here's abc's reena ninan. >> reporter: 34-year-old twins flor and tamar edwards are in downtown chicagong in the sights and sounds. >> hot dog. >> reporter: that are so familiar to most. >> i didn't know what a movie theater when i was 14. >> reporter: these twins spent the first 13 years of their lives in what ex members call an apocalyptic cult. in ways they see themselves as a real life version of the subject of a popular netflix series who escaped the life of captivity. >> when she sees water for the first time. >> we had the same -- >> when we saw a drinking fountain for the first time. we saw it and huddled around it like it was -- >> melting. >> we were like oh, my god. we'd press the button and see the water come out. >> florence and lamar edwards were born in to the children of god. a controversial religious sect established during the hippy free era. >> we were supposed to be god's martyrs. i was supposed to die at 12 and i would spend a lot of my time as a child thinking of that. paralyzed by it. >> reporter: they lived all over the world, from chicago to bangkok but yet shut

here's abc's reena ninan. >> reporter: 34-year-old twins are in downtown chicago.g in the sights and sounds. >> hot dog. >> reporter: that are so familiar to most. >> i didn't know what a movie theater was. i saw my first movie in the theater when i was 14. >> reporter: these twins spent the first 13 years of their lives in what ex members call an apocalyptic cult. ♪ in a netflix series escaped a life of captivity. >> when she sees water for the first time. or a drinking fountain for the first time. we saw it and huddled around it like it was -- >> melting. >> we were like oh my god. we'd press the button and see the water come out. >> florence and lamar edwards were born in to the children of god. a sect established during the hippy free era. >> we were supposed to be martyrs. i was supposed to die at 12 and i would spend a lot of my time as a child thinking of that. paralyzed by it. >> they lived from chicago to bangkok but shut out from it all. >> we had walls eight feet high. gates boarded up. we weren't allowed to talk to anyone. >> i feel like it is over ther

reena ninan off this morning. we begin with the severe storms battering the plains and midwest. record rainfall powerful tornadoes. three people dead. several others still missing this morning. rapidly rising floodwaters gushed into an amusement park in arlington texas. six flags. roller coaster will partially submerged. more from abc's elizabeth hur. >> reporter: from texas to oklahoma this morning, thousands still reeling from the weekend's record rainfall and devastating destruction. >> this little town has been hit hard before but this is nothing like ever. >> reporter: the swollen waters of the blanco river rising more than three feet in just hours wiping out roads and even concrete bridges. flooding basements and sending hundreds to the roofs of their hopes. >> we saw what we thought was a rescue boat coming down the river and we kind of did a cheer and then we realized it was a car. >> reporter: floodwaters so powerful, so far authorities say at least three people were killed including high school senior and homecoming queen alyssa ramirez. her car swept away on her way h

i'm reena ninan. >> had low to you all. i'm t.j. holmes. here are some of the top headlines we're following this memorial day morning on this "world news now." unusual holiday weekend decision. a judge cleared a cleveland police officer in the death of two the unarmed suspects. the decision sparked protests and some arrests. more about the decision and the tension that followed in just a moment. >> severe storms and historic flash floods being blamed for at least three deaths in texas and oklahoma. dozens of people had to be rescued and thousands forced from their inundated homes. stay tuned for today's forecast from accuweather. >> tributes are pouring in for nobel prize winning mathematician john nash who was killed had this weekend in a car accident along with his wife. his battle with mental illness was depicted in the film a beautiful mind " >> thousands of bikers roaring across the nation's capital for the annual rolling thunder ride for freedom saluting the nation's military veterans. those are some of our top stories on this monday,

