It just felt like i was on a roller coaster. I never had this kind of experience. Its the first time for me. It was pretty intense but im glad we made it safe, you know . Meanwhile Severe Weather also striking texas on thursday. Look at that, hail the size of peas, golf balls even baseballs. The ice storm blasted holes through car windshields. It snarled the morning commute. The hail was coming down so hard, it actually killed several flamingos at the fort worth zoo. And in mississippi, there were creepy foreboding clouds. They were warning of potential tornadoes thursday night and next, there is that storm that is headed for the northeast this weekend. Maybe getting one to three inches of snow. Wow. Just in time for the first day of spring is sunday. Its unbelievable at this point were still having to deal with it. Talk about the lightning strike, it would seem that would be a common thing on planes. I think it seems uncommon. The surprising thing is the is that the average airliner gets struck by lightning once a year. I think that seems high. Im surprised you im just shocked that youre a big traveler, too. You travel all the time. That it doesnt happen more often. I think once a year seems like a lot. It is. Obviously it was a roller coaster ride. That was the first and last plane flight for that woman. I know. Lauren needs to head back to california at some point. Scare her away from that. Thanks, lauren. Appreciate it. As lauren mentioned that storm that dumped hail on texas is expected to get stronger. The radar shows its over the deep south and when it turns north, it will turn into snow, causing travel delays. Accuweathers Justin Povick has more. Good morning. Reena, kendis, thanks and good morning to you. Were following another storm system that will eventually will place a cold enough air mass in the northeast to produce some heavier snows later on this weekend. In some areas. For today, its not all that there will be snow showers falling. Could see a grassy coating around albany. All rain from pittsburgh to new york. I think at least briefly it could be heavy enough to produce some delays. Gulf coast watching this area closely for additional flooding. And a storm will develop here and then lift north and east back into the northeast later on this weekend and now we have plenty of cold air in place so the concern is all snow here and for some, it could be several inches. Well be watching this very, very closely. Reena, kendis, back to you. Thank you. The weather inside all the arenas when march madness was playing out was beautiful because they were all ip doors. As for the basketball,some busting upsets. Not happy with this one. Yale and baylor in those horrible neon uniforms. What the heck. Baylor had a chance to pull it out with just seconds to go. But couldnt get it done. Yale wins its first ever march madness game. He had play duke tomorrow. I told kendis to go with baylor. Next purdue against the the trojans sendsing it to overtime with a steph currylike threepointer. The second overtime, arkansas, little rock did just enough to pull off the upset. They play iowa state tomorrow. Finally 11th seed gonzaga against sixth seed seton hall. It seems the zags might be getting hot at the right time leading by ten at halftime. Gonzaga faces utah tomorrow. There are 16 more games today starting just after noon eastern time. From when syracuse faces dayton. This is what happens when you give reen fla, you have reena advise you on your bracket. Yeah. Not a good idea. I made my case. All of these marks all over the place. Go with bailer. Its not a reena thing. There are a lot of people across America Today who also rooted for baylor over yale. Thats it. I made my case to you during a commercial break why i thought baylor over yale. How many bracks did you fill out . I did two. Went with her advice for both of this em. Once its over, its over. They dont get a do over. Best of three. I did just shred my script. I dont know where the second bracket was. Thanks, brian, for calling me out on that. All right. A runner from buffalo has found a unique way to train for an upcoming marathon. And jim has decided to run every street in the city. He started january 1st and by the buffalo marathon during memorial day weekend, hell have run about 700 miles. He says it all started by chance when he set out from his house for a run and now its turned into a challenge. Whenever he finds something that interests him, he stops and takes a picture for his instagram account. Keep on running. I finally found my second bracket. That will go. Coming up in insomniac and hope and a Science Fiction drama. We have the reviews. Also ahead it, stop that car. The plans to put automatic braking systems in most cars in a few years. How they work and how they save lives. 