this morn6ing on "world news now," the race to cover severe storms turns deadly. veteran storm chasers on the hunt colliding with each other. their final moments captured on camera as the storm threat continues today. >> on capitol hill, former gymnasts testify to lawmakers about the sexual abuse they say they suffered while on team usa. but, it was the deafening silence of who did not show up that is also making headlines. >> also this half-hour, hillary clinton in her most politically charged speech since the election. >> hear what clinton said about the trump administration's first few months in office and she rails against diversity in the washington leadership. >> just stay close. >> action packed "spiderman"

i think my spidy senses are tingling. is that what it is? or i am j >> announcer: from abc news, thiss >>you all. we will start off with storms sweeping across the plains and texas. the monster system on the move right now. stretches thousand of miles. a thousand miles, rather, spawned numerous tornados, hail, strong winds. >> tragedy this morning that we are learning about. three well-known storm chasers, out tracking the storms, were killed in a collision in rural texas. this is the last few minutes of storm chasers, kelly williamson and randy yarnell's lives. >> we will stay on the storm we are on. >> the men racing through rain-soaked texas chasing

>> southwest of sparta right now. second before the collision. williamson behind the wheel, running stop signs. they slam into a storm chaser on the hunt. and corben jaeger all three killed instantly. williamson ran a stop sign causing the accident in spur texas. just last week the famed storm chaser acknowledging the biggest risk that would end his life. >> biggest danger out there is the other chasers. the grandma trying to get her kids, the tornado sirens are going off. trying to get them to safety. you got to watch out for everybody out there. then the storms kind of come secondary. as long as you go out there and be safe. that's the main thing. >> keep going. keep going. >> reporter: they were stars of the weather channel's reality

series "storm wranglers." both legends in the dangerous field cawe are out there gettin shot for them. >> reporter: true to form, the men live streaming what would turn out to be their last chase. >> weather channel did release a statement overnight. saying, kelly and randy were beloved members of the weather community. we are saddened by this loss and our deepest sympathies. >> gives you chills hearing him talk about that beg the most dangerous part, possibility of colliding with somebody else. >> watch parts of that entire two hours live stream that they did there. final live stream to. hear them say, okay, we are turning into spur, texas, the town that they die in was chilling. >> eerie. our hearts go out to their families and weather channel as

storms by the way, they're not letting up. there are more tornado warnings in effect overnight. the storm system its the strongest over western texas and oklahoma, extend into kansas and southern nebraska too. >> lubbock saw thunderstorms and hail, creating an icy river there. some of the hailstones were larger than tennis balls. four tornados were also confirmed, but there were no reports of significant damage or injuries. >> storm system will move a little east overnight. >> accuweather, paul williams is tracking it all for us. good morning, paul. >> good morning, kendis, diane. bracing for severe storms to hit texas, oklahoma, oklahoma city, going into arkansas, louisiana, wednesday, during the day. damaging winds, hail, between a half inch in diameter to 2 inches in diameter if yesterday is any indication. flash flooding and tornados. shift to the mississippi vally region throughout the evening time. the same low swinging to the

north will bring soaking rain throughout the midwest, causing flooding, kendis, diane. >> thanks. president trump made good on a promise to roll back president obama's climate control regulations. it wipes out restrictions mandating climate. the president said a newer era in energy production. >> how about this? why don't we get together. we'll go to another place. you will get another job. you won't mine anymore. do you like that idea? they said no we don't like that idea. we love to mine. that's what we want to do. i said, if that's what you want to do, that's what you are going to do. >> environmentalists insist the president is overselling the revival of jobs in a declining industry.

