just when you thought winter was over, rob marciano here with the new warnings. >>> museum massacre. isis claiming responsibility for that deadly terror attack. we are on the scene. tonight, security tightened at some of america's most famous museums. >>> danger in the sky. a high-flying chase at 1,500 feet. two helicopters closing in on a drone. the federal government now on the case. >>> and an abc news investigation. recalled cars with potentially dangerous defects sold to you unfixed. our team goes undercover and

>> rob marciano from boston. rob, thank you. >>> now, to the political storm brewing tonight involving hillary clinton. for months now, the guessing game over whether she'll run, how soon she'll announce. tonight, though she is under fire for using only her private e-mail account in that very public role of secretary of state. critics say it was flat-out wrong. tonight, mrs. clinton's team responding as we unearth what the white house has said about e-mail before. abc's chief white house correspondent jonathon karl. >> reporter: hillary clinton on her blackberry -- one of the iconic images of her days as madame secretary. and it turns out she e-mailed a lot -- at least 55,000 pages of e-mails, according to the state department. but what we didn't know then, she used only personal e-mail accounts, bypassing the government e-mail system that would have automatically saved her e-mails, putting them within reach of congress, media requests and historians. we pressed the white house on this today. have you heard of any

as the latest storm system moves across the country, rob marciano , abc news. kimberly: in our area potholes are taking their toll. so what are your rights if you hit one of these craters? >> they are easy to find next to impossible to avoid. >> it made the longest -- loudest noise i have ever heard. >> and if you have a head on encounter -- >> i was driving on 16th street and hit a huge pothole. my right front tire basically exploded. >> could wind up like this man on busy 16th street. he is looking at hundreds of dollars of damage, it is his car but the upkeep of the roads is the responsibility of the jurisdiction where it is located. >> all states have some responsibility for fixing potholes. >> so who should pay for this? >> the issue with making a claim against the state of maryland or the county or the district government is that they take forever to get these things resolved. >> greg bent the rim of his car a couple days ago. he is wondering if he can file a claim or a suit against fairfax county. the answer is yes but lawyer david thompkins advises agai

meteorologist rob marciano on the ground in oklahoma tonight. rob, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, david. this neighborhood just completely demolished. it's been a pretty quiet year so far for severe weather, but the power of this tornado is undeniable. this home rommed completely on its head. for so many it was a dramatic scramble for survival. >> there is a tornado heading towards town. >> reporter: the storms exploding over oklahoma. >> look, we are right on this. >> reporter: even flipping trucks. >> a semi has overturned. and pickup is on its hood. this is all weather related. >> reporter: teachers at this tulsa gymnastics studio hustling 50 students, some as young as 4 years old, into the basement minutes before taking a direct hit. firefighters rescuing them in the pouring rain, giving their coats to the shivering children. some still in their leotards. remarkably everyone is okay. >> i was scared. and all we did was praise god that we were still alive. >> reporter: tonight, the studio's founder, jennifer patterson, showing us how

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back to you. >> all right, rob marciano with us live tonight. rob, thank you. >>> we turn now to the battle against isis, and a major development on the home front. that fbi sting. tonight, two men from chicago, a national guard soldier and his cousin, accused of trying to join isis. one arrested at the airport, about to leave the country. the other, the fbi claims, about to take deadly action right here at home, using his cousin's uniform. abc's senior justice correspondent pierre thomas tonight. >> reporter: the fbi says army national guardsman hasan edmonds had mass murder on his mind, hatching a sinister plot to kill his fellow soldiers. he was arrested at chicago's midway airport yesterday, allegedly enroute to join and fight with isis. but before he left, according to the fbi, he planned to give his cousin, jonas edmonds, his uniform, one like this, so he could wear it to get inside a nearby base. the likely target? joliet armory where hasan had trained. and the plan? to massacre soldiers there with a body count as high as 150. >> what we'v

meteorologist rob marciano is in ohio. >> reporter: tonight,record snows melting fast. plus spring warmth and rain a farm formula for flooding emergencies across the midwest. the ohio river cresting over 57 feet, the worst since 1997. tugboats barely squeezing under bridges. umpsters look like river buoys. and beneath this water, a garbage-filled murky mess. homes damaged. >> it's creeping in, it's seeping through the foundation right now. >> reporter: this is main street in new richmond. even though the river is reseeding, areas like that are going to be slow to drain. most businesses here are right up on the river, including the community bank. inside bank manager tammy swi swisshel took creative measures to protect that cash. >> slide the money in press the air out, and zip it up, like a sandwich. nice and dry. >> reporter: in louisville, the search continues for 67-year-old stephen miller swept away by floodwaters this weekend. >> i hold onto my faith in god that my dad's out there. >> reporter: extreme weather out west, too. in portland oregon wind gusts near 60 mi

