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Alcohol reportedly found at the scene. His neighbor killed. This incident, not his first runin with the law. What hes now saying about the devastating crash. And a circus act on the baseball field. This blue jays star turning into an acrobat. Racing to the plate, leaping, flipping over the cardinals catcher, to score a crucial run. The manager saying you wont see anything like this in 100 years. Dont be scared, michael. Dont be scared. Good morning, america. Lets look at the moment at the plate. Chris coghlan. Michael, you think maybe i think he hits the catcher and the catcher has possession of the ball. I thought he was out. Well, he was safe. They won the game. A little debate over here before we came on the air. There is a theres some other baseball news out there about baseballs new odd couple. Look at these two. Derek jeter and jeb bush. They could be closing in on purchasing the Miami Marlins. Jeter could become like the new boss. Were tracking a lot of big stories. The whole senate coming to the white house this afternoon. For a briefing on north korea with president Trumps National security team. And with the deadline for a Government Shutdown just two days away, the president is backing off his demands to fund the border wall right now. No deal yet to keep the government open. The president is set to unveil parts of his tax plan today. He says this may be the biggest tax cut ever. Lets go to cecilia vega for more on what the president s plan includes. Reporter hey, guys. Good morning to you. White house Officials Say what will be released today is a draft, a blueprint, so to speak. There hasnt been major tax reform in the country since Ronald Reagan was in the white house. With that clock ticking, the president is hoping to add this tax reform proposal to his list of accomplishments before he hits that 100 days. As the Government Shutdown looms, and the 100day mark is just days away, the pressure is on for President Trump to deliver. Hoping to make good on a Signature Campaign promise. There will be major tax reduction. Were simplifying the tax code. Its going to be so beautiful. Its going to be so dynamic. Taxes are coming way down for individuals. Reporter today, the president is expected to unveil what he says could be the biggest tax cut we have ever had. His treasury secretary and a top economic adviser on capitol hill trying to drum up support. Were all committed to getting tax reform done. Reporter sources tell abc news the tax reform plan will cut the Corporate Tax rate from 35 to 15 . Include a tax break for child care expenses. And cut individual tax rates. Were going to keep our promises, all of the promises that we made. Were going to massively reduce your taxes. Reporter the opposition already in overdrive. One estimate says an early version of the president s plan could cost as much as 6 trillion in lost revenue over ten years. But later today, a more immediate concern front and center, north korea. Every republican and democratic senator invited on a field trip of sorts. Theyll head to the white house. The top members of the president s National Security Team Briefing them on the growing threat from pyongyang. And President Trump were told is expected to make an appearance, a brief one, at that meeting later this afternoon. Were told it was his idea to invite the senators here to the white house because he wanted to show off the property. A lot going on today. Lets bring in jon karl for more on the story. Starting with the tax plan. The president apparently proposing a major change that could cut his own personal tax bill by more than half. Yeah, cecilia mentioned the Corporate Tax rate would go from 35 to 15 . And reportedly, this would apply to companies that file taxes through the personal tax code. George, that would Mean Companies like the trump organization. So its quite possible this would mean a windfall for donald trump personally and his family. Of course, we wont know for sure because he hasnt released his tax returns. Right. But instead of paying 39. 6 in personal, he would pay 15 under his own plan. The negotiations going on for the Government Shutdown. The president backing off demands to fund the border wall right now. It looks like hes going to get increased money for border security. Hell get a big increase for military spending. And the drama has dissipated. This counts as an achievement. Given the recent drama over spending bills in washington. A victory for the president. No real threat of a shutdown. And he gets many of his priorities funded. Many, but not the wall. Not the wall. On sanctuary cities, the president has another setback in the court. The 9th Circuit Court saying the Justice Department cant punish sanctuary cities by withholding federal funds. Yeah, this is another big setback in the courts for the president s agenda. The travel ban executive order was knocked down. This knocked down. The president says hell see the 9th circuit in the Supreme Court. Taking the battle all the way up. Theres no doubt well see a big battle in the Supreme Court over the president s priorities, one in which neil gorsuch could be the key vote. Jon karl, thank you very much. The market reacting favorably ahead of President Trumps tax plan reveal. The dow jones enjoying the best twoday stretch since november. Closing up more than 