>> rob marciano, thank you. stay safe. as you know, rob, meteorologist ginger zee is in moore, oklahoma, tonight. and ginger, it was six years ago, we were standing there in moore after the devastating tornado, i'll never forget that. and it know years later they've already closed schools ahead of this system, everyone taking this seriously. and you're in one of those storm shelters that saved so many people the last time. >> reporter: the last time, and this, david, is actually a brand new storm shelter that this family put in, they've got their food, their flashlights, radios ready to go, because this is the type of shelter that will keep you alive in the type of storm that made its way through here six years ago today and the type of storm that's going to be on the ground in parts of oklahoma and other areasle of the plains tonight. a particularly dangerous situation from midland texas, up through missouri, parts of arka it's not just the tornado warnings you see on the map, but the atmosphere that is violent right now a

we got to figure it out. >> rob marciano with us live now, and rob, you're in oklahoma tonight, just incredible what we're seeing, the flooding there behind you. i know still a very active situation. where are you most concerned tonight? >> reporter: well, we're most concerned about the flood threat to ourastndhatinfouri. tost. loghornaars north. also in through kansas, a tornado warning there. coldir behind this and theodarns sevel tonight. that line of storms pushing through st. louis, gets into chicago and memphis by 7:00 a.m. it does weaken some tomorrow afternoon, but we'll have a severe weather component across the northeast on thursday, including new york and philly. and then another system drops into the plains thursday, as well. we certainly, obviously, don't need anymore rainfall. david? >> that's for sure. all right, rob marciano, thank you. >>> we are also following alarming new images just in tonight from tulsa. officers responding to reports of an active shooter. in the video, the gunman then running into a restaurant. customers running for cover. and then opening fire

all right, rob marciano leading us off again tonight. rob, thank you. >>> we are also following alarming new images just in tonight from tulsa. officers responding to reports of an active shooter. in the video, the gunman then running into a restaurant. customers running for cover. and then opening fire later on cars on the highway. and here's abc's clayton sandell tonight. >> reporter: the radio call warns officers, active shooter. >> got a guy shooting at 49th and peoria. that's not good. >> reporter: in newly-released body camera footage from may 10th, tulsa police speed to the scene, rifles ready. >> where is he? >> reporter: screaming draws an officer to a crowd fleeing a pizza shop. >> get out of the way! the cops are coming! >> reporter: but the suspect, 25-year-old derrec shaw, is nowhere to be found. >> we definitely have one person shot. looks like in the chin. >> reporter: shaw allegedly wounding two innocent bystanders, then leaving the shopping center. >> where is he? >> right there! >> reporter: he's spotted running onto an

sounding sirens to warn residents downstream of impending flooding. >> let's get right back to rob marciano, reporting in from jefferson city, missouri, just stunning pictures there, rob. i know you're following yet another active situation as we head into the evening. what's the track? >> reporter: well, so much dynamics in this atmosphere and how much power with this storm. when you see these pictures, full-size suvs, heavy trucks tossed like toys. more back there. 800 vehicles here, all of which are damaged, some of which will be totalled. of course, they're grateful that no one was killed here. but the energy from this system. we still have a couple of thunderstorm watches posted, but it's going mostly offshore. another pulse coming through tonight through west virginia. and then another setup here in the plains, tornado watch out for the texas panhandle and flood warnings for tulsa, wichi wichita, springfield. that's going to be a problem. these storms will produce heavy rain, along with severe weather across oklahoma city, during the day tomorrow in through wichita. that's the flood z

rob marciano, thank you. >>> a major new headline and the growing battle over abortion. missouri passing its own strict abortion bill. protestors erupting in the state capital al eight weeks of pregnancy. the vote coming days of alabama essentially outlawed abortion in that state and what vice president pence is now saying about the news this week. here is abc's mary bruce tonight. >> reporter: with the nation watching, the debate over abortion today came roaring the halls of the missouri statehouse. but tonight, the governor is ready to sign a bill banning abortion after 8 weeks. doctors could face up to 15 years in prison. >> missouri is taking a stand. missouri stands for the unborn. >> reporter: there are exceptions when the mother's life is in danger, but none for cases of rape or incest. >> this gives more rights to the rapist than it does to the mother. but republican barry hovis, a former police officer, opposed it because he said they were called date rapes on consensual rapes. >> most of my rapes were not the gentleman jumping out of the bushes that nobody ever

