from florida to wisconsin. kansas to virginia. this may look like a busy game of poke go, it is not. it was a dangerous afternoon in the midwest. torrential rain, and relentless hail. >> oh, my gosh. >> reporter: terrifying winds gusting to more than 0 miles per hour in the midwest. hundreds of thousands without power as trees smash into homes taking out traffic lights. watch as a breathe spinup takes shape in this time-lapse video from st. louis, missouri. in lancaster, pennsylvania, four inches of rain falling in less than two hours. emergency workers rescuing people from their homes. highways shut down in both directions. and the cows, watch as they helplessly bob in the rushing water struggling but finally emerging safe on the other side. and in pensacola, florida, folks on the beach running for cover. three waterspouts swirling over the gulf of mexico. now you've seen how powerful the storms could be. that energy moves to the south along the southern part of the cold front. if you're driving i-40 o dangerous winds and, of course, hail possible. same thing as we go into the afte

. a civil emergency and flash flood emergency for wisconsin and minnesota. there you see the line extending all the way down to kansas city where they're getting rough stuff and flood warnings posted as the water continues to rise 6 to 9 inches already falling from kansas city to our severe weather outlook tore today and stretches into chicago tomorrow. - typical july weather - no big changes coming today: partly cloudy. a bit more humid. stray mountain storm. highs: 85-88 winds: se 5-10 mph tonight: isolated shower. mild and muggy. patchy fog. lows: 69-73 winds: se 5 mph wednesday: very humid. partly sunny. scattered thunderstorms. highs: 84-87 winds: s 5 mph >>> much more ahead this morning. pokemon nation, the game that has millions searching for virtual characters across the country but now experts saying they could pose some real-life danger. come on back. a dvt blood clot. what about my wife... ...what we're building together... ...and could this happen again? i was given warfarin in the hospital, but wondered, was this the best treatment for me? i spoke to my doctor and she

. >>> let's go outside to ginger. >> i found tara and daunte from wisconsin celebrating their ninth anniversary so happy anniversary. it's a little sweaty out here, isn't it this morning. >> yes. >> the heat index 87 in new york city but look what's happening close to nashville, tennessee. water rescues going on. 6 to even 8 inches of rain falling quickly in the last couple of hours so this is happening right now with those flash flood warnings in parts of kentucky and tennessee and we'll see some rain later on along with this heat so if you are out, noonish after, that's the >>> coming up, tory is here. huge "deals & steals." for all 20 bucks or less. >> pretty good. >> anchor: this is a good morning washington update. >> anchor: get ready for more heat. here is veronica johnson. >> weather: okay, we are more than halfway through the heat wave. we have got a couple more days here left to go. today, moderate impacts on our area. the weather. it will be oppressive again. 99 to 102. this afternoon. that heat index value. tomorrow the weather will have a high impact on our area. not on

survivor major in personal finance at the university of wisconsin madison, his life cut short just a day after he arrived for his exchange program at john cabot university. >> so hard to hear about your best friend. didn't really even get a chance to say good-bye to him. >> reporter: well, this morning italian police confirming to homeless man suspected of murdering beau solomon is expected to appear in court later today. george. >> okay, lama, thanks very much. >>> also overseas breaking news in the oscar pistorius case, the olympian sentenced to six years in prison for killing his girlfriend on valentine's day, 2013. abc's alex marquardt is in london with the late et. good morning, alex. >> reporter: good morning. pistorius has now already been taken to prison directly from that courtroom. this six-year sentence is pretty surprising given that it's less than half of the maximum of 15 years for murder which is what the prosecution had asked for. pistorius was stone-faced as it was handed down, none of the tears we've seen from him throughout the three years in court. the judge said ther

western wisconsin, it's in northern iowa so those are the areas later this afternoon and evening to look out for. then anyone from dallas up through kansas city right through wilmington, north carolina, heat advisories moving in. we're talking indices well into the 100s for millions of folks. i'll have a lot more coming up. >> feel like july. >>> the race for the white house and both hillary clinton and donald trump in full swing after july 4th. clinton hitting the trail with president obama for the first time today as trump takes one of his vice presidential prospects out for a public spin and cecilia vega has the latest. >> reporter: good morning to you. a big week for both sides as clinton's campaign hopes president obama's strong approval ratings give her a boost against donald trump. bring on the reinforcements. hillary clinton calling in the heaviest of heavy hitters today. president obama. a tag team duo against donald trump and the president is clearly ready for a fight. >> that's nativism or xenophobia or worse. >> reporter: two former rivals turned allies turned travel bud

