neal karlinsky was therefore the emotional ceremony to honor the victims of the 1995 comment. [bagpipes play] neal: 168 empty seats 168 moments of silence. a void even time cannot fill. >> my baby -- neal: 20 years after the bombing in oklahoma city, people gather to honor their survivors and victims lost in what had been the nations deadliest terror attack before 9/11. today, the mt chairs, one for each man, woman, and child killed, filled with flowers and teddy bears. in a tradition the country knows all too well, family members read each name out loud. >> our dad mickey b. maroney. neal: the memorial is built on the spot where timothy mcveigh detonated a truck bomb in 19 a five. it gouged a crater into the building and the community's spirit. today, those ones are still healing. president clinton: you have reminded us that we should all live by this standard. neal: the kids who were at the day care center that day and made it out, now all grown up refusing to dwell on the past. >> i know that it's a blessing to be here. neal: neal karlinsky, abc news. kimberly: oklahoma had

tonight abc's neal karlinsky finds out the dream home can lead to some rude awakenings. >> reporter: stacy may live in a normal austin, texas, neighborhood. but inside her home it's more like the jetsons. >> say hello to our new maid rosie. >> can you throw a forward pass? >> reporter: at least as close as you can get. and all the weirdness that goes with it. >> okay, ubi. may some music. >> okay i will play cher. >> reporter: so maybe some technology isn't quite ready for primetime. >> that's the dumbest gadget i own. >> reporter: stacy's world is a small window -- >> when you touch it it turns on. >> reporter: -- into what we could all have with patience and perseverance at&t calls digital life. where you can remote control virtually your entire house from your phone. smarthome gadgets are poised to be the next big thing. sales of smart gadgets are expected to exceed 36 million unit in the next two years. her devices and appliances are all connected to each other and to the internet. which means stacy can control them remotely from her phone. >> when i look at the app i can see tha

neal karlinsky, abc news, seattle. >>> the gulf and southern states are bracing for thunderstorms and rain this morning. >> a drenching three inches of rain could fall from new orleans to atlanta. it could be wet in the southern plains and up through the northeast, lasting a few days. >> the slow-moving front drenched texas on monday. roads in lubbock turned into rivers. police were called out to rescue several drivers. >>> today's weather is trouble for the morning commute and for air travel, too. accuweather meteorologist justin povick has the details. good morning, justin. >> reena and ryan, thanks and good morning. another wet start to the day. another wet finish to the day over the south plains and the gulf coast states with low pressure only moving very, very slowly. there is potential for flash flooding around houston, new orleans, interstate 10 with ponding to deal with. major delays at local airports. which will stretch all the way into the southeast. atlanta, the carolinas, perhaps as far south as northern florida. reena and ryan, back to you. >> justin, thank you. >>> to po

neal karlinsky, abc news seattle. >>> the gulf and southern states are bracing for rain this morning. >> three sinchs could fall from new orleans to atlanta. this could last a few days. >> the slow-moving front drenched texas on monday. roads turned into rifers. police were called out to rescue drivers. >>> taed's weather is trouble for the commute. justin povick has the details. good morning, justin. >> reena and ryan, thanks and good morning. another wet finish to the day. low pressure moving very very slowly. there is potential for flash flooding around houston, new orleans, interstate 10 with ponding to deal with. major delays at local airports. atlanta, the carolinas, perhaps as far south as northern florida. reena and ryan back to you. >> justin, thank you. >>> to politics. the run for the white house. two more candidates declareing in the past few days. >> i elizabeth hur downs usjoins us with more. >> reporter: election day is 573 days away. the race is heating up. yes, the field just got more crowded. first, there was texas senator ted cruz. then came kentucky senator rand pa

