tank fire south of dallas. and for the first time in three seasons, a texas rangers home game was rained out. for two days, this massive storm system hovering over the heartland, bringing tornadoes and whiteout conditions. forcing the cancellation of nearly 450 flights at dallas-ft. worth and another 850 in at denver international. more than a foot falling there. and in nearby pinecliffe, a whopping 50 inches. the blinding storm causing multiple wrecks along interstate 70. and tonight, a new danger for drivers. deeply flooded roadways. here in dallas, they're bracing for more torrential rain. for the next 24 hours, and all of the water will cause the trinity river to flood later tonight. tom? >> thank you. >>> let's get right to rob marciano. you were telling me earlier, this is a dangerous and slow-moving system. >> yes, and because of the great weather most of the eastern part of the country is enjoying, it's a textbook omega block. you can see, it's in the shape of the greek letter omega. any storm bumping into it is really slow to move. dumping snow across colorado, and rain a

. authorities call her the mastermind behind a murder for hire plot that left a dallas dentist dead. the arrest came 48 hours after most wanted list. abc's phillip mena. >> tonight, the capture of a fugitive, after seven months on the run, brenda delgado now under arrest in northern mexico. the suspected mastermind behind the death of the dallas dentist, who was gunned down in the garage. the motive for the plot, investigators say, jealousy. hatcher was dating delgado's former boyfriend. >> it was a murder for hire. >> reporter: police say the suspected hit man seen on this surveillance camera was promised drugs in exchange for killing hatcher. that man and an alleged getaway driver was arrested. but delgado fled shortly after police questioned her. >> what's left is to bring her to justice. >> reporter: investigators believe that she was hiding out in her native mexico. >> by placing her on the top ten list, it placed pressure on the mexicans to pick her up. partly expedite the extradition process will >> reporter: to make a deal, for her extradition, u.s. officials agreed to take the death pe

, says, let's go. dallas on the verge of a victory this afternoon. so this win, even more important. adams, rebound. morrow, fouled by capela. on a three-point attempt. capela has just fouled out. capela, an excellent game. his stats, nine points, four rebounds. and six blocked shots. >> jeff: he was terrific. if i'm oklahoma city, i'm going to make all three, and grab howard as the third free throw is in the air, to make him shoot the free throws at the other end. >> mark: it's called taking advantage of the rules. >> mike: morrow, not taking advantage of the free-throw line opportunity. capela fouls out for the third time this season. capela, only 21 years old. >> jeff: he's come so far. they've done a great job here with him in houston. >> mike: capela, whose parents are from angola and the congo. but he was born in switzerland. high school years in paris and france. now, in his second year in the nba in houston. morrow hits 2 of 3. and j.b. bickerstaff is going to use one of his time-outs. six-point game, 25.1 remaining. it's usually a lot of time. but the thunder, out of time-o

gifted and talented in dallas leading the nation for the fifth year in a row. schools in arizona dallas again. u.s. news and world report ranks the schools on test scores, graduation rates and preparing students for college. >>> and look at this royal duel on the set of the new "star wars." princes william and harry saber to saber in the studio outside london. the brothers both big fans, even got hugs from chewbacca. then posed with the cast. no word yet if they'll make a cameo in the next film. >>> and finally, a shoutout to michael strahan. he'll be expanding his role on "gma," joining full-time in september, after wrapping up his fourth season with kelly ripa on "live." can't wait to have him on the team every day. >>> and when we come back, father and son, the bond bigger than baseball. worth more than millions of dollars. the star slugger tells us why walking away from the game was an easy decision. proof of less joint pain.his is a body of proof. and clearer skin. this is my body of proof that i can fight psoriatic arthritis ...with humira. humira works by targeting and helping to

east. dallas gets into the heavy rain tomorrow afternoon. houston and austin, severe weather. tom, i think we'll see some flooding across the red river valley. >>> next to a critical weekend in the race for the white house. ted cruz working the delegate math in wyoming today, sweeping the state's 14 open delegates. meantime, donald trump campaigning in upstate new york, offering tough talk for ted cruz and unveiling his new nickname for hillary clinton. abc's devin dwyer with the trump campaign today. >> reporter: tonight, donald trump on his home turf in new york. >> i have that same beautiful little twang as you do. >> reporter: affixing a new nickname to fellow new yorker hillary clinton. >> not controlled by the special interests, by the lobbyists. and they control crooked hillary and they control lyin' ted cruz, right? >> reporter: with a seemingly insurmountable lead in new york, trump's eye is on the gop convention in july, issuing a blunt new warning tonight to the republican party about those critical delegates. >> because i'll tell you what, you're going to have a rough jul

