>> gio benitez leading us off. gio, thank you. let's get right to chief meteorologist ginger zee. she's tracking it for us tonight. ginger? >> reporter: and david, there is a severe thunderstorm less than 90 miles southwest of us right here and we are not alone. it feels downright tropical, for a reason. the remnants of cindy, plus a cold front causing a severe thunderstorm watch for parts of new jersey, back into west virginia, and look at the one back in arkansas and western tennessee. the tornado watch still in kentucky. let's take you through the timing. with the flash flood potential, as gio just said, for one to three inches to fall very quickly. the storm timing even brings another very strong line overnight into early tomorrow morning for washington, d.c. look at 9:00 a.m. in new york city. headlines out west, portland, oregon, now in the heat advisory. could get to close to 100. david? >> ginger zee with us tonight. ginger, thank you. >>> these storms already impacting air travelbut there s another scare today. passengers onboard a jet blue flight from new york to florida

david. >> gio benitez with us. gio, thank you. >>> the heat wave closing schools in the east. more than 30 reported tornadoes in the past 24 hours. let's get to meteorologist rob marciano tracking it all for us. rob, good evening. >> reporter: hi, david, just sizzling here in the northeast. cool front dropping south stirring up strong storms in new england through the ohio valley. that larger system will prove for an active evening across the plains in nebraska and south dakota. chicago, st. louis, kansas city, they'll stay hot through the week. the northeast will cool down. david. >> all right, we're waiting for it. rob, our thanks to you. >>> there's still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this tuesday -- breaking developments in the texting suicide trial. the young woman who was in high school at the time, accused of urging her boyfriend in a text to take his own life >>> and that dangerous police chase on the highway, trying to escape officers in reverse. police forced to make a big decision about the suspect. we'll be right back. last year, he said he was going to d

gio benitez has more. >> reporter: venus williams under the spotlight but not for the usual reasons. she is being blamed for a traffic accident where a passenger in the other car ultimately died. here's a map from the police report. at the intersection in palm beach gardens, florida, three weeks a the report says williams cut across in front of a car. that car t-boning williams,78 year old passenger jerome barson was head trauma and died. the police report says williams advised she did not see the other car and also says that she is at fault pofor the accident. williams' spokesperson saying she entered the intersection in a green light and expresses her deepest condolences to a family who lost a loved one. police do not believe she was distracted or under the influence of alcohol. so right now no charges and no citations for williams, but please are still investigating. gio benitez, abc news, new york. >>> coming up, it's shaping up to be a pretty raunchy weekend at the box office. >> we'll tell you were critics are dealing will ferrell and amy poehler a losing hand. it's straight ah

abc's gio benitez with the latest report. >> reporter: tonight in what may be the first account of the collision that claimed seven american lives attributed to the captain of the cargo ship that struck it. reuters reporting the skipper told ship's owners that he flashed lights to signal the "uss fitzgerald" before the crash. and that he says the destroyer failed to take evasive action, suddenly veering into the ship' s path. >> there is negligence involved. two ships are not supposed to hit each other, and if both ships follow the rules the way they are supposed to be followed, they simply will not impact each other. >> reporter: abc news has not independently confirmed reuter's report of the captain's account. and the navy tonight is not commenting while it investigates why the ship slammed into the side of the uss fitzgerald. slicing through the destroyer's berths where over 100 sailors were sleeping. the crew scrambling to save the ship -- sealing off the flooded area so the ship didn't sink. and japanese investigators are analyzing the black box from that cargo shippi, looking for

abc's gio benitez is here with the latest on the case.rning, gio. >> reporter: michael, good morning. police just released this video and it seems to show just about every second of the long field zobrist test as you're about to see he struggles all the way through. >> you know the reason i'm out with you now? >> no. >> it's because you're stopped in the road. in the middle of the road. >> reporter: our first look at the dash cam video from tiger woods' arrest just after 2:00 a.m. on memorial day and woods' car is stopped on a main road. he's fallen asleep. the car still running. >> do you remember what happened when my partner came up behind? >> no. >> do you remember being asleep in the car? >> no. >> you don't? >> reporter: they ask him where he's coming from. he says california. but he's really in his hometown in florida. >> where are you coming from? >> l.a. >> from where? >> l.a. >> from l.a. okay. where you copping from right now? >> headed back down to orange county. >> reporter: you're headed down to orange county. >> yeah. >> ok

