making news in america this morning, officer charged. video surfaces showing a cop pulling the trigger aiming at a suspect who is running away. >> that wasn't an animal that he killed. he was my son. >> the victim's family reacting and new video of the officer making his first court appearance. breaking overnight, crews battle an intense building fire as it quickly spreads through the top floors. people trapped inside rescued by firefighters, new video from the scene. and dynasty. the uconn huskies pulling out an amazing achievement. yet again they are national champions. a three-peat. we've got the highlights for you. and cat fishing. a bobcat dragging its fresh

catch out of the ocean in a picture going viral. and good wednesday morning to you all. we begin with another high-profile shooting of an unarmed black man by a police officer. this time the officer, though, is charged with murder. >> the video clearly shows a man running away when the officer draws his weapon shooting the victim several times when his back is turned. >> that officer making his first court appearance late last night. there he is as the victim's family demands justice. we do want to warn you the video you're going to see is definitely disturbing. here now abc's steve osunsami. >> reporter: this chilling video obtained by abc news. police officer michael slager fires eight times at 50-year-old walter scott as he runs away,

and this father of four dies in the dirt. it happened saturday morning 9:30 a.m. at this intersection here in north charleston, south carolina, it was a routine traffic scott. officer slager pulled scott over for a broken taillight. according to the police report, scott ran away and the officer chased him up the street behind a pawnshop and into this empty lot. >> black male, green shirt, blue pants. >> reporter: this abandoned lot becomes a killing field, and it's all recorded on a cell phone by an eyewitness no one sees. first officer slager appears to reach out toward scott, then scott breaks free running away with what appears to be a line attached from the officer's stun gun. that's when slager fires his gun eight times at scott's back as he's trying to get away, and he falls to the ground. officer slager walks over to him. >> put your hands behind your back now. put your hands behind your back. >> reporter: he cuffs the dying man and then he and another officer come to look scott over.

his family is beyond hurt. >> he needs to know that that wasn't an animal that he killed. he was my son. >> i lost it. i absolutely lost it because i knew that this started from a traffic stop, and i'm like, how can you go from a traffic stop to someone being dead? >> reporter: steve osunsami, abc news, north charleston, south carolina. >> there were bench warrants out for scott's arrest for unpaid child support, but scott's family says that is not justification for the officer's actions. if convicted of murder, slager, the officer, could face the death penalty. this morning's other big story, severe weather marching across the midwest. >> the storm throughout stretches today from kansas city to st. louis, des moines into western illinois. large hail, damaging wind and even tornadoes possible. kansas and kentucky already had tornado warnings posted overnight and into this morning.

>> that storm system yesterday spawned this rare funnel cloud. one of three spotted over sacramento, california. no confirmation, however, that any of those funnel clouds touched down and turned into tornadoes. with more on today's weather, let's check in with accuweather's stephanie olmo. steph, good morning. >> good morning, reena and t.j. well, on this wednesday, it's going to be pretty messy. we are concerned once again for another round of severe weather off to the plains. that same storm system that produced very beneficial rain for the golden state of california continues to expand eastward, and we are concerned here, kansas city, wichita down to oklahoma city for damaging winds, as well as hail. we are also concerned for isolated tornadoes and this same theme will expand here for our thursday. once again, another round, chicago all the way down to dallas as we head into thursday afternoon and the evening hours so definitely want to budget extra time for your commute, widespread travel delays to be expected. meanwhile, off to the northeast for our wednesday, cooler air filtering in down

to the nation's capital. meanwhile, pittsburgh enjoying a high in the low 70s. reena and t.j., back to you. >> all right. stephanie, thank you so much. well, fire investigators in l.a. are trying to figure out what sparked this inferno. it engulfed the upper floors of a six-story office building downtown. at one point 170 firefighters were on scene using ladders trying to rescue stranded victims. at least one person was hurt. the building was constructed back in 1966. did not have a sprinkler system. jurors in the boston marathon bombing trial return to deliberations this morning. behind closed doors yesterday they considered the charges against dzhokhar tsarnaev for more than seven hours without reaching a verdict. just before ending for the day, jurors sent the judge two notes containing questions. they will receive answers to those questions this morning. we're getting new details about what officials say was a cyberhacking at the white house. investigators claim russian hackers penetrated a nonclassified computer system for several months last year forcing that system to be shut down for several days. the system is used by the white house press office and several

other offices which deal with private details of the president's schedule. some believe the hackers could still be inside the system. well, cyberprivacy is one of the top priorities for the latest entry into the republican presidential race. as he hits the campaign trail in new hampshire today, tea party favorite kentucky senator rand paul promising to take back the country from a government that he says has gone too far. >> the washington machine that gobbles up our freedoms and invades every nook and cranny of our lives must be stopped. >> on his agenda paul would like to repeal the patriot act and large-scale data collection on american citizens, even shut down the tsa but like hard-line conservatives, he opposes gay marriage and abortion rights. meantime, rahm emanuel has squeaked out a victory barely winning his second term in the first ever mayoral runoff