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Reporter these killer whales will be the last to live in captivity at seaworld theme parks. The company will end or ca breeding this year, to that end, we also reconfirmed our commitment to end theatrical shows. The Entertainment Company announced thursday its been listening to growing criticism. After years of mounting protests, the 2010 death of down brancheau and the release of cnns scathing documentary blackfish. When you look into their eyes you know somebody is home. Reporter seaworld is changing with the tide and even teaming up with its longtime critic, the humane society. This is something that every animal advocate in the nation can celebrate as progress. I applaud seaworlds forward looking humane and market responsive leadership. Reporter as for the 29 killer what is now in captivity, thats where theyll say. The company is now building them larger more natural orca encolorings for guests to observe with a message of conservation. The best place for them is at seaworld. No whale born urnd human care has been released successfully. Reporter the current shows will end here in california next year. Its parks in texas and florida will follow suit in 2019. Reena and kendis . Brandi, thank you so much. Coming up, technology putting the brakes on dangerous traffic accidents. Were riding along in cars that stop all by themselves. Youre watching world news now. Tt2wmrst po j , d tt2wmrst p n \ , tt2wmrst p4 j 6x tt2wmrst px ` 8, tt2wmrst pt j` 98h tt2wmrst pt j ` 2x, tt2wmrst pp j ` c0 tt2wmrst pl. ` m0\ tt2wmrst pl 0` v 4 stop in the name of love, before you break my heart stop in the name of love millions of new cars in america are going to stop on their own soon. Automatic brake systems will be standard in nearly all cars within the next several years. Abcs david kerley who covers transportation shows us the technology that can stop accidents. Its called automatic emergency braking. Im getting really close to this abstackal. Reporter on a test track. It takes over everything. I keep my foot off the brake. Amazing. If auto braking cameras and sensors were in all cars today, its estimated 700,000 crashes prevented. Some carmakers advertise the system but as of today, its just an option. On only 5 of all new cars. There are lives at stake. Reporter the government and 20 automakers announcing a historic deal. In just six years, nearly every car and within eight years every pickup and large suv will have automatic braking as standard equipment. Have they realized that safety sells . What theyre founding out its not only good for safety but good for business for them to focus in this way on saving lives. Reporter the deal by passing drawnout regulation coz put more safety in your new car sooner. David kerley, abc news, washington. Good move. Would that help make you a good driver. Well, thats kind of a presumptive question. Oh, man. You look so stern. Yeah. Im just like, its okay. The subway most of the day. Exactly. 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The reviews fairly mixed for anyone looking for a touching story about faith and love, this is for you. Kyle smith of the New York Post notes the sweet sincerity makes it hard to dislike. Mary car estrella of the Fort Worth Star telegram warns a box of tissues may not be enough to keep up with the water work. Good to know. Next a movie that ames to push the boundaries of the genre called Midnight Special written and directed by the Young Filmmaker jeff nickles. Michael shan on is the father of an unusual 8yearold after discovering that the boy possesses mysterious powers, the father and son duo go on the run. You cannot leave the band. You hear me . Im sorry. I shouldnt have left you. No, im sorry. Oh, and kyle loren. The reviews for Midnight Special have been very good with comparisons to spielbergs Close Encounters of a third kind. David sexton says the movie makes a gripping journey beyond belief. And mark ryan of uprox dp calls it intancy from start to finish. Two interesting movies. I might go check it out. Like your kind of movie. What, dark depressing . That wasnt what i was hinting at. Thats the news for this half hour. Remember to follow us on this morning on world news now, powerful storms impacting millions of americans. From pea sized hail stones killing flamingos at a texas zoo to a bolt of lightning forcing a jet to make an Emergency Landing in new york. Plus a major snowstorm predicted for the first day of spring. Your voice, your vote. The uproar over Donald Trumps comments about Republican Convention riots and who wants to bring unity to the Democratic Party before tuesdays vote. The prayer prophets. Are judgment day for a website that cashed in on anyone going online looking for faith. Who got into trouble and who is forced to pay. And later swift kick. Who is helping women even themselves when their lives depend on its friday, march 