this morning on "world news now," damaging storms sweeping across the u.s. >> flash flooding forcing evacuations as the south central region gets slammed. the storm system bringing hail with it. and apparently far from over. we'll have the forecast. >> breaking news, a major storm barrelling into australia. hitting an area popular with tourists heading to the barrier reef with winds gusting more than 150 miles an hour. the powerful cyclone forcing residents as well to take cover as it makes landfall right now. >> and, there is new details in an alleged plot to kill fell low students. police say a teenager planning a massacre at her high school, pointed to her diary where she apparently outlined a columbine-style attackn

detail. the full story ahead. ♪ not going to give you up never going to let you down ♪ ♪ never going to run around >> functional fashion piece some are refusing to give up. we loved them in the '80s, didn't we? are fannypacks making a come back? christmas in the spring? who is making it cool again to wear your belongings in a pouch around your waist. >> whoo-hoo! >> let's celebrate on this tuesday, march 28th. ♪ never going to say good-bye never going to tell a lie and hurt you ♪ >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> i don't know if i have ever been happier than knowing the fannypack is making a comeback. >> just so that can justify what you have been doing for the last 20 years. wearing that? >> i like fannypacks. >> they're great. >> you know how many times i lost my purse or forgotten my wallet.

to worry. then free to dance. >> because you packed your flask in it. practical. >> for the office. >> going to delve into the big story later on. flashback to the '90s. >> top story this morning is the severe weather expected nearly every day this week especially in the south. >> show you the radar right now. see the storm system moving eastward into tennessee, mississippi, and kentucky. and tennessee residents were evacuated because of flooding. >> 90 miles south in mississippi there was large hail. at least as big as baseballs. so why not get practice in after the storm. >> yeah, what a texas teen did. after the hailstorm passed through his town on the way east leaving behind golf ball sized pieces of ice. so, yeah -- >> still waiting to see what his new handicap is. may get another chance to practice that swing today. because the there is a new storm heading his

>> let's get the forecast from accuweather's paul williams joining us. paul. >> good morning, kendis, diane. looking out for a round of severe storms, to rumble its way throughout portions of texas and into oklahoma. expecting damaging wind up to 50, 60 mile per hour winds. hail between an inch in diameter or bigger. flash flooding likely along i-20, i 10, i-35. potential of tornados, to days night, down towards dallas and san antonio. kendis, diane. >> powerful storm slamming australia. cyclone debbie, it is called, just made landfall, packing wind gusting as high as 155 mile an hour. sustained winds. 110 miles an hour. >> tens of thousand of homes are without power. many people have evacuated tropical northeast coast because the storm is moving so slowly officials worry could do major

damage. many businesses, and most schools are closed. >> mauove on to politics. top democrats asking the republican leading the house investigation into the russian election meddling to recuse himself. calls for chair nunes to step aside, sparked by revelations that nunes met with a secret source on white house grounds. nunes reviewed classified information allegedly showing president trump and his transition team may have been inadvertently swe lly swept up surveillance. house majority leader, nancy pelosi, and are suggesting nunes is too close to the president to be impartial. >> in the committee interest for him to recuse himself. it is my hope he will do so. >> nunes was criticized for sharing information from the source with the media. the president before informing

on twitter last night, the president questioned why the committee isn't looking into connections between russia and the clintons. and he declared that the trump/russia story is a hoax. the president's son-in-law volunteered we are told to go before the senate intelligence committee also looking into russia's interference and possible ties to the trump campaign. jared kushner will answer questions about his meetings with the russian bafambassador. the white house says kushner was doing his job. >> the top diplomat at united nations says there is a new sheriff. nikki haley told a meeting that sunny was upset at the amount of israel bashing at the u.n. and promised them the trump administration will not allow it to continue. >> i didn't expect an israel bashing session. until you hear it and see it, you can't comprehend how ridiculous it is. >> declared days of isr

house speaker ryan praised her, and accused the obama administration of hurting relations with israel. ryan's said president trump's commitment to israel is sacrosanct. neither are attending the high-profile american/israel public affairs committee meeting. when we mile the u.s. among countries boycotting u.n. talks on banning nuclear weapons. haley among two dozen ambassadors outside the general assembly showing opposition to the talks inside. such a treaty would disarm peaceful nations and benefit countries like north korea. others boycotting talks, russia, china, brit fiain france. an 18-year-old girl is facing charges this morning that could result in her spending decades behind bars. authorities say the attack was foiled by the girl's own father. these are the weapons tha

