america this morning. making news in america this morning, deadly storms roar across the plains leaving destruction across several states. new video just in. a tornado tearing apart everything in its path. powerful wind and damaging hail, as well. the forecast for that same area today coming up. more primary voters head to the polls today as the presidential front-runners try to lock up their party's nominations. meanwhile, bernie sanders is not backing down and putting on a late night show of strength in california. anger over a high school yearbook photo and a student's name. was it just a mix-up or someone's cruel prank? be careful where you step. you wouldn't want to walk out of the house and land, say, right on top of an alligator.

good tuesday morning, everyone. it's been a rough night for a lot of people. that tornado outbreak in the plains states. >> this dramatic video just in from oklahoma. watch this tornado. it just moves across this field tearing apart pretty much everything in its path. at one point we see it tear through a building. you see debris flying through the air. i mean, the amount of power and you can just hear the people shooting this video just over and over saying oh, my god, oh my god, when all was said and down power poles tossed to the ground and trees thrown in the air. >> you could hear the force and they always say it sounds like a freight train and it really does. the radar in the meantime. that line of storms still moving east. we're going to get more on today's forecast in just a moment but first those storms leaving behind a swath of destruction. >> abc's lauren lyster joins us now with new details.

good morning, lauren. >> reporter: good morning. 18 tornadoes in all were reported monday. overnight it's been parts of arkansas getting damaged by intense winds and parts of oklahoma will need to start the cleanup process after getting hit hard. this violent tornado ripping through garvin county, oklahoma. look at the twister as it appears to head straight for these drivers. >> this road is no longer passable in front of me. >> local tv affiliate koco warning viewers in realtime. >> continues to make its way closer and closer to i-35. some watching calmly from afar. >> we're fine. it's over yonder. >> reporter: others not so lucky. this destruction left behind in this storm's path. the storm killing a 76-year-old man, also livestock and pummeling a dozen homes. the storms in the state taking two lives overall. in arkansas overnight, 6 onto 80-mile-per-hour winds wreaking

havoc. look at this damage at the salem airport. >> wow, i have never -- >> look at that. >> reporter: in nebraska this man recounting how he survived a tornado there. >> we opened the door and looked out and the tornado set over there. he went under the deck and it picked me up and threw me against that tree and i just held on. >> reporter: parts of the state also digging out not from snow, that's hail. areas getting pounded monday by the destructive balls of ice, the size of baseballs but feeling even more powerful on impact. >> like a baseball bat hitting the patrol car. >> reporter: hail carving out divots all over this golf course. just incredible images. you know, the good news the sheriff in that area of oklahoma that was hit so hard says there wasn't a lot of wind more broadly or rain so they aren't having to deal with flooding or other damage beyond what was in the tornado's path. kendis and diane. >> sounds like right about now they could use any good news so thank you, lauren. so the worst of the storm

system is moving toward the east with more bad weather, though, in the forecast. >> let's get the details from accuweather's paul williams. good morning, paul. >> good morning to you, as well, diane, kendis. we're bracing for severe storms throughout the mississippi valley region but targeting the memphis area and southern portions of illinois and just shy of the st. louis area. where you see green we're looking for widespread scattered showers that caused heavy downpours reaching into the mid-atlantic. the irony of the southeast, this high pressure system will keep it clear but we won't keep it all the way clear up to the ohio valley. scattered outbreak towards d.c. diane, kendis. >> paul, thank you. the race for the white house more voters are heading to the polls today as republicans kind of scramble to bring their party together. >> yeah, some gop lawmakers are following house speaker paul ryan's lead by holding off on endorsing donald trump but ahead of his face-to-face meeting with him he is tapping chris christie to lead his possible presidential transition team. on the democratic side hillary

