>> yes, yeah. >> and phillip mena with us from west texas. and you can see there behind you, phillip, no sign of that plant that once stood right there. any leads tonight after those 400 interviews? >> reporter: well, that's right, david. this empty lot behind me is all that is left from the blast. authorities telling me tonight, they are following leads, but so far, no arrests, and no suspects. and tonight, a $52,000 reward is being offered. david? >> phillip mena, thank you. >>> we are also learning much more this evening about that deadly rampage inside an american mall. the suspect ramming his stolen car right through the door of that department store and then slashing victims at random. some did not survive. and tonight, we hear unfolded. as we also learn of an off-duty officer who jumped in. abc's gio benitez is in massachusetts. >> reporter: this mall, now a crime scene. 28-year-old arthur darosa checked himself into a hospital monday night. his sister told police he had been acting in a disturbed manner. but was released the next morn

>> yes, yeah. >> and phillip mena with us from west texas. and you can see there behind you, phillip, no sign of that plant that once stood right there. any leads tonight after those 400 interviews? >> reporter: well, that's right, david. this empty lot behind me is all that is left from the blast. authorities telling me tonight, they are following leads, but so far, no arrests, and no suspects. and tonight, a $52,000 reward is being offered. david? >> phillip mena, thank you. >>> we are also learning much more this evening about that deadly rampage inside an american mall. the suspect ramming his stolen car right through the door of that department store and then slashing victims at random. some did not survive. and tonight, we hear from shoppers inside, as this all unfolded. as we also learn of an off-duty officer who jumped in. abc's gio benitez is in massachusetts. >> reporter: this mall, now a crime scene. 28-year-old arthur darosa checked himself into a hospital monday night. his sister told police he had been acting in a disturbed mann

>> phillip mena leading us off tonight. phillip, thank you. >>> we are also learning much more this evening about that deadly rampage inside an american mall. the suspect ramming his stolen car right through the door of that department store and then slashing victims at random. some did not survive. and tonight, we hear from shoppers inside, as this all unfolded. as we also learn of an off-duty officer who jumped in. abc's gio benitez is in massachusetts. >> reporter: this mall, now a crime scene. 28-year-old arthur darosa checked himself into a hospital monday night. his sister told police he had been acting in a "disturbed manner," but was released this next morning. by 6:00 p.m., darosa left his child's soccer practice. shortly after, crashing his car. then, police say, he entered a random house where he stabbed 80-year-old patricia slavin and her daughter, kathleen. they were taken to the hospital, where patricia later died. at 6:40 p.m., darosa allegedly then drove that crashed car here to the galleria mall, slamming i

mena, progress has not been that great. and it's still stuck at low levels. now, these countries have big budget deficits, but one advantage many of them have they have accumulated some assets if you look at even their net foreign assets position. many of them have assets which then allows them to have a more gradual pace of adjustment. our message has been that practically for all the oil exporters, they're going to have to do some fiscal adjustment. how fast you have to do it depends on how much buffers you've accumulated. some countries have buffers. can take more gradual approach. some have no choice but to do big adjustment now. just a segue here about latin america. latin america, say, commodity producers and oil producers, say, ecuador, they've also suffered. a lot of commodity producers, let's say colombia, chiles of the world, they've also in some ways been affected by the decline in revenues but not so much. but it's more of a generalized trend for all the commodity exporters times are not as good as they used to be. for mineral exporters the declin

i'm phillip mena. >> i'm diane macedo. a lot of people looking forward to the bachelorette analysis coming up. >>> first tensions rising among the democrats as the primary season starts to wrap up. >> bernie sanders is predicting that the democratic convention could be messy. sanders promised to condemn any form of violence but he said he's hoping to see a platform that reflects the needs of working families, the poor and young. > with hillary clinton expected to clinch the nomination in two weeks, she's now facing some of donald trump's nastiest attacks. the latest from abc's tom llamas. >> reporter: new polls show donald trump with momentum, catching up to hillary clinton. the race now a dead heat. and that momentum not stopping trump from digging up former president bill clinton's past sex scandals. >> i was very nervous. >> reporter: even using the voice of monica lewinsky. the trump campaign posting this video with an image of clinton smoking a cigar and audio of other women who raised accusations about sexual miscond

