with team coverage and analysis. good wednesday morning, everyone. we're going to started with a potential turning point in the presidential race. of course, we have the front-runners who were cementing their status overnight. >> and taking a look at the latest results, democrats, hillary clinton winning in the south, florida and ohio and north carolina and illinois. >> among the republicans donald trump claiming victory in florida, north carolina and, of course, in illinois, but then you had governor john kasich, putting his first win on the board in ohio. we're covering all of it, all the campaigns this morning, but let's start with the republicans. a closer look at that devastating loss for marco rubio in florida, a nearly 20-point trouncing by trump putting an end to rubio's campaign. >> and in ohio, kasich coming away with a sizable victory. we start there in ohio with abc's david wright. >> reporter: hi, reena and kendis. from john kasich headquarters here in ohio, a jubilant mood here. john kasich pulling out a win in his home state. we were with him backstage just before he came out. he was shooting hoops and pretty much shooting the moon that he had pulled it off. >> well, we're down to three, man. i started at 17. i think we'll do fine. i think we're gaining momentum. people are beginning to realize who i am. >> reporter: the polls as late as tuesday showed him neck and neck with trump here. one of the things that may have helped him is the fact that ohio has an open primary. independent voters can choose to vote in the democratic or republican side. we met voters who were democrats who chose to vote in the republican race because they wanted to block donald trump. the fact that kasich has won his home state ensures that he moves forward in this contest. he thinks that his victory is in part to do with his positive campaign. he now is hoping to become the republican standard-bearer for the people hoping to block trump. >> to have people believe in you and to believe that you can bring people together and strengthen our country, i have to thank the people of the great state of ohio. i love you is all i can tell you. i love you. [ applause ] >> reporter: he now moves forward. the next big contest in arizona. kendis, reena. >> all right, quite a big night. there in ohio. thanks to david wright and donald trump strengthening his chances of winning the nomination by taking home the big prize in florida. >> during a victory speech in palm beach he did not mention the violence overshadowing his recent rallies but did address the amount of negative ads airing against him. >> i have to say, and nobody has ever, ever in the history of politics received the kind of negative advertising that i have. record, record, record. by the way, mostly false, i wouldn't say 100% but about 90%. carson -- >> trump also mentioning someone he's rarely talking about on the trail saying that he's -- it's hard to be away from his 9-year-old son barron, and trump's his trouncing of marco rubio in florida means one less republican in the race. >> yeah, rubio's campaign ending where it started, 11 months ago. shortly after losing his home state to trump the florida senator in miami announcing he's suspending his presidential bid. rubio says he's concerned for american politics. >> america is in the middle of a real political storm, a real tsunami, and we should have seen this coming. while we are on the right side this year, we will not be on the winning side. >> rubio's political future seems uncertain for now. his senate term expires in january, and he has said he has no plans to run for that seat again. he does have, however, until may to decide. and in the democratic race the winner of the night was hillary clinton. her wins in florida and ohio showing her support in key general election battleground states. >> the closest contest between clinton and bernie sanders was in missouri. a razor thin margin there. less than 2,000 votes. >> clinton was named the winner in illinois but again it was a very close race. abc's cecilia vega covers the clinton campaign. good morning, cecilia. >> reporter: reena and kendis, good morning to you. this was a huge win for hillary clinton. what happened in this room a complete victory party. she stood on that stage and congratulated senator sanders for waging what she call ed a vigorous campaign but she is very much looking ahead to a general election. >> you voted for our tomorrow to be better than our yesterday, tomorrow where all of us do our part, and everyone has a chance to live up to his or her god-given potential. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: what happened here, she avoided the embarrassment she needed to and wanted to especially in ohio where her campaign was concerned that maybe sanders would come ahead and win young voters and white voters but, of course, that did not happen and also celebrating the big win in florida. more delegates up for grabs in this state than any other that voted on tuesday. she's now looking ahead to that general election preparing very much to face off against donald trump. >> when we hear a candidate for president call for rounding up 12 million immigrants, banning all muslims from entering the united states. when he embraces torture, that doesn't make him strong, it makes him wrong. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: reena and kendis. >> cecilia, thank you so much. and for bernie sanders, last night was very much about looking ahead. sanders held a rally in phoenix, arizona, where democrats will vote in their primary next tuesday. there's also democratic voting in utah and idaho the same day. sanders restated his desire to campaign all the way to the democratic convention. he called the political status, quote, broken and he said it should not be settled for. >> okay, so another big series of primaries are in the books. among the key questions that remain now is what's next? >> and we asked abc's political director rick klein for his take. good morning to you, rick. >> reena and kendis, ohio stirred something up that only ohio may be able to settle. that meaning the republican convention over the summer. donald trump, a split decision winning a couple of states but losing the critical battleground of ohio to john kasich, marco rubio leaving but john kasich likely to emerge as the establishment alternative. when you combine that with ted cruz continuing to accrue delegates, you have three candidates moving forward and donald trump is likely to be the person that ends this process with more delegates than anyone else. he is unlikely, though to necessarily have a majority and that means you might have that contested convention. it would be all about ohio so some big tests ahead and some big vulnerabilities that reveal themselves around the front-runner. reena and kendis. >> thank you so much, rick. we're also analyzing the exit polls this morning. they reveal a lot about how voters are feeling about all the candidates. >> abc's lauren lyster has been going through all the data and joins us with what she's found, lauren, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, reena and kendis. first let's talk donald trump. he showed his continued appeal to dissatisfied gop voters getting the majority of support among those who were angry at the government who favor banning muslims and who say they're falling behind financially. among non-trump supporters, however, republican exit polls show six in ten saying they would seriously consider a third party candidate if trump became the gop's nominee. and more than 40% say they definitely would not support trump in november if that came to be the case. on the other side of the aisle, 68% of voters see hillary clinton as likeliest of defeating donald trump in november. only 29% are feeling the bern in that way when it comes to bernie sanders, but in tuesday's contests, more voters find sanders honest and trustworthy, 80% versus 60% for clinton in an area where she has been vulnerable, and different from the gop race, the majority of democrats in tuesday's primaries would be satisfied if either clinton or sanders was the eventual nominee. reena and kendis. >> all right, lauren, yeah, a lot of information coming out of those exit polls. thank you. >> thank you. and stay with abc news for all the election results. we're going to talk live to donald trump later on "good morning america." well, still ahead, big changes happening today for americans and cuban products including cigars. >> okay, good news. and breaking overnight, severe weather spawning tornadoes. homes leveled. the new video just coming in. plus, shot down. one of the country's biggest for colon cancer? ged i don't have any symptoms. 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victory in his home state. kasich's win makes it a little more difficult for trump to win the republican nomination before the big convention. another major story we're following the expected commuter chaos this morning in the nation's capital. the entire metro system is closed down for a safety inspection, and that means hundreds of thousands of workers, students and tourists will look for another way to get around. angry reaction with #metromageddon and #metropocalypse. >> that sounds right. 700,000 without a ride this morning. the flint water crisis went to finger-pointing. the former mayor blamed the state environmental regulatory agency and state officials accused federal officials for the contaminated water and then the city's former state appointed emergency manager, well, pointed fingers at city officials, and then you had republican lawmakers who blamed federal officials. >> the topic of flint water was never raised in any cabinet meeting. >> the epa has a responsibility to 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