>> neal karlinsky tonight. neal thanks. >>> this evening, there is a tornado watch and severe thunderstorm warnings up at this hour. 21 million americans bracing for the storms. and the texas panhandle, look at this. a land spoult tornado. and in colorado tonight, baseball season is here. but you sure wouldn't know it. good thing the rockies are on the road tonight. and flash floods across the gulf. this intersection in chattanooga under water today. let's get right to rob marscianomarciano. rob? >> reporter: the two systems moving very very slowly. check out the radar. those watch boxes are up. and especially just east of amarillo. a couple of krechls there could drop a couple more tornadoes. tomorrow threat going to be across texas, but it does expand off to the east. large hail and strong winds, again maybe a tornado. and as we looblg atk at the rainfall across the deep south, two to four inches from corpus christi to new orleans to mobile. more flooding as we go through the weekend and then the dry weather

>> neal karlinsky on the scene for us. neal, thank you. >>> and now, to the incredible pictures of the extreme weather coming in tonight. the deadly dust storm in utah and now new pictures emerging of a giant sand storm, what's called acall ed a haboob there in las vegas. just something to see there. in oregon, this car flipped by a small tornado, and tonight, flash flood watches across four states in the gulf. you can hear the rain in mississippi there. meteorologist rob marciano with the fire warnings now coming in, too. >> reporter: tonight, high fire danger in southern california, the state bone dry. blowing dust tuesday blinding drivers near fresno. and winds gusting over 80 miles an hour in utah, causing a deadly pileup there. temperatures plummeting in salt lake city. 40 degrees in less than four hours. look at this suburb. that same street today -- the snowblowers are out. in eugene, oregon, a tornado wreaked havoc at this community college tuesday. >> the tornado picked the back end of my car up and threw us proba

>> neal karlinsky tonight from outside seattle. neal, thanks. >>> the extreme weather causing problems elsewhere this evening. a dangerous commute for millions from texas to georgia in the storm zone, a blast of snow and hail. in fact, eight states under a severe thunderstorm watch. word out of alabama tonight, a woman rushed to the hospital, struck by lightning. and this is the scene from arkansas. listen to this. you don't want that on your car. hail hitting the windshield there. and to the north in pennsylvania tonight -- oh, unwelcome. whiteout conditions on i-80. so, let's get right to meteorologist rob marciano, who starts us off with the snow and rain mix. >> reporter: a very winter-like alberta clipper system as we wrap up the month of march. take a look at the radar. there's a lot of green on there, but some white. we mentioned the accumulating snows across pennsylvania and the severe weather threat across the south. severe thunderstorm watches from georgia all the way back to oklahoma. warnings will be ongoing. we've alre

>> neal karlinsky in seattle. neal, thank you. >>> and one more image. to the extreme weather tonight. this extraordinary image, just surfacing this evening. this is cell phone video, showing the moment a father of three came face to face with this monster tornado, bearing down on interstate 39 in central illinois. this was late last week. part of the system that flattened the city of fairdale. this evening, the new system moving in. high wind warnings from california to utah. interstate 80 there in utah. semis rolling over. at least one dead in this fatal crash. and flood watches tonight across nine states. in corpus christi, this neighborhood under water. powerful winds, that tree slamming into one family's car. so, let's get right to meteorologist rob marciano, tracking it all. busy night. >> reporter: yes, david. two big systems posting big winds. one's not moving very quickly. so, there's a flooding component to that. it's across the gulf coast, it's tapping water from there. over three inches of rain in new orleans. this will move off to the east.

>> neal karlinsky tonight. neal, thanks. >>> this evening, there is a tornado watch and severe thunderstorm warnings up at this hour. 21 million americans bracing for the storms. and the texas panhandle, look at this. a land spout tornado. and in colorado tonight, baseball season is here. but you sure wouldn't know it. good thing the rockies are on the road tonight. and flash floods across the gulf. this intersection in chattanooga under water for drivers there today. let's get right to meteorologist rob marciano, on this again tonight. rob? >> reporter: david, again tonight, those two systems moving very very slowly. the one in the intermountain west bringing snow and wind, now triggers the severe storms in the plains. check out the radar. those watch boxes are up. and especially just east of amarillo. a couple of cells there could drop a couple more tornadoes. hopefully they won't hit anybody. tomorrow's threat is going to be across texas, but it does expand off to the east. large hail and strong winds, again