election. the former white house chief of staff won with only 56% of the vote. critics say his abrasive management style rubbed too many voters the wrong way. well it was lights out in d.c. equipment failure at a maryland substation now being blamed for widespread power outages across the nation's capital, the white house included. the capitol, state department, you see that, all going dark before backup generators kicked in. some smithsonian museums lost power sending tourists spilling onto the national mall. lights also went out as oprah winfrey spoke at a ceremony honoring maya angelou. >> forever, forever. [ applause ] no doubt about it. >> we've lost power. >> no doubt about it. >> how are you going to turn the lights out on oprah. she only paused briefly there before continuing her speech in the dark, yeah, can't stop oprah. officials say there are no indications that the outages were the result of a cyberattack

or sabotage. well, still ahead, summer road trips getting much cheaper this year. also, a deadly crash. a plane goes down with a group leaving the ncaa championship game and a college coach was on board. and catch of the day. hear from the photographer claiming to capture this image. a big cat pulling a shark out of the ocean?

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assassinate kim jong-un led to the massive hack against sony pictures. the activist says he wants to inspire north koreans to resist their leaders. i guess he's assuming they all have dvd players. >> maybe the next balloon drop will send the dvd players. the epa says the highly toxic pesticide that left a delaware family ill had been used several times before at that resort where they were staying. officials are contacting guests and employees of the resort in st. john to see how many people may have been exposed. now, the sickened dad, his name is steve esmond has regained consciousness. his wife has been released from the hospital but their two teenage sons remain in a coma. a former nfl kicker with two super bowl rings is now suing the tampa bay buccaneers for $20 million. lawrence tynes claims unsanitary conditions at the bucs training facility caused a mrsa infection which ended his career. he says he still suffers following multiple surgeries to deal with the infection.

tynes kicked field goals in two conference title games that sent the giants to super bowls that they won. all right, got some good news for you, drivers, as we go into the summer months. a major relief for you. you're going to be seeing the cheapest gasoline in about six years thanks to an increase in global oil supplies. the national average price of gas expected to fall 32% from a year ago. that's nearly a full dollar per gallon less. that's according to the energy department. you'll save about $300. that's the average household savings this summer. >> all right exwe'll take that. and mcdonald's bringing back bigger burgers. it's putting a trio sirloin third pound burgers on the menu for a limited time starting later this month. mcdropped its so-called angus third quarters two years ago with analysts quarter pounders, sorry, right. you clearly dine there. i do not. those will cost around $5. really? you can eat all of that? >> i'm okay with a bigger burger.

>> you are? i'll stick with fries. >> that's right. okay. when we come back though, we got some savvy thieves to tell you about. get this, stealing $300 million in jewelry. how in the world did they pull this off? and rescued from the woods. a woman is pulled to safety nearly a day after getting in a car accident. across america, people are taking charge of their type 2 diabetes... ...with non-insulin victoza. for a while, i took a pill to lower my blood sugar but it didn't get me to my goal. so i asked my doctor about victoza. he said victoza works differently

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threat of flooding. snow will make things slippery in the northeast, upper great lakes and northern rockies. >> if you're flying, airport delays possible in kansas city, chicago and boston. meanwhile, weather may have played a role in yesterday's crash of a small plane that killed seven people in illinois. >> the seven including a basketball coach and athletic director from illinois state university were on their way home from the ncaa championship game. the twin engine cessna crashed just short of a regional airport in heavy fog. investigators are combing through the wreckage looking for clues into what caused the crash. officials in maryland say the carbon monoxide deaths of a father and his seven children were caused by a gas-powered generator that 36-year-old rodney todd had set up in his kitchen. the power company says it turned off the house's electric supply over worries about safety with an illegal power supply hookup using a stolen meter.

and in rural virginia, a 54-year-old woman was carried out of the woods on a stretcher after being lost for more than 12 hours. she had crashed her minivan and was disoriented, then police say she got lost and couldn't find her way out of the woods. she suffered cuts to her head and neck but is now listed in good condition. a gang of thieves in london has pulled off what may be one of the biggest heists ever getting away with a reported $300 million in jewels. the thieves disarmed a sophisticated security system and used heavy cutting equipment to break into a vault into the diamond district. the crime went undetected until yesterday morning when jewelers opened for business after the long easter holiday. a guy on vacation in florida was in the right place at the right time perhaps to catch this shot. he was walking on the beach and you don't see this every day. a bobcat with a shark in its mouth. four-foot shark roughly. the guy says the big cat went straight into the water after seeing the shark feeding on smaller fish. >> initially it was pretty quick.

it looked like it spotted it, it grabbed it, just snatched it and pulled it up. the shark kind of floundered for awhile. i was fascinated with the whole thing and i didn't think about the fact that i was potentially in danger. >> potentially but maybe not for long. right after this shot was taken he says the bobcat dropped the shark and ran off into the woods apparently a little camera shy. well, it's a big day at augusta national golf club, home of the masters tournament. today the annual par 3 contest. there will be great shot ss of players with their kids as their caddies. >> yeah. tiger woods is going to play for the first time in more than a decade. first, though, some of last night's hoop highlights from our guys at espn. good morning. welcome to our "sportscenter" set here in los angeles. along with neil everett, i'm stan verrett. women's college basketball national championship second year in a row, notre dame/uconn. >> a do-over for muppet mcgraw but with the same results. morgan tuck, the three.

