making news in america this morning, severe weather, a tornado touching down tearing apart buildings, flipping over cars blowing up transformers. where it's all heading right now. price probe. major u.s. airlines under federal investigation accused of working together to keep ticket costs high. we're live with reaction from the airlines overnight. devastating defeat. a player left in tears after an epic mistake at the world cup. the stage now set for the final against the usa. and surprise appearance. stephen colbert returns to tv months before he takes over the late show, and you won't believe where he showed up.

and good thursday morning to you all. we start with more severe weather. terror across the middle of the country overnight. >> at least one tornado confirmed near kansas city, missouri. some residents getting an up close view with debris flying around. >> i got it. >> the whole building. >> check that out. it just took the whole building in front of us, y'all. >> the storm blew out transformers sending sparks flying knocking out power to thousands of people. the strong winds blowing off roofs taking down plenty of trees, as well. >> heavy rain and hail lashed the area prompting concerns about flooding. one hospital that lost power during the storm was forced to use generators until service was restored. no injury reports so far in the area. take a look at an incredible photo we have, the storm looking like something out of a movie just dropping out of the sky. >> that storm system on the move right now coming east and prompting storm and tornado warnings. it moves into the tennessee

valley later today. another check on the weather later this half hour. and breaking news in tennessee. at least 5,000 have been evacuated after a train fire. the accident happened just outside of knoxville, tennessee. the train was carrying a toxic chemical. dozens of people trying to get away gathered in a parking lot of a nearby mall. this is just the latest in a series of incidents involving trains carrying hazardous chemicals or oil products. we'll stay on top of this breaking situation. well, as millions of us pack into overcrowded planes this holiday weekend, word that the justice department is looking into whether airlines worked together to limit the number of seats. >> limited seats means higher ticket prices and more profit. abc's bazi kanani following the story for us this morning from washington. bazi, a lot of travelers not going to be pleased to hear this. >> reporter: oh, no, not at all. good morning, t.j. good morning, reena. the average price of an airline ticket has risen more than 13% since 2009 on top of all those new fees, but the number of available seats has remained flat.

the department of justice now wants to know if that was planned. packed planes, higher fares and those ever increasing fees, the justice department is now investigating whether those frustrations for travelers are the result of potentially unlawful coordination by what are now the four major airlines, united, delta, american and southwest controlling 80% of the market after a series of mergers. >> the history of this industry is one of collusion, and the department of justice has a responsibility to investigate because it's approved the mergers. >> reporter: u.s. senator richard blumenthal accuses the airlines of illegally signaling each other about how quickly they would add new flights or routes and more seats allegedly encouraging each other to keep capacity low so fares would stay high. the justice department is now demanding the airlines produce statements and decisions from the past two years about the size of their fleets. this morning, the airlines deny the accusation saying through their trade association, it is

customers who decide pricing voting every day with their wallets on what they value and are willing to pay but with airlines now reporting record profits, many passengers squeezing into those crowded planes with pinched wallets remain skeptical. >> it wouldn't surprise me. i think quite a few things are corrupt in our way of life so ticket price hikes wouldn't surprise me. >> reporter: some industry analysts doubt the investigation will turn up any serious or significant evidence. still, airline stocks fell slightly after the investigation was announced. t.j., reena. >> all right, bazi kanani live for us in washington there, thank you so much. well, isis is claiming responsibility for a wave of deadly attacks across egypt which left dozens of soldiers dead. this comes after tourists were gunned down at a resort in tunisia. 12 people have now been detained in connection with that attack. the wave of violence is prompting new concern about security here at home, especially this july 4th holiday.

the defense secretary saying they're keeping a close eye on calls for attacks via social media. >> there are self-radicalized, self-organized people on social media. are we concerned about that, absolutely, we're concerned about it. >> homeland security says there's no specific credible threat but major cities around the country are adding layers of additional security. breaking overnight, new details about last february's plane crash in taiwan that left 43 people dead. investigators now say the pilot on the transasia flight shut down the plane's only working engine by mistake. that pilot is heard on the flight recorder saying, wow, pulled back the wrong side throttle. just seconds later the plane crashed upside down in a shallow river that was near the taipei airport. another shark attack is rattling swimmers along the east coast. millions of people head to the beach this holiday weekend. a 68-year-old man is recovering

after he was bitten several times as he swam in waist deep water in north carolina's outer banks. that's the seventh shark attack in that state in three weeks, and in south carolina, a 12-year-old boy, he actually survived a shark bite to the leg. well, the baltimore police department will be installing working video cameras inside all transport vans as part of improved security following the death of freddie gray. he died in april after suffering a severe spinal cord injury while being transported in one of those police vans triggering widespread riots across the city. the van carrying gray did have a camera. it was not working at the time. well, donald trump is facing more backlash over his comments about mexican immigrants. macy's is the latest company to cut ties with the republican presidential candidate. the retailer plans to phase out the trump men's wear collection saying his remarks are inconsistent with macy's values but trump remains defiant standing by his comments and he is now surging in recent polls climbing to second place behind jeb bush. well, an impressive show of support for democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders.