feared would be used in a massacre planned for april 5. shot gun, bomb making materials including pipes for a pipe bomb. columbi columbine-style attacked allegedly plotted by an 1-year-old student at the high school 90 minutes from washington. >> no doubt. >> according to the sheriff that student, nicole sev 'erio kept diary with a time line, and details about the school procedures. her alleged plot was fueled by her father who alerted school officials and police thursday when he discovered the diary. end of the day, the parents put the community in front of everything else. >> you know, obviously had to be a tremendously difficult decision. they did right thing. >> reporter: police say the girl's diary, mentions columbine. part of a trend. an abc news investigation found that in the last 17 years there have been at

school massacre plots. more than half of the would be attackers mention columbine. police have nicgiven no motive. as for the young student she has been committed for an emergency mental health evaluation. pierre thomas, abc news. >> stabbing suspect allegedly told police he cam to new york city to kill black men is accused of terrorism. james harris jackson indicted yesterday on charge of murder as act of terrorism. prosecutors say he stabbed timothy kauffman to death last week. according to the daily news. jackson said he did it as the a practice run to stop interracial dating. >> we know the name of one suspect in the bellagio jewelry store burglary. sebastian jogonzalez was captur as fur ran from the scene

suits and animal masks. three are on the loose. and possibly armed. police have not put a dollar figure on the heist. awe off the nfl raiders are coming to town. the league's owners voted overwhelmingly to approve the team's move out of oakland. they will play the next, two, three seasons in california while a new stadium is built in las vegas. team's owner says he is responsible for the move. he knows he has got work to do explaining it all to the rader nation. >> wasn't the players, wasn't the coaches that made the decision. it was me that made it. if they have anybody to talk to about it. it shrewd be me. i will in the coming days try to explain to them what went into making this difficult decision. >> well, some raiders fans weren't waiting for explanation. they brought their raiders gear to team headquarters and left it in the trash. i don't know what they will do about the tattoo. this is the second time in team history, ravens will be leading oakland, some supporters coaching maybe they will come back again, in the

>> tattoo on the head. too. >> can't take that back. >> all right, so, at about 7:30 sunday night. north carolina tar heels, forward, luke may sent the driver that sent them to the final four. 12 hours later there he was getting a standing occasion. his 8:00 a.m. business class. blmt. right now. his professor says he hasn't missed a class all semester. >> good for him. he would be allowed to do that. >> studies are important. >> scholar/athlete. >> nthe game was epic. >> chapel hill, right? >> yes. wilmington. >> there was literally just ten seconds that made the difference. so there was a camera that was capturing like kentucky fans. during lexington. for the last ten second. there they are.

excited. all in one shot, folks. ha-ha-ha. >> look at this guy. pans over. it sums it up. >> oh, no. >> how quickly the tables turn. >> yes, it does. oh, well. it was a great three second while it lasted. >> coming up. what you don't want to say to the next robocall you receive. >> uh. despite all voice prompts, automated technology has not been that helpful. it apparently is helping thieves. we will tell you the one word you should never say when that call comes in. provocative real housewife on dancing with the stars. her star was born in a rather unusual way. see where erika jane really gets her inspiration. >> >> speaking of feeling inspired.

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back with an urgent consumer warning about a phone scam we told you about at the beginning of the year. authorities say it is amping up. whole thing starts as soon as you answer the phone. >> abc's rebecca jarvis reveals the one word they need to start hacking your life. >> reporter: the new government warning of a growing phone scam. >> can you hear me okay? >> teresa thomas got the call at home in minneapolis. >> she was giggling. she said i didn't expect you to pick up, can you hear me? >> seems innocent enough. here's how it works. you pick up the voice on the line asks, can you hear me. when you answer yes, the scammer is recording can use that yes to authorize future charges. teresa was lucky. >> if it sound fishy, hang up. don't provide informatio o

experts urging caution, don't answer calls from unknown numbers. take advantage of any free robo call blocking service from your phone carrier. report suspicious numbers to the fcc. one more possible red flag in the scam. the caller on the otherened of the line asks if you want to be added to the do not call registry. the government will never phone you with the question. instead just hang up. rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. >> the key. so when your mom is calling you -- >> mom you have to answer. >> like are you home? >> yes, or hang up. >> coming up, pop star turned reality star, turned dance floor diva. >> how did erika jayne back the larger-than-life personality she is today? that's next. without any harsh chemical residue.

so she had a mansion, private jet, just about any material possession imaginable. yet she was insecure and unhappy. real housewives star erika girardi until she invented erika jayne. >> reporter: with her bombshell curves and platinum hair, erika jayne is more than just a real housewife of beverly hills.