>> rob marciano will track it this weekend. rob, thank you. >>> now to the silent horror. a family of four and their three pets all dying in their ohio valley home from carbon monoxide. and now we have learned someone from the home called and said they were not feeling well. authorities the say that the mother and father and two children were discovered dead. and when they arrived, the levels were so high, they could not get an accurate reading. again tonight abc's gio benitez. >> reporter: tonight, new details into the tragic discovery of this family of four and their three dogs found dead inside a large ohio home. officials believe carbon monoxide is to blame. thursday afternoon a relative called police when they couldn't reach the family telling them they had complained about feeling sick. police went to check on the family and saw someone unconscious. they went into the home but smelled something suspicious. first responders finding incredibly toxic levels of carbon monoxide. >> we did not find any carbon monoxide detectors within the residence. >> reporter: what's mor

>> rob marciano with us tonight, as well. rob, thank you. >>> the other story developing as we came on the air tonight, word that attorney general william barr has just now revealed that he will not testify tomorrow after fireworks at his testimony today. and the bombshell revelation that robert mueller, the special counsel, wrote him a letter to say he w unhappyit how barr repe it was turned in. barr waseople weeks ago that mueller letter, that they had talked about that mueller was not happy. barr answering those questions, and also today, calling mueller's letter "a built snitty." abc's mary bruce on the hill. >> reporter: on capitol hill today, attorney general bill barr forced to defend his actions against unprecedented criticism from robert mueller himself. just hours before, news broke that mueller had complained to the attorney general about barr's decision to release his own summary of the robert's conclusions. mueller voiced his frustration in a letter to barr on march 27th, writing that the attorney general's summar

>> rob marciano. our thanks to you again tonight, rob. >>> president trump is firing back tonight after saying he was, quote, very surprised that his son, donald trump jr., was subpoenaed by the republican-led senate intelligence committee. our jon karl today asking the president, should his son fight that subpoena, and will the president allow robert mueller to testify? >> reporter: the president today strongly defended his son, expressing irritation that donald trump jr. was subpoenaed. mr. president, as you saw, the senate intelligence committee has subpoenaed don jr., that's the republican-led senate intelligence committee. what do you make of that? >> well, i was very surprised. my son is a good person. my son testified for hours and hours. my son was totally exonerated by mueller who, frankly, does not like donald trump, me, this donald trump. and frankly, for my son, after being exonerated to now get a subpoena to go again and speak again, after close to 20 hours of telling everybody that would

rob marciano on where he's most concerned tonight. >>> the police body cam just released this evening. you can see officers approaching this home, this fence. behind it, a 14-year-old boy playing with other kids with a bb gun. the officer warns him to put the gun down and shoots less than a second later. the boy is hit and now the internal investigation. >>> president trump and his former white house counsel don mcgahn and his notes inside the white house. congress now wants them. the president tonight is blocking it. >>> the desperate search for a missing 4-year-old girl growing tonight. her step-father telling police they were attacked on the highway. >>> new questions tonight after that passenger jet came down on that runway, igniting into a ball of flames. what they're now asking about the pilots. >>> the stock market down more than 400 points today. what's driving it? >>> news tonight on those multiple gas explosions that led to more than 120 fires. homes going up in flames. what we've now learned. >>> and the royal baby. when will we see the baby, the name, and what william and

rob marciano time this is out. where it hits and went. >>> the newest state, missouri passing its strict abortion law. it comes with possible prison time. days after alabama essentially outlawed abortion. tonight what the vice president says about it all. >>> chilling details this evening. the young pregnant woman who answered a message about free baby clothes on facebook. police say she was then targeted, killed, her unborn baby stolen. what authorities are saying tonight. >>> the stunning headline. the former ohio state doctor accused of abusing more than 170 students. he reportedly had nicknames. school officials now accused of failing to act. >>> two explosions under investigation tonight. the mother and father killed. the son in the home survives. >>> and your money tonight. the uber and lyft outrage. drivers shutting off their apps to increase demand so surge pricing would kick in, so they can charge you more. where they were doing this.odve it's great to have you with us on a very busy friday. we are followi

