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WABC World News Now April 18, 2016

Landing in london. Damage. This time. We have the full story ahead. Ecuadors president has emergency following that weekend. More than 270 people have died. The toll is expected to rise since so many are still missing. More than 30,000 runners will take part today in the 120th running of the Boston Marathon. Its been three years since the bombing at the race. There will be about 5,000 Police Officers along the course to ensure safety. And if you havent filed your taxes yet, youve got less than 24 hours. The irs expected 5 million returns just today alone. Millions of requests for extensions, as well. Taxpayers in maine and massachusetts get one more day. Those are your top stories on then monday, april 18th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. We are a nation of procrastinators. Last minute it sounds liking. , of course. Were going to get started with the alarming aviation news. A British Airways pilot reports his jet was hit by a drone as he was coming in for a landing in london. While there were no injuries or damage this time, experts its just a matter of time before something worse happens. Abcs Gloria Riviera has more. Reporter a collision on final approach. A British Airways flight, about to land at Londons Heathrow airport, when the pilot reported he may have been hit by a drone. Saying the object struck the front of the airbus jet. The flight with 132 people on board, landing safely. The airline saying in a statement, safety and security are always our First Priority and we will give the police every assistance with their investigation. If it is confirmed, it would be the first known drone collision with a commercial aircraft. But close calls are on the rise. For your information, weve had two reports of a drone at 900 feet to the lefthand side of the approach. I see three drones above the Little Village which was about you can see three drones. Reporter experts warning with the growing popularity of unmanned aircraft, there is a serious potential for disaster. Sooner or later, were going to lose an airplane due to a drone collision. Reporter while this object hit the front of the plane, this simulation from researchers at virginia techs crash lab shows how a drone could destroy a jetliners engine in just seconds. Despite laws banning drone flights within five miles of airports, the faa reports an average of 25 drone incidents every month. And theres no reason to think that number will decline. The plane hit has been examined and it is cleared to fly. Police are investigating what object hit the plane and if it was a drone, who was operating it. Gloria riviera, abc news, washington. The pentagon is calling a move unstay of and unprofessional. A russian warplane doing a barrel roll over a u. S. The baltic sea just days after russian fighter jets buzzed a u. S. Navy destroyer in the baltic sea, as well. One of the jets got within 30 feet of that vessel. The president of brazil is one step closer to impeachment. The lower house of government has voted to open impeachment proceedings against president Dilma Rousseff accused of using shady counting to maintain government spend package she said past president s did the same thing. The political scene in the United States is focused on new york state ahead of tomorrows primary showdowns. All hopefuls have events across the empire state. The weekend had no shortage of barbs between the candidates. Abcs mary bruce reports. Reporter donald trump is riding a huge lead into his home states primary on tuesday. And were going to have a landslide victory. Reporter on the stump, he was looking way past new york hammering his theme that the Republican Convention is rigged against him. Very upset and angry group of people. I hope it doesnt involve violence. Reporter then training his sights on Hillary Clinton. Crooked hillary. Shes been crooked from the beginning and to think she has a shot at being our president. Reporter and trump is drawing some vintage scorn from old nemesis rosie odonnell. Hes not even qualified to run a game show. Reporter a trump sweep of all 95 new york delegates would officially block ted cruz from winning the nomination with bound delegates before the july convention. Hillary clinton was feeling good enough about her new york prospects that she busted a move sunday at a Campaign Stop with a tenpoint lead over Bernie Sanders, clinton took on trump. And i said to trump last summer, basta. Enough. You stop with the hatefilled rhetoric. Country. How are you . Bernie sanders was on his hometown brooklyn turf hoping him pull off an upset. Lets have a recordbreaking turnout on tuesday. Reporter clinton hopes a win in new yorking will snap her streak of six losses to sanders. Mary bruce, abc news, washington. Today many will be watching the Premium Court very closely as it hears a major immigration case which could provide legal status for millions of people. Abcs Serena Marshall has more on whats at stake. Reporter this is a case that will decide two important issues. The fate of more than 4 Million People living in the shadows in the United States and whether a president has the right to the act alone when congress does not act. As president Barack Obamas executive action on immigration comes before the Supreme Court later this morning. At risk, whether the president can direct the department of Homeland Security to only go after criminals and recent arrivals. Instead of as they say tearing families apart. Offering kids who arrived prior of american citizens the right to stay in the u. S. Without fear of deportation. Obama took executive action after the house and senate decided not to pass immigration reform. Texas led the way filing suit to stop the action and was joined by 25 other states. The