right now on "america this morning," severe weather outbreak. multiple tornadoes reported overnight in the midwest leaving widespread damage across minnesota. homes and buildings destroyed. where the weather threat is heading right now. texas school shooting investigation. more questions about the response from police as the first victims are laid to rest. plus, while lawmakers in washington discuss gun reform, canada's government introducing a national freeze on all hand handguns. breaking overnight, a group of people spending the holiday on a river suddenly going over a dam, the search effort under way right now. also breaking this morning, residents evacuated as firefighters work to get control of a massive chemical fire. the new video just in. plus, the dramatic

splashdown for a man wearing a jet pack. and the new delorean taking car buyers back to the future. good morning, everyone. we begin with the violent weather that's left behind widespread damage in the midwest. >> minnesota has been particularly hard hit. despite the damage, there are no reports of deaths or serious injuries. >> the strong storms took down trees and left tens of thousands of people without power. overnight, extreme weather pounding the midwest. >> that looks pretty dangerous. look at that. >> multiple tornadoes touching down in western minnesota. the city of forada taking heavy storm damage. this drone footage showing dozens of homes destroyed or damaged. officials say as many as 50 homes may have been hit. downed trees and power lines

making many roads impassable. crews on active rescue duty last night going door to door to make sure everyone was safe. the town of plato also taking damage leveling barns. in todd county, officials asking everyone to steer clear of eagle bend as they cleared roads and assessed damage. these massive grain silos and the region still expected to see dangerous weather tuesday. >> the lower peninsula of chicago, central missouri, wichita, back to childress needs lyor damaging winds. >> reporter: now all eyes are on mexico where a historic hurricane made landfall. agatha, the first named storm of the season, slamming into mexico's pacific coast monday afternoon. the category 2 storm bringing winds over 100 miles per hour and up to 20 inches of rain. experts warning of dangerous coastal flooding and life-threatening hurricane force winds.

flash floods and mudslides could also occur. the national hurricane center says agatha is the strongest hurricane to make landfall in may along mexico's pacific coast since recordkeeping began in 1949. forecasters says once agatha crosses mexico, it could redevelop into another storm. the heartbreaking farewells in uvalde, texas, mourners gathering today at the first funeral services for the victims of last week's horrific school shooting. families are demanding answers as they lay their loved ones to rest, and democrats and republicans are coming together in hopes of finding some common ground on gun reform. abc's justin finch joins us with the very latest. good morning, justin. >> reporter: andrew, good morning. uvalde and the nation still reeling, one full week after 19 students and 2 teachers were gunned down. their families now demanding their deaths not be in vain. the first of 21 final farewells now beginning in uvalde. >> it's heartbreaking, and i can't begin to imagine what

these families are going through. >> reporter: seven days ago panic at robb elementary. abc news obtaining video of frantic moments outside the school. >> guy with a rifle. >> reporter: police breaking a window to pull children to safety. >> somebody jump out of the window. >> oh, the kids. they're getting the kids out. >> reporter: a camera capturing what sounds like a dispatcher telling officers a student is calling from a classroom. >> he is inside of the building. he is in the room full of victims. >> reporter: texas officials say uvalde's school police chief pete arradondo wrongly believed they were dealing with a barricaded subject. he ordered not to enter the classroom where children were calling 911 for help. sources tell abc news federal agents finally used a custodian's key to get inside and kill the gunman. uvalde's mayor announcing

arradondo's scheduled city council swearing in ceremony is canceled for now as the city grieves. the police response to robb elementary under state and federal investigation. in uvalde, children joining calls for change. >> if we want to heal, we need some new rules because if we don't change, nothing -- it's going to be the same and it's going to happen again and again. >> reporter: in washington president biden's pushing a bipartisan group of house and senate members to continue work on gun reform. >> i think there's a recognition in their part that you can't continue like this. i know that it makes no sense to be able to purchase something that can fire up to 300 rounds. >> reporter: and that bipartisan group will hold a zoom call today to review possible reforms including red flag warnings and expanding background checks with hopes of reaching a deal on a framework by next week. andrew. >> justin, thank you. in canada prime minister justin trudeau's government

introduced legislation to put a national freeze on handgun ownership. the package would cap the market for handguns making it illegal to buy, sell, transfer or import them anywhere in canada. trudeau made the announcement surrounded by families of shooting victims. >> but as a government, as a society, we have a responsibility to act to prevent more tragedies. we need only look south of the border to know that if we do not take action, firmly and rapidly, it gets worse and worse and more difficult to counter. >> also included in canada's new legislation, long gun magazines will never hold more than five rounds. the law is expected to be enacted this fall. calls for peace in chicago over the holiday weekend went unanswered as shootings increased over last year, 48 people were shot in the windy city between friday and monday. nine of the victims died. this year's gunfire included two mass shootings on sunday.

last year in chicago, 37 people were shot over memorial day. now overseas, significant new sanctions against russia. the european union is banning russian oil imports that arrive by sea. the embargo will eventually cut off 90% of the russian oil shipped to the eu and a senior u.s. official says president biden has made no final decision about sending ukraine a certain high-tech weapons system. all that as russia's military is gaining ground in eastern ukraine. abc's tom soufi burridge reports. >> reporter: russian soldiers touring freshly taken territory and showing the utter inging to eastern ukraine.is the video airing on kremlin friendly tv showing hellish scenes inside the city of severodonetsk, the focus of the russian advance. more fierce fighting nearby and ukrainian police going door to do warning civilians to leave.