maya moore, not on court, in the stands. tony thought i had said maya moore like she was playing. kaleena mosqueda-lewis, she's all that. uconn wins its third straight national championship. the tenth national championship for geno auriemma. i had uconn in my bracket. anthony davis and the pelicans hosting the warriors. new orleans fighting for that eighth spot. a half game behind oklahoma city to start the night. fourth quarter, davis, bucket, foul, hit the free throw. pelicans up by 4. 29 and 10 boards for davis. warriors down 3. under a minute to go, steph curry, 25 for him. game tied at 100. after pelicans free throws, warriors down three, curry loses it, regains it, nearly knocks in a three that would have sent the game to overtime but not so much.

pelicans win it, 103-100. thunder lost so the pelicans now in the eight spot in the west. >> all right. thanks to the fellas there. some more video to show you here. we get this from a gopro camera that was lost. now, check it out. this was its last recording. this was during a sky dive in sweden. >> the person wearing it tries to link up with some others but the camera falls off, plunges about 10,000 feet, eventually going down, down, down and, boom, landing in some grass. the person who found the camera posted the video online and reunited the camera with its owner. >> if a gopro can survive a 10,000-foot fall. >> pretty impressive. >> we might want to all get one of these. up next in "the pulse," ambush on stage. the surprise for maroon 5 frontman adam levine. having it their way. why burger king is paying for this couple's wedding. river. i'm kevin nealon comedian. and i'm arnold palmer, professional golfer. know what we have in common?

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♪ >> oh, right. time now to check "the pulse" with a shocking surprise for singer adam levine. >> yeah. maroon 5 front man, he was performing on stage in anaheim, california, and this happened. it wasn't supposed to be a duet here. a young lady got a little excited. a little too excited and a little too close for comfort. >> see levine first backed away but ended up handling the fan like a pro even embracing the girl to try to calm her down before a bodyguard escorted her offstage. >> the bodyguard seemed to be taking his precious time. >> it sure did seem that way but he handled it pretty well. >> give him credit for that. looks like many of us are not thinking out of the box when it comes to first dates. >> out of the box, huh. a if you study by a mobile dating app found starbucks is most popular spot followed by chipotle and panera, the cheesecake and texas roadhouse round out the top five. >> buffalo wild wings in the top

ten, as well. a chain restaurant apparently a perfectly acceptable choice to make the first impression. >> nothing says love like a latte. >> you don't want to spend too much on that first date, sorry. another restaurant chain getting generous, burger king, that is, paying for a wedding of a special couple in illinois. >> why are they so special? it's just joel and ashley. well, it's actually joel burger is his name. her name is ashley king. you get it. their last names are burger and king. after their engagement announcement, burger king tracked them down and offered to pay for the wedding. >> no word on whether they will be hyphenating their last name to become mr. and mrs. burger-king. >> please don't, folks. we always talk about people walk their dogs. how often does the dog walk the man, though. >> well, ask and you shall receive, right. but the dog walking here is the dash cam video of a big st. bernard pulling a boy, not a man, on the ground,

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good morning. thanks for joining us. i am matt keller. i am here for kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas. drew tuma is here. leyla gulen is here. if you thought you would wake town a dry morning guess again. >> a threat. but wet weather is in the forecast. we show you the majority of the bay area is dry. you do notice we have a few pop-up sprinkles. through the day today, sutro tower is showing a mix of sunshine and clouds and a threat of a late day shower through 4:00 with temperatures in the upper 50s to mid-60s. >> thank you, leyla gulen, we have a messy times on the roads yesterday how does it look? >> a huge difference.

we have clear conditions. that is the key at the bay bridge. the road is damp. a few cars are in the right lane. other than that, traffic is smooth over to the san mateo bridge we do have traffic free flowing with the drive only taking you approximately nine minutes. >> thank you. we have breaking news from san jose with police on the scene of a shooting that left a woman died. we are told the shooting happened at 10:00 last night and police say the female victim was shot by a male acquaintance. police are talking to witnesses. the shooter is at large. our reporter is heading to the scene and we will have a report in our next hour we have breaking news from three united states troops have been wounded in a shooting attack by afghan soldier. according to a police chief it happened after a meeting between the country leaders and the united states embassy official.

he said the soldier opened fire, right after the united states official left. american troops returned fire killing the afghan soldier. it is the second insider attack this year. after afghan soldier killed three american contractors in january. >> rains have not changed california drought situation and people are not conserving water at the rate they are supposed to. now this there could be consequences for bay area cities. our reporter is with that story. amy hollyfield? >> marin county, get ready. the state said we have to save water and marin has responded with a big meeting at the water district last night. the board voted unanimously residents and businesses can now only water three day as days a week. no watering is allowed 48 hours of significant rain this is in response to mandatory restrictions the state announced last month. we caught up