today's anniversary reopening those wounds for so many survivors and abc's neal karlinsky is in oklahomacity with more. good morning, neal. >> reporter: paula, 20 years ago this morning, the government building still stood over there. at least just for a little while longer. today it serves as a memorial to the 168 people killed who are remembered here every day, but especially this, the 20-year anniversary. 9:02 a.m., a blast so powerful it could be heard 50 miles away tore through the murrah federal building. >> we interrupt you briefly to tell you of a major explosion in oklahoma city. >> reporter: the devastation was hard to comprehend. 168 killed. 680 injured. and another 324 buildings and 86 cars across downtown oklahoma city damaged or destroyed. until 9/11 it was the deadliest terror attack in u.s. history, this time committed by americans. antigovernment extremist, timothy mcveigh, executed for the crime. terry nichols, still serving a life sentence. marcia kimball lost her daughter that day. >> placing the wreath is just the expression of my love for my daughter and how much sh

neal karlinsky is there. >> reporter: 20 years later, memories may have faded, but the wounds for many here are as fresh as yesterday. >> kevin lee >> reporter: it was 9:02 a.m. when a truck bomb tore through the murrah federal building. >> a major explosion in oklahoma city in a federal building. >> reporter: the devastation was hard to comprehend. 168 killed, 680 injured and another 324 buildings damaged or destroyed. until 9/11, it was the deadliest terror attack in u.s. history. this time committed by americans, antigovernment extremists timothy mcveigh executed for the crime, and terry nichols, still serving a life sentence. >> it makes me appreciate every day. >> reporter: p.j. allen's entire life has been intertwined with this place. that's him as a baby in 1995, he was the youngest survivor of the building's daycare which lost 19 children that morning. today, he's a 21-year-old college student, back again to honor those who weren't so lucky with the way he lives his life. >> i have to try my hardest in everything, because i can't not give it my all. >> reporter: these 168 chair

here's neal karlinsky. >> 911. what's the address of your emergency? >> i'm on the highway right now and somebody just hit me and i'm bleeding from my neck and i'm scared. >> reporter: that calm voice is 20-year-old cori romero, who didn't even realize she was shot at first. police say she was alone behind the wheel on a highway north of denver wednesday night when she was suddenly hit. >> if you can, get a clean, dry cloth or towel or just anything that you can just place on the wound. just press down firmly and don't lift it up to look, okay? >> i'm trying, but it's on both sides of my neck. i'm just really -- i'm just scared. >> reporter: tonight, her aunt says she's just lucky to be alive. >> she's in a lot of pain and she's sore and really not moving a lot. but her spirits are good. >> reporter: police now say they are investigating reports of three other incidents in the same general area. and while it's unclear those were gunshots, investigators are worried about a possible serial shooter. >> it's sad that somebody is out hurting people, innocen

>> neal karlinsky, thank you. >>> and now, to the incredible pictures of the extreme weather coming in tonight. the deadly dust storm in utah and now new pictures emerging of a giant sand storm in las vegas. in oregon this car flipped by a small or the nato. don't and tonight, flash flood warnings ss s warning ss in the south. meteorologist rob mars owe with the fire warnings coming in, too. >> reporter: tonight, high fire danger warnings in southern california, the state bone dry. blowing dust tuesday blinding drivers near fresno and winding gusting over 80 miles an hour in utah causing a deadly pileup there. temperatures plummeting in salt lake city, 40 degrees in less than four hours. look at this suburb tuesday. that same street today, the snowblowers are out. in eugene oregon a tornado wreaked havoc at this community college tuesday. >> the or thetornado picked the back of my car up and threw us about a good eight feet in the air. >> reporter: in the south, torrential rains taking the life of a 3-year-old boy in raceland louisiana, swept away by flood waters. >> rob, you have the

