. >> these images from the wfaa helicopter residents sifting through what is left, trying to recover something in the wake of this horrible disaster. there were a lot of people worried today in dallas. due to the timing. some children were in class and forced to take shelter inside schools. hundreds of flights have been canceled at the dallas-fort worth airport. expect cancellations around the country tonight. jay korff, abc 7 news. >> and now the race for the republican presidential nomination. the candidates have campaigned the hardest. scott thuman is live in the newsroom with the latest. >> as you mentioned, most of the country keeping an eye on of wisconsin. ithe was not working at the room so much as working the campground -- the camera. thhoping they would dole out votes. >> hopefully i will get the delegates i need to take back the white house. >> santorum, despite being outspent four to one hinted he may have an upset in the making. >> the longer we are in this, the stronger we are getting. >> wisconsin offers 42 delegates, maryland 37, and 19 in the district for a total of

. >> reporter: reporter brad watson of wfaa shows us some of the severe damage some suburban arlington. >> this is the underside of a camper. where was the camper? 70 yards down the street. this kind of damage is evident all over the place. however, amazingly, no one injured in this dallas-ft. worth suburb. >> reporter: in one school, students including first graders were ordered to duck and cover. the dallas-ft. worth airport canceled over 400 flights and more than 100 planes were damaged by the gol ball-sized hail that hit during the storm. janet davies saw the gathering storm from her plane silting on the runway. >> the sky was that purple and green and orange you see in the movies. immediately when we got into the terminal, we were told to go to shelters in the terminal, which are actually, most of them, the restrooms. >> reporter: it's a scene becoming all too familiar. the tornadoes in joplin, missouri, killed 153 people, almost one year ago, and just last month a series of twisters battered ohio and indiana. earlier in the season than the region had ever seen before. though it's

the story from wfaa in dallas-ft. worth. >> that wasn't a lady. >> doesn't look like a lady. >> a man inside a goodwill after hours. that is 33-year-old adam mayberry who broke through a hotel window, cut his arm and face and then broke into a goodwill. donned a red dress and went on a rampage through the store. >> this doesn't look like a rampage. looks like he's trancing around like a fairy. >> just for one person to tear wlaup what he tore up? kind of looked like a war scene in here. >> the craziest thing i've seen all week, i think, nick. >> why did he put on a drus? was he naked when he broke into the store? >> according to reports, he was naked when he broke into the store and put on this number. funny in the video, but a problem for the goodwill, because this guy is bleeding all over the place. >> donations that hadn't been processed yet. every one of those had to be thrown out. >> they had to spend $8,000 on a h hazmat crew to come and clean of you the blood. the entire cost for this caper? 30 grand. mayberry

first they sat down, this became such a big story, sit-down interview with the local news station wfaah. >> it's very hurtful, especially when you know you wouldn't intentionally hurt somebody or hurt their feelings, especially a little toddler. he seemed to be maybe 3, 2 years old. very small. >> the irony of the situation, had we seen that he was upset, had we even known for an instant, and there's not a person that knows us that wouldn't agree that we would have given the ball to the child. >> okay. seems to be a pretty heart felt apology. they said they didn't see him. but they went on to say they want an apology from that yankee announcer michael kay, the guy whose voice you heard on the clip we heard who said, he took an event, sensationalized it and never checked or validated the facts. because of michael kay that blew up into a national story. they want an apology from him. don't hold your breath. >>> last night in the nba, the charlotte bobcats made history. they won only seven games all season. seven. last night against the knicks, they had a chance to save themselves from th

reporter: tonight, the man behind this latest incident, sean leonard, spoke to our dallas station, wfaa that he was upset, we would have given the ball to the child. >> reporter: luckily for all involved, someone in the rangers bull pen tossed the teary toddler another ball. >> he goes home happy, so do the rangers. >> reporter: no harm, no foul. ryan owens, abc news, dallas. >> they didn't see him. well, we thank you for watching. we're always here at abcnews.com. "nightline," of course, along later. and we will see you again, right back here, tomorrow night, to close out this week. thanks for watching. good night. >>> we have developing news on the boat wreck at the farallons. the coast guard pulls the plug on races around the bay. >> a weekend closure of a major san francisco artery already forcing one couple to make their wedding plans. >> a bart dispute. will hundreds of new rail cars be made in america? the higher bidder refuses to go down without a fight. >> nfl makes andrew luck his number one pick of the season. >> this is the boat that washed up on the farrah lonz two weeks ag