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guy -- gio gonzalez is on the mound tonight. to gio at spring training and he told me that his goal this season is to make the all-star game. that still seems to be a possibility. hopefully he'll keep momentum going for the second half of the season. michelle: we're rooting for them. jonathan: all right, erin. thank you. michelle: weather on their side. doug: perfect weather at the ballpark. tomorrow a couple of showers in the forecast and beautiful weather for midweek. the heat and the humidity is cranking up late in the week. steve rudin will highlight that at 11:00. sneak peek at the weather possible for fourth of july. the big sparkly things that go up in the sky. jonathan: those things. doug: important to know the we. michelle: thank you. "world news tonight" with david muir coming up next. jonathan: thank you for watching this everything. see you back here tonight at 11:00. have a great night. get outside. enjoy! ♪ [doorbell] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ health care works best when it's centered around one thing: you. we are kaiser permanent

. >> gio took me around bart where he had the opportunity to meet the new police chief.then met one of bart's canines and then it was off to the operation control center where geo got to show off some of his knowledge. >> pittsburg does not come here. >> he is right. >> and then there is something where he wanted to dot -- to do the most. >> we are in the front, geo. >> he got to announce his favorite stop. and to the airport. for the return trip. although this is a day gio will never forget, his mom still holds out hope to meet the man who started this all, from a small act of kindness. >> in oakland, i'm paul chambers, ktvu fox 2 news. >> time now is 9:40. a new report from the centers for disease control raises the number of people who were poisoned from eating deaf cap mushrooms in the bay area to 14 and most recovered but three of the victims needed liver transplants including an 18- month-old girl who suffered permanent neurological damage. and now in december we told you how the wet winter made for an abundant crop of muss rooms and the death cap closely resembled

abc's gio benitez has the latest. >> reporter: venus williams under the spotlight but not for the usual reasons. according to police the 37-year-old tennis star is being blamed for a traffic accident where a passenger in the other car ultimately died. here's the map from the police report beach gardens three weeks ago the report says williams cut across in front of a car. that car t-boning williams, 78-year-old passenger jerome barson was rushed to the hospital for head trauma and died two weeks later. his wife who was driving survived. the police report says williams advised she did not see the other car and also says that she is at fault for the accident. williams' spokesperson saying she entered the intersection on a green light. this is an unfortunate accident and venus expresses her deepest condolences to the family who lost a loved one. and in the report police do not believe venus williams was distracted or even under the influence of alcohol so right now no charges and no sigh takes for williams but police are still investigating. gio benitez, abc news, new york. >>> a woman who

gio benitez, abc news, new york. >>> well a warning now about this next story. the man you'll see somehow only suffered minor injuries. but it is tough to watch. he was crossing a street when this happened. take a look here. whoa. the security camera recording the entire incident, the man who was struck by the bus getting back to his feet after sliding down that sidewalk and then he walked into a pub that was right there. do you blame him after something like that, the guy deserves a drink. >> of course. >> or five. >> y and deserves to play the lotto after that. >> a sheriff's deputy in ohio must be embarrassed after he was ratted out by his own dash cam video. >> this is the view from the police cruiser. it shows the vehicle and the officer in a bit of a chase game. the vehicle actually starts rolling backward as the officer is conducting a traffic stop. deputy eventually picks up on what's going on and chases down the car, hops in and stops it before it reaches an intersection. >> there were no injuries involved other than the deputy's pride which i'd say too

>> gio, thank you. >>> now to that breaking story in the west. the fiery plane crash shutting down america's busiest highways. video showing the plane slamming into the 405 in santa ana, california. this is a live look from the air from our station abc 7, los angeles. emergency crews on the scene. matt gutman is there. >> reporter: it came in like a missile. tonight, that video showing the twin engine cessna plummeting. skimming right above multiple cars. it slams into the highway and bursts into a fireball. with the fire still blazing, motorist is pulling the passengers from the plane. you can see them through the smoke to the right of the plane. an off duty firefighter rendering first aid until first responders can arrive. they are bloodied, stunned, but miraculously, alive. >> they just came in sideways. i seen them literally come around the corner. >> reporter: somehow, the plane only clipping a single vehicle. >> the rear-end of my truck was spun around. had a passenger in there. saw flames all around us. >> reporter: emergency crews from th

