. >> jim dickey, accuweather. thank you. president obama and new jersey governor chris christie spread a unified message at the jersey shore. at one stop they tossed footballs at a tire. christie needed one throw to put it through. the president missed five times but wound up with a teddy bear and chicago bears sweatshirt. later the men stressed the shore recovered well from super storm sandy but there is plenty of work to be done. >>> a truck driver is listed in serious condition after a freight train crashed into his big rig near baltimore. that collision caused the train to derail, and then a powerful explosion. the blast was felt at least a half mile away. abc's david kerley was there. >> reporter: the rail car burst into flames after derailing. as the fire intensifies watch this massive explosion. [ explosion ] >> back up. >> two warehouses had their walls shredded, windows blown

and here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. warming up nicely over the weekend to upper 80s inland by sunday which is mother's day. upper is 70s to about 80 around the bay. and about 60 degrees on the coast. temperatures moderating a bit on tuesday and wednesday but basically the warmth holds on for awhile. nice and sunny and dry and almost summerlike. >> looks great. thank you spencer very much. coming up here, sound check. just ahead on abc 7 news at 9:00, get ready for bottled rock and the tens of thousands of people headed to napa for good wine and good music. at farmers we make you smarter about insurance, because what you dont know can hurt you. what if you didn't know that it's smart to replace washing-machine hoses every five years? what if you didn't know that you might need extra coverage for more expensive items? and what if you didn't know that teen drivers are four times more likely to get into an accident? 'sup the more you know, the better you can plan for what's ahead. talk to farmers and get smarter about your

jim dickey, thank you, at accuweather. boettcher lives not far from one of the schools severely damaged. >> he was there yesterday, and he described the devastation. >> mass of steam of destruction in moore, oklahoma. the focus of the neighborhood i'm in has shifted from briarwood elementary school, which was hit by the tornado, to the neighborhood as they search under piles of wood and brick and stone that used to be houses, looking for either survivors or for the dead. the good news now is that students in the school and adults associated with the school tell us that no children died. that tornado passed right over that school. we were less than a mile from it when it hit the school. and you could see the explosion and the debris, once it hit that large stone structure. but a little 7-year-old girl pulled me aside and said, i was in that school. and a teacher grabbed me and the rest of the students and said, we're going to the safe room. and we all got there and we were quiet. and the tornado came and it passed, and we w

the accuweather seven-day forecast. the numbers continue to trend downward tomorrow.sday and wednesday the slight chance of showers coming in mainly tomorrow. maybe a lingering sprinkle on tuesday. we will stay seasonal through the end of the week. maybe some 80s return away from the bay mechanics weekend. we are back to spring. >> yeah, just when i was getting used to the warm weather you pull a switch aroo. >> tell any about it. >> let's check out sports. the sharks play the vancouver canucks in game three of the playoff series tonight. san jose won the first two games of the best-of-seven series. at 5:00 p.m. a sharks rally will be held across from hp pavilion ahead of the game which starts at 7:00. don't forget with the cinco de mayo celebrations you can expect heavy traffic and congestion in the downtown area. >>> also tonight the giants will try to sweep the dodgers at at&t park. first pitch 5:00 p.m. last night the giants played another thrill are against their big rival. here's schu with the highlights and this morning's sports. >>> good morning. we will start

the accuweather seven-day forecast. , this and friday cooler than average.er the weekend and by sunday, mob inland highs back up near 90 degrees which is about a little warm but nice. >> not brutal. >> at not all. >>> this is great. military officials in britain have put out the word that they want to find two men carrying unexploded bombs around. a woman photographed them carrying the bombs on their shoulders. they washed up on a beach near an army firing range. it is believed they grabbed them to sell for scrap. the military says the bombs need to be safely destroyed. the woman who took the picture said the men are idiots and they will really feel like idiots when they blow up. >> that is not -- of all of the things you can do in one day you think they would recognize this could be dangerous. >> idiots. >> yes. >> speaking of which, not the giants, but i mean they got blasted north of the border, you kids should count yourselves lucky. we didn't have u-verse back in my day. you couldn't just... guys... there you are. you know you couldn't just pause a show

lisa argen will be along with the full accuweather forecast coming up. >>> knew this morning, questions about corrosion still playing the new bay bridge span. they are reporting caltran first discovered corrosion back on portions of the bridge in 2006. caltrain reported they were not properly sealed. they studied hundreds of tendons but found little corrosion and then moved on. they just consulted nine outside engineers who looked at the paper and they said caltrain based their conclusion on wrong information and underestimated how long the steal tendons were left vulnerable. they are warning if they miscalculated. the new bay bridge could be still crippled by a earthquake. >>> there is one winning ticket in the power ball history. $595 million. it was not sold in california. it was sold at a supermarket in center hills, 1/2. a florida lottery executive says more details will be released later. there were two tickets in california that got five numbers but missed the power ball. the lottery is still calculating they're worth. one was sold at this san jose 711 store on the express way. >

