The sister of Hollywood Star sharon tate speaking out this morning, as a convicted killer from the manson murders could go free. The battle right now to keep her behind bars. Johnny depps huge apology. Pleading for forgiveness after being charged with dog smuggling. Im truly sorry. Protecting australia is important. How the stars are paying up this morning. Good morning, america. Happy monday. Look upstairs right now, were counting down to our coffee with the candidates town hall with senator ted cruz. Everyone getting ready right now. Theyre in our studio upstairs for lastminute preparations. Were not just live here in times square, were all across the country, senator cruz will be answering your questions this morning and his wife heidi will be joining us as well. Thats all coming up in our next hour. We begin with the severe storms putting millions at risk. Flash flood emergency in texas right now. New reports of funnel clouds right now and so far already today its the wettest day ever corded in april in houston. Abcs phillip mena is in texas with the latest. Good morning, phillip. Good morning. More than a foot of rain has pounded this region, take a look at this spillway that feeds into the trinity river. Normally its so calm you can actually walk across it. As you can see this morning, it is raging. Here in texas at least 16 inches of rain turning roads into obstacle courses. Rescuers trying to reach people stuck in their homes. This man in his car when our reporter spots him and assists him to safety. In texas water combined with wind to create waves on the street. Reporter this abandoned suv discovered upsidedown on the other side of the railing. Emergency crews rescuing the driver of this red car engulfed by floodwaters. Even airboats deployed to tackle urgent water rescue. This outdoor market washed out. This row of power lines struck down. These fences and the bottom half of this gazebo, buried under water. And with relentless rain, comes lightning strikes, believed to have kindled this Oil Tank Fire south of dallas. Reporter the rain is not expected to let up much today. George. Okay, phillip. Lets get more on that from rob marciano. A slowmoving system bumping into this omega block. Giving everybody in the eastern half this gorgeous weather. Unfortunately for the folks in dallas, very slowmoving rainfall. Flash flood warnings will continue. Through the houston area. They feed through the houston area. Theyre rising quickly. This is ahead of the front yet to push through. Another 4 to 6 inches. Several rounds of this going through the next couple of days. Robin. Rob, thank you. We turn now overseas, a major search for survivors after three deadly earthquakes hit ecuador and japan. The two countries along the socalled ring of fire. Now, questions about whether the u. S. Could be hit. Today marks 110 years since the 1960 San Francisco earthquake. Abcs matt gut man is live if japan for us this morning. Good morning, matt. Reporter good morning, robin. We have been feeling constant aftershocks here in japan. This town has suffered major damage, many of the houses here destroyed. Were actually in a street, knocking the houses right into it. On the other side of the ring of fire, ecuador, that quake so much more powerful. This morning, theyre clawing through the rubble in ecuador scrambling to save the living. That quake striking ecuador coast, buckling overpasses with at least 270 dead, thousands injured and many others missing. Rescues and canine units stretched to the limit. One team pulling a little girl from the rubble of a hotel. Shes bloodied but alive. On the other side of the ring of fire, in japan, twin quakes rattling the country over the weekend. Rescuers scouring the mud in a lastditch effort to find the ten people still missing here. The u. S. Marines flying in to assist in efforts. Landslides marooning the hardesthit areas and hampering rescues. The only way in by foot and then we saw it. There were cars on that highway when the earthquake hit. Imagine being in that car as the mountainside and highway vanished from the hillside. Cars dropping off the you mountainside. That blue one stuck hundred of feet down. As we hiked towards a bridge. Earthquake. Okay, just now we felt another tremor. More than 500 aftershocks registered in southern japan. The biggest moving mountains. This mudslide was over a halfmile wide. It came down roaring down this mountain, ripping it in half and obliterating that bridge and the roads on the other side. Its not just japan and ecuador, the u. S. Also on the ring of fire and size amongsts here are worried. Its not a matter if were going to have future earthquakes, were going to have them. Reporter you guys might remember, that 9monthold baby girl miraculously saved over the weekend. We found her grandfather who led us to her at a shelter. She was Chubby Cheeks and miraculously unscathed after six hours in the rubble. A bright spot in otherwise grim news day here. Okay, matt, thanks very much. Move on to the race for the white house. Battle ground, new york. Stakes high for tomorrows big