he delivered a speech in madison, wisconsin, last night. filling a 10,000-seat arena to capacity. the crowd welcoming sanders' message of income equality with loud cheers. and democratic front runner hillary clinton has raised a staggering $45 million since announcing her candidacy in april. the campaign spokesperson expects final numbers to show that clinton raised more primary money than any candidate in history during their first quarter in the race. she's been on a whirlwind schedule personally headlining nearly 60 fund-raisers in 18 states. the president of the united states, often called the most powerful person on the planet, but he still can't stop the rain. president obama got caught in a driving rainstorm. he arrived in nashville, and somebody helped him out. here you go, mr. president, why don't you grab this umbrella here. opened that sucker up. it was already opened. closed on his head. the president, he's okay. he's just fine. we didn't have to put the 25th amendment into play here.

he's just fine, but, hey, everybody has to deal with the weather and sometimes your equipment doesn't cooperate. >> well, not everyone's got rain. still ahead, the drought on the west coast now starting to take effect for beer brewing. also a mystery deepens. a couple seemingly vanishes on their morning commute. an overnight search digging in backyards as a person is now taken into custody. and an outing on the water turns chaotic when a dolphin leaps from the water right into a boat.

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the company is trying to come up with ways to reuse water while maintaining taste. well, chrysler has hit a milestone. for the first time it sold more than cars than ford in the u.s. last month. one reason is the popularity of light trucks and suvs now that gas prices are down. chrysler gets about three-quarters of its sales from pickups, vans and suvs. >> good to know. when we come back, stuffed in a linen closet hiding from burglars, the dramatic 911 call for help. team usa knows who they'll be up against after an epic ending, heart-wrenching, devastating ending between japan and england.

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well not necessarily a happy start to the fourth of july festivities near kansas city missouri strong winds brought down a tent where fireworks were being sold. you see that trailer? toppled over as well. at least one tornado was confirmed in the area. no injuries to report however. morning road condition, still stormy across the middle of the country. flooded roads a possibility and wet across the southeast. all the way to the east coast. >> yeah, seeing some of that weather. maybe no surprise that airport delays possible in memphis, atlanta and charlotte. some major developments overnight in the search for a missing arizona couple. >> authorities near phoenix say they're questioning a person of interest in connection with the disappearance of mike and tina careccia.

crews were digging in the couple's yard last night in the search for clues, they haven't been seen since the early morning of june 22nd. the couple's car was found abandoned not far from their home covered in dirt. >> turn now to two brave sisters from tennessee who kept their cool as two men were breaking into their house terrifying ordeal captured on 911 audio. the girls hid in a small cabinet in their parents' bathroom when they made this call. >> they're in the house? are they in the house? >> yes, yes, they're in the house. >> okay. i want you to be very quiet, okay. i'm on the line with you. i have help on the way. >> they're getting closer. >> they're getting closer to the bathroom. >> yes. >> that 911 call helped police find and rescue the girls with the sisters' help those two men with lengthy criminal records were arrested. a southern california woman missing since monday has been found alive. she crashed her suv off a malibu mountain road and down a canyon. a dog walker heard someone try

crying for help and called 911. rescue who saved her said she didn't have food or water and couldn't get out of her suv. amazingly doctors say she only suffered minor injuries. well a terrifying and bizarre ordeal along the california coast for a family of four just having a nice day out at sea when a dolphin decided it wanted to go for a ride landed in the boat dolphin was flopping aaround so frantically it knocked the wife over leaving her with two broken ankles and torn ligaments, the dolphin injured its nose and tail bloodying the boat and the family managed to make it back to the harbor where the dolphin was vale released. >> what a scene. >> yeah we turn to some sports now and some heartbreaking moments to show you here. >> highlights now from our guys at espn. hey there, people watching news, sports from los angeles, california near no-hitter in baseball. >> indians and rays. carlos corps racicot for cleveland. ten hits and 6 2/3 against this team.