our rob marciano also in the storm zone. the forecast with the dangerous one-two punch. >>> hero speaks out. for the first time we're hearing from that football coach who tackled the student armed with a shotgun at school. plus, new details about that alleged teenaged gunman and what may have set him off. >>> times square fire. the giant billboard burning in the tourist mecca. firefighters working to stop the blaze from spreading in the landmark location. >>> biden's pledge. the 2020 race heating up. former vice president joe biden telling democrats he won't be the angry candidate and separating himself from the president on illegal immigration. what he told our reporter when asked if there is a crisis at the border. >>> plus, the disturbing charges against a new york city police officer. she's accused of hiring a hitman to kill her estranged husband and her boyfriend's daughter. what we're now learning. >>> and arnold attacked. the wild moment caught on camera. former governor and terminator arnold schwarzenegger talking wi

rob marciano joins us from wichita. we want to make it clear to our viewers, you and your team are safe. but just now a tornado reported just east of you. where are these storms headed tonight? >> the sbish system is not moving quickly. and storms don't develop around us. you see thea on the radar, west texas and it's kansas. and another one, across parts of illinois and flood watches, as well. the storms will continue to fire overnight and will be dicey through midnight. and a run of the east coast tomorrow for late day storms and the holiday weekend, the heat will don't build across the southeast. record heat and storms here across the tornado alley and the plains where they don't need more river. the rivers here, including the arkansas, at record levels. tom? >> that debris flowing behind you. stay safe. >>> the other big story we are following, the emotional hearing in a wisconsin courtroom. the sentences for jake patterson who kidnapped 13-year-old jayme closs. in a statement read by her aunt, she read he took away

rob marciano, abc news, geronimo. >> thanks to rob there. that is just one area that is facing severe weather today. >> paul williams has the forecast. good morning. >> good morning, severe storms will target oklahoma, texas, bleeding into arkansas and louisiana, mississippi and even leaning into portions of alabama. but the greatest threat will be in oklahoma with the damaging wind gusts likely in access of 80 miles per hour, large hail, flooding, downpours. there's a problem with severe storms in the northeast targeting boston throughout connecticut, massachusetts, going into maine. thunderstorms reaching from d.c. up to new york. and then the next day more storms in the midwest. >> thank you. >>> turning to president trump weighing in on the escalating battle over abortion. >> the president tweeted he's strongly pro life, but he supports three exceptions, from rape or incest or a woman's life is at risk. alabama banned all abortions. >> democrats running for president are seizing on the issue. bernie sanders took part in a march in birmin

rob marciano in the storm zone. >>> emotion in the courtroom. the kip napper of jayme closs. >>> and this just n a major ruling on abortion. a temporary judge restricting one of the strictest rules in the nation. >>> also break tonight, three more climbers killed on mt. everest, five deaths including an american. the grid lock at the top of the mountain. >>> deadly mistake. you remember the woman who called 911 for help shot by an officer. we see the moments after the shooting, the officer who pulled the trigger and what he was told at the scene. >>> good evening. it's great to have you with us on a busy friday night. i'm tom llamas in for david. as we comen the air right now, we are getting reports of tornadoes on the ground. tornado hitting all day. this as nearly 43 million americans travel this holiday week. tornado now in three states and oklahoma has a statecanadian, t, one of more than 100 across the country this week and this one in table grove, illinois, one of several reported just today. the severe threats and rain. neighborhoods in t