Administration Remains confident even with an eightjustice court they will win this case based on whether the states even have the right to sue the federal government. Justices roberts and kennedy the most likely to tip the balance. The justices will hear 90 minutes of arguments with a ruling expected in late june. Serena marshall, abc news, washington. This morning, one maryland firefighter is dead another wounded allegedly shot by a man they were trying to help. The alleged shooter reportedly thought someone was breaking into his suburban washington home. The mans brother had called 911 when he was unable to reach his diabetic brother. The brother was also wounded. No charges have been filed. We have dramatic video of a apparent suicide attempt. A Chattanooga Police officer noticed her sitting on the side of the bridge. She then stands up, faces the river and apparently says im done. Thats when he runs over, grabs an the back of her shirt and pants and pulls her from the railing back to safety. Johnny depps wife has avoided jail time in australia after entering a guilty plea this court. They were met outside court in sydney by a tlochk photographers. Amber heard pleaded guilty to providing a false immigration document. This is all in connectioning with allegedly smuggling the couples dogs into australia. She was sentenced to what amounts to one months probation. Golden stay warrior superstar steph curry and president obama are apparently on the same team when it comes to monitoring. This is a new psa for my brothers keeper. We see the president giving curry advice about his resume. They also play a game of connect four with president obama pulling out a victory and doing dance move. I think the president went a little bit too far there. He may have. Lets see. You got to have your elbow in a little bit. All right . Release. Make sure its on your fingertips. Maybe i should shoot lefty. You can try that. One shot at this. I dont know if steph curry needs many lessons in how to shoot a basketball. Maybe in connect four he does. They do explode a volcano, as well in the video. Got the dance down. Its all about monitoring. Very cool. Come up, a day at the ballpark lands another fan in the hospital. Why friday nights line drive ball is raising new questions about how effective that additional safety netting in stadiums really is. And in says you missed it, saturday was National Record store day. Whats driving the multigenerational fascination with ditching digital and Going Old School . First, lets celebrate National Animal crackers day did you bring me some . No. American visors group. This kid makes stains like crazy so we got our new he washing machine but it took forever turns out it wasnt the machine, it was our detergent. So we switched to tide turbo clean. Now we get way cleaner clothes way faster he turbo clean. 6x the cleaning power in 1 2 the time introducing new ky touch gel cr me. For massage and intimacy. Every touch, gently intensified. A little touch is all it takes. Ky touch. Hey ladies, heard the good news . Spray n wash is back. And even better. Which is bad news for stains, and good news for you. Spray n wash. Back n better. Well, the coast guard doesnt just rescue people from the ocean but also inland, as well. Such as this kayaker who had plunged 80 feet down a water fall. This is in washington state. Local rescue workers couldnt get account man out. The Coast Guard Aviation survival technicians went down from a helicopter, then flew the injured german man to a hospital in portland. Now to a fan injured during americas favorite pasttime. He was injured at the ballpark. Yet another baseball fan has been smacked in the head by a line drive foul ball. This was time at the tampa bay game landing her in the hospital. Its raising new questions about those safety nets they put in the stands. Heres abcs ron claiborne. Look out. Drew drive foul ball went streaking into the stands striking a fan in the head. The rays an batter steven souza junior racing over to collect on the fan assley is taken away on a stretcher. People are more important than that game and that Womans Health is more important. Reporter the fan remains hospitalized in stable condition. It turns out the foul ball that hit her shot through this narrow gap between two poles holding up netting meant to protect people in the stands. Over the winter all 30 ballparks including here at Yankee Stadium added additional protector screening for fans at the urging of Major League Baseball after a rash of injuries to fans by foul balls and broken bats. By one estimate, more than 1700 injuries occur every year from batted balls. This red sox fan was struck at fenway park last year. The fact i got hit between the eyes kind of reflects that i couldnt have been looking more reporter that gap in the protective screen in tampa the ball slipped through hitting that fan. It has been closed off with more netting. Ron claiborne, abc news, new york. The ball apparently squeezed through a tiny gap the size of 18 1 2 baseballs in an area designated for photographers. You have to there some of these balls are going 96 miles an hour plus. Frightening. Reviving the record. Were talking about vinyl and the new resurgence its enjoying. Why so many people are ditching forever i used to say right now baby. Oh. So spinning sus right round right back into the 70s is a record turn around thats turning millions of music fans back on to vinyl. The latest Sales Numbers came in just in time for this years annual and you National Record store day which millions of vinyl fans celebrated over the weekend. Joining us to tell us about it our Resident Music expert bruno del granato. Good morning. Reporter hey, dianne and kendis. Call it a love of knot nostalgia or new appreciation for the warmer sound of vinyl. Was declared dead, vinyl sales