: tonight, a warning for women. in seconds, this thief in dallas, swooping in, snatching a purse out this car outside of a daycare. the twist -- it's not just the cash in your wallet they're after, it's debit cards, checkbooks, bank statements, i.d.s, anything they can use to empty your bank account. >> a van next to me opened their door and grabbed my purse out of my car. from then on, it's been a nightmare. >> reporter: it's part of a nationwide crime ring. targeting parks, gyms, and stores. the group is called the felony lane gang because they take the stolen checks to the furthest lane at the bank. making it hard for the teller to this woman in kentucky, disguised in a wig. caught on surveillance three different times cashing other people's checks. >> they move through the area really quickly, anywhere from a few days to a few weeks is all they stay in one area. >> reporter: with hundreds of thieves in dozens of states, police say it's nearly impossible to stop this crime ring. and a warning tonight -- it's not just good enough to hide your belongings in your car. you shouldn't leave

record. one of the teams that had the record was the dallas mavericks nba championship team in 2011. jason terry had 9 of their 23's in that barnes shoots. howard to rebound. >> mike: game five will be wednesday. as brewer throws it up and in. the number one good news is regarding steph curry. there'll be some anxious days ahead to see how curry responds to treatment, especially how he works tomorrow spraining his knee. >> jeff: would you be surprised if he played in game five up 3-1? >> mark: i would be surprised. this is a very good basketball team but to win it all you need the help of steph curry. because the competition is going to be better in this houston rockets team. >> jeff: the second round in the western conference is going to earlier, captain obvious? >> jeff: yes. >> mark: just take a shot at me, mike. >> jeff: mike is subtle. i liked that. you win. >> mark: you guys so far in the first round of the playoffs. either a positive or negative. what's been the biggest surprise in the first round? drives and finishes. >> jeff: the indiana pacers playing well against the toro

. abc's phillip mena is north of dallas tonight. >> reporter: terrifying storms blasting baseball-sized hail, families running for cover outside dallas. >> get in there. find the cat. >> reporter: donna ruth cole getting her son to safety as giant hailstones shatter windows. >> i was a little bit worried, but i didn't have any clue it was going to be to that magnitude. >> so scared. >> it's okay, i'm with you. >> reporter: john cavallo covering his daughter in a towel, getting to an interior room. glass exploding nearby. >> that's the moment when you know, oh, my god, something's really going on here. >> reporter: tonight, that same living room, shredded. damaging winds extending to arkansas. and lightning a church in eldorado, arkansas. and this is all that's left of the church. burned to the ground. the storms bringing flooding overnight to mississippi. >> that might be a totaled car. >> reporter: but by far, texas was worst hit. sara and her daughter trapped in their car out in the open. >> and then the back window just completely shattered through. it was the scariest thing i've eve

on an american airlines flight from dallas to memphis thought they were going meet their maker when the plane ran into severe weather. >> we had some severe turbulence. an aircraft had to divert. >> reporter: a drink cart went flying and hurt two flight attendants. >> this guy behind me, he's saying, are we going down, are we going down? and he goes, i got kids. i said, sir, i said, i promise you, this aircraft is 100% safe, and everything is fine. >> reporter: here's something else we're seeing -- roads like this one that have been washed away. you could fit a truck in here, and with more rain coming, more of this is much more likely. david? >> all right, steve, thanks very much. let's get to chief meteorologist ginger zee now with the trouble spot at this hour, and then it all moves east. >> reporter: moves east and moves east slowly. that's going to be key in this. let's take it straight to the maps, david. severe thunderstorm watches from central louisiana up through south-central kentucky. tornado watch for most of the state of mississippi. and i've seen really intense pictures

