welcome to "world news tonight." breaking news, tornado emergency. the warning of extreme danger. two people killed, 30 million in the threat zone. severe storms sweeping across the south. epic disaster. the desperate search for survivors, devastating flash floods and landslides killing more than 200. hotel poisoning. the pool party that took the life of a 13-year-old boy and sickened six other children. the simple device that might have given them a warning. on the brink? the u.s. and north korea on a collision course. the ominous warning from north korea tonight. bob woodruff inside the secretive nation. and, thunderbird mission. the thrilling test of endurance. tonight we take you inside the cockpit with some of the fiercest warriors in the world.

good evening. thanks for joining us on this sunday. i'm tom llamas. as we come on the air tonight, we are tracking a very active and very deadly storm situation. weather officials issuing a rare, high-risk warning as tornadoes and severe storms sweep across the south. large and destructive tornadoes already spotted in louisiana, this one in alexandria, and this one, in st. lawrence parish, destroyed, killing a mother and her 3-year-old daughter inside. flash flooding. drivers taken by surprise on this road in lafayette, louisiana, and tonight the national weather service is warning this is a particularly dangerous situation with more than 30 million people at risk through tomorrow night. abc's clayton sandell starting us off.

>> reporter: tonight, millions are in a tornado threat. but when left this path of destruction. >> we ask that people stay off the roads. >> reporter: a family in breaux bridge, louisiana, was in this mobile home, the winds too powerful, ripping it apart, killing a mother and her 3-year-old child. the highways in dallas, a heavy flooding stahling drivers in lafayette. the cars in dallas a dangerous mess. the dangerous weather, a tornado destroying this church in chesapeake, virginia, friday. drone video shows the church in ruin us. >> it's not what we expected. >> in nearby virginia beach, an ef-2 tornado with winds up to 120 miles per hour uprooting

tree enters ripping the side of this house. >> the chimney is completely off. holes inside of siding. houses missing. it's just overwhelming. >> reporter: 50 homes were damaged, forcing 30 residents to evacuate. >> things can be fixed. and dangerous weather in so many parts of the country. clayton sandell from houston, texas. a tornado touching down in that state. the weather is far from over in the south tonight, right, clayton? >> reporter: that's right, tom. the storms are just beginning to fire up in louisiana and the governor e nor there is asking people to stay off the roads and get the storm shelters ready. abc's rob marciano is here. he is tracking it. what is the headed to? >> you mentioned how rare the high risk is. i want to show you the map. a particularly dangerous situation and now it's expanded in mississippi. flod watching as well. a lot of heavy yan and raining

thunderstorms with this. and louisiana, tornado warnings right now. we mef forward to the night, in mississippi by tomorrow morning and a couple more waves across the gulf coast, montgomery, birmingham, atlanta by 1:00, 20 2:00 in the afternoon. moderate risk that is very dangerous from mobile to columbus. and long track tornadoes in a populated area. dangerous as well. >> the teams will be tracking it tomorrow night. next to, the epic disaster in south america. the death toll after a flash flood. a wall of water leveling a city as people slept in their beds, destroying homes and taking almost 200 lives. the grim list of the derngsd you see it there, and so many of them, children. tonight, the rush to get water to survivors. alex m

alex marquard in colombia. >> reporter: devastation and despair tonight deep in the amazon basin. rescue crews frantically digging through the muddy rubble trying to locate anyone who may still be alive, listening for sings of life. one feels completely unable to express the magnitude of the loss here, this man said, family members weeping over lists posted of mocoa's dead and missing children. we've lost a baby who's gone missing, this woman says. a little baby. we can't find him any where. the scale of the destruction from the avalanche of mud and water, staggering. cars flung like toys, entire neighborhoods buried. the death toll tonight, at least 200, but with hundreds more still missing and injured, colombian and aid officials expect it to grow. with water and power knocked out, obliterated roads and bridges hindering aid efforts, people trapped in flooded homes making desperate pleas to be rescued. >> it is very difficult because many people do not have the skills to let us know they're there. >> reporter: deforestation and climate change are being blamed for the scale of the destruction. a state of emergency has been