holmes and reena ninan. >> good morning to you. hour with that dangerous weather coming all across america's heartland. >> heavy rains, flash floods, damaging hail, tornadoes even wreaking havoc across a wide swathe of the country leaving behind miles of destruction including what you're seeing here. this is in mineral wells, texas. abc's clayton sandell is on the story for us. >> ominous clouds over oklahoma. >> it's trying to pull itself together and make one large tornado. >> at least eight tornadoes reported between there and texas. debris flying near austin. this one near san antonio. >> holy [ expletive ]. that thing's big. >> reporter: golf ball sized hail put a few dents in cars and covered roads near pecos. in 24 hours, san angelo got the most rain it's seen in 35 years, more than 20 drivers trapped in sinking cars. >> dispatch, this vehicle is completely under the water. >> it was waist high in louisiana, thanks to record rain. >> i have never seen as much rain and i've been in shreveport for 32 years. >> colorado is also

i'm reena ninan. >>> good morning.i'm reena ninan. >> hello to you all. i'm t.j. holmes.is morning on "world news now." prosecutors here in the u.s. say more top soccer officials could be charged in their bribery investigation. pressure building on the sports top governing body to make big changes how it does business. those details straight ahead. >> the flooding across the plains has claimed more than 20 lives, mostly in texas. soggy pieces of debris pulled from damaged homes are piling up for blocks and more rain and severe storms are on the way. >>> federal investigators looking into the united states military's sending of live anthrax spores to nine states and overseas. the pentagon calls them inadvertent shipments. there's no risk to the general public. >>> and rick santorum, former republican senator from pennsylvania running for president for the second time. he says he's ready to do it again. those are some of our top stories on this thursday, may 28th. captions paid for by abc, inc. >> from abc news, this is "world news now" with t.j. holmes and reena ninan. >>

i'm reena ninan. >> i'm t.j. holmes.ning on "world news now." the oil that's leaked into the pacific along california's coast has forced officials to put a fishing ban in place. more animals are being affected by the oil which could take months to completely clean up. we have full details ahead. >> manhunt over the suspect in the d.c. mansion murder arrested in washington just hours ago. daron wint is accused of killing a wealthy family and their housekeeper and setting their multimillion dollar home on fire. >> torrential rains are pushing rivers to flood stages across parts of texas. red cross is opening emergency shelters in wichita falls and which has been under a severe drought and where now residents are being urged to get out of there. >> and wholesale coffee prices are heading down. maybe your morning coffee is, too. the weather has been so good in brazil there's been a bumper crop this year and a surplus in other coffee producing countries. those are some of our top stories on this friday, may 22nd. >> announcer

this tuesday may 26th. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> i'm marci gonzalez in for reena ninanrcy gonzales. thank you for stepping in for reena who is under the weather right now. >> i'm t.j. holmes. we want to start with these violent storms devastating the southern plains dangerous flash floods and some nasty tornadoes claiming as many as six lives. >> at least 12 people missing in texas after a swollen river swept away a vacation home with three families inside. and a mexican border town is torn apart by a tornado that killed 13 people and ripped a baby from its mother's arms. our coverage begins with abc's phillip mena. >> millions under threat from tornadoes, high winds and more catastrophic flooding. on the next mexico border just two miles from the u.s. air force base a tornado tossing cars upright, flipping school buses, residents picking through the rubble. further north in texas, a state of emergency. >> you cannot candy coat it. it's absolutely massive. >> reporter: a man inside this suv no match for the rushing floodwaters outside san antonio. >> here we go, here we

holmes and reena ninan. >> good morning, everybody. ke we're always welcoming you back. >> me? >> welcome back. hey, everybody. welcome reena back. i can't even get it together. we just did this the other day. >> thank you. glad to -- three people in the newsroom applauded. >> reena's back again. >> come on now. >> this was legit. >> i wanted to tell people you were under the weather. >> i think you did because i got some tweets from people saying they were praying for me. i was worried about what you told them. >> that's fair. >> but she just had a little issue. >> a little back problem. >> a back issue. but we got it worked out. everything's all good. welcome back once again. >> thank you for that warm re-entry. >> we're doing weather once again. it's that time of year, springtime we get nasty weather. this rain is just ridiculous. another round of punishing rain, texas hard hit. houston underwater. >> ridiculous and heart breaking. the latest storm dumped nearly a foot of rain across the city, flooding entire neighborhoods, shutting

