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Equipped with l. E. D. S, is the only car tested that earned a good rating. While the bmw 3 with halogen lights tested at the bottom, another bmw 3 equipped with a swivel l. E. D. System tested in the top third. The best tip . If youre having trouble, do something that only 18 of us do. Use your high beams. David kerley, abc news, washington. Very interesting. Coming up, its one of the biggest, baddest snakes in the world. And its invading the Florida Everglades at a dangerous pace but the burmese python may have just met its match. Were talking about kendis gibson. Oh, my word. I still cant even look at the tape. Announcer wo baby snakes late at night is when they come out baby snakes you know what im talking about id never heard it. Legendary frank zappa. Of course. Its certainly not baby snakes invading the Florida Everglades at a dangerous pace. Giant pythons thousands of them are creating a deadly problem but theyre apparently no match for humans. Were up up all nightline with a report. Matt gutman was too busy for. I got the short straw. Reporter were at the point of no return. They can grow to more than 20 feet long and have been known to eat alligators whole. So bill, theres no possibility that there might be a snake right around here . Yeah, there is a good possibility. All right then. Nice seeing you. Were on the hunt for the wild burmese python, one of the biggest, baddest snakes in the world and there could be danger with every step. I really have no idea why i signed up for this. I just jumped from a butterfly. So would you put your hand in there knowing there might be a snake down there . Yeah, i dont have a problem with that. You dont think it might bite you . No. It might, but then ill be able to pull it out of there. Reporter all righty. Its believed tens of thousands of these slither y serpents out here over the everglades terrorizing the wild. There used to be millions of birds, wading birds and the snakes sit here quietly and wait on them. The birds loss every time. The woman found a sevenfoot burmese python hiding underneath stacks of clothing. Well, we do know theres a lot of missing cats in that neighborhood. Reporter thats why bill booth, tampa firefighter and snake hunter, is here. Hes one of over 800 people who have come from across the country to compete in the python challenge. People effectively removing pythons from the environment. Reporter a monthlong contest to hunt, grab, and trade in wild burmese pythons for cold hard cash. Dead or alive. All of our pythons are captured are going to be measured. Reporter the florida fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Even has classes to teach you how to do it. Hold it with two fingers. Who wants to go first . Reporter the contest is open to anybody and i mean, anybody. How old is the kid thats out with the golf club . Hes 8. 8 years old looking for a python. Yeah. Reporter that sounds safe. But this isnt bills first rodeo. He and his crack team of hunters are confident they can slither away with enough of these snakes to win the competition. Im riding shotgun on todays snake hunt but i have a confession to make. Im terrified of snakes. Do you think they can sense my fear . They probably do and theyre going to probably be waiting for you. Youre funny. Do you see him laying right there in the water . His heads up out of the water right now. Reporter to my luck, didnt with have to wait long for my first sighting. Got one . All right. Hold on. Thinks they got one. Oh, yeah, i see him. Hes cold. Oh. My god. Watch it. Come here. There he is. There he is. There he is. See him. Thats our python. Reporter these pros catch these snakes alive with their bare hands. Freaky. And that was quick. No, no, no. Whoo. Reporter unlike these firsttime python hunter who are armed with a pillow case and golf clubs. Youre like steve irwin back there as if you know what youre doing with these pythons. True. Do you think do you . Yeah. Theres a sense you said no. Reporter a lot of people doing this have never gone python hunting before or even been out in the everglades. People want the challenge. A python in florida, lets go try and find one. Reporter is it dangerous . It could be. Yeah. If you dont have the experience of handling big snakes, youre going to be in a world of hurt. Reporter and by hurt, we mean wrapped around choked out. You know, wrapped up. Bitten. Reporter im still shaking off my First Encounter with my fanged friend, bills teammates jacie and dwayne holy [ bleeped ]. Reporter have pulled in two more and then another. Makes four. Reporter you look so pumped. Im still shaking. Reporter theyre very calm. Would look great in a Britney Spears video. Miley would probably like it, too. They are pretty. I still dont want to touch him. Not even the back end of one . No, not at all. Reporter every snake goes to the university of florida where they stud them for environmental impact. The python is eating our native wildlife without a healthy food chain, you dont have a healthy environment. Reporter even though the fwc admits the number of snakes caught barely makes a difference, they say the competition brings attention to the problem. This is a serious issue. It brings the awareness to everyone in florida, united