let's get to rob marciano tonight. and rob, if we can just get through tonight, everyone might get a break from all of this, but also you said, one more night. >> reporter: yeah, you can see, we're in it, not just in the air, but things are slow here on the ground, as well. heavy rain in new york. a couple of flashes of lightning down to the south and flash flood warnings for trenton and philadelphia. you can see it on the radar. dense radar image there back through west virginia and flash flood watches up until midnight. boy, pennsylvania, you've had a tough go of it. even some intermountain west storms, and the high plains, as well. we put this map into motion. the front will begin to break down. still some weaknesses tomorrow that will bring thunderstorms to the carolinas and western great lakes. but nothing too terribly organized. that big blue "h" right over the arkansas river, where that record flooding is happening, a couple of days of dry weather there. everyone will take that. david? >> that is for sure. rob ma

abc's senior meteorologist rob marciano here with more. >> reporter: tonight, parts of the gulf coast, saturated and bracing for more rain. in southern mississippi, more than two dozen cars of this freight train derailing, after more than a half foot of rain fell overnight in the area. pearl river county officials warning that flooding is making some roads impassible, urging residents to limit their travel. severe weather across the region packing dangerous lightning all week. a home security camera capturing lightning striking a tree outside this houston home. more than 100,000 customers in the area without power at one point. in louisiana, the governor declaring a state of emergency amid relentless rounds of storms. west of new orleans, the mississippi river rising above flood stage to relieve stress on the city's levees. the army corp of engineers opening this spillway for an unprecedented second time this year. >> and we are still keeping a close eye on all of that water. rob marciano joining us now with the forecast, and rob, we see there is a lot of rain there. >> reporter: righ

>> rob marciano has been storm chasing for days for us. rob, thank you. >>> to other news tonight. there was a developing headline just before we came on the air tonight involving yet another security breach at mar-a-lago while the president was in florida. here's our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas tonight with late reporting. >> reporter: tonight, a college freshman admits to illegally getting into mar-a-lago resort while the president was there last thanksgiving. telling the judge, according to "the palm beach post," "i wanted to see how far i could get." apparently, pretty far. "the post" reporting that 18-year-old mark lindblom was arrested 20 minutes later, after walking the grounds. prosecutors say that he came through a beach access tunnel and simply walked in, even though he's not a member. and although he went through a secret service metal detector, lindbolm's breach is again raising questions about security when the president is at the resort. in march, another incident at mar-a-lago when a chinese national was arrested after allegedly telling security that sh

rob marciano has the timing and the track for tonight. >>> the urgent manhunt after a gunman opens fire at a business, killing a woman and shooting a deputy. >>> after that 17-day survival story, the woman found. tonight, news coming in on the other hiker missing. what we just learned. >>> the dangerous jam atop mt. everest. those two americans dead. and after those chilling imap scen last seen dg a child off at hearing. >>> news of a deadly midair collision tonight between two planes. >>> your privacy. what alexa can hear you saying, and this evening, the new step. what you can do to erase what alexa heard. >>> the major headline involving the "game of thrones" actor kit harrington. >>> and news coming in tonight from alex trebek on his battle with cancer. >>> good evening. and it's great to have you with us here on a very busy wednesday night. we're following those tornado warnings and watches, but we do begin tonight with that seismic moment. silent for two years, we hear from robert mueller for the first time tonight. and he made it clear today why he did not decide on obstruction o

>> rob marciano standing by on where the storms hit tonight. >>> the deadly school shooting, and this evening, this question. did a security guard accidentally fire on sheriff's deputies and a student? and that moment on tv, the little boy describing at just 12 what it's like to prepare to defend yourself. >>> the president firing back tonight, after his son don jr. is subpoenaed by the republican-led senate intelligence committee. >>> the newly released body cam video tonight, the deadly police shooting. two officers chasing a suspect, both shooting. what's happened now to the officers. >>> the discovery inside that home. more than 1,000 guns, and what we've now learned tonight. >>> new images this evening, the deadly explosion that killed one and injured many, a building collapsing. tonight, the bus driver, you can see him holding his ears after the explosion. >>> and prince harry holding that onesie today, his first trip as a new dad. and what he said today about losing his own mom. it moved many. >>> good evening. and it great to have you with us here on a very busy thursday night