18th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. We do say good morning to everyone. Friday has arrived. Im kendis gibson. Tgif in a big way. Fantastic day. Were going to start this half hour of course, with the big wild weather. Already saturating parts of the south and they can expect more rain today. And boy, here in new york, lightning struck a passenger plane forcing it to make an Emergency Landing. We get more on the widespread storms from abcs lauren lyster. Reporter hail the size of peas golf balls, even baseballs pelting parts of texas thursday. Blasting holes through car windshields, terrorizing drivers. I was sitting in my car and boom, that happened. Glass was flying inward. I got a cut on my arm. I was ready for it to go. Reporter the morning commute a slushy mess for drivers. The hail coming down so hard it, actually killed several flamingos at the fort worth zoo. The ice balls damaging buildings, too. Creating a wintry landscape but degrees. In mississippi, it was creepy foreboding clouds warning of potential tornadoes thursday night. And in the northeast 4233 just got hit by lightning. Dont send us through there again. Its pretty bad. Reporter an American Airlines flight struck by lightning. The plane damaged on the rear wing. Forced to make an Emergency Landing on the way from North Carolina to new york. There was a flash of light. And big explosion. The plane dipped about 100 feet. Out of nowhere. Reporter and next the threat of snow sunday into monday. The areas of concern thats going to be d. C. , baltimore, this could run right up interstate 95 corridor. There is going to be the potential here for several inches of snow. Reporter reena and kendis ta snowstorm coming just in time for the first day of spring on sunday. Our friends at accuweather telling us march is always up to some tricks though and this time of year snow would not be completely unusual. Lauren, last year you covered a big snowstorm on the first day you have spring, as well. Thats why i could be the weather expert. This is not completely unusual. I can remember being out in new york right near central park trying to talk to people how they felt about snow on the first day of spring. And you know cynical new yorkers everyone was saying to me, yeah, its still cold this time of year. Cynical new yorkers sounded like valley girls is what youre saying. Wow. I need to try a little harder. Abcs lauren lyster, thanks so much for that report. Michigan say theyre not satisfied yesterdays capitol hill hearing on the citys water crisis. The tense hearing focused on the lead contamination of the citys water supply. Most of the republican lawmakers hammering the states republican governor for his role in the crisis. He apologized and said that he had been told the problems werent severe. Lawmakers werent buying any of it. You were not in a medically induced coma for a year and ive had about enough of your false contrition and your phony apologies. This was a failure of government at all levels. Local, state, and federal officials. We all failed the families of flint. Snyder dismissed demands that he resign as governor. Head of the epa was also slammed by lawmakers. Gina mccarthy admitted her agency hasnt been quick enough to respond but refused to say the epa failed flint. A group of conservatives have released details of that are secret meeting to try to the threehour discussion focused on ways to prevent him from being the nominee at the convention. Theres an uproar among other republicans about trumps suggestion that there will be riots if hes denied the gop nomination at the convention. House Speaker Paul Ryan paid his thoughts clear on capitol hill. Nobody should say such things in my opinion because to even address or hint to violence is unacceptable. John kasich called trumps comment an outrage. Kasichs Campaign Today campaigned today in utah before the states republican primary. Ted cruz will be in arizona today despite his campaign acknowledging that trump will likely with inthat state next week. On the democratic side, Hillary Clinton has been declared the winner of tuesdays missouri primary. She went five or five on the night. Bernie sanders says he will not contest the close result. And theres starting to be talk of Democratic Unity behind Abcs Cecilia Vega reports. Reporter the New York Times reporting president obama told a group of democratic donors it will soon be time for Bernie Sanders campaign to end and for democrats to unite behind Hillary Clinton. The white house denying the president was endorsing clinton, but adding, he did say this. Our success in november, in electing a democratic president , will depend on the commitment and ability of the Democratic Party to come together behind our nominee. Reporter if thats Hillary Clinton, it will be full circle for two people who once battled. Although we