. overnight a wisconsin mother accused of using facebook seconds before a deadly crash. she was acquitted of all charges. gio benitez is here with more on this. >> reporter: this has been called the case of the three angel. three little girls who did not survive that crash. the driver, mother to those girls, under the microscope. >> we, the jury, find the defendant, carrie jo, not guilty. >> reporter: overnight a wisconsin jury taking just two hours to acquit carrie jo millberg of causing the death of her 11-year-old daughter and two 5-year-old nieces when they say she lost control of her car while using her cell phone. >> semijust hit an suv. >> is there an >> okay. >> there's nobody moving in the suv. >> reporter: in court prosecutors saying they found facebook messages on millberg's phone between her and a childhood friend about meeting for lunch. takes a lot to get my nervous, he wrote. millberg replying, i am too, kind of bad. prosecutors alleging that message was sent less than 30 seconds before the 2013 crash. an investigator also testifying he saw the messaging app open

was ill. >> reporter: earlier in month morgan was moved from a wisconsin juvenile detention center to a state mental hospital where she's undergoing treatment. something her mother haste sass helped. >> with this lucidity that she's developed comes an awareness of the gravity of her situation so she misses home. she misses her family. >> reporter: weier remains at that detention center on $500,000 bail. the leutner family tells abc news if tried as jufls there's a likelihood that both assailants would have been released with little to no supervision and their records expunged. their premeditated attack was to kill our daughter. a not guilty plea was entered on both of the girls' behalves. geyser's attorney s optimistic they will send to juvenile court which would change the outcome of the case and the course of these girls' lives. >> we talk to dan abrams about this. the mom's plea, very impassioned wanting to transfer it to juvenile court. will the diagnosis make any difference. >> this is all about the appeals court and the problem for her is that the law is pretty clear. which i

, wisconsin, getting in on the mix. possibility of a couple of small tornadoes that can't be ruled out with this but the threat shifts east for tomorrow looking at michigan, strong winds, lightning, still a hail threat just not quite as large but the heat, it is on in the southwest. i tell you what, big problems because the wind is also a major issue here. look at the relative humidity so our dew points are very low. that means the fuel for the fires will continue to dry out. not because of the dry conditions but the heat on top of that, the temperatures are incredibly high and that helps to get a lot of that evaporation happening even faster so we see those fuels getting drier. so bad news for anybody who is going to be out there and trying to fight those fires. let's ryan: we have clouds this morning that sunshine this afternoon. it it's a beautiful day with high temperatures climbing into the mid-80's. the winds will be of the northeast at seven miles per hour. the golf cart it is look at tomorrow with light wind. ring the sunscreen. people have low humidity tomorrow but showers and

wisconsin right through indianapolis and cincinnati today.numerous wind damage and hail reports came in to the national weather service. the nws confirms one tornado, county. winds topped out at 80 mph. today will be much nicer! you <9leave the umbrella at home with sunshine. it will be quite warm with highs soaring into the upper 80s, but the humidity will be noticeably lower. another round of strong to severe storms is possible thursday, so stay wea >> this weather report brought to i by excedrin. i love this crowd. i'm staying out here, lara. >> thank you. >>> hey. "adventures in babysitting" makes parents want to go out and abbie bui has a sneak peek. >> you guys are home so soon. >> everything okay. >> couldn't be better. >> reporter: a new generation of baby-sitters about to embark on an adventure. >> i'll pay double. >> of course. >> reporter: disney channel stars sofia larry sanders and sabrina carpenter starring as two rival sitters in a reboot with high jinkses, bad guys and unruly kids. >> we had the adventure of a lifetime shooting the movie and it's just filled with so much ge

green bay, wisconsin. >> jon karl, thanks very much. >>> we turn to my interview with house speaker paul ryan. he has called donald trump's attack of a federal judge a textbook definition of racism but continues to support the gop nominee who's called out critics like ryan for political correctness. that's >> this is something that needed to be condemned. that comment is beyond the pale. that's not political correctness suggesting someone can't do their job because of their race or ethnicity. that's not a politically incorrect thing to do. that's just a wrong thing to say and i hope that he gets that. i believe he walked this comment back so i think -- >> have you spoken to him about it. >> i have and explained exactly what i thought about that comment. i said it publicly and privately. look, we want to offer the country a clear and compelling choice so that we can earn a mandate from the nation to fix our country's problems and those kind of comments get in the way of that kind of dialogue we need to have. >> they get in the way and it's not the first time. you said in explaining w