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i'm phillip mena. >> and i'm diane macedo. i think a lot of people are looking forward to that bachelorette" analysis. we'll have that coming up. >>> first tensions rising among the democrats as the primary season kind of starts to wrap up >> bernie sanders is predicting that the democratic convention could be messy. sanders promised to condemn any form of violence but he said he's hoping to see a platform that reflects the needs of working families, the poor and the young > with hillary clinton expected to clinch the nomination in two weeks, she's now facing some of donald trump's nastiest attacks. we get the latest on that from abc's tom llamas. >> reporter: new polls show donald trump with momentum, catching up to hillary clinton. the race now a dead heat. and that momentum not stopping trump from digging up former president bill clinton's past sex scandals. >> i was very nervous. >> reporter: even using the voice of monica lewinsky. the trump campaign posting this video with an image of clinton smoking a cigar and audio of

here's abc's phillip mena. >> reporter: tonight, new images of that deadly houston shootout. the gas station erupting in flames. the chaos captured during the gunman's rampage. >> the shooter was shooting so much at that gas station area, that the gas station started blowing up. >> reporter: hour houston station ktra now identifying the killer as dionisio garza, an army veteran with four towns in afghanistan. his motive is unknown. the shooting spree began sunday. the gunman went into this auto detail shop, killing a customer. he then used a high powered assault weapon to spray shots around the neighborhood. the shooter even taking aim at a police helicopter, hitting it several times. police yelling for residents to take cover. >> get in your house. >> reporter: this cruiser riddled with an astounding 21 bullets. two officers wounded, four others shot. >> when i had turned around, that's when i noticed that he, luke, really tried to aim for my car. >> reporter: tonight, we know both officers who were shot have been released from the hospital. but at least one person, that goo

>> phillip mena for us tonight. phillip, thank you. >>> and it has been a weekend of gun violence in chicago. at least four people killed, 50 more hurt during shootings across the city. among the four fatalities, 15-year-old veronica lopez, who was a passenger in a car when a second vehicle pulled alongside, a gunman opening fire. lopez later died at the hospital. >>> now, to the long trip home for millions of americans celebrating the holiday weekend away. a computer glitch at new york city's jfk airport causing massive delays. airlines forced to manually check in travelers. and wet weather in the south and along the east coast complicating the trip home for an estimated 34 million americans driving this weekend. here's abc's linsey davis with the latest on today's travel headaches. >> reporter: slow going tonight on america's highways and skyways, as roughly 38 million travelers make their way home on this potentially record-breaking memorial day. >> we are very glad we left early, so we don't have to sit in the t

and even looking at mena has a big range how much gdp ratios bounce around. in advanced countries like non-commodity advanced countries, revenue doesn't very that much as a shared gdp. you do have that in a lot of the commodity producers. and what this has tended to do historically is lead to boom bust cycles. when the money is pouring in, huge increases in spending. and always it's insufficient savings once the collapse comes and you have to have procyclical cuts in budgetary spending. in some ways people think this is how the resource course works. if you look from a long term prospective. norway manages resources well. in terms of the left hand side is saying real income per person. that's gone up in norway over time. for many commodity exporters they're stuck at their level of gdp per capita of the 1970's. this is the kind of story we get. so this in effect leads to this weaker growth. this is just in some sense summarizes. the rest of the world has been having study growth. commodity producers despite having the gift of commodities have done worse. all r

>> all right, phillip mena leading us off. phillip, thanks. let's get right to meteorologist rob marciano. with millions of americans getting ready to travel for the holiday, rob, what's the latest track of these severe storms? >> reporter: well, david, we are far from done from this turbulent week yet. let's get right to the maps and show you where the action is tonight. these storms just beginning to pop now north of oklahoma city, in through wichita. that's where the tornado watch is in effect until 9:00 p.m. looking ahead towards tomorrow, the low that's been creating this consecutive days of storm, finally on the move, and that orange area is the target zone for potentially damaging winds and maybe some tornadoes. east of there, the yellow, more populated areas, dallas, oklahoma city, that's your target zone on friday. this system pumping up the heat. everywhere else to the east, temps 80 to 90 degrees for most people, i think, right into the weekend. an instant taste of summer and we're certainly feeling that early heat here in upper man