neal karlinsky spoke with the hero teacher. >> reporter: it with us the beginning of the school day athool south of seattle when shots rang out. >> school resource officer has the gun in his possession. >> reporter: students raced out. >> his facial expression is something i'll never forget. the anger and hatred in his eyes. >> reporter: meanwhile, still inside teacher brady olson was face to face with a 16-year-old student with a gun. >> i felt i had to protect kids. i felt like i had to protect my friends. >> reporter: he invited abc news for an exclusive one on one in his home overnight. he insists he's no hero. >> i saw a threat. i had to stop it. >> reporter: students say the student went to the hallway where he fired a second shot. the 6'5" teacher charged him hard from his left side. >> i was able to tackle the student. i made sure to wrap my arms around him. >> reporter: as he held the student down rather than yell at him, the popular civics teacher tried to help him. >> when it ceased to be a threat this young man became pretty human to me. >> reporter: ol sop lost his we we'd

meanwhile, neal karlinsky has more on why investigators insist the officer's action on the street in arizona were in fact justified. >> reporter: the video is disturbing. a suspect intentionally run down by police. >> oh! >> reporter: this morning, man who watched it all unfold right in front of his office tells abc news, he believes police did the right thing. >> you think this guy was a threat? >> oh heavens yes. if they got into a gun fight, there would have been bullets all over the place. >> reporter: police say the video doesn't tell the story. the suspect wanted for a suspected three-hour crime spree, allegedly robbing a 7-eleven breaking into a church stealing a car. allegedly stealing this rifle and ammunition from a walmart. when officers approached him walking with the loaded rifle. >> stop. don't been [ bleep ] do it. >> you don't want to do this. you don't want to do this. >> reporter: he didn't just ignore the police. he fired the gun. >> i think the police officer made off the, tough decision. it turned out to be the right decision. >> reporter: security experts say, h

abc's neal karlinsky has more. >> reporter: watching the video you'd never imagine the life-changing events seconds later. oklahoma trooper gary sanders on a return traffic stop returning to his patrol car when without warning warning, his car is hit from behind by a truck. the sort of high-speed disaster other troopers have encountered often caught on tape and with devastating results. in this case the impact knocked out his dash cam video, but not the sound. >> somebody come here please. you're not dead. you're not dead. >> good samaritans can be heard rushing to the crushed patrol car to help. remarkably one of them knows trooper sanders. >> gary oh my god, it's susan. where are you hurting? >> my gut. >> your gut's hurting. i need his pulse. nobody has a watch? really? >> reporter: all the while the daze and ctically hurt trooper can be herd in the background. >> you had a wreck. believe it or not, a highway patrolman had a wreck. i thought i was seeing things and i just knew it was you. >> what happened? >> somebody hit you, honey. >> she was a shining light in a very dark time

abc's neal karlinsky got a first-hand look. >> reporter: it's a slow-motion disaster. south of seattle, that is sliding away chunk by chunk. the white piece of deck half way down is part of gary williams' house. >> it is is okay to be out here. >> williams let us in during the few short hours he's been allowed to come back inside to pack up everything he owns and get out. >> it started over here. i could hear it rustling, like a dog going through the brush. >> reporter: pictures of the bluff before and after give you a sense of how much the earth has moved. three homes are red tagged meaning the owners can't stay here. >> you can see where the earth is pulling away here and here. it is separating. down there in the green grass, you can see chunks cracking away. it started on friday night and hasn't settled yet. city officials say they will send boats around to monitor the bluff. you can see where the bulk of the earth and trees have come pouring down. the homes on the top are a total loss. the question now is will they come down this hillside, as well. neal karlinsky,

neal karlinsky, abc news, seattle. >>> florida senator marco rubio now joined the battle for republicanh. meanwhile, hillary clinton, one of the baby boomers has arrived in iowa for a first campaign event. abc's karen travers has the details. >> the republican field has another contender. >> grounded by the lessons of our history, but inspired by the promise of our future, i announce my candidacy for president of the united states. >> the florida senator, marco rubio, announced his widely expected presidential bid in miami. the 43-year-old rising star is the son of cuban immigrants who fled to the u.s. he sat down for an exclusive interview with abc's george stephanopoulos. >> i think this country is at a generational moment to decide what party is in charge but what kind of country do we want to be. >> on the democrat side, the former secretary of state, senator and first lady is road tripping in a van she nicknamed scooby. she stopped at a chipotle in ohio seen here in security camera footage. unrecognized in dark sunglasses. president obama said hillary clinton would make an excellen