the murder of a dallas dentist in september. police now believe she is in mexico. the fbi now offering a $100,000 reward tonight. >>> the nba legend fighting for gay rights this evening. hall of famer charles barkley saying the 2017 all-star game should be moved out of charlotte, north carolina. barkley reacting to the state's new law preventing communities from passing anti-discrimination measures there. >>> to the new "star wars" trailer tonight. "rogue one: a star wars story." wracking up 12 million views already. fans going frame by frame for clues. one of the big questions tonight, is this a quick glimpse of darth vader? let us know what you think. >>> when we come back here tonight, america strong. he's just 4 years old, and what he did with his mother's iphone that saved her life. mary buys a little lamb. one of millions of orders on this company's servers. accessible by thousands of suppliers and employees globally. but with cyber threats on the rise, mary's data could be under attack. with the help of the at&t network, a network that senses and mitigates cyber threats

truck driver shot this image north of dallas. that twister later slammed right into his truck. he did survive it. strong wind and rain, too. dangerous driving in oklahoma. and flash floods, trapping a family of nine in kansas. ginger is standing by tonight. abc's fill limb mephillip mena, texas. >> tornado on the ground! >> reporter: tonight, the threat is far from over after a deadly night. northwest of houston, a 62-year-old woman killed when this tree fell on her house before dawn. gilbert hill lives next door. >> just heard a big boom, and all of a sudden, all the lights went out and that was it. >> reporter: by daybreak, choppers revealing a tangled mess of downed power lines and mangled homes. >> it is getting super nasty here. >> reporter: the death comes after an intense 24 hours across 11 states. >> we are getting 70 to 80-mile-an-hour west winds, guys. >> reporter: at least four injured north of dallas, all in vehicles. trucker gene marshall catching this flash of a funnel cloud, coming right at him. winds blowing his truck over. firefighters rushing to cut him out. here in

ball-sized hail north of dallas. you see that cell to the southeast. watch box up until 9:00 p.m. all the storms fan out and spread out towards the south and east overnight. mostly a hail and rain threat. early on. the rain across the northern part of the front, a messy morning commute, but all rain and no snow, finally getting temperatures up into the 60s, about where we should be for this time of year, david. >> a tough drive tomorrow morning. rob, thank you. >>> we move next to new orleans tonight, a city in morning after the death of a super bowl champion. will smith, former saints defensive end, killed in what authorities say right now appears to be a case of possible road rage. him in court today. abc's ryan smith in new orleans tonight. >> she shot? >> reporter: tonight, new details emerging about the shocking death of former nfl star will smith. police charging the alleged shooter, cardell hayes, with second degree murder, saying he shot smith in the torso and back. and new video of the chaotic moments after. one voice ringing out, his wife raquel, caught in the cross fir

and his mother's hero. 4-year-old camden vaughn, home in dallas with his baby brother. when all of a sudden, he senses something's gone terribly wrong. his mom, misty, thinks she has the flu, she has a fever. she passes out. >> it was reading 105 on my thermometer and that's the last thing i remember. >> reporter: camden acts quickly. he finds his mother's iphone and unlocks it. at the top of the list there, jeremy, his dad, he sees the picture and taps the phone. >> tapped the phone and the star -- >> and the star. >> and the picture. >> hit the picture. >> he said, daddy, i need you to come home, mommy can't get in the bath because she can't wake >> reporter: his father calls 911. her doctor says camden called just in time, believing misty was having a seizure. >> it saved her life. it really did save her life. >> reporter: tonight, mom and the entire family back home, and right there with her, the son who helped save her life. thank you for watching here on a thursday night. i'm david uh, hello geico?... yeah, i was just talking about your emergency roadside service and how it's a