meteorologist rob marciano is in philadelphia tonight with the storm track and more on the cold moving in next. rob? >> reporter: good evening, david. the snow beginning to taper off here in philadelphia. believe it or not, this city was in a snowfall deficit until today and folks here making up for it by sledding down the rocky steps. all right, the back edge of the precip is now sliding through philadelphia, back through richmond, virginia. and really by 10:00 tonight, it will be all off the coast. and by that time we'll see about seven inches for a snowfall total in new york. over five here in philadelphia and about five in washington, d.c. and then, of course, the big story is the colder air that's going to be pouring in behind this. places like lexington, over two feet of snow, minus 1 in the morning. that's not a wind chill, an actual temperature. 8 degrees in memphis. bitterly cold. but there's light at the end of the tunnel. some of those areas will be in the 40s, even the 50s in dallas by the time sunday rolls around. that will feel good, david. >> we will take the relief. rob

just when you thought winter was over, rob marciano here with the new warnings. >>> museum massacre. isis claiming responsibility for that deadly terror attack. we are on the scene. tonight, security tightened at some of america's most famous museums. >>> danger in the sky. a high-flying chase at 1,500 feet. two helicopters closing in on a drone. the federal government now on the case. >>> and an abc news investigation. recalled cars with potentially dangerous defects sold to you unfixed. our team goes undercover and confronts the dealers. >>> good evening. so good to have you with us on this thursday night. i'm amy robach. david has the evening off. and as we come on the air, we are following two developing stories. 40 million americans bracing for a new winter blast. but first, outrage growing by the hour tonight, over that arrest of a uva student. the governor of virginia opening an investigation into this. a 20-year-old student wrestled to the ground by police, face down on the pavement, bleeding from the head and crying out. >> i go to uva! i go to uva! >> raising serious questi

rob marciano is tracking it all. [ train horn blows ] >>> tragedy on the tracks.t has happened again. a train unable to stop in time. the car demolished. >> those flashing lights there. >> it's the fourth time in just weeks. what is going on here? >>> caught on camera, dragster disaster. >> oh! >> whoa. >> hold on! >> the driver's brush with death. his car snapping in half. thrown 20 feet in the air. >> he was up in the air for a long time. >> so how did he manage to walk away?

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rob marciano is here. will the warmer weather stick around? >> yes, we're on a good track. the jet stream has retreated north. temperatures in the 60s, in the 50s, chicago, new york about where we should be. compared to where we've seen it's awfully nice. >> and still a trouble spot on the map, right? >> san antonio, austin a lot of moisture coming off the gulf of mexico. so flash food watches posted and these will be expanded as it pushes off through tuesday and wednesday. >>> and to the river rescue of a baby still alive 14 hours after the accident. tonight, she's fighting for her life. here's clayton sandell. >> reporter: this 18 month old girl may not be alive if not for a chance encounter. >> this is the car he saw, and when police and paramedics arrived, they discovered the driver had died died. >> vehicle is submerged. still one person in the vehicle. >> reporter: police believe they were on their way home late friday when their car careened off the road. the crash not discovered for 14 hours, but miraculously the baby was still alive. surviving not just the crash bu

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abc's senior meteorologist rob marciano joins us. rob, where is all this rain headed tonight? >> reporter: this is some heavy stuff. slowly moving to the east outside of san antonio. look at the maps. we'll take you through the next 24 hours. by this time tomorrow night it's still hanging around the southeast. i think we'll see an additional two to three inches of rainfall. we had over four inches of snow here in central park, tom. most of that melted away throughout the day today. >> we see some of it there in the distance. so, is winter really over? >> i'm afraid the cooling trend continues. look at these numbers for tomorrow. across the northeast. new york, 38 for a high. 30 in boston. that's like january 22nd. versus march 22nd. we are concerned about the risk for spring flooding. it will only take one warm rain. we'll be on the lookout for that. over the next several weeks. tom? >> rob, thank you. >>> also here in new york a devastating fire has killed seven children. siblings ranged in age from 5 to 14. their mother and another sister escaped out a second story window. t