floor on "dancing with the stars." >> i think that my life could not be any better. you know? it is pretty incredible. ♪ >> reporter: before there was erika jayne, the sexy persona on stage. there was erika girardi, mother and wife to high-powered attorney. >> i have everything that you want, every material object, everything, but inside my ce i still wasn't satisfied. >> reporter: this is when about ten years ago, erika jayne was born. a sultry temptress without limitations, empowering women of all ages. >> i just don't see the limitations in life. someone said, "how do you feel about dancing against simone biles she is 25?" i said i don't want to be 25. i am 45. we are valuable. all those

been broken. that's old way of thinking. >> reporter: the georgia-born star still considers herself a smalltown girl. and admits she still struggles with insecurities, despite the fame and fortune. >> i think that i suffer from what every woman suffers from which is never being pretty enough, never being thin enough, never being enough, never being smart enough. you can really whip yourself into a frenzy about all the things that you don't have. instead of all the great things that you do have. ♪ ♪ ♪ i want you crazy >> reporter: she says her anxiety gave way when she transformed into erika jayne. >> it wasn't overnight. i became this fearless badass that said i will jump out on faith and do whatever i want. that was a slow process. >> uh-huh. >> but what can i say? it's what i created. i don't know. >> reporter: sharing that signature wit her husband of 20 years, tom

that they met at a restaurant. she was his waitress. >> did you know i was single? there you go. and he called. >> reporter: of course he called. >> he called. >> tom, 33 years her senior. >> reporter: a lot of people wonder about the age difference? has it ever been a factor for you? >> i think you have to look at two people and how they view the world and huh thow they view li. we have much more in common than not. and we see life the same way. we enjoy each other. >> we are the same. >> uh-huh. >> in terms of how we look at life and everything. we're exactly the same. >> are you proud? >> yeah, so proud of her. proud of her about everything. >> erika jayne is a dreamer. >> i dream big. there is a lot of stuff to do. i like to be busy. and i love to continuously create and set goals. i'm not going to tell you what they are. ♪ ♪ ♪ it's expensive

>> what would your alter ego be? >> 20-year-old. >> opposite. >> coming up, a fashion trend making a come back. stay with us.

time now for the mix. i'm very excited for this one. because -- fannypacks -- are making a comeback. i was so excited. >> fannybacks are a different thing. >> mixed fannypack and comeback. >> let's celebrate. >> they went away. >> celebrities. didn't know they went out of style. bringing them back. jared leto, leo, kendall jenner, ma kate hudson, rihanna, sarah jessica parker. the list goes on and on. celebrities photographing themselves wearing fannypacks. been trying to do this for years. did not catch on. everyone looked at me

he can be proud of this photo start wearing it again. i don't know about the turtleneck and chain. >> mc hammer jeans? >> look like it. >> happy the fannypack is back. you can carry around, europeans have been doing it for years in new york. with their passports. >> go out to the club. >> go to the club. >> don't worry losing your wallet. gave us an excuse to bring up the rock and his fan knee pack. within of the favorite things ever. >> the gift that keeps on giving. >> okay, a brah at a gym, a brah, his name, calls himself the balance guru. here he is completing this feat of nine sets of dumbbells ve vertically stacked on top of each other. does this amazing, balancing. look at the old

corner. hitting shots. shots. that's cool. hey, think he can do another one? does he make another one? yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. >> this poor guy goes through the trouble to do the stunt. nobody cares. everyone is too focused on the senior citizen in the background. >> nailing it. one after another. >> sorry, buddy. >> uh-huh. >> speaking of impressive moves. check this out. monster truck rally. monster jam world finals. 18 in las vegas. the mad scientist does unthinkable. the front flip. >> first time. >> in case you don't know how big a deal that its, the front flip has never been done in monster truck history. >> my favorite video of the day. the young girl walking around her neighborhood, toddler, sees this water heater. thinks it is a robot. listen to it. so cute.

this morning on "world news now" -- the republican congressman under fire after revealed he met in secret at the white house. democrats are outraged. pushing for him to step aside. we'll have the latest. >> breaking overnight, two undercover officers shot in miami. investigators are trying to piece together the scene. the officers raced to the hospital in the back of a pickup truck. >> new this half-hour, why breast-feeding may not make your kids smarter. >> we've been learning about the many benefits. but there is now news about what breast-feeding won't do for your kids. >> things are heating up on and off the dance floor. there were some naughty numbers. some angry actors. one pro is now out with an injury. how long will it t