abc' s bazi kanani has more from washington. bazi: in the hot seat for his company' s deception -- michael horn: i would like to offer a sincere apology. bazi: he apologizes repeatedly as lawmakers vented their anger over the auto -- over the automaker' s cheating on emissions test on over half a

abc's bazi kanani has the latest " bazi kanani rollcue for live shots: good morning. it was a one-two storm punch along the gulf coast. the dangerous system is leaving lots of damage, but thankfully, so far, there are no reports of fatalities. pkg script: the lone star state... drenched. up to 20 inches of rain falling over parts of texas. (nats) "we got the boat over there." emergency crews going in with boats and humvees to reach stranded residents. a close call for the more than 70 rescued south of dallas. this man and his dog pulled from their flooded truck. another man... stuck when he waded in to find his submerged vehicle. (sot) i just stood there and watched my vehicle slowly disappear. when flood waters derailed this freight train... the two people on board swam to safety... but a cow needed some help getting back on solid ground. in san antonio, rescuers managed to reach a man who was swept more than a mile through a storm drain. (sot) "you can just imagine crashing against the wall in there, story. it was a wild ride for him." the storms swept in with damag

abc's bazi kanani has more on what we can expect tonight. "script: ==bazi on camera intro== good morning. this debate will be another important opportunity for the candidates to pick up some momentum... and this time... donald trump is also in need of a boost. a change on the debate stage. this time, two men placed front and center the polls. (sot trump) iowa would you get your numbers up please? (cheers) a humbled donald acknowledging ben place in iowa. (gfx) and in one new poll... in a virtual tie with trump nationally. ahead of tonight's debate, carson is not taking those new numbers for granted. (sot carson) you know i do realize that you know it's a marathon, that we are still, you know, more than a year away from the election and there will be ups and downs while trump and carson are expected to hit hard at each other in tonight's debate... other candidates are the alternative to the jeb bush declaring friend and protege marco rubio "a gop obama" rubio... suggesting bush is part of the past. (sot rubio) we need to elevate a new generati

abc's bazi kanani shows us the soggy mess. " bazi kanani rollcue for live shots: good morning. it was a one-two storm punch along the gulf coast. the dangerous system is leaving lots of damage, but thankfully, so far, there are no reports of fatalities. pkg script: the lone star state... drenched. up to 20 inches of rain falling over parts of texas. (nats) "we got the boat over there." emergency crews going in with boats and humvees to reach stranded residents. a close call for the more than 70 rescued south of dallas. this man and his dog pulled from their flooded truck. another man... stuck when he waded in to find his submerged vehicle. (sot) i just stood there and watched my vehicle slowly disappear. when flood waters derailed this freight train... the two people on board swam to safety... but a cow needed some help getting back on solid ground. in san antonio, rescuers managed to reach a man who was swept more than a mile through a storm drain. (sot) "you can just imagine crashing against the wall in there, story. it was a wild ride for him." the storms swept in with damag

abc' s bazi kanani has more. >> multiple people possibly shot. bazi: an emergency call at another college campus. four people shot overnight at northern arizona university in flagstaff, in a parking lot near a dorm. one of the victims dead. the 18-year-old gunman now in >> two separate student groups got into a confrontation. the confrontation turned physical. bazi: as the victims of this latest school shooting remain in the hospital, president obama is on the way to oregon to meet today with the grieving families of the nine killed in last week' s massacre at a community college. the white house says the president is looking into using executive actions to expand background checks for gun purchases without waiting for congress to act. sec. earnest: the president' s team is hard at work on them, considering what other options may be available to the president to try to keep guns out of the hands of criminals. bazi: most republican presidential candidates say the focus should instead be on mental health. this morning, one of the top polling candida

bazi kanani, abc news, washington. >> you probably saw him countless times right here on abc. one of the first celebrity chefs, paul prudhomme has passed away. the legend was known around the world for his creole and cajun cuisine. he had a popular new orleans restaurant, wrote about nine cookbooks and was in six cooking videos in addition to that popular line of spices. pauld prudhomme was 75. >> nasa says sending astronauts to mars is just a matter of time. the agency has released a coo he tailed report saying exactly what steps need to be taken among them are successful long-term missions in space. first an orbit around earth and then even further out and one of the final steps is designing habitats for live on the red planet. but nasa says a mission to mars is now closer than ever. >> all right. cool. back here on earth, this can very simply be called every commuter's nightmare. it happened in china. >> this is one of 9/11's busiest roads. enormous traffic jam as hundreds of millions of people returned home from a week long national holiday. some apparently called this car

abc' s bazi kanani has details on the political clashes that have people talking this noon. mr. huckabee: folks, we have got to wake up. bazi: right from the start, the frontrunners, donald trump and ben carson, come under attack. mr. k-6: we are on the verge of her having -- mr. kasich: we are on the verge of having someone who does not know how to do this job. bazi: then, a classic trump counter punch against ohio governor john kasich. mr. trump: his poll numbers tanked. that is why he is on the end. and he got nasty. he got nasty. so, you know what? you can have him. bazi: the real estate mogul further blasting kasich for his ties to failed wall street firm lehman brothers. and another sparring match as jeb bush goes after first-year senator marco rubio for missing senate votes to campaign. mr. bush: hey, marco, when you signed up for this, this is a six-year term. you should be showing up to term. sen. rubio: someone has convinced you that attacking me is going to help you. bazi: rubio defended his voting record with a comparison to john mccain and others who missed votes dur

abc's bazi kanani joining us now from washington. bazi, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, kendis, good morning, reena. the establishment candidates who are trailing in the polls hoped this debate would help them pick up steam against the outsiders dominating the race. >> folks, we got to wake up. >> reporter: right from the start the front-runners donald trump and ben carson come under attack. >> we are on the verge perhaps of picking someone who cannot do this job. >> reporter: then a classic trump counterpunch against ohio governor john kasich. >> but then his poll numbers tanked. that's why he's on the end and he goss nasty and he got nasty him. >> reporter: the real estate mogul further blasting kaci hickox for his ties to the failure of lehman brothers and another sparring match as jeb bush goes after first year senator marco rubio for missing senate votes to campaigns. >> marco, when you signed up for in this was a six-year term and work. >> someone has convinced you attacking me is going to help you. >> rubio defended hi

abc's bazi kanani is in washington. morning to you, bazi. >> reporter: good morning, reena. good morning, kendis. the latest ap poll showed donald trump is not faring well with critical hispanic voters but among most republicans he is viewed as their strongest candidate for the general election. just ahead of the third republican debate, donald trump is talki religion. on muslim women and their veils. >> they want to. what the hell are we getting involved for? the fact is it's easier. you don't have to put up makeup. wouldn't it be easier, right? >> reporter: trump also refusing to apologize for qstioning ben carson's seven day adventist faith. >> i said exactly i don't know about it so, you know. >> ben carson has -- >> that's not an insult. >> reporter: polls show him surge surging over ben carson. jeb bush is down in the polls and frustrated. >> i got a lot of really cool things that i could do other than sit around being miserable listening to people demonize and me feeling compelled to demonize them. that is a joke. elect trump if you want that. >> reporter: bush met pr

abc's bazi kanani joining us from washington. bazi, thank you. >>> well, among the candidates there were some breakouts and some bruises during the debate. >> yeah, here's abc's political analyst matthew dowd's take. >> reporter: i think marco rubio was the number one winner. i also thought ted cruz won especially among other republican base, and i thought john kasich did well. big loser was jeb. big winner was probably marco rubio. ben carson and donald trump seemed to disappear from the stage, especially donald trump. he seemed to not really be much involved in the debate and his answers were sort of the same things everybody has heard before, so i think it's interesting where the folks that hold 50% of the vote basically disappeared from the stage. >> interesting. >> and it seems marco rubio spurred curiosity among voters as well. >> according to google trends rubio was the most searched candidate on the internet during the debate followed by carson, trump, cruz and kasich. >>> and democratic front-runner hillary clinton sendin

abc's bazi kanani joining us now from d.c. with the details. bazi, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, kendis, good morning, reena. this will be another important opportunity for the candidates to pick up some momentum and this time donald trump is also in need of a boost. a change on the debate stage, this time two men placed front and center for their rankings in the polls. >> iowa, will you get your numbers up, please? >> reporter: a humbled donald trump acknowledging ben carson's rise to first place in iowa and in one new poll in a virtual tie with trump nationally. >> i mean, i am second. it's not like terrible. second is terrible to me. >> reporter: ahead of tonight's debate carson is not taking those new numbers for granted. >> you know, i do realize that, you know, it's a marathon. we're still, you know, more than a year away from the election. and there will be ups and downs. >> reporter: while trump and carson are expected to hit hard at each other in tonight's debate, other candidates are battling to be seen as the alternative to

more now from abc's bazi kanani. >> reporter: a sudden change, of course, for the man most republicans a they supported to become the next speaker of the house. >> i think i shocked some of you. >> majority leader kevin mccarthy with drew from the race just minutes before the vote. >> we should put this conference first. there's something to be said for us to unite we probably need a fresh face. >> reporter: he said he was not the right person to unite the party facing a challenge from the same hard line conservatives who forced out speaker john boehner. they announced they would ban together to instead support long shot candidates daniel webster possibly blocking mccarthy from reaching the required votes in the full house. >> i think they were stunned. >> webster and the other remaining candidates knds jason chaffetz both are shocked by mccarthy's withdrawal. >> our conference will have to do a lot of deep soul searching. we'll see what happens. >> reporter: mccarthy faced heavy criticism for a recent gaffe now featured in a commercial for hillary clinton who said mccarthy's comment w

bazi kanani, abc news, washington. >> no reported weather-r-related deaths. lessons learned from the deadly storms that hit texas in may seemed to keep drivers out of danger. >> and as the storm moves north and east, we turn too accuweather meteorologist justin povick, trking it all for thus morning. justin, good morning to you. >> reena and kendis, thanks. good morning to you. a welcome break for eastern texas. we're not dealing with any more additional heavy rain. now wewe turn toreas further east. throughout alabama, georgia, more specifically from new orleans to mobe. the threat h here for sty thunderstorms and flash flooding. all this rain, eventually, has itights set on the tennessee valley and then midweek for the northeast. reena and kendis, let's toss it back to you. >> justin, thank you. >>> mexico survived the most powerful hurricane ever recorded in the western hemisphere. with remarkably very little destruction. hurricane patricia barreled ashore on friday as a category 5 but weakened significantly has it hit the mountains. more than 3,000 homes

the plane is engulfed in smoke and flames and bazi kanani with new developments. >> reporter: the panicked moments just before takeoff. >> reporter: passengers sliding down the burning plane's evacuation chutes then running to safety. >> i heard loud bang, turned around, saw the lights, saw flames, ran to the front of the aircraft. >> reporter: the emergency call just after 12:30 as the dynamic airways jet is taxiing for departure to venezuela. another pilot on the tarmac spots the problem. >> dynamic is out of the left engine, it looks like it's leaking a lot of -- i don't know if it's fuel. >> okay die nappic 4058, do you copy? >> yes, sir, we copy. >> reporter: ten seconds later >> i heard like a bump and i heard people screaming, running to the front. i'm like, oh, what's happening? so i turn around and look in the window and it's like flames all over the plane. >> reporter: within three minutes all 101 on board are off the jet. in mother minute the largest flames knocked down. >> all passengers are off the out. >> reporter: at least 21 passengers were hurt, mostly from bumps or falls

abc' s bazi kanani tells us what to expect. numbers up, please? bazi: a humble donald trump acknowledging ben carson' s rise to first place in iowa and in one new poll in a virtual tie with trump nationally. >> i mean i am second. it is not terrible. but i don' t like being second. it is terrible to me. bazi: ahead of tonight' s debate, carson is not taking the numbers for granted. >> i do realize that it is a marathon. we are still more than a year away from the election. expected to hit hard at each battling to be seen as the alternative to the outsiders. ge marco rubio a gop obama. rubio suggesting bush is part of the past. >> we need to elevate a new generation of leadership. bazi: the candidates tweeting pictures of their debate prep. may. i' m done with the being polite and listening to this nonsense. bazi: there are 15 republicans still in the race, but only the top 10 will be part of the main debate, which will have a significant focus on economic issues. bazi kanani, abc news, washington. erin: in light of the heroin epidemic facing new ha

bazi kanani reviews what was at times a chaotic stage. >> folks, we' ve got to wake up. bazi: right from the start, the front runners come under attack. >> we are on the verge perhaps of picking someone who cannot do this job. bazi: a classic trump counterpunch. >> then his poll numbers tanked, that is why he is on the end. and he got nasty. you know what? you can have him. bazi: the real estate mogul further blasted john kasich for his ties to lehman brothers. another sparring match as jeb bush goes after marco rubio for missing senate votes to campaign. >> when you signed up for this, this is a six-year term and you should be showing up to work. >> someone has convinced you that attacking me will help you. bazi: rubio compared himself to john mccain and others who missed votes during presidential campaigns. chris christie drew applause for his slam on a question about >> we have $19 trillion in debt, we have people out of work, we have isis and al qaeda attacking us, and we are talking about fantasy football? [applause] bazi: as the candidates battled, they found agreem

bazi kanani, abc news, washington. debate number three for the 20-16 republican field is set for wednesday night in olorado. the set-up is the same. there will be an earlii debate for those ower in the polls before the second debate for those at the top. in both of the first two debates, many of the candidates targeted donald trump. but it was carly fiorina who saw the largest positive bounce in the polling from eech debate. a university of iowa political science professor says vice president joe biden's decision not to run for president could have a ripple effect on the race. professor tim%hagle says biden'' supporterr are more likely to back former secretary of state hillary clinton, who is leading the polls on the democratic side. ""they may be unsure for a while and they may wait, but ultimately, they'll probably come around,to hillary clinton. it's unlikely that anybody elsee would ave the abiiity to jump in late at this point, and if those folks haven't gone to bernie sanders by now, they probably aren't ever goi

agents -- busted bazi kanani joins us live from washington with details on how investigators cracked this case. >> reporter: good afternoon david. investigators say their most recent arrest was in february, and they say their work is far from over. >> the dramatic video released today, they're undercover sting operations they say with help from the fbi leading to the arrest of several men accused of trying to sell radioactive materials on the black market. here we're told the video shows a smuggler caught with a catch of potentially deadly sezium. he specifically sought a buyer from the islamic state terrorist group who would target the united states. >> setting a dirty bomb off in a very dense area, the level of contamination could be a big economic standpoint. >> investigators say they stopped these frightening plots to sell sezium and uranium four times in the last five years. the men arrest were mainly middle men. the nuclear black market still thriving. >> the amount of radioactive material, primarily from medical and industrial use is widespread. it's all over the world. >> rep

abc's bazi kanani shows us the soggy mess. "the lone star state... drenched. up to 20 inches of rain falling over parts of texas. (nats) "we got the boat over there." emergency crews going in with boats and humvees to reach stranded residents. a close call for the more than 70 rescued south of dallas. this man and his dog pulled from their flooded truck. another man... stuck when he waded in to find his submerged vehicle. (sot) i just stood there and watched my vehicle slowly disappear. when flood waters derailed this freight train... the two people on board swam to safety... but a cow needed some help getting back k solid ground. in san antonio, rescuers managed to reach a man who was swept more than a mile through a stordrain. (sot) "you can just imagine crashing against the wall in there, the storms swept in with damaging winds: two reported tornados. (sot) i looked out the window and all i saw was a whirlwind of trash roofs ripped off... fences toppled. along the coast in galveston, flags warn of the dangerous surf... waves up to 10 feet high forcean empty

abc' s bazi kanani has more from washington. bazi: in the hot seat for his company' s deception -- michael horn: i would like to offer a sincere apology. bazi: he apologizes repeatedly as lawmakers vented their anger over the auto -- over the automaker' s cheating on emissions test on over half a million vehicles inserting software that would only turn on emission controls when the vehicle was being tested, allowing cars to pollute the rest of the time up to 40% more than allowed by u.s. dinners. rep. upton: vw has betrayed a nation. michael: i do not think something like this was possible at the volkswagen group. bazi: michael horn said he was as disappointed as the millions of vw owners around the world, who are now seeing their car values drop. it will be a costly mistake for volkswagen, facing lawsuits and lost his is on top of recalls, and today a raid on the company' s headquarters in germany as prosecutors seek documents for their own investigation. rep. schakowsky: the american people, the epa, and their counterparts arou

jennifer: she does not have to julie leach claimed her big s abc' s bazi kanani to tell us more about the winner and what she plans on doing with the money. bazi: the dream of millions of comes true for 50-year-old julie leach. >> crazy. bazi: the sole winner of last wednesday' s powerball jackpot for $310 million bought her ticket at this gas station in three rivers, michigan on her way to work the overnight shift at a fiberglass factory. >> oh i quit, automatically. i was done. bazi: but, leach didn' t quit as soon as she could have. she waited until her lunch break to check her numbers. >> i was having a really bad night at work. thought, well i might as well check my numbers while i' m sitting here waiting for my lunch. i didn' t believe it. i had to go back to work and get verified from a couple other co-workers and just couldn' t believe it. bazi: leach is taking the lump sum -- about $140 million after taxes. so, what will she do with all a little house shopping. leach says she will stay in michigan and buy up property for m going to take care of my kids. i don' t want them to

in washington, bazi kanani, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> bazi, thank you. police are investigating two deadly accidents on the same street on statin island hours the first happened near bay street in rose bank around 7:30 last night. police say 61-year-old steven was crossing the street when he was hit and killed. a few hours later, a woman who was six-months pregnant was struck and killed after leaving her job at mike's place in annondale. coworkers say she worked hard to support her 2 children. >> we witnessed everything unfortunately. it was hard to see. she's six months pregnant. and this happened. it's just a terrible tragedy. >> both drivers stopped at the accident scene. so far neither of them has been charged with a crime. apartment building in brooklyn may have been tampering with gas lines. the medical examiner working to confirm that a second body found in the rubble is 48-year- old francisca figaroa. the remains were discovered two days after the blast leveled the building in borough park. the gas to the apartment was shut off. police are invest

