making news in america this morning, breaking news from southern california. a deadly shooting rampage at a birthday party. several victims now fighting for their lives. were they targeted because of their race? police searching for a motive. also breaking now severe weather on the move. a violent storm system moves towards the northeast after leaving behind widespread destruction and flooding. all across the plains. some areas dealing with blizzard conditions. we have your forecast ahead. new overnight agreement on a spending deal meant to keep the federal government operating for several months. president trump and congressional democrats both getting some of what they wanted. caught on camera a massive explosion on a highway causing so much damage to the road it is still closed right now and could

a good monday morning. we begin with breaking news. several people rushed into surgery overnight after a man opened fire at a pool party in southern california. >> in fact, in all eight people shot at that apartment complex in san diego's university city area in la jolla. at least one person pronounced dead overnight. a witness says the attacker was sitting calmly with a beer in one hand and a gun this the other. others describe the scenes of chaos people running for their lives trying to help each other. >> new video shows police storming that pool area. you can hear the rapid gunfire come out of that video. police say the gunman actually pointed his gun at officers and was shot and killed. abc's alex stone has the latest. >> reporter: the call came in just after 6:00 sunday evening in san diego. >> he's shooting again. he has a gun in his

he's aiming to the north. he is -- i don't know who he is shooting at at this point. >> reporter: 911 inundated with callers saying there was a man sitting on a lounge chair shooting at random victims. a birthday party under way and one saying he appeared to be targeting black victims. officers arriving on scene quickly made their way to the pool and the gunman was killed. >> shots of fired. suspect down. >> reporter: quickly police and medics began treating the victims. eight were injured. most were african-american. one woman died at a hospital. police say the gunman was 49-year-old peter selas who was white and lived at the apartment complex. >> he pointed the gun at our officers and three fired on the suspect and the suspect is deceased. >> reporter: they don't know if it was a hate crime the gunman armed with a large

handgun and several victims remain in critical condition. alex stone, abc news, los angeles. >> abc's matt gutman is in san diego and will have the latest on "good morning america." but we want to turn to the other top story. that severe weather outbreak across a wide swath of the eastern u.s. >> a powerful system bringing massive floods and tornadoes killed 14 people across 4 states and this morning those storms are on the move. heading north and east triggering warnings from north carolina to new york. >> over the weekend a massive wedge tornado slammed through canton, texas, east of dallas. look at the size of that. it carved out a 35-mile-long path of destruction. that twister ripped homes right off their foundation, wrapped trucks around trees. amazing scene there and demolished the entire lot of new vehicles at one car dealer. but perhaps most amazing two dozen teenagers attending their prom emerging unscathed. th

untouched in a direct hit. ten miles north of canton a rescue played out due to a group of good samaritans that passed by this truck. inside that truck a father, a toddler and an infant were all trapped. but then the man shooting the cell phone video actually got involved, jumped into action performing cpr on the unresponsive infant and a woman tapped that rescuer on the shoulder and started to pray. >> dear jesus, please let this baby breathe. dear jesus, please let this baby breathe. the first prayer she said i felt a response in that child. >> reporter: the baby this morning is in the hospital but the family says her condition is improving. more weather now and to the east a search under way for two children swept away by floodwaters and in western kansas and parts of oklahoma the problem was dvi

may 1st. blizzard conditions across the area dumped at least 4 inches of snow in some spots. now time for a look at today's forecast. >> good morning, kendis, diane, prepare yourself for a round of severe storms marching its way through western portions of new york, central and western pennsylvania down close to the d.c. area with thunderstorms reaching to the ohio valley region and into the deep south. we're expecting by monday evening pittsburgh, buffalo over towards harrisburg and that area reaching into virginia and west virginia damaging winds and flooding throughout the midwest and received over 12 inches of rain in some areas. >> breaking news on capitol hill. congress reached a deal to avert a government shutdown. >> lawmakers are preparing to are a vote after they managed to hammer out a compromise on the massive spending bill. kenneth moton is tracking all of the developments from

>> reporter: good morning. that spending bill expected to get bipartisan votes to pass. this weekend while negotiations were being hammered out and finalized the house gop team, well, it was checking in with mes about health care. overnight a capitol hill deal struck. negotiators reached an agreement on a $1 trillion plus spending bill. for the republicans a $15 billion increase in defense. including border security. for the democrats, increases in from the institutes of health funding and year round pell grants for college students. not in the deal cuts to planned parenthood or sanctuary cities and no funding for president trump's wall on the u.s./mexico border. >> the next 100 days will be just like the first unless his approach changes, a series of broken or unfulfilled promises. >> reporter: the attention turning back to health care this week. house republicans till don't have the votes for his new plan. >> as soon as possible we will br