show no signs of slowing down their tenyear climb. The earliest records were actually wax and metal cylinders dating back to the 1870s. Then in 1930, rca launched the first commercially available vinyl long playing disk. Holding up to a half hour of music on each side. The advent of final also ushered in a whole new world of high fidelity. Were the sultans of swing reporter smaller grooves and slower playing speeds translated into a musical accuracy rivaled only by live performances. But the death knell for vinyl came in the early 90s with the cd. To be which was virtually indestructible and offered perfect sound reproduction. Just a few years later, the mp3 file pulled music from the world of the physical and tactile into the nanoworld of microchips and digit did pulses. Digital pulses but it wasnt just records that suffered from the digital revolution. The other casualty was the record store. It wasnt just where we bought records. It was a social experience. My names anna. My names dick. Reporter National Record day store founder kerry explains you can have a shared Group Experience with a record that you cant have with ear buds in your ears. Humans, she says, dont want to be individually connected to machines all the time. But could that explain the worlds renewed love fair with vinyl . That music on vinyl has a warmer more pleasesing sound to human ears. Listen to this youtube demonstration by q vinyl. David bowie on vinyl. Test of changes reporter and on cd. But could it be that the Younger Generation with an ocean of digital tracks as the their fingertips are rediscovering the multisensual music experience of their parents, the tactile feel of the record in their hands, lowering the needle into the groove, the album art, regardless of the reasons, the numbers dont lie. Since 1993, theres been a gradual resurgence in vinyl. With sales really taking off over the past five years. Of course, vinyl still has quite a long way to go to reach its peak sales levels of the late 70s. Behind these numbers. Consumer Research Group music watch says some 54 of vinyl customers today are 35 years old or younger. Not even alive during vinyls heyday. And the two largest vinyl retailers today, amazon and urban outfitters. So what does this mean for Record Stores on this years National Record store day . Some 1400 independent Record Stores in the u. S. And abroad will take part in celebrations. Spearhead bid this years ambassador, heavy metal band metal ca. But as much as National Record store day serves as a cultural touch zone, organizers say it is about marketing the idea of owning your own music. And not streaming it. Kendis, diane, back to you. All right. Our thanks to bruno there in miami. Should we get the jam session going. Looks like you were celebrating today. Were celebrating. A little mj. This is my own personal. A kid. Straw examinerry short cake was on it. Very cute. We were talking about crossley. This is one i bought from urban outfitters. Last year they sold more than a million record players. This really has come back. My best friend was a deejay. Much as we love vinyl, carrying crates and crates of records versus showing up with some mp3s which take up no space at all. This is my Record Collection so far. I got to tell you, beyonce is not the same on record. I didnt know you had that on record. I like the motown classics. That is kind of nice. I thought it said please do not touch on the postit. Got it all over the place there. Records this pimples gonna last forever. Aw comon. Clearasil ultra works fast to begin visibly clearing up skin in as little as 12 hours. And acne wont last forever. Just like your mom wont walk in on you. Forever. Lets be clear. Olay luminous illuminates skin with pearl optics science. Your concert style might show your age, your skin never will. With olay you age less, so youre ageless. Olay. sounds of birds whistling music introducing new ky touch gel cr me. For massage and intimacy. Every touch, gently intensified. A little touch is all it takes. Ky touch. I cant help but notice theres this is strange odor man is forbidden mowgli. Our parent companys disneys jungle book reboot roared to the top of the box office this weekend. Taking in a whopping 104 million. Got to check that one out. Wow. Made me jump back in my seat, just na one scene. Rounding out the weekends top three in second place for its debut weekend, barber shop the next cut took in just over 20 million and dropping into third place Melissa Mccarthys the boss took in just over 10 million. There are three words, just three little words were talking about. For so many kids, theyre the three hardest to say. Not for one particularly brave fourth grader from alabama using those three words to change minds and hearts about autism. Heres abcs john done ran van. For most kids it takes courage to say im different. Kudos to this fourth grader for the thing she said the other day at a School Assembly in three words. Reporter a fact about herself that she has decided to share five years after her mom and dad were first told the diagnosis. I and like you she said but also different. I sometimes flap my hands when i get excited or overwhelmed. I dont always make eye contact when i and i dont always know when someone is being serious or joking. Reporter publicizing a condition that under todays autism includes girls like her but that also includes individual hozzle never speak at all. Children and adults. People with autism have brains that work so hard and process so much so fast that they cannot even walk or talk. Reporter but heres what she said she wants for all of them and for herself, too. To be accepted and to belong pap. To be able to share that with her friends and be learning with her friends as she goes along is reporter c

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