i'm phillip mena. >> i'm diane macedo. here are some of the top headlines we're following for you this morning on "world news now." a robot submarine capable of diking 10,000 feet is joining is the search for flight 804 this morning. the fuselage is the focus of the search this morning. the latest just ahead. >>> iraqi troops trying to retake the city of fallujah from isis. the u.s. is providing air support in the effort and in baghdad, security is being beefed up in the green zone after protesters breached the fortified area. >>> 18 hours after a massachusetts cop was killed during a traffic stop, the man accused of shooting him is also dead after a gun battle with police. central massachusetts is in mourning for this veteran police officer. >>> and bringing the audience their feet last night in las vegas. madonna and stevie wonder paying tribute to the prince while kesha delivered her first televised performance with an emotional performance of dob dylan's performance "it ain't me, babe." those are some of our top storie

i'm phillip mena in for kendis gibson. >> i'm diane macedo. let's get right to our top story this morning. a sad one. a massachusetts police officer fatally shot during a routine traffic stop. hours later the suspect jorge zambrano died in a shoot-out with police. >> they say zambrano who had a long criminal record burst out of the closet guns blazing. the officer leaves behind a wife and three children. abc's chuck severson has more. >> officer down, officer down, shots fired, trying to get more. >> reporter: gunshots during a routine traffic stop in massachusetts. >> vehicle has fled is responding rochdale heading towards the direction of lester. >> reporter: police officer ronald tarantino's brothers in blue rushed to the scene but it was too late. shooter was gone and the married father, 42-year-old father of three died at the hospital. >> we are devastated for his family. the residence of auburn have lost a dedicated and brave public servant. >> reporter: immediately police launched a massive man hunt for the suspect. investigators say ta

i'm phillip mena. >> i'm diane macedo. here are some of the top headlines we're following for you this morning on "world news now." a robot submarine capable of diking 10,000 feet is joining is the search for flight 804 this morning. the fuselage is the focus of the search this morning. the latest just ahead. >>> iraqi troops trying to retake the city of fallujah from isis. the u.s. is providing air support in the effort and in baghdad, security is being beefed up in the green zone after protesters breached the fortified area. >>> 18 hours after a massachusetts cop was killed during a traffic stop, the man accused of shooting him is also dead after a gun battle with police. central massachusetts is in mourning for this veteran police officer. >>> and bringing the audience to their feet last night in las vegas. madonna and stevie wonder paying tribute to the prince while kesha delivered her first televised performance with an emotional performance of dob dylan's performance "it ain't me, babe." those are some of our top sto

i'm phillip mena. >> i'm diane macedo. here are some of the top headlines we're following for you this morning on "world news now." a robot submarine capable of diking 10,000 feet is joining is the search for flight 804 this morning. the fuselage is the focus of the search this morning. the latest just ahead. >>> iraqi troops trying to retake the city of fallujah from isis. the u.s. is providing air support in the effort and in baghdad, security is being beefed up in the green zone after protesters breached the fortified area. >>> 18 hours after a massachusetts cop was killed during a traffic stop, the man accused of shooting him is also dead after a gun battle with police. central massachusetts is in mourning for this veteran police officer. >>> and bringing the audience

. >> and i'm phillip mena. we begin with that major announcement by president obama taking a step with normal relationship with an old enemy. >> he announced the end of an arms embargo with the country, something vietnamese leaders had long sought. abc's bob woodruff is traveling with the president and he joins now. >> reporter: good morning, yes some very big news this morning. a short while ago, president obama announced that the u.s. has agreed to lift the long-standing arms embargo which made it illegal to sell lethal weapons to vietnam. that ban is now officially over but there are lingering concerns about vietnam's human rights record. it's interesting that obama was made really to improve the relationship with vietnam not because of china's increasing aggressive ideas in the south china sea. despite that wording china is major concern in he region, china has been converting reefs into artificial islands not far away from the vietnamese coast. so the relationship between these former enemies is improving.

. >> and i'm phillip mena. we begin with that major announcement by president obama taking a step with normal relationship with an old enemy. >> he announced the end of an arms embargo with the country, something vietnamese leaders had long sought. abc's bob woodruff is traveling with the president and he joins now. >> reporter: good morning, yes some very big news this morning. a short while ago, president obama announced that the u.s. has agreed to lift the long-standing arms embargo which made it illegal to sell lethal weapons to vietnam. that ban is now officially over but there are lingering concerns about vietnam's human rights record. it's interesting that obama actually insisted this decision was made really to improve the relationship with vietnam not because of china's increasing aggressive ideas in the south china sea. despite that wording china is major concern in he region, china has been converting reefs into artificial islands not far away from the vietnamese coast. so the relationship between th

