this morning on "world news now," reaction to president trump's address to congress. >> in what would have been called the state of the union, the president laid out his agenda and he did so with a much different tone than we are used to. taking a look at the night's biggest moments and what kept the room so divided. >> breaking overnight, deadly storm system wreaking havoc across the midwest. tornados spotted across the region with intense, super powerful winds. pushing cars off the highway. areas hardest hit. >> then, does the irs owe you money from three years ago. well, a million americans didn't file their tax returns for 2013. leaving $1 billion in unclaimed refund on the table. well now the clock is winding down on that deadline to finally collect. so, hear what you need to know if you think you might have a big check comingou

>> hand me my money. >> please. >> how about a slice of hell? the pie generating so much outrage among pizza purists. we will tell you the toppings that sparked an all-out war for the soul of the slice. >> even i don't think it looks good. >> looks kind of good. it is wednesday. the first of march, people. >> oh, wow. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." a good morning to you all. a big day, of course. president trump's address. also a big day for our own kendis gibson, named "world news now," america this morning anchor. >> don't recognize it. introduce you. show you where they make the coffee. >> supposed to be talking to this camera, right. this morning we begin with, no, not quite. >> ha-ha. >> we'll get the hang of it. >> we will have more on that coming up. start things off this half-hour with president trump

and calling for unity as he laid out his plan to rebuild the country. >> in his first speech off to a joint session of congress, the president ran through a series of his accomplishments, condemned hate, expressed optimism. touched on a wide range of issues from obama care to immigration. abc's lana zach has the highlights from capitol hill. good morning, lana. you are my first toss as new anchor. oh, my god. it's so weird. >> good morning, diane, this new guy, kendis, who ever you are. congratulations on the new anchor spot. you know you are exactly right though. the president was, very disciplined in his message. but this was really more of a change in demeanor more than any change in policy. the president's first adress to congress. >> i am here to deliver a message of unity and strength. >> reporter: the president began talking about civil rights and

>> we may be a nation divided on policies, we are a country that stands united in condemning hate and evil in all of its very ugly forms. >> reporter: what started with a call to come together, soon split the members. >> we will soon begin the construction of a great, great wall along our southern border. >> reporter: the president also pushed forward with his promise to repeal obamacare. >> i am calling on all democrats and republicans in congress to work with us to save americans from this imploding obama care disaster. >> he addressed tax cuts, both for businesses and the middle-class. >> my economic team is developing hiss toreic tax reform, that will reduce the tax rate on our companies. >> reporter: along the way there was applause by republicans, while democrats sat stone faced. many women of the democratic party dressed in white symbolizing their commitment to women's rights. in their official response,

kentucky, steve bashear focussed on health care. >> this isn't a game. it is life and death for people. these idea promise access to care but deny the importance of making care affordable and effective. >> the president talked about tax credits as a way of, replacing obama care. but there is still so much disagreement among republicans, not only abut whether or not repeal and replace should happen at the same time. but how this whole plan should be funded. >> i want to go back to the moment. really was a powerful moment with ryan owens' -- widow, karen. from what i, it lasted about nearly two minutes. that standing ovation there. and sat overcome with emotion. but we know her father-in-law, owen's own dad, has been very outspoken against the raid and the administration, right? >> that's right. he,

president when he came and they were receiving the cass kelt there. he is also demanded a full investigation into the raid that killed his son. as well as the more than 20 civilians including children over in yemen. but, really, the moment of that speech belonged to karen. without saying a word she really spoke to the american public. a message of dignity, of sacrifice, and, and, more than anything else, i think, it sharply brought into focus the decisions that are made here in washington, have such profound impacts elsewhere. kendis, diane. >> such an important message for everybody to receive, people on our side and people in washington making the decisions. lana zach live for us from capitol hill. lana, thank you for joining us this morning. appreciate it. and the president's tone, his tone was distinct departure from the last major speech. in his inaugural address. >> joining us to talk about the change in

political director, shushannah walshe who was the masked crusader who walked in. started talking black history month and condemning anti-semitism, something that he had the opportunity to, several times to talk about and didn't. what's behind this? >> it was a very different tone. a tone that we really haven't heard since he was elected on, on election night. 3:00 in the morning next morning. what we are seeing with president from. he has historically low approval rates. usually a new president goes through a honeymoon period. not president trump. i think this tone does show a softening that he is possibly trying to reach out to the people, that are not giving him that approval. we also saw him talking to fox news. giving himself a c for messaging. he is clearly trying to change that with this speech. >> and obamacare the top trending issue on facebook on twitter. americanar

what the repeal, replace plan will be. how long do you think before we get details on that? >> republicans in congress are the ones disagreeing. you heard tonight it is a priority of donald trump and of republicans we saw. last week all of the town halls across the country. americans are worried about losing their health care. on the other side they're worried about rising health care costsable. we are seeing with, now, drafts of these repeal and replace proposals being leaked that republicans themselves are disagreeing. doesn't look like we will have any sort of definite proposal anytime soon. >> on the note, obama care, immigration, these are big issues for him. we know that already. >> yes. >> we heard him talk about the childrenvironment. paid family leave, investing in imwhen's health. infrastructure spending. not typical republican talking points. how will that be received on both sides of the aisle. >> abslultly. i think he is really trying to reach out to other people in the country. i think what,ha