vote. Frontrunners donald trump and Hillary Clinton both facing tests in their home states. Abcs cecilia vega. Bernie sanders has new york roots, too. He needs a upset. Reporter new york is a mustwin for sanders. He needs to win delegates starting right here. Hillary clinton heads into tomorrow with a doubledigit lead. But here in her adopted home state a loss would be an embarrassment she cannot afford. Bernie sanders surrounded by a sea of supporters in his final push. More than 28,000 people. His Campaign Calling the largest crowd of this entire race. New york state help lead this country into the Political Revolution reporter this morning, sanders is in need of a big blowout. And Hillary Clinton is using all her moves to stop him. My opponent in the primary talking about taking on the interest, where were you . I mean, really. We were fighting tooth and nail trying to get universal Health Care Coverage passed. Reporter clinton on the attack, overnight, while fending off the newest attack line from her rival across the aisle. Let me tell you, the only person that crooked Hillary Clinton does not want to run against is donald trump. Reporter clinton telling george on this week bring it on. I dont respond to donald trump and his string of insults about me. I can take care of myself. Reporter over the weekend, her campaign taking in some serious cash. George and amal clooney hosting a pair of starstudded fundraisers. Price for ticket, 33,000 each. Sanders supporters showering clintons motorcade with dollar bills. Were in the money clooney said, theyre right. Theyre right to protest. Theyre absolutely right. Its an obscene amount of money. Its ridiculous we should have this kind of money in politics, i agree. Reporter and sanders agrees. I have lot of respect for clooney on his honesty on this issue. Hes right. Reporter the battle making for a heated new york fight and once again, making its way on to snl. Probably not the last time its on snl. There are more delegates up for grabs here than any state so far. Thats whats on the line. To cut into clintons delegate lead, Bernie Sanders would need to win by huge margins. He needs to start winning these delegates in the states coming up on the calender, too. All right, cecilia, thank you. Now to the republicans. Donald trump looking for a big win here in new york after losing ground to ted cruz in the delegate hunt this weekend and abcs tom llamas is at trump headquarters here in new york. Good morning, tom. Reporter trump hoping to finish strong here in new york and steal back some of those headlines from ted cruz. This morning, donald trump on the eve of what may be his biggest single victory yet and predicting the end of ted cruz. When he gets wiped out in new york, which he will, he gets wiped out. He no longer has a road to the nomination. Reporter but as trump was adding to the hype, cruz was adding to his delegate total. The cruz team sweeping in wyoming and picking up more delegate support in some states trump wants. We got a slate of delegates who are committed of supporting me in cleveland. Reporter trump campaigns said thats not the game theyre playing, describing wyoming and earlier colorado as sneakattack wins. Im sure i could met the head guy, wined him and dined him and sent him all over the place which is legal but thats not democracy. Reporter trumps delegate hunter telling george hes confident that they dont have to play those games because theyll win or during the first ballot. Theres not going be a second ballot. Reporter and Rosie Odonnells who has had a feud with donald trump, she came up in that first debate with megyn kelly, she now says that trump doesnt have the intelligence to run a game show. Thank you. The delegate count going into new york primary. Abcs jon karl is in philadelphia. Good morning, jon. Reporter good morning, robin. Over the weekend in the state of wyoming they held a convention, there were 14 delegates at stake. Donald trump was mia out there. Ted cruz won all 14 of those delegates. Where does that put the delegate count . Ted cruz is slowly narrowing the gap, but hes still almost 200 delegates behind donald trump and robin, what that means, going forward, trump is the only one realistically can clinch the nomination before the convention in cleveland. But he would need to get 63 of the remaining delegates. As you see, cruz would need 88 and john kasich is mathematically eliminated from clinching before cleveland. Talk about the road ahead for trump. Well, trump is about to go into very friendly territory. Of course, tom was talking about new york state, his home state, hes poised for a big win in new york. Hell need a big win there. But then the following week, a whole bunch of states in the northeast, including right here in pennsylvania, connecticut, maryland, territory that should be friendly to donald trump. All right, jon, youre there in philadelphia for one of our watch parties for our upcoming town hall with senator ted cruz. Well get questions from voters there in just a bit. Thank you, jon. Lets talk more now to abcs matthew dowd. We just heard jon talk