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WCPO Good Morning America March 18, 2016

Lord authorities hunted for years now speaking out in an abc news exclusive about what drove her to find el chapo. I love adrenaline. I like to dare. March mayhem. Millions of brackets busted after a night of stunning upsets in the n caa tournament. Yale just one of the stunners in a day of surprises. We do say, good morning, america. I dont know about yall. I was up late. Oh, some great games last night. Great night of upsets, the big dance went wild. Only are you ready for this 0. 1 of those 13 million brackets are still unbroken. You got it. No, im one of the im not one of the 0. 13. Can breathe some relief, as well. Hopefully sean miller brought a backup shirt. A little tense out there and virginia coach tony bennett, he actually passed out on the sidelines but he did make it back to the court and even better, his team won the game. A scare there. The pressure is mounting. It is. Well have all the highlights coming up. We begin with extreme weather. Violent storms in the south and spring snow about to pound the northeast, say it aint so, ginger. Oh, im so sorry. It is so. On a beautiful morning, almost 50 degrees and by the time spring officially starts on sunday we will be talking about rain, snow and wind. Ill get to that in a moment. More than 120 severe storm reports including this, hail that was happening there just jumping in the pool in texas and arlington throughout the day yesterday, so many of those Severe Weather reports along that stationary front. Now we got a low that will energize and happen from san antonio to new orleans and then well look for that same low coast. This is the one youll want to Pay Attention to because saturday night into sunday morning, look at the rain change to snow in philadelphia. It depends on how close this low gets to us as to how much snow will fall and thats something well finetune. Your rob marciano will be here tracking it all for you, of course. And, of course, ill be here giving you an idea how cold it is as we start spring sunday. We heard it. All right, ginger, thank you. Donald trump is now being targeted by the cyberattacker anonymous. Theyve declared, quote, total war on the billionaire and now claim to have hacked him and released some of his private information. Now is the time to unite to fight fascism to show we are very serious about stopping any fascist donald trump. We have attached a gift of sorts, trumps Social Security number, cell phone number and other details that might be able to assist you all in independently investigating this for pore on this we bring in abc news justice correspondent Pierre Thomas in washington this morning. Good morning, pierre. Reporter good morning, robin. Donald trump appears to have a new adversary, not political but a potentially formidable one anonymous phone for its aggressive hacking. They claim they have secured some of his personal and private information and is blasting it over the internet. Something it hopes will make mr. Trumps life miserable. Overnight the Trump Campaign released a statement acknowledging the attempt saying authorities are seeking the arrest of the people responsible for attempting to illegally hack mr. Trumps accounts and telephone information. So, this is being treated seriously, robin. Pierre, what are we hearing from the government, the response from the government . What could they do . We confirm federal agents are pursuing this hacking but investigations like this are notoriously complicated and typically take a long time to resolve and anonymous is good at covering its trail. Mr. Trump has a strong suber security dome to protect himself this to be an ongoing battle. Donald trump also the target of republican insiders. Holding a series of meetings to see if there is a way to stop him from getting the nomination facing a barrage of new attack ads like this one. Jon karl joins us with the latest. Good morning, jon. Reporter donald trump is riding high after his big primary wins this week. But he now faces forces within his own party, more determined than ever to stop him. This morning, donald trump is facing some new roadblocks on nomination. Washington, a group of grassroots conservatives met privately thursday to plot how to take trump down. Issuing a statement saying, we are committed to ensuring a real elected. Theyre also willing to fight donald trump and a donald trump establish many because he doesnt share our values. Reporter trump has rekicked riots if he doesnt get the nomination. Im representing a tremendous, many, many millions of people. Reporter in an interview with abc news rival john kasich accused trump of inciting chaos. 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 now trump is facing more heat on the airwaves as republican groups target him with a new wave of negative ads. Ask donald trump why he sides with Hillary Clinton and why he wants more Government Health care. Reporter antitrump spending is increased 900 since iowa. This week alone, some 65 of all republican spending was aimed at toppling trump. And, jesse palmer, you have contests in utah and arizona on tuesday. Whats the best hope for these antitrump forces to slow trump down tuesday . Reporter they better hope to thats a winner take all state, george. 