, including dallas. the future radar shows the storms developing throughout the evening. and then squall lines developing on top of that. all pushes to the east. and tomorrow, less of a threat, but getting into highly populated areas. so, a two-day event here. and the storms that pop this evening, david, will last into dark hours, and that's when it really becomes dangerous. david? >> all right, rob marciano with us tonight. rob, thank you. >>> we're going to turn to the breaking news in the race for the white house and the crucial primaries for both parties tonight. donald trump with a sweep and hillary clinton winning two states so far. the polls are now closed in these five states tonight. hundreds of delegates were at stake. the first results are now in. based on analysis of the exit polls, abc news projecting donald trump will win in pennsylvania. trump also projected to be the winner in maryland tonight. in addition to maryland, he's going to win in connecticut, based on exit polling. so far, rhode island, also in the trump column. and we can say that donald trump will win in delaw

of day days. on sunday, san antonio, dallas to oklahoma city and this is where we could get flooding problems as we get three days of heavy rain and a lot of moisture from the gulf and the possibility for up to six to eight inches of rain. now a closer loo ahead. so, today, no problems whatsoever, houston, dallas and oklahoma city. and eastern colorado, at risk of severe threat. more your garden variety as we go throughout your afternoon. and the one thing we didn't mention was how great it's going to be. this is your reward weekend. >> that's some of the best news. >> we got to think about the people that don't have it as nice. >> for those of you that do, lucky people out there. happy friday. >>> and then there's this. a charles manson desipal gets patrol on her 20th attempt. >>> a cunoodling couple without a care in the world. you're watching "early today." see me. see me. don't stare at me. see me. see me. see me to know that psoriasis is just something that i have. i'm not contagious. see me to know that... ...i won't stop until i find what works. . see me. see me. on my way. fi

. rob marciano is live in dallas tonight, in the storm zone. you told us a warning about violent, long track tornadoes? this is serious where are yeah, it sht tell you how serious they are taking this. and the pattern is full. take a look. three impulses on a strengthening jet stream. the first one hitting chicago right now with the thunderstorms. want next one in the plains is stronger. it has all the ingredients for an outbreak from dallas, to wichita, lincoln, nebraska, big time hail. tornadoes that may go in the dark nss hours. and it pushes to the east wednesday. tomorrow will bring the most violent storms stnchts rob hasan know, thank you. >>> in ohio tonight, an urgent man hunt is now widenening after eight members of the same family for willed. authorities saying it was automobile well played. investigators the telling other family members now to arm themselves. and officials just confirming a facebook threat that might have been made against one of the victims beforehand, the youngest victim, just 16 years old. abc's alex perez on the scene. >> reporter: tonight, the manhunt i

hits 7,000th career free throw, first for a 7 footer. he would need it though. dallas out last utah 101-92. the mavs clinch the 7th seed while the jazz find themselves in a tie for the final spot. and okc and westbrook honored kobe on his final road game of his career. >> quite a welco on the road there, light? but it was westbrook who put on a show, posting a triple double by half time. his leading 1eth triple kubl this season. had thund gier crushed the lakers 112-79. washington national star, bryce harper must have been hungry when he stole second base. he did it with his batting gloves in his mouth. the national won 6-4. ans for the shot ofshad it day, we head t las vegas and where else? the harlem globe trotters and a vegas native in his f st attempts on toponf a parking garage. surprised it didn't shatter the it back board. >>> just ahead, winter is coming. >>> plnaus, jimmy fallon got hisr hands on a top secret video oat of north korea and you don't want to miss this. my psoriatic arthritis caused joint pain. just like my moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. and i was wor

marciano is live in dallas tonight, in the storm zone. you told us a warning about violent, long track tornadoes? this is serious. >> reporter: yeah, that should tell you how serious they are taking this. 3679 definitely the most dangerous threat so far this year. and the pattern is full. take a look. three impulses on a strengthening jet stream. the first one hitting chicago right now with the severe thunderstorms. that watch up until 10:00 p.m. the next one in the plains is stronger. it has all the ingredients for a severe outbreak, nearly all the way in tornado alley. from dallas, to wichita, lincoln, nebraska, big time hail. likely large tornadoes that may go in the darkness hours. and this threat pushes to the east wednesday. tomorrow by far will bring the most violent storms. david? >> rob marciano on the watch live in dallas. rob, thank you. >>> in ohio tonight, an urgent manhunt is now widening after eight members of the same family were killed, authorities now revealing it was all well planned. the murders in four separate homes. investigators telling other family members now