holmes. >> i'm reena ninan.erywhere and more on the way, drenching storms are once again taking aim at texas and oklahoma as the death toll continues to climb and rising rivers forcing more families to flee their homes. full coverage in just minutes. >> an interview of theater shooting suspect james holmes may undermine his insanity plea. in it he tells his psychiatrist he has regrets in the massacre in which 12 people died. jurors saw the video yesterday. >> the body that organizes world soccer fifa holds its presidential election today. sepp blatter is seeking his fifth term and many nations are voting against him two days after bribery charges were filed against 14 people connected to international soccer. >> and for the second year in a row, there are two champions in this year's scripps national spelling bee, a 13-year-old from kansas, a 14-year-old boy from missouri after the competition ran out of words for them to spell. those are just some of your top stories on this friday, may 29th. >> announcer: from

i'm reena ninan. >> hello to you all. i'm t.j. holmes.he top headlines we are following on "world news now." investigators are ruling out a bullet as the cause behind the damaged windshield in the amtrak disaster. this as service was restored to the busy line where the train crashed last week. a full report ahead. >> military investigators in hawaii are looking closely at a fire on board the osprey aircraft that crashed killing a marine. they say it's not clear if the fire caused the crash or if it broke out afterward. >>> an army captain from ft. bragg, an california, being called a hero. he risked his life to pull one of the victims trapped in a burning car. the captain downplaying his efforts. >> and a new study finds shift workers are more likely to have sleep problems than those with a normal work schedule. the study says sleep problems may raise the risk of obesity and diabetes. those are some of our top headlines on this tuesday, may 19th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now," with t.j. holmes and reena ninan. >> t

i'm reena ninan. >> i'm t.j. holmes. of the top >>> good morning. i'm reena ninan. >> i'm t.j. holmes. here are some of the top headlines we're following this morning on "world news now." state of emergency has been declared along california's central coast with oil from a broken pipeline having soiled at least nine miles of shoreline. that pipeline had no previous problems. it underwent a complete inspection two weeks ago. we've got more details straight ahead. >>> with one in seven american vehicles at risk of air bags exploding with deadly force, drivers set a record. nooding the government's recall website, but none of the 17 million newly recalled cars are listed yet. >> newly released documents from osama bin laden's hideout revealed new details about his obsession with bringing down america and an application to join al qaeda along with an electric array of books. >> and ahead of mcdonald's annual stockholder meeting today, protesters swarmed company headquarters in chicago demanding a minimum pay of $15 an hour.

holmes and reena ninan. >> good morning. i'm ryan smith in for t.j.eem to end, anger there in baltimore. >> no, it really doesn't. >> it's all stemming from the freddie gray case. overnight the streets were quiet in baltimore. the curfew still in place and the curfew will extend to the weekend. a protest in philadelphia turned ugly when demonstrators calling for justice in the gray case clashed with police as they tried to enter a highway. abc's marci gonzalez is tracking it all from baltimore. good morning marci. >> reporter: good morning, ryan and reena. there's now a $10,000 reward for information leading to arrests in those fires that were set during monday night's riots. the past few nights have been relatively quiet and this morning police and the national guard are out patrolling the streets again, making sure things stay that way. before curfew -- >> ♪ >> reporter: protesters rallied in the rain. >> no justice, no peace. >> reporter: in contrast, the tension of this demonstration in philadelphia. >> we want peace. >> reporter: protesters peace

holmes and reena ninan. >> we had two very different evenings of television watching >> we sure did. was not meant to be dvr'd. >> no, but you were watching what? >> "dancing with the stars." >> i was watching what? >> what were you watching? >> nba playoffs. >> was that last night? >> wow. game one, western conference finals. >> yeah. >> golden state, houston rockets. >> that you could have watched later. >> you don't watch a live sporting event record. >> turn your cell phone off and you know, you wouldn't get the scores. >> see, this is what they say. all right? no, you don't. sports is the only thing worth covering live. whether they tell you before it happens, news they tell you after it happens. sports cover it live. >> "dancing with the stars" you've got to watch live. >> okay, i give you that. who won? >> rumer has it. rumer. >> okay, yeah. >> we are going to begin, i just heard themgroaning in the control room. we begin with the faulty air bags of millions of cars. an incredible story across the country leading to the biggest auto recall ever. >> we don't get to say that a w