here's rob marciano. >> reporter: tonight, the view from above. this area of oklahoma obliterated. the tornado killing at least two people. a confirmed ef-3 striking at 10:28 p.m. with winds up to 145 miles per hour. the twister forming quickly, giving residents only minutes to take cover before the intense storm ripped through el reno in the middle of the night. >> just bodies everywhere, people everywhere. don't know dead or alive. >> reporter: this hotel torn apart. the tornado jumping the highway, hitting this one with a glancing blow. >> there's significant tornado damage. this is right across the street from the hotel that got leveled. >> when you see something like this, i think about the kids getting up in the morning and thinking what happened? >> reporter: a mobile home park leveled. cars flipped over. the powerful winds scattering belongings everywhere. survivors rushing to the scene. victims triaged at the chevy dealership next door. >> the thing that was most devastating was when i walked in there, and there was a really shiny floor, covered with blood. >> reporter: re

rob marciano is in amarillo, texas. there are more to come. >> good morning, we are going to el ro know. we will head there to report on the tornado there. yesterday, we were storm chasing in this area that can be beautiful. as damaging as the plains r when you get in the plains,s the high v sky is wide open. it's amazing. we were out with storm chasers who are excellent at taking pictures. i want to show you a time lapse video one of my friends who's a storm chaser took yesterday in texas. you see the windmills in the sky there, gorgeous stuff. highlighting some of the dynamics there. today the threat is once again in the high plains. here it is. look just north of lubbock, amarillo, dodge city. hopefully if something it does pop, it will miss some of the sparse towns here. louisville, cincinnati, d.c. and philadelphia, daily roun thtos. mae so sonndand hail there. here's your memorial dand tomor. denver looks okay. warm and dryer finally in texas and oklahoma and the record highs continue out there. a handful of memor

let's get right to meteorologist rob marciano, tracking it all fur us. rob? >> reporter: david, this is a powerful storm moving through the west right now. and it's going to cause some dangerous conditions over the weekend. right now, though, we have a tornado watch out for illinois and indiana. even a tornado warning just southwest of indianapolis. that's heading towards cincinnati. but the big show is coming with this storm in the intermountain west. one to two feet of snow. this is like a winter storm, with wind advisories. it gets into the plains tomorrow, taps that gulf of mexico moisture. and here comes tornado alley, from rio grande all the way up into minnesota. dangerous storms tomorrow. big hail, big wind. likely some tornadoes. dallas, you get it tomorrow night. into parts of st. louis and then chicago, i think, late saturday into sunday. and that, of course, that does move to the east. and right behind that is another system for next week. david? >> tracking it all for us. rob, thank you. >>> next tonight, to the growing battle over abortion tonig

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. >> rob marciano with a look at what's ahead. , rob. >>> great to be with you on this wednesday. lots coming up on "gma." live in colorado with the very latest on the deadly school shooting. two teens in custody this morning. accused of opening fire in that school. the hero students who tried to stop them. >>> plus, an abc news exclusive, the mother of molly tibbetts, that iowa college student, killed jogging last year. her mom is speaking to us this morning only on "gma. "it's a big morning otherwise. judge katy perry and the "sports illustrated" swimsuit issue revealing who is on it live. it's a "gma" exclusive. jam packed. >> you have a lot going on. >> they don't have a name yet for baby sussex, is that right? reginald is very regal -- >> what did i say? rob marciano this is what i have been pushing for. >> you said, too? >> you can dress it up or down. it can be reg or reggie or reginald. we should start a hash tag campaign. >> reginald. to the west palace. >>he palace. >> i don't know the royals, obviously. london bridge, to

