tornados tear a path through illinois and indiana leavi >>> this morning on "world news now," november nightmare. tornados tear a path through illinois and indiana leaving behind heartache and destruction. >> we saw it coming through this way. like the angle toward our house. the whole shed's gone. >> the overnight damage reports and the storm system's next threat. >>> wild pursuit. a traffic stop with a mom in a minivan and five kids turns into a drastic and unexpected scene. >> open the door! open the door! [ screaming ] >> the questions this morning about a mother's actions and police who opened fire at a family minivan. >>> unforgettable ride. the car john f. kennedy was riding in 50 years ago this week as the world witnessed his assassination. what happened to the limo after that fateful day? it is monday, november 18th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. >>> good monday morning. we have a busy monday morning but we want to talk about our weekend. you had a fun, productive weekend. >> fun but productive -- >> fun on friday. >> y

from the families here in kokomo, indiana, sharing a meal after losing their homes to tornados less than two weeks ago. >> we all gather together. and help one another. >> reporter: to the 48,000 u.s. troops still serving in afghanistan. many coming together over turkey, stuffing, pumpkin pie, a taste of home on this holiday. >> message to my family would be that i love and miss them and i will see them soon. >> reporter: president obama calling ten service members, thanking them and publicly sharing his gratitude for all who serve. for other families, a day shared around the table or watching the macy's thanksgiving day parade. >> i like everything about this. >> reporter: everything including those iconic balloons making their trek in new york city after almost left out but a of high winds. >> great call. worked out well. >> reporter: one more thing to be thankful for. >> happy thanksgiving! >> reporter: the only hiccup, the spiderman balloon bumped in to a tree outside of central park and part of it deflated but it was able to finish the parade. marci gonzalez, abc news, new york. >>

you are family. >> that was apparent as the three arrived from indiana. hugs exchanged. >> awesome. really awesome. >> deanna told us the father clark hartman passed away 19 years to the day when she saw news coverage of joel and contacted the omni. >> here i am in atlanta for thanksgiving two days later. >> reporter: joel and his brothers hope to spend time together in indiana catching up. >> i'd really like to invite joel back home. we have a spare room. >> any way it goes i know we will be in contact now. >> i have a lot of people pulling for me. i don't want to let anyone down. really don't. >> so that is one of the things that was his reward for returning the wallet. another reward when he came back. after he returned the wallet he came back again because they were looking for him at this omni hotel and he was given -- check this out. greeted by the hotel manager. offered him a room through thanksgiving with room service and $500 toward any service he wanted at the hotel. >> he could have lobster in his room. >> or a spa day. >> very cool. >> great. >> one act of kindness and i

the storms knocked out power to thousands in indiana, tennessee, and arkansas. the dozens of towns in ohio rescheduled trick-or-treating because of dangerous winds. >>> that weather system means a messy commute for millions along the 95 corridor. >> we are joined by accu-weatherim dof1 i >> reporter: good morning, john and rina. we continue to track a powerfult now it is moving out into canada. now it is moving out into canada. cold front sweeping toward the heavy rain i nend. down the city, philadelphia, the mor commute goi a m along with that, some strong, gusty winds. widespread gusts 40 to 50 miles an hour. that will down trees and power lines. power outages are likely throughout the day. john and rina ckf hanku soh. >>> a man in richmond, virginia, certainly knows how to keep a secret and tis wa bione. louis howard finally stepped forward yesterday after winning $99 million in a mega millions drawing back in may. the retired hvac technician waited 5 1/2 months before coming forward telling only his wife, not even his grown sons and grandchildren and not the

this is the moment of impact in a middle school in lafayette, indiana. powerful winds blowing debris through the gymnasium and bringing down a ceiling. the twister hit on sunday a when the school was empty. the principal is relieved that security procedures would have kept students away from the damaged areas anyway. >>> police in arizona are pouring over a journal. they say a 17-year-old girl kept while she and her two younger sisters were imprisoned by their very own mother and step father for up to two years. police discovered the girls on tuesday. two of the sisters escaped from a window and ran to a neighbor's home. when tucson police arrived, they found a sophisticated alarm system set up inside the house. >> the video was part of the monitoring system of the children and used for also for when the children had to go to the bathroom. they had a pre-arranged signal >> wow. police say the girl's journal contained a photo of enrique iglesias that helped to cope with the trauma. >> this is incredible. there's evidence that police have been able to gath

ohio state won over indiana, by the way. the show pay s tribute to the gettysburg address which is a cool theme to begin with if you ask me. there is a guy slowly marching toward the cannon. when he reaches the cannon, which are marching band people lined up in formation, how cool is that? >> amazing. >> it blows away marching band stuff from our generation. look at this horse. >> this is all themed from the gettysburg. >> all gettysburg themed. the ohio state university marching band. pretty awesome. >> so good. >> yes. >>> going back to cute kids. this from west virginia. her name is sophie mullen. she's a first grader, and she's tired of working. all she does is work, work, and work. >> i know the feeling. >> all she does is work and work. he has all of these writing and reading assignments and she said, what can i do to not get so many reading and writing assignments and her dad said you can write to your congressman. >> she wrote to her congressman joe manchin. democrat from west virginia. and not only did she get a res