230 points. Nasdaq also rallying. Rebecca jarvis has details for us. Good morning, rebecca. Good morning to you, robin. Wall street has been laser focused on whats going on in washington, particularly this tax proposal, set to be released today. If that Corporate Tax rate comes down to 15 , the companies that have their stocks listed here at the New York Stock Exchange stand to have a great deal of savings. Some of them upwards of billions of dollars in tax savings in a given year. Theres also that focus now on corporate earnings. What weve been hearing from Corporate America and their report card. In particular, Technology Companies have really been driving the momentum in this rally. If you look at it, a handful of stocks, just five of them, amazon, apple, facebook, microsoft, and alphabet, the Parent Company of google, have driven 40 of the gains so far this year. One reason for that, robin, is they win whether or not washington passes these proposals. What are investors keeping an eye on Going Forward . The key is that theres a big difference between a proposal and a done deal on taxes. Wall street is very much aware of that, because of what we saw happen with the Health Care Bill earlier last month. Robin . All right, thank you, rebecca. Now to the breaking news overnight. Tensions rising with north korea as the u. S. Deployed key parts of a Missile Defense system into place on a golf course in south korea. Martha raddatz with the latest. Martha, this was deployed ahead of schedule. It was. It will take several months to finally get it in place and get it operational. This is a very sophisticated system. The chinese dont want this system there because theyre basically afraid with those sophisticated radars that the u. S. Will be spying on china. But this is an antiMissile Defense system to protect from north korea. Its about 155 miles south of seoul. I saw a lot of those antiMissile Defense systems. The Patriot Missile system. This is south of seoul. Meantime, another incident revealed overnight with an iranian ship. A small iranian boat, against a big american destroyer. This was in the persian gulf. This happens fairly frequently. More unprofessional behavior. And the u. S. Ship had to fire flares to get the small boat the back off. Happened about 35 times last year. About seven times this year. President trump has already put out a warning in the past that these small boats should stay away. It happened monday. We just learned about it last night. Thank you, martha. New concerns former National Security adviser Michael Flynn may have broken the law. Both a top democrat and republican say flynn failed to disclose business dealings with russia. According to a new abc Washington Post poll 56 of americans think russia tried to affect the election. 39 think the Trump Campaign tried to assist the effort. Our Congressional Correspondent mary bruce from capitol hill. Reporter good morning. The president s first National Security adviser this morning could be on the hook for hundreds of thousands of dollars. And, potentially facing jail time after lawmakers here say he failed to properly disclose his business dealings abroad. Theyve already fired him. But this morning, the white house still cant escape the controversy surrounding Michael Flynn. Right now, the big question, did he break the law . That would be a question for him and Law Enforcement whether or not he filled i dont know what he filled out and what he did or did not do. Reporter over two years, he received hundreds of thousands of dollars from Foreign Governments. 2015 receiving 45,000 for appearing at this event in moscow. Seen here shaking hands with president putin. Now, the Top Republican and democrat on the House Oversight Committee Say flynn failed to properly disclose these ties. As a former military officer, you cant take money from russia, turkey, or anywhere else. It appears he took that money. It was inappropriate and there are repercussions. For the violation of law. Reporter its an omission that could cost him up to five years in prison. So you think he broke the law . I see nothing in those records that would lead me to believe that he complied with the law. He needed to do something proactively and he didnt. Reporter after just 24 days as National Security adviser, flynn was fired for lying to the Vice President about his conversations with the russian ambassador. Mike flynn is a fine person. And i asked for his resignation. Reporter now, lawmakers want to see additional documents related to his hiring and firing. The white house is not willing to hand them over. To ask for every call or contact that a National Security adviser made is pretty outlandish, if you will. Reporter now, flynns lawyer says he did brief the Defense Department extensively on the 2015 trip to russia. Hes not commenting on claims he may have broken the law. Could flynn face charges . That decision is now up to the military. George . Lets talk to dan abrams. Three legal issues right here and three venues. Number one, this reporting requirement, not reporting to various people he was working for. Thats with regard to getting security clearance. When you get clearance, youre required to answer certain questions. And willful and knowing concealment of information, like getting these kinds of payments, could be considered a crime. Thats the most likely issue. I think