On the verge of greatness. Steph currys Golden State Warriors going for a history making win as another legend, kobe bryant, prepares to say goodbye to the game. The end of one era, the beginning of another right now. Good morning, america. Happy wednesday. What a night ahead in the nba. Just minutes after kobe made his announcement that this was going to be his last game, you know, when he did this months ago, well, just minutes after that sold out. Ticket prices for tonights game shot up becoming some of the most expensive for a regular season game in sports history. Yes, as george said history could be made tonight. Steph curry and the warriors also have a chance to do it, to beat the record of Michael JordansChicago Bulls team for the most wins in a regular season. What a season they are having. Im going to go on record ill be tired tomorrow morning because ill be up late so when you see the red eyes, got it. Thank you, all. Well begin, though, with the race for the white house and the battle for new york. A new poll showing donald trump with a huge lead. Up more than 40 points. The primary now just six days away and trumps family making headlines in a town hall overnight. Abcs jon karl is in syracuse, new york, with the latest. Good morning, jon. Reporter good morning, robin. As he attempts to close the deal on the republican nomination, donald trump is moving closer to an allout war with his own party. He has a huge lead in new york but bitterly complaining about republican primary rules accusing his own party of trying to tank his nomination. This is a dirty trick and ill tell you why, the rnc, the Republican National committee, they should be ashamed of themselves for allowing this kind of crap to happen. I can tell you that. Reporter hes upset about what happened last week in colorado especially which held a convention instead of an open election and awarded all of its delegates to ted cruz. We talked to trump about it backstage before his rally in rome, new york. You saw what chairman priebus said. These rules were set last year, nothing mysterious, nothing new. Its totally mysterious. This fact the people running it dont know about it. No, its a rigged system. Reporter there are rules. Were you unprepared for this . Youre not a professional politician. Not, im not. I was ready for a democratic race meaning, you know, democracy and this is not democracy. This is not democracy at its finest i can tell you because im leading by millions of votes. Reporter in a cnn town hall meeting with his family, trump said straight up, the Party Leaders dont want him to get the nomination. Youre saying you dont think the rnc wants you to get the nominati nomination. No, i dont. Reporter ted cruz says trump is just trying to bully the party and the delegates. Donald needs to stop threatening the voters. He needs to stop threatening the delegates. He is not a mobster. Reporter at the family town hall, trumps Adult Children and his wife melania tried to show the softer side of the gop frontrunner. Now you see this side and its something we love doing because we love the man to death. Whenever my father puts his heart and soul into something he goes full force. Reporter even his own family says he needs to act more president ial. How would you like him to be different . Just to use nice language. Better language. Sometimes better language. He sometimes tell him to withhold some of that sort of fire. I also understand it and i think its instinct. Im capable of doing it. Its easy to do it. Easier to do it than the way i behave right now. I have two more people i have to take out and reporter Republican Party chairman Reince Priebus fired back overnight at trump with a tweet saying, quote, nomination process known for a year and beyond. Its the responsibility of the campaigns to understand it. Complaints now . Give us all a break. George, i have never seen anything like it. A war of words between the Party Chairman and the person that is the frontrunner right now for that partys nomination. Yeah and Reince Priebus, it really is and priebus has been talking to trump a lot. He seems pretty fed up in that tweet right there. Lets talk to moscow right now. Our little analyst. Matthew, this war of words between the rnc chair and donald trump. At the same time you saw some of trumps best assets out there in that town hall meeting last night. Well, yeah, as jon said its unprecedented hes in a fight with the people he wants the nomination of. I actually thought last night was his best moment. They put on a great face and a great interview in the course of that and one of the things ive learned the last 20 years is people now dont just vote for one person they vote for a family in the white house and they want to see the family as a unit and i this i that showed very well for donald trump last night. He is going to have to pull his delegate Campaign Together to do a better job of getting these people on board. Well, he has never in this process put together a real professional campaign that we have seen, ever seen before that its not even close to what weve seen in the past before. I think donald trump understands that he probably gets to probably 1100 delegates, maybe 1200. How does he get the last 100 . Through a mechanism of mechanics and a Real Campaign and hes in a hurry to put that together. Big news from the speaker of the house paul ryan making calls to draft him at the convention. He finally put it to rest. I do not want, nor will i accept the nomination for our party. If no candidate has a majority on the first ballot, i believe that you should only choose from a person who is actually participated in the primary. Count me out. I should not be considered, period, end of story. Now, that seems about