>> reporter: health care on the mind of president trump at his weekend rally in pennsylvania. >> we're going to get the premiums down. we'll get the deductibles way down. >> reporter: the administration now trying to downplay another controversy. the president enlisting the help of the philippines to deal with the north korean threat and invited president duarte to the white house facing outrage over his abysmal human rights record. >> we need cooperation at some level with as many partners as we can get to make sure we have our ducks in a row. >> reporter: on a sunday morning show president trump praised north korea's dictator calling him a pretty smart cookie. >> kenneth, thanks. white house chief of staff reince priebus continued to push back against the media after president trump slammed the press during a weekend rally. priebus complained about stories that he says have no basis if fact telling abc's "this week," quote, they've looked at

president threatened making easier to sue news outlets but he said how it gets executed or goes anywhere is a different story. joe biden is getting attention for something he insists he will not do. >> yeah, he says he won't run for president again, at least not in 2020 during an appearance in new hampshire last night he called for more dignity in politics and squashed rumors of a return to the campaign trail. >> when i get acted by ray to come up here, there wasn't a doubt in my mind, even though i know it caused a lot of speculation. guy, i'm not run, okay. i know it caused a lot of speculation. look -- >> biden was in new hampshire honoring the nation's first all female all democratic congressional delegation. >> battling brush fires overnight. a woman attacked by a shark at a popular beach. new details on people nearby that saved her life. new video coming in. an airliner h

turbulence. nearly two dozen people seriously hurt after they were

this is video out of southern california. crews battling multiple brush fires in parts of the inland empire fanned by strong winds. the fire in riverside county is now threatening dozens of hopes and is now covering more than 1200 acres. at one point crews had to ground aircraft because of reports of drones flying in the area. well, not far from that scene two people being questioned after a deadly shooting spree in los angeles. one person killed and three others injured in the rampage. it all started saturday afternoon after a carjacking. one vic was shot and wounded on the street by gunfire from the passing vehicle. two others were injured in their car. the suspects were arrested

suspicion of automobile theft and illegal possession of a handgun. it does not appear to be gang related. hollywood facing another major hacking. the leak after entire season of "orange is the new black" nearly. an anonymous hacker, the dark overlord, carried through on a threat to release the first ten episodes of season five after netflix did not respond to their shakedown. it does look like bullying may be on the decline with researchers in one state reporting a 33% drop overall. >> a study by johns hopkins university looked at a quarter of a million students in maryland over a ten-year period and saw consistent improvement for nearly every indicator. even cyberbullying remained at a low 10%. spacex is hitting the reset on its launch of a satellite in a classified u.s. intelligence mission. a sensor problem forced the scrubbing of yesterday's launch.

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atlanta. and we're hearing some more now about horrific turbulence on a flight between russia and thailand that left nearly two dozen people with jeras injuries including broken spines. >> the flight from moscow to bangkok was just an hour away from landing when the boeing 777 hit turbulence. literally throwing passengers and crew around the cabin. at least 20 people suffered major injuries including three babies who were ripped from their mother's arms by the force. a russian official says those injured were not wearing seat belts. travelers to the bahamas got an unexpected and unwanted surprise when they arrived at the high priced fyre music festival to find no festival at all. no one seems to be taking the blame. >> now overnight $100 million class action lawsuit already filed in connection with the star-studded event and organizers accused of fraud and here's abc's gio benitez. >> reporter: what went wrong at fyre festival. >> it excee

>> reporter: billed as a lavish ones of a kind music festival for an elite millennial crowd but organizers are feeling the heat after failing to deliver. in we had no electricity, no showers. there's no bathrooms. no like running water. there was nothing. >> it was basically the exact opposite of everything we were promised. >> reporter: with tickets costing thousands of dollars rapper ja rule and billy mcfarland who co-founded the event are apologizing for the luxury island getaway that wasn't. >> we had two sites prepared and a big storm came through and busted the water system and affected half of the housing tents. >> reporter: gio benitez, abc news, miami. a southern california beach is set to re-open today after a woman was bitten by a shark overthe weekend. it happened in northern san diego county. authorities say the victim was wading in the ocean when the shark bit her leg. she lost part of her upper thigh. witnesses used a rubber surfboard leash as a

a new layer of security for cedar point in ohio that will require people to go through metal detectors. just an evolution of park security to make everyone feel safer. >> a sign of the times. time for sports. >> let's get the highlights from our guys at espn. good morning, america. >> good morning, utica. >> our mothers jamesed us john. game seven, everything decided. >> in my right hand i am holding game seven. chris paul and the clippers, chris has never gotten to a conference final. he would like to get to one. derrick favors finished with 17. 10-9 in the first half alone. gordon hayward wasn't good but while his teammates were he got warmed up, finished with 26. no more paul pierce. he is retiring and no