. >> accuweather meteorologist jim dickey tells us what is in store for today. >> good morning, john and diana. still tracking widespread thunderstorms through these early morning hours. the threat for tornadoes certainly wound down here but still soaking rainfall. localized flash flooding will be an issue especially into the midwest. we've seen so much rainfall the past couple of weeks. now, more storms expected as we head through the day and daytime heating and storms firing. the corridor with the highest threat central and northern missouri back into northeastern oklahoma. john and diana, back to you. >> jim dickey, thank you at accuweather. >>> meanwhile, here on the east coast, it is time for the first heat wave of the year. temperatures along the entire northeast corridor from boston to washington will be above the 90-degree mark. those types of readings are expected from today through saturday. but before those high temps, a wild scene. severe storms brought high winds and pounding rain to upstate new york. one driver captured the chaos in the city of troy. after the system mo

and lisa is along with the accuweather forecast. people pay big money to have a power lunch with billionaire investor warren buffett, but this morning you can get his economic predictions for free. the berkeley hathaway chairman and ceo appears on "this week" in a network exclusive. can economic growth continue while the budget battle looms in washington? don't miss "this week" with george stephanopoulos coming up this morning at 8:00 right here on abc7. >>> san francisco district attorney george gascon is calling on silicone valley companies to create new phone technology that takes away any incentive to steal smartphones. it's not just a big crime problem in the bay area, there's a nationwide epidemic of cell phone robberies and thefts. the devices are selling like hot cakes in certain overseas black markets, so he wants phone companies to include a kill switch that would render the phones useless if stolen. nearly 175 million cell phones were sold in the u.s. last year. the fcc said nearly one in three robberies, one in three nat

stay tuned for the latest from accuweather. >> in the sentencing phase of jodi arias' murder trial testimony expected to day from some of her friend. arizona jurors who convicted arias last week of murdering her ex-lover are deciding whether she should be sentence to life or death. >> begonia dreamliner taking to the skies today for the first time since january. united airlines will fly the 787 houston to chicago. the entire fleet of dream liners have been grounded for fires linked to battery problems. >> a small town in florida bursting with excitement over the record powerball jackpot. a grocery store in zephyrhills, sold the single winning ticket worth $590 million. those are just some of the stories we are following on this monday, may 20th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. >>> been to zephyrhills lately? >> i wish! >> been to zephyrhills, not lately. >> not lately. incredible amount of money. man, oh, man. we are going to tell you a little more about the people who live in zephyrhills. what kind of town this is. and -- >> one of the

back to you. >> jim dickey at accuweather.ing up to 20 miles an hour quickly spread the fire. the flames burned more than 1,000 acres in the angeles national forest. though weekend weather will not provide relief though. forecast to be hot, dry, sunny. >>> there could be a break in the case of poison letters sent to president obama and michael bloomberg. questioning a person of interest in new boston, texas near shreveport, louisiana where letters were postmarked. letters tested positive for ricin which could be deadly. >> if it is the real stuff and you get enough into your system it is lethal and there is no anecdote for it. >> the fbi got a call from the man's wife she found something suspicious in the fridge and noticed searches for the word ricin. >> the state department is investigating reports that an american woman died in syria. syria state tv says nicole lynn mansfield, a michigan native was killed by government troops while fighting with opposition forces. family members say the fbi confirmed she was killed in the f

myers, thank you for accuweather.'ve got my app here on my phone and i depend upon it greatly so thank you for the service that you provide. >> glad to hear that he. thank you. >> i'm a pilot though i'm not currently flying, i'm also a hunter and fisherman and i like to follow your weather forecast and what you have there. thank you very much. r. cliff mass professor of atmospheric studies wrote quote the politicsization of climate change also has had a major impact on government resource allocation with funding going into climate change research while other areas such as weather prediction are poor cousins. climate research gets more than 100 times the computer resources provided to weather prediction. with the latter having huge benefits for people today. no administrators have pushed the climate agenda while down playing weather prediction. this needs to change unquote. and i could not agree more. . myers and mr. kishner do you agree with this position? >> well, i know cliff and he tends to state things rather emp

john, diana. >> accuweather's jim dickey.nds. sweeten up this morning. >> warren buffett was at a dairy queen monday. a big fan. so big, in fact, they allowed him to help hand out the frozen s'more blizzard behind the counter. >> they are available nationwide june 1st. and berkshire hathaway owns dairy queen. >> he was given a jersey, he is dq's number one fan. kind of deserves it. owns the place. >> he can do whatever he wants. >> he is a big celebrity. >> for as big as he is, as much money he has, down to earth. full of common sense when it comes to money. >> so right about that. all right. >>> coming up, one way to deal with that tattoo you just don't want to deal with coming up in "the mix." >>> also ahead, executives from one of the most profitable companies are put on the spot on capitol hill. and did apple break the rules when it comes to paying taxes? we'll find out. >>> also in the hot seat, jodi arias, her plea to the jury. life and death decision. can she get through to the court to avoid the death penalty? you're

get the latest from accuweather. >>> postal poison.aced with ricin are sent to new york's mayor and his gun control group. what the feds are discovering about who sent the lethal letters overnight. >>> giant leap. daredevils jump from a mountain top 23,000 feet high. the high flying stunts and the man who dared to do it. >>> and model behavior. sexy caite upton lashed out at the country's number one lingerie company. what has this blond bombshell all fired up? that's coming up in the "the skinny," this thursday, may 30th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. >>> we begin this half hour with violent weather. it's been a threat for over a week now, and it's not over yet. >> the seemingly relentless storm system is again putting a big section of the country on alert today. our coverage begins with abc's lana zach. >> reporter: there's no letting up. tornadoes are churning up even more ground and structure, this time unleashing their fury in nebraska. the national weather service reporting

lisa argen here with accuweather forecast. >> we'll cool down from yesterday's highs.e'll see some sunshine. we are going to trade off the cooler weather for some clouds overnight tonight and that could lead to some rain, which could let up this live doppler 7 hd right now. we're looking at low clouds and fog moving across much of the bay, except for the north bay. we haven't had those gusty on shore winds. we had some lighter winds in parts of the bay area. that's why we're so mild. i'll show you that in a moment. temperatures ranging from the low 50s in san francisco to the upper 50s. that's mild. 57, 56 in san jose. 52 in santa cruz. and from our bay bridge, you'll notice that numbers too in parts of the cooler locations are still running a little warmer than average. santa rosa at 50. 53 in 1/2 napa. 55 in los gatos. our forecast highlights calls for the clouds to clear on out today. so it will be sunny, but between now and 1:00 we could see a little mist and drizzle with the low cloudiness and then by the afternoon, the sea breeze picks up. cool, temperatures comi

here is the accuweather seven day forecast.sunday and cloudy with actually a chance of rain on monday. memorial day doesn't look like an all-day event. we'll start to clear out and warm up later in the week. by next friday, up to 80 degrees in the inland locations. >> back up to normal? >> wtever th is these days. >> thank you, spencer, very much. >>> larry beal, sports director is here. another gentleman, far too sophisticated to laugh at that. >> i'm kind of a pbs guy. >> i am high brow. >> downtown abby kind of guy, whatever it is. >> he's hitting under .200 but feels good however. "downton abbey." >> whatever. >> too sophisticated. x coming up tonight at 11:00, the upscale jeans store that's suddenly a target for thieves. they're getting away with jeans at $400 a pair if you can bheef it. the bay area that could require home own toers go green. the new rules that may be put into place. that story as well on abc 7 news at 11:00 on channel 7. don't let this mess with you for a moment. for a while, you'll feel like you're watc

the accuweather seven-day forecast. the cool breezy pattern lasts into the weekend.o warm up a couple of degrees on sunday and monday which by the way is memorial day. not likely to hit 80 degrees any time soon in the inland locations. enjoy the cool weather it will be here for awhile. >>> sports director larry beil is here. what a bad deal for the 49ers. >> spencer was upyou set about it in the break. >> i was thinking about -- i had enough newsroom concussions i don't need it. >> can't take any more. >> the effects of which we see nightly. [ laughter ] >> just took a big hit! [ laughter ] >> you know what, if you expose yourself you are going to get hit. >> no one to blame but female narrator: through memorial day female narrator: through memorial day at sleep train, get 36 months interest-free financing plus big savings of up to $400 on beautyrest and posturpedic. even get three years interest-free financing on serta icomfort and tempur-pedic, plus free same-day delivery, setup, and removal of your old set. when brands compete, you save. but this special financing

well, lisa argen will have your accuweather forecast in just a few minutes. welcome back, everyone.s 6:38 on what is promising to be a beautiful sunday, may 19th. do you know the way to san jose? if so, it is going to be quite hot there, about 81 degrees. tomorrow perhaps even warmer. what are the temperatures going to be like in your neighborhood? lisa argen has the answer coming up. >>> the woman oprah winfrey called her all-time guest is about to become a u.c. berkeley graduate. who is this woman? >> of the thousands of students graduating from cal, no one has a story like hers. tara trent was forced to marry when she was just 11 years old in zimbabwe. >> by 18 i already had three children without a g.e.d. but i wanted an education more than anything. >> she's now a 52-year-old mother of six. against all odds, including commuting three days a week from salinas, she has more than achieved her goal. she already has two bachelors degrees, a ph.d. and a masters from other schools. this masters in epidemiology at u.c. berkeley is a dream. >> i knew if i get this education, i'll be abl

. >> coverage continuing with andrew baglini at accuweather. good morning. >> thank you and good morning, john and diana. unfortunately, a very destructive weekend, especially sunday. major damage from hundreds of reports of damaging wind gusts, large hail, at times size of a baseball. dozens of reports of tornados. from oklahoma city to wichita and kansas city and des moines and minneapolis. saw a lot of reports of damaging winds. unfortunately we do have more on the way for monday. later this afternoon. surface heating from the sun, upper level disturbance, warm, humid air mass. more severe thunderstorms, damage wind, large hail, tornados. from oklahoma city, tulsa, springfield, missouri, peoria, illinois, stronger thunderstorms heading chicago's way. back to you. >> thank you. >>> there was one fatality in shawnee, oklahoma, in a trailer park. a 79-year-old man's body has been found. so far no other fatalities. incredible amount of tornadoes. >> no doubt. upped the number to 50, between saturday and sunday. >> you bring up a good point. is w

accuweather seven-day forecast well above normal. temperatures heading into the weekend mid 90s showing up saturday and sunday. upper 60s near the beaches saturday. and then cooling off to the low 60s by sunday. much cooler early to middle part of next week. but i think the beach is a place to go this weekend or the pool. >> the weather is perfect. >> going to be perfect for that. >> thanks very much. well, forget driving a sports car are. if you want to turn some heads get behind this vehicle. what is the deal? that story is next. >>> and the brand new question what is in a name. for coca-cola the answer is everything as a new marketing campaign suddenly ♪ [ male announcer ] a car that can actually see like a human using stereoscopic cameras ♪ and even stop itself if it has to. ♪ the technology may be hard to imagine... but why you would want it is not. the 2014 e-class, see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for exceptional offers through mercedes-benz financial services. they went to a sleep number store. the only place in the w

the accuweather seven-day forecast. tomorrow it will be the hottest day in the forecast period. warm inland on friday and saturday. temperatures moderating a bit and then a sharp dropoff in temperatures on sunday, monday, tuesday and wednesday and even a slight chance of showers on monday and tuesday so after this dangerously hot pattern we are in right now, temperatures well below the average for several days. >> a drat dramatic 20-degree or more change. >> you're exactly right. >> still to come here on abc 7 news at 9:00. the girl who helped save a movie female narrator: the mattress price wars are on the mattress price wars are on at sleep train. we challenged the manufacturers to offer even lower prices. now it's posturepedic versus beautyrest with big savings of up to $400 off. serta icomfort and tempur-pedic go head-to-head with three years' interest-free financing. plus, free same-day delivery, set-up, and removal of your old set. when brands compete, you save. mattress price wars are on now at sleep train. ♪ you

lisa argen will be along to give you a full accuweather forecast coming up. >>> in sports, the warriorsre going to try to even their playoff series with the spurs this afternoon at oracle arena. meanwhile the giants are closing out their homestand this afternoon against the braves. timmy lincecum starts for the giants. first pitch at 1:05. yesterday madison bumgarner tried to rebound from his first loss of the season. here's mike shumann with all the highlights in this morning areas sports. >> good morning. the giants hosting the braves and these two always seem to stage a great match-up. madison bumgarner, who has never beaten atlanta, was on the hill and the giants blew atlanta away. before the game some junior giants received gloves from the players. a great program. first play, sandoval turns on the 3-2 pitch and lines it over the wall. gave the giants the 1-0 lead. madison bumgarner brought his a-game. 7 innings, 1 run on 4 hits. struck out a season-high 11 batters. giants bats stayed hot scoring four times in the fourth. one to the gap in right center with the bases loaded. that c