as shermanesque as you can get, matt. Thats pretty direct statement. I think he figured out, you know, george, id like to go see the pope and visit with the pope but im not going to get an invitation. Paul ryan wasnt going to get an invitation. A better chance kobe will play next year than he will be the nominee. Thank you, matthew dowd. Over to robin. Thats our matt, george. Now to that massive storm battering the south. Baseballsize hail and flooding and more violent weather is on the way. Ginger is back and has the latest. Good morning, ging. Happening this morning and look at this large hail this time in san antonio, texas, the hand shredding peoples blind from the inside to outside and look at this. Brandnew out of jackson, mississippi, from the heavy rains that moved through. Record rainfall near 5 inches. The roof collapses at that school, the water rushing in, rushing outside. Fortunately no one hurt there. Flood watches this morning, still san antonio, texas, having some big issues, but from pensacola back through parts of mississippi, southern alabama watching the rainfall. I have more on that robin coming up on how much rainfall along the gulf coast in a couple minutes. All right, ginger, thank you. Now to the big health alert about the zika virus. The house now taking a big step passing a bill to speed up zika Drug Research as Health Officials say americans and at least 30 states could potentially be at risk. Joining us now from bethesda, maryland, dr. Anthony fauci, the director of the National Institute for allergy and Infectious Disease at the National Institutes of health. Thank you very much for your time this morning. I know you spoke recently at that White House Briefing where the cdc announced that the zika virus could be scarier than first thought. What does that exactly mean, sir . Well, theres several things. One, its obviously spreading, you know, rather rapidly. Were seeing cases that are travel related cases coming to the United States. We havent seen local cases yet. But when you look at the ability of this virus to destroy tissue of the brain and neurological tissue, that its ability to cause damage to the neurological system is really getting rather concerning, even more so than we thought originalfully sir, does it go beyond pregnant women here and how close is there to finding a treatment . I think when we talk about treatment, thats something that is probably in the distance, in the sense of its an acute viral infection. We really need to think about prevention, and one of the ways you can prevent obviously it is to develop a vaccine and thats something we have on very much of a fast track to try and begin some studies, early studies of vaccine candidates that we have lined up. The other is mosquito control. Not only controlling mosquitoes, killing mosquitoes, preventing their breeding but also protecting pregnant women with things like making sure we can avoid mosquito contact. You know we have the cdc recommendation that people in the United States who are pregnant thinking of becoming pregnant going to these areas should really not travel to the involved areas. The president asked for 1. 9 billion in funding last february as we were reporting the house is now finally acting upon it. What do you need, doctor, to be able to properly face this . We need the money to begin and continue the programs weve already started with the programs now. We cant delay, but the money that was asked for is really absolutely necessary for us to get the job done. All right. Dr. Fauci, thank you very much for your tireless efforts. We appreciate it very much. Good to be with you. Of course, adding to the growing concerns summer will be here before we know it. Its real eye opening to see that red spread across the u. S. Map. There are new developments this morning in the shooting death of will smith. The super bowl champ gunned down in a road rage incident and authorities now say there was a loaded gun in his car. Abcs ryan smith has the latest. Reporter breaking overnight, police revealing to abc news former nfl star will smith had a fully loaded 9 millimeter handgun in his car when he was gunned down by 28yearold cardell hayes. Authorities say ballistics show the weapon wasnt fired and they did not find bullet casings. Police also recovering a fully load eed revolver from hayes c different from the gun he used to shoot smith and his wife raquel at least once in the leg. This Morning Police searching a third car involved in the car accident, a gray impala, they say, contained two friends of smith, uninjured during the shooting. Police not confirming their identities, but a close friend of smiths, Washington Redskins running back Pierre Thomas was photographed at the scene after the shooting posting this on instagram, i witnessed a close friend shot to death over an expletive fender bender. Hayes defense attorney saying his client wasnt the aggressor. Will smiths father speaking out for the First Time Since his sons death to our affiliate wtvd. He shot him in the back and then he walked up on him and shot him again and then when his wife started screaming we have babies, he shot her. Please tell me where that was not murder. Reporter smiths father, attempting to forgive his sons killer. Do i forgive the gentleman that shot my son . Yes, i do and many going to forget him, hell no. Reporter hayes has been charged with Second Degree murder. He has not yet entered a plea but another charge for shooting raquel smith is pending and a further investigation recovering from nonlifethreatening injuries. Thanks very much. What a story. It really is, george. Now to an incredible survival story. A 72yearold woman stranded for nine days in the arizona wilderness. She says she drank