declared in the area, where more heavy rain could complicate the already dire search and rescue efforts. tom. >> at least 200 dead and the death toll expected to rise. >> back to the states and a memorial for a 13-year-old boy who died of carbon monoxide poisoning in a hotel pool party in michigan. tonight, fire officials saying a inexpensive detector may have prevented it all. here is the scene tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the children who survived the fumes and their families back at the hotel to remember bryan watts, the friend they lost. >> he was funny and joking around. he was fun to hang out with. >> reporter: six middle schoolers found unconscious around the pool of this michigan quality inn and suites. saturday, another passed out upstairs. >> i walked past the pool, and there were literally just five bodies. >> all i remember is me just

passing out, hitting my head. >> reporter: fire officials figure the cause, a broiken pool heater pumping a lethal dose of carbon monoxide in the air. do we know if it had a co detector? >> as we know of, it distinguish. >> reporter: after of 2009, new hoteled built after 2009 are expected to have a co defector. it was built in 2000. you cannot see or smell carbon monoxide. the first signs of poisoning is dizziness, vomiting and headaches. the fire captain pointing out the co detectors cost about $20 and last for ten years. this quality inn here is working to make repairs and calling the deadly incident isolated. tom. >> a sad accident, thanks very much. next, don't trump and a visit from the president of

china, a test of his influence. seems after the first set back, health care reform is bark on the table. david wright is at the white house tonight. >> reporter: today donald trump teed up a fresh week, starting with a golf outing with senator rand paul, who opposed the president on health care reform. but today trump signaled he's not throwing in the towel just yet. "talks on repealing and replacing obamacare are, and have been, going on," he tweeted. >> we had a great day with the president today. we did talk about some health care reform. i think the sides are getting closer and closer together and i remain optimistic we will have a reveal. >> reporter: by the end of the week, trump hopes to have his supreme court nominee confirmed. today another democrat, senator joe donnelly, broke ranks and said he'll support neil gorsuch. he's the third democrat to do so. the white house needs five more democrats to defect in order to bring the nomination to a vote. but this weekend the vice president suggested the white house would endorse changing senate rules in order to shut

down a filibuster. >> we will overcome the obstructionists. and the united states senate will confirm judge neil gorsuch, one way or another! >> reporter: this week also brings the toughest test yet of the president's diplomatic skills, as he hosts chinese president xi jinping at mar-a-lago. trump talked plenty tough about china during the campaign. >> we can't continue to allow china to rape our country and that's what they are doing. it's the greatest theft in the history of the world. what china has done, and i like china. >> reporter: but the u.s. also hopes for china's help reining in north korea. in an interview with the financial times today, trump said, "china will either decide to help us with north korea, or they won't." in other words, the u.s. may have to go it alone. >> at some point, we need to see definitive actions by china condemning north korea and not just calling them out for it. >> david wright joins us now from the white house.

david, let's get back to health care. we heard you in the report say that trump has reached out to rand paul on reform. who els had he reached out to? >> he is tweeting, obama care is dead but good things will happy either with republicans or dems. tom? the nuclear am decisions are a growing threat to the united states. north korea could hit the u.s. are with missile before the end of president trump's turn. bob woodruff in north korea tonight. >> reporter: we arrive in the reclusive country at this time of rising tensions with the u.s. our hosts make a point to show us the growing capital city of pyongyang. but we hope to see something else, those sites where the north koreans have launched missiles and a new rocket engine since president trump took office. we put in all sorts of requests

to visit out here the launch locations where the missiles are being launched. we asked if we could see those brand new rocket engines. we're not getting that, but they said they were gonna take us skiing. on the road deep into the countryside, we drive by soldiers walking in formation. then arrive as promised at north korea's brand new ski mountain, with all the trappings of a resort -- >> are there any other guests here? or the only ones? >> reporter: except, it's eerily empty. the few people on the slopes skiing to patriotic music. back in the capital, the top north korean official for u.s. affairs grants us a rare interview, and we talk about secretary of state rex tillerson's recent tough talk. >> let me be very clear, the policy of strategic patience has ended. all options are on the table. >> reporter: vice foreign minister han song-ryol says he thinks the possibility of a pre-emptive strike against the country's nuclear program is strong. later adding, if you bring out a knife to attack us, we will take out a sword.