so there is a large efficiency thein public investment in mena region. in terms of strengthening institutions. this is not just political -- if youns, but also here,t the inner circle generally, what it is saying, almost every metric you look at, commodity producers have worst -- worse institutions. you consume see what happens. that leads to lower economic growth. fiscal framework, you have to think about scheduled spending and your budget envelope. the second key component is a commitment to transparency that can help make sure that the public understands what government policies are. so these are a couple of things int are important institution building. build adequate buffers. during good times, you need to save. many countries did do some saving. but about 30% of the extra revenues saved. 70% or spent. ideally, spending should grow at a constant rate your fear year. then you don't have to cut spending so much during bad times. in many countries, we are the phase where we will not be a cumulative buffers. we will have to draw down our buffers. and at

here's phillip mena. >> reporter: a quiet holiday weekend shattered when gunfire erupts in an upscale houston neighborhood. two people down. >> reporter: 10:15 a.m. two gunmen armed with ar-15 rifles open fire in the streets, blowing out car windows, igniting a gas station. >> do we believe this is just one or do we think we have two shooters? >> reporter: residents told to stay in their homes as a gun battle raged outside. >> get in your house! >> reporter: video shot from a nearby church. the first officer on the scene shot several times. s.w.a.t. teams and a police chopper move in. gunmen firing on that chopper, even hitting homes. >> female was shot in the leg. >> reporter: one woman shot in her car, another driver killed. a boy scout giving first aid to a wounder officer. >> i asked him to remove his vest, and once he had done that, i wrapped up the wound. >> reporter: eight shot in all. bullets coming just inches from this man. >> it went through that door and then it came through the back seat. >> reporter: night -- right now, police searching for a motive. tom? >> phillip, tha

. >> and i'm phillip mena. let's get right to our top story this half hour. the acquittal of a police officer in the freddie gray case. it calls into question the cases against five other officers charged in the case. >> abc's chuck severe sten has more on the response in baltimore. >> reporter: police keeping a tense quiet on the streets of baltimore, but the anger was up full volume at the courthouse where officer edward nero walked in facing years behind bars and walked out a free man. >> that could be my child. i don't want that for my child. >> police don't go to jail like we do. >> reporter: he was charged with four counts of assaults and endangerment as he held him before he was handcuffed before puttin near row was not in the van that will carried gray as he was placed unrestrained on the floor. somehow his spine was servered. when he died a week later, baltimore exploded in jail. the judge clears officer near row of all charges saying there was no evidence that the defendant intended for a crime to occur. >> had he been found guilty of these crimes,

let's go to phillip mena. >> reporter: tonight, severe weather turning deadly in texas. this chopper in travis county searching for two people trapped in their vehicle feared swept away by fast-moving flood waters. at least three missing and two dead across the state, and dozens of rescues. in conroe, good samaritans using a ladder to rescue a woman stuck in her van, holding on to each other to keep from getting washed away themselves. carrying her to safety. >> i just want to say, thank you so much. they really did save my life. i could have drowned. >> reporter: cattle struggling in neck deep water in waller county. this piano landing on a car showing the power of those waters. in kentucky, sheriff's office dash cams capturing a lightning bolt striking a home in paducah. at least 16 tornadoes reported overnight. more than 100 reported tornadoes across ten states just this week. david, we're in brenham, texas. a record breaking 16 inches of rain falling in just 12 hours. just look what it did to this road. more rain is expected through the holiday weekend. david? >> tha

here's phillip mena. >> reporter: a quiet holiday weekend shattered when gunfire erupts in an upscale houston neighborhood. >> one more down at -- two people down. >> reporter: 10:15 a.m. officers arrive to find two men armed with guns. one an ar-15 rifle. police say at least one suspect opened fire in the streets. blowing out car windows, igniting a gas station. >> do we believe this is just one or do we think we have two shooters? >> reporter: residents told to stay in their homes as a gun battle raged outside. >> get in your house! >> reporter: video shot from a nearby church. where con gregants huddled together for safety. the first officer on the scene shot several times. s.w.a.t. teams and a police chopper move in. gunmen firing on that chopper, even hitting homes. >> female was shot in the leg. >> reporter: one woman shot in her car, another driver killed. a boy scout giving first aid to a wounded officer. >> i asked him to remove his vest, and once he had done that, i wrapped up the wound. >> reporter: eight shot in all. bullets coming just inches from this man. >> the bullent

