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.

>> a big pay day for a presidential power couple, the obamas jackpot sized book deal. that might take j.k. rowling jealous. it's wednesday, march 1st. from abc news, this is "world news now." if he is talking how to play quitch. >> the harry potter sequel, former president. it is march 1. start of a new month. perhaps, that's what the president had in mind, daily news saying, you know. >> hits reset. >> president hits reset. like what it seemed? he delivered his first address to congress. looking to hit the reset button after a rocky start in office. >> the country saw a subdued president, touting unity and optimism. he vowed to fix obamacare and reform immigration. he called on democrats and republicans to work together to improve infrastructure and re

david wright. >> on capitol hill, president trump preached unity to a country that is deeply divided. >> each american generation passes the torch of truth, liberty and justice. that torch is now in our hands. and we will use it to light up the world. >> this politician who is often accused of fanning fears, even race baiting began his speech with a shout out for black history month. >> tonight, as we mark the conclusion of our celebration of black history month, we are reminded of our nation's path towards civil rights and the work that still remains to be done. we are a country that stands united in condemning hate and evil in all of its very ugly forms. >> reporter: this politician,

elected promising to drain the swamp in washington stressed continuity and common purpose. >> i am here to night to deliver a message of unity and strength, and it is a message deeply delivered from my heart. >> reporter: baptized by the rain here in washington, rehearsing his speech in the back seat of the beast, as he set off for the capitol, we saw the new testament trump. promising america some sort of redemption. >> every hurting family can find healing and hope. our citizens deserve this. and so much more, so why not join forces and finally get the job done and get it done right. >> reporter: he rose to the occasion calling attention to surprise guests in the presidential box, he was able to soften his policy proposals, and blunt some of the criticisms he has faced. the longest applause by far, was for carrie owens, sitting next to ivanka trump fighting back the tears.

her husband killed in action in that raid in yemen. and her father has been critical of the administration calling for an investigation. the agenda trump set out in broad brush strokes is pretty much what he has been promising all along, stronger defense, lower taxes for cop racings and for the middle-class, tougher borders and that wall, on ending obama care, he was more direction. >> tonight i am calling on this congress to repeal and replace obamacare. america will be empowered by our aspirations, not burdened by our fears. >> reporter: the test now is whether he can follow through. i'm david wright in washington. >> well joining now is political analyst and reporter for "los angeles times," kathleen decker, kathleen, thank you for joining us us at this early morning hour. curious to know, you have been

covering this sort of stuff for decades now, what struck you about the speech? that change of tone? >> it was a definite change of tone for president trump. it is, it is in keeping with what previous presidents have done. at states of the union or at their first presidential address, as it was for him. before congress. but, one never knows which trump will show up. and, this time we, we got election night trump. who was more sober, more reasoned, followed the teleprompter, didn't indulge in any of the sort of nasty comments that he occasionally makes on twitter, or in some of his public statements. so, in that sense, it was, it was different for him. >> earlier, cathleen he gave himself a c in getting his message out. are you glean anything from the comment now that you saw how he spoke tonight or last night rather? >> reporter: i think we need to see how it plays out in the

future. this may be an anomaly or it may be a turn. we don't know yet. i think that he has been frustrated in, in getting his message out. and he, he enjoyed in the campaign a real ability to speak over the top. so his media interrogators to the public. and i think he realized in the presidency that's much harder to do because just the setup is completely different. so, i am not sure that, that he wholly owns the sea, he may blame all of us for some of that. but certainly, i think there will be a heartened by the -- by the response to this speech, which, again, was a much more conventional speech from an unconventional president. but is likely to gain him a lot of credit among viewers who see only snippets, all of us watched the whole thing all the way through. normal people will see this in little, bits and pieces, and may well come to a better notion of him. >> given that kind of change in messaging and tone, we have seen

can you really hang on this speech for some one who is feeling either pessimistic or optimistic about it? >> hate to sound look a broken record. i do think we are dealing with trump, fair to say, all most all of the time, that we don't really know. until we get some sort of consistent momentum in a particular direction. i think that a lot of people have hung on his words at particular times in the campaign. only to weak up the next morning, see a tweet and despair they had misread what they thought he was saying. it is early in his presidency, what, 45 or so days in. he has a lot of self definition to do. certainly this doesn't hurt him among the broader public and in fact probably helps him. helps calm down some of his critics in the house and senate who were worried they might see something much more inflammatory tonight from him. which they didn't. and, and, i am not sure that in this hyper-partisan atmosphere we are in anything will bridge the gap between democrats and

>> too early to be excited or too early to be down on this. >> thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> of course, we will continue to have more coverage about the speech. little, wednesday morning quarterbacking a bit throughout the morning. want to turn now to breaking news. serious breaking news. deadly severe weather outbreak across the middle of the country. investigators will be about 85 miles west of chicago today. trying to figure out how many tornados touched down there. at least one person was killed by an uprooted tree when, a tornado rolled through the city of ottawa, illinois. >> dozens of buildings, a nursing home and factory were damaged in a nearby community. one man said the tornado that hit there sounded like a freight train. his wife and son rode out the storm in a bathtub. their house was destroyed around them. >> at least one more person lost their life on an interstate in missouri. powerful wind, blew several cars

off the road. officials say a driver was killed when a wrecked vehicle from a junkyard was thrown in the air and hit that victim's car. let's turn now to paul williams from accuweather who has the latest on where the system is moving. paul. >> good morning, diane. kendis, unfortunately the deadly storm still has the another chapter left to it. look for another round of severe storms to plow its way throughout the ohio valley region and at the least produce some torrential downpours throughout portions of the northeast and rainshowers all the way up towards maine. we are expecting another round of possible tornados. deadly tornados. damaging hail. and wind. accelerating up to 65 miles per hour or even worse. diane, kendis. >> all right, thanks to paul. more news coming up, including the ceo of uber, call the on camera. lashing out at one of his drivers. what triggered this exchange and what he is now saying about that video. >> and