mr. han told me he has never met, personally, president trump before but he's read that he's a great businessman, and he heard that he's very unpredictable, which means that he is preparing for everything, tom. bob woodruff reporting from inside north korea tonight. and overseas news. a high-rise fire in dubai, a block away from the to you their burned on new year's eve 2013. no reports of injuries from this recent fire. back at home and a distu disturbing attack. police are reporting a 15-year-old girl sexually assaulted by teenage boys who streamed what they did on facebook live. at least 40 people watched them stream it on facebook. not one of them called the

police. eva pilgrim with the details. >> reporter: tonight an arrest in that disturbing sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl streamed on facebook live. >> it's disgusting. it's so disgusting. >> she was so scared. >> reporter: a 14-year-old boy is behind bars, facing charges for the alleged crime. police say more arrests are coming for the others involved. >> now they will be held accountable for what they did. >> reporter: authorities say at least 40 people viewed the facebook live video, but not a single person called police. >> it just disgusts me that people would look at those videos and not pick up the phone and dial 911. >> this [ bleep ] is hilarious. >> reporter: this isn't the first crime caught on facebook live in chicago. in january, a group of teenagers were arrested after police say they kidnapped a disabled man, then broadcast themselves attacking him. >> [ bleep ]! >> reporter: and in oklahoma last october, in october of last year, a man posted his alleged getaway, after a violent and deadly rampage.

as for the alleged assault, facebook pulled the video down. saying they are working hard to create a safe environment on facebook and they take down videos that glor fie violence. authorities are looking into if those people who viewed the video could also face charges. but say their first priority is getting all those involved in that video behind bars. tom? >> eva, thank you. still ahead this sunday, the new secret weapon in the air helping to save lives on the ground in an emergency. plus, caught on camera, a suspected car jacker taking control of the wheel as a woman is pumping gas in her car. what happened next. and inside the cockpit of an f-16. buckle up. we're about to show you what g-force feels like. we'll be right back. why pause a spontaneous moment? cialis for daily use treats ed and the urinary symptoms of bph. tell your doctor about your medicines,

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for the air force. >> when you see them operate, the heart and soul they have for their job, sells itself. >> reporter: the pilots may take all the glory but there is an entire operation to showcase the power of the air force. does this view ever get old to you guys? >> no, never. >> reporter: so they took me inside the f-16 fighter jet. even customizing it for me. getting in was the easy part. taking off at 500 miles per hour? a much different story. inside the cockpit of this $30 million jet, you instantly feel the power. the power of gravity. it's called the g force and it takes a proper breathing technique to not pass out. >> keep squeezing. keep squeezing. >> reporter: he hit nine gs over florida's space coast. that is the equivalent of nine times your body weight crushing you. >> here come the gs.

>> feels like you're being squished. >> then came the rolls. >> one, two, three. whoa! four. >> and then at times, another thunderbird was just five feet next to us and then inches above us before looping right over us. captain eric speedy gonzalez navigating with the hand controls. and the canopy, the space is very tight. part of my training was how to bail out if we had an accident. have you ever had a member of the media have to bail out? >> not that i know of. >> reporter: good to know. in the air, nothing to panic about. except one last trick speedy had for us. a lop where at one point, we were completely upside down. we want to thank fem their the rare access. thank you for being with us. i'm tom llamas in new york. happy to be on the ground. have a great evening. good night.

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