werent able to shatter that highest, hardest Glass Ceiling this time, thanks to you, its got about 18 million cracks in it. Reporter but then, that meeting at the white house. Clinton joining his team. That moment in the situation room. And now clinton on the trail, campaigning on their close ties, helping herself, but helping his i think he doesnt get the credit he deserves for having fought for a recovery that is taking hold. President obama would later go on to call Hillary Clinton one of his most trusted advisers, clearly though he is choosing his words very carefully here. This seems to be about as close an endorsement as you can possibly get. Cecilia vega, abc news, new york. Breaking news from north korea where the military has fired a medium range Ballistic Missile into the sea. Test firing violates multiple u. N. Security Council Resolutions that ban North Carolina from encaging in any ba lis it i can and into your clear activities. Its certain to heighten tensions over North Carolinas nuclear ambition. Complicating matters is the case of a student sentenced by north korea to 15 years of hard labor. Diplomatic efforts are under way heres abcs martha raddatz. Reporter the u. S. Is quietly working to free american student otto warmbier. It was this security video that the North Koreans say shows warmbier stealing a political banner like this one from the hotel where he was staying with a tour group. And taking it is a crime against the state. I have made the worst mistake of my life. Reporter the 21year old uva student clearly shaken, now sentenced to 15 years of hard labor. Please save my life. Please think of my family. I am the oldest son in my family. Reporter now helping the family seek release, former governor bill richardson. He equates the theft with a college prank. Hopefully now after this sentencing, itll mean negotiations can start on his release on humanitarian grounds. Reporter close to a dozen american tourists have been arrested in north korea in the last six years, all released. The North Koreans have, in the past, wanted a highlevel negotiator, like bill clinton, american journalists in 2009. But this is a time of great tension with the North Koreans because of their nuclear and Ballistic Missile tests, and there is no telling what they will do and what they will demand. Martha raddatz, abc news, washington. A scary scene at a high school in south florida when a pep rally performance went horribly wrong. A professional fire breather accidentally erupted in flames horrifying hundreds of students and teachers in the audience. The stuntman was hospitalized in serious condition along with seven others including some students who inhaled fire extinguisher dust. Well, also in florida, jurors will hear closing arguments in the hulk hogan lawsuit. The former pro wrestler is suing gawker for 100 million for posting a sex tape of him online. He claims it violated his privacy. Yesterday lawyers for gawker showed hogan a promo video of him wearing t back underwear and okay. I was waiting for that image. I guess weve been spared that. We dont want that image burned in our brain. Right. We do hope everyone had a good st. Patricks day. Im trying to segue to something happier. They celebrated in an appropriate manner probably. Plenty of marching and other stuff going on here in new york city. Yes, there was also marching but maybe not as much in the small village of conklin, michigan. Once again, they staged their rather short st. Patricks day parade. We say short because the route was all of 150 yards long. The grand rapids Catholic Central marching band took part as did some musicians and people were wearing green. When they got to the end of the route, many of them spent some time at a local establishment. Establishment . Im warning you, giving you a years notice. Next st. Paddys day is on a friday. Wow. Yeah. Is it going to be on the 17th, as well . 17th for the foreseeable future. Great to know. By the way, this years st. Paddy hes day parade was at 25th. Annual. Youre good with math. Coming up in the mix, one of the most talked about moments from the first day of march madness. Youve got to see this. Also ahead the cutting edge selfdefense roo feen for women. Have you ever hot of fighting back with a high heel shoe. And the website promising prayers in exchange for money. Who is accused of cashing in on people looking for solace and comfort. And wnnfans. Com and twitter abcwnp. Youre watching world news now. Everyone loves the way dark clothes make them feel. And no one wants that feeling to fade. Thats why theres woolite darks. Its free of harsh ingredients, so your love for dark clothes will never fade. Woolite darks. Your heart loves omega3s. But theres a difference between the omega3s in fish oil and those in megared krill oil. 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The man running the website under fire for exploiting americans searching for prayer and counsel from religious leaders. Prosecutors say all of it was fake. Heres abcs neal karlinksky. People seeking spiritual help flocked to Christian Prayer Center desperate for the power of prayer and the help of pastors like jon karl son. People are thinking their problems are going to be solved. Reporter the Online Church came with a fee of between 9 and 35 for prayers. Washington states attorney general says it was all a scam. Pastor carlson is outraged too saying his name was used without his permission. In fact, investigators say all kinds of fake religious leaders and testimonials were used to entice people to the tune of 7 million worth of paid prayers between 2011 and 2015. All of it, they say, the brainchild of this man, benjamin ragovie. He was asking people to give money under deceptive circumstances. He couldnt be reaped for comment. The website says its closed adding we thank you for all the prayers. Reporter the attorney prayers and they want cash. Hes now agreed to pay back 7. 5 million to more than 1507b,000 commerce. Theres actually a customer protection act that prevent these charitable organizations churches from offering false things. You know, that they cant make good on. A lot of people were going on the site and hoping and praying for you know, to have a child to have a healthy baby to, win the lotto and all these Different Things and theyre out of money and theyre out of luck. All right, coming up in our next half hour, keeping kids safe from medicines. A new warning about accidental overdoses and the alarming way kids can easily open child proof prescriptions. First the selfdefense course that teaches women to protect themselves using still will let toes. Shes so good with her stilettos ah, the billy joel song stiletto can tells about a woman doing damage to the man in her life. Theres a new form of selfdefense that can do the dan harris shows us the trend. Not only does she sick some serious butt, she does it sporting sky high stilettos. The selfdefense guru has trained celebrities such as Kerry Russell of the americans and amanda seyfert. Ive been taking selfdefense with avi for about four months and its pretty much changed my life. Reporter her group class focuses on teaming all types of women to protect themselves using footwear. A former ballerina, she switched her focus to selfdefense while she was just a teenager. Unfortunately, i was sexually sauled when i was 19 by someone i knew and i tried to find a way to heal myself. Had i father recommended a selfdefense system. It was the one thing that allowed me to feel the sense of empowerment because i felt like i was doing something positive towards the incident. Reporter hi heals are a key ingredient so her students are never unprepared. Selfdefense. Its not martial arts. Its youre caught off guard. 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Was he following a girl before his capture in iraq . New this half hour, the unusual scene at a pennsylvania store. Witnesses say they saw someone loading up a shopping cart and leaving the store without paying. Police say a nun was shoplifting. And whats going on with madonna, from a concert starting two hours late to an embarrassed fan on stage. The negative attention shes friday, march 18th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good friday morning, everyone. Im kendis gibson. Im reena ninan. Lets begin with the race for president and a seemingly concerted effort to stand in the way of donald trump. Stopping the republican frontrunners progress was the subject of a threehour long behind closed doors meeting of conservatives yesterday in washington, d. C. Also on the agenda, the possibility of a third Party President ial challenge. Decisions will be made by antitrump forces over the next few days about how to best use resources. Trump also under fire for some of his comments earlier this week. Abcs Jonathan Karl has more. Reporter donald trump was denounced by Republican Leaders in washington and ohio for predicting riots if he loses the nomination this summer at the convention in cleveland. Nobody should say such things in my opinion because to even address or hint to violence is unacceptable. Who is both running against trump and hosting this summers you convention told abc news, trumps talk is downright dangerous. To even imply that there could be violence if he doesnt get his way, you know, hes not running for the presidency of the wwe. Hes running for president of the united states. And this kind of language is an outrage. Reporter and trump is under fire from an entirely different source. Vladimir putin, the kremlin denouncing trumps latest attack on Hillary Clinton. This video splices together footage of clinton and the russian president. Putins spokesman accused trump of demonizing russia. It comes one day after trump said this when asked who he consult about foreign policy. Im speaking with myself number one because i have a very good brain. And ive said a lot of things. Reporter Hillary Clinton claims shes already getting worried calls from foreign leaders. Ask if they can endorse me to stop donald trump. Say no, i mean this is up to americans. Reporter and another attack on trump, the Hacker Group Anonymous claims they have hacked into his private information including his Social Security number, cell phone information, and address. The Trump Campaign has issued a statement responding to the alleged hack by anonymous saying, the government and Law Enforcement authorities are seeking the arrest of the people responsible for attempting to illegally hack mr. Trumps accounts and his telephone information. Jonathan karl, abc news, washington. More politics now. Weve heard from senator marco rubio for the First Time Since he suspended his campaign on tuesday night. Rubio went home to miami after taking care of some business in d. C. Before leaving the capital, he ma talked about his plans, which he said do not include most government positions. Im not interested in being disrespectful way. Im not running for governor of florida. Im going to finish my term in the senate over the next ten months. After his senate term ends, it remains unclear exactly what rubio will do. He says he also did not make an endorsement among the republican contenders although he did say conservative and that he liked john kasich. The u. S. Is now accusing isis of committing genocide. Secretary of state john kerry said the terror group is responsible for genocide against christians and other muslim groups flps iraq and syria. Many are forced to convert to islam or be killed. The announcement is not expected to change americas Bombing Campaign against isis. The young man from virginia accused of fighting for isis is speaking out in a new video. The man says he made a bad decision and is anxious to return home to america. Heres abcs terry moran. Reporter accused by kurdish authorities of fighting for isis, the young american, born in virginia, tells a very it was all about a girl, he told kurdish tv in iraq. I made a bad decision to go with the girl and go to mosul, because i wasnt thinking straight. Where are you from . United states. Reporter Mohamad Jamal khweis, 26 years old, captured monday by Kurdish Peshmerga fighters near sinjar, iraq. He says he left the u. S. Last december and made his way through europe to syria, and then mosul in iraq, his girlfriends hometown. But he hated it there. Its not like the western countries. I found it hard for everyone there. Reporter and khweis has a message. The life in mosul, its really, really bad. The people who are controlling mosul dont represent the religion isis is, isil. They dont represent the religion. Reporter u. S. Officials say traveled to the middle east to khweis says thats not him, but he will surely face hard questions from u. S. Investigators about what exactly he was doing in isis territory. Terry moran, abc news, washington. Who went on a stabbing rampage last november was in fact inspired by isis. Investigators found isis propaganda on a laptop belonging to Faisal Mohammad and say he had visited several terrorist web sites before launching his attack at uc merced. But they say he acted alone when he stabbed and wounded four people before police shot and killed him. A baltimore ramps player is in Critical Condition this morning following a dirtbike crash. Cornerback trey walker was airlifted to a Miami Hospital suffering from head trauma. Sources tell our abc station in miami that an unnamed new England Patriots player was with walker at the time, but has since disappeared. Now some extreme weather at an American Airlines jet. The pilot was forced to make an Emergency Landing at new yorks jfk airport. It was supposed to land at laguardia. Passengers say they saw a flash of light. Passengers heard what sounded like a big explosion. No one was injured. The faa is looking into the incident. In texas, the problem was hail, some of it the size of golf balls. Hail blasted holes in car windshields. Several flamingos and other birds at the fort worth zoo were also affected. Thousands in the dallas area lost power. And that storm system col strengthen in the south and turn into a snowstorm for northeast. Heres Justin Povick at accuweather. Good morning, justin. Kendis, reena, good morning to you, as well. Were following a system thats going to drive down cold enough air to produce more snow. I know its march but its been warm lately. This is going to be a shock to the system. Accumulations very light over the high terrain. Mostly showers from pittsburgh but there be some flight delays. Later on this weekend, im concerned about accumulating snows and