. >> gio benitez with us. gio, thank you. >>> and next tonight, the heat wave closing schools in the east. a tornado watch also in effect. more than 30 reported tornadoes in the past 24 hours. this one destroying a building in southeast wyoming. let's get to meteorologist rob marciano tracking it all for us. rob, good evening. >> reporter: hi, david, just sizzling here in the northeast. 99-degree record high in newark england through the ohio valley. that larger system that brought the storms yesterday, will prove for an active evening across the plains in nebraska and south dakota. that all moves to the east. bigger cities under the gun, chicago, st. louis, kansas city, they'll stay hot through the week. the cool do. vihed.rtnollaswit >> all right, we're waiting for rob marciano, our thanks to you. >>> there's still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this tuesday -- the alleged murder spree. the major break. a mother and her two daughters found dead and another couple killed as well. >>in the texting sui

tom. >> gio, thank you. >>> next to the severe weather watch at this hour.thunderstorms on the- tonight. 15 million people in their path. it comes after a night of violent storms. more than two dozen reported tornadoes. this one, in prairieburg, iowa. abcs a alex brez is in wisconsin. >> reporter: tonight, millions watching the skies. severe weather on the move after a wild 24 hours. overnight a tornado outbreak spanning four states. spawning at least 27 reported tornados. in iowa, the funnels started touching down around dinnertime. including a powerful ef-2 captured at the linn county fair. >> get out of here! >> reporter: heavy rain and snapped trees in the twister's wake. >> it was like it just hovering, it was just slow motion and it was really dark. >> reporter: some of the worst damage west of eau claire, wisconsin. the walls of this gruj ripped off. the family truck thrown into the yard. >> you're looking around and trying to figure out how this happened that quickly. just unimaginable. >> reporter: in all, more than 120 see veer reports from this sy

. >> reporter: hours after playing in the pool, garon vega's son, gio, became sick. >> he was exhibitinger, lethargy, and i noticed that his heart was beating rapidly. >> reporter: after seeing recent headlines about secondary drowning, the boy's family rushed gio to the e.r. doctors diagnosing the 2-year-old with pneumonia. the family saying these doctors told them secondary drowning was to blame. it's when a small amount of water is inhaled into the lungs. >> we probably would have waited until the next day and that probably would have been a bad outcome. >> reporter: lindsay kujawa's son was diagnosed with secondary drowning after jumping into the jacuzzi. >> i'm like, he's okay, he's not blue, you know, he's choking up the water. >> reporter: doctors say the condition is rare, but can be fatal. >> it takes a surprisingly small amount of fluid to actually cause damage to the lungs. in a child, it can be as little as a quarter of a can of soda. >> reporter: the symptoms to look for when water inhalation may have occurred include coughing, lethargy, difficulty breathing and irritability

on thursday gio benitez helped reunite baseball fans in caught with more than $9,000 so, gio, tell uskarabots center. we'll keep the suspense. tell us about unclaimed money. how does this end up missing. >> in the last year alone we gathered more than 400 million in unclaimed funds owed to businesses and individuals and in the hospital's case it went missing for reasons we see every day. it was mailed to the wrong address on sent to a bank. it oftens so happen, one in ten pennsylvanians has unclaimed property with the treasury. >> as simple as a wrong address. >> unbelievable, amy, you have a little bit more on this secret so let's take it over. >> we have a big surprise coming up, gio, the hospital knows it's getting some money but they're going to surprise some folks in philly as well because they're earmarking all that for a very special cause and gio is going to let you in on the secret first so take a look. >> reporter: w.c. longstreet elementary file in -- >> you are here to have a life-changing experience. >> when i heard we were going to an assembly i got excited. >> reporter:

