making news in america this morning, this morning, path of destruction. tornadoes lashing the midwest. a massive operation under way entire town where the severe weather is expected today. new details in the south carolina shooting that led to murder charges against a police officer. the moments before the shooting that you haven't seen. and what the officer's mother is saying about her son. wild ride a school bus fishtailing down a highway and hitting a guardrail with students inside. this dramatic crash you can see on camera. biden's binkie. why the vice president was snabed with a pacifier in his mouth.pped with a pacifier in his

mouth. >> and good friday morning to you all. we have breaking news. a deadly tornado causing widespread damage in northern illinois. >> piles of rubble left behind where homes once stood and overturned semi truck and restaurant destroyed. just some of the scenes they're sifting through right now. >> look at that. >> yeah look at that. a massive tornado touching down. now, sure it barreled through an open field but caused a lot of destruction in places as well. abc's bazi kanani with the very latest for us. >> reporter: a search and rescue operation continues this morning in illinois. at least one dead and seven injured as a tornado damaged every single building in the village. many of them destroyed. abc's alex perez is there. >> the devastation here is amazing to see how quickly this

happened. tornado, a big storm moved through here 7:15 thursday night and created all of this damage. they say -- they believe it sporadically hopped and jumped around a 50-mile stretch of the area creating a lot of damage particularly here in fairdale. >> reporter: rescuers now eager for daylight to help. >> with daylight hours to get a better accountability of all the residents that live there and make sure that any potential rescues that still need to be made are, in fact made. >> oh my gosh. that's going right through. >> reporter: the devastating twister captured on cell phone video as it moved through the area thursday evening. residents rushing to safety. >> got in and got my family in the basement. as i watched it go behind it was massive. >> reporter: a close call in rochelle. 12 people surviving in the basement of this restaurant as the tornado passed right by.

>> we pulled in here and ran inside. the owner said in the basement went down in the basement. >> reporter: the powerful storms sweeping across the plains and midwest with several reported tornadoes flooding rains and damaging hail. the region's first widespread bout of severe weather hitting hard. bazi kanani abc news washington. >> boy, incredible photos tweeted by the rockford illinois fire department from fairdale. to give you an idea how bad the destruction was firefighters had trouble reaching some homes in the town of 200 just to check the residents. you can see why every single building has some sort of damage. some have damage of every sort. not known when residents can go back into their homes to collect theiren belongings. >> they're moving into the south and east. full forecast now from accuweather's justin povick. hello, justin. >> t.j. and reena, thanks. and good morning. a very active morning and active afternoon throughout the ohio

valley and the midatlantic states. high winds, large hail slight chance of a tornado through the remainder of the northeast. with travel delays. more dangerous thunderstorms throughout the carolinas and right in the gulf coast states the threat is the same damaging winds and large hail. reena and t.j. back to you. >> thanks justin. stay with abc news for the latest on today's severe weather and recovery efforts in illinois more dater in this half hour and, of course on "gma." well the u.s. census bureau had to be put on lockdown after a domestic dispute and a security guard at the agency headquarters was shot and killed by a man who was holding his wife at gunpoint in a car. the security guard had gone over to try to help. police chased the suspect back into the washington area where there was a crash and a shootout. the suspect and a police officer were wounded. investigators in south carolina have released dash cam video showing the moments before

a police officer shot and killed an unarmed black man. you can see walter scott getting pulled over by officer michael slager for a broken taillight. both are courteous. everything seems routine but shortly after slager returns to his cruiser scott darts out of the car, runs off. slager goes after him but off camera cell phone video picking up the chase. shortly after the officer's mother says she cannot bring herself to watch. >> hope god takes care of everybody involved. not only my family but the scott family because i know they're griefking just like i'm grieving so i want them to know that. >> reporter: slager's mom says she needs to support her son and insists he is not a racist. >> also this violent arrest of a suspect in southern california now the subject of several police investigations. a man fell off a horse. he had stolen.

tasered by deputies who deliver a long series of punches and kicks pummeling. it lasts about two minutes, the suspect had fled police conducting a stolen identity investigation. he stole horses and led officers on an hours-long chase. afterwards he was treated for un undisclosed injury. another american facing terror charges to fight for isis. joshua van atton is his name. he was caught before he could cross the border from turkey. the 34 from wisconsin was flown to chicago this week taken into custody at o'hare. he allegedly posted isis propaganda online and tried to recruit an 11-year-old boy. hillary clinton could announce her presidential bid as soon as this weekend. that's according to democrats familiar with her plans. exact timing unclear but it's expected through social media. the former secretary of state signed a lease for a campaign headquarters in brooklyn, new york and already has campaign staff in place. to the current holder of the

oval office though president obama is in panama for a summit of regional leaders and closer than ever to maybe a major decision about cuba. the president is all but certain to cross paths with cuban leader raoul cast to at the summit of the americas. whether to remove them from the state sponsors of terrorism. in another sign of the thaw in u.s. relations with cuba. secretary of state john kerry meeting in panama. this was last night meeting his cuban counterpart. the highest level meeting between the two countries in half a century. well still ahead an alert for drivers, why car wash could save your life. plus a screaming driver and terrified students a look from inside a school bus as it screens out of control. of course following the breaking news out of illinois overnight. a tornado leveling a town. the new video continues to come in. stay with us.