clinton is dismissing trump's latest attacks as bernie sanders gets a rock star welcome in california. let's get the latest right now from abc's stephanie ramos. >> reporter: a roaring crowd of 15,000 authorizers welcoming bernie sanders in the golden state. >> nobody can predict the future. >> reporter: sanders hitting up both coasts leading up to today's west virginia primary pledging to continue through the final contest in june. despite hillary clinton's lead in the delegate count. >> but we have the possibility of walking into the democratic convention with a majority of pledge delegates. >> reporter: meanwhile, this is the first primary where donald trump is the presumptive nominee and he continues to battle it out within his own party. >> does it have to be unified? i'm different from everybody else. >> reporter: house speaker paul ryan taking a different approach after saying he wasn't ready to endorse him. he's willing to step aside as

chairman of the republican convention adding it's donald trump's show. >> he's the nominee. i'll do whatever he wants. with respect to the convention. >> reporter: with a meeting on the calendar to smooth things out with top republican leaders like ryan, trump keeps on dredging up personal attacks against the clintons. >> hillary clinton's husband abused women more than any man that we know of in the history of politics, right? >> reporter: clinton not taking the bait and pushing forward to the general election trying to reach out to swing voters in virginia. >> a lot of his rhetoric is not only reckless, it's dangerous. >> reporter: the clinton campaign is already looking ahead to next tuesday's kentucky primary going back on the air with ads this week. assign they perhaps have more delegates there which may be all they need to clinch the nomination. back to you. >> stephanie ramos in washington, thanks. breaking news from germany. at least one person killed and several others injured in a knife attack.

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at least two people are dead after a series of tornadoes in oklahoma. the twisters also destroyed homes and overturned vehicles and there were tornados in iowa and nebraska, as well, but no significant damage reported there except in oklahoma. the worst driving conditions, however, this morning will be in the upper midwest with flooding coming out of the mountains and wet roads straight across to the mid-atlantic states. drivers should watch out for wet roads also in western texas. if you're flying you can expect some airport delays in denver and chicago. want to move on to that growing battle in north carolina over transgender rights. the u.s. justice department has sued the state over its bathroom law. >> north carolina then filed a suit of its own against the federal government. here with the latest, abc's steve osunsami. >> reporter: the fight in the streets over public accommodations is moving to the courthouse. in her lawsuit the country's top

prosecutor is now asking a federal court to stop north carolina from enforcing its new law charging that it removes protections for gay families and keeps transgender residents out of the public rest rooms they need. in her view this is the new jim crow. sex discrimination in violation of federal civil rights laws. >> they created state-sponsored discrimination against transgender individuals. >> reporter: two hours earlier north carolina's governor stood before cameras refusing to back down. >> i think it's time for the u.s. congress to bring clarity to our national anti-discrimination provisions. >> reporter: in his new lawsuit, he argues that transgender americans are, quote, not a protected class under current law. meanwhile, businesses are leaving the state in protest. and the ncaa is threatening to move its games out of state. on the other side, activists are taking their protests to stores. >> i believe you're violating the law. >> reporter: that are accommodating transgender customers. the federal government could still play another card and refuse to give federal dollars to the university of north

carolina and state police. steve osunsami, abc news, raleigh. a muslim student in california is speaking out after being mistakenly identified in the yearbook as isis phillips. >> bayan zehlif said she found it coincidental that she was mistaken for phillips, a former student, whose name is associated with the terror group. she said she was hurt by it but more after classmates denounced her for blasting it. >> for something like that to happen to me and the name isis to be used for me knowing what it means for muslims, it really hurt. >> the school says zehlif had been incorrectly identified as that other student. officials are trying to figure out how that mistake happened. in the meantime, the distribution of the yearbook has been halted. colleges and universities are being urged to stop asking applicants about their criminal histories early in the admissions process. secretary of education john king says asking those kind of questions discourages

students from finishing the application process. king made the announcement at ucla since the california system is considered a model for many. applicants are never asked about their criminal backgrounds there. a man claiming to be the biological son of prince has come forward. 39-year-old carlin williams has filed paperwork in a minnesota court requesting dna testing and he wants to be declared the late singer's sole surviving heir. williams' mother claims she met prince at a kansas city hotel back in 1976. williams, by the way, is currently in prison on a weapons charge. if he is prince's son and no will is found, prince's siblings may get nothing. a family in south carolina got quite the surprise when they received an unexpected visitor at their front door. yeah, it was this guy. after hearing a loud bang, they found a nine-foot alligator hanging out on the porch. a reptile wrangler was called in to lasso the 250-pounder as the family captured it all on camera. probably scared.