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>> rob marciano standing by on where the storms hit tonight. >>> the deadly school shooting, and thisstion. did a security guard accidentally fire on sheriff's deputies and a student? and that moment on tv, the little boy describing at just 12

rob marciano in the storm zone. >>> also, tonight, in the courtroom. the emotional kidnapper of jayme closs. >>> and this just n a major ruling on abortion. a temporary judge restricting one of the strictest rules in the nation. what this could

rob marciano on where you need to be on alert tonight. >>> also, the major flooding disaster playingside tulsa tonight, where naueighborhoods e under water. >>> there are breaking developments of yet another security breach at mar-a-lago while the president was in florida. >>> the emergency on mt. everest. the second american dying after reaching the su

rob marciano on where he's most concerned tonight. >>> the police body cam just released this eveningers approaching this home, this fence. behind it, a 14-year-old boy playing with other kids with a bb gun. the officer warns him to put the gun down and shoots less than a second later. the boy is hit and now the internal investigation. >>> president trump and his former white house counsel don mcgahn and his notes inside the white house. congress now wants

rob marciano is standing by with the track tonight. >>> also the silent horror. a family of four and their three pets all dying from carbon monoxide. now we learn someone in the home did make a call beforehand saying they did not feel well. so what happened? >>> chilling 911 calls just in tonight. the deadly school shooting. students pleading for help on the last day of classes. >>> president trump on the phone today with vladimir putin and the president is asked, did you confront putin about it? >

rob marciano again tonight, timing this out with millions of americans now on the move. >>> the remarkablemoment playing out late today at the white house. the president calling on staff members on live tv so they could tell the american people the president kept his cool in that meeting with house speaker nancy pelosi. then calling himself a stable genius. jon karl standing by live. >>> set free tonight, the american who left the u.s.,

rob marciano is in fort worth, taeksz. e another day, maybe two or more days of serious weather. >> yeah, we're in prime time teat rai.ather ssowithhoe ormsom this thing is just flowing as it spills out of this dam trying to release the tension of the dam from the lake behind you. all right, let's show you the severe weather that's happening right now across louisiana. the same line that came through here yesterday is now moving down i-10. lafayette and baton rouge, you're about to get it. it's in mississippi as well. tornado watch up there until about 9:00, 10:00 local time. flood watch for parts of kansas, with the next round of rain coming in, kansas city, missouri, included in that. here we go, dry line, cold front, cold air, we showed you that snow and the warm moisture coming in from the gulf of mexico, that collides for a classic setup tomorrow. we've got a moderate risk, the red area, across tornado alley, west of i-35 including oklahoma city. atrae areathis ahes oftordthe east on tuesday and into, again, more popul

and rob marciano is standing by live tonight. >>> also tonight, the new images now emerging. officers responding to reports of an active shooter when the gunman enters a restaurant. customers running for cover. the suspect later opening fire on cars on the highway. >>> just days after two planes collide in midair carrying tourists, tonight, another deadly crash. this time, the plane flown by one of the same companies. >>> president trump's former aide, hope hicks, now

rob marciano has the timing and the track for tonight. >>> the urgent manhunt after a gunman opens firekilling a woman and shooting a deputy. >>> after that 17-day survival story, the woman found. tonight, news coming in on the other hiker

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let's check back in with rob marciano in ft. worth, texas, with more on this latest severe weather. rob, good morning once again. >> good morning, whit. we've got a couple 6 hours of dry weather before it hits ft. worth. we're here because they're holding a road race to benefit. the ten plus thousands folks that are waiting for organ transplants here in texas and folks are going to be running to benefit them. so far the race hasn't been canceled. should go off, i think, as it does so at:00 this morning. the bad news the setup is going to be dangerous, not just today but over the next several days. the monday setup. we mention today and tomorrow, monday looks even worse, unfortunately, for the classic setup here in tornado alley. this is relatively vorticity, basically a fancy word for saying spin in the atmosphere and couple that with the moisture and the winds going in different directions, different altitudes and creates that spin so violent tornadoes, possibly destructive winds and large hail expected across the red river valley mostly west of i-35 up into kansas as well and with

here's rob marciano. >> reporter: tonight, powerful storms slamming the south again and millions up the east coast in the throes of torrential rain and damaging winds. a flash flood emergency, forcing first responders to make daring rescues and wade through chest-high waters to save those stranded in this mississippi neighborhood. in poplarville, mississippi, more than a foot of rain falling, carving out huge sections of this road and cutting off all exit routes for residents there. >> i lost everything, sir. i lost everything. >> reporter: wind gusts topping 55 miles per hour ripping through this alabama parking lot. gulf shores residents cleaning up tonight, after powerful winds brought trees down onto cars. the flooding extensive, washing out tracks, derailing more than two dozen cars from this freight train. homes and buildings inundated by rising water that nearly swallows up this truck. flash flood warnings issued dooday. >> reporter: i orleans, floodwater fillinthe streets. to the north and east, more severe weather. a poss and early this morning, strong thunderstorms triggering