. >> i'm marci gonzalez in for reena ninan. here's some of the headlines we're following this morning on "world news now." extreme weather, severe storms triggered evacuations and rescues across the middle of the country dumping inches of rain softball sized hail and spawning dozens of tornados. stay tuned for the latest from accuweather. >> deadly biker brawl. gunfire erupts between rival motorcycle gangs in waco texas. leaving nine dead. people forced to run for cover. at least 100 gang members have been detains. >> the driver of this casino bus made a wrong turn in gary, indiana. the road was under construction. he was the only one aboard and it took an hour to rescue him. he is expected to survive. but you can see the bus was badly damaged. >> the night belonged to taylor swift at the billboard music awards. she won eight awards including one for top artist. the evening capped off by a hard to see and hard to hear performance by kanye west. those are some of our top stories on this monday, may 18th. >> from abc news this is

reena ninan it to the breaking news, a deadly amtrak disaster in philadelphia. at least five people killed and dozens of people injured. >> and take a look. this is what it looked like inside. this is a new york bound train. seven cars derailed. this happened about 9:30 last night. you're seeing some of the pictures here from passengers. many of them were able to climb out. we do have a lot that are injured. many were bloodied but still able to walk out. at least six are in critical condition at hospitals. you see some of the first responders helping the wounded last night. the ntsb has a go team on the way which will look into this and figure out what happened. we get the very latest now from abc's lana zak. >> this is a nightmare and it can't be happening. >> a desperate search in the dark. a scene of twisted metal and shattered glass. emergency crews can armed with flashlights. >> i heard like a big bang. it was a big bang. >> it is an absolute disastrous mess. never seen anything like this in m

reena ninan has what you need to know to throw the perfect pert. ♪ yahoo!f yahoo makers. happy memorial day. >> it's all about red, white and blue. >> reporter: quick and easy tablescape tips maker made. >> one thing to do take bowls and put your food in it and to keep it safe and to keep it from not spill, take a couple of them, put them together like that and put a couple of rubber bands around them. put in your paper plate, plastic napkins and a great to go container. drinks and don't want flies or bug, get yourself some cupcake holders that have a real deep full top and then you can just take a straw, punch it right in. how cute is that. >> very cute. >> we took soap moles you can get at any craft store and all you do is pour your favorite cocktail in there and then put a little aluminum foil over it. push that in. put them in your freezer, pop them out and you've got raspberry. >> divine. >> talk to me about that. >> this is a fun thing to do. red, white and blue carnations until you have a string that's long enough to doll up your picnic table. i'm us

holmes and reena ninan. >> well, a happy memorial day weekend to you. bebe gan this half hour with a verdict in cleveland. the city earning praise this morning for the way the decision was handled. >> certainly compared to what we've seen in some other cities. but protesters did take to the streets to express their anger. some got out of hand. this morning streets are pretty much overwhelmingly calm. alex perez reports from cleveland. >> reporter: tension in cleveland. >> don't shoot. hands up don't shoot. >> reporter: police making 71 arrests mostly for violence against bystanders. most of those arrests coming at night. >> we had incidents of protesters actually pepper spraying patrons that were seated at restaurants in their patio areas walking down the street. >> a judge saturday cleared cleveland police officer michael brelo of any wrongdoing in the shooting deaths of timothy russell and melissa williams. the decision came on a holiday weekend to minimize delay. victims' family members furious. >> it's a tragedy because nobody is being head accounta

