do it. as a challenge because i'd like to be able to hold my head up and say, you know, i did it. >> we haven't ever turned away a single singer. they've all made the cut. >> reporter: global voices united as one. nick watt, abc news, london. >> that is pretty phenomenal. and you know, tonight at 6:30 p.m. eastern, it will be streaming live right here on new york city at lincoln center in a concert hall. isn't that incredible? >> it really is. >> something professional artists have been doing for a while, mixing voices. now for the masses and so many voices. it really is very, very powerful. >> the power of the internet once again astounding. that is the news for this half hour. don't miss our updates on facebook at wnnfans.com. >> and catch our tweets on twitter. stay in touch online and on the air. coming up, more news from abc. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades.