The very latest right now. Also breaking overnight, twisters tearing through the midwest. Nine reported tornadoes touch down destroying homes. As hail, lightning and severe storms wreak havoc on roads now there are new warnings out this morning. Good morning america. Breaking newsment president obama has Just Announced hes made his choice for the Supreme Court. As the chief judge of the court of appeals. Merrick garland. 63 years old for the district of columbia. Long career on the District Court appointed by president clinton in 1996 and served in the Justice Department under president clinton oversaw the prosecutions of the Oklahoma City bomber and the union any bomber that is judge Merrick Garland. He is president obamas choice for the Supreme Court. We will have president obamas announcement at 11 00 a. M. Eastern from the rose garden. When he comes to make that announcement that abc news learned that Merrick Garland will be the president s choice by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia back in january. This is going to be a bitter battle. Republicans have said they will not give judge garland a hearing, the president s choice a hearing. They say that should be left to the president s successor. But we have the news that president obama does intend to nominate Merrick Garland to Justice Scalias seat on the Supreme Court. Strong showing for Hillary Clinton as her campaign broke out in song. It goes on and on and on strangers waiting and donald trump had a big night too wins at least three states, but john kasich kept his hopes alive by taking all the delegates in his home state of ohio, that makes it harder for trump to wrap up the nomination early. Kasich was in the zone. His campaign sent out this video of him making this shot and, you know, after seeing that we were wondering if it was a lucky shot, so we went to the source and this is what we found. He made at least three in a row. His campaign, now theyre saying this is a whole new ball game and that this race very good. And the knicks are also reaching out. One way or the other hes going to have a job. We reached out to the source to make sure. All right. Were covering every angle as you can imagine for the race for the white house. We have tom llamas in palm beach, florida, this morning. Reporter good morning. Donald trump calls this the biggest story in the world right now. A political outsider bringing in new voters winning and knocking off seasoned politicians. Now, the field is smaller today, and trump may have to take this race all the way to the convention floor. Donald trump wanted to deliver a knockout blow and overnight he nearly did taking at least three of the five states including tuesdays crown jewel, florida. Even trump was shocked. Nobody has ever, ever in the history of politics received the kind of negative advertising that i have. Mostly false, i wouldnt say 100 but about 90 . And you explain it to me because i cant. My numbers went up. I dont understand it. Nobody understands it. Reporter the trump train ran over the competition everywhere, but ohio. A confetti bomb rained down on Ohio Governor john kasich after his big win there. I will not take the low road to the highest office in the land. [ cheers and applause ] reporter kasich who has virtually no chance of reaching the number of delegates needed to win the nomination outright is hoping for a contested convention. Well, guess what, tomorrow im going to philadelphia. [ cheers and applause ] and then im going i dont know all over the country, okay. Reporter in florida trumps victory silenced senator marco rubios campaign. While we are on the right side, this year, we will not be on the winning side. America is in the middle of a real political storm, a real tsunami and we should have seen this coming. Reporter cruz who picked up delegates but no victories calling on rubios supporters to come to his side. Only two campaigns has a plausible path to the nomination, ours and donald trumps. Nobody else has any mathematical possibility whatsoever. Reporter now donald trump says hell unify the Republican Party. Last night there was a problem. Exit polls show 44 of nontrump voters say theyre not going to support him in november. If he wants to win the general election he needs to make sure the republicans vote for him. George. Thanks. Lets talk to mr. Trump. He joins us by phone. Congratulations on the three wins last night. Ahead in missouri as well. How do you wrap this up . Well, i think they just called missouri. I think we won missouri also, so we had four wins last night which is a great feeling and we just keep going. I mean, its i think we do it before getting to the convention, frankly, i think it shouldnt be that hard. But we i think well do fantastically in arizona. We have the backing of sheriff joe, popular guy out there and lots of others and i think well do very well. You still have to win more than half the delegates Going Forward to wrap it up before the nomination. Both your opponents say they can block you before the convention. So what would it mean if you go in with the most delegates but dont get the nomination . Well, i think that would be very bad for the party. We have people that are, you know, very fervent and they love what were saying. Theyre joining the party. People that never voted before. Theyre some of our biggest fans and this is a great thing. Weve brought people into this democracy of ours and its really an amazing thing to watch. Millions and millions of people and thats