states, and the world of an invasive snake. Reporter much to my surprise, there really isnt much backlash to this. Even peta is okay with it as long as the hunting is done by experts like bill and the pests are killed humanely. As the day draws to a close, bills team reaches the checkpoint. Snakes have been in these bags all day long not moving much. You can slow down in opening that up. Theyre going to take them all out for a class picture. Do you want to reach in the bag and get them out . Im going to get him to hold the bag. No, im not touching it. Throughout the competition, they end up bagging 33 out of 106 total pythons caught including this oh, my god, 15 footer. Winning them 8,000 in prize money. Nope. Not worth it. What are you doing over there . Im practically in miami right now. But i did make some progress. Come on here. How good of a grip do you have . Baby steps. Youre not going to play any games . I wont play games. Promise. So you finally got up there . You truly are terrified. That wasnt an act. Youre really scared. Part of what you didnt see on camera, in the days after that, one of the snakes pooped all over the place. Probably the reason why i got sick. It was kind of creepy and weird. I do remember that. But i mean i guess its a good effort what theyre doing out there. I want no part of it ever again. Im told there is a similar competition in texas for rattlesnakes. The producers from nightline emailed me about that. Had you. You are you going to do the rattlesnake challenge . Huhuh, theres no way. Absolutely not. What did your mama say who also has a fear of snakes. She instilled that in me and has not watched that story to this day. You dont think theres a reason why you guys have a fear of snakes . Yeah, were black. Black folks dont like snakes. Oh, boy. Coming up, the most expensive wedding ever. I did everything i could to make her party perfect. Almost everything. You know, 1 i n 10 houses could get hit by an expensive septic disaster. But for only 7 a month, ridx helps break down waste. Avoid a septic disaster with ridx. Weve gotpeptocopter ummy town. When cold cuts give your belly thunder, pink relief is the first responder, so you can be a business boy wonder fix stomach trouble fast with pepto. Jill and kate use the same dishwasher. Same detergent. But only jill ends up with wet, spotty glasses. Kate adds finish jetdry with five power actions that dry dishes and prevent spots and film, so all thats left is the shine. For better results, use finish jetdry. The average cost of a wedding these days is just over 26,000. Thats pricey. But for one lucky bride in moscow, that was the cost of her dress alone. Abcs dan harris has more on whats being called the most expensive wedding ever reporter its hard to ignore the irony, the woman who once sang love dont cost a thing performing at what theyre calling a billion dollar wedding. Said gutseriev an oxford educated heir to a russian got married over the weekend. While nobody knows the total cost, the bride said i do in a 25,000 haute couture gown weighing in at a whopping 25 pounds. Purported 600 guests entered through a walkway that could have rivaled cinderellas castle. The venue was pretty much carpeted in flowers and the entertainment, along with the aforementioned j. Lo reporter sting sang his classic every breath you take, oh and Enrique Iglesias was there too. The night ended with a bang as wedding goers enjoyed fireworks. The couple is rumored to be heading to london soon to have another ceremony. Dan harris, abc news, new york. Thats all good and well and nice. I always believe you judge a wedding based on the wedding cake. How good was the cake . We dont have details what kind of flavor or who made the cake. I imagine its a pretty pricey wedding cake. J. Lo is probably on top at these prices. For the second part of the wedding thats going to take place in london, supposedly the wedding is at 1. 3 billion, beyonce is supposed to perform and sir elton john, as well in london. Wow. They had some 600 guests at the moscow one. Incredible. What do you bring as a gift for a wedding like that . Wow. A loan . Ask for a loan . Or something. You can finally break up with bleach. Lysol with hydrogen peroxide. For a tough clean with zero percent bleach. Lysol that. This morning on world news now, a 180 on 0 bortion for donald trump. Supporting punishment for women then reversing course, saying women are the victims. The political fallout and how his rivals are reacting. Break overnight, tornado destruction. A funnel cloud touches down in oklahoma sending residents into a panic. The severe storm system marching across the south as thousands are left without power. A wild encounter caught on camera. An extremely rare florida panther startles a woman during a their work. Incredible odds of her discovering the nearly extinct animal. And a slightly warmer wildlife moment. A panda cuddling with a human companion who goes for a selfie and the bear posing like a pro, say cheese, on this thursday, march 31st. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Hi, everybody. Good morning on this thursday. Im kendis gibson. And im reena ninan. Doesnt happen often. I dont think its happened at all quite frankly on the campaign trail. Donald trump saying i was wrong and reversing. Reversing course. Does he ever say that hes wrong . Thats true. I dont know. He did kind of do like a sort of a 180. Bigtime 180. Were talking about explosive remarks on abortion drawing instant condemnation from democrats and republicans alike. Of after he said that women who have abortions should be punished if it were outlawed, trump reversed his stance in a matter of hours. Had this latest controversy coming on heels of a Battery Charge against his Campaign Manager and i new poll trump trailing ted cruz in wisconsin by ten points days before that critical primary. More now from jonathan karl. Reporter in wisconsin, new line on abortion. At an msnbc forum, he was asked if women who get abortions should be punished if its made illegal. He said this do you believe in punishment for abortion, yes or no, as a principle . The answer is that there has to be some form of punishment. For the woman . Yeah, there has to be some form. Ten cents, ten years, what . I dont know. That i dont know. That i dont know. Well, why not . I dont know. Because you take positions on everything else. Frankly i do take positions on everything else. Its a very complicated position. Reporter asked if there should be punishment for the man involved, trump said no. Hillary clinton responded immediately, tweeting, just when you thought it couldnt get worse. Horrific and telling. Reporter trumps republican rivals, both of whom oppose abortion rights, rejected the idea of punishing women who have abortions. And just three hours after his controversial statements, trump reversed himself completely, saying, if abortion is banned, quote, the doctor or any other person performing this illegal act upon a woman would be held legally responsible, not the woman. The woman is a victim. Trumps comments come on a day he is firmly defending his Campaign Manager, corey lewandowski, charged with battery, after this security video appeared to show him grabbing this female reporter. Trump today openly mocked the reporter. This young woman reporter, who shouldnt have been where she was, and she grabbed me twice. She said, i was jolted backwards. She wasnt, right . Did anyone disagree . Someone had grabbed me tightly by the arm and yanked me down. Did she go down . Did she even go a little down, like, a little, like a couple of inches . Reporter but on gma, trump took his criticism beyond the reporter, slamming the jupiter, florida, Police Department that charged lewandowski. Do you think jupiter, florida, police made the wrong call here . Absolutely. I think they made a wrong call. I think its an embarrassment. Donald j. Trump for president , folks dont forget to vote reporter the controversy seems to be doing nothing to diminish the enthusiasm of trumps supporters. Here in appleton, wisconsin, people have been waiting some of them for hours, this line extending for several blocks. People waiting to get in to see donald trump. And now, as powerful republicans try to stop trump here in wisconsin, the frontrunner is saying he may abandon the party if he loses the nomination. Do you continue to pledge whoever the republican nominee is . No, i dont anymore. Look you dont . No. Well see who it is. Reporter trumps rivals seem to be abandoning the pledge, too. Ohio Governor John Kasich and senator ted cruz both say they may not support trump if he wins the nomination. Wisconsin is one of the biggest states left to vote. And its also a state where the winner can get most if not at all of the delegates. So a loss here for donald trump would make it much harder for him to get the delegates he needs to clinch the republican nomination before the convention this summer. Jonathan karl, abc news, appleton, wisconsin. Bernie sanders is attracting thousands of supporters in wisconsin with a new poll showing him with a slight lead over Hillary Clinton. Sanders told the crowd at a packed rally that he sees the momentum saying he can defeat both clinton and donald trump. Sanders is expected to be on the ballot in washington, d. C. Despite a challenge over a filing technicality. Democrats say theyre confident hell make the ballot. Right now were tracking damaging storms on the move stretching from the gulf to the great lakes. In oklahoma, there is damage and injuries after a tornado touched down more than half a dozen people have been taken to hospitals. At least one home was destroyed. There are reports of damage to other buildings. Thousands of homes are without power because storms knocked down trees and power lines. Get this, two flight attendants were injured during violent turbulence on a flight from dallas to memphis. The American Eagle flight was diverted to little rock when the attendants had just begun serving drinks when the turbulence struck suddenly, suddenly flipping will the beverage cart upside down. It ripped one of the seats hollanded on one of the flight attendens. No passengers injured. Two Minneapolis Police officers are not Face Criminal Charges in the shooting of jamar clark. Hundreds peacefully protested. Clark who was black was killed last november during an incident with two white officers. That lasted just over a minute. County attorney said clark grabbed the officers gun. Investigators concluded the officers acted in selfdefense. Theres another High Profile Police shooting of a black man. This time there are charges against the officer. The officer says he never meant to shoot and he games the gun. Abcs Kayna Whitworth shows us the new dashcam video. Reporter a summer night in ft. Worth, texas. Officer Courtney Johnson responding to reports of a prowler carrying a knife. When he says he sees a man matching the description. 