lisa is here with the final check of the accuweather forecast. she says no laundry today. that's her mother's day forecast. >> that's right. feeling very summer like again. mid-90s around livermore. upper 70s in oakland and mid-80s to the north and south. so really something for everyone out there. the fog, it will clear for a short time then we will get breezy winds and tomorrow looking at much cooler temperatures and the breezy winds and the thicker low clouds and fog will stay with us throughout much of the morning, into the early part of next week. that will bring a cool down almost all week long >> it's actually a good-looking week. >> it is. i agree >> that's going to do it for us. thanks for joining us on the abc7 sunday morning news. i'm carolyn tyler along with meteorologist lisa argen. don't forget, watch the warriors and the spurs in game four at roaracle arena a. it starts at noon on abb7 followed by larry beil and mike shumann with "after the >>> welcome to "beyond the headlines," i'm cheryl jennings. do you get road rage or try to race for the yellow light? s

much of this is the higher elevation terrain, but the accuweather forecast, cooler temperatures as well, a lot of wind this morning. >> ama: for the second straight day israel has apparently attacked targets inside syria. reportedly striking in and around the capitol of dam damas. the latest violence comes as president obama wrestles with calls that the united states fifth more support. reporter: fire balls and explosions. tore through the night sky over the syrian capitol of damascus. syria said israel struck three different targets, including a military research center. there were also reports of a strike against ground to ground missile headed to hezbollah. sunday morning's air strikes followed another attack by israel on friday, also said to be against hezbollah-bound missiles. israel has deployed two of its renowned iron dome antimissile batteries to the north, near the syrian and lebanese borders. the israeli attacks come at a sensitive time for president obama, who faces criticism he has not done enough to support rebel fighters in the two-year civil war against the regime of pre

and as you check out the accuweather seven-day forecast, cooler and breezy into thursday. temperatures bottom out, low 70s inland. mid-50s coast. keeping you there until the weekend. we start to see moderation in temperatures mid-70s and then, by monday, which is memorial day, low 80s inland. mid-50s coast looking great for barbecues and picnic autos thank you very much. >> so bay area author of the kite runner released his third novel. >> then at 6:00 an opportunity for business owners in oakland. what they need to do >>> good news we got the technical glitch fixed. >> that is right. michael finney just in time for memorial day. >> that is right. we partnered with drorts take a look at the very best grill. here is the report. nothing says summer like steak and salmon on the grill. cooking something for everyone. >> i got salmon, steaks. doing grilled peppers. make everybody happy. >> more people are grilling with gas these days. consumer reports tested dozens of gas grills. now some grills do more than the basics like this one. it has a side burner you'll find an oven in

the accuweather seven-day forecast, enjoy tomorrow because the cooldown will be with us on tuesday, wednesday, and thursday. tuesday night and wednesday, very strong winds expected around here as well. slightly warm things up next weekend. >> ama: sounds good. shu is here with sports. a's andiants going different directions. >> mike: they are. giants in a dollarsous -- disastrous road trip. and a's splitting three with the royals. >> mike: the giants have struggled on the road, especially with their pitching, losing five of six on the recent trip, including 3-4 out of the rescues. barry zito, rocky mountain low. this baby isn't the only one sleeping. giants bats couldn't wake up this afternoon. barry zito allowed 11 hits in 5-2/3 innings. five runs, including this double. 2-0 colorado. now, bases loaded in the six until. tulowitzki brings in a couple more. g-men shut out for the first time since opening day. they head back home to face the nationals tomorrow night. >> a's and royals, media relations extraordinary air. she is moving on. royals led most of the way but he a's clawedle back. jed

lisa argen will be here shortly with the full accuweather forecast. >> san francisco district attorney george gascon is calling on telephone companies to create new phone technology that takes away any incentive to steal smartphones. it's not just a big crime problem in the bay area, there's a nationwide epidemic of cell phone robberies and thefts. the devices are selling like hot cakes in certain overseas black markets, so he wants phone companies to include a kill switch that would render the phones useless if stolen. more than 175 million smartphones were sold last year. and more than one in three robberies nationwide involves a mobile phone. starting in the fall there will be a data base to track cell phone thefts. [explosions] >> shocking video just released. a gunman jumping out of his car and unloading fire on two police officers on a traffic stop. the incident that happened last march was caught on the cruiser's dashcam raw. the gunman fired off 33 rounds from the assault rifle before the two injured officers returned fire, killing him. they say they found inside his car more a