58 delegates at stake but also a state where donald trump may be at his strongest. Where republicans are especially especiallily antiimmigration and has the support of the former governor jan brewer but arizona really looks like a must win for antitrump forces. The democratic side, some indications that president obama signaling that he wants this primary fight to end. Reporter thats right. Theres a report in the New York Times that he actually told a group of democratic donors that its time to unite behind Hillary Clinton. Now, the white house denies that the president has said who to unite behind but clearly soon it will be time to unite and its no secret that most of the president s top advisers who are on record are supporting Hillary Clinton, not bernie sanders. Much. To that american captured by Kurdish Forces. This morning hes saying he regrets his decision to go to iraq to join isis. The 26yearold from virginia saying it was a, quote, bad decision. Washington with much more on this story. Good morning, martha. Reporter good morning, robin. The u. S. Government is reaching out to foreign counterparts to try to get this Young American back to the u. S. , he could face charges, but he could also provide u. S. Law enforcement with a wealth of information. 26yearold Mohamad Khweis was picked up by Kurdish Forces by sinjar, iraq, carrying a virginia license where he was born, raised and went to college but for at least the last month, khweis has been in isiscontrolled mosul, all because of a girl he met. He told kurdish tv in an exclusive interview. I wasnt thinking straight and on the way there, i regret it. Reporter he gives remarkable detail about his journey, the first time information like this given so willingly by an american linked to isis. We got to another house, a lot of foreigners were there, their i. D. S and passports. Reporter he said there were no other americans but the group transferred houses frequently learning about sharia law. I didnt really support their ideology and thats when i decided i needed to escape. Reporter back in virginia, khweis father lashed out at the media earlier this week. Dont take a picture. Reporter insisting his son had nothing to do with isis. Khweis parents moved to america almost 30 years ago. The son studied criminal justice at Northern Virginia community college. His mother told abc, he was a good boy and would stop to give money to the homeless. A High School Friend telling abc that khweis couldnt have been more normal. He wasnt violent. He wasnt religious. Trouble. Reporter khweis left home said he first went to london then amsterdam and turkey and while he did give a lot of detail about his journey to iraq in that interview american Law Enforcement will have many, many more questions, george. Ill bet they will. Okay, martha, thanks very much. We turn to scary moments on an American Airlines flight on its way to new york. It was truck by lightning and Abcs David Kerley has the story. We got knocked around real good here. Reporter a scare for passengers on board an American Airlines flight. Like out of nowhere. 4233 just got hit by lightning. Reporter the flight from raleigh headed to laguardia on thursday hit by turbulence and then struck by lightning. The small jet with 55 on board reroutes to nearby jfk and its longer runway. These photos obtained by wabc showing the burn marks where the lightning hit the wings, tail and body. Everything okay . Yeah, dont send us through there again. Its pretty bad. Lets go ahead and divert to jfk. Reporter for passengers on i didnt know what happened. Its the first time for me. It was a flash of light and big explosion. The plane dipped about 100 feet. Reporter but experts say theres nothing to fear. Lik striking a plane is relatively common as these videos show theyre designed to sustain lightning strikes so that the electricity never penetrates the interior. In this lab they showed me how they make lightning to test the durability of an aircraft when its struck. Whoa. Its safe, the experts say but that doesnt mean it cant be frightening. Pretty terrifying. Im not going to lie. Reporter hes not going to lie. The plane did land safely. Nobody was injured but, robin, as we said its surprising and these planes are designed 0 shed that lightning. It doesnt peen it isnt scary, though. Terrifying, all right, david, thank you. Now to new trouble for that Prep School Grad convicted of sexually assaulting an under age student. Owen labrie is appealing that ruling and has been free ever last year but now hes facing possible jail time after violating his curfew. Abcs gio benitez is at the courthouse in concord, new hampshire. Good morning, gio. Reporter robin, good morning to you. As you know this was a case that sparked so many conversations about Sexual Assault in schools. Now prosecutors want to make sure owen labrie is back behind bars. This morning, owen labrie heads back to court, the former prep student at st. Pauls school accused of violating bail after being convicted of sexually assaulting an underaged schoolmate. Prosecutors alleging he violated his curfew at least eight times since his conviction. One of those types sitting next to a vice reporter who tweeted they were on the same train early one morning while labrie was supposed to be home. Labrie allegedly telling her he was going to see his girlfriend. This is not a petty offense. When you violate the conditions of your bail and you are on bail something extremely serious. Reporter labries attorneys say they will argue in court this afternoon that labrie now 20 years old violated the curfew only to meet with his lawyers and to pursue education. Prosecutors now demanding labries bail be revoked and that he should go to jail. I dont think that his bail will be revoked but who knows . Perhaps they will send a message not only to this defendant but to other convicted defendants. Reporter labrie had been acquitted last year of the most