you are looking at live pictures coming in courtesy of our affiliate wfaa.er, the funnel you see moving toward those trailer trucks. the lieutenant governor of texas is joining us right now. thanks very much. do you have any reports of casualties yet? we see the physical property damage is pretty destructive. >> wolf, no. the pictures that you're seeing and that i'm seeing are just -- just horrific, but we've got reports of a number of injuries, but no reports of fatalities at the present time. >> thank god for that. >> absolutely. absolutely, but local news has reported that five tornadoes have gone through the -- through the dallas area. we've got, of course, the whole storm system is in dallas and fort worth and it's affecting dallas county, tarrant county and ellis county. most of the damage to date has been done in southwest dallas county including a lot of hail damage. we've got an unconfirmed report that a nursing home has been damaged. we don't know if there are any injuries. and we've got a let of flooding, but the most important thing, and i know y

the pictures are in from our affiliate, wfaa. we will have the information on that tonight.ighway here? we found him. we have him. we have interviewed him. tonight, we will hear his story. he goes to the hospital to help kids. he is an ordinary guy, but they think he is a super hero. >> that is a story many of us were falling. thank you so much, diane. all this and much more coming up on "abc world news" with diane sawyer. >> red light and speed cameras tickets are bringing in big bucks for virginia. they break in $238 million in 2010 including red light cameras, and construction work zones, speed cameras, and radar guns. reckless driving was the second most common traffic offense in 2010. >> speaking up traffic, let's get a check of the situation. gerry has the details. >> northbound 395, very slow near 110 across the 14th street bridge. southbound to the left, delays past duke street and on 295 south. again, delays near the station here and down toward quantico. a pretty serious accident year for the good part of the afternoon. walking a few lanes and traffic lanes are no

who is it, wfaa coverage here? >> i would guess a pretty good distance away.torn off these transformers, even with the storm not being right snex to it. >> i have chief mike moon, the chief in lan kster, what are you seei seeing there right now. >> i know we're going to try that in just a moment. we continue to watch a large tornado on the ground. let's put on viper if we can. i want to look at this. i want to have a few more locations for this dallas county storm. this arlington storm, a large tornado -- so that was faa. this is wdfw. here's another shot. we're just going to go with this back and forth here. i'm just seeing a lot of gray. >> here's the deal. we have two tornadoes on the ground, one going into arlington, texas, a large tornado move into lake arlingtonington, western arlingtonington. maybe eventually 20 minutes from now into euliss, texas. you need to take cover now. a large and dangerous tornado is on the ground. this is hutchins towards piedmont and eventually towards miskeet, texas. this is dallas county, not fort worth county. we have two s

reporter brad watson of our affiliate wfaa describes the daniel in arlington. >> the homes severely damaged like this. also others just destroyed in this area. this is the under side of a camper. where was the camper? 70 yards down the stleet. >>reporter: at the dallas ft. worth airport twister came too close for comfort. all ground traffic came to complete standstill for several hours as officials inspected the planes for possible damage. >> sam champion reporting. airlines cancelled 400 departure for dallas. about 110 airplanes damaged. now that delay may continuing tonight so check your carrier before you go to the airport. >> spencer is here and he has been watching these storms on radar all night. it is springtime in that part of the country. >> this is what happened. tornado season. long line of some severe thunderstorms throughout the day pushing through the texas now into parts of louisiana and mississippi producing these violent thunderstorms the of course spawn the tornadoes. live doppler 7 hd. lack at the area right now. still under a watch for severe thunderstorm activity. see t