55yearold craig adams. The encounter captured in this newly released grainy dash cam video. Johnson draws his shotgun. Adams goes down to one knee. Seconds later, a blast. Adams wounded in the shoulder. In his hands, a large barbecue fork. That officer now indicted by a grand jury for aggravated assault by a peace officer. We believe that the officer acted in a way that demonstrated to us that it was unintentional, but we also realize there is legal ramifications for his actions. Reporter officer johnson claims the shotgun malfunctioned, that he didnt mean to fire. This particular shotgun has been known to discharge. Reporter adams family says hes bipolar and was off his medication that night. They say he had just stepped outside of their home for some cool air. Craig is a very good hes a very softnatured person. Not confrontational at all. Reporter the family says the shooting left adams partially disabled. As for officer johnson, he remains on restrictive duty with the department and could face five years to life in prison if convicted. Kayna whit orthworth, abc, news, los angeles. Major job cuts this year from boeings aircraft division. They announced plans to eliminate 4500 jobs by june. Reports indicate the actual number by the end of the year may be nearly twice that. Boeing is feeling the pressure from airbus and customers are demanding less expensive jetliners. Most of the jobs will be eliminated through attrition or buyouts. And the chipotle Restaurant Company may be expanding. It may add a third nonmexican chain called better burger. The gourmet burger market is booming right now. The other two chipotle brands are chop house, Southeast Asian cuisine and pizzeria locale. Pain brand is still recovering to recover from a series of Health Related issues last fall. Chop house is pretty good. Theres one in georgetown that i like. You love your georgetown. After sledding more than a thousand miles in the id dit rod, four teams found themselves stuck in anchorage. They headed to seattle by truck. A long trip, especially for the 53 sled dogs. Theres a that came to their rescue offering the land for the dogs and mushers to land till a plane became available. Were told that finally happened and theyre all happily heading home and very grateful to their new native american friends. They look happy. And slightly warmer. Do you notice, not a lot of snow there theyve been having an unusual winter. The selfie craze, it really is gone out of control. Its extending into the animal kingdom. While spending time with his human foster father, this genuine panda cub posed for several selfie. Like any selfrespecting sestie taker, he checked out the results on the humans tablet. Were waiting to see if the can you be will set up his own Instagram Account to show off his selfies. There is the panda rescue and Research Center in southwest china. You can come up chosen an personal with the giant panda. Remember that are to your china trip. I should point out, its a relatively young panda. Its not on instagram. Probably on snapchat like all the kids now days. I just got on snapchat. You told me it drains your battery. Ly no idea. I didnt know that. Yeah. It also drains your soul. Coming up, an airplane passenger bothered by their nebs ponytail. But first, the shocking scam hurting school students, principals facing charges for a scheme that involved garnering sympathy on national tv. Plus that wild moment caught on camera. A rare panda sighting causing quite a stir. Check out our behind the scenes picks. We are on inan sta gram because were 24 years old. Youre watching world news now. Lk. We do . I took the trash out. I know and thank you so much for that. I think we should get a Medicare Supplement insurance plan. Right now . Whether youre new to medicare or not, you may know it only covers about 80 of your part b medical expenses. Its up to you to pay the difference. So think about an aarp Medicare Supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare Insurance Company. 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This is in naples which tells us panther sightings are very rare in that area. Theyre extremely cheyenne it was probably more scared than that woman was. I dont believe it. I think ive taken my children were down in naples. I think weve been in this place before. Its frightening. Oh, man. I would have lost my lunch. They really dont want to interact with you. Like high tailing it out of there. Didnt want to stop and snap shat. Or eat. You theres that. A School Scandal has erupted in detroit involving at least a dozen principals. One of him featured just last month on national television. Theyre accused of running a multimillion dollar bribery and kickback scheme involving School Supplies rarely delivered. Abcs eva pilgrim has the latest. Reporter a fall from grace from this detroit principal who was featured on the Ellen Degeneres show in february. Hi, jeanne. Who are you with . Hi, ellen im with the most amazing man, the principal of spain elementary school. Reporter Ronald Alexander jumping for joy when ellen and Justin Bieber teamed up, getting his school more than a half Million Dollars for School Supplies and repairs. He now finds himself facing charges, one of a dozen detroit area principals accused of receiving kickbacks. The conduct alleged here is egregious. Reporter the kickbacks cost the School District almost 3 million. Investigators say the accused employees accepted inaccurate invoices. In return, the School Supplies vendor, norman shy who lives in this mansion outside detroit, rewarded them with gift cards, cash and home improvements. Principal alexander is accused of taking 23,000 in kickbacks and bribes. No longer the hero who appeared on tv last month. I am the happiest principal on earth. I love you. We love you. Reporter all the accused are expected to turn themselves in. They could face up to five years in prison and vin to pay back all the money they pocketed. Eva pilgrim, abc news, new york. So troubling especially because detroit is struggling with their School System right now. Exactly. They dont need Something Like there. Coming up in our next half hour. Real estate nightmare. Its chased one family out of their dream home before they ever moved in. What was it about this house the family says was never revealed to them. What many kids are keeping secret from even the most diligent parents. Youre watching world news now. You used to call me on my cell phone when you need my love okay, so it is one of the touchiest subjects between parents and their teen and tween kids, as well. What exactly are they doing on their cell phone. Even the most involved parents are finding themselves stunned after finding out what their kids are actually up to. Heres abcs t. J. Holmes. Reporter we knew this conversation wouldnt be easy. Mom. But we werent expecting this. Bella, bella. Tears. Im in shock. Reporter and questions of family trust when these kids agreed to reveal to their parents whats really happening on their smartphones. First we sat down with eight Southern California moms and dads to find out what they think they know. Reporter just how often are the girls on these cell phones . All day long. Every second. When are they not. Constantly. In the shower. The shower . In the shower. Our daughter puts it into a ziploc bag, plays music and she takes a shower. Reporter they all have access to chair childs cell phone through a pass code or fingerprint but struggle to explain what their kids are doing. Figure out what theyre drawing. I dont know what that is. What is that one . Where they meet up. I thought it was a Radio Station into my god. Reporter next we sit down with the six girls. All between the ages of 11 and 13. Do you all have any apps that you all think, your parents might not be so pleased about . I have calculator plus. Like have i it. But i only use it for like embarrassing pictures of my friends. A lot of people use it for like appropriate pictures like nudes. Reporter there are multiple apps that look and function like calculators but put in a special code and a private folder opens up where you can tore photos. Another app ask fm where users can anonymously post questions to other users. We found some appropriate mosts on cammys page like what are you wearing . Remember, shes 12. Like our friends are getting asked or saying like youre hot or like, youre cute or are will you go out with me. A lot of people are like open about it because like its anonymous. So people can just basically say whatever they want. Reporter now to instagram. They all it. Gianna has the most followers. A thousand . Who are these people . Well, i know most of them, like . But the girls have a second instagram their parents dont know about for their friends eyes only. Its basically a fake instagram you use 0 post embarrassing photos of your friends. Reporter sounds innocent enough but experts tell us under the cloak of secrecy is when bad things can happen. Ive gotten like a 19yearold. He just just like he will texted me like the direct message. He said, hey. Whats your number . Pics. How old are you. Then i blocked him. Fascinating. Abc reached out to reps from instagram. A couple of those calculator apps. They spend millions of on user reporting and moderation tools in order to strike the right balance between safety and privacy of users vast majority of teens and young adults. Wteen. Adults. Teens and young adults. Teens and young adults. Eteens and young adults. Teens and young adults. Sometimes we use ky ultragel to enhance my bodys natural moisture so i can get into it a bit quicker. And when i know shes into it, i get into it and. Feel the difference with ky ultragel. Important message for residents age 50 to 85. Write down this number now. 