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country. flooding led to emergency rescues in san diego. this took place at a hotel that lost power after heavy rains there. crews used recover rafts to evacuate the building. police say the water wasn't deep but it was moving too fast for some guests to be able to reach hyperground in time. aviation officials on both coasts are beginning their investigations into two deadly small plane crashes. >> the pilot of a small plane was killed after crashing into an apartment building in massachusetts. no one was home in the apartment. but the plane slammed into. investigators are working on that scene of a small plane crash in river side, california. three people were killed there. two others are still in critical condition. those crashes have the ntsb calling for training of private pilots. the agency says there are average of four accidents each day involving small planes. the accidents contribute to 400 deaths per year.

should mention that the police officer involved in ohio wasn't seriously hurt. dragged by a suspect however, dash cam video showing the incident. the officer had stopped a driver who then drove off, dragging that officer 75 feet. the driver was wanted for outstanding warrants. he is allegedly threw his passenger out during the chase as well. the man was arrested after crashing his van. man, what a wild scene in the streets there. >> unbelievable. and uber's ceo apologizing for a heated exchange with one of his drivers. call the on surveillance, berating an uber driver as he sat in the man's car. according to him, the driver said that he bankrupted him by lowering the rate on uber's black car ride. he fired back with an expletive and said some people blame everything in their life on somebody else. and a staff memo, he said that he was ashamed of the video. some are coming to his defense saying he was just explaining

why the financial, how they run the company how to -- had a disagreement. >> they had a six-minute exchange. a difference of opinions. he may have gotten heated at times. >> heated at times. >> to some it may have come across as the rich guy, the big man, beating up on the driver who is in essence one of his employees. >> probably not showing that as former president obama and as. michelle obama made a unique joint agreement with publisher penguin random house to write separate books. now as part of that deal, the publisher will donate 1 million books. the obamas plan to donate part of their proceeds to charity as well. >> word of the deal comes as mrs. obama made a surprise visit e tweeted this photo of school.

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>> when he took to the podium, behind the president, mike pence and, paul ryan who immediately showed their commitment to fiscal responsibility by purchasing a buy one, get two free, suit and tie combo. right there. those guys. yes. >> steven colbert having fun with the president's address. >> late night guys were having a

you know the big skinny news this morning, is coachella. >> beyonce's pregnancy, actually ended up blowing a big hole through the weekend's plans to have her headline the whole festival. >> yeah, now they announced that lady gaga will headline both of beyonce's weekend on april 15th and 22nd. >> add the slot to her packed 2017 tour schedule. and be joined by fellow headliners, radio head and kendrick lamar. beyonce plans to headline in 2018. >> yeah, some aren't happy about it. imagine paying to see beyonce perform one of the best albums of all time. to hear one of gaga's worst instead. >> there are lots of people g day on campus.orldwide known >> yes, work, work, work. >> the eight time grammy winner

honored with the harvard award for charities she founded over the years. sunny didn't disappoint with an inspiring speech. >> so i made it to harvard. today i want to challenge each of you to make a commitment to help one person. one organization, situation that touches your heart. my grand mother always used to say if you got a dollar, there is plenty to share. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. it was my honor. >> great message. >> it is. >> reminded the students you don't have to be rich to be a humanitarian. >> yes, exactly. just, have to be one person who helps another. >> speaking of humanitarians, the internet has been going crazy in recent weeks over canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, also known by many as mr. dreamy. >> but as good looking as the 45-year-old may be. today check out newly found photos of a young trudeau.

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sent home during one of the most intense rose ceremonies of the season. nick saying good-bye to the 24-year-old business owner. just before jetting off to finland with his final three, vanessa, raven, and rachel. i feel like it is, really like, never going to be repaired. >> in the end it wasn't meant to be. >> whatever happens happens. but i will never kiss up to a man ever again in my life. i'm done. i want to go off to sleep. [ applause ] >> here now, welcome to the show. >> thank you. >> watching the video. wondering if you are, are you surprised you were sent home? >> i definitely was surprise i'd got sent home. we had just had such an amazing hometown date. and, you know, things went really well with my family. i thought we had a lot of fun. we talked about a emotional things. just super blindsided by going home.

i wonder is she really that way. or do so many things for shock value? is it really you? or, i'm in the moment. let me play it up a little bit? >> i do have a very big personality. yeah, that is me. there was a lot of, you know, really intense and emotional conversations that weren't shown. it wasn't also like, sexy and flirty all the time. but, yeah, that's me. >> you, you are painted, panlted -- painted as the villain. was that fair? >> i don't think it was fair. a villain does things viciously to other people. i never did anything vicious to anybody. i was just doing me. i was just, like i am going to do me. you guys do you. i will do what i want to do in my time you. do you. >> you did you well. i will tell you that. >> thank you. e studio.ody loved it a round everyone is like crazy, she is here. this is the one.

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making news in america this morning, breaking overnight, deadly storms on the move. the powerful system spawning tornados. new video of the damage and who's in the threat zone right now. also this morning, a softer tone from president trump. the president lays out a vision of hope and unity. >> i am here tonight to deliver a message of unity and strength. >> we are live in washington with analysis of the president's address to congress and the emotional moment bringing the chamber to tears. >> police officer today, perhaps nfl linebacker tomorrow. look at this. a man waving a bat outside the police department when an officer comes out of nowhere putting an end to it. we'll show you the tackle. plus, the high-end fashion at the president's address. the first lady's dress is getting a lot of attention this morning along with the hefty