. >> rob marciano has the weekend off but we are delighted to have julie durda, our meteorolo good morningning we have amazing sights to see that occurred overnight. 14 years worth of rain trirkd a deadly -- triggered a deadly flooding concern on the the dryest place on earth. chile saw so much rain, deadly conditions for our friend out there. it was a struggle to get people out of the flooding that was occurring. it was dangerous. back home here, we're going to have an unusual cold front that's moving across the area. we have hard freeze warning and the cold air settling as far south as northern in a couple of. that's a look at the national forecast, let's look at the forecast outside your front door. >> reporter: good morning, everyone, i'm meteorologist chris sowers with this accuweather update. we have cold air in the delaware valley and snow flurries across the western suburbs and chester and lancaster counties getting light snow. let's get you outside and show you the view of our center city skyline. this is from our temple university camera. we have sunshine peeking through, mainly

>> rob marciano has the weekend off but we are delighted to have julie durda joining us.. >> good morning, america. we have some incredible video. we're going to take you to chile. amazing sites to see that occurred overnight. over 14 years' worth of rain triggered a flood here. chile had to deal with this rain over the last 24 hours. they saw so much rain deadly conditions for our friends out there. it was such a struggle for them to get people out of the flooding that was occurring and it was just dangerous. back home we're going to be what's unusual cold front that moved through across the southeast dealing hard freeze warning. freeze watch and warning in effect. that cold air settling dave: good morning, whington. temperatur thimorning in the e 20's and 30'0's. we've gogot winds out of the northwest howelling up to 25 miles per hour, making those wind chill values feel like they're in the teenens. low essurere overhead. we even have a little bit of light snow jusust to t the north of us. don't be surprised if you see a few flurrietoda 43 today. tonight, may a record l

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. >> well, rob marciano has the weekend off but we are delighted to have julie durda, our meteorologiststation joining us this morning. hi, julie. >> hey, paula. and good morning, america. we have some incredible video. we're going to take you to chile. some amazing sights to see that occurred overnight. over 14 years' worth of rain triggered a deadly flooding concern in the driest place on earth. that's right. chile had to deal with this rain over the last 24 hours. they saw so much rain, deadly conditions for our friends out there. it was such a struggle for them to get people out of the flooding that was occurring and it was just dangerous. back home here we're going to be going back to what's going to be an unusual cold front that moved through across the southeast and we are dealing with a hard freeze warning. freeze watch and warning in effect. that cold air settling as far >> all right, one more thing i just want to say quickly is that the forecast is for snow flurries for possibly boston, which would be the tenth weekend in a row. i know it's spring. i promise it's going to chan

here's rob marciano. >> reporter: tonight in charleston, west virginia, a rush to clear debris, the governor surveying the scene after these frightening moments. the ground giving way, residents running for cover as live power lines come crashing down. >> the power lines! >> it was like the ground cracked and it all came down. >> reporter: take a look from above. the whole side of a mountain sheared off right next to an airport runway, planes still landing above the slide. tonight, the airport on emergency power. the destruction below, this church. damaged beyond repair. 25 families beneath that cliff out of their homes tonight. this creek blocked by the slide causing the valley to flood heavy equipment scrambling to clear a path for the water. >> we've got every available resource down here and terrain is obviously difficult to work in. >> reporter: swollen rivers in ohio with ice floes downstream. while record rains are swamping streets in shreveport, louisiana. >> rob is with us now. >> the storm system has grown in intensity and size. you see the swirl? still tapping moisture from the gu

rob marciano is here. where can we expect that snow to go? >> we just upgraded to winter storm warning in some parts. i think it will get into chicago by tomorrow morning. an inch or two and there could be pockets of up to eight inches. 16 in new york city, 5 in boston. impressive for late march. and we'll see some threats of severe weather, i think it's about to change after some quiet. >>> and a fiery helicopter crash. bazi kanani with the stirory. >> reporter: the smoke rising high above an upscale orlando neighborhood. emergency crews arriving minutes after panicked calls shortly after 2:00 p.m. the fragments of the shattered aircraft strewn across the block. the chopper, buried crews couldn't immediately determine the cause of the fire. at least one victim found dead in the wreckage. investigators say there was no one inside the apartment at the time of the crash. they're still working to find out why the chopper came down so sudden suddenly right over a dense neighborhood. bazi kanani, abc news washington. >>> and starbucks writing a sl