the gator took out a few garden lights, but no one was injured. >> the family stayed inside for that one. >> that would be a smart move. what do you think it wanted? a cup of coffee or maybe some milk? >> maybe, maybe, at the last one we showed rang the doorbell. after missing the first three games of this nba playoff series, steph curry came back off the bench last night to lead the golden state warriors to a 132-125 victory over the portland trail blazers and in overtime no less. >> the warriors now lead the series 3-1 heading back home to oakland now. meanwhile, espn is reporting that curry will be named the nba's most valuable player for the second straight season. in fact, curry may be the first unanimously chosen mvp in the league ever. >> well deserved. up next in "the pulse," one mom's dorm room surprise. well, it turns into a big mistake. >> you could say that. and how about one of those for breakfast? never too early for an oreo bagel. stay with us. do you often consume fruit, fruit juices, coffee or soda?

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♪ time now for "the pulse" and we'll start with a mother's best intentions to surprise her daughter in her college dorm room. >> yeah. >> now, mom is deanna pilling. her daughter is mckenna and mckenna attends utah state university. >> okay, so without her daughter knowing it, mom traveled from new york to utah to help mckenna pack up her stuff. >> very thoughtful. >> uh-huh. when she got there, deanna sent a picture from what she thought was her daughter's bed saying look where i am. >> the problem is her daughter was in her dorm room. her daughter's response, please tell me you're not in someone else's dorm. mom then had to admit her confusion saying, i am in the wrong dorm. omg. >> and then her daughter freaked out that mom surprised her at college. >> luckily that's all she found. >> yes.

okay, so, something you might be finding on a budweiser this summer. budweiser appears ready to make its biggest patriot ic tie-in yet and filed for permission to replace the name on its label with the word america this summer. >> keeping it simple. they also filed with the government to include patriotic catchphrases like liberty and justice for all. now, there's no confirmation from budweiser though "advertising age" is reporting this. >> so the irony, of course, behind all of this is budweiser is actually owned by a belgian company. >> maybe they really love the usa. >> perhaps or maybe stella artois will turn into something else. >> perhaps. so, it wouldn't be responsible for us to recommend eating oreos for breakfast but what if they were combined with bagels. >> okay, so take a look. this is an oreo overload created by the bagel nook. this is in new jersey. it's a black and white bagel

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good morning, 4:30 club. i am natasha zouves. >> i am reggie aqui. we have a lady's show, we have lisa with weather and frances is here with traffic. how is it weather-wise? >> move over, reggie. here is live doppler 7 hd. we have plenty of cloud covers. temperature are cool. we drop interest 40s around napa. we will watch the fog slowly ier read. 55 in hayward. 54 in fremont. 58 in san jose. if you are leaving this morning you need the jack coat. we will warm up in the mid-circuit around the bay and low 80s inland. >> good morning be everyone, we start off citizen free. the bay bridge toll plaza shows no delays. the derivative great.

pinole to san francisco is easy 19 minutes. there is road work on the lower deck of the public bib heading -- lower deck of the bay bridge heading eastbound, but on the peninsula, heads up, northbound 280 to westbound 92 is closed until 7:00 with detours in place. we will look at altamont pass to see in it is slowing. >> a muni operator is on leave accused of using a racial slur during a foul mouthed fight over a packing space. we have the video and what is next. >> good morning, natasha. muni is calling this a disturbing incident. watch, but, really, listen to this incident that happened san francisco captured on cell phone video. >> i'm a what?

[blank]. >> i'm not even black. >> the mentality of... >> okay. >> she posted this video on facebook page and said the muni employee was angry because of her parking spot on powell at wharf. she said it was downtown, if you see a spot, you take it. he was very upset in his personal car because muni uniform on. muni released a statement saying while we continue to investigate this we are taking immediate and corrective action. we have been told the driver has been placed on leave during the investigation. >> we are polling breaking news from germany. a man is dead after being stabbed in a violent program page at a train station near munich. threeers were put. the suspect is in