gusty winds and march travel delays. At least the possibility from d. C. To bangor. Reena, back to you. Thank you so much. A pennsylvania nun is charged with shoplifting that police say was caught on video. Workers at a Surplus Store say that the woman put 23 worth of items in her cart and then rushed out of the store. State Police Tracked her car to a nearby convent. They found out the alleged shoplifter was a 78yearold nun. I was shocked to say the least. I was shocked. I couldnt believe that a nun would actually do Something Like that. Police say that the items included coffee, snacks and toiletries. If convicted, the nun will likely have to pay a fine. Proof we need to donate more to churches. Yeah. A pair of recalls this morning involving two popular tuna fish brands. Bumblebee foods is recalling nearly 32,000 cases of tuna due could cause serious illnesses. In the meantime, triunion seafoods is recalling more than 2700 brands of dhiken of the sea tuna. The concern there possible undercooked products. So far no one has gotten sick. Full details at our website, abcnews. Com. And another st. Paddys day has come and gone, but dont worry, theres another one next year. Oh, good. Well, earlier about 200,000 people marched up fifth avenue in the nations oldest and largest st. Patricks day parade. Among those marching under their own banners gay and lesbian groups. The new york parade was also broadcast live in ireland and britain for the very first time. By the way, next year st. Paddys day falls on a friday. So party on. New york be warned. Kendis might still be in town on a friday. We shall see. Might be fun. Coming up in the skinny, the sexy rap star getting much more exposure than usual. Also ahead, counting up the one states huge monthly take away and why revenue is not going up in smokes. 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An exclusive look at how many children end up in Emergency Rooms every day after getting their hands on prescription pills. Abcs dr. Richard besser has the startling new numbers showing a rise in such incidents. Reporter a new report says accidental medicine overdoses send 160 kids to the er every day. In 2013, almost 60,000 Young Children were seen in hospitals. All from vitamins, pain relievers or prescription drugs that adults left within reach. Meds . Dropped on the ground, in pill organizers, a purse or diaper bag, on counter tops. Even in cabinets. Kids will find medicine in all kinds of places. We found that 23 or one out of four kids were finding and getting into medicine in a pill box. Reporter pill boxes and organizers are not built to keep kids out. I recently sat down with some toddlers, and it took this 3yearold nine seconds to pop it open. Reporter okay, you got that one open. That one open up, gabriella . Yeah. I guess im surprised he could open this one. 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At a time when our politics are so polarized, this is precisely the time when we should play it straight. Its the senates constitutional right to act as a check on a president and withhold its consent. Our house was surrounded. By the time we got out, the front and the back met and we knew it was over. We knew that it was coming in the house. Next thing i know is i feel the train just completely lift up off the ground. Slams me into the door. We are aware of the inconvenience that was caused by closing down the system but we still believe today that we made the correct decision because of safety. While o. J. Thinks the knife now he has a saying that he says all over the yard. He jokingly says if the knife is rusted, i cant be busted. Will you marry me . Yes. Potus is holding up the signs im not done, oh, my gosh, i cant believe im there. Im here with the president and yr o, the mike drops. How good is that . Thats you think thats going viral . Thats going viral. That was a great moment. Admit it. More beats by reena . Today is friday and its going to say, help me out, kendis, can you rap . Please. Please just stop. All right, guys. Thank you. Busy week ahead. Im going to work on that over the weekend. Bake sale in great falls. Halloween attraction show in st. Louis. Oh, boy. And the president goes to announcer this is abcs world news now, making news in america this morning, extreme weather. A passenger plane diverted after getting hit by lightning and damaging hail in the south putting holes in cars. Plus, a powerful snowstorm set to target the northeast. The secret meeting republicans getting together trying to stop donald trump. Plus, overnight a scare for the billionaires son. Were live in washington. Caught on camera. A car going full speed crashing into a restaurant, customers inside freezing in disbelief. March madness, round one of the games not disappointing with thrilling finishes. 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