so here is your fox 5 accuweather forecast. check out the weekend. frooit -- friday 74.at for the gold cup and sunday while the crowds will increase we'll keep the rain off until monday and tuesday. so a nice looking first week of may on the seven-day forecast? that's it for weather. let's see what is going on with those nats. here's scots -- scott in sports. >> well the good news for stephen strasburg is there's nothing wrong with his arm. david johnson expressed concern following last night's game but a visit to the team doctor he's still strong as an ox and he's expected to make his start at pittsburgh. we're looking for the first win against the braves. gio gonzalez. simmons turns on the inside fast ball has just enough to clear the wall. 1-0 raves. gonzalez facing gaddis. gaddis rips one off the wall bounces past moore. upton comes around to score the braves built a five zip lead. bottom of the fifth 5-1 now. zach duke facing pitcher tim hudson fly ball to deep right field. watch this bryce harper in and out of his might and over the wall it goes. that's a homerun.

my accuweather seven-day forecast, look for a cooler day for sunday. there's that slight chance monday, tuesday, of unsettled weather. and warm things up friday and saturday. >> a nice little break. thank you. mike shumann is here with sports. >> mike: one of the most exciting two minutes in sports. that can mean a lot of things. but for most it's the kentucky derby in wet conditions. did >> mike: the 39th run for the roses, the kentucky derby, held today in louisville in wet conditions. certain horses love the mud, others don't. here's your call. >> on the outside, now to take the lead, as they come down, it's orb, and normandie invasion, and golden between horses. down to the wire. orb has won the kentucky derby! >> mike: orb is a mudder, came roaring from behind, in a time of 2:02.89. giving his trainer his first derby champion. golden was second, revolutionary was third. a's in the bronx facing the yankees. a's fans now are nationwide. a sunny day at yankee stadium but colon decide not enjoy this, chris stewart, former giant, shot to left. yankees

that was accuweather meteorologist henry margusity. warnings are already going out for oklahoma residents to be aware of scams, including avoiding workers going door-to- door who ask for full payment up front, pressure for an immediate decision and only take cash. one crew considered legtimate is team rubicon, which brings in veterans to assist in disaster zones. relief efforts are ramping up to help victims of the devastating tornado. oklahoma senator tom coburn assured residents that "any and all available aid will be delivered without delay". president obama offered the full support of the government and addressed the severity of the situation. "we don't yet know the full extent of the damage from this week's storm. we don't know both the human and economic losses that may have occurred. we know that severe rumbling of weather, bad weather, through much of the country still continues. and we're also preparing for a hurricane season that begins next week." corporate america is also stepping in. home depot has pledged $1 million to a

let's get the latest from meteorologist jim dickey at accuweather.he system we have been tracking all week here, spread sta veeve weather. spreading eastward. through the early morning hours. the threat with that. shifting further east. from bangor, richmond, virginia, storms through the afternoon. the threat, large hail, gusts. the system will be slow to depart. spin up the coast. head through the holiday weekend. a run-failed weekend, on tap for you, outdoor plans. many are below average for the rainfall so far. tracking severe, strong storms in the plains. the areas we'll keep an eye on. john, diana. >> a fourth grade fossil hunting field trip turned deadly when rain soaked gave away. one child was buried wasist hig. crews had to dig with their bare hand. they managed to save one child. . another child missing. chain reaction, involving four school buses left them injured in northern indiana. one bus slammed into the back of another. eyewitnesses say teenagers were scrambling out of bus windows. amazingly, most of the injured students walked away

. >>> accuweather's jim dickey a key player on our extreme weather team, tracking fire d s conditions and flooding in the midwest. >> good morning, john and linzie. we're keeping rain in place. a slow-moving upper low that's been here all weekend, all last week. the heaviest rain in virginia and north carolina. again, flash flooding major concern here. switching gears to the west coast. springs fire ongoing. humidity crept up here. we're expecting the fire to be contained 100% by tend of the day as showers around thunderstorms are in the forecast. john and linzie, back to you. >> all right, jim, thanks. >>> coming up, how you can win $50,000 worth of downloads on itunes. >>> and close call. a surfer keeps his cool during a shark attack. that nearly cost him his foot. >>> and what went wrong at a weekend air show? stay with us. ♪ in moments of grief, we are there. when the world looks for truth, broadcasters come through -- se fails. today, with more ways than ever to experience the moments that transform our lives, americans still choose broadcast television and radio more than all ot