katarina saying no one should go through this. it's terrifying. president biden saying the u.s. won't supply ukraine with long range rocket systems powerful enough to strike across the border. >> we are not going to send ukraine rocket systems. >> reporter: a u.s. official saying the ukrainians might still get rocket systems with greater reach than the u.s. howitzers now on the battlefield. an announcement could come this week. russian shelling killing 32-year-old french journalist frederic leclerc-imhoff. france's foreign minister calling it a crime. shocking drone footage emerging from the russian occupied port of mariupol. mass graves stretching on. ukrainian officials who were in charge of the city releasing the video. and european leaders meeting with still no sign that russia will let food exports leave ukrainian ports. [ speaking foreign language ] the eu's top diplomat saying putin's latest weapon is wheat. ukrainian fields feeding much of

the world. this is a sunflower. ukraine produces around half of the world's sunflower oil, and with exports stuck in this country, we're already seeing shortages elsewhere. for this farmer, desperate times. >> especially for the common year. if you don't open the ports soon our crops out here, we can't export them. >> our thanks to tom. russia claims it now controls a third of a key city in eastern ukraine. the world health organization is not expecting monkeypox to turn into a global pandemic. there are at least 257 confirmed cases worldwide and another 120 suspected infections including 12 suspected or confirmed cases here in the u.s. one top official at the world body says, they don't want people to panic and think monkeypox is anything like covid. and check this out, this scene. those are iranian commandos dropping onto a greek oil tanker in the persian gulf last week. a second greek tanker was also

boarded. the incidents seem to be the u.s. in seizing oil from an iranian ship in the mediterranean two days earlier. and with that, ime now for a look at your morning weather. good morning. an advancing cold front will keep things stormy across the midwest as you cool down from minneapolis to omaha. hot and humid across chicago and late in the day you'll see some storms. the severe storm chances on tuesday afternoon/evening run from southern wisconsin all the way to the texas panhandle and all forms of severe weather will be possible there. here in the northeast feels like summer from new york city down the i-95 corridor. it'll be cooler, though, for coastal new england. i'm accuweather meteorologist kevin coskren. coming up, the new signal inflation may not be cooling off any time soon. also ahead, new video of a desperate search for two people on a river after a group went

over a dam. and tragedy in the nfl. a young player dies in a car crash. what police at the scene are saying coming up.

a i canada. three teens just avoided being hit by an oncoming train in toronto. the crew said it appeared two of them were trying to outrun the train. no one was hurt. fortunately, officials say one teen was missed by just a foot. now to virginia where some memorial day fun on a river went terribly wrong for a group of people who somehow went over a dam. rescuers have pulled most of the group to safety. >> this morning two women are missing after a group of people went over a dam in richmond, virginia. >> we have ten person that's have been brought to the bank.

reportedly two still in the water. >> reporter: officials say a group of 12 people went over the dam on the james river just after monday afternoon. nine people were able to land by themselves. two women remain unaccounted for. the crews spent hours methodically searching the river. >> after a very thorough search today, this evening, we seased operations this evening because of night fall. >> reporter: it is unknown what kind of flotation devices they are using. drone video taken just after the incident shows surfboards. >> we are very hopeful. we will give it our best effort. >> officials say recent rain brought the river to unsafe high water level. the meeting follows remarks by a federal reserve official who was calling for aggressive rate hikes to combat inflation. that governor, christopher waller, said he wants to raise interest rates by a halve percentage point at every

meeting until there is a substantial drop in inflation. as interest rates go up, lumber prices have come tumbling down. the prices skyrocketed in the pandemic becoming a leader in the supply chain issues. they plumpld more than 50% since march. coming up, the high profile defamation case between amber heard and johnny depp. >> the case is now in the hands >> the case is now in the hands of a jury as video surfaces o it takes energy to take on the world.■ so whether you■re breaking a sweat, breaking down barriers, or breaking the laws of gravity, keep moving with the ultimate energy bar. we bake in delicious, wholesome ingredients, purposefully wh a because the more good you put in, the more great you get out. clif. baked in goodness. now introducing clif thins. a crispy, craveable 100-calorie snack. right now, we're all feelin' a little strapped.

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clipping another vehicle on the freeway. he was a first round draft pick in 2020. the cardinals said they are devastated. he was 25 years old. the first full day of jury deliberations will get underway in the high profile defamation trial pitting johnny depp against his ex-wife, amber heard. it came after depp performed at a concert in england. >> a verdict in the trial that has captured the nation's attention could come as early as today as jury deliberations resume. >> it's insane to hear heinous accusations of violence. >> deem married her but the honeymoon didn't last long. in 2018 she wrote an op-ed describing herself as a public figure recommending domestic abuse. depp was not named in the article but he is suing heard for $50 million. claiming heard was lying and it

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moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc7news. >> a crash that killed a man in the south bay and new details in the investigation and how it all happen. >> in the bay area now, now another covid surge. >> and severe weather. the hurricane that just made landfall and conditions it could be bringing today. [laughter] kumasi: good morning everyone, it is tuesday, may 31. >> we continue sunshine today. warmer weather arrives. the final day of may today. equally as nice-looking. we are in the 40's and 50's in some spots. a mixed bag of temperatures pending on where you're waking

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