i'm marci gonzalez, in for reena ninan. >> i'm t.j. holmes. this is what we're following on "world news now." dozens of tornadoes ripped through the heartland. the last of them a few hours ago in van, texas. and it did that. south dakota got a foot of snow in some places. and damaging tornadoes somewhere else. tropical storm ana also took a swipe at the carolinas. the danger is not over yet. full coverage ahead. >>> a cleanup is under way in new york's hudson river after an oil spill caused by a transformer fire at a nuclear plant. thousands of gallons of oil leaked into the river 30 miles north of new york city. >>> quarterback tom brady and the patriots waiting for possible punishments from the deflate deflategate stand alcandal. >>> and this close encounter with a family of bears in yellowstone national park has prompted a reminder to tourists for the summer travel season. the rules say visitors have to stay 100 yards away from bears at all times. those are some of our top stories on this monday, may 11th. >>> we're starting once again -- s

in for reena ninan.owing this morning on "world news now." tragedy on the tracks. investigators saying the train sped up for a full minute before the crash. now blamed for eight deaths. the engineer expected to be questioned within the next few days. full coverage coming up. >> a newly released audio recording seems to be the voice of the leader of isis and it casts doubt now on just how severely injured he was in an air strike earlier this year. there had been reports an attack left him incapacitated. >> a mystery for washington, d.c. firefighters battling a fire at a mansion. they found the bodies of three adults and a child inside the house not far from the vice president's home. police say the fire is extremely suspicious. >> and california state senators have approved a bill that would make vaccines mandatory for nearly every child by eliminating exemptions for religious or personal beliefs the political debate follows a measles outbreak. those are some of our top stories on this friday, may 15th. >

reena ninan is on assignment. >> hello to you all. i'm t.j. holmes.llowing headlines. we're following on "world news now". a breaking story overnight. deadly derailment. at least five people killed in an amtrak disaster in philadelphia. cars went off the tracks, tipped over. trapping passengers inside. some survivors were forced to escape through the windows. we have full live coverage from the scene in just a moment. >> four members of an iowa family are in custody accused of collecting dozens of guns and ammunition to be shipped to lebanon. investigators say the weapons were hidden in boxes that contained humanitarian aid to refugees. >> parts of texas underwater with floods stretching for miles after more than a foot of rain since the weekend. more rain in the forecast today. some areas could see another 4 inches or more. >> and new england patriots quarterback tom brady is expected to appeal his four-game deflategate suspension today that would leaded to an nfl hearing likely within the next ten days. still unclear who from the nfl front office wo

reena ninan, abc news, new york. >> now to another type of a scare in the air.ainst commercial airliners today. in one case fighter jets had to escort an air france plane to j.f.k. in new york city. authorities say the escort was done out of the an abundance of caution. the fbi says the plane has since been checked and cleared. law enforcement officials tell abc news they're responding to a number of unconfirmed threats to several airplanes bound for different american airports. >> a man is facing charges after police found a pressure cooker in his car on the national mall over the busy holiday weekend. police found the device yesterday in the man's vehicle which was unattended at the time they became suspicious when they also smelled gas. officers closed off the area and called in the bomb squad to destroy the pressure cooker. the owner of the car was arrested and charged with driving with a revoked license license. >>> police in d.c. have released for people who were detained along with the prime suspect in the killings of a wealthy family. daron wint is the o

i'm marci gonzalez, in for reena ninan. >> welcome back. it wasn't too long ago you were here. we predicted you would be back. good to see you. i'm t.j. holmes. we've been talking severe weather. it is that time of year. we have nasty stuff again. powerful storms picked up dozens of reported tornadoes this weekend. early tropical storm came ashore in the carolinas meanwhile. >> and floodwaters brought the national guard out to rescue people trapped in cars and homes in dallas. rob marciano is in texas covering it all. >> reporter: texans jolted out of bed by tornado sirens. >> do you see any rotation? >> reporter: winds whipping these deck chairs into the pool. reported tornadoes striking from denton, texas, all the way to south dakota. children, sheltering in the basement of that church. at least 20 buildings damaged in delmont. the state's governor on the scene. the city under evacuation. there's no water or power. >> this has been a long track tornado. on the ground about 15 minutes. >> reporter: a nerve-racking mother's day weekend. 50 tornadoes blasting across the heartlan

