abc's matt gutman has more. >> reporter: outside st. patrick's cathedral in insuring today the nypd anti terror union patrolling among easter revellers a amid worries of attacks on christian sites during the holiday. in the beating heart of catholicism the head of easter mass at the vatican they filed through metal detectors through the thousands. flagging the military marching band and swiss guard in their steel helmets were troops as the song rifles. so far everything seems to have gone smoothly, the security lines have flowed, pretty quickly but the one thing that nobody expected, just before the services began, all of the empty space at st. peters square. it was, rare we found this trio of college students. our family was questioning our decision to go to the vatican. my dad was wondering why i was but i'm not scared. >> reporter: pope francis at the alter giving commune yan and praying for peace. but europe didn't seem so peaceful on easter sunday, troops with automatic weapons posted outside france iconic notre dame and in turkey

at the clinton victory rally tonight, abc's matt gutman is inith the latest. matt? >> reporter: well, this isn't so much a victory speech by hillary clinton but it did seem like a speech by a victor, hugelywd that cheered every time they heard that hillary clinton was winning a state. they booed when they heard donald trump wass of her speech was really about landing body blows against donald trump. she didn't mention him by name but she mentioned everything that he has done. a uniting candidate. that was what we saw in the crowd here, a very diverse crowd. of course florida very important for hillary clinton. march 15th. hugely rich delegate pool here of 246 possible delegates. she hopes to win as many of and maybe clinch this race. juju. >> matt gutman in florida tonight. thanks. mrs. clinton winning decisively overall with a narrow projected win in massachusetts. butng big in his home state of vermont. also getting projected wins in oklahoma, colorado-k , and minnesh those wins a closer look at the delegate count tells a different story. clinton pulling ahead in

matt gutman just tweeted this out, that a suspicious white powder was found at marco rubio's headquarters in washington. the staff has been evacuated to the roof of the building. we will continue to check out the situation and update you when we get more information. >>> also happening right now, flooding still a major concern in the south tonight. that's a major travel artery between texas and louisiana. this is new drone video coming out of the flooding happening in that area. it's the french settlement area in louisiana. the photographer who took the video says he hasn't seen water like this since the early 1980s. >>> now the most accurate weather team in florida, abc action weather. >> good afternoon, everybody. and while we had all of that fog this morning and still do along the immediate coastline, most folks, especially east of i-75, you're closer to 90 today than you were 80. so even though you started out with fog and for that matter you will again tonight and into tomorrow morning, waking up with visibilities limited, less than a mile in some areas, near zero closer to the beach

abc's matt gutman has the latest. >> did you kill michelle? >> absolutely not. absolutely not. and the fact that i'm sitting here and having to go through this is just a horror show. >> reporter: for 15 years, cal harris has been adamant he did not kill his wife. >> nobody should have to go through this. nobody. >> reporter: in fact, he has given that same plea not once, not twice, but three times. >> neither a murder weapon nor her body has been found. >> reporter: the first two guilty convictions overturned. the third trial ending in a hung jury. through it all, his four children supporting their dad. >> it was unfair. we shouldn't have to live at home without both parents. especially because our dad didn't do anything. >> reporter: today marking the beginning of cal trial. a judge granting the team's request to waive a jury, meaning the verdict is now in the hands of the judge. his team confident that new information they've obtained will finally prove harris' innocence. >> we had evidence at the third trial that two individuals had burned bloody clothing in a burn pit about

juju. >> matt gutman in florida tonight. thanks. mrs. clinton winning decisively overall with a narrow projected win in massachusetts. but bernie sanders winning big in his home state of vermont. also getting projected wins in oklahoma, colorado-k, and minnesota. but even with those wins a closer look at the delegate count tells a different story. clinton pulling ahead in what her camp is hoping could now be an insurmountable lead. as for the republicans, trump consolidating his front-runner status tonight with a strong but let's go back to texas. senator ted cruz holding on to his crucial home state. the question now, is this make or break win enough to counter donald trump's momentum coming off a big night? my "nightline" co-anchor byron pitts is theretonight. byron. >> reporter: good evening, juju. ted cruz made the case to his supporters tonight that after two wins that he is the best republican alternative to donald trump. but the mood here in the room was less celebratory and more relief. that yes, he won. but many here don't see t