serious felony rape charges, but was found guilty of sex assault misdemeanors. Guilty. Reporter and a felony of luring a child by computer. Hes appealing that but for now he is registered as a sex offender for the rest of his life. And labrie will face a judge this afternoon. If his bail is revoked he could go right back to jail today. Rob and george. Thank you. Lara. An update on a story that Chicago White sox player adam laroche abruptly announcing his retirement after he was asked not to bring his son to the park every day. Laroche walked away from 13 million to spend more time with his teen and abcs matt gutman has all the latest for us. Good morning, matt. Reporter hey, good morning, lara. So far the 36yearold slugger seems to be standing behind his decision to hang up his glove. But it has triggered a reaction from both sides of the locker room. Many supporting it as courageous others wondering if a 14yearold should be in the locker room in the first place. Outrage from Adam Laroches white sox teammates this morning, players reportedly considered boycotting a spring training game after Team Management told number 25 to, quote, dial back his 14yearold sons access to the locker room and clubhouse. Hes been a fixture there this spring training and even has his own locker and chris sale, a allegedly screamed and hurled profanity at team exec Kenny Williams for the decision demanding he stay out of the clubhouse for the rest of the year. Williams who told laroche he could still bring his son around occasionally just not every day acknowledged that in trying to mitigate a small distraction the team created a larger one. Sometimes you got to make some unpopular decisions in order to have an answer for the next person that comes along. Reporter but even in a game known for fathers and sons playing catch, laroches decision has raised eyebrows. Its actually led to conversations in other front offices about making sure that they place hard limits on how much time kids can spend in clubhouses. Reporter drake even got an invite from another legendary chicago team, bears linebacker kyle long tweeting, adam laroche, if you and your boy ever want to come hang out with the chicago bears, let me know. I grew up in locker rooms. You wonder how he would walk away from 13 million. Laroches back injury might have sidelined him anyway, plus over his successful career hes hauled in about 70 million and as a tv show and a business on the side. Guys. Matt, thank you. We were talking with Michael Strahan about this yesterday. Its just the amount of time hes spending there. Thats great. Ken griffey jr. Saying he grew up in a locker room. Thats great but every single day, that may be just now if everybody did it. Thats what some of the team members have said. If everybody brought their kids then we would have to police it ourselves but we would speak up. Management says hes a great kid. Hard to see how it blew up so much when they said dial it back. They didnt say he cant be in there. There is another water crisis. Reporting on the one in flint, michigan. Now there is concern in another city. Testing has revealed more than two dozen schools in newark, new jersey, have elevated levels of lead in their water. Levels have been high for years age angering parents. Students are undergoing voluntary blood tests. A hearing into the water crisis in flint turned into a partisan showdown with democrats blaming michigans governor who dismissed calls for him to resign and republicans blamed the head of the epa. Another move by north korea. Its launched two Ballistic Missiles into the sea of japan once again defying a u. N. Ban. It could complicate diplomatic efforts to free an american student sentenced to hard labor for stealing a political banner from a north korean hotel. Back here in this country, in florida, a pep rally at this high school took a horrifying turn. Look at that, when a professional fire breather accident accidentally set himself on fire. The flames quickly spreading to the gym floor. He is now recovering from burns and the School District says fire and pyrotechnics are now banned at that school and they are investigating what exactly happened. Wreaking havoc on march madness brackets. The biggest upset so far, yale beating baylor. Yales first ever win in the tournament also the university of arkansas little rock stunned their fans, josh hagan launching a 30foot shot. Look at that to send the game into overtime. Theyre saying he stuff curry curryd it and now because of all the upsets only 0. 1 of the 13 million brackets filled out on espns website are still perfect. You know, i love this factoid. Yale produced five u. S. President s but this is their first victory. Everybody is talking about that. Im surprised theres 0. 1 of brackets still finish. Gosh. Thats what march madness is all about. Your favorite time of year . It is. What do you got . Cold, i promised you the cold. Now i get to show iyou. The cold fronts made it into the northern plains, north platte, rapid city, 12. 25 is what it feels like chicago. 29, Oklahoma City by tomorrow coming up on gma on this exclusive. The actress who captured the heart of the worlds most wanted drug lord. What she tells diane sawyer, what really happened and what she has to say about sean penn. I am. We also have Blake Sheltons legal battle against the tabloid drinking allegations. Then we asked some older people when they actually did start saving. This gap between when we should start saving and when we actually do is one of the reasons why too many of us arent prepared for retirement. 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