i'm marci gonzalez in for reena ninan. >> hello to you all. i'm t.j. holmes.morning. the tornado outbreak that slammed texas and arkansas is being blamed for at least five deaths. one twister packing 140-mile-an-hour winds ripped through more than 100 homes in van, texas. a full report ahead. >> tom brady's agent says the new england patriots quarterback will appeal his four-game suspension for using deflated game balls. the patriots are also being fined $1 million and losing two draft picks. reaction coming up. >> a shooting near uc santa barbara triggered a campuswide alert overnight. authorities say at least three people were injured. it was a year ago this month elliot rodger killed six people and himself in that same area. >> in north carolina, a police officer has lost his case against starbucks. he was suing the company for $750 million after spiing a free cup of coffee on his own lap. but the jury found starbucks was not liable for his burns. those are some of our top stories on this tuesday, may 12th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news n

reena ninan is on assignment. you thought you were rid of me. no such luck. >> it always happens.ometimes things keep coming back. you know, you think you're rid of them, they just -- >> that's not the response i was going for, thanks. >> marci was with us all last week. we said bye on friday. we hugged it out and thought it was done. >> i missed you. i'm back. >> so welcome back. i'm not going to say bye to you today. >> fair enough. >> because i anticipate you'll be back tomorrow and then the next day. it's always good to see you. thank you so much. we have to begin, my goodness, a shoot-out in texas. a bloody deadly brawl in waco. we're talking about rival motorcycle gangs battling it out in the parking lot of a busy shopping center. families all over the place. >> nine bikers killed 18 wounded. some of them were shot by police who had been warned about the confrontation. no bystanders or police were hurt but at least 100 people detained. abc's jim ryan is there. >> motorcycles crammed the parking lot of the twin peaks restaurant in waco, texas. now nine of them have no owners

holmes and reena ninan. >> hey there. good morning, everyone.very happy memorial day on this monday. >> this monday we're dealing with weather. it's that time of year, but man, everybody's hoping for a nice holiday weekend. it's a rough one for a lot of folks. because we're talking about killer storms now, they're hitting parts of the plains, the midwest. thousands of people having to leave their homes. >> a tornado tore through an apartment complex in houston, shearing off part of its roof, leaving rooms exposed to the sky. >> yeah, and after record rainfall, floodwater surrounded homes in north texas destroying up to 400 of them. dozens of people had to be rescued from rising waters, as well in oklahoma. we start our coverage with abc's phillip mena. >> this is what's happening. we are inside the house. we are trying to stay calm. >> shelley green describing this frightening scene unfolding outside austin as the blanco river broke into homes. >> we are making rope blankets to hang out the window in case we need to get onto the roof. >> reporte

i'm marci gonzalez reena ninan is on assignment. >> hello to you all. i'm t.j. holmes. >>> we begin with the speed factor. this surveillance video shows the train zooming down the tracks. investigatoreors say it was going more than 100 miles an hour double the speed limit. >> fiveseven people have been confirmed dead. and five have been identified. >> this is the engineer. he has no memory of the crash. lana zak starts our coverage. >> reporter: we now know that the cause of this accident was due to excessive speed. we know that there are technologies that amtrak has that could have prevented this speed. but at this section of the track, they were not installed. the pain staking process of clearing the tracks in philadelphia is under way. training lifting and carrying the cars. this morning just two remain. the most heavily damaged. as crews work we're learning more about what happened and the people involved including the engineer identified as 32-year-old brandon bostian of queens, new york. >> he remembers going through that area. but no recollection of anyth