. >> and i'm phillip mena, in for kendis gibson. we begin with that major announcement by president obama taking a step toward normal relationship with an old enemy. >> president obama is in vietnam right now, where he announced the end of an arms embargo with the country, something vietnamese leaders had long sought. abc's bob woodruff is traveling with the president and he joins now from hanoi. bob? >> reporter: good morning, yes some very big news this morning. a short while ago, president obama announced that the u.s. has agreed to lift the long-standing arms embargo which made it illegal to sell lethal weapons to vietnam. that ban is now officially over although there are lingering concerns about vietnam's human rights record. it is interesting that obama actually insisted that this decision was made really to improve the relationship with vietnam, not because of china's increasing aggressive activities in the south china sea. and despite that wording china is major concern in this region, china has been converting several sout

and we have team coverage on it all, but first, abc's phillip mena with those flood rescuers in woodlands, texas. >> reporter: tonight outside houston, neighborhoods under water, residents scrambling to get out any way they can. >> we're just watching the water. we have nowhere to go. >> reporter: up to 16 inches in 24 hours washing out roads and submerging cars. two dead and now five missing after days of violent storms. in wichita, an 11-year-old boy is missing after being swept away when he fell into a creek trying to cross it. police rescuing a woman who drove around a barricade and got trapped. >> it is amazing they don't tap their brakes, they're just oblivious to it. it puts them and us in harm's way. >> reporter: today rescue crews working around the clock to evacuate people trapped in their homes. >> we woke up surrounded by a lake. >> reporter: in texas, this family on their way to their son's graduation. >> i'm graduating today. we had to get out of here very quickly. >> reporter: in the southeast they're bracing for a messy memorial day weekend. our eva pilgrim is there. >> re

here's phillip mena. >> reporter: this morning, the crackle of gunfire interrupting a quiet morning. >> one more down at -- two people down. >> reporter: 10:15 a.m. officers arrive to find two men armed with guns. one an ar-15 rifle. police say at least one suspect opened fire in the streets. blowing out car windows, igniting a gas station. >> do we believe this is just one or do we think we have two shooters? >> reporter: residents told to stay in their homes as a gun battle raged outside. >> get in your house! >> reporter: video shot from inside a nearby church. where congregants huddled together for safety. the first officer on the scene shot several times. s.w.a.t. teams and a police chopper move in. gunmen firing on that chopper, even hitting homes. >> female was shot in the leg. >> reporter: one woman shot in her car, another driver killed. a boy scout giving first aid to a wounded officer. >> i asked him to remove his vest, and once he had done that, i wrapped up the wound. >> reporter: eight shot in all. bullets coming just inches from this man. >> the bullet came through tha

abc's phillip mena is in san marcos, texas. >> reporter: tonight, funnel clouds dropping from florida skies. powerful thunderstorms flooding streets and damaging homes. this as millions in the south brace for severe weather. from oklahoma to texas -- twisters. and huge hail. shirting with hitting with the force of major league fastballs, cracking this stormchaser's along with all of this, days of heavy rain stranding drivers. >> the heavy rains have left the west side of corpus christi. severely flooded, as you can see here on kostoryz, 18-wheelers and suvs are having a hard time driving through. >> reporter: tonight, along the blanco river, residents are watching the skies closely. rivers and streams are already at capacity and anymore rain could lead to flash flooding. david? >> it's been a rough couple of days. phillip, thank you. we're tracking it again tonight with rob. >> reporter: david, a couple of spots with heavy action tonight. we start with the threat in texas. this watch is up until 10:00 p.m. so, heavy winds and hail, but rain is going to be an issue. saturated area. hou

abc's phillip mena is in the tornado zone with the stunning images already. >> reporter: officials declaring a tornado emergency. >> big, big tornado on the ground. >> reporter: as a violent outbreak unfolds in the plains. multiple twisters in ford county, kansas, alone. preliminary reports say one at least a half-mile wide. >> it's fixing to barrel that house. >> reporter: veteran storm chaser brett adair dangerously chose, as a home gets sucked in. >> seeing the house literally come apart in front of me, i've never seen anything like that before. >> reporter: winds estimated at at least 135 miles per hour. next to that motor nher tornado, an unpredictable satellite twister. >> it was like a side winder, you didn't know which way it was going to go from one point to the next. oh, my god. >> reporter: in their wake, flipped big rigs. huge propane tanks tossed into the road. another tornado shredding homes in bristow, oklahoma. gary roberts's family racing to their cellar as it approached. >> i heard all the lumber start just ripping apart, and i knew what was going on. >> reporter: then scra

