making news in america this morning, the stunning toll of a sudden disaster. a community destroyed by a tornado begins picking up the pieces. heartbreaking testimony in the jodi arias case. the family of the man she killed tells the jury of the devastating physical and emotional toll his loss has caused. and new this morning, from strangers to heroes. a group of good samaritans joins in a life-saving act lifting an suv off of a little girl. and more than a half billion dollars could be yours, all yours this weekend. all you have to do is get that one single ticket, that 1 in 175 million that's a very, very lucky one. and good m

i'm diana perez. john muller is off this morning. they're picking up the pieces today in north texas after those deadly twisters. six people are confirmed dead, and several others are still unaccounted for, and now more dangerous weather is threatening the area. abc's devin dwyer is joining us with more. good morning, devin. >> reporter: hey, good morning, diana. we're hearing some incredible stories of survival after that monster storm shattered what had been a relatively quiet spring of severe weather. the texas tornado struck with a vengeance. >> oh, my gosh. >> reporter: and this is what they left in their wake. block after block of devastating destruction. >> there's supposed to be houses right here and on this corner and further down there, and there's nothing. >> reporter: this morning the cleanup remains a monumental task. neighbors helping neighbors pick up the pieces. survivors counting their blessings. dylan grisham hid in a bathroom with his grandma and made it out alive. >> the door like just like shaking, shaking, shaking really bad.

>> reporter: the town of granbury, 40 miles southwest of ft. worth, paid the biggest price, battered by an ef-4 tornado, one of the strongest, with winds up to 200 miles an hour. officials said at least least six residents, four men and two women, were killed. >> all those six people, just total tragedy. i'm amazed that there wasn't more. >> reporter: today a mission of search and recovery continues as rescuers try to account for the missing. they vow to leave no piece of debris unturned. >> we need to make sure we give all those families that are missing people the chance at closures. >> reporter: closure will be a long road for survivors who endured the first major outbreak of twisters in the u.s. this year. now, the hood county sheriff says six or seven people are still missing this morning. two neighborhoods in granbury remain closed while rescuers continue to comb through the debris, diana. >> all right, devin dwyer for us this morning. thank you. and now to the scandal over the irs' targeting of the tea party groups. we'll hear from the former acting commissioner of the irs,

steven miller, today when he testifies at a congressional hearing about that targeting and a second irs official has also been forced to resign in the wake of this scandal. in washington yesterday tea party activists gathered promising to sue the irs. a man from the former soviet republic of uzbekistan makes an appearance in federal court today after being arrested on terror charges. he was taken into custody at an apartment in boise, idaho, which federal agents combed for evidence. the 30-year-old man is accused of conspiring with a known terror group in his home country. prosecutors say he was also involved in a scheme to use a weapon of mass destruction. and abc news has learned the fbi has searched an apartment in manchester, new hampshire. it's the home of a former rebel leader from chechnya. the man admits to meeting with boston marathon bombing suspect tamerlan tsarnaev at least a month before the attack, but he says he was not involved. also, an official says the younger tsarnaev wrote anti-american rants on the side of a boat where he was hiding from police. they include referceto thestan.

a homeless hatchet-wielding hitchhiker who briefly enjoyed some internet fame has now been charged with murder. prosecutors in new jersey say caleb "kai" mcgillvary killed a 73-year-old lawyer who was found dead in his home this week. mcgillvary's youtube video was seen nearly 4 million times, and he even made an appearance on jimmy kimmel's show. jurors in the jodi arias sentencing trial cried during testimony from the victim's family. travis alexander's siblings described how their lives were torn apart when he was murdered. his younger brother steven told the jury he was hospitalized for ulcers, lost sleep and separated from his wife even. his sister broke down on the witness stand. >> travis was our strength, our constant beacon of hope, our motivation. his presence has been ripped from our lives. >> jodi arias is expected to

speak to jurors when the trial resumes on monday. more than a half a million dollars worth of gold arrived at the miami airport earlier this week, and then it simply disappeared. a box containing the gold came in on an american airlines flight from ecuador, but somehow in the unloading, the box vanished. police are now poring over airport surveillance tapes to figure out what happened. heroic is truly the only way to describe the actions of a group of good samaritans in this next story. this is dash cam video from the scene of a crash in new mexico. an 8-year-old girl becomes trapped underneath the suv. see them running there. the officer who responded to the crash starts to flag down everyone, anyone who would help. luckily several people did, and that group was able to lift the vehicle, pull the little girl out and out to safety. she is expected to be okay. and now take a look at another car crash that could have ended so much worse than it did. surveillance cameras were rolling when a wrong way driver smashed through the front of a ft. lauderdale hotel and hit a parked car.

that impact sent that parked car plunging into the hotel pool. amazingly, nobody was in the parked car or in the pool, and luckily no one was injured. time now for the weather across the nation, and most of you will need your raincoats and umbrellas today. showers from virginia south to the gulf. severe storms with hail and possible tornadoes from new orleans north to the great lakes.ers in the pacific northwest. ideal mid-70 temperatures here in the northeast, but across the south it's going to be a hot one. high 90s around phoenix. nearly 100 degrees in pars of texas, and high 80s just about everywhere else. still to come, the jackpot jumps once again. the outrageous amount of this weekend's two giant lotteries. also ahead, the video of her baby tumbling on to the tracks made us all catch our breath. it still does. now hear from the mother. she reveals exactly what happened. but first american airlines is letting some passengers board early depending on what they're bringing on. we're going to explain coming up next. stay with us.