rob marciano now with the images coming in and the storm track tonight. >> reporter: tonight, spring arrives, but it's bringing a treachntry commute for millions. slick roads in maryland. and dozens of accidents in pennsylvania. >> it's horrible out that way. coming down 78, it was slushy and all of a sudden it went to ice. people are driving too fast. >> reporter: on interstate 80, a woman hitting a guard rail, then struck by this tractor-trailer. she died at the scene. and a fiery crash in new jersey. at least two killed. more than 3,700 flights delayed or cancelled tonight. >> it's the first day of spring. we have snow. awesome. >> reporter: folks are begging for mercy. >> i've had enough of snow. >> i just want blue skies and blooming flowers. >> reporter: especially in boston, where they spent over $50 million clearing more than nine feet of snow this winter. plowing more than 315,000 miles of roads. >> i don't think that myself or anybody knew how harsh this winter was going to be. >> reporter: but no one's more happy for winter to end than boston resident jillian tenen. her ca

rob marciano is here. where can we expect that snow to go? how cold is it going to get?we just upgraded to winter storm warning in some parts. so it's getting some strength here. snow fall could be impressive. i think it will get into chicago by tomorrow morning. an inch or two, and there could be pockets of up to eight inches in southern minnesota. 16 in new york city, 5 in boston. impressive for late march. and we'll see some threats of severe weather, i think it's about to change after some quiet. >> still so cold in many places. rob, thank you. >>> and a fiery scene after a helicopter crash. leaving at least one dead. the chopper smashing into an upscale home. investigators trying to determine what went wrong. bazi kanani with the story. >> reporter: the smoke rising high above an upscale orlando neighborhood. >> we have lots of bystanders. >> reporter: emergency crews arriving minutes after panicked calls shortly after 2:00 p.m. reporting a helicopter crash. the fragments of the shattered aircraft strewn across the block. >> it appears we do have some type of object

rob marciano abc news new york. >> parts of the northwest reeling from heavy wind and rain. downed power lines. knocked out electricity. thousand in the portland area. not the tree,,000 fell on the car with a woman inside. rescuers using a chain saw to get her out. take a look at this. giant scaffolding. many stories high. teetering in the wind finally crashing down. >> here is a look at your weather right now. winter longingers in new england. some rain. a patch of rain in south stex text. shourdz along the oregon california border. >> one more day of 90 degree heat. rockies, record highs. denver 80. midwest highs, 70s. 20 30 degrees above normal. 50s, 60s in the east. shilly in new england. >> saddam hussein's tomb was nearly leveled in clashes between isis and iraqi forces. the fighting in his home town. yis forces burned and ransacked his tomb last summer. now support columns that held up the roof are all that reman of the once lavish tomb. his body was removed by loyalist loyalists. its location now,000 is unknown. >> negotiators from the u.s. and iran are back around t

let's get to rob marciano who is telling us this system is on the move tonight. >> reporter: it is david. it has some juice to it. the salt lite picture shows you originateing from the southern gulf of mexico. new orleans all the way up to cincinnati. two to four inches of rainfall from the ohio and mississippi rivers ss and extending into the northeast. out west where they need the rain just a heat waive.ve. near 90 in los angeles. 80s across parts of northern california. and the pat earn continues for the next two weeks, above average across the west cooler than average across the east. something we've seen all year, david. >> a tale of two countries again tonight. rob, thank you. and the milder temperatures the rain creating a new problem for drivers. an epidemic of pot homes across this country. tonight, where one pothole was so large, it was deadly. so our team has ricked a camera to take us on the pothole patrol again this year. and abc's david kerley with just how much this is costing some american families. >> reporter: they surevived the brutal winter but come muters are waking

rob marciano here with the new warnings. >>> museum massacre. isis claiming responsibility for that deadly terror attack. we are on the scene. tonight, security tightened at some of america's most famous museums. >>> danger in the sky. a high-flying chase at 1,500 feet. two helicopters closing in on a drone. the federal government now on the case. >>> and aabc news investigation. recalled cars with potentially dangerous defects sold to you unfixed.

and rob marciano is here with some good new, finally. >> yes. we had record lows across d.c. put some red on the map here. it's not balmy but a good increase from yesterday. 10, 20 degrees above where we were yesterday. for places like new york and boston that's below average. 38 degrees for the high temperature, 44 in chicago today and tomorrow. above the freezing mark, chicago has not done that in four weeks. northern tier pretty quiet right now as you mentioned. >> 44 never felt so good. >> you were telling me the exception is the gulf coast? >> we're looking at a storm coming out of mexico, seeing rainfall into tomorrow. louisiana could see three to four inches of rain with this. that's the outlyer. the rest of the nation pretty quiet, cecilia. >> that's good to hear. >>> we move on to the race for the white house. hillary clinton staying mum on the lingering e-mail controversy but that's not stopping her possible republican rivals from pouncing. nearly a dozen would-be candidates courting voters in iowa. so, who got the cheers and who got the jeers? abc's david wright is