about the road ahead for donald trump. Lot at stake tomorrow. Hes got to pick up just about every delegate. He needs a huge victory. He lost his mojo after wisconsin. He needs to get it back in new york. Its the only way that puts him on the path of the possibility of winning 1237 delegates. Before the convention. If hes not at 1237 at the convention he probably doesnt get the nomination. We have seen a different kind of donald trump. No major gaffes, a different tone. He brought in a professional Campaign Team and hes had the most message discipline from donald trump in the entire campaign. Really since that loss a couple of weeks ago in wisconsin. Hes been on message. Hes been harping on this question the fairness of this delegation selection. There have been no major mistakes or controversies. Really, a new donald trump. Well come back to you in the next hour. Matt dowd on the democratic side, mustwin for Bernie Sanders. A lot another stake for health care Hillary Clinton as well. And the process of this. This is the last real big moment for Bernie Sanders. He has to win this. He has to win not really because of delegates but because of a political earthquake. He needs a political earthquake to change the dynamics. Okay, matt dowd and jon karl, see you next hour. Our town hall with ted cruz coming up. On thursday, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton will be here answering your questions. Now to a major battle brewing at the Supreme Court. The justices are set to hear arguments on a controversial Immigration Law and abcs jim avila is live with more. Reporter this is the latest flash point deeply splitting red and blue states. Both sides are here in force on the steps of the nations highest court this morning. Lining up to hear oral arguments. Does president obama have to wait for Congress Even when congress doesnt act. Obama wants the Border Patrol to concentrate on arresting criminals on the countrys southern frontier and allow 4 million lawabiding to stay here without deportation. Opponents call that an abuse of president ial power. Today the Supreme Court will get an earful. The ruling is expected this summer. People will watching closely today. We move on now to a new kind of air scare. A British Airways colliding with a drone. As it came from in for a landing. Abcs lama hasan has the latest. Reporter a possible drone and airplane collision. A British Airways on its way to london making its final approach to heathrow airport, thats when the pilot said an object strikes the front of a plane, believed to be a drone. All 132 passengers were unharmed. Engineers inspecting the aircraft finding the damage superficial. Clearing the plane to fly again. Experts remain worried that if a drain get caught in a planes engine it could be catastrophic. We have had so many nearmisses with drones around the world. Reporter this simulation from virginia techs crash lab shows how a drone can destroy a jets engine in just seconds. The flying public is being put in unnecessary jeopardy with people who are irresponsibly flying their drones. Reporter in the u. S. Faa has laws in place of flying drones within five miles of airports. We almost got hit by a drone up here. Just about 20 feet. Yet in these nofly zones, there are still 25 incidents reported stateside every single month. Aviation Police Officers here at heathrow are questioning that British Airways pilot to find out who was responsible and if it was a drone that slammed into that plane. George. Lets go to amy with the top stories. More on the fight against isis. Defense secretary ash carter has arrived in baghdad to speak with leaders about ramping up the fight against isis. In hopes of retaking the city of mosul. Carter said the options include more air strikes and more u. S. Ground forces. Another Close Encounter between a russian war plane and u. S. Military aircraft. This time, a russian fighter jet in the baltic sea performed a barrel roll maneuver over a u. S. Reconnaissance plane. Coming within 30 feet. The pentagon calls the incident unsafe and unprofessional. A massive fire seen from miles near los angeles, flames spreading through this junk yard engulfing more than 100 vehicles, heavy winds fanning this fire. The cause is still under investigati investigation. A wild scene off monterey, california, look at this whale watcher spotted these dolphins, they were being chased by killer whales. Dolphins, a very rare sight in a area. Near san diego, a paddle border got the scare of a lifetime. A whale breached the water with what were calling a friendly splash. And some big news for french fry fanatics. Mcdonalds will soon offer all you can eat fries. The idea will be tested in the socalled mcdonalds of future, in st. Joseph, missouri, it will also offer table service, couches, armchairs, they tried the healthier options not working. Theyre going to go full throttle, fries for everyone. All you can eat. Im tempted. But it cant be a good idea. Im with you, george. Rob, its april. Thats whole lot of snow. Can you believe it . 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