but first, let's go to phillip mena, with the frantic rescues captured on video. >> reporter: tonight, severe weather turning deadly in texas. this chopper in travis county searching for two people trapped in their vehicle feared swept away by fast-moving flood waters. at least three missing and two dead across the state, and dozens of rescues. in conroe, good samaritans using a ladder to rescue a woman stuck in her van, holding on to each other to keep from getting washed away themselves. carrying her to safety. >> i just want to say, thank you so much. they really did save my life. i could have drowned. >> reporter: cattle struggling in neck deep water in waller county. >> flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. >> reporter: this piano landing on a car showing the power of those waters. in kentucky, sheriff's office dash cams capturing a lightning bolt striking a home in paducah. at least 16 tornadoes reported overnight. more than 100 reported tornadoes across ten states just this week. david, we're in brenham, texas. a record-breaking 16 inches of rain falling in under 12 hour

and we have team coverage on it all, but first, abc's phillip mena with those flood rescuers in woodlands, texas. >> reporter: tonight outside houston, neighborhoods under water, residents scrambling to get out any way they can. >> we're just watching the water. we have nowhere to go. >> reporter: up to 16 inches in 24 hours washing out roads and submerging cars. two dead and now five missing after days of violent storms. in wichita, an 11-year-old boy is missing after being swept away when he fell into a creek trying to cross it. police rescuing a woman who drove around a barricade and got trapped. >> it is amazing they don't tap their brakes, they're just oblivious to it. it puts them and us in harm's way. >> reporter: today rescue crews working around the clock to evacuate people trapped in their homes. >> we woke up surrounded by a lake. >> reporter: in texas, this family on their way to their son's graduation. >> i'm graduating today. quickly. >> reporter: in the southeast they're bracing for a messy memorial day weekend. our eva pilgrim is there. >> reporter: we're starting to see t

abc's phillip mena reports. >> reporter: the crackle of gunfire erupting in a houston neighborhood. >> one more down at -- two people down. >> reporter: 10:15 a.m. officers arrive to find two men armed with guns. one an ar-15 rifle. police say at least one of the suspects opened fire in the streets, blowing out car windows and igniting a gas station. >> do we believe this is just one or do we think we have two shooters? >> reporter: residents told to stay in their homes as a gun battle raged outside. >> get in your house! >> come in those outside windows. >> reporter: video shot from inside a nearby church where congregants huddled together for safety. the first officer on the scene shot several times. s.w.a.t. teams and a police chopper move in. gunmen firing on that chopper, even hitting homes. >> female was shot in the leg. >> reporter: one woman shot in her car, another driver killed. nicolas, a boy scout, giving first aid to a wounded officer. >> i asked him to remove his vest, and once he had done that, i wrapped up the wound on either side of his leg. >> reporter: eight shot in

abc's phillip mena reports. >> reporter: the crackle of gunfire erupting in a houston neighborhood. a quiet morning. >> one more down at -- two people down. >> reporter: 10:15 a.m. officers arrive to find two men armed with guns. one an ar-15 rifle. police say at least one of the suspects opened fire in the streets, blowing out car windows and igniting a gas station. >> do we believe this is just one or do we think we have two shooters? >> reporter: residents told to stay in their homes as a gun battle raged outside. >> get in your house! >> come in those outside windows. >> reporter: video shot from inside a nearby church where congregants huddled together for safety. the first officer on the scene shot several times. s.w.a.t. teams and a police chopper move in. gunmen firing on that chopper, even hitting homes. >> female was shot in the leg. >> reporter: one woman shot in her car, another driver killed. nicolas, a boy scout, giving first aid to a wounded officer. >> i asked him to remove his vest, and once he had done that, i wrapped up the wound on either side of his leg. >> repo