rob marciano spoke with one girl that was inside. >> crazy is that you were in it when it was torn down. >> it was tough. but we were tougher. >> the mayor of moore, oklahoma where 24 people died in a tornado two years ago called wednesday's storm, quote, a junior tornado. >>> well time now for a look at friday's forecast. plan on showers in the northwest. winter-like cold in the upper midwest. some thunderstorms along the mid-atlantic and sweltering conditions in the southwest. >> those temperatures will soar above 90 in much of the southwest. but they'll only hit the 20s and 30s in the upper midwest. typical readings of 50s, 60s and low 70s in most other spots. >>> still ahead, sex, drugs and d.a. agents. the bombshell report released by the justice department. >>> a mile high adventure turns terrifying for skydivers as they're forced to make an emergency landing. >>> plus school surprise. students get an impromptu visitor walking down the hall. >>> welcome back. a small plane with six people on board was forced to make an emergency landing last night in south carolina. the pilot repo

rob marciano is here. will the warmer weather stick around? >> well, the sun is getting stronger.hat trend will continue. we're on a good track. especially with this quiet weather pattern. the jet stream has retreated north. temperatures in the 60s, in the 50s, chicago, new york, about where we should be. compared to where we've seen, it's awfully nice. >> and still a trouble spot on the map, right? >> been getting a lot of rain across texas. san antonio, austin, a lot of moisture coming off the gulf of mexico. several pieces of energy riding that southern jet stream. that will continue through tomorrow night. so, flash food watches posted, and these will probably be expanded as it pushes off through tuesday and wednesday. >> rob, thank you. >>> and to the river rescue of a baby still alive 14 hours after an accident. tonight, she's fighting for her life. here's clayton sandell. >> reporter: this 18-month-old girl may not be alive if not for a chance encounter. >> there was a fisherman that came to fish along the river, noticed a vehicle in the river, called 911. >> reporter: this

i want to bring in rob marciano. he's in barton, vermont. where is the storm headed tonight? >> it will move off to the east pretty quickly. look at it. by tomorrow morning, most of the precip will be done. it will be right around freezing some slush on the roadways. a slick commute in the morning. i think by the afternoon, the ride home won't be so bad. >> we have been talking how much the west needs the rain? they're getting hit hard tonight. who is in the bull's-eye out there? >> shifting to arizona. southern california with a number of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, afternoon. beneficial rain. the energy across phoenix and new mexico will get into the plains. that will be the next storm. great lakes, tuesday morning. mostly in the form of snow. a northerly track. a warmer track. snow changing to freezing rain and then rain on wednesday. for the northeast. could see some significant snow before it changes over. we have seen significant snow for much of the northeast and the northern tier. for many americans, this has been the preferred mode of transport this yea

so let's get right to meteorologist rob marciano who is telling us this system is on the move tonight. >> reporter: it is, david. it has some juice to it. the satellite picture shows you, originating from the southern gulf of mexico. pouring into the u.s. that's where we have the flood watches out. new orleans all the way up to cincinnati. two to four inches of rainfall along the ohio and mississippi rivers and extending into the northeast. so, some spotty flooding there. out west where they desperately need the rain, just a heat wave. up to 30 degrees above average across southern california near 90 in los angeles. 80s across parts of northern california. and the pattern continues for the next two weeks, above average across the west, cooler than average across the east. something we've seen all year, david. >> all right, a tale of two countries again tonight. rob, thank you. >>> and those milder temperatures the melting snow and ice and now the rain, kraeflting a new problem for drivers. an epidemic of potholes across this country. tonight, where one pothole was so large, it was dea

and abc's senior meteorologist, rob marciano starts us off. >> reporter: tonight crews closing the flood gates in newport, kentucky, bracing for the flood waters of the ohio river. this playground in nearby bellevue already submerged, as well as this street in covington. the water now nearly five feet above flood stage. right across the river, downtown cincinnati, flood gates up and shut for the first time since 2011, the river to rise through the night. >> it's creeping in, creeping through the foundation. >> nearby salinda jordan knows all too well what the big flood did nearly 20 years ago. >> '97 it was up to here. >> reporter: she and her family evacuating to a motel. in southern missouri today this creek rushing across the roadway. rain and rapidly melting snow inundating the eastern third of the country, the storm reeking havoc in the region since friday. this jeep getting stuck in a ditch in illinois. in minnesota it's lake ice causing problems there. >> we wake up to loud booms and it's like was that a gun or the lake. it's the lake. >> reporter: frozen chunks of ice heaving ash