abc's bazi kanani joins us from washington with details on the testimony and what's next. >> reporter: good afternoon david. lawmakers are pushing for answers about when vw management first knew of the emissions problem and who is to blame. in the hot seat, for his company's deception. >> i would like to offer a sincere sippling. >> reporter: apologized repeatedly as lawmakers vent their anger over the admitted cheating on pollution tests in nearly a half million diesel vehicles in the u.s. inserting software that would only turn on the controls when the vehicle was being tested allowing cars to pollute the rest of the time up to 40% more than allowed by u.s. standards. >> vw has betrayed a nation. it's time to clean it up. or get off the road. >> i didn't think that something like this was possible at the volkswagen group. >> reporter: michael horn told congress he was just as shocked as they were and as disappointed as the millions of vw owners around the world who are now seeing their cars' value drop. it will be a costly mistake for volkswagen, facing lawsuits and lost business on

abc's bazi kanani brings us the latest. the panicked moments just before takeoff. "alarms.... engine's on fire! engine's on fire!" passengers sliding down the burning planes evacuation chutes... then running to safety. i heard a loud bang, turned around saw the lights, saw flames... ran to the fron of the aircraft. the dynamic airways jet is taxiing for departure to venezuela. another pilot on the tarmac... spots the problem. other pilot: dynamic is, out of the left engine , it looks like it's leaking a lot of? i don't know if it's fuel, it's fluid leaking out of the left engine. tower: okay dynamic, 4058, do you copy? pilot: uh, yes sir, we copy. we'll probably need to go back, to the, um ramp. but just 10 seconds later... the fuel ignites. i heard a bump and heard screaming running to front. it's flames all over. within three minutes, all 101 on board are off the jet. in another minute... the largest flames... knocked down. "all passengers are off the aircraft and the engine fire is out" at least 21 passengers are hurt, mostly from bumps or falls during evacuation. airport o

in washington, bazi kanani, channel6 "action news." brian, alicia. >> all right, bazi thanks very much. >>> and it is time now for a check of the "action news" traffic report today. >> let's go live to matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center on a friday. >> been a long time coming, hasn't it? >> yes, and it's finally upon us. now we just have to get through a few storms on the way home. get out now if you can. at this point roads are dry, brian and alicia, they're just really clogged as you can see. as we look live at 95 a little bit shaky with the camera but here by allegheny avenue we had accidents on both sides of the fence along 95 by the betsy ross bridge, both crashes are now gone. but they kind of got us off to a bad start this afternoon. so you can see the delays are definitely out there along 95. also still have a crash in the southbound lanes just past the airport. but they just got that pushed off to the left shoulder. as trish told us the water break still on south street. avoid third or seventh and expect slowing. a

bazi kanani has more. >> as president obama arrives white house says he will be solely focused on the traumatized survivors and grieving families he is there to meet privately. those mourning the nine killed in last week's massacre at a community college but just hours before his trip. >> multiple people possibly shot and an emergency call at another college campus, one dead, three others wounded at a shooting overnight near a dorm at northern arizona university in flag staff. >> this is not going to be a normal day at nau. our hearts are heavy. >> police say the 18-year-old gunman, a freshman who is now in custody opened fire as a fight escalated. >> two separate student groups got into a confrontation. the confrontation turned physical. >> while president obama is not expected to discuss gun control in oregon, his staff is looking into whether he can use executive actions to expand background checks without waiting for a republican controlled congress to act. most republican presidential be on mental health. today dr. ben carson is defending his recent suggestion that part of the so

bazi kanani, abc news, washington. sean: closer to home. a maine father accused of killing his three month old son is due in court today. 24-year-old eugeneman tin know was charged with murder after his son was taken to the hospital with several injuries and died. the boy and his twin sister were born premature. she prepares hospitalized. manchester was a sea of pink yesterday to support breast cancer awareness. the crowd took part in the american cancer society's making strides against breast cancer walk. the goal was to raise more than $260,000 and attract more than 1,600 walkers. organizers say this event continues to grow. >> we have a couple of people that have just jumped on board to be event chair next year. we're looking for it to just become bigger and bigger and bigger. sean: the money raised will go to the american cancer society to help find a cure to support the programs and services as well. dozens of people took a few laps around the track at con val high school yesterday in memory of marine corps brandon garabrant who was ki