abc's phillip mena leads us off from the storm zone tonight. >> reporter: tonight, flash floods bringing a deadly wall of water. nearly eight inches of rain in texas. waters rising to roof level in mere minutes. >> need ems at timber, multiple units, ems timber. >> reporter: a grandmother and her four great grandchildren, all under 9 years old, unable to escape. >> we're going to probably need possibly dive team to walk the back of this house due to the proximity to the creek. >> reporter: neighbors say they heard the screams, but couldn't reach them, because the water was too deep. >> well, i seen the children in the water crying and going on, and i seen, like, their head. but the water was so high, they went under. we couldn't -- there was nothing we could do. >> there it is! >> reporter: overnight, twisters ripping across texas and oklahoma. chris allen reaching his six kids just in time. >> luckily we wasn't in there. so, we just stayed at the school, they have a safe room up there, and we waited until the storm passed, and this is what we come back to. >> reporter: when the storm wa

but first, abc's phillip mena in texas tonight. >> reporter: in texas, the rivers are rising and the records are falling. >> this is at a critical stage here, because this water is just about out of its banks. >> reporter: we toured the devastated neighborhoods in richmond. residents helplessly watching floodwaters creep to their doorsteps. how bad is it right now? >> real bad. i was here last night, i haven't slept all night. >> reporter: in booth, they're packing up and moving out. >> my husband came home at 5:00 this morning and said, "get out of bed, get your clothes and let's get out of here." >> reporter: the town of thompsons cut off. the main road in now a river. i'm about two miles away from where the banks of the brazos river should be. instead, it's right here. the river is cresting today at nearly 54 feet, the highest level in more than 20 years. the floodwaters infested with fire ants, water moccasins and debris. families trying to save livestock. horses in simonton. >> there they are, all ten of them. >> reporter: sheltering on this home's front porch. parts of texas, s

abc's phillip mena is in the tornado zone with the stunning images already. >> reporter: officials declaring a tornado emergency. >> big, big tornado on the ground. >> reporter: as a violent outbreak unfolds in the plains. multiple twisters in ford county, kansas, alone. preliminary reports say on >> it's fixing to barrel that house. >> reporter: veteran storm chaser brett adair dangerously chose, as a home gets sucked in. >> seeing the house literally come apart in front of me, i've never seen anything like that before. >> reporter: winds estimated at at least 135 miles per hour. next to that motor nher tornado, an unpredictable satellite twister. >> it was like a side winder, you didn't know which way it was going to go from one point to the next. oh, my god. >> reporter: in their wake, flipped big rigs. huge propane tanks tossed into the road. another tornado shredding homes in bristow, oklahoma. gary roberts's family racing to their cellar as it approached. >> i heard all the lumber start just ripping apart, and i knew what was going on. >> reporter: then scrambling to save the dozens of

abc's phillip mena is in san marcos, texas. >> reporter: tonight, funnel clouds dropping from florida skies. powerful thunderstorms flooding streets and damaging homes. this as millions in the south brace for severe weather. from oklahoma to texas -- twisters. and huge hail. hitting with the force of major league fastballs, cracking this stormchaser's windshield. along with all of this, days of heavy rain stranding drivers. >> the heavy rains have left the west side of corpus christi. severely flooded, as you can see here on kostoryz, 18-wheelers and suvs are having a hard time driving through. >> reporter: the area getting more than a foot of rain in 48 hours. and more on the way. tonight, along the blanco river, residents here are watching the skies closely. rivers and streams are already at capacity, and anymore rain could lead to flash flooding. david? >> it's been a rough couple of days. phillip, thank you. and we're tracking it again tonight with rob. hey, rob. >> reporter: david, a couple of spots with heavy action tonight. we start with the severe weather threat in texas. this

abc's phillip mena is in san marcos, texas. >> reporter: tonight, funnel clouds dropping from florida skies. powerful thunderstorms flooding streets and damaging homes. this as millions in the south brace for severe weather. from oklahoma to texas -- twisters. and huge hail. shirting with hitting with the force of major league fastballs, cracking this stormchaser's windshield. along with all of this, days of heavy rain stranding drivers. >> the heavy rains have left the west side of corpus christi. severely flooded, as you can see here on kostoryz, 18-wheelers and suvs are having a hard time driving through. >> reporter: tonight, along the blanco river, residents are watching the skies closely. rivers and streams are already at capacity and anymore rain could lead to flash flooding. david? >> it's been a rough couple of days. phillip, thank you. we're tracking it again tonight with rob. >> reporter: david, a couple of spots with heavy action tonight. we start with the threat in texas. this watch is up until 10:00 p.m. so, heavy winds and hail, but rain is going to be an issue. saturat