. >> and i'm reena ninan. >>> we begin with the simmering anger in baltimore. protesters in philadelphia demanding justice, clashing with police. leading to several arrests. in baltimore, calm overnight. >> some athletes lepding voices. carmelo anthony of the new york knicks joining a march urging not violence and patience. and ray lewis, the long-time leader of the baltimore ravens visited two schools, telling students not to get involved in violence. >> bazi kanani is in baltimore for us this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, reena. good morning, ryan. the curfew has been keeping things quiet overnight. it's been extended through the weekend, when protests could get larger. >> back off! >> reporter: the tension seen at support protests across the nation like this one in philadelphia was no longer on display in baltimore. demonstrators and thing strong through the rain but peaceful and dispanding as requested at curfew. even as new information by police brought more questions. investigators reviewing surveillance video from in intersection disc

holmes and reena ninan. >> well, happy friday everyone. there is breaking news at this hour.y talking about miriam webster changing their name to shivah shank car venkatachalam. >> we haven't had a tie in 50 years and now back to back years. they don't have enough words for the kids to keep spelling. their last names shivashankar and venkatachalam. it's a big thing. >> every year the day after the spelling bee, we're having to look up the winning word. what does that word mean? >> these were not s.a.t. words we studied. >> we'll show you the words later. nunatak and something else. that's fun stuff. we have to start with the nasty stuff which is still the weather. this has been all week we've been talking about this stuff. deluge in the plains. more pouring rain rising rivers forcing thousands of people to leave homes and cars. >> texas and oklahoma the bull's eye again today bracing for more scenes like this one. southwest of oklahoma city. firefighters working around the clock, pulling off one rescue after another. at least two the dozen people are dead and 14 missing. here

holmes and reena ninan. >> morning, everyone. to a major chapter in late night television. >> is it the biggest? >> it is -- three decades. three decades and i have to say the folks over there have not -- they couldn't have done a better job. it was just an incredible -- i think it went over 20 minutes than scheduled and cbs let them run the whole thing. >> how you going to cut dave off on this night? >> we're going to get more into that. you'll want to see some of it. we start this half hour out in california. >> uh-huh, with in fact, officials along the central coast of california are calling this a nightmare situation. >> this oil spill out here spreading out into the water along the shoreline. right now, believed 105,000 gallons of oil leaked from a broken pipeline. now, about 20% of that is believed to be reaching the water. abc's brandi hitt with all these details >> reporter: black waves crashing ashore are coating santa barbara's pristeen beaches with thick oil with no escape for wide life. a mother whale and her baby are

reena ninan is on assignment. >>> breaking news from nepal. the search for a missing u.s.ine helicopter may be over. nepal's defense secretary says the wreckage of the american huey helicopter has been found. he tells the a.p. rescuers have located three bodies near the site. >> the helicopter missing since earlier this week when a second massive earthquake struck nepal. six marines were on board along with two nepalese soldiers. so far the death toll from the two quakes is 8300. the u.s. is sending team to check out that wreckage for themselves pp we'll keep you posted about the seshlg for the crew on board. bring you updates as we get them. >>> meanwhile, other updates we can bring you here at home, an apology from amtrak taking full responsibility as investigators reveal more about the final moments. that train speeding up for a full minute when it should have been slowing down. >> all eight people killed in the crash have been identified. the first funeral is being held today for the youngest victim justin zemser. good morning, bazi. >> reporter: good morning, marci. g