final again for chris paul. he loses in the first round. the jazz play the warriors next. mets/nationals. anthony rendon and had two ribs and hit this baseball out of the park. so, it's a home run. a couple more. fourth, two on. that's a three-run jimmy jackson right there. this was a jack show. just a complete jack show. two homers, six ribs and three at bats and bases clearing double in the fifth. nine rbis and hit another. recapping 23-5 nationals win over the mets rendon, 6 for 6, three homers, ten rbi. raised his batting average 52 points. >> that's how you finish a month. good morning, america. >> football score there. >> a good morning to you. up next in "the pulse," will ferrell brings back george w. bu

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gotcha. i just wish someone had told me all you have to say is fake news over and over again. you are know? that could be your answer for everything, yeah. >> will ferrell there as 43. he also told the crowd the prodigal son has returned. i don't know what that means but i know it's positive. we are anticipating big news this morning from kelly ripa. >> the host of "live" teased fans over the weekend tweeting that we're going to need a bigger mug and that she set to finally announce her new co-host. >> so some of the top contenders include jerry o'connell, anderson cooper, andy cohen and fred savage so no kendis gibson? >> no kendis gibson. curious to see what will be next to the question mark. in new zealand there is a new police mascot giving folks all the warm and fuzzies. >> constable elliott, the constable is as you can see a guinea pig but has an a

he is apparently the pet of one of the media team members. they decided this would be a good way to get the message out to tell drivers to be careful and the message was children are small and unpredictable. >> ah. >> just like this guinea pig. >> they give the guinea pig to go first on the road. >> i don't think that's the way -- >> to test out drivers' speed. >> i don't think it's supposed to work that way. >>up with good morning washington. today is the first day of may! and the work week starting with a weather alert day-- as thunderstorms head this way this evening. stormwatch 7 meteorologist eileen whelan will break it all down in her forecast in just a moment. but first here are some of the morning's other top stories. clean up and search efforts underway in the midwest after deadly storm strike several states. at least 14 people are confirmed dead amid reports of tornadoes and flooding over the weekend. in arkansas, the search continues for two children, that were swept away in rushing flood waters.

leaders from both parties have agreed on a bill to keep the government funded through september. the measure reportedly includes new defense spending. and while there would be more money for border security, none of it would go toward building a wall between the u-s and mexico. good morning washington. toss to eileen - weather alert day (severe storms 6-10 pm) - nice tuesday & wednesday - cooler w/ rain likely late week today: partly sunny. warm and windy. pm thunderstorms. highs: 79-83 winds: sw 10-20 g 30 mph tonight: thunderstorms early. then gradual clearing. lows: 59-64 winds: sw 10-15 g 20 mph tuesday: partly cloudy and breezy. lower humidity. highs: 76-79 winds: sw 10-20 g 25 mph covering metro... a weekend full of

tracks. arcing insulators causing smoke-filled tunnels on two separate lines. on the blue line... prince george's county firefighters spent part of the sunday afternoon investigating reports of smoke inside a tunnel, between the capitol heights and addison road metro stations. that closed the capitol heights station for about an hour. and earlier that morning - an arcing insulator caused track problems between the friendship heights and van ness stations for the third time in recent days. trains single-tracked for several hours until the problem was resolved. breaking right now. times square is back open this morning after suspicious packages forced police to shut down several streets overnight. police

discovered. sixth, seventh and eighth avenues were all shut down to vehicles and pedestrians. the devices were later deemed safe and the roads were reopened. a big announcement expected this morning... it looks like kelly ripa is finally getting a permanent partner. ripa hinted in a tweet , that she's going to announce her new co-host during her show - live with kelly! she's had a plethora of differnt co-hosts join her since michael strahan left last year. our own kidd o'shea is following this, and you can bet that he will have an update later this morning. it's xx and we're just getting started. a weather alert morning in the dmv. our stormwatch weather team tracking a series of thunderstorms, entering our area. the latest on the storm's path, and how long you will need that rain gear, coming up. shutdown averted. congress reaches a deal to keep the government funded.

make the cut. good morning washington. - weather alert day (severe storms 6-10 pm) - nice tuesday & wednesday - cooler w/ rain likely late week today: partly sunny. warm and windy. pm thunderstorms. highs: 79-83 winds: sw 10-20 g 30 mph tonight: thunderstorms early. then gradual clearing. lows: 59-64 winds: sw 10-15 g 20 mph tuesday: partly cloudy and breezy. lower humidity. highs: 76-79 winds: sw 10-20 g 25 mph cleanup and search efforts underway right now as deadly