my name is mena... collette jodi stacy learn more at cancercenter.com/caremanager appointments available now. ♪ charles: the market selling off big time. being blamed on stronger than expected price index. the street is looking for three tenths. core inflation was in line with consensus. the headline was the highest since february of 2013, hence the anxiety over surging inflation. the fed is not going to wait, but they are still far enough away from the target that a rate hike probably is still off until 2017. moreover, the biggest surge in energy starts a slowdown. now, there were several areas were costs were lower. furniture and things like that, 20 percent of what we would layout is down. used cars and trucks down 3 percent. apparel and close down as well. i am surprised with today's session and yesterday's session. iyesterday's session. i did not think we would be up or down this much, but the fed is not going to raise rates, and our economy by the same token is not surging ahead. keeping our hea

my name is mena... collette jodi stacy learn more at cancercenter.com/caremanager appointments available now. charles: former presidential candidate mitt romney has found himself in the center of a third party campaign, well, recruitment effort, if you will. he had a meeting, in fact, with the weekly standard's bill kristol. romney says he's not interested in running for the president. kristol, though, he thinks his support in an independent campaign could be crucial no matter what. back with me, danny helper, ebony williams, carl higbe. mitt romney to the rescue, how do you see that playing out? >> absolutely not. [laughter] he was rejected when he came out, when he spoke out against trump, overwhelmingly rejected by many of the people who are now the bulk of the people. i think it's terrible for the republican party, it's going to draw another line of division. i think trump will still win, and at the end of the day, the republican party's going to be left in ashes. charles: you know, ebony, i think a

. >> reporter: and that was abc philip mena with that report. >>> philadelphia police are looking for a person shot and killed the 26-year-old man. the victim was hit by several bullets and staggered two blocks before collapsing. the shots were fired in the 2000 block of south 66th street in southwest philadelphia. >>> doctors at penn presbyterian hospital were not able to save the victim. >>> this morning philadelphia police are searching for the man who held up a supermarket at gunpoint. the suspect walked into the acme on the 7700 block of crintot street in chestnut hill. he pointed the gun at the cashier and demanded money and ran away with the crash. police are reviewing security video. >>> a motorcyclist is in critical condition after a crash on the boulevard. he lost control in the feltonville sexuality 12:30 a.m. is no -- feltonville section 12:30 a.m. no word on what caused the crash. >>> police arrest a dozen people outside the donald trump rally in san diego, california. that comes when the presumptive gop nominee said he will not debate bernie sanders. >>> donald trump tol

bernie sanders is actually stronger with mena and overall request the l with the electorate. >> the rasmussen shows sanders beating trump, trump beating hillary. it looks like they're getting ready to nominate the wrong candidate. the answer is yes. in the nbc poll, 15 points. >> if you just wanted to win, if that's all you thought about, you'd pick him. >> doug, does it hurt you a little bit -- >> he's a socialist. >> the two of you just said something akin to bernie sanders is atop your party. >> everybody here, certainly, i, thought hillary would cruise to the nomination. >> be coronated. >> coronated. >> and that the election against trump would be easy. that conclusion was wrong. i think we all see that this is going to be a very tough election for all sides, very close, with the american people probably more dissatisfied with their choice than anything else. >> i'm going to ask this question. the bernie voters who are ticked off at hillary, are they fair game for trump? >> yes. >> therefore, to prevent that, why doesn't hillary pick bernie, unite the whole thing. >> she's going to have

if he doesn't have the conspiracy theory mena, arkansas, whitewater blue dress voter already, we're missing something. those are his people already. >> yeah. >> but, you know, beyond that group, not as much. >> rick wilson. thank you very much. >>> coming up, what happens when you miss your moment. the long steep fall of chris christie. that story after this break. . >>> cast your mind back to a different time almost five years ago. it was the fall of 2011 when new jersey governor chris christie was in demand. republicans seeing them as their last great hope, lobbying him to enter the presidential race. the pressure became so intense christie addressed the issue at a press conference in trenton. by november of the next year, his ratings in the blue state of new jersey were a whopping 67% -- 77%. later he rode that wave of popularity to a second term winning by a landslide and cementing his reputation as a republican star. now 2 1/2 years and one bridge scandal later, chris christie is occupying a different space in the republican party in new jersey. after dropping out of the gop primary ra

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