. >> and i'm marci gonzalez in for reena ninan. >>> we begin with the flooding. blamed now for as many as six deaths. >> meanwhile, 12 people are missing in central texas. two families swept away in their fay vags home. and a texas dam breached by flooding. a reporter in houston trying to keep it together having a tough time in this torrential downpour. struggling there to keep from blowing away and still do her job. >> and flood waters raging through a golf course in austin. it is not over yet. look at the radar here. that severe weather still on the move. we get the latest from bazi kanani. >> reporter: another dousing in texas, drivers in houston deciding whether to aban dor their cars or push through. thousands forced to wait it out inside the stadium after the rockets game ended. >> oh my god. oh, my god. >> reporter: the raging floodwaters thrashing around this sufficient and washing out hundreds of home. >> this was my wedding. this saul i have. >> reporter: black hawks sent in to rescue the stranded. at least five dead. >> you cannot candy-coat it. it's a

i'm kayna whitworth in for reena ninan. >> hello to y'all. i'm t.j. holmes. we begin with severe weather overnight. if latest radar shows the weather picture at this hour with a cluster of storms stretching 900 miles from houston to omaha. >> those storms spaund this tornado in rural west texas. it was part of a supercell. it spawned a number of tornados in the area. no reports of injuries or damage from this tornado. >> let's go further west. this funnel cloud was caught as well on camera. this was over roswell, new mexico. a cold air funnel cloud which destroyed a shed. it's the middle of the country in the cross harris. here's accuweather's meteorologist paul williams. good morning, paul. >> good moor to you, t.j. and kayna. we have warm air coming off the gulf. dry air coming out of the west. these two air masses will get along like the hatfields and mccoys. they're not going to get along. the result? storms where you see the red. in the area of red, torrential downpours and the possibility of isolated tornadoes. back to you. >>> for the first time ever t

reena ninan is on assignment. >> i'm t.j. holmes. more details about the attack in texas. authorities working to learn more about those suspects. >> one of them had become well known to investigators in the past decade. susan saulny has the latest. >> reporter: the police in garland, texas, say it could have been so much worse. two islam ix extremists intended to shoot hundreds of people. they were outgunned by a lone traffic cop and his pistol. the american freedom defense initiative has been called a hate group by the southern poverty law center. >> we're here for freedom. >> reporter: outside. 30-year-old elton simpson, the gunman. and his roommate pulled into the parking lot, get out of their car, and start shooting. the traffic cop returns fire and shoots them both dead. >> he did a very good job. and probably saved lives. >> reporter: the fbi had been investigating simpson since 2006. he was arrested once for trying to fight alongside an al qaeda group in somalia. he grew up in a phoenix neighborhood. a car accident ended his chances of playing basketball in college.

reena ninan is on assignment. >>> we start with severe storms. >> a lot of new video coming in showing us the damage. piles of rubble where homes and builds once stood. this is in oklahoma. it was hit hard in particular. cared flipped over, power lines down. trees snapped. [ wind howling ] >> so that sound, well this morning, reports of more than 40 tornadoes. this one is in kansas. tossing large pieces of debris through the air. >> the storms are slowly moving east. more severe weather expected today. here now bazi kanani. >> here we go. >> reporter: sirens playering ingblaring across the heartland. >> we have a roof that just flew through the air here. >> reporter: the bridge creek fire department shredded. residents forced to evacuate sfwlp oh my gosh! whoa! >> reporter: the tornadoes touching down in kansas nebraska, and texas. destroying dozens of homes and anything in their path. >> i'm telling you. please stay at work. do not get on the highway. >> reporter: meteorologists warning drivers. this driver in kansas dodges debris. power poles toppled. >> it was scary and crazy. >> re

holmes and reena ninan. >> and hey there, folks.g news out of washington on an important story we've been watching for the past several days here. the suspect in that d.c. mansion murder. i should say murders four people murdered there. that suspect is behind bars after a mastiff manhunt. >> daron wint was taken into custody just hours ago along with several others. it's still a mystery why the former marine and ex-con who once worked for the victims would want to kill them. with more here's abc's ryan smith. >> the manhunt is over. this man in police custody. charged with first degree murder in that quadruple homicide at this had mansion. killing this family of three. savopoulos his wife amy son phillip and their housekeeper. authorities say daron wint was inside the mansion, new evidence linking him to what happened the night before the house went up in flames. last wednesday evening, an employee receives a voice moil from savvas savopoulos instructing her not to come in the next day. he says his wife is sick and the house keep se