welcome back. bill gates is once again the richest person in the world. the microsoft co-founder's fortune is now valued at nearly 73 billion -- that's with a "b" -- dollars. gates recaptured the top spot from mexican billionaire carlos slim thanks to a recent hot streak from microsoft's soft which added a cool $10 billion to gates' coffers. well, it's been a roller coaster week for retail giant walmart. its stock shares hit a record high on wednesday, and then on thursday walmart posted surprisingly weaker than expected first quarter earnings.

the company blames the extra long winter for a slump in store sales. and after years of complaints, amtrs it will finaupgrade the speed and reliability of wi-fi service aboard its trains. but the speed will still be slower than what most people have at home given the technical challenges of maintaining a connection on a moving train. that makes sense. american airlines is trying something new in order to speed up the boarding process. passengers carrying a bag or a personal item that fits under the seat will be able to board first. that means fewer people stuck waiting for all those aisle blockers who stow baggages overhead. and it's a weekend for giant multistate lottery jackpots. tonight's megamillions lottery worth 190 million bucks but that, of course, pales in comparison to tomorrow night's powerball drawing. that jackpot now stands at $550 million. both jackpots go -- could go even higher by the time of the drawings. that 550 million, that's the

second largest in powerball history and the third biggest overall. ha, ha. well, there's a run on toilet paper in venezuela. people there say they're used to economic dysfunction but really nothing like this. price controls have led to a massive shortage. the government is now importing 50 million rolls. the shelves have been bare for days. all right, when we come back, a hopeful day for o.j. simpson. it's the final day of his hearing to get a new trial but not before some last-minute drama, of course. and a sporty surprise. a little girl who thought she was throwing out the first pitch got a home run. not bad. pooches and puppies... we are tired of being fed on! we want k9 advantix ii! it not only kills fleas and ticks, k9 advantix ii also repels most ticks before they can attach. the leading brand kills,

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yesterday afternoon. the sky grew dark as it was hit with torrential rain, powerful winds. a hotel and several homes damaged, trees and power lines came crashing down and thousands without electricity. more of the same for louisiana on the roadways this morning. driving almost everywhere in the southeast is going to be a little tricky thanks to hail, heavy winds and possible tornadoes once again. also, plan on wet roadways from st. louis to the great lakes and west into the dakotas and if you're flying, airport delays are possible in memphis, minneapolis, new orleans, chicago and charlotte. well, we're hearing for the first time from that philadelphia mother whose baby rolled on to subway tracks while trapped a stroller. this happened wednesday. the stroller, you're about to see it, falls on to the tracks at one of the elevated stations. so tough to watch. her 14-month-old daughter is doing fine. she says the stroller rolled away when she turned around to look at a clock. >> she's a lot better.

a lot better than it actually looks, so, yeah, i'm extremely happy and very much blessed. >> the stroller apparently rolled because that platform is slanted toward the tracks to allow rain to drain off. well, the hearing to determine whether o.j. simpson gets a new trial is expected to wrap up today, of course, with some fireworks. the lawyer that simpson accuses of misrepresentation in his armed robbery and kidnapping trial is set to testify and as brandi hitt reports, a possible surprise witness could take the stand. >> reporter: seconds after the last witness left the stand thursday, a new development was revealed in the o.j. simpson hearing. >> mr. simon is still vetting out the witness. >> reporter: a last-minute witness could take the stand. >> they're talking about potential witnesses that they object to. >> reporter: simpson's attorneys left the courthouse without speaking to reporters about who this witness is or what they may

reveal as simpson fights for a new trial for his 2008 armed robbery and kidnapping conviction. >> i didn't break into anybody's room. i didn't beat up anybody. the guys acknowledged it was my stuff. >> reporter: handcuffed to the stand the 65-year-old testified wednesday. his former lead attorney, yale galanter, mishandled his case and never revealed he advised simpson he had a legal right to confront to men to retrieve his own sports memorabilia. >> did you trust mr. galanter? >> yes. >> reporter: it was already expected to be high drama in court with galanter scheduled to testify. >> his reputation is on the line. >> reporter: simpson also games galanter never told him about a plea deal proposed by the prosecution. he has spent four years behind bars of a sentence that could last 33 years. >> he's got a pretty compelling case that he was not defended properly. so it'll be ultimately a credibility contest. >> reporter: the attorneys are meeting early this morning in