. >> yeah, details on what's ahead weather from accuweather meteorologist jim dickey. >> well, dealing with snowfall once again as we head through these morning hours. all the air masses collide and cold arctic air diving in while a mass collides sustaining itself through the day in some cases substantial accumulations here, 3 to 6 inches cities like omaha in the twin cities, that through friday night ending until likely early friday morning locally as much as 10 inches of snow. john and dan, back to you. >> all right, thanks, jim. >>> now to a close call at one of the nation's busiest airports. a scandinavian airlines plane left wing clipped at nuke airport in new jersey late last night. no passengers hurt but the planes were damaged. pilots explain to the control tower. >> got some serious tail damage. his tail is totaled. >> hey, ground, this is united 22. but i'm going to go ahead and shut down i think. >> both returned to the terminal where passengers were put on other flights. >>> more than a dozen were arrested after a may day demonstration turned violent. they threw rocks and b

accuweather jim dickey has the forecast. good morning, jim. >> good morning, john and diana. the storm system we've been tracking has set up along the coast of new england keeping soaking rain in place still a few storms along the coast, not the widespread severe weather as this system cut across the country, but this won't be leaving any time soon. through the holiday weekend, going to keep the soaking rain in place, as much as 2 to 4 inches in spots like bangor, maine. we do need the rain in new england. and we will be seeing more strong storms too across the plains. pretty much isolated. storms strongest across the panhandle. john and diana, back to you. >> thank you, jim. >>> and now to london and that suspected terror attack that left a british soldier dead. the victim was 25-year-old lee rigby, hacked to death by two suspects in broad daylight on wednesday. the suspects are in custody, and two others were arrested yesterday. and we're hearing from a woman who confronted one of the suspects at the scene. she says she was not afraid for her own life. >> i had no other cho

. >> accuweather's jim dickey has a look at what's ahead. >> good morning, john and diana. still tracking strong to severe thunderstorms here through these early morning hours. that line stretching from the great lakes all the way down back on to the plains watching storms reform here just off to the south of moore where a severe thunderstorm watch is in effect until 7:00 a.m. central time. this is likely where our action is going to start here for our tuesday. another active day on tap. same ingredients in place as we saw monday. drier air sweeping out of the deserts. a cool, dry air mass being brought in out of canada while humid air, deep moisture being drawn off the gulf of mexico. the three draw together, air explodes violently upwards and we see these strong thunderstorms form. tornadoes the threat around the arklatex. damaging winds as far north as chicago. john and diana, back to you. >> jim, thank you. >>> overnight many have been writing in asking how you can help the folks in oklahoma. start with the red cross. here's the info you need. their website is redcross.

let's find out, accuweather jim dickey is part of our extreme weather team. >> still tracking snowfall this morning. you see the band of snow stretching from kansas city up into canada. just to put it in perspective, kansas city, missouri, averages zero inches of snow in may. we're going to shatter that. the highest total over an inch for the month of may, likely sighing anywhere from 3 to 6 in the kansas city area. through these early morning hours, the snow winds down but looks to stall out and produce flooding rainfall across the region through saturday. john and reena, back to you. >> all right, jim, thank you. >>> there are new details this morning about the boston bombers' original plot, the marathon was apparently not the initial target. >> sources say dzhokhar tsarnaev told the fbi that he and his brother tamerlan were planning to launch the attack at a july 4th event in boston but he said they built the bombs much faster than expected so they changed their plans. he also said the explosives were put together in tamerlan's cambridge apartment. >> this morning tamerlan tsarnaev'

. >> meteorologist jim dickey from accuweather.morning, jim. >> good morning, john and tie diana. >>> still tracking storms on our thursday. severe weather shifts to the i-95 corridor, bangor, maine, d.c., to richmond, virginia, gusty winds, large hail, torrential rainfall. this system will be slow to depart. rain filled holiday weekend. in new england, many spots with several inches of rain. good news. many spots in new england, well below average precipitation here for the year so far. john, diana. back to you. >> all right, thank you, jim. a man connected to the boston marathon bomber, tamerlan tsarnaev was being questioned by fbi agents when the interview suddenly took a deadly turn. pierre thomas explains what went wrong. >> reporter: ibragim todashev, a martial arts fighter, was friends with suspected bomber tamerlan tsarnaev, they even trained at the same gym. >> used to live in boston, used to hang out, he knew him. because he was an mma fighter and the other guy a boxer. >> reporter: the fbi had been talking to todashev, a

