Why their attempt to talk to their customers about race is stirring up a new controversy this morning. And good morning, america. It is a very exciting one here in times square. We are celebrating 50 years of the sound of music and take a look outside. That is the new york city childrens chorus. They know all the classics and great to have them with us. Well all be singing along and diane sawyer with us this morning to share behindthescenes secrets from the beloved classic, a sneak peek of tonights big special. We are going to begin with that breaking news overnight. A death threat against caroline kennedy. Japanese police are investigating and Abcs Martha Raddatz has all the latest. Good morning, martha. Reporter good morning, george. The threat was phoned in to the embassy itself. The caller threatening to kill ambassador kennedy and tokyo police are taking it very seriously saying they are actively investigating this threat. There were additional Death Threats reportedly made to the
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Gas station and taken in to custody. I need you to hear me out before you call and complain to abc when i say this. This was the warmest winter on record. Give us a break. Even my coanchor is not with me. This is according to the federal government which you know you can trust. It said last month was the second warm withest february on record as well. This wasnt the case in 23 states where february was the coldest ever. But check this out. It is just the record high temperatures in the rest of the country made up for some of the eastern deep freeze. When you average it on out, the places that were warmer were much warmer than the places that were colder we with were just in a cold place. That does not, no. No. All of america will tell you, the study is not balanced well. Its look. By feeling and emotion. We dont go by feeling. We go by facts. Lets go with facts and science around here. Speaking of lets go with weather now. You may not believe me on this either. Chilly in the northeast
To you all. Thank you for spending time with us. We have a number of breaking stories that were going on while you were sleeping. We tart now with a scare for the secret service. A substance sent to the white house tested positive for cyanide. And more tests are being done. It was found at a screening facility where white house mail is monitored. It was not found inside the white house itself. No one who handled that envelope at the facility was hurt. Sources say the sender is known to the secret service and criminal charges depend on whether the material is confirmed to actually be hazardous. Another breaking story overnight, a victory in israel for the hardliners and a defeat for the peace process. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu should be able to form a government after yesterdays parliamentary elections. Despite preelection polls his conservative party picked up the most votes. The day before netanyahu declared there would be no palestinian state while he was prime minister. We a
Police here in new york have beefed up security now at the museum of modern art and other famous museums popular with tourists. The same being done in other cities, as well. And countries around the world are mourning citizens killed in the rampage. Abcs Carolyn Costello is live with details. Carolyn, good morning. Reporter good morning, reena and t. J. It is still unclear who is responsible for this deadly attack, and this morning people are also asking could Something Like this happen here at home . The gunmen armed with assault rifles opened fire at a crowded museum in tunisias capital. Security forces scrambled to respond as tourists inside the bardo museum ran for safety. Translator several shots were fired. We found another couple with their children. We didnt know what to do so we hid. Reporter at least 20 people were killed including two gunmen and many more injured. Most of the victims were tourists from poland, germany, japan, spain and italy, shot as they got off a tour bus