pond water and ate plants to survive and made a sign that said help to signal rescuers and abcs Clayton Sandell has her remarkable story. This morning, 72yearold ann rodgers has managed to not just beat the odds but smash them to pieces. On march 31st shes driving to see her family in phoenix. However, i took a wrong turn. Reporter ending up in the remote arizona wilderness. Her car out of gas. There was no way to do anything other than camp in the car that night with queenie, my dog and nike, my cat. Reporter on april 3rd her car and her cat are found but rodgers and her dog queenie missing, cold desperate to find water and plants they can eat to survive. Every night the cold set in, so i had to prepare my campfire, space for me and queenie to squeeze together and curl up together for body warmth. Reporter for nine days search teams come up empty. A few days later searchers spot queenie and then this a help signal made from rocks and sticks. The ground searchers found my note, please, please help. I need it now. Reporter finally a helicopter finds rodgers, remarkably not just alive after nine days but able to walk to the chopper all on her own. Age does not necessarily mean inability. It can mean wisdom. Reporter for Good Morning America, Clayton Sandell, abc news, denver. What she said i love. Now to amy with the mornings other top stories starting with some news about the fbi. Thats right. We have new details now about how the fbi was able to break into the cell phone that belonged to the San Bernardino shooter. The Washington Post reporting the fbi paid a onetime fee to professional hackers who found a flaw in apples software then created a device to figure out syed farooks password. A Police Officer shot in ohio during a standoff has died from his injuries. Steven smith of the Columbus Police department is now the 16th Law Enforcement officer to die this year as a result of firearms. That is double the number this time last year. Well, the governor of North Carolina is amending a controversial law that limits antidiscrimination protection for gay and transgender people and his new executive order will change the states equal opportunity Employment Policy to include Sexual Orientation and gender identity. Well, nearly 40,000 workers at verizon are on strike demanding better pay and job security. The company says trained replacement workers will pick up the slack. Finally, one couple got so romantic at a bar in montana they were oblivious to their surroundings, even an armed robbery. Take a look. Theyre busy smooching there, right. Then masked men run in and hold up the bar pointing the gun at people but the couple carries on unaware as even though other frightened Customers Put their hands up. The lovers came up for air only when the robbers left the bar as the bartender hit the alarm. And to that i say love to blind. Apparently. I was wondering what you were going to say about that. I was too. I had a few lined up too. Big. Robin, were get ready. Were not going to get sleep. A huge night in basketball and the Golden State Warriors looking to break a 20year nba record and not just any record, Michael Jordans. And lakers star kobe bryant closing out his 20year career and both kicking off at the same time and t. J. Holmes is here with more. Hey, teej. Forget politics. This is the most heated debate we have going on in the country. Were all divided. Jordans 96 bulls that won a 72 games or currys 2016 warriors that could win their 73rd tonight. Who is the greatest . Depends who you ask. The nba champion Golden State Warriors have had a nonstop recordbreaking season. Running to klay thompson. Reporter 24 straight wins to start the season, the longest ever home court winning streak at 54 and the first team to clinch a playoff spot with a whopping two months left in the regular season. Curry gets his back. Reporter now with 72 wins, mvp steph curry and his warriors have tied for the most wins in a single season. One game away from breaking the 95 96 Chicago Bulls. Could they be the greatest team of all time . Bulls hall of Famer Scottie pippen says golden state wouldnt stand a chance against his team. Bulls and four. They dont get one off you . No. Reporter others not so sure. Steph curry is the baby face assassin or the reason. The brother has heart, skip. Anything can happen. Reporter but the warriors have a secret weapon. Their coach. Steve kerr was on that 96 bulls squad. But wisely told the San Francisco gate if the two teams played each other theres no question that we could beat us and they could beat them. Well played. Steph curry remains coy, as well. Were doing Something Special and this is a great time to be a warrior fan. With the hottest ticket of the night actually kobes last game. I remember when i spoke with him in november about tonight and how its going to be very emotional for him. 20 illustrious years. Thanks, t. J. Ginger. Another couple of mornings with frost and freeze advisory, indiana through connecticut but will warm up after this. I will tell you about that good morning, everybody. Im meteorologist karen rogers. Its 41 degrees in philadelphia but the below freezing in some of the northwest suburbs. Lets take a look outside right now. We have beautiful sunshine. Looking live down the shore. Heres your accuweather forecast. Mostly sunny today, cool, even in the afternoon. 58 december, several degrees below average but tomorrow a bit milder, 62. We continue to be sunny on friday, 64. The weekend looks great. Lots of sun saturday. 67. Were up to 74 by sunday. Time n an emotional interview about her arrest after that fight with her father. It was pretty aggressive, yeah, it was very scary. It shook me up. Shes revealing also a very dark secret this morning. And some