elizabeth hur back in the seat, everybody. >> back here and i was actually thinking you were going to keep singing. >> you know, we actually don't sing that much here on this show. >> we don't? >> especially when it comes to, what's her name again? will, what's her name? >> it's pronounced beyonce. >> we don't talk about her that much, we don't sing "bootylicious" at all times. yes. we will get to that. and good morning to you all on this memorial day holiday. it's good to have elizabeth hur in for janai norman. >>> we begin this half hour with president trump's state visit to japan where he took center stage this morning at a grand outdoor ceremony. >> the president had the honor of becoming the first world leader to meet japan's new emperor at the imperial palace in tokyo just weeks after he ascended the throne. >> the president also sat down for a working lunch with prime minister shinzo abe and backed the idea of having japan broker a possible dialogue between the u.s. and iran. >> well, i know that the prime minister and japan have a very good relationship with iran. so we'll see

elizabeth hur, abc7 >>> the american known as the american taliban.n walker lindh served 17 years for aiding taliban forces. he was 20 years old when he was captured in afghanistan in 2001. he was with the taliban as a fighter during the 9/11 attacks. his release was fiercely opposed by the trump administration. he will likely not return to the bay area. instead, opting to live somewhere in northern virginia. >>> facebook is intensifying its efforts to shut down fake accounts. the social net working giant says it removed 3 billion fake accounts between october of last year and march of this year. that's twice as many as the previous six months. the company said it saw a steep increase in the creation of these fake accounts. >>> the tech museum has a new name. >> we are now the tech in trek. >> we've done a lot of learning about learning. and we're pretty clear now that the ways we thought we learned aren't quite that accurate. that the way, particularly our kids today are learning, is in fact interactive. >> the tech interactive is supposed to better

. >> i'm elizabeth hur in for janai.e begin with the deadly storms tearing through tornado alley. >> at least 177 twisters have hit oklahoma in the past week including a powerful eekend.s yd the death toll from the storms >> reporter: four minutes of terror in oklahoma. >> bodies everywhere, people everywhere, don't know dead or alive. >> reporter: an ef-3 tornado tearing through el reno, a small town just outside of oklahoma city. >> my ex-wife called and said that the tornado just took our house out and that the kids were still inside. >> reporter: 145 mile-per-hour winds annihilated everything in their path. the second floor of this hotel sheered off. a nearby trailer park decimated. >> we heard screaming, children and adults both. >> we could hear them but we couldn't get to them. >> there's no way for us to get out. we had to punch a hole in the wall for us to get out. >> reporter: this boy was trapped in the rubble after his home was flipped by the powerful winds. >> i was in a chair at the time. i fell back in it

. >> elizabeth hur has the latest on this. >> hello, everyone, i am 17 now. i've just graduated from high school. >> reporter: this is a live stream from 2017. >> in mid september i'm going to stanford. >> reporter: sharing news of her admission to stanford on chinese media. and leaving a message of encouragement for others. >> i just feel like you can always achieve the things you want if you try hard. >> reporter: but stanford has since expelled this student from china whose billionaire parents allegedly paid $6.5 million to get her into stanford, allegations her mother claims are just not true, claiming they are victims. she released a statement in part saying she was led to believe the money would go toward programs for needy students, but that man allegedly went to this man. rick singer, who prosecutors say is the mastermind behind the college admissions scam. so far more than 50 people, including ceos, doctors, lawyers and actresses like lori laughlin and felicity huffman. at this time, no one in this family has been charged with a crime. stanford says

elizabeth hur, abc news, new york. >>> turning overseas to a partial evacuation of the embassy in baghdady employees have been told to leave iraq. >> a british commander says he sees nothing unusual. now both parties are demanding answers about the threat. abc's martha raddatz has details. >> reporter: the u.s. security an imment thre b iranian-backed proxies. but the administration is providing no specifics. and even the president's supporters are frustrated. >> i have no idea what the threat is besides what i read in the paper. >> reporter: this comes the day after a senior british general declared there is no increase threat from iraq, that the u.s. rebutted. the intelligence may be faulty, just as it was in the lead-up to the invasion of iraq. the u.s. already deployed a carrier strike group and bombers to the region. the president has denied a "new york times" report that the administration has a plan to send 120,000 troops if attacked. >> would i do that? absolutely.we havnopls for that leadership will be briefed tomorrow. the ordered departure from the u.s. embassy in iraq is unusu

abc's elizabeth hur has the details. >> that's a tornado. >> reporter: wild weather once again wreakingoc from texas -- >> radar is showing a tornado, there's flying debris at this time. >> reporter: -- to the northeast. this after the national weather service confirmed tornados touched down in pennsylvania, new jersey, missouri, and kansas, including this monster mile-wide ef-4 tornado west of kansas city on tuesday. >> it was just disbelief. because of, you know -- i walked up our basement stairs. i looked up into the sky. >> reporter: may is now the most active month with tornados since 2011, with more than 500 reported tornados in the last 30 days. while swollen rivers in oklahoma and arkansas have officials warning residents to stay vigilant. abc's will carr is in sand springs, oklahoma. >> behind me is the keystone dam. this is the last line of defense to stop catastrophic flooding from here in oklahoma all the way down to louisiana. >> reporter: and this is now the scene along the arkansas river, the area inundated with historic flooding, the worst since 1945. we now know an ef-1

. >> abc news reporter elizabeth hurry h hur has the latest. >> reporter: in a city notorious for its. >> this is incredible. >> reporter: this driver led police on a chase that was not just dangerous but also bizarre. >> the driver is out of yol two large dogs on her lap. >> reporter: she was driving a stolen 20-foot rv. the chase beginning tuesday evening when official stay rv failed to yield. >> she is just slamming into everything in her way. >> reporter: the driver then seen weaving in and out of traffic with speeds reaching up to 70 miles per hour. at one point she rams the rv into a palm tree. shredding the front side of the camp he wide open. and ripping off the windshield. then the driver speeds around the corner. one of the dogs leaps out of the open windshield. >> the dog is okay. the dog is running away. >> reporter: you can see the woman is struggling to hold on to her other dog while navigating before losing control and crashing into this sedan. >> oh, no! my goodness! >> reporter: the driver then tries to run away with her dog run go beside her until police finally tack

elizabeth: more details on russian impact on u.s. elect system, fox news chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge with more. >> who are part of russia military launched a concerted attack on hural sec. reporter: book ending robert mueller's statement at justice department. >> there were multiple systemic effort to interfere in our election. that allegation deserves the attention of every american. reporter: there is rare support on both sides to thwart national security threat opposed by foreign nations meddling in next year's presidential election. >> how do we make sure they don't do in 2020 for whatever candidate they shoes. choose. reporter: along with republican chairman, they are expected to conclude russia bipartisan investigation by august. >> i think we have to pass bipartisan legislation to secure the election shin. reporter: this morning president seemed to be on same page, advocating for a physical audit trail. >> we're trying to do paper ballots as a back up system. good old fashion paper in this modern age is the best way. reporter: mueller was clear that russians tried and failed. >> this volume includes a discussion of trump campaign response to this activity,