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here's abc's matt gutman. >> reporter: 22 years ago the o.j. simpson trial had television audiences riveted. >> if it doesn't fit you must acquit. >> reporter: and just five episodes in, o.j. back in the public conscious with "the people versus o.j. simpson," already a record-breaking hit on fx. >> absolutely 100% not guilty. >> who would have thought we would still be talking about it 0 years later. >> reporter: it's a trip down memory lane for david aldanna acquit acquitted him. verdict. he claims the evidence presented to the jurors simply wasn't enough to put o.j. behind bars. >> 20 years later do you stand >> oh, yeah. what we were given, do i think he did it, yeah, there's a shot that he did do it. but then on the other hand, the evidence didn't prove it. >> reporter: is there one thing that would have changed the verdict? >> if they had the weapon with his handprints on it something that just can't be disputed. >> reporter: just last week what many thought was a new lead in the two-decades-old case sparking a frenzy of interest. >> the a

. >>> let's get to matt gutman, live in florida, in miami. he's at clinton headquarters, where he is expected to speak later tonight. a short time from now, in fact. >> reporter: just a couple of minutes, david. and a very energized crowd she'll be speaking to that has been exploding with applause and cheers each time that her name has been mentioned, projected to win another state. and, you know, this is not a super tuesday state, the primaries here are march 15th and early voting here starts march 5th. so, everybody in this room is looking forward to that, as is the clinton political juggernaut, already trying to seize momentum of tonight's victories. tweeting out, "this is one of the biggest days of the entire campaign. chip in a dollar right now and let's win this primary together." but as the boos that have risen up each time that donald trump has been mentioned on the screens behind me tonight, it's opponent here in this room, and for all clinton supporters, is not bernie sanders, it's donald trump, david. >> and clearly, matt, many peo

>> matt gutman, we'll see you as the evening progresses. in the meantime, the super tuesday storm we're tracking, as well. severe weather making trouble for some voters tonight. a damaging hailstorm in oklahoma, moving across the south at this hour. heavy snow like this near flint, michigan, strtretchingll the way to new england. in chicago, this plane sliding off the runway, no injuries reported. but meteorologist rob marsciano tracking this for us tonight at the weather wall. rob? >> reporter: good evening, david. we do have a severe weather threat. not a huge outbreak, but it's going to impact some states that are having primaries right now. including alabama, northern georgia, parts of tennessee, maybe even virginia. birmingham to atlanta, chattanooga, knoxville, certainly some citieies that'lbe impacted over the next few hours.s. re's the front passing over the appalachian mountain chain, with those showers and thderstorms. snow is from chicago to detroit, upate new york. but tomorrow morning the rush from new york to dc will be a bit

cecilia. >> matt gutman, thank you. >>> we do now move on to the race for the white house. democratic caucuses in three states tonight. this line snaking across the parking lot before this caucus in anchorage, alaska. bernie sanders winning there. and in seattle, voters lined up out the door today. sanders also winning the washington caucus. on the republican side, the fight nastier than ever. with charges laid out on twitter and in tabloid newspapers. abc's devin dwyer on the campaign trail for us tonight. >> reporter: under pressure to improve his standing with women voters, donald trump is tweeting up a storm. today writing, "nobody has more respect for women than donald trump!" the gop front-runner off the campaign trail and playing defense after an ugly debate this week with rival ted cruz over their wives. >> we don't want a president who attacks the family members of other candidates. we don't want a president who seems to have a real issue with strong women. >> reporter: after an anti-trump super pac ad featured trump's wife melania in the nude, trump threatened to,

>> all right, matt gutman in texas for us. let's get right to ginger zee, who is tracking the system and where it is going next. >> reporter: right. we've got to get straight to the maps, david. you can see the upper level low that is in parts of kentucky and ohio, that's what spun up the tornadoes already. that's moving to the east tonight. and along the stationary front attached to it, you can see tomorrows that could be severe from virginia down through north carolina. so, we'll watch that just overnight tonight. but throughout tomorrow, and the next day, we're watching this winter storm in the northern rockies, wind advisories, california to kansas. that thing is going to slide into the midwest and great lakes and bring chicago, indy, peoria, ft. waine, all the chance for strong winds later tomorrow afternoon, about 5:00. so, supper time. >> on the watch. now that the dangerous weather is out of the way. >> reporter: thank you. so good to be here. >> thanks, ginger. >>> to other news this evening, and around the world. rus