thats the one most people are talking about now. And the second one, we have heard about the emoluments clause. Apparently it applies to retired generals. A former military officer cant receive payments from a Foreign Government without getting congressional consent. The question here would be, one of the allegations is with regard to the television station russia today is that a Foreign Government . That would be the legal question involved there. Thats issue number two. Number one is concealment potentially of the information when getting security clearance. Number two is did he violate the laws of a Foreign Military officer getting payments from a Foreign Government . The third one is the violation of the logan act. Explain that. It prevents individual citizens with negotiating, in effect, with a Foreign Government. This relates back to december, before President Trump was inaugurated, was he having conversations with russian officials where he was effectively making promises on behalf of the government. That, too, could be a violation of the law. Were talking about violations that require a prosecution. It requires in almost all these cases the attorney general would have to decide to prosecute. Thats why its so dangerous. Michael . Now to the flooding in north carolina. A new storm thats bringing Severe Weather to the middle of the country. And ginger zee is tracking it all. Welcome back, ginger. Thank you, michael. The wettest april day on record for raleigh. Thats what made you look at pictures like this. The aerials are amazing to see. Unfortunate to see, as well. Numbers up to ten inches of rain that fell over a couple of days not just there, in parts of virginia, where that road is crushed. Whats happening . Dallas area, hit hard with severe thunderstorms. Oklahoma overnight with the big hail coming through. Today, the risk area stretches from st. Louis back through louisiana. Monroe, shreveport. Southern arkansas in the area that could see rough weather. Tornados, damages winds and hail, michael. Thank you, ginger. Amy joins us at the desk with the other top stories. Starting with a fire in the west. Theres new video that shows the wildfire burning south of tucson, arizona, now spreading to 20,000 acres in the Coronado National forest. About 100 residents have been evacuated. Heavy wind and dry conditions are fueling those flames. Ivanka trump is brushing off criticism she received during her first foreign trip as a white house adviser. Some people in the audience at a womens forum in germany booed and hissed when she discussed how her father has helped empower women. She later said politics is politics. People hold different perspectives. She said shes listening and learning. A message from pope francis this morning during an unannounced ted talk. For the ted media organization. The pope urged politicians to stay humble, or he warned, power will ruin them. The pope said we can only build a future if we stand together. A major freeway in los angeles back open now after a fiery crash involving this tractor trailer and several other vehicles. One person was killed. Ten others injured. That truck crossing the Center Divider apparently caused the wreckage. It took nearly eight hours to reopen those lanes. And a supreme distraction in the most unlikeliest of places. A cell phone started ringing during oral arguments that the Supreme Court on tuesday. And who was to blame, you ask . Justice Stephen Breyer himself. A reporter says he was redfaced as he tried quickly to shut it off. He apparently brought the phone to court by accident. Several questions remain. What the ring tone is . Were not sure yet. It was weird. Not the normal one. I know who is calling me. My kids. They wont even know im on television. Im like, guys, im in the middle of something. No, they dont care. Theyll call in the middle of the show or the court, make the Blood Pressure rise. And we have something right here. Major league baseballs newest odd couple. Reports that retired yankees captain derek jeter and former Florida Governor jeb bush are teaming up to buy the Miami Marlins. Jesse palmer has all the details. Whats going on, jesse . Reporter jeter and jeb have one thing in common. A love of baseball. Some might remember george w. Bush was part owner of the Texas Rangers. But derek jeter has long talked about owning a team. Derek jeter, the superstar short stop known for putting his body on the line. It will be a tough play, jeter on the run, makes the play. Reporter to make clutch plays throughout his hall of fame career with the yankees. History with an exclamation point reporter is teaming up with jeb bush, the onetime president ial candidate that donald trump famously called low energy on the campaign trail. Please clap. Reporter baseballs new odd couple is reportedly part of a group joining forces to buy the Miami Marlins for a staggering 1. 3 billion. According to the miami herald. It may seem unlikely. But the now retired jeter has long spoken about owning a team one day. Ultimate goal is to be an owner. I would love to call the shots. I have learned a lot in my career. Reporter and bushs family does have history with baseball. Jebs brother george was part owner of the Texas Rangers in the 1990s. Before starting his political career and their father, george h. W. Bush played baseball for yale in the 1940s. The details of the deal