stretches all the way down into texas, including dallas. the future radar shows the st m storms developing throughout the evening. all pushes to the east. tomorrow, less of a threat, but getting into highly populated areas. the storms that pop this evening, david, will last into dark hours, and that's when it really becomes dangerous. david? >> meteorologist rob marciano with us tonight. rob, our thanks to you, as well. >>> in the meantime tonight, we turn to the race for the white house. crucial primaries for both parties tonight. the polls still open in these five states, hundreds of delegates at stake. donald trump, favored going into tonight and n the states we had polls for. ted cruz and john kasich, teaming up, trying to keep him from getting the magic number before the convention. though, tonight, stumbling when asked about their collaboration. the new exit polls coming in already from the three largest primary states tonight, showing 69% of republican voters do not want a contested convention, saying whoever has the most votes should win the nomination. abc's tom llamas outside tru

texas the next two days and give them a break. this morning, over ft. worth and dallas area waking everybody up in the middle of the night and same for you in san angelo and pushing toward the waco area. not severe storms but lightning with them and cause minor problems. the worst is over with in ft. worth and almost in the dallas area so we will continue to track these storms over corsicana. today a slight risk of severe storms redeveloping later on today. over 6,000 people to abilene. this is pushing down victoria and lake charles and 18 million people. tornado threat is low today and wind damage is the greatest concern. as far as rainfall the haeeavie rain around sioux city. we are still beautiful. the east coast looks great today. the west coast continues with your stellar weather also. so we are finally clearing it out. amarillo to lubbock looking okay for the daylight hours. east texas watch a complex of storms this morning. north of it chance of storms from iowa to illinois. it will rain sooner or later on the east coast but most likely friday. >> just in time for the weeken

are no report of any injuries. >>> and in dallas, texas. that frightening sound, severe weather set off tornado sirens and that weather system dumping rain all over that area. some drivers who were out in the storm -- look at that -- their windows cracked by huge hail. >>> at least seven people are now dead after a building collapsed in kenya's capital. rescuers are trying to reach survivors in nairobi. the six story building collapsed yesterday after heavy rain and flooding. but at this point, it is not clear how many people may still be trapped in that rubble. >>> the first zika virus-related death has been reported in the united states. officials if had puerto rico say a 70-year-old man died in february from a rare the fda has just approved the first commercial testing for zika which may speed up diagnosis. and parents could have results within days instead of weeks. >> if you look at the continental united states, we're still getting more and more of what we call travel-related cases. people infected elsewhere be it south america, central america, or the caribbean who get infect

torrential downpours now in dallas. look at this video just in. this is in dallas, texas. this is the commute in this morning. excuse me. it is a mess. also, cleburne, texas, heavy rain and lightning coming down in the parking lot there. let's go to verification on the ray radar. the heaviest storms have passed. unfortunately, on their way to houston again. we're going to be looking at more heavy rain. cyprus creek, already crested it's currently at 125 feet. that is crazy levels. look at what we're expecting today. we do have flash flood watches in effect for 9 million people, as more storms come in. we've got all this moisture coming out of the gulf. here's the first round of storms. the front starts to push down. we have a low pressure system developing. more rain comes in tonight, on into tomorrow. houston sees even more rain. look at this, over the next two days, we're expecting anywhere from one to three inches of rain. locally, could be anywhere from three to four inches, between houston and alexandria. flooding, still going to be a we're going to get to your local >>ngnice looking mor

dallas. a bird strike caused the plane to head back to seattle shortly after takeoff. tom costello covers aviation for us. good morning. >> good morning. the nose of the aircraft is also called the radar dome. it houses the weather radar, which provides information to the cockpit crew. bird strikes happen weekly, sometimes daily. you don't want to fly the plane if there's any chance that your weather radar antenna has been damaged. >> watching this american airlines flight make an emergency landing back at sea-tac. >> tense moments captured on live television, our nbc affiliate covering this american airlines flight as it was forced to land shortly after takeoff, after a bird strike. >> looks like we hit some birds on takeoff. we're going to need to go back >> 126 passengers and six crew members were on board headed from seattle to dallas when one or possibly several birds struck the nose of the plane. less than an hour later, the aircraft landed safely back at sea-tac and taxied to the gate. severe damage across the nose, a dent stretching nearly two feet. >> do you need your nose