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And do you know what the whole like ponytail thing is very popular. Liz cho on channel 7 wore it and then certain anchor is wearing it. Some people on flights do it. But do they do this in take a look at this photo. Do they have it just kind of hang over. I wouldnt do that. This was on a houston to boston flight. A columnist was sitting in 23 b and notice this had woman out front. Refused to remove her ponytail for a little while on the flight. And then finally near the end of the flight she decided to move it. Thats kind of annoying. Yeah. Im not sure that was very nice. He posted the photos and then internet was giving him some suggestions on what he could have done, among them he could have had like strategically placed gum. He could have had some glue. That is true. That would be very mean. If only he was allowed a pair of clippers. Yeah. Wow. That would be. Im not sure i would do that. You clearly dont have ha problem. You wont have to worry about it with airfare. I want to show you an olympic weight lifter who dropped her bar and didnt end so well. Take a look. Really . Looks good. Good form. Rolling, rolling, and it crashes. The window. You see this other look. It goes down, down, down. Theres nothing they can do. Boom, the entire window came down. Mattie rogers is an olympic female weight lifter. It was ha rd to get that overhead clean drop. She dropped it. I dont know if its bad architecture. Looked like bad form to me. You call it bad form . Come on. The way she was lifting it. So okay, you remember back in the days like rice was all the craze at weddings or confetti . Now theres a new craze to make your wedding the bomb. A sploek bomb. You have these color full and beautiful smoke bombs that youll have in strategic locations at your wedding. Some people have suggested maybe its a great way for the groom to get away while he has the opportunity. Quickest cape. I think it makes for beautiful photos. It looks pretty. I dont know about this. Im curious what the price tag would be for this. For the smoke bombs . At weddings. I find carnations expensive enough to put on each table. Theyll charge you for everything. Theres now beer that you can have with your toast. Beer mama laid by a Company Called this morni this morning on world news now, tulsa tornado. The severe storm sending residents for cover as a twister touches down. As many other regions face extreme weather, as well. Donald trump in the political crosshairs. This time over his statements regarding punishment for abortion. What this means for his currently em battled campaign. Our political director weighs in just ahead. And new this half hour, a major homecoming for lamar odom. The former laker returning to the Staples Center for the First Time Since his near death experience. Plus, warriors fans fall from the stands hoping to get a piece of superstar steph curry. Casting call controversy. Why the hottest show on broadway is being called racist. That story is ahead in the skinny. Its thursday, march 31st. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning, everyone. Im kendis gibson. Im reena ninan. Lets get right to our top story this morning. The Severe Weather in the south. More than half a dozen people were injured one critically by a tornado in the tulsa area last night. At least one home was destroyed in eastern oklahoma and others damaged and the roof ripped off a church. The storms are causing problems for much of the south. More than 3. 5 inches of rain in little rock marked the wettest day since the 1800s. All of it on the move right now. With more, heres abcs phil men. I hope people are taking cover. A man and his son running for cover in a hailstorm northeast of wichita. Streets submerged in little rock. Flash flood warnings, as these huge metal dumpsters float away. Quartersized hail pounding morgan county, illinois. All part of a massive storm system that brought blinding snow to the rockies. Authorities searching for a utah father, missing since he left to get help for his family when their vehicle got stuck. In colorado, ten people injured after this suv crashed headon into a bus. Here in north texas, two hailstorms this month already causing an estimated 1 billion in damage. Blue tarps, even umbrellas covering these homes in plano. Insurance adjusters still processing claims for damaged vehicles. If youre ever caught in a hailstorm, to prevent damage like this, you can take the floor mats and use them to protect your vehicle. And in florida, dangerous lightning. One strike injuring three boca raton firefighters. Here in dallas, we are still under the threat of Severe Weather. Millions more are bracing for that storm system headed east. Phillip mena, abc news, dallas. To politics now, donald trump sparking new outrage over his comments on abortion. Trump reversed himself hours late area. But in a forum on msnbc, he initially said if abortion were illegal women who have the procedure should be punished. It put the gop frontrunner at the center of a bipartisan firestorm. Do you believe in punishment for abortion . Yes or no. As a principal. The answer is there has to be some form of punishment. For the woman. Yeah. Ten cents, ten years, what . That i dont know. Why not . You take positions on everything else. Frankly i do take positions on everything else. Its a very complicated position. As trump walked back his comments, he said Health Care Providers should be punished and he added that women are the victims, but the remarks are the reversal that triggered criticism from all sides prolife activists, gop rivals and the Democratic Candidates all lashing out. Abcs rick klein has more on what this could mean for trumps candidacy. Reena and kendis, a major moment in