really the big story. I mean, the big story is how many people are coming to the polls. Were up 70 . Some of the states we had 102 increase from what it was four years ago, so theres a tremendous fervor out there and i think the republicans and the leadership of the republicans should grasp it because youre going to win in november if they take advantage of it. If they dont take advantage of it, if they play games, if they say, well, hes 50 votes short and therefore hes not getting it or were going to give it to somebody that got thrown out of the primary in the second week, youre going to have a problem. Theres going to be a tremendous theres going to be a tremendous problem, i think. What do you say to those four in ten republicans who went to the polls last night and said they would seriously consider a third party if youre the nominee . Well, i understand what theyre saying because its been a very tough campaign. Its been a very Nasty Campaign and they were with somebody else and the somebody else may not be in the race anymore. And there are a lot of hard feelings and so i understand it, but just let me tell you a Third Party Guarantees not 90 or 99 , 100 that your democrats will win, probably hillary, i guess its hillary, looks like it if she gets to the starting gate which she probably will, frankly, but it guarantees now you have four Supreme Court judgeships coming up that means they would take over for 50 years probably this country will never be the same and probably will never should the senate give president obamas choice a hearing . No, i dont think so. I think they should do what theyre doing and wait till the next president and let the next president pick. I would do i would do that. Finally, mr. Trump, you mentioned Hillary Clinton. She took aim at you last night in her speech and is already looking to the general election. She condemned what she called your bluster and bigotry and said youre not strong, youre wrong. How would you counter that in a general election . Well, i dont think hillary has the strength or energy to be a great president or to be president. I really dont. I mean, i understand where were coming from. I understand exactly what im saying. She does not have the strength. She does not have the energy and i think she would be not a very good president and i think it would be a big mistake. I think in many ways shell be an embarrassment. Look at what shes going on with her emails. Shes under federal investigation. I think she would be a major embarrassment for the country. Thanks for joining us. Thanks very much. George, speaking of Hillary Clinton, going to the democratic race now and she had a big night overnight. Sweeping Bernie Sanders in at least four of the races. Abcs cecilia vega has the latest, shes also in palm beach, florida, for us, of course, one of the states where clinton was victorious. Good morning, cecilia. Reporter robin, good morning. It was a huge win for Hillary Clinton and a big blow for Bernie Sanders. While he is still vowing to stay in this fight this gives clinton the boost she needs to move forward in locking up this nomination. It was a night that had Hillary Clinton beaming. Thank you, florida. Thank you, north carolina. Thank you, ohio. Reporter a sweeping win leaving clinton and her supporters looking ahead to one thing. We are moving closer to securing the Democratic Party nomination and winning this election in november. Reporter clinton now closer than ever to closing the deal. If we win in november, i know our future will be brighter tomorrow than yesterday. Reporter the win in ohio surprising even her own campaign. But now shes focused on another rival. 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 doesnt make him strong, it makes him wrong. [ cheers and applause ] reporter Bernie Sanders in arizona not once mentioning the loss. Dont let people tell you that you cant think big. Reporter or what comes next. You do not have to accept the status quo. Reporter clinton telling me shes in no rush to ask him to drop out any time soon. Its his campaign to run any way that he chooses. I went all the way to the end against barack obama. Im not ever going to tell anybody that they should step out. Reporter and proof that Hillary Clinton is already looking ahead to a general election, a new ad that she released in arizona, its about immigration and it features not Bernie Sanders but donald trump. Got that. All right, cecilia, thank you. Abcs jon karl joins us with the race on those allimportant delegates and, jon, lets start with the democrats. The results yesterday, how does that change the race . Well, robin, a huge night for Hillary Clinton. She won four of the five states, still waiting on missouri and that means she won last night the lions share of the delegates. Look at this, 408 delegates to just 237 for Bernie Sanders. Where does it leave the race now . Hillary clinton so far is twothirds of the way to getting the delegates she needs to clinch the nomination. She is getting close to a mathematical lock on this. Bernie sanders would need to win all the remaining states by a landslide to catch up with her. As we know, jon, not as clear cut when it comes to the republicans and the delegates. Not as clear cut but this was also a huge night for donald trump. Hes won three of the five states so far, missouri also still close to call. He lost ohio but look at the delegates. The lions share of the delegates going to donald trump last night. Kasich coming in second with 75 and in terms of where he stands so far he has not a big a lead over Hillary Clinton but more than half the way. Towards getting the delegates he needs to win. As for john kasich, that huge win, you saw the confetti in ohio, he would need, robin, 101 of the remaining delegates to clinch before the convention. 