bottom nine he's got a no-hitter going facing joey butler. he had 13 strikeouts in this game. butler, 2 for his last 19 before that. he was one strike away from a no-hitter, all he can do is clap for butler who broke it up. corasco came out smiling. got an ovation from the crowd in st. petersburg. 8 2/3. women's world cup semifinal, japan and england. winner to take on the usa on sunday. stoppage time game tied at 1. kawssomi. laura bassetted tried to kick it to her goalie or over the net, instead her own goal. soccer girl problems. the replay just didn't get enough on it. i think she was trying to punt it out of there. bassett clearly devastated by this. england players and fans praised

her for getting the team to that point but devastating loss for england, japan goes on to win 2-1. sunday the u.s. women and japan for the title. >> rematch of the last women's world cup final. >> won by japan in a shoot-out. we're done with sports. go back to news. >> all right. thanks fellas for the emotion. well up next in "the pulse," stephen colbert taking over public access? and the major change coming to bubble wrap that will surely disappoint a lot of people.

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♪ all right, time for "the pulse" now. we start with stephen colbert. he's getting in some television practice if you will, ahead of his new late quite gig. >> that practice took him to the town of monroe michigan where he guest hosted "only in monroe." >> then he detailed an online feud between the owners of a restaurant and one dissatisfied customer. listen to this. >> stopped in for lunch back in the late '90s. you heard right. mark m. is posting about a preturn of the century lunch he ate at jerry's presumably wearing his jenko's and fresh

prince jacket with blasting "chum "chumbawumba." >> eminem shared laughs and the rapper tried to show off how he flecks his muscles. >> that's pretty cool for eminem to show up. you have two huge stars but still totally public access. >> i would have loved to see the whole show. >> we should look that up. biggest presidential hot potato we have since the first president bush said he wouldn't eat broccoli. >> now encouraging readers to add peas to their guac. >> i'm not a guac guy. >> the president texted respect "the new york times" but not buying peas in guac onions garlic, hot peppers, classic. >> a lot agree. it turns out another bush family member jeb bush agrees with the

president on something. he tweeted simply you don't put peas in guacamole. guacamole is a thing thatablies republicans and democratss together. >> who knew, avocado. and sadly a major change coming to a popular product. a revamped version of bubble wrap will no longer have that familiar pop. what's bubble wrap without the pop. >> thank you. end of story. we don't need any more to the story. >> let's go home teej. we've done our work. that fun they're having there, the new packaging will be sold in sheets that the shipper can fill with air. >> what. bubble wrap is a popular pop. so popular even there's a facebook page devoted to it. called popping bubble wrap has a half a million followers so the new stuff you do what? it doesn't make any sound at all. >> it doesn't make any sound. you can't pop it. >> what's the point? >> i don't understand what the point is. i'm not so convinced this is going to be a super success. >> you know what, isn't it amazing we're so -- >> obsessed. >> obsessed and engaged something like bubble wrap. >> it's all about the bubble

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good thursday morning. thank for joining us. >> we're following traffic and providing the alternative to the testosterone you are seeing here. >> and we have a look at the forecast. >> parts of california, we see some strong storms. take a look at this video coming from fresno. vivid lightning over night that woke people up. live doppler, we'll show you we're not seeing the thundershowers but we're seeing light rain. you will see some light showers and this is all going to move through for the early morning

rush. with those wet roadways we know we have problems. >> absolutely. don't take estrogen avenue though. traffic coming into san francisco from the east bay is looking pretty dry here. we have a couple of cars waiting in the cash paying lines. that commute looking dry. very short six-minute drive. >> thank you very much. and 4:29 let's start the news. back to that lightning storm in the central valley last night. we received several amazing photos, including this one tweeted by danny another viewer posted this one. it looked like a big lightning bolt over a house in readley. i wonder what they can to -- did to deserve that.

>> when you see unusual weather where u live this morning or any time take the photo or video, and share it with us using the #abc 7 now. you may see one of our news casts featuring your photo. police questioned a person of interest for the shooting death of a woman in a popular tourist area in san francisco. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield joins us live. >> reporter: this is an area where you would not expect to hear about a shooting. we are just down the way from the ferry building right here on the embarcadero at pier 14. the shooting happened at 6:30 last night. we have some amateur video to show you that was taken right after the shooting. the witness heard the gunshot and videoed this from a a woman. a 34-year-old woman was shot and killed. she was visiting this scenic site with her father. several witnesses say they tried to help the