about infrastructure on the campaign trail, child carol, women's health, the environment, those aren't issues that -- typically we hear a lot from republicans. but, really, you, i feel like it really, you could see the influence of his daughter, ivanka trump. these arer u eissues she champi. during the campaign and afterwards we have seen influence of other advisers on his speech, steven bannon. to night you could hear ivanka in the topics an change of tone. >> think it helped him walking into the room. even with the low approval numbers, knowing that he still had higher approval numbers than everybody else in that room. republicans and the democrats. are, are polling lower than he did. did it help him confidence? up aha . >> he always has high confidence. it's something that we see every day. you know, out of the president. even, you know on the o. in the day of the

lay low. he wasn't doing that. out there, signing orders. saw him on camera, which is also unusual. i think it was a different donald trump that we saw last night. but i think the question now is do we see it again. or does he go back to the twitter trump that we have seen so much since heap was elected. >> keeping us on our toes for sure. >> wait just a couple of more hours. see once the president wrak wakes up whether or not he tweets. shush, thank you so much. >> an time. >> as usual designated survivor last night. no it wasn't keifer sutherland, who presumably, designated survivor watched the speech from a secure undisclosed location. >> senior trump official said david shulkin filled the role. designated survivor kept away from events and speeches to ensure the continuity of the government in the event of a fatal catastrophic incident. everyone

they want to keep one person far away just in case. >> yeah. keifer sutherland would malk a great designated survivor. >> want to hang out with him in the room. >> who broughten the coffee? >> what happened? >> we also by the way have a designation of our own -- you can call you, call him a survivor. this guy right here. talking about the beg news of the day, of course. >> other big news of the day. >> we searched and high and low, tried for a really long time. we had to settle for kendis. >> high/low, on the seventh floor in the building. >> just started showing up for a while. >> oh. >> we made headlines. >> allowed him on. then weep decided. >> these are all the headlines. both of them. >> wow, you are big time. >> named co-anchor of america this morning. >> deadline hollywood. broadcasting cable. both of those delivers every

morning. >> those are all going out of business. you know, when i got named to the show. and, thought back to this moment last year. and there is this. the governor of mississippi. signed a proclamation. >> that brother can barely get the words out, right. he can't believe what's on that teleprompter. you can see, just say the words, brother. keep your job. keep your job. and all right, so, why is mississippi doing this now. traumatized black anchor. >> so for now, that's what it is going to say, traum tipsed black anchor. >> underneath. every time we identify you. little known thing. producer, whenever there is something stumbling on. going, having problems. brother, don't, don't, in our ear. >> change your wikipedia.

>> kendis gibson is a traum tipsed black anchor on his page. >> so much to get to from a newsstand point. not just the president's speech. also something that is happen right now in the middle of the country. including the severe weather outbreak. powerful storms. spawning tornados. that system on the move right now. and the scene caught on surveillance camera. check this out. middle of the night intruder. the homeowner asleep right nearby. and remember, you can find us on facebook. wnnfans.com and twitter at abcwnn. you are watching "world news now" with diane and a traum tipstips it's got a menthol burst. you can feel it right away. wow, that sort of blind-sided me. and it clears my terrible cold symptoms. ahh! this is awkward.

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we are back with breaking news at home. deadly outbreak of severe weather across the middle of the country. at least one person was killed when a tornado roared through the city of ottawa illinois about 85 miles east of chicago. now the storm damaged dozens of homes and other buildings in the area. including a nursing home. there were reports of baseball sized hail. >> another person died on an interstate south of st. louis. authorities say a suspected tornado picked up at least 15 cars in a junkyard and threw hem into the air. one of those hilt an occupied car rather killing the driver. other vehicles were also blown right off the road. the storm system is tracking east right now. bringing the storms into the northeast

horror under investigation this one in alabama. police say an suv accelerated into members of a high school band in gulf shores. 12 injured. three critically. investigators say the 73-year-old driver is cooperating with authorities. the case its considered an accident. this came three days after police in new orleans say a drunk driver injured two dozen people at a mardi gras parade. >> a florida woman is speakin i about a scary experience. surveillance from laura lucas' home in miami. that is not lucas. a burglar walking around her living room. in the middle of the night. lucas is sleeping on the couch. as the that burglar is walking around. the thief took her money, her jewelry, and most importantly her sense of safety. >> i looked at the video. that's when i saw what happened. yeah, walking right past me to go look in another room to see what else she could find of value.

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>> if you are not relaxed in the ten hours. then. >> um, speaking of macaroni and cheese. there its pizza. >> okay. >> okay. you know the whole debate. iceland, president of iceland. saying we should ban pineapple on pizza. well now there is something else that some people are trying to ban. after a guy tweeted this photo of his pizza that has mayo topping, peas and mayo topping. >> even i wouldn't eat that. >> might not be that bad. >> did he make this up? >> yes, his place. >> a lot of people responding to it. saying that's not pizza. it is an abomination. one person said, i am open minded about food, but, if you put peas and mayo on my pizza, i swear i will pee on everything you love. >> that's maybe a little bit extreme. >> vitriol there. >> i mean,

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this morning on "world news now," president trump possibly turning over a new leaf. in his first 40 days in office we have seen the president stick to the tough talk that got him elected right. in his speech last night, who was that guy? what was that message? where did that come from? full coverage straight ahead. >> breaking news, deadly outbreak of severe weather across the middle of the country. two people have been killed by storms triggering high winds. baseball sized hail and tornados. we'll show you. >> chaotic scene as police try to stop a suspect. >> dash cam video shows how an officer was dragged by a vehicle when the suspect tried to take off. but didn't end there. see what we are finding out this morning about the officer and the suspect.