101 . Thats hard to do. Yes, it is. All right, jon, thank you. George. Breaking live on the west coast with the news we got as we were coming on the air in the west. That president obama will pick judge Merrick Garland, the senior judge on the court of appeals in the district of colombia to be his choice to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court left by the passing of Antonin Scalia. Judge garland, senior judge, strong background at the Justice Department as well seen as a moderate in another time might be a relatively easy confirmation. Reporter in a normal time this is about the most confirmable choice that president obama could make. He is a judges judge, Merrick Garla garland. Deeply admired throughout the Legal Community. His former clerks and lawyers say this is a judge who takes each case as it comes. Reads the briefs, studies the issue and you cant predict where hes going to end up. In fact, liberals have raised objections to him before being considered when he was considered for the Supreme Court when Justice Sotomayor and kagan were appointed. But in these days, in these times with the republicans in the senate vowing to block any nominee at all, even judge Merrick Garland, one of the most admired in the country is probably not going anywhere across the street in the senate. Another surprise, the president had diverse picks on his previous two picks. Sotomayor, the first latina on the court. Merrick garland, a little bit older, 63 years old. Reporter he would be one of the oldest associate justices ever named to the Supreme Court. I think what you can read in that is that president obama has taken into account where he is politically. Where the senate is and hes not trying to put some flaming liberal on the court or make some grand statement about who he is naming a judge to the Supreme Court. Hes trying to do business here in washington with the kind of judge that he believes a reasonable senator should be able to confirm. Now, right out, we do not live in reasonable political times but what you can see is that president obama as he says hes done his job and now he thinks that the senate should do their job. Well see. How will they respond. Lets take it to john carl at the white house as well. Jon, so far we have seen the leader of the Senate Republicans saying no chance that any pick from the president is going to get a hearing. Does his background make a difference . The republicans have been explicit at the background of the nominee is utterly irrelevant. They are saying the issue is whether or not a president obin his final year can nominate somebody that would change the balance of power on the Supreme Court. The republicans say no. The president could send the reincarnation of abraham line con. They said no vote, no confirmation of anybody that president obama would pick. This is a very interesting pick for another reason. Merrick garland is a former prosecutor who prosecuted two of the most high profile terrorism cases that we have seen in recent times, the unibomber case and the Oklahoma City bombing case. He sought the Death Penalty in both. You can see why in a normal time this would be a pick that republicans would likely look favorably on. These ast terry moran says are not normal times. In order to increase pressure to see if they might crack but to put pressure on the senators up for reelection. They are putting an allout campaign and putting pressure on those senators and several of them. Rob portman in ohio. Kelly aot in new hampshire. Ron johnson in wisconsin. These are purple states, where democrats do well where the candidates will face senators will face tough reelections. They are going to put pressure. Heres the question though, is republicans, many republicans have said if donald trump is the nominee they guarantee Hillary Clinton wins in the general election. What do they do if donald trump emerges out of cleveland as the republican nominee . What do they do if we get to the general election, you have a lame duck session of congress. Do they decide maybe this pick isnt all that bad . Will there be enough time. We also still have four to four split on be Supreme Court. What does that mean if this vacancy isnt filled . On the big cases, most of the Supreme Courts work of course they get consensus. On the four to four cases, that means they will not be able to do their job and say what the law is. The Lower Court Opinions will stand. Okay. Were going to see the president at the rose guarden at 11 00 a. M. To nominate judge merrick garden to the Supreme Court. Well go to ginger with a major wind warning. What do you got. He got it. He did. Lets go back to ginger. More on the wind. Big time wind coming through. And snow on the other end. Rainy cities now brought to you by walgreens. Good morning, i am meteorologist mike nicco with the accweather forecast. Warmerthanaverage today through friday and rain and cooler weather returns on sunday evening. Here is a look at todays temperature the peninsula and to the cost midtoupper 60s and the rest us around 70 to 74 and tonight is seasonably cool. A last 40s. Until the bay there are 50s and maybe patchy fog. 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