the president ial campaign. This has the potential to have repercussions inside a primary campaign. To many conservative voters the feeling that he doesnt speak their language, doesnt understand the policy, hasnt thought about it, putting out a position that is essentially far more extreme than anyone who considers them socalled prolife would put out. In a general election, he practically wrote a campaign aid ad for Hillary Clinton and the democrats raising questions on the eve of the wisconsin primary about his readiness for office, how much thought hes given to major issues. Thanks to rick. Interesting timing for this. The controversy comes as ted cruz gains ground just days before the big primary in wisconsin. A new poll shows cruz with a 10point lead over trump and john kasich much farther behind. The winner in wisconsin could win most or all of the states delegates. A loss there could erode trumps path to clijing the gop nomination. On the democratic side, Hillary Clinton trailing Bernie Sanders by a few points in wisconsin, as well but she made a brief Campaign Swing through harlem weeks ahead of new yorks democratic primary. Clinton hoefrted a rally at the famed Apollo Theater discussing her plans for income inequality, National Security and uniting the country and she made her rounds to lash out at trump over his abortion remark calling it horrific. A former student at Mississippi State university faces up to 20 years in prison after admitting she tried to join isis. Jaelyn young pleaded guilty tuesday. Her fiance pleaded guilty earlier this month. Federal Authorities Say they intended to use their honeymoon as a cover story so they could travel to join the terror group. Theres new details about the foiled plot to attack paris. Authorities in france say the main suspect has now been charged with planning the attack with what they call an unprecedented arsenal of explosives. Abcs Alex Marquardt reports from paris. Reporter the chilling disclosure by french authorities. The imminent plot stopped before it could be carried out by reda kriket, a 32yearold frenchman charged with preparing the attack. In the apartment, which he rented under a fake name, Security Forces found an arsenal that the prosecutor called unprecedented. Five ak47 rifles. Seven handguns. Tatp, the explosive used in the paris and brussels attacks. Detonators, acid and ball bearings. Kriket had known ties to the paris attacks, convicted last year in absentia with paris mastermind Abdelhamid Abaaoud for recruiting jihadists to syria. Kriket himself known to have gone to syria, and now we know he made it back to france. Also, new disturbing reports out of brussels that the attackers there may have been targeting the prime ministers office. A computer that was reportedly thrown away is said to have contained photos and details of his office and home. At least one of the suspects from those attacks is still on the run tonight. Alex marquardt, abc news, paris. Federal Health Officials now say that zika mosquitoes are living in parts of the midwest. And northeast. Not just the south and discouraging news from researchers. A new study says that ultrasounds done early in the pregnancy of women infected with zika did not find any signs of the birth defect that causes brain damage in the fetus. It wasnt till the 19th week of pregnancy that any signs of the birth defect first appeared on anty tra sound. And the u. S. City where mosquitoes cause the most Health Concerns during the summer months is atlanta according to experts who say the pests carry several diseases including zika. The rest of the top five worst cities include chicago, washington, d. C. , detroit, and new york. So apparently many of us are giving up the soda habit. A new report indicates consumption of soft drinks is at its lowest level in 30 years. Industry experts say there are a lot more options now. Of course, the health issue with people looking to cut sugar as well as artificial sweeteners, it hasnt hurt the profits of big sodamakers like coke and pepsi because theyve branched out to other drinks and they actually supply water, as well. And maybe because the holiday was only a few days ago this scene at a baseball spring training game reminds us of an easter egg hunt. Dozens of kids and their parents searching for a home run ball hit by a San Francisco giants prospect. Never mind the cultivated flowers and bushes. They want that egg. I mean the ball. Even one of the Kansas City Royals broadcast joined in the hunt before one boy raised his arm in triumph with the ball. Oh, by the way, the giants prospect who hit the ball was austin slater. Good for austin. I wonder if maybe thats a good sign for him. It really is a beautifully manicured lawn. Theres a garden right behind that wall. Is that right . Very nice. Coming up, lamar odoms surprise laker reunion. Also ahead, a reallife horror story for one new jersey family receiving mysterious letters threatening their children, now putting the socalled stalker house up for sale again. And hollywood elite like youve never seen them before. Gwyneth and cameron going unplugged. Well explain in the skinny. Youre watching world news now. One crest 3d white smile. Is all it takes. To turn the tables. Crest 3d white toothpaste. Removes 5 times more stains. Than the red box. For a smile like that, crest 3d white. Is the way to whiten. Moisture so i can get into it ao enhance mbit quicker. Ral and when i know shes into it, i get into it and. Feel the difference with ky ultragel. A sky diver who collided with another jumper in midair and was knocked unconscious now says he cant believe hes alive. A gopro rolling when sebastian leal spun out of control and struck the ground with a thud. 