. >> live pictures from dallas affiliate wfaa of some of the damage that the tornadoes wreaked in the neighborhood, just remarkable images there. and as we continue to cover this story, there are tractor trailers that weigh thousands of pounds lifted up and splintered by the storm. we'll tell you how this truck depot is taking stock of their damage. >>> and at the dallas/ft. worth airport, passengers had to be moved to safety. hundreds of flights are kanlsalled or delayed. we're keeping an eye on all of this. fiona here was just telling me that ford dealers sell a new tire like...every five seconds, how's that possible? well, we purchase 3 million a year. you just sold one right now didn't you? that's correct. major brands. 11 major brands. oop,there goes another one. well we'll beat anybody's advertised price. and you just did it right there, what's that called? the low price tire guarantee. wait for it, there goes another one. get a $100 rebate, plus the low price tire guarantee during the big tire event. look at that. it's happening right there every five seconds. your not going to

folks you're looking now officially at live picture, aerial pictures with our affiliate wfaa. these are the first images we have. we are going to be careful as we're sitting on these live pictures. there could be people, there could be bodies inside of some of these structures that have been whipped around here as a result of the tornadoes. so we're going to be careful in what we choose to show you and what we choose not to show you. guy, tell me in my ear if we know which neighborhood this is. dallas county, texas. multiple homes. you can see see, one, two, third house from the left what appears to have possibly been a two-story home. it almost appears like the second story is gone. >> yeah. and this is kind of the skipping nature. now confirmed reports the tornado is back down on the ground in parts of mesquite. as it moves to the north and northeast, the helicopter not going to follow that storm. mesquite, texas, especially the western parts of mesquite, you need to be taking cover. >> oh, the dog. this is why they tell people to go to the center of the house. >> the window

in our american landscape, coverage from wfaa in dallas. >> this is news 8 now in high definition. >>oly moly! >> and i heard that -- i said, baby, it's time for us to get in the closet. >> i put my head down and said help me, jesus, help me, jesus. >> sudden, explosive power of these tornadoes that skipped through north texas was evident here in arlington. >> the wind kept taking him, but she held on to him. >> good evening. i'm gloria campos. thank you for joining us for this special mour-long edition of news 8 at 10:00. >> the images we've seen today, unbelievable. >> tornadoes captured live and the devastation hard to forget. >> here's what we can tell you. the number of families dealing with damage is now more than 600. we count 15 injuries so far, including a baby girl. a survival story we'll bring you in just a moment. >> but the most important number so far, no deaths. >> tonight we know two twisters hit 73 homes in forney. teresa woodard is live with the story of how a grandmother held on to a baby for dear life. >> reporter: it is amazing. the damage is most intense right he

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our affiliate wfaa in dallas says lelizabeth ramsey describe jonathan as looking like, and i will quoteafrica, he was unable to walk at times he was that weak. search crews were outlooking for him because his paternal grandfather was tired of excuse after excuse he kept hearing from jonathan's father every time he tried to call, to see his grandson, so ed ramsey called police in dallas to investigate. >> jonathan always had something else going on, scouting or something supposedly. i told him i was tired of waiting and the delays and i wanted to see my grandson. >> jonathan's biological mother spoke to our affiliate as well. she says she last spoke to her soon over a year ago before jonathan's dad cut off their communication entirely. she was fighting for visitation rights when jonathan died. i share jonathan's story with you today because i think it is important. it is important we discuss this little secret in our society, not everyone who has kids wants them or treats them right. we can do better, and during this national child abuse awareness month, it is worth trying. all i could d

. >> they did a sitdown interview with wfaa in ft.very hurtful especially when you know you wouldn't hurt somebody's feelings on purpose, especially a toddler. he seemed to be maybe 2 or 3 years old. very small. >> the irony of situation, had we seen that he was upset, had we even known for an instant, and there's not a person that knows us that wouldn't agree that we would have given the ball to the child. >> why don't they just say they would give him the ball now and they still don't do it? >> the rangers players, the team saw this happening and threw a ball up to the kid. he left the stadium with a ball. the couple says now, get this, they want an apology from michael kay. >> oh, stop it. >> michael kay the yankee tv announcer, they believe he stoked the fire here. >> oh, come on. we did. >> well, yeah. he never checked or validated the fact. and they want an apology from michael kay. >> he pretty much called it as he saw it. wow. that was -- >> were they so entranced with each other and their impending wedding they didn't notice