. >> reporter: alan welk of northwest indiana is shifting >> reporter: alan welk of northwest indiana is shifting ears now fro la to snow p inches. got our clien lined up, trucks hookedup, all the plows hooked up. repin le snow predictions yet, overpasses.o every year just to get our people back in the routine of knowing what their salt equipment is doing and how to use them. >> reporter: even as far south as north carolina where there are frost warnings, so many people are ordering wood for their fireplaces, some companies can barely keep up with the demand. employees are working ten-hour days. >> got the splitter, the boss is pulling more trees now. it seems to be a high demand because i guess everybody thinks we're going to have a really bad winter. >> for many parts of the country, it's feeling more like january or february, not november. >> brought the big coat this morning. the big coat. our coverage continues now. accu-weather meteorologist jim dicky standing by. good morning, jim. >> good morning, rob and diana. an arctic air mass is surging into the north and east. temperatur

>> reporter: a highway came to a standstill in northern indiana thanks to lake effect snow. the snow brought on a 20-car pileup in buffalo, new york. from the first flakes flying in worcester, massachusetts, to this little girl basking in well over a foot in southwest michigan. look at the temps slipping in the teens and 20s in the great lakes and the first full freeze from boston to new york city. the south is not spared. freezing as far south as dallas and atlanta to the gulf coast. while the 10 to 20-degree below-average chill will be short-lived, aaa is reminding us it is time to get vehicles going. keep cat litter or salt in case you get stuck. have a basic tool kit with pliers and a wrench and a penny. it is that simple to find out if you need new tires. put a penny in your tire tread. put it head first. if you can see all of lincoln's head you need new tires if it is past his hairline your tires are fine. we're doing the test. i saw most of lincoln's head so this tire should be good for the season. there are 600,000 winter-related accidents every year. you want to get

. >> reporter: hundreds of oprah's personal belongings from her homes in santa barbara, indiana, maui and chicago were up for grabs. everything from fine art to antiques. >> what are you hoping to get your hands on? >> sofas or chairs. some good upholstered pieces. >> i hope i get a painting. >> reporter: the media mogul tells me it's time to let go. >> trying to clear out all the stuff. everyone goes through this at some point, trying to declutter. >> reporter: these folks were up against those bidding on line and by telephone. this set of louis xvi chairs, electric scooters $2500 each. >> i'm trying to get the "vogue" poster. i'm going to bid on it. >> i want to keep that poster. i thought i kept that poster. >> reporter: and she did. oprah had a change of heart and kept this beautiful 1998 "vogue" cover. this yard sale of the century, as many called it, has a bigger vision. >> i support a school in south africa. i built the school and not only did i build a school, i pay for the cost of running the school. >> reporter: in 2007, she founded the oprah winfrey leadership academy for d

discrimination against gay, trssen among those voting against the measure was republican dan coates of indiana. he said it would force employers to violate their religious believes. bodynd ul it is vital fo country's long-standing rig >> when you say something is wrong and it shouldn't be done, that sends a powerful message to prevent discrimination in the - >> the history-making effort will likely end with the senate vote. house speaker john boehner said the law is not needed and has no plans to bring up for consideration. >>> today's report on unemployment will provide a clearer picture of the impact of the government shutdown. the economic forecast of the american employers will add 122,000 jobs in october. that is down from 148,000 the month before. the white house report yesterday estimated the shutdown cost taxpayers $2 billion in lost productivity. >>> in its much-anticipated stock market debut, twitter did not disappoint. in fact, shares of the hugely popular social media site skyrocketed well bond wall street's expectations. not a bad start for the seven-year-old company that never tu

the city of kokomo was hardest hit in indiana. weather service confirming at least two tornados touched down there. officials who surveyed the damage said it was incredible no one was killed or injured in the aftermath. >>> here we go -- the tornado that touched down in washington, illinois, one of the hardest hit areas we were talking about, ef-4 tornado. winds 170 to 190 miles an hour. >> the video is so scary. look at that. those people didn't have a chance. more than 80 tornados reported as the storm swept across 12 midwestern states. >> it's a record. >> look at the video before and you think it looks ominous but so hard to think of what it is really going to look like. and then you see the aftermath and realize how terrible this was. look. that's the inside of somebody's home. we saw -- we've seen all of these pieces before, all of these stories before. >> if you are just outside of the tornado, you are okay. >> it could be two houses next to each other. one is completely untouched and the other obliterated. >> crazy. >>> al