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Well, a poison pen is what caused one family to steer away from their american dream. Theyre selling their new home without ever having moved in because of what the house came with. That they say they were never told about. Abcs gio benitez with the story. Reporter on a normal street in a normal neighborhood in new jersey, a mystery about one house. This family, with three small children, bought the house in 2014 for 1. 4 million. And say they immediately started receiving ominous letters from someone who called himself the watcher. Apparently threatening the children, writing, do you need to fill the house with the young blood i requested . Once i know their names, i will call to them and draw them to me. The new owners cant figure out who is behind those letters. So, they put what was to be their sixbedroom dream house back on the market, for a much lower price. They are suing the people who sold them the house for not revealing they, too, had received a letter. But those sellers say there was no threatening language in the one they received. Not all conditions have to be revealed right away, right . They need to be something you ask for. Correct. In new jersey, as the law stands right now, social conditions do not need to be revealed. That would be suicides in the home, murders in the home. Reporter the family says theyre revealing the letters from the house stalker to every potential buyer. Even though it makes for a harder sell. Gio benitez, abc news, westfield, new jersey. Good for them for doing the right thing. Yeah, but its a beautiful house. Its unfortunate. Theyre suing the former owners for what they say is basically fraud. When we come back, why the hottest show on broadway is being accused of racism. And the bombshell dropped on Anderson Cooper. The skinny is next. Announcer world news now continues after this from our skinny, so skinny all right. Time now for the skinny. Topping our headlines this morning, the casting call controversy surrounding broadways hottest show. I was surprised by this one. It is shocking. Hamilton has been praised for its Ground Breaking multiethnic casting of actors portraying americas founding fathers. But the show has sparked controversy, posting on its website a call for nonwhite men and women for the broadways upcoming tours. At least one civil rights Attorney Says that may have run afoul of new yorks human rights law, and the Stage Actors Union says that language is a nono. Its not in compliance with their rules. Producer Jeffrey Seller is reportedly defending the diversity of the hamilton cast and the legality of the nonwhite casting notice. For folks who dont know it, its the story about alexander shamt, but its not played by traditional lightweight actors as you would think from that time period. The whole point is, it kind of turns the whole concept upside down. It is wrong is what legal experts are saying you cant say only nonwhite people can apply. If it was something that said only white people can apply, there would be a lot of uproar. Of course, it makes sense. Interesting controversy. Next to Gloria Vanderbilts bombshell. It was an admission that took her son world news now icon Anderson Cooper by surprise. Former world news now. Hes not currently on the show. Hes still an icon legend, you know. He might have missed a couple years in between there. There were a couple. He has moved on. The two have written a book together and are now the subject of an upcoming hbo documentary. There are apparently some things theyre still learning about each other. In a recent interview with people magazine, the 92yearold family matriarch admitted to what she called a brief, socalled lesbian relationship when she was 13 years owed at boarding school. The cnn anchor replied this is news to me. You didnt mention this in the book, mom. Cooper and vanderbilts relationship will be featured april 9th in that hbo documentary called nothing left unsaid. I look forward to watching that. What ive admired about Anderson Cooper, he comes from this great family. His mother has built this entire empire. Hes made such a name for himself, such incredible reporting and got his start right here. Not his start but he spent time here. That was one of the things he wanted to do, that he did his own thing. Certainly did. And speaking of aging well, cameron diaz wants us all to age better to that end, shes instagrammed a makeup free selfie promoting her new publication, longevity book. The Natural Beauty says aging has gotten a bad rap. Another 43yearold old Natural Beauty also sharing a makeup free pic. You see her there on the lift . Thats Gwynneth Paltrow cozying up to delphina blaquier, dy get that right . The wife of polo player gnaw cho figueras. Paltrow calls her one of my most favorite women. 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