making news in america this morning -- widespread damage after a tornado outbreak. homes and buildings leveled overnight. people inside a collapsed starbucks surviving after getting in the bathroom. plus a hurricane named late last night. rescuers in italy are digging through piles of rubble after a powerfu trying to rescue any survivors beneath. survivors are now being piled from the debris. donald trump ramping up the rhetoric against hillary clinton calling her a bigot overnight. and watch as bullet fly as a restaurant, customers forced to duck for cover. police say it's actually a waiter firing that gun. we'll tell you what started it

good thursday morning. we begin with breaking news, major damage in the midwest after powerful tornadoes touched down. >> the line hit first in indiana and then moved over to ohio late last night. one of the twisters as you can see, picking up a barn there, as it tore through a rural area near tornado. >> in kokomo, indiana, this is what's left of a completely flattened. luckily everyone inside was able to taken cover. kenneth moton continues our storm coverage. >> reporter: tornado emergency in indiana. >> we headed for the basement and it was crazy. >> reporter: this morning, residents are getting a better look at the mass destruction just outside of indianapolis. at least eight twisters were spotted. >> very active afternoon of weather for us.

buildings. homes and neighborhoods obliterated. vehicles tossed by toys. >> a lot of power outages throughout the city. >> reporter: students took cover in school hallways. customers and workers in this now-flattened starbucks survived in a bathroom. this 14-year-old boy got to safety in his home just in >> it jerked the door out of my home. >> reporter: a one-two punch for the heartland. in iowa, flooding after 8 inches of rain fell. the men of the luther college football team left the field to help their neighbors. >> making sure their possessions were safe. it was kind of easy to do. >> our thanks to kenneth. another weather note, the

hurricane. the third hurricane of the season. it's not expected to threaten land. but 1,000 miles southeast of miami there's another system that we're looking at. forecasters say it could be a risk to south florida this weekend. now to italy where the search is intensify for survivors of yesterday's earthquake. >> the death toll from the quake rose to 247 overnight. three-quarters of the dead discovered in and the three affected towns. firefighters spokesperson said crews are still hopeful they'll find people alive. this is a live picture of amatrice there. you can see that small historic town, hard-hit there. jennifer eccleston is following the developments. >> reporter: good morning, italy's leader warned his citizens that the death toll would increase due to the large

operation and those teams digging throughout the night. many of them on the job for more than 24 hours. with bulldozers and bare hands, rescuers working feverishly. as the death toll rises this morning, there are amazing stories of survival. a 10-year-old girl pulled from quake hit. shell shocked and covered in dust, but alive. this man speaking to an 80-year-old woman pinned under a collapsed building. he tells her to stay calm. that woman eventually saved and brought to a hospital to are cover. terry moran is in amatrice. >> one of the dogs seemed to have alerted on this rubble,

>> reporter: this drone video over the town showing the devastation, churches, homes and shops leveled by the tremor. the before and after pictures of main street a grim testament to the destruction. new video this morning showing the moment that powerful earthquake hit. this traffic camera at a toll booth shaking violently. the quake aftershocks. rescue operations are under way across three italian provinces. in some of those towns for the survivors they're now homeless, spending last night outside under donated blankets. kendis and diane. >> jennifer, the u.s. mission to italy just issued a statement to american citizens to stay away

american casualties? >> the state department say they're unaware of any deaths. but they instruct all u.s. citizens to check in not only with their families but also make immediate contact with the american embassy. >> jennifer there for us live in london. great to hear some at least survivor stories. now to afghanistan deadly siege at the american university in kabul. it's finally over, at least 12 people were killed in the attack. some imagined to escape. bombs were detonated and guns fired. at least two of the attackers are dead. at least 700 students were evacuated from the school. u.s. navy is calling an incident between iranian vessel

unprofessional. it came within 300 of the u.s. vessel. it's the most recent in several incidents of iranian ships of taunting u.s. ships in the persian gulf. now to "your voice, your vote." and the latest name-calling on the road to the white house. >> donald trump has launched a new assault on hillary clinton labeling her a b to appeal to minority voters. >> hillary clinton is a bigot. who sees people of color only as votes not as human beings worthy of a better future. >> clinton immediately fired back telling cnn last night that

bigotry pair paranoia. >> he's taking a hate movement main stream. >> we can expect to hear much more on this issue. hillary clinton is set to deliver a speech in nevada today aimed at linking donald trump to the alternative right movement often associated with white nationalism. >> trump not only one getting a lot of attention for what happened at that rally last night. >> take a look at this woman standing behind trump as that comment when he called hillary clinton a bigot. her eyes widespread. gifs and memes online. >> it's a trump rally, you know to expect the unexpected. still ahead -- two bird

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course. the 59-year-old woman was at the go aep treetop adventure in delaware when she fell 40 feet. she was pronounced dead at the hospital. there's more pressure this morning on a major drug company after a massive price increase on epipen they're calling on mylan pharmaceuticals to bring down the cost. they jacked up the price 400%. mylan ceo blamed the increase in part on obamacare. the amount of ice in starbucks cold drinks. he sued the chain the use of too much ice misleads customers on the drink size. the judge said a reasonable

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with sexually assaulting two classmates. in a plea hearing in june, the judge siding with becker's lawyer who argued that becker had already suffered due to his actions. he was arrested in april after two 18-year-old girls told authorities that had drinks. they woke up separate times to becker assaulting them. he was was sleeping. linzie janis, abc news, new york. some customers in a texas steakhouse got quite a scare after gunfire erupted after serving. the waiter was put in a head lock by an unhappy customer. no arrests have been made. authorities may charge the customer with assault and the

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taking a look at our top stories -- the death toll rises following the earthquake in italy. crews are still working hard to find survivors, searchers are coming the rubble with their bare hands and sniffer dogs. donald trump has launched a new attack on hillary clinton calling her a bigot. clinton fired back saying trump is taking a hate movement main stream. assessing damage in ohio and indiana after twisters touched down. the storms damaged businesses and homes. looking at the weather, the heat is on in the west, much warmerer in the northeast. hot and humid in the south. finally, we want to check in with the firefighter who made medical history by getting a face transplant. >> doctor here in new york are

>> at the end of my neck. >> it's a neck scar. >> it goes all of the way around. >> that's it >> that's his hair. everything is the same >>. >> reporter: huge difference, this was 42-year-old a year ago, no hair or eyelids. 07 surgeries over 14 years had left them down. >> they basically told me in a nice way they couldn't give what i wanted. >> reporter: patrick's face transplant could only happen after the death of 27-year-old who died after a bicycle accident in new york. he was an organ donator. and david's grieving mother decided to do it. >> i can't express the gratitude enough.

transpl transplant two months ago he went shopping. before the surgery pat could not blink, no eyelids and had to sleep with his eyes open. >> he's a remarkable human being. we could not have selected a better person. no children screaming or crying or running away. he blends in in a world where everyone tries to be different, now he has a knorr >> michelle charlesworth, eyewitness news. amazing recover. >> unbelievable survival story.

a crazy seen in canton: 3 people shot in the 4th attack . do you details justin. devastation keeps in italy. the staggering number of people killed, many of them children and shocking video of an amazing rescue. >> yesterday was my first day of kindergarten but i couldn't go because i had to get a blood transfusion. fighting a rare form of brain cancer. a worcester girl needs your encouragement. how you can help little madison. we have plenty of standing water on the roads this