the judge's chambers and we'll soon find out if any last-minute witnesses can testify. brandi hitt, abc, las vegas. runners who couldn't finish the boston marathon will be offered the chance to run again next year. athletes who had passed the halfway mark but not all the way to the finish line will be able to sign up in august for next year's marathon. more than 5,000 runners weretoed on the course when the race had to be shut down after those explosions. speaking of running the second leg of horse racing, triple crown, the preakness is run tomorrow in baltimore. nine horses on the field including kentucky derby winner orb as the last night's playoff action, here's espn. a good friday morning to you. i'm matt barrie with your "sportscenter" update. closeout night in the nba thursday night. the golden state warriors looking to survive. steph curry hoping his team can stay in the series to force a game seven. curry drives in, gets it to

david lee. foul. the warriors down four. five minutes to go, curry hits the jumper. 22 points for curry. four minutes to go, change score, the spurs' manu ginobili finds tony parker in the corner much up five. 1:40 left and curry got some good looks much just didn't go in. take a look at that. that thing did literally everything but fall. ensuing spurs possession, parker hit from three. the spurs back-to-back in times appearances, final score, 94-82. rangers/bruins, original stick, rask ready for action. second period, game scoreless at charo fires from deep. saved initially from lundquist squeaks in. ryan mcdonough lets it rip. early third period, hagelin.

shoot and score, big fellows. rangers, 2-1. fires far side, scores, ties it up, goes in overtime in the extra frame, patrice bergeron finds brad marchand in front of the goal and bruins win it, 3-2. other news from the sports world, david beckham calling it quits. i'm matt barrie with your "sportscenter" update. a rather unique reunion of an army officer and his daughter is why it's our "play of the day." it happened at last night's tampa bay rays game. lieutenant colonel will adams delivered a video message supposedly from afghanistan. his daughter, well, she then went out to throw the first pitch. little did she know her dad was in catcher's gear. that's right, the pitch didn't quite make it to the plate but that, of course, is besides the point. dad reveals himself as the catcher and happy reunion takes place right there on the field. you just never ever get tired of

seeing this. adams had been overseas for a year. coming up next in "the pulse," one of the most successful tv shows comes to an end with a surprise appearance by one of its very, very famous former stars. plus, pat robertson's outrageous advice for the wife of a cheating man. hear it for yourself and why it's sparking so, so much anger. we'll be right back. ♪ to somebody out there who i didn't know ♪ ♪ would they laugh after i'd gone? ♪ ♪ or would they pass that wonder on? ♪ ♪ i wonder how it'd change your point of view ♪ ♪ if i gave one to you? ♪ ♪ i know a place before five old friends were once again

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in the first place. then there was this bombshell. >> recognize also males have a tendency to wander a little bit and what you want to do is to make a home so wonderful that he doesn't want to wander but think of the temptations out there, the internet is filled with pornography. >> oh, those poor men. that, of course, set off a firestorm of criticism not only from women, duh, but from other christian leaders that pointed out that robertson, maybe he forgot that, oh, that little commandment, thou shall not commit adultery. now to lindsay lohan said to be packing on the pounds in rehab at the betty ford clinic. lohan has put on five pounds at least since doctors took away her add eadderall, a drug she w take to help attention deficit

disorder. she's been put on new medication so she's complaining they are simply not working. as you briefly heard at the end of our espn report david beckham is retiring from the game. becks, as he's known, is hanging up his boots or his cleats after two decades at the highest levels of soccer. he calls himself lucky because he realized all of his dreams on the field and don't worry, he has no plans to top being the poster boy for plenty of other products. an eight-year run on "the office" closed up for good. "the office" ended with a hastily organized wedding of dwight and angela. the fans go the a special treat when steve carell reprised his role as michael scott returning to serve as best man. of course. well, the episode's final words were uttered by the character, pam, who said "there's a lot of

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>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. friday morning at 4:28. >> you have to pick me up off the floor. >> it was a great season. thanks for joining us on this friday morning. >> we have the weekend coming up and the weather is turning warmer. mike nicco? >> warmer this weekend but today, cool like yesterday. live doppler 7 hd shows it is dry and partly cloudy. that is how it will be headed in the afternoon. mostly sunny. a few clouds from time to time and temperatures are cooler-than-average from upper 60's to low 70's inland and 61 in san francisco and 64 in oakland and 67 in san jose and 57 or 58 at the coast where it will be breezy.

the commute this morning...any hotspots? [ inaudible ] >> coming up in this area we have two lanes blocked because of an overturned fire that possibly caught on fire. in oakland we have construction southbound 880 between high and 66 with three lanes blocked until 5:00 a.m. >> to the north of here we had double shooting northbound 880 at jackson. all lanes are now open. kristen and eric? >> that is where we start. the busy nimitz freeway through downtown oakland is open after a double murder shut down the northbound lanes. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield has the latest. >> northbound 880 open now everything was fine. the investigation has wrapped up. they did have to shut it down last night. it happened at 10:36 northboundt

know if the victims were coming from the game but this happened as the game let out. thousands trying to get on 880 and was nowhere to go. it was rough. a man driving a porsche was shot to death. his car had several bullet holes in it. the driver or the person who shot him got away. the passenger in the porsche got out of the car and he was hit by a car and killed. >> we want to get to the bottom of this. through our investigation we want to identify the parties involved doing the shooting and bring them to justice prosecuting them to the fullest extent of the law. >> no arrests have been made. they don't know the motive. they have not given up a