meanwhile, governors in new york and california are vowing to move through with aggressive climate change policies. chair of the house intelligence committee looking into russia's meddling in the election is facing criticism. congressman, now under fire for canceling a hearing in which former acting attorney general sally yates was to appear. nunes and the white house are beth both denying they blocked yates from testifying. >> overnight, sounded like the campaign season all over again. >> hillary clinton taking aim at president trump on a range of issues. speaking to thousands of business women in san francisco. clinton slammed the president over the shortage of women in top positions. she said the number was the lowest of any administration in a generation. and she urged vote tires resist some of the president's policies including those regarding refugees. >> we will need to fight back twice as the hard, not for the sake of politics but because the these are bad policies that will

and take our country in the wrong direction. >> and clinton also took a jab at the president on health care. she called last week's failure a victory for all americans. >> two anti-abortion activists facing charges. the activists say the videos show clinic employees trying to sell them fetal tissue. planned parenthood says the claims are false. and the videos were edited and misleading. prosecutors accusing activists of privacy invasion, saying they were filming without consent. one of the activists calls the charges, bogus. some formal efforts to combat opioid addiction under way. the senator asked five leading drugmakers for documents about their marketing of opioid painkillers. she wants to know what the companies knew about the dangers of the drugs. new jersey governor chris

trump administration effort to tackle the opioid epidemic. expected to be part of the white house commission being formed. unclear when the effort will start. >> this morning murder charges likely in the deaths of three teenage home invaders in oklahoma t they were shot in broad day light by the adult son. the woman who drove them to the scene arrested on murder charges despite never firing a shot. under oklahoma's law, she is charged because the teens were killed as all four were allegedly committing a crime. police in california went to find a surfer showed his skills on a highway. this guy was spotted on outside of a pickup truck near los geles. the surfer and driver face charges if they're ever caught. the california highway patrol called the stunt extremely dangerous. >> certainly looks it. >> it does. >> speaking of dangerous. how far would you go to stop a crime in the work place? home depot employee in kentucky

definitely went above and beyond. >> yeah, he did. this video comes from crescent springs. few miles from -- from cincinnati. there in northern kentucky. the guy in the red shirt grabs a toolbox and -- and took off. >> wow. so, a female employee takes off after him. outside he is driving away. and you can see -- that is the woman on the hood of his car. she eventually gets thrown off. and he drives away. >> and the woman suffered a concussion. and a bruised hip. >> just wow, right. >> i mean, a toolbox. >> the suspect is still on the loose. the woman was, working undercover for the store's asset protection team. so this was -- >> she is on the lookout for the stuff. >> that's, that's, yeah. i mean, we'll give her employee of the year award with it say don't do that ever again. way too dangerous. >> makes a quick recovery. coming up. a coach is in hot water after a tussle brock out following a

misunderstanding. others say it was an act of aggression. >> then in "the skinny," the most beautiful man on the . ryan reynolds has a fan who is staying true to his tweet after the dead pool actor replied to him. exactly what did the unusual thing the fan did, you are watching "world news now". >> announcer: "world news now" weather, brought to you by life alert.

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charges he has denied. >> i trusted usa gymnastics. i was sexually abused. as were so many other athletes. >> dr. naser is awaiting trial on sexual assault charges in a case and pleaded not guilty. former gymnasts, not sexually abused, described humiliation. >> everyone around us knew that abuses were going on but chose not to act because it became part of the cultural norm. usa gymnastic is did not send a witness but this statement. we are dealing with a serious problem and recommit ourselves off to promoting a safe environment for our athletes. usa gymnastics and former gymnasts support a new bill which would make it mandatory to immediately report sexual abuse of amateur athletes to law enforcement. linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> when we come back, the grow

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making news in america this morning, dangerous storms are triggering tornadoes and strong hail overnight. plus, we have details on the storm chasers killed while pursuing those twisters and where the threat is right now. the embattled congressman investigating election meddling standing his ground this morning and growing frustrations at the white house as the questions aren't going away. >> the president puts russian salad dressing on his salad tonight somehow that's a russian connection but every single person -- hillary clinton returns to the spotlight blasting president trump and the republicans' failed health care bill. airborne, a motorcyclist loses control and flies over a cliff. wait till you hear how he survived.