here's abc's neal karlinsky. >> reporter: the voice of the panicked baggage handler calling 911 on hisr: after waking from a nap inside a cargo hold on takeoff. >> you're where? >> i'm inside a plane. i feel like it's moving in the air. can you please tell somebody to stop it? >> where are you in a plane at? >> i'm inside the plane. >> reporter: after 44 seconds on the line, the call abruptly cuts out. >> ma'am, please. >> reporter: but passengers on board heard him as he banged away at the floor under them. the pilot heard him too and made an emergency landing after just 14 minutes. there he is on the ground being led to an ambulance. meanwhile, the 911 operator shocked to learn just where that call came from. >> i just had this guy call, and he was screaming at me saying he couldn't breathe. and he was stuck on a flight. >> yeah, actually, getting a aircraft landing right now with an alert where we think someone is trapped in the baggage compartment or something else. >> oh, my gosh, okay. >> pretty remarkable. his cell phone cut out in the air before he could give out any more detai

. >> reporter: for "good morning america," neal karlinsky, abc news seattle. >> one mellow guy. >>> timeow and ginger. >> this would not make you mellow. look at this. a dust devil forms. quick-moving. from a heated column of air. no storm around. it's not as bad as a tornado or a land spout by any means. makes for a great picture. the wind advisory. 65 miles per hour in the mountains east of san diego. snow showers along that point. 70 for reno. >> good morning washington y you will wanant a jacket today. and colder temperatures on the way by tomorrow morning. high temperatures should reach near 60. partly sunny skies and the gusty breezes making feel a bitit cooler >> all that weather brought to you by verizon. leave you with a shot of the storms last night here in new york city. the lightning. impress i have when they hit buildings. happens all the time. >> you say impressive i say terrifying. >> both you're right. >>> coming up, if you ever thought mosquitos were only going after you, you may be right? why some people might be more hikely to be bitten. >> because they're sweet. >>> i

. >> reporter: for "good morning america," neal karlinsky, abc news seattle. >> one mellow guy. >>> timeow and ginger. >> this would not make you a dust devil forms it's quick move be it's from a heated column of air. there's no storm around, it's not as bad as a tornado or land spout. but makes for a good picture. winds gusting 65 miles per hour from the mountains near san diego. 70 reno, 83 reading for the high. the pacific northwest going for 54 in portland. let's get a check closer to home. >> reporter: not a lot of rain around here, just a speckle of it, mainly dry on the radar. as we look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. the biggest story will be how chilly it is, high of 55. with strong, blustery winds. york city. the lightning. impress i have when they hit buildings. happens all the time. >> you say impressive i say terrifying. >> both you're right. >>> coming up, if you ever thought mosquitos were only going after you, you may be right? why some people might be more hikely to be bitten. >> because they're sweet. >>> inl credible new video of a police sting. how t

abc's neal karlinsky is there. good morning, neal. >> reporter: george, good morning.kes sleepless in seattle to a whole new level. the baggage handler claims he fell asleep on the job and that is how he wound up in the belly of a 737 in the air screaming for his life. >> i think we have -- hearing a noise from the baggage compartment. >> reporter: alaska airlines flight 448 from seattle to los angeles had just taken off when the pilot says he heard pounding and screaming come up from the floor under him and radioed in for an emergency landing. >> could be a person in there. so we're going to come back around. >> reporter: passengers in the air were stunned and scared. [ banging noise ] one of them recording the banging on his cell phone. >> started hearing yelling for help, and so we started yelling at the flight attendant. >> reporter: sure enough, when the plane landed after just 14 minutes, you could see him being led into an ambulance, a bewildered baggage handler, who says he fell asleep on the job inside. waking, to his horror, in the air where he pounded and sc