determine the full extent of the damage, but at least nine people were injured yesterday alone, and accuweather meteorologist jim dickey tells us more of the same is on tap for today. >> good morning, john and diana. well, storms winding down through these early morning hours but certainly more ahead of us as our system just slowly crawling its way east. you see this broad swirl. it's a pocket of cool air that continues to crawl eastward here. it continues to spark off strong thunderstorms, so really the same spot that saw the storms on thursday under the gun here again today from chicago down in through st. louis into tulsa. the main concern, hail and damaging winds, but tornadoes on the table once again, and widespread flooding likely across the midwest here too. john and diana, back to you. >> okay, thanks, jim. >>> and we turn our attention now to a different kind of storm, the atlantic hurricane season officially begins tomorrow. forecasters are predicting an active season with 13 to 20 named storms. >>> well, new this morning, mitt romney is stepping out six months after losing to preside

. >> want to check in with meteorologist jim dickey at accuweather. >> we continue to track thunderstormivity in these early morning hours. heavy rainers, gusty winds and hail, the tornado threat has certainly died down. the wide scale pattern, a disturbing upper level pattern across the rockies moving into the plains, and this is why we're seeing the threat for tornadoes once again on thursday. area we're watching, central and northern missouri down through northeastern oklahoma. along with that, damaging winds, large hail. john and diana, back to you. >> jim, thank you. >>> now for kids in virginia who decided to raise money for oklahoma tornado victims in a cute way. >> it's called dollars for duct tape. students at one high school paid $1 for duct tape, and with it they secured the chemistry teacher to the wall well above the floor. >> this was done during lunch period. a little mercy from miss teddy cardwell, actually feeding her. why not? others took revenge, by coloring in a mustache. in the end, they were able to raise over $200 for the cause. >> she made sure to remind everybody

. >>> for more we turn to accuweather. >> meteorologist jim dickey shows us where we can expect to see the worst of it. >> good morning, john and diana. dangerous thunderstorms expected in the plains, once again, here today tracking a pocket of cold air sliding into the four corners running into the warm humid air in places across the southeast. in the plains, right in that collision zone. in particular watching dodge city down on through the panhandles of texas and oklahoma, that's the highest chance of tornadoes but a t despread threa include kansas city, omaha up on into minneapolis. john and diana, back to you. >> all right, thanks, jim. >>> you can count on the "gma" team to have the very latest information on this powerful overnight storm. >>> this morning federal investigators will be back on the scene of a train derailment near baltimore. this happened after it collided with a garbage truck and exploded in a massive fireball. david kerley has the details. >> reporter: the train burst into flames after derailing, but as the fire intensifies watch this massive explosion. >> back

the word on the street -- and part of it is you're driving -- i don't notice as i'm accuweathering. moev of us are cruisers. we get what we see. that's an issue coming up. these people are networking. they spread the word. sidewalks are cool game, trees are cool, they don't touch that. you're exactly right. i experience in my own life. we're going to have to open people, we're going to have to focus on sidewalks unfortunately. >> if i can just add, we're a network, too. this is a network. your city is a network. the city is networking with the police, with the business units, with the volunteers, with the seniors groups, with youth groups, whoever is walking those streets, cleaning those streets, going down there to enforce by law and properties, they all need to be paying attention to these things and it can be as quick as a saying. recently we've noticed x is happening. we're asking you to report it to this department, this person so we can proactively deal with it. it's the same thing if you guys are getting internet viruses or some kind of criminal behavior happening through you

let's check on the forecast and an accuweather update. >> i'll start with a lookç atg# peak wind gustse most part last night, overnight. so here is a list of thois gusts, 63 miles per hour at ocean beach. 62 in altamont. sfo, a gustxd of 56 miles per hour. the gusts have not quite that strong now, it's stillçó breezy, gusty at this hour. 38 miles per hour gusts at sfo right now. 30 miles per hour in half moon bay. so breezy conditions to windy conditions around radar image. calm conditions other than wind gusts and breezes right now. sunny skies, no disturbances on the way. however, it's going to be chilly. a freeze warning in affect from 2:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. with temperatures expected to drop well below freezing. down on to the bay from our camera.Ñi it's shaking in the breeze right now. youçó can expect clear, cool, breezy conditions. chili in spots with low valleys dropping to around 40 degrees in spots. and afternoon, sunny skies, breezy with highs only up to about 72. we do have a warm up coming our way. >> thank you. >> there are new questions this afternoon about the decisions