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highway. apparently this is a drunk lady. she's stumbling in and out of traffic. her car stalls. cars are speeding by and walking walkingover to borrow jumper cables. look at this. she just goes back and forth and a bystander had to direct traffic so the woman didn't get hurt. she's crying in the back of a police car yes, but this could have been a lot worse for her, quite frankly. driver also face a very different problem in the south this morning where flooding is likely. roads will be wet in the northeast, texas and northwest but slippery in the northern midwest and new england. if you're flying airport delays likeliette in new orleans, atlanta, charlotte, washington, d.c. philadelphia new york and boston. that's everywhere. updating our breaking news from outside chicago at least one person dead after a giant tornado cut a path across northeast illinois. but officials worry they may find more victims when the sun

cops up. >> they've been trying to check overnight but the extend tiff debris making that difficult. abc's alex perez there for us. >> reporter: authorities believe most of the home in fairdale illinois looked like this structure, completely destroyed. authorities confirm at least one tornado tore through this stretch of north central illinois about 7:15 thursday night. the twister hopping and skipping through a 50-mile area. at this point we know at least one person confirmed dead. seven others injured. at a restaurant in rochelle crew has to rescue 12 people trapped after the building completely collapsed. authorities have been working through the night and officials say they won't have a solid idea of just how severe the damage is until later today. >> our thanks to alex. much more ahead on "good morning america." meanwhile in ohio a university of dayton senior is in critical but stable condition after being struck by lightning. students and faculty held a

simple for shawn ferguson last night. the lightning strike happened at a campus parking lot. one eyewitness said he was running across it ferguson is a 23-year-old marketing major from the pittsburgh area. a new wrinkle in the case of millionaire murder suspect robert durst. it seems he's written a surprise letter to the "los angeles times." the handwritten letter discusses durst's time living in l.a. he says he hated the traffic and that his interests are opera and pro football. durst's attorney says it looks like he wrote the letter in court yesterday. durst pleaded not guilty to state weapons charges in louisiana. similar federal charges may also be filed. durst also faces a murder charge in california. >> we're getting a first look and listen to some pretty dramatic dash cam video during a school bus crash in oklahoma. [ screaming ] >> that bus flipping on to its side after hydroplaning.

the students on board suffered minor injuries and driver hurt as well. big scare in new york. look at that. a car slamming into a house. family home doubles as a dental office. the car came to a stop where else in the waiting room just a few feet away from the dentist and four others. the driver hurt expected to be okay. another wild crash. you see that? this is caught on camera in connecticut. it shoots out from a parking lot hitting a van causing it to tip over on its side. the driver explains it this way, was trying to park hit the gas instead of the brakes fortunately nobody was injured. >> easy enough to happen. well, now sports day two of the masters gets under way. tiger woods starts the day nine strokes off the lead. >> details on round one now interest our guys at espn. >> yeah he's stan i'm neil. >> that's what you're going with? >> why not? >> jordan spieth older than a boy but he's got the first round

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>> good morning, everyone i'm matt o'donnell. it is 4:27 on this friday, i'm working on several developing stories, a huge storm system moved across the mid section of the country leaving at least one person dead. now a massive search is underway as rescuers dig boo piles of debris. police release the video of a man who attacked a woman outside a theater on sunday. we the apple watch makes it debut today. you can see it, you just can't take it home. "action news" is next. # friday with the 2016 presidential race just taking shape late night comics wasting no time. >> here now your "friday

funnies." >> jeb bush is facing criticism after it was revealed he checked off his race as hispanic on a voter registration form back in 2009. when asked if he regrets it now bush was like, si. >> california governor jerry brown said californians could be fined for taking long showers. yeah. then he unveiled his new slogan governor jerry brown, i'm watching you shower. peeking in peeking in. hillary clinton is expected to launch her 016 campaign sometime in the next two weeks. so remember you guys, act surprised. >> oh my god. you're running for president. we never thought. what? >> speaking of hillary i read she plans to travel without bill after she launches her campaign. they tried reaching bill for comment but he was busy high-fiving literally everyone he knew. i'm going to have a great summer. ocean, my goodness.

>> tea party senator rand paul revealed that his presidential campaign slogan is defeat the washington machine unleash the american dream. yeah. then he introduced his speech writer eminem. >> the big announcement. >> this is the start of a cause, a cause to elect rand pauls the next united states of america. >> now i knew that rand paul had some un conventionconventional ideas. but electing him the next united states of america is i think -- >> it happens. you're live. what can you do? >> that's the start, though. you want to get the start right. >> it's hard sometimes. got to get jon stewart right. what are we going to do 2016 without him? >> the new guy will be okay. >> we'll give him a shot. >> that's what's making news in america this morning.

>> we're working on several developing stories on this friday april 10. a large trenton causes significant damage in the midwest leaving one person dead, the same system is heading our way. a firefighter is injured battling a house fire in philadelphia overnight. the video is just coming into the newsroom. tragic new developments always rescuers pull four people out of the water the car had plunged into a harbor in southern california. >> good morning we made it to friday. friday april 10. let's go over t