rob marciano is here and take it easy on rob a little bit. morning. >> now you're sticking up for me? >> yeah, yeah. >> make up your mind. here's the thing, if you're wanting summer and it's not coming, just get a hold onto winter. it's not too late to shred the gnar. do it in breckenridge, come on. here you go. >> all this snow boarding talk, rob. >> in colorado it's still snowing. 10,000 feet doesn't hurt but we've had some cold spring just about everywhere and a little fresh snow there. they're going to be open until memorial day so get out there and get some fresh tracks here in the middle of may. we had rain yesterday and troughiness across the southwest, rain across parts of southern california, rain showers across parts of arizona and new mexico. kind of an odd shaped jet pattern here with almost an omega block but basically we're seeing now the heat rebuild into the southern -- southwest part of the u.s. after the cool showers exit today and back to normal across the pacific northwest as well. here's your mother's day forecast. shower

rob marciano again tonight, timing this out with millions of americans now on the move. >>> the remarkableng out late today at the white house. the president calling on staff members on live tv so they could tell the american people the president kept his cool in that meeting with house speaker nancy pelosi. then calling himself a stable genius. jon karl standing by live. >>> set free tonight, the amer w

ginger zee and rob marciano are both there live tonight, they're standing by. >>> also tonight, the horrificshot and killed near a major american university. officers responding to a call. you can hear one of them say "i've been hit, i've lost my weapon." >>> president trump taking aim at joe biden tonight, heading to where biden is from, pennsylvania, and what biden said that got a reaction. and tonight, the fox news town hall with mayor pete. the moment he got a standing ovation. >> and thank you -- wow, a standing ovation. >> all right. >>> the chilling

rob marciano has the track. >>> authorities on the scene right now. an entire family discovered dead because of a silent killer. and the warning again, what to watch out for. >>> the cruise ship under quarantine tonight because of measles. about 300 passengers and crew, and now we learn authorities have asked for 100 des

rob marciano, abc news, tulsa, oklahoma. >> our thanks to rob.ate last night, a total of 80 confirmed tornados have been reported over the last three days. >> accuweather meteorologist paul williams joins us now. so paul, is this common? >> good morning kenneth, janai. when you take a look at may, historically speaking, these are the areas where we would expect and have the highest risk of tornado. you know, that includes portions of texas going into oklahoma, kansas, nebraska, going to iowa, missouri, portions of illinois, going down towards the mid south. now this is typically referred to as tornado alley in the first place. a couple of things typically happen in this general area and why it stays so volatile. steamy air coming off of the gulf. a strong jet stream or low pressure system will that push through that adds more to the instability. dry air. a combination of all three tends to produce those gusty storms and they explode quickly. thursday afternoon, thursday evening from omaha to wichita to oklahoma city, lubbock, texas, another round

rob marciano, abc news, jefferson city. >> our thanks to rob there.m-weary residents in the heartland are in for more nasty weather over the holiday weekend. but the northeast will begin drying out later today with plenty of sunshine and temperatures in the 70s and 80s. >> new storms will spread into the plains and great lakes beginning today, producing heavy rain, damaging winds, hail, and again some tornados. the south will be mostly dry and heating up with temperatures hitting the 90s. cool conditions expected in the northwest. >>> the national forecast for memorial day travel is crowded. >> aaa is anticipating nearly 43 million americans will get away from home this weekend. that's the second-highest figure for any holiday since 2000, a record 37.6 million travelers will be driving. travel times on the roads could be three times longer than norm. >> the high volume on the highways comes despite rising gas prices. the national average is nearly $3 per gallon. california already above $4, the highest in the country. that's followed by hawaii, washin