here's abc's gio benitez. >> reporter: tonight, the numbers tell the story.oast of cape cod alone 150 great whites are expected this summer. in 2014, there were about half that. already this month, we've seen this shark possibly a great white, lurking right next to a fishing boat right there. this 14-foot great white was tagged there a few years ago -- and was just detected near virginia's coast on sunday. cape cod first responders now training for shark attacks, and posting these signs warning beach goeers. they say the growing seal population, what sharks feed on, is to blame. >> the probability of a shark attack is extremely low. but it doesn't mean you don't use common sense when you're going into the ocean. >> reporter: they're hoping to avoid scenes like this. people screaming to get out of the water at this alabama beach two weeks ago, spotting sharks in the shallow water. and tom, expers say there are a few things you can do to avoid sharks on beach, swim on sunny, clear days, but not at dawn or dusk -- that's when shark feed. tom? >> a good time to s

here's abc's gio benitez. >> you know the reason i'm out with you now? >> no. >> 'cause you're stopped in the road. in the middle of the road. >> reporter: that video capturing the moment police say they had to wake tiger woods up in his mercedes, stopped in the middle of that florida highway with two flat tires. woods bewildered, thinking he's in california. >> you're headed down to orange county? >> yeah. >> okay. do you know where you're at right now? >> ah --i do not know. >> have you been drinking tonight? >> no. >> no. are you sure about that? >> yeah. >> reporter: woods did pass two breathalyzer tests for alcohol, but told police he takes multiple prescriptions, >> you're gonna recite the entire english alphabet in a slow, nonrhythmic manner, meaning you're not going to sing it, okay? do you understand the instructions? >> i do. >> okay, what were the instructions? >> not to sing the national anthem backwards. >> reporter: tiger woods struggled for an half-hour. he's due in court next month and could face jail time if ultimately convicted gio, tha

here's abc's gio benitez. >> reporter: the parade of young penn state defendants, filing into court, somber faced. about to witness the horrifying video of the last night of tim piazza's life, shown only in the courtroom. >> they had to go from station to station, chug alcohol. >> piazza visibly drunk, downing at least four drinks in just minutes during the february fraternity party. two hours in, piazza falls 15 feet, banging his head. his unconscious body carried to a couch. a brother pouring beer over him, an apparent attempt to wake him. just before 2:00 a.m., someone else appears to slap the 19-year-old in the stomach. >> they treated him like a rag doll, like he was road kill. >> the video does show one brother, kordel davis, extremely animated, later recounting the night to robin roberts. >> i said we should call 911. >> reporter: his parents left the courtroom just before the agonizing video was shown. >> they want to remember their son as the young, bright, handsome, full of life person who he was. >> reporter: david at the end of the video, after nearly 12 hours, piazza was

and it's good thing he did-- doctors say gio was drowning. (staff sgt.ega/saved son from dry drowning): "i'm noticing his heart is beating really fast, so noticeably that i can feel it, when he's laying against my body." butted to "the x-rays did show that he had a significant amount of water in his lungs, and that it was a good thing that we brought him in because if we hadn't have, he wouldn't have made it through the night."(steve) vega says he is thankful to the delgado's for sharing their story with out his son's could have died too. (steve) people sometimes complain that the people behaving badly series is sometimes repetitive... all too often --- even after showing people the problem they still don't listen (grant) but every now and then we run across someone who gets it right. over the years i have been conducting safety test on transit buses to see if drivers are following state law as it relates to stopping at rail crossing i tested ac transit buses in richmond at the cutting blvd crossing, where they failed horribly im sorry is horribily too s

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gio benitez, new jersey. >> you don't want to smell like food, huh?, you need to triple bag this. great. now there's going to be, now there's going to be a bear attacking me. >> you want some? >> again. no, i'll pass. >>> coming up, our financial expert standing by with other tips you need to know this summer to help you save money. >>> and the big surprise for a former homeless teen who rose to the top of her class and a disco queen who paid her a very special tribute. ♪ i got all my life to live ♪ >>> all right, so admittedly, we can all use some extra money on summer vacation, and here with some tips to come up with over $500 in just over four weeks. >> yeah. >> is our finance expert, vera givens. just that quick. i am an all ears. you say change your withholding. >> average tax rate is $3,000. if you change your withholdings, you get it so it comes out just even, that's putting $250 back in your pocket every month. >> but don't do it for the rest of the year. >> that's your tip, not traffic -- >> there is a survey or study that came out that said