cecelia? >> gio and our team across the country, thank you. >>> we turn to those severe storms kicking off the holiday weekend across so much of the country. in tennessee, tornadoes touching down knocking into homes, knocking down trees. drenching rains left residents clinging to rope trying to cross a flooded creek. 30 million people in the path tonight. and abc's senior meteorologist rob marciano has the damage and the forecast. >> reporter: tonight, the southeast under the gun again. heavy rain over already saturated ground causing big problems in tennessee. this road in crossville giving way, causing a car wreck that killed one person. and flash floods just northeast of nashville. bridges washed out. people stranded. this man traversing the rapids with a kind of makeshift rope rescue. this auto repair shop inundated, cars swept away in the torrent. this just hours after rare july tornadoes hit the state. >> whatever was in their path when they did touch down was damaged. >> reporter: in tu

once again, cecelia vega. >> we begin with breaking news.dly kidnapped, has now apparently turned up. she's indeed here in huntington beach. found safe in huntington beach. >> reporter: just hours after the news breaks that denise huskins has been found safe and sound near her mother's house, 400 miles down the california coast in huntington beach, the case takes another stunning turn. lieutenant kenny park of the vallejo police department goes before the cameras to publicly denounce her and her boyfriend aaron quinn, a highly aggressive move. >> we were not able to substantiate any of the things that he was saying. we've had over 40 police detectives working around the clock. that is a tremendous amount of resources that, in my opinion, was wasted. >> that was pretty amazing in a bad way. i was so shocked. >> reporter: the police even suggest the young couple might face criminal charges themselves. >> if we feel that there is sufficient evidence to move forward, we will be requesting criminal charges. >> can you imagine being rescued from a

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cecelia vega with the mother of one of the victims. >> reporter: denise huskins didn't think she would make it out alive. >> she had come to accept she was going to be killed. >> reporter: tonight, her lawyers giving new details into the stranger than fiction kidnapping involving denise and her boyfriend aaron quinn. his mother speaking out, outraged at police. >> it was made very clear to us that he was their prime suspect. >> reporter: the couple not just the victims of that bizarre abduction. vallejo police accused them of staging it. >> once they said it was a hoax, it had to be a hoax. they dug themselves a hole and they were going to stay in it. >> reporter: the story so incredible, many said it sounded like a scene from the movie "gone girl." >> i feel like i could disappear. >> reporter: and even though the fbi arrested the alleged mastermind, 38-year-old matthew muller, vallejo police still not apologizing. does the vallejo police department owe this couple an apology? >> we're going to evaluate that when the investigation is complete and go from there. >> reporter: did you dr

cecelia vega has the very latest on all of this. >> reporter: the close call coming just minutes before landing. delta flight 407 from orlando, 159 passengers onboard. the jet, just 1,700 feet above ground. a drone in its path, only 100 feet away. near an old, abandoned airfield. >> there was a drone flying. >> what altitude would you say it was? >> probably 100 feet below us. >> reporter: the pilot landing without incident. but air traffic control warning other planes of potential danger. these risky encounters on the rise. the faa now reporting 25 drone incidents each month. >> the reason we don't want a drone close to airliners, the possibility of being ingested into an engine. >> reporter: sales of drones are skyrocketing. and you can see why they're such a growing concern. >> thank you. >>> and next to the mysterious airplane part found on a beach in australia. there's growing certainty it's from mh 370, at this hour, it's packed up and on its way to france. u.s. investigators and boeing investigators are going there as well. but the haunting question, was someone trying to make it

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here's cecelia. >>reporter: did he that's didn't think she would make it out alive. >> she had come to accept that she was going to be killed. >> tonight her lawyer giving new details into the stranger than fiction kidnapping involving denise and her boyfriend aaron quinn. now his mother speaking out too outraged at police. >> made very mostly clear to us that he was prime suspect. >>reporter: couple not just the victim of that bizarre abduction. vallejo police accuse them of stage the whole thing. >> once they said it was a hoax hit to be a hoax. they dug themselves a hole and they would stay in it. >>reporter: the story so incredible many said it so you so you knowed like a keen from the movie gone girl. >> i feel like i can kiss appear. >>reporter: and even though the fbi arrested the alleged mastermind 38-year-old matthew mueller vallejo police still not apologizing does the police department owe this couple an apology. >> we'll evaluate that when the investigation is complete and then go from th

cecelia talk to the famous actress who reached her bricking point o stage. she's not the first.: standing ovation. for broadway star. legendary actress taking matter and cell phone in her own hand reenacting the real life dram drama on stage last tonight >> drama on stage last tonight >> rate here this lady rate here. the the phone snatched the phone from the the texting audience members and marched away. >> sitting rate there on the second seat. she was oblivious to everybody except for herself and her phone. a lot of people are saying bravo. the. >> well i wish they would just turn the phone off. >>reporter: you think that's bad? last week this guy hops on to broadway stage and just before the curtain goes up trays to plug his phone in a fake outlet plug his phone in a fake outlet. from rock star like adam levine. fv hugh and hugh jackman. this tmz video catching a rippinging phone during his performance. >> turn it off. tivrngs on capitol hill. sf. >>reporter: so many begging let it go. so the show condition good on. abc news new york. >> the put it down. drop it. >> once in

here's white house domestic policy director cecelia munoz. >> under this rule if you earn $50,000 or less you would be eligible for overtime. 5 million workers will receive the ben at this time of this in the first year of implementation. >> reporter: okay. fact check time. in the u.s. the white house highlights 4.7 million people that would become eligible for overtime benefits under its proposal. california boasts the highest number of any individual state, 420,000 people. well that's odd. we had russ hancock and our friends at joint venture silicon valley crunch numbers for us. california has 4 million people who make between $23,000 and $50,000, or the salary you would need to qualify. only a tenth of them would actually get more money. >> is that a significant change? >> it's not significant, no it's not. our president is trying to help people. we understand that. this is not going to make a significant dent in the situation in